Island Restrictions in GTA games! (How and Why?) (2001 - 2024)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 พ.ค. 2024
- Island restrictions are a common feature in most of the Grand Theft Auto games. It prevents the player from exploring the entire map at the beginning of the game. With the progression of the story, player will be able to access those locked islands. This is most likely a reward for the player for keep playing the game.
in this video, we are going to talk about how and why those island restrictions are implemented and lifted. Let's talk about how creative the developers when restricting those islands in different games.
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i miss the feeling of "i wonder whats the other island like?" or "maybe if I pass this mission I'l get to the other side"
Same.. And When we Unlock The island we Suddenly Feels Like A Children in a candy store. 😊
I remember when I was a little kid, I would drive full speed into the barricades hoping they would get destroyed, or jumping into the water in hopes I would magically be able too swim too the other islands.
True but also the feeling of OH MY GOD I'M SO BORED OF THIS GODAMN ISLAND sucks too. I would know considering gta5 has been out for over a decade with no gta6 fun 😅
Yep, I remember playing GTA 4 and looking over at the Algonquin skyline while I was standing on Hove beach being practically mystified by the tall towers. I also tried getting through the barricade multiple times.
@@TAKE_BACK_BRITAIN yeah I tried swimming but the coast guard gunned me down
No restrictions can stop a 100% completionist from collecting hidden packages at the beginning of the game 😁
that and killing a mob boss
As someone who been 100% speedrunning Vice city for awhile, I feel this 😂
Gta advance has no way to go other islands
I have tried :/
Reallll
But it stops you from getting all unique stunts
I am entirely convinced that in the GTA world a massive flood happened and now we can only live on islands.
Melted the polar caps early
Dumbest thing I’ve ever heard
in hairdresser in gta 5 you can see flooded map of the world
It's like Waterworld, that movie everybody hates but I like.
This isn't true because they talk about the mainland all of the time
GTA LCS' reason for restricting the access to the other islands is really smart and cool. I really hope we'll get something as deep as that in GTA VI.
Since we had map restrictions in RDR2 we will definitely get them in GTA6.
It will very likely appear in VI cuz on the art work of the game lucia is seen wearing a ankle monitor which could be set at the start of the game meaning you,ll propably be stuck at one area
@@Sigma_Male_Anti_FemaleNah RDR2 is not a good comparison. There was restricted zones due to the devs not having another time to add Arthur content
@@VanillaV4 Still a map restriction.
@@Sigma_Male_Anti_Female Still not a good comparison
Some more games:
Gta advance: the Callahan bridge is still under construction at start and gets completed after show the money.
The lift bridge is shut down for some reason and opens after bad pimpin'.
Gta chinatown wars: it's the first gta game in which full map is accessible from start
4:05 Even if there are no cops nearby they show up out of nowhere.
I have a funny fan theory: There are undercover cops disguised as normal people who inform the other cops that CJ has left the town 😅
Nice theory
Well the technical answer would be that the code spawns police near us when we have wanted level and when we r not looking in a direction
@@princerawat4297 Imagine if this game was adapted as live action movie then, they can apply this theory.
that’s accurate, as early as the opening tenpenny tells CJ he’s got UC’s watching him and not to leave los santos or he’ll know and what do ya know? when you try and leave los santos before completing the mission that exiles you (or subsequently try and return to LS after being exiled) you get LEO’s on you, same goes for LV being locked down, it’s implied tenpenny is having the SFPD keep an eye on you
Locking part of the map kind became a plot hole when Lost and Damned came out. Since its story starts when the first two islands is suppose to be locked, but the map is fully unlocked in Lost And Damned.
And you can see Niko in the opening that happens before Niko started even working for Faustin as Jason Michaels is still alive
By that case, tbogt was so clever...right after three leaf clover
Maybe it's cause Niko is an illegal immigrant while Johnny is American?
@@Arkiasis What does that have to do with the islands being locked?
@barrymk400 Niko is an illegal immigrate and doesn't have a visa to cross bridges while it's on lockdown. But both Johnny and Luis can because they're American citizens.
GTA V only unlocked activities, like the barber shop or playing tennis after certain story missions, though the older titles did this, too. But having a huge map seamlessly accessible in free roam after the first mission was rumoured to be Rockstar showing off, too. Especially on the PS3.
And too be fair there is really nothing outside of Los santos anyways, so blocking off a area with nothing would make no sense.
There kinda of is a point is the game where an area is sort of restricted when Micheal and Trevor has to lie low in Salty shores from Martin Madrazo men. Los Santos isn't completely locked down during this time though you can still go there as Trevor and micheal during this time you just have to deal with martin madrazos men hunting you down constantly and You can still can switch to Franklin and safely explore Los Santos as Franklin.
I remember gta 3 gave me a weird feeling of i wonder what's on the other side of the map and just being blown away at the structure of the island, Portland is industrial and there's normal cars but once you get to Staunton you start seeing tall buildings and people drive nice cars, san andreas on the other hand felt mysterious because of the fog covering them when flying or driving on the highway was just amazing.
Its actually a little bit funny that even lego city undercover achieved his better than gta v with three different islands
@@svenk3913 yeah lego city was amazing
In GTA 5, Trevor kidnapped Martin Madrazo's wife while both him and Michael were on a mission called "Cadia Libre." Therefore, Martin had his men hunt them down if Michael and Trevor showed up in Los Santos. So GTA 5 sorta had map restrictions, they just did it in a more unusual way to Michael and Trevor but not Franklin since he wasn't involved during that mission.
This makes me wonder if GTA 6 will bring back those map restrictions. Lucia does have that ankle bracelet on her so that might be the case.
it could be that certain area on vice beach has radius where she can move and if she oversteps it then max wanted level appears
Its not restricted with Franklin.
@SeriousDragonify That's what I said, Franklin is the only protagonist who didn't have Martin's men hunting him down.
@@SeriousDragonifyRead the comment, my guy.
@@NoxWyatt Read my reply, "my guy".
what i also like about GTA 4's bridge blockades is that crossing them is the only way you can get the FIB after you at the beginning of the game. if you just obtain a regular 4 star wanted level it's only NOOSE coming after you.
i don't remember that, i thought it was just a 50/50 between which one shows up. but you did say the beginning of the game.. was there a difference in that if you're in the original island vs Algonquin?
@@zacharyreynolds4303 if you have just Broker and Bohan then FIB pretty much never comes up, probably has to do with how strong they are. If you have Algonquin unlocked then there's a 50/50 chance of either FIB or NOOSE. You can still force FIB on you by getting an FIB Buffalo though.
The restrictions can be a good thing. If they reimplement this in GTA 6 - by giving 'excuses' like hurricane harold or terrorism or something - it will allow for each islands to be appreciated more at one time.
The flip side is that, for the travelling enthusiast, it would be a little hassle to have to unlock all islands.
Two sides to the coin, imo
It would be a good idea but whose people who only played GTA 5 might had a temper issue
100% agree. There is no balance either. You either appreciate one island before moving to the next by completing missions, or you get full access and probably won't explore all corners of the map like LS and Blaine County.
sadly the map leak only has 1 island
@@Goovry Vice beach?
Imo it is a good thing. That "rewarded" feeling is really awesome! Yeah, two sides.
In GTA LCS, you don't get wanted stars for entering Staunton and Shoreside Vale.
In GTA 4, you get 6 starts for crossing different islands same with GTA San Andreas.
Like crossing the different islands in GTA San Andreas, San Fierro and Las Venturas.
In GTA 5, if going to Restricted areas in Los Santos International Airport? You get three starts, if you bought any hangers, you don't get wanted stars. If entering Fort Zancudo, you get four starts just like one other area including Merriweather territory.
In GTA IV, if you enter the Francis International Airport Restricted Areas, you get four stars (Hint how to get the Swat Brute Truck, by waiting for it to stop and hijack it, in six starts, it will be hard because the riots opens rear doors to shoot, you'll have to find your way to get the swat truck)
How to drive the trains?
In GTA San Andreas, it's easy to drive trains like Brown Streak Passenger and the Freight train.
In GTA V, You need a mods to drive the freight trains and the trams.
In GTA IV, You will have to get the mods that you can drive the Subway trains.
In other games it's basically a "bug" going to other islands
You can go to other islands in 4 and SA illegally giving you wanted stars
@@sanskarthepro Yes.
In IV you get 6 stars as your assumed to be the terrorist from the scare
In SA you only get 4 as thats as far as CRAH's Conections Reachs
Their stories are awesome for making islands inaccessible
I love the City Restricting tradition of GTA games
I want it in Next GTA Games.
you used to make subtitles now you are speaking, i miss those days😢
Starfish Island being unlocked after guardian angels makes no sense they could have made a better reason
Every time I get on TH-cam to watch something important there is always a recommended video of a game series I love that drags my attention.
Gonna buy LCS for my PSTV soon. Never knew about the ferry. That has to be the best/coolest explanation.
The reason why you can't access the other islands on LCS is very creative
Gta 3 is industrial island commercial downtown island.and residential suburbs island
Yeah, we know. You want a cookie for saying something literally everyone watching this knows?
@@Tigerman4545 no thanks I'm not. A cookie monster captain obvious
Same goes for GTA LCS, my friend.
Great explanation 😍🔥
Thanks bro! 🥰❤️
Cops when the protagonist breaks all kinds of traffic laws: Doesn't give a shit
Cops when the protagonist enters a locked area of the map: This is an Avengers level threat
The island restrictions was one of the main reasons why I played the lost and damned the most in GTA4 and beat it before I did Nikos story the only benefit of the restrictions for Nikos story is getting the one man army achievement if you hide in the subway, I think
Your videos are great bro 👍🏻
Thank you so much 😀
YOUR VIDEOS ARE GOOD!!! :)
Thank you so much! ☺️
My interpretation has diffrent, the fact that in every GTA game the map is an island, it is actually a closed story zone, because in the worlds of GTA, whether in Radio Stations or TV Shows, there is a world outside the map.
I remember this also happened in Cyberpunk 2077, You cannot go to Downtown and south part of Night City at early of game.
I loved SA it finally allowed me to swim cleanly from LS to LV, sure I got 4 star wanted level but finally the ability to go cleanly was just one of the many amazing features of that revolutionary game, also loved the map diversity 3 cities + desert + countryside ()with a mountain you can sky dive from)!
I recall hadnging out with friends that had the PS2 Liberty City Stories, and them speculating how to unlock the next island. They thought to go back onto a ship where a chainsaw fight had been earlier, when you actually had to play until you could jump across the incomplete bridge.
Fun fact: Broker is also supposed to be locked for having progress through the story but in final it isnt (due to the fact that Roman taxi fares has drops on Broker).
Can make it closed with trainer.
You mean Bohan?
Previous video were nice no need of voiceover the og music with subtittles are best
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@@BlaZe92 I disagree. Voice-over is good, it allows to do other stuff while enjoying videos or even using it as podcast. Also it's easier to lurk in comments while still enjoying the video.
I'm surprised the bridge blocks are never mentioned in-mission or part of the story. That alone makes them slightly alien. The rest is seamless NGL.
great content
Gta 5 lacks this sadly
No it doesn't
It just doesn't used it in traditional sense
You can't go to the prison or military area and later in the game you can't go to Los Santos
So yeah
It's still in the game just not in the traditional sense
@@basilplushie2534which is not that good because you already have the chance to explore that part of the map at the beginning of the game but that gets restricted later on.
In that case is just frustrating and honestly doesn't give that "i wonder how that part of the map looks" feeling since you already explored it before but it's no longer accessible for a short time.
What was good about old GTAs is that you don't have the chance to fully explore the map at the beginning which gives the feeling of a never ending map or just look bigger than it actually is.
@@LesterCrest1 GTA 5 map In general is badly designed
They should've added GTA 4 map or 1 more city at the top of the map
@@basilplushie2534 And North Yankton, a place where you start the story mode, as an unlockable map which can be fully accessed after completing story mode.
7:49 stanced police car on the left looks hella clean
When I first played I thought Los Santos was the whole game.
Interestingly in GTA 3 at the beginning of the game, the porter tunnel between Staunton and Shoreline was already connected until before player completed Last Request mission. If you managed to jump over the broken Callahan Bridge. It's possible although it's tricky as the platforms in either sides are tiny.
Nobita be like:if Doraemon exists,i ask his anywhere door to go unaccessible island easily😊
I remember when I was a little kid, I would drive full speed into the barricades hoping they would get destroyed, or jumping into the water in hopes I would magically be able too swim too the other islands.
For GTA VI theres speculation that since Lucia has an ankle bracelet you'll be restricted on the map since she was just released from prison at the beginning of the game.
Yet theres no hurricanes at all in vc 😂
Yeah 😂
Only "Rock you like a hurricane" by Scorpions in GTA VCS. I'm fine with that though 😁
Beta VC had hurricane but i aint sure of that info
Anyone else used to rush all the missions until you unlocked all three islands lol ?
I wish if GTA 5 had land restrictions too, North Yankton is an example that should be an unlockable land which can be unlocked/accessible after completing story mode.
The LCS one is surprisingly cool
Absolutely! I think it’s the best one here.
Can you do Red Dead next? I would love to see it.
In GTA IV I kinda remember as Bohan (the small norhtern island with the poor neighborhoods) being closed as well until one of the Vlad or Faustin missions I think. Or was it really accessible from the beginning?
That's true!
As a kid I was always confused of getting cops in san andreas since I've never really listened to the cutscenes lol
What about the tunnels north of shortside vale? Even thought the game is 100 percent complicated its still blocked? I tried my best to get over the mountains but fail..whats intherr
Gta 5 and Gta Chinatown wars are the only gta games where you can explore entire map without completing missions
Btw great video blaze!
Yeah, thank you bro! 👊
Tbh you most likely already explored the GTA 4 map if your playing GTA chinatown
And even then part of the map is only explorable in GTA 4
so you're telling me GTA Chinatown Wars took place after GTA 4?
@@Rusli1659LPSoldier yep
@@TheVinewoodGuy that makes a lot of sense. but nonetheless, GTA Advance took place before GTA 3 has restrictions in it because of Hurricane destroyed 2 bridges.
The background map at the beginning of the video is a GTA2 custom map, right? If so, is it able to download somewhere? 🤔
No it's GTA 1's
8:15 " Hey that guy is committing the crime of exisiting!" OPEN FIRE!!
Maybe GTA 6 will return to these restrictions until we do a certain amount of missions. Would also be cool to have something like RDR2's backwater heist keeping the player in certain areas due to restrictions instead of blocked bridges.
GTA 3 not only blocks bridge, but also blocks tunnel due under construction
I never knew about the earthquake bit in SA
Hey Blaze Watching U After So Long Time We Have Spoke Before 5-6 Years ❤
Omg! Welcome back, bro! 🥰❤️❤️❤️
@@BlaZe92 ❤🔥🤝
I always like IV.. when you cross the bridge anyway you get 5* etc.. we would do it just to see how long we could live
Oh My 3D Universe Indeed The best GTA Era.. I Mean with such Feature I found it Playing the Game Much rewarding and Immersive.
Red dead one blocked off west elisabeth and nuevo paraiso mexico before you completed the parts to get there. They do the same tactics there
Funny thing about GTA VCS is how Lance can arrive in Vice City by plane while all the accesses to the other land and flight are closed due to hurricane.
On the southpark games terrance and
Phillip will block your way to Canada.
And diss you from the wall.😂
I really like you using ps2 version of gta lcs/vcs instead psp version
But in GTA V, after the mission when you kidnapped Martin Madrazo’s wife, Michael and Trevor are unable to enter Los Santos as Martin’s henchmen will shoot you to death.
True! I didn't add it because we were already able to reach everywhere with any protagonist at the beginning.
@@BlaZe92no worry
GTA V does not feature restrictions at least at the begginig. However at some point of the story you’re unable to use Michael and Trevor during the exodus, and even then Madrazo would send killers after Michael if he tries to enter LS.
IMO gta 5's "unlock" map was north yankton, at beginning you fail if you even try to exit road to explore but later in bury the hatchet you got no such issue when driving around places before going to face trevor, its shitty unlock but its there, it felt so special i kept specific save file before bury the hatchet before learning about pc trainers, which also let us now explore cayo perico without restrictions and add various menyoo stunt courses on top!
LCS one is really cool.
Cool video! Ai voice is kinda struggling a lil
I'll try to make it a better voice, as it's the only option for me for now.
I feel like it woud've been worth mentioning how in GTA V Michael and Trevor get restricted from entering the LS City limits over the span a few missions. If the city is entered by either they will be hunted down by Madrazo's men.
Unpopular opinion: we need a San Andreas Stories as a prequal😭
That would be awesome! ❤️❤️❤️
Considering were doing new maps with old games for stuff like gta v and gta vi now, i cant wait til we get gta vii liberty city s
Bully 1 fact please
I'll try ❤️
Ok ❤❤❤❤❤❤
as if there was a 2nd game 😢😢
I think it would have been worth mentioning that you get hunted by Madrazo in GTA V at one point throughout the story. Kinda a map restriction in a way
5:59 * moon men playing on the background *
I don’t want things to be restricted. The most annoying aspect of rdr2 is that you can’t explore part of the map as Arthur.
The locked islands always annoyed me until GTA 5 ditched the concept and I realised how bored of the map I was halfway through the game because I already explored it all. Restricting players to one area at a time really made you appreciate the separate islands better and it kept the game fresh the whole time. Really sad they took it out in the end.
0:09 considering it's only one small part of the map, the original Vice City looked way bigger than the 3D Vice City…
I wonder will the island restrictions return in gta 6?
It is propable because Lucia has an ankle monitor
@@Pawcio2115 I didn't know she had a ankle monitor. I watched the trailer a few times and never payed any attention to that little small detail.
@@d.fortner6653 Lucia has an ankle monitor in the artwork of the trailer
@@JuNiORFleZPlaYGaMeS I need to go and check out that artwork.
That's probably for the jail @@Pawcio2115
I would love to have this in GTA 6
Ive been playing gta lcs as its the first ever gta i have ever completed and played seriously.. can someone explain to me why is there a lifting bride connecting between the 2 islands?
Gta 4 had so many islands and it had 6 stars and everytime I cross the island got wasted I want all of the island unlock.
"Hell no, tunnel no!"
"SKE, SKE!"
GTA V blocks Micheal and Trevor from entering Los Santos when they are wanted by Mr. Madrazo. I'm surprised thay wasn't mentioned. Its the only time in GTA V that a section of the map is blocked as far as I know.
Okay, these are way more creative than the restriction method used in a game like Genshin Impact. Paimon just appears and teleports you back to the unlocked area.
I prefer the oldest games as it felt like an expansion. Mindblowing when young as it was then very hard to get there.
In GTA 5, Michael and Trevor are restricted from entering Los Santos by Madrazzo
After Trevor kidnaps and takes away Madrazzos Wife lol
and they can reenter city after the train mission
2:28 I am in awe that a SIMS 3 NEIGHBORHOOD replica of gta vice city's map is still being used to show off vice city's map. not to discredit how accurate the replica is but this image is getting so fucking old now. how has no one been able to take a proper INGAME picture of the map from a bird's eye view since 2002?
Is this an AI voice?
Elevenlabs
I miss thses days. Life was simpler...
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Somewhere in Liberty City during CJ left Los Santos, Callahan Bridge didn't exist.
CJ probably used ferry to work with Joey
Edit: Fun Fact: GTA Vice City Stories feature VC News Network through storyline when you enter the vehicle. Also after first mission, the telling about the hurricane which block Vice City Beach
Or Subway
WHATS THE NAME OF THE BACKGROUND MUSIC
nice
Thanks bro! ❤️
Can you make a video about where the ferries are in GTA 3?
Gta 3 is an old/primitive game that is missing many features. So the answer to your question is that there is no ferry in Gta 3.
@@MinecraftvsBurnout but by lore? In lore, LCS has motorcyle while GTA 3 don't because a movement to get rid off motorcyles because they are dangerous on the road.
Wish they would of added both stories to difenitive edition
there were no such restriction in gta v except the prologue part
6:59 i kinda forgot that the concorde was in the game
Maybe GTA 6 will implement regional restrictions again🤔
When I was too young around 9 or 10 years old and my English wasn’t good enough to fully understand what the hell is going on, this restrictions were super super annoying, yup I spent more than 7 years playing GTA SA in the default area only 😢
If you do go through game companies have something kill you like a shark
Or wild animal as a joke.
On saints row it's the restricted area.
Everything starts raining down on you.
What about GTA VCS? Never played it. Wonder how it works
GTA 5 didnt have map restrictions because of GTA Online. And with GTA 6 having Online aswell it wont have map restrictions either. It makes zero sense to have map restrictions in stroy mode if you can easily access the entire map in online mode. The only way to counter this, would be to make GTA 6 Online only available after completing the story mode, GTA 5 did this by making you complete the Prologue before GTA Online was made available, but i doubt R* will make GTA 6 Online locked.
Gta V does have a restriction. For a short period of time Michael and Trevor are not allowed into the city due to the threat of Martin Madrazo.