Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Video-Games-with-Real‐Life-Locations
Some open world games depict places in real life. Players love being able to move around in real-life settings.
Here are games setting in real life which score on Metacritic are above 75.
Grand Theft Auto
Locations: New York City (III, Liberty City Stories, IV, Chinatown Wars); Miami (Vice City, Vice City Stories); Los Angeles (San Andreas, V); San Francisco (San Andreas); Las Vegas (San Andreas)
GTAIII is the originator of the current open world concept. 7 years later, the legendary GTAIV was born, and 5 years later, another miracle, GTAV.
In this franchise, you play as some bad guys. You can complete the story lines and can still enjoy exploring the cities after that.
https://www.rockstargames.com/grandtheftauto/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto
https://store.steampowered.com/app/271590/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/12210/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/12120/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/12110/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/12100/
https://www.reddit.com/r/GTAV/
https://www.reddit.com/r/GrandTheftAutoV/
https://www.reddit.com/r/gtaonline/
https://gta.fandom.com/wiki/Main_Page
Red Dead Redemption
Location: Western United States (1, 2); Mexico (1)
There are several great Western movies, but only one great Western game franchise.
https://www.rockstargames.com/reddeadredemption/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Dead_Redemption
https://www.reddit.com/r/reddeadredemption
https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Red_Dead_Redemption
Yakuza (Ryū ga Gotoku)
Locations: Kabukicho, Tokyo (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 0, Kiwami, 6, Kiwami 2); Dōtonbori, Osaka (2, 5, 0, Kiwami 2); Shinsekai, Osaka (2); Okinawa (3); Nakasu, Fukuoka (5); Susukino, Sapporo (5); Sakae, Nagoya (5); Onomichi, Hiroshima (6)
You can play as a gangster in Yakuza. Of course not the whole Tokyo, Tokyo is too big.
Yakuza 5 is just like GTASA, takes place in multiple cities.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakuza_(series)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/638970/Yakuza_0/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/834530/Yakuza_Kiwami/
https://www.reddit.com/r/yakuzagames/
https://yakuza.fandom.com/wiki/Yakuza_Wiki
https://www.moddb.com/games/yakuza-0/mods
https://www.nexusmods.com/yakuza0
L.A. Noire
Location: Los Angeles
It is in 1947. You play as a police officer, a detective.
https://www.rockstargames.com/games/info/lanoire
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L.A._Noire
https://store.steampowered.com/app/110800/
https://www.reddit.com/r/lanoire/
https://lanoire.fandom.com/wiki/L.A._Noire_Wiki
Sleeping Dogs
Location: Hong Kong
It was originally “True Crime: Hong Kong” and thankfully it is not another True Crime game.
There are only 4 wards of Hong Kong because of the hardware limitation.
In this game, you play as an undercover police officer.
https://square-enix-games.com/en_US/news/sleeping-dogs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleeping_Dogs_(video_game)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/202170/
https://www.reddit.com/r/sleepingdogs
https://sleepingdogs.fandom.com/wiki/Sleeping_Dogs
https://www.moddb.com/games/sleeping-dogs/mods/
Kingdom Come: Deliverance
Location: Kingdom of Bohemia
It is historically accurate, so accurate that some people can't accept.
https://www.kingdomcomerpg.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_Come:_Deliverance
https://store.steampowered.com/app/379430/
https://www.reddit.com/r/kingdomcome
https://kingdom-come-deliverance.fandom.com/wiki/Kingdom_Come:_Deliverance_Wiki