Liberty City vs New York City
Liberty City is the fictional city that occupies the landscape of Grand Theft Auto IV. It is a well-known fact that Liberty City is based off of New York City and its various structures.
Though Rockstar Games won’t admit to Liberty City actually being New York City, the in-game comparisons to buildings in real-life surely speak for themselves.
Check out this Flickr photoset of rendered buildings in GTA IV placed side-by-side with their New York City counterparts. [via]
The photo above was singled out because of it’s insane attention to detail. That is the Hearst Corporation Tower where I used to work.
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