The City is referred to as being on "the east coast."ĭespite these clues, a cutscene at the beginning of " The Old Warehouse" (if Ethan arrives) shows a flashback to the scene from " The Mall" in which Scott witnessed Jason's death the phone number for a store in the background of this scene has the area code "218," which is assigned to northern Minnesota.
When Scott drops Lauren off at the train station in " Goodbye Lauren," every listing on the arrival and departure boards includes Philadelphia.
There is a map of Philadelphia in Scott Shelby's office.
Jackson "Mad Jack" Neville is shown to have a Pennsylvania identification card in " Jayden Blues," and both it and an ARI analysis in " Mad Jack" indicate that he lives in Southwest Philadelphia.
The letter that was sent to Lauren Winter's husband Allan the day their son disappeared is addressed to Springfield, Pennsylvania, as seen in " A Visitor.".
If Ethan turns on the TV in his room before opening the shoebox in " The Motel," Glenn Sanders reports that a child disappeared from the Stanton district, which is in North Philadelphia.
One of the footprints that Norman Jayden can analyze with ARI in " Crime Scene" belongs to a police officer who lives in Sharswood, a North Philadelphia neighborhood.
The letter sent to Ethan Mars in " Father and Son" is addressed to Camden (presumably Camden, New Jersey, which is directly across the Delaware River from Philadelphia).
The other indicates Plymouth Meeting, which is part of Plymouth, a township in Pennsylvania not far from Philadelphia.
One of the signs on the highway depicted in concept art for " Fugitive" indicates Philadelphia.
David Cage of Quantic Dream mentioned that the City is modeled after Philadelphia, and several clues throughout the game indicate that it takes place in that area: The city that the game takes place in is never named, but signs on the highway in the chapter " Crime Scene" indicate that it is somewhere near New York. The game takes place over the course of several days in October 2011. This is actually a really complicated question, maybe more complicated than it has to be.