u/notorious_F_bomb

Anyone agree?

Not to cause chaos. Not to complete missions. Not to become a criminal.

You get one full day to experience the world of any GTA game exactly as it exists in the game.

Where are you going first, what are you doing, and what’s the one thing you absolutely have to see?

Vice City? Liberty City? Los Santos? San Fierro? Las Venturas? Anywhere goes.

When I first got GTA IV back in 2008, I was 17 and already a huge GTA fan. My younger brother and I were playing around in Liberty City, doing what you do in GTA and causing absolute chaos.

We started shooting at pedestrians, and one guy ran into traffic. We shot him just before a car hit him, but somehow he started getting back up.

Then, just before another car hit him, he actually put his hands up like he was bracing himself for the impact.

I know it sounds messed up, but the combination of how realistic GTA IV’s NPC animations were and the sheer absurdity of what was happening had my brother and me laughing our asses off.

What’s one GTA moment that made you laugh way harder than it probably should’ve?

GTA is full of criminals, liars, opportunists, and people who will turn on you the second it benefits them.

But there are still a few characters who seem genuinely loyal, dependable, or at least honest about who they are.

If you had to trust one GTA character in real life with your money, your safety, or just to have your back when things go wrong, who are you choosing, and why?

We all have that one

At some point, you play a GTA game so much that parts of the map stop feeling like a game and start feeling familiar.

You know which streets connect, where the shortcuts are, which neighborhoods you’re passing through, and sometimes you don’t even need the minimap anymore.

For me, there are GTA cities I can navigate more confidently than places in my own hometown.

What’s one GTA city you know better than your own hometown, and what part of it is burned into your memory the most?

One thing I always end up doing pretty early in a GTA game is testing out all the different ways a character can die.

I’ll usually get myself killed on purpose just to see the death animation, and if the game gives me enough options, I’ll try different kinds of deaths too just to see how the character reacts.

It’s one of those weird little things I’ve done for years that I almost never hear other GTA players talk about. What’s something you always do that feels normal to you, but probably sounds strange when you actually say it out loud?

Every GTA game has at least a few places that feel like they should have some bigger purpose, but the game never really explains them.

For me, it’s stuff like the apartment building in GTA III where you can hear music coming from inside, or those random government/military-looking buildings in San Andreas that make you feel like there should be something more going on there.

What location made you stop and wonder what Rockstar originally intended to do with it?

Some GTA characters know exactly who they are, even when they’re terrible people. Niko, for example, never really pretends that he’s innocent or morally clean.

Then you have characters like Lance, who either seem completely blind to their own behavior or just refuse to take responsibility for the damage they cause.

Which GTA character do you think had the least self-awareness, and what makes you say that?

For me, it’s usually the music. There are songs and radio stations from these games that can instantly take me back to exactly where I was in life when I first heard them.

But some of my strongest memories aren’t tied to the story at all. I still remember finding certain Easter eggs with my little brother and how exciting it felt when we stumbled across something hidden in the game together.

It could be a song, a mission, a location, an Easter egg, or even some random moment that probably meant nothing to anyone else. What part of GTA instantly takes you back to a specific time in your life?

With the recent gameplay leaked footage out, I compiled to make something that would look like an extended look like Rockstar had done in the past.

Some of the most memorable GTA moments come from things Rockstar probably never intended players to turn into actual activities.

The GTA IV swing-set glitch basically became its own attraction, and GTA III’s car-crusher glitch is another perfect example. Sometimes breaking the game, exploiting the physics, or finding some ridiculous unintended interaction ends up being more fun than anything the developers actually planned.

What’s your favorite unintended thing to do in a GTA game?

Claude, Tommy, Mike, CJ, Toni, Victor, Niko, Johnny, Haung, Luis, Michael, Franklin, Trevor

They all cross lines at different points, but some moments feel more definitive than others.

Which protagonist do you think had the clearest moral point of no return, and what event was it?

My earliest GTA memories are from the top-down games. I was only about six when I played the first one, and at that age I mostly just thought they were funny. Then I saw the announcement trailer for GTA III, and it completely changed how I looked at the series. Suddenly this strange little crime game I knew was becoming this huge 3D world that felt almost impossibly real to me at the time. Vice City took that even further and honestly helped shape my taste in music. Its soundtrack made me appreciate genres I probably never would have explored otherwise, and San Andreas built on that while also opening my eyes to how much social commentary Rockstar could put into these games.

San Andreas was also around the age when I started noticing the corruption, inequality, and satire underneath everything, and that made GTA feel like more than just a crime game. Then GTA IV and its Episodes showed me how much depth could change the way you see a character. On the surface, Niko is a criminal who does terrible things, but the more time you spend with him, the more human he becomes. His regrets, loyalty, trauma, and attempts to make sense of his life made the story hit harder than I expected. The jump in graphics and atmosphere at the time only made that experience feel even bigger.

Looking back, what sticks with me most isn't one mission or one ending. It's how each GTA game seemed to give me something different at a different point in my life, Humor, music, curiosity, perspective, or a better appreciation for storytelling. That's probably why the series has stayed with me for so long.

After playing GTA for years, most of us pick up little traditions that we repeat in every game without even realizing it.

Maybe you always try to hit a 6-star wanted level just to see how long you can survive, or you make it a point to find the fastest vehicle you can and tear through the city at full speed.

What's one GTA habit you've carried from one game to the next, and where did it start?

We know Catalina and Claude were together by the end of San Andreas, and we know exactly how things ended between them at the beginning of GTA III. What we don't know is what happened during all those years in between.

Was there ever genuine loyalty between them at all, or was Claude always just useful until he wasn’t? Did their relationship gradually fall apart over time, or do you think Catalina always viewed him as someone she could eventually discard when a better opportunity came along?

And if there was a turning point, what do you think caused it?

This is the ending he deserves.