What happens in the free roam world of gta you could say is actually non canon to what happens on the missions.
I mean even in previous games when you go on a rampage and then lose your stars and then start a mission. That is pretty unnatural too.
Once he doesnt kill any grannies in the main story missions it should be fine. Or maybe he is undercover cop that lost his way and went too far. Start as a cop and end as a crook. Lots of great themes to explore there.
True but that doesn't matter too much as when you die/run away from the police anyway no-one is looking out for the mass murderer that just ran down and blown up X amount of people.
I personally do not see this being true. I am not sure how it would work. The link between the trailer and this theory is very weak considering pulling off an operation like that is not that hard to do if you have the right resources and past GTA games feature mobsters with big connection.
It doesn't fit to have him as the FBI. The amount of people and different operations you do in GTA makes an undercover FBI agent infiltrating the gang seem very unlikely. You always delve into different gangs build and lose relationships with different gangs.
"How would they justify things like the player shooting random civilians in the storyline, though?"
Technically John Marston (RDR) & Niko Bellic (GTA 4) were "nice family type guys" yet it didn't stop them from tearing the old west & liberty city a new one. respectively. lol
Both of those characters were established from the start as outcasts or outlaws. The fact that they need to kill some people in their way is expected.
GTA doesn't really place us between moral choices, you already know that your character is a criminal and it's up to you to set how cruel of a bandit you are. The only major rewards are for being more immoral.
RDR has a moral system, your character is an ex-criminal and it's up to you to choose if you were just trying to live a peaceful life and become moral or if you really were a bastard all along and still found pleasure in killing and robbing civilians. Besides, there's rewards for being a moral person and punishments for being immoral.
A game that chooses to have a main character as an undercover law force agent needs to take in account the fact that they're establishing the character as a good guy and that if he's allowed actions in complete contradiction with his personality, then they're breaking its believability.
I don't see how anyone would ever be able to come up with an excuse to make us believe we are controlling an FBI agent while we're driving on the sidewalk killing dozens of people.
so thats prolly why he's white I was getting a little uncomfortable seeing one of american's majority as the main characters of gta, knowing gta is all about the minority pursuing the american dream.
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I think being an FBI agent has a lot of potential. If they add a reputation system, it would make sense. Nothing wrong with a '40's style pre-miranda law officer that beats the hell out of people. Or shoots first and asks questions later. Maybe a little dirty. Or a lot. Depending on how you choose to play it.
Kill too many and they start to investigate why you are always around when the carnage happens. Frame people for your crimes. Kill drug dealers and setup your own distribution. Find ways to hide your wealth and kill those to get too close to figuring it out. Pay-off witnesses to get the scent off of you. Embezzle government funds. Do phony terrorist attacks to make yourself important. And you could still get hooker and beat them to death to get your money back.
seee... dcbronco is already got a few ideas, when in reality what he listed is an act of corruption... what makes you think fbi agents don't already do what dcbronco just listed.
"dcbronco is already got a few ideas, when in reality what he listed is an act of corruption... what makes you think fbi agents don't already do what dcbronco just listed."
Americas current President does, so yea, i guess the FBI doing such acts wouldn't be a stretch at all.
tired of the formula they have been using. Good guys doing bad things just because they have to.i want a tommy vercetti guy again.. just out to murder and plunder.
Tommy Vercetti was the man to be! vice city was the best GTA so far, well for me anyway, it revolutionized the series with making money from buying properties. I hope rock* makes similar changes from previous games like this to enhance gameplay and bring a 'business man' feel to the game.
We already know from the trailer that the character will be a good man , he moved with good Intentions
here is my expections : he either find an easy way to get money , failing to be a good guy and just try to survive and live the suprises of life , or he turn evil , or revenge and things like that
Gta iv was about revenge so i dont thing v will be about that ...
Anyone who wants the FBI to behave like a GTA Protagonist, or is o.k. with the idea of an FBI agent being portrayed as the scum of the earth needs their head examined.
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I mean even in previous games when you go on a rampage and then lose your stars and then start a mission. That is pretty unnatural too.
Once he doesnt kill any grannies in the main story missions it should be fine. Or maybe he is undercover cop that lost his way and went too far. Start as a cop and end as a crook. Lots of great themes to explore there.
Inevitable collateral damage.
I personally do not see this being true. I am not sure how it would work. The link between the trailer and this theory is very weak considering pulling off an operation like that is not that hard to do if you have the right resources and past GTA games feature mobsters with big connection.
It doesn't fit to have him as the FBI. The amount of people and different operations you do in GTA makes an undercover FBI agent infiltrating the gang seem very unlikely. You always delve into different gangs build and lose relationships with different gangs.
Technically John Marston (RDR) & Niko Bellic (GTA 4) were "nice family type guys" yet it didn't stop them from tearing the old west & liberty city a new one. respectively. lol
Not quite the same.
Both of those characters were established from the start as outcasts or outlaws. The fact that they need to kill some people in their way is expected.
GTA doesn't really place us between moral choices, you already know that your character is a criminal and it's up to you to set how cruel of a bandit you are. The only major rewards are for being more immoral.
RDR has a moral system, your character is an ex-criminal and it's up to you to choose if you were just trying to live a peaceful life and become moral or if you really were a bastard all along and still found pleasure in killing and robbing civilians. Besides, there's rewards for being a moral person and punishments for being immoral.
A game that chooses to have a main character as an undercover law force agent needs to take in account the fact that they're establishing the character as a good guy and that if he's allowed actions in complete contradiction with his personality, then they're breaking its believability.
I don't see how anyone would ever be able to come up with an excuse to make us believe we are controlling an FBI agent while we're driving on the sidewalk killing dozens of people.
It would be awesome to play as him as James Woods voiced the character.
They should still to making the protagonist a convict.
That could be fun and completly change from being the gangsta' again.
DeSliver...
I was getting a little uncomfortable seeing one of american's majority as the main characters of gta, knowing gta is all about the minority pursuing the american dream.
if you believe this comment is racist then reply...
Kill too many and they start to investigate why you are always around when the carnage happens.
Frame people for your crimes.
Kill drug dealers and setup your own distribution.
Find ways to hide your wealth and kill those to get too close to figuring it out.
Pay-off witnesses to get the scent off of you.
Embezzle government funds.
Do phony terrorist attacks to make yourself important.
And you could still get hooker and beat them to death to get your money back.
Lot of ways they could go with that.
dcbronco is already got a few ideas, when in reality what he listed is an act of corruption... what makes you think fbi agents don't already do what dcbronco just listed.
Americas current President does, so yea, i guess the FBI doing such acts wouldn't be a stretch at all.
is laslo in disguise, he has been fronting as a radio talk show host to disguise his passion to rob banks
Sounds like Reservoir Dogs. He even looks like one of them in his suit. Maybe they botch the robbery like in gta iv too.
here is my expections :
he either find an easy way to get money , failing to be a good guy and just try to survive and live the suprises of life , or he turn evil , or revenge and things like that
Gta iv was about revenge so i dont thing v will be about that ...