From top to bottom, left to right: From top to bottom, left to right: Skyscrapers in Liberty City, Ocean Beach in Vice City at night, Carcer City's Central district, aerial view of San Fierro from the Missionary Hill Radio Tower, casinos on The Strip in Las Venturas, a view of Downtown Los Santos, Maibatzu Plaza skyscrapers in Cottonmouth, The Cordillera in Tierra Robada, agricultural scene of Flint County, a view of Mount Chiliad in Whetstone, forests of Red County, rocky mountains of El Castillo del Diablo in Bone County, and the Rockstar Games constellation seen from the Cedar Ridge Observatory.
Far right: Marco's Bistro in Saint Mark's, Portland, Liberty City, an iconic location in the 3D Universe that connects the original GTA trilogy plots.
The 3D Universe is the fictional world where the second-generation games developed by Rockstar North, including the Manhunt series, take place. This generation, formerly referred as the PlayStation 2 era or the Grand Theft Auto III era, consists of nine titles released from 2001 to 2007.
The 3D Universe is known by this name because it introduced fully three-dimensional game graphics, as opposed to the previous Grand Theft Auto series' 2D Universe. However, one of the games set in it, Grand Theft Auto Advance, uses 2D graphics, and the HD Universe, its successor, also uses fully 3D graphics, though improved ones.[1]
Despite the HD Universe being considered non-canon to the Manhunt series, Carcer City does exist in that continuity; however, it is unlikely that the events of the Manhunt series happened in that timeline.
Timeline[]
Fellow Rockstar video games Manhunt and Manhunt 2 have also been proven to be canon with the 3D Universe, with the events of Manhunt and Manhunt 2 occurring after Grand Theft Auto III (the last chronological GTA game of this universe).
Chronological Release List[]
- Grand Theft Auto III (2001)
- Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002)
- Manhunt (2003)
- Grand Theft Auto Advance (2004)
- Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004)
- Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (2005)
- Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (2006)
- Manhunt 2 (2007)
- Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition (2021)
Chronological Plot List[]
- Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (1984)
- Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (1986)
- Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (1992)
- Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (1998)
- Grand Theft Auto Advance (2000)
- Grand Theft Auto III (2001)
- Flashbacks in Manhunt 2 (c. 2001)
- Manhunt (2003)
- Manhunt 2 (c. 2007)