It really is hard to believe that Grand Theft Auto: London didn't make the British capital the go-to setting for gangster-based shenanigans when it released in 1999. Apart from 2002's graphically stunning PS2 system-seller The Getaway (that looks like it's been covered in layers upon layers of vaseline on HDTVs), there have been very few open-world games set in blighty's capital. GTA: London did an admirable job of conveying the character of the city in 2D. It made clever use of cockney rhyming slang (the text "wasted" that appears when you die was hilariously replaced with "You're brown bread") and made several clever references to British culture. A 3D GTA in London now would be a nice change of scenery from the usual fictional American locales we've come to expect from the series, but it would also open up new targets for satire and parody. It'd just be awesome to walk around a fully-realised city full of cockney geezers. There could even be a string of cutscenes where a character talks to you in cockney rhyming slang and you have to work out what the hell they're actually saying. That may not appeal to everyone initially, but speeding round London's winding (and horribly congested) streets with landmarks like Big Ben and the London Eye in the background almost certainly will. What games would you like to be given the reboot treatment? Let us know in the comments!
