In this world, thanks to the support of cutting-edge technology, GTA: Liberty City Chapters felt like it had stepped into an entirely new era.
Every single building in the ga could be entered.
But achieving that took a lot of brainpower from the teams in both Japan and the U.S.
The total map size of GTA: Liberty City Chapters was about 17 square kiloters, with most of that being urban area packed with high-rise buildings.
In an average ga, each building would usually just be a static texture—far too detailed interiors would be impossible due to developnt pressure and skyrocketing tilines.
But with the help of AI, developnt beca much more manageable.
AI wasn't just used for NPC behavior—it also assisted developers in creating more content more efficiently.
If you asured total explorable and playable area—including the floors and rooms of every building—then the actual space was double or even triple the base 17 square kiloters.
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As a result, the total ga size exceeded 200 GB.
Thankfully, in this world, storage devices were cheap and internet speeds were fast, so while the 200 GB size surprised so people, it wasn't seen as excessive.
And the content packed into those 200 GBs was incredibly rich.
At first, Takayuki didn't jump into the main story. After a few opening conversations with his cousin, he started freely exploring the city.
Viewer A: "This city looks insanely real. Look, there's even a dog peeing on a utility pole!"
Viewer B: "Why are you focusing on that? Wait—look, that dog is getting chased by a patrolling cop!"
As Takayuki guided the protagonist through the city, the surrounding NPCs moved like real people.
Their animations looked extrely natural—far more refined than those in Assassin's Creed: Revelations, which had noticeably stiffer character motions.
In GTA IV, movent, running, crouching—everything looked lifelike.
Even the voice acting felt natural and imrsive.
The whole city felt truly alive.
Then Takayuki pressed a button and brought up the character's smartphone.
On the back of the phone was a Facebook logo.
It was a product of Gastar Electronic Entertainnt—so they'd taken the opportunity to insert it into the ga as free advertising, and it also enhanced imrsion.
In the original GTA IV, the setting was roughly the early 2000s, when smartphones weren't yet common. The protagonist's phone was only capable of calls and texts.
Only by GTA V did smartphones beco truly "smart," with internet access.
But in this world, transplanting the old GTA IV setting would've felt outdated. So Gastar updated the in-ga tech to match current tis.
Naturally, the protagonist now used a full-featured smartphone.
In the phone nu, Takayuki quickly navigated to an app called "Jobs."
Just as the na implied, it was an app for accepting work.
Basically a gig economy app, no different from real-life job platforms—offering all sorts of gigs.
Viewer E: "What the hell is this? You have to work jobs in the ga too? I'm already tired from real life—why do I have to work in a ga?!"
Viewer C: "But don't you think it feels more real this way?"
Viewer E typed disdainfully: "Too much realism makes a ga boring, okay? Who wants to do real-life chores in a video ga?"
"Fair point."
"I agree."
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Takayuki continued playing and soon accepted a job as a taxi driver.
Not long after, a cab pulled up beside the protagonist. An NPC got out and handed off the car to the main character for two pickup-and-drop-off jobs.
"So boring. I suddenly don't want to play anymore."
"If the rest of the ga is just driving people around, I don't see why I should buy it."
"But this ga was overseen by the ga god himself—it can't be that simple, right?"
"You're too naive. Even the ga god can get old. Maybe he's out of touch or making pointless content now."
"I won't let you insult the ga god like that!"
In the chat, so people were starting to feel bored.
Honestly, if it was just driving around, there were lots of gas that already did that.
Playing as a taxi driver didn't sound exciting—if the gaplay was only about picking people up and dropping them off, it really wasn't anything new.
But of course, there was no way Takayuki would stop at just a basic taxi-driving chanic.
He quickly finished the two jobs and received paynt through the in-ga phone.
Just as he was about to accept a new job, the phone vibrated.
He opened it to see a complaint ssage from one of the previous custors.
The custor said the protagonist was too ugly and ruined his business deal—he wanted a refund.
Everyone in the stream chat was stunned.
What kind of ridiculous complaint was that?
And what Takayuki did next was even more absurd.
He pocketed the phone, got back in the cab, and drove back to where the complaining custor had been dropped off.
That custor was now working in a nearby building.
With help from the ga's ssage prompt, he quickly located the NPC.
Takayuki entered the building, found the guy, and—without saying a word—beat him with a club.
The NPC wailed, repeatedly apologizing and promising to retract the complaint.
The viewers were dumbfounded.
Viewer C asked again: "Wait... is this sothing that could actually happen in real life? This is insane!"
The sa viewer who earlier mocked the realism now had nothing to say.
Suddenly, a thought popped into his head:
I need to buy GTA: Liberty City Chapters. This is way too fun.
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