The City of Liberty, commonly known as Liberty City or simply Liberty and often abbreviated as L.C., is a major city located in the State of Liberty that appears in Grand Theft Auto IV, Episodes from Liberty City, and Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars.
Grand Theft Auto IV marks Liberty City's fifth appearance in the series after the original Grand Theft Auto, Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto Advance and Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, which came out in 1997, 2001, 2004 and 2005 respectively. Compared to the previous universe counterparts, the city has more detail and personality, with many places which are based on landmarks such as the Statue of Happiness, Star Junction, and the Rotterdam Tower.
Grand Theft Auto IV and its two episodes (The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony) use the same full rendition of the city. However, a small number of different locations are accessible in the different episodes. Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars uses the entire city apart from neighbouring Alderney State, and is altered for the top-down perspective of the game.
âThere was a, an eastern European guy making moves in Liberty City, but... nah, he went quiet.â