Rockstar Founder Recalls "GTA London" The Soul of the Series Is a Satire on the United States

2025-11-08 23:49:09|Myriagame |source：minecraft skins

Rockstar co-founder and former chief writer Dan Houser recalled in an interview with Lex Fridman that in the past 26 years, Rockstar has only brought the "GTA" series to places outside the United States once - and that was an often forgotten "GTA London" mission pack in the PS1 era.The reason why the series has never left the United States is because it is deeply rooted in American culture, American irony, and - guns.

"We made a little thing 26 years ago, "GTA London", which was a top-down version of the game on PS1. It was quite cute and interesting."

But when asked why the series did not return to London or other cities outside the United States, Dan Houser said that the studio "always felt that this IP contained too much American style, and it would be very difficult to do it in London or other places."

According to him, "You need guns, you need exaggerated characters" - and in the game's exaggerated New York or Miami-style cities, these elements are readily available.

"The game itself is about America, maybe America from an outsider's perspective, and that becomes almost the core of the series, and if it were put anywhere else, it wouldn't work in the same way."

Over the years, the "GTA" series has frequently criticized American politics, corruption, consumerism, media and many other fields with its satirical style.Judging from the bitter satire of social media in "GTA6", this series obviously has no intention of ending here.

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