Looks like Leonida in GTA 6 is exactly what San Andreas was to GTA 5

Dec. 5, 2023

And a famous meme might prove it

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What is Leonida in GTA 6? TheGTA 6 traileris here, and with it appears to have come an interesting addition to the geographical world of Vice City. The word ‘Leonida’ appears multiple times in the video, but it seems to be a new term for the series, so what exactly is it?

The short answer is that Leonida isGTA 6’s answer to the state of Florida. Vice City is based on Miami, and it’s clear from the trailer that Rockstar is expanding theGTA 6 mapseveral miles further than the city limits - a first for Vice City. So now, just as San Andreas was Rockstar’s name for the state of California, Leonida is the studio’s name for the Sunshine State.

In case you don’t believe me, let me show my working. At the 25 second mark in the trailer, you can see a sign leading to Kelly County - my guess is that this will be a far broader stretch of open world, filled with smaller towns and many of the more rural, Everglade-style biomes that can be spotted elsewhere at the 20 second mark.

Elsewhere, however, there are a few more clues as to what Leonida actually is. At 51 seconds, a distant street sign points to the Keys, suggesting that the map might stretch as far as the semi-tropical islands off Florida’s south coast - matching the imagery at 35 seconds.

Sadly, that information doesn’t really help us very much at the moment. It’s clear from the trailer that the GTA 6 map will offer urban, suburban, rural, and truly natural locations, but we’ve got no sense of the shape of the game’s actual playable area beyond what people have managed to glean from aerial shots. For now, the realities of Leonida Man remain just as enigmatic as the real thing.

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