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[Parakeetman]

Seeing Oahu in that Test Drive Unlimited game was kinda trippy, even though a lot of things were wrong. Still pretty cool none the less!

Seeing my old office in PGR (forgot which one) the one that had the Shinjuku, Tokyo course was also amusing.

 

[crimzonflame]

do sports games count?

 

[Muffdraul]

Los Angeles here. I think I enjoyed LA Noire more than a lot of people just because it was so fun to spot real landmarks that still exist. And godDAMN I can't wait for GTA V.

 

[Spongebob]

Never.

 

[Piggus]

I never thought i would see someone else from Southern Oregon on here.

There's surprisingly quite a few Gaffers from Medford and Grants Pass. Not sure about Ashland though lol.

 

[Magicman103]

ctrl-f philadelphia. nope doesnt look like it.

 

[jyoung188]

Lol no, I live in a small rual town north of Sacramento and i can't think of anything being set there. I'm like 3 hours way from San Francisco, that's probably the closest.

I've seen our local skatepark in a skate video once like 10 years ago, that was awesome.

 

[Banana Kid]

I remember seeing metro signs pointing to my town in Fallout 3 and thinking that was pretty cool.

 

[OnettHansen]

Northampton, England is in Crusader Kings II, and possibly could pop up in a Civ game.

I love both of these facts.

 

[Vinsanity.]

My town was in Microsoft Flight Simulator. I would wager most of your guy's towns were in that game.

 

[Phire Phox]

Nope.

 

[MadScientist]

When I played CoD 1, the final mission in theory took place only a few miles from where I lived. Pretty sure the devs just picked a name from a list of German towns though, because there seemed to be no intended resemblance. It felt quite weird.

 

[Parallacs]

Grew up in Phoenix:
I can't think of any games that take place there.

Lived in LA:
The obvious one is San Andreas. They really got the landmarks suprisingly right for such a tiny space. One big example is Santa Monica pier and the surrounding streets. Not bad.

Vampire The Masquerade. The Santa Monica pier here is detailed but wrong in a ton of ways.

 

[zroid]

My Animal Crossing town is in my Animal Crossing game.

Does that count?

 

[Village]

Parts of D.C Maryland and VA, so yes

 

[romulus91]

melbourne australia?........ not even

 

[Jamix012]

London, UK so yes, plenty. As for where I study: New Haven, CT I'm not so sure.

 

[Orpheus Telos]

Not a chance, although I guess you could argue that it was in Roller Coaster Tycoon 2 in a sense since you could build your own Great Adventure but it's not like the game ever said where it was. Hell in the instruction manual every real coaster that was in it had the exact town it was in on the page except for the one from GA where it just listed as "New Jersey". I remember me and my brother actually being pretty disappointed when we saw that. We were so excited to see our towns name in an instruction manual but it was brutally taken away from us.

 

[Brofield]

Can't think of a single game based in any specific Canadian city where prominent unique buildings are rendered. Montreal is closest (in Rock Band 2 World Tour), and ExciteTruck casually mentions Canada as a course when it is sort of based on the Rockies.

Nothing ever in Toronto, though I think it's a damn shame R* doesn't base a GTA game on it and the surrounding area.

Greater
Toronto
Area

Because really suburbia out here gets RIDICULOUSLY sketchy.

 

[Spieler Eins]

Vienna, Austria.

Burnout 4, I believe? Might have been Burnout 3.
Also, Rampage 64.

 

[That1BlackGuy]

I believe Homefront took place across Utah (though I don't think an exact place was named) and San Francisco if anyone is from around there.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

Seattle is going to be the site of Infamous: Second Son.

Before that, it was in Deus Ex: Invisible War.

 

[ScepticMatt]

I grew up where 'sound of music' was filmed.
Nothing gaming related AFAIK.

 

[Mahonay]

New York City.

When I got GTA IV the first thing I did was slowly cruise around the city, checking out their rough approximations of different areas of the city. It was pretty fun.

 

[Hyperfludd]

I live in NYC, so I should be dead about a million times over when videogames are concerned.

 

[OldAsUrSock]

NYC people, the thread.

 

[SeZMehK]

I was born and raised in NYC, so I would say it has.

 

[micster]

Got pretty tripped out when Dear Esther mentioned my town Wolverhampton.

 

[KLonso]

I'm going to cheat and say it has. I live in Toronto, and Toronto and the surrounding suburbs is known as the Greater Toronto Area, or the GTA.

 

[Silky]

i live in chicago

watch_dogs

And I Am Alive! (that game is still set in Chicago right.)

 

[Mahonay]

NYC people, the thread.

Lots of GAF up in this city. Ran into someone randomly from here while I was out Saturday night.

 

[Axispowers]

Santa Barbara in CA... I don't think so.

 

[jayu26]

Can't think of a single game based in any specific Canadian city where prominent unique buildings are rendered. Montreal is closest (in Rock Band 2 World Tour), and ExciteTruck casually mentions Canada as a course when it is sort of based on the Rockies.

Nothing ever in Toronto, though I think it's a damn shame R* doesn't base a GTA game on it and the surrounding area.

Greater
Toronto
Area

Because really suburbia out here gets RIDICULOUSLY sketchy.

Dude we got nuked by dudes in Montreal.

 

[OG Loc]

Norfolk, VA has been mentioned in a handful of modern military shooters.

 

[TriniTrin]

Not my town, but my state for sure! Colorado was in Last of Us, Forza Horizons, Dead Rising and Syphon Filter 2 just to name a few

 

[grosvenor_92]

Simcoe Ontario nope no game has been set here. I could however see a farming simulator being set here.

 

[The_Hitcher89]

Not to my knowledge, hopefully it will be soon.

GTA: Maidenhead. Play the role of Sweaty Dave as you infliltrate the world of petty weed-dealers, making your way from the ghetto of Larchfield to the luxurious semi-detatched houses of Boulter's Lock.

Could happen.

 

[Apoptomon]

Adelaide, South Australia was blown up by the Reapers in Mass Effect 3, and I think the street circuit has been in a few racing games.

 

[GamerSciz]

Does a video game and Show tie-in count? I am originally from St. Louis so I love Defiance and seeing it in a post apocalyptic world with different species but they still utilize the Arch as a radio broadcasting place.

 

[mclem]

Oxford, England, and Grey Matter:

It takes some... interesting liberties with the geography. And I'm damn sure the HSBC bank isn't a pub.

 

[MrCunningham]

Dude we got nuked by dudes in Montreal.

The city of Edmonton Alberta got demolished by an Alien Minecrawler in MDK 2:

My dad was born near Edmonton.

 

[AMUSIX]

San Diego...hmmm...No More Heroes (sort of)....

 

[Not Spaceghost]

Bethesda, MD was in Fallout 3.

 

[JDHarbs]

The Great Plains section of RDR's map is the closest thing I've seen to my part of the country being in a game.

 

[OldAsUrSock]

Bethesda, MD was in Fallout 3.

It felt so strange because it was walking distance from D.C.

 

[Merino]

I don't even know any games set in the Netherlands, let alone my specific city.

Valykria Chronciles is set in a fantasy version of Netherlands turned into Europe:

 

[Lunar15]

Damn, I didn't know that! I live in Port St. Lucie lol.

You know, just like you remembered it:

 

[GoStc]

My hometown? Not a chance. I am currently living in Leipzig, Germany, though. Don't think it has ever been in a videogame either.

 

[AgentLampshade]

Why are game devs afraid of Scotland?

 

[Brofield]

Dude we got nuked by dudes in Montreal.

I am your avatar.

I was even playing Blood Dragon last night (hell, I rewatched the opening cutscenes)