Grand Theft Auto Grieving Thread - Yep, I've been drinkin' again...

[The Last Stand]

God, Lacey Jones is annoying. Great satire of over indulging women and their toxic fanbase. Fun fact: her lines are the same regardless of protagonist.

 

[A Grey Cat]

One more lance Vance chance!


LAAAANNNCEE! YOU PRICK!

 

[Korpon]

One more lance Vance chance!


LAAAANNNCEE! YOU PRICK!

"I'm just too pretty to die hahahaha"
"Do you have any friends in this town?!"
"He killed my brother, what do you expect me to do, mow his lawns?"

I fucking loved Lance, it sucks he turned into a snake.

 

[Captain Syrup]

I fucking loved Lance, it sucks he turned into a snake.

Right, if anyone betrayed Tommy, my money would have been on Ken. I guess that wouldn't pass muster with the ADL.

 

[Milwaukee Macho Man]

Right, if anyone betrayed Tommy, my money would have been on Ken. I guess that wouldn't pass muster with the ADL.

I feel like they might have thought that would be too on the nose since it seemed like Ken was based off Kleinfeld from Carlitos Way

 

[A Grey Cat]

"I'm just too pretty to die hahahaha"
"Do you have any friends in this town?!"
"He killed my brother, what do you expect me to do, mow his lawns?"

I fucking loved Lance, it sucks he turned into a snake.

Supposedly rockstar killed him off because he was supposed to be whiny and egotistical so that by the time he betrays tommy you want him dead.

 

[The Last Stand]

Right, if anyone betrayed Tommy, my money would have been on Ken. I guess that wouldn't pass muster with the ADL.

Tommy left Ken behind because of his drug addiction. In reality, it's because of issues with Ray Liotta so he didn't appear in San Andreas.

One more lance Vance chance!


LAAAANNNCEE! YOU PRICK!

I'm the Black killer from Manila! The vanilla blilla! You're a blidiot. Now shut up!

 

[Milwaukee Macho Man]

Supposedly rockstar killed him off because he was supposed to be whiny and egotistical so that by the time he betrays tommy you want him dead.

I love Vice City, but if this was the intention they really cocked it up.

IIRC, outside of like two phonecalls where Lance acts needy (which may be tied directly to the Vercetti Estate missions) you only ever see him in the one cutscene for the printing press before the ending I'm pretty sure.

So like for me, Lance just kind of disappeared for the second half the game until he just showed up again to betray me. I wasn't annoyed with him at all by that point.

 

[Jonah Hill poster]

Lance Vance looked like a Luther Vandross clone, and reminded me of the Luther Vandross song in Vice City.

 

[The Last Stand]

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Lance Vance looked like a Luther Vandross clone, and reminded me of the Luther Vandross song in Vice City.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=pNj9bXKGOiI

Another good song in Vice City. I'd argue that Vice City (2002) has a better world than Vice City Stories. There's a lot of neon for no apparent reason.

I did like the Cholos over the Haitians in VCS.

 

[Captain Syrup]

Another good song in Vice City. I'd argue that Vice City (2002) has a better world than Vice City Stories. There's a lot of neon for no apparent reason.

Miami has bridges soaked in neon.

It's hard to tell what's wrong with this picture: I think VCS has one long, fluorescent bulb lining the whole length of the South Bridge, which looks fake as shit.

I did like the Cholos over the Haitians in VCS.

Haitians are a contender for worst gang in GTA. I hate the ugly patch they're warring over (with shacks that aren't scaled for size when Tommy stands next to them), and those stupid "Frankie Says Relax" t-shirts. They don't even have any quotable lines.

 

[A Grey Cat]

There's a lot of neon for no apparent reason.

Sorry to go off topic but...Hello? 1984? you could argue the 80's obsession with neon STARTED in Miami in 84. Given that was the year Miami Vice first aired and New Wave was just staring to go mainstream.


anyways to stay on topic obligatory random game quote time:


"Like it says in the book we are blessed and cursed."

"What Fuckin book?!"

 

[The Last Stand]

Haitians are a contender for worst gang in GTA. I hate the ugly patch they're warrng over (with shacks that aren't scaled for size when Tommy stands next to them), and those stupid "Frankie Says Relax" t-shirts. They don't even have any quotable lines.

Yet, Little Haiti is still in Vice City Stories. With no mention of Haitians whatsoever. Did the Cholos take over, then Haitians took their land back over? As Cortez said: "I HATE the damn French!"

Porno videos are the way to GO, man!

 

[Snekposter]

Even GTA: San Andreas memes made after almost 20 years are still more organic and enjoyable because the game itself has already stood the test of time.

"All we had to do was follow the damn meme, CJ!"

 

[Maurice Caine]

Right, if anyone betrayed Tommy, my money would have been on Ken. I guess that wouldn't pass muster with the ADL.

Ken gets a lot of shit, but he's the one that always bails Tommy out when he's busted.

 

[SaltyFanta]

I love Vice City, but if this was the intention they really cocked it up.

IIRC, outside of like two phonecalls where Lance acts needy (which may be tied directly to the Vercetti Estate missions) you only ever see him in the one cutscene for the printing press before the ending I'm pretty sure.

So like for me, Lance just kind of disappeared for the second half the game until he just showed up again to betray me. I wasn't annoyed with him at all by that point.

I can see why they had him act like the biggest bitch in the universe for VCS.

 

[A Grey Cat]

Ken gets a lot of shit, but he's the one that always bails Tommy out when he's busted.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=bC5x5qqAuXY

If only the merge had gotten Chris Ken Rosenberg to be his lawyer,

 

[Gender: Xenomorph]

Did GTA5 get any content after it's release? DLC or bonus missions?

And is GTA5o worth any attention? Seems like a lame gimmick to me.

 

[Milwaukee Macho Man]

Did GTA5 get any content after it's release? DLC or bonus missions?

And is GTA5o worth any attention? Seems like a lame gimmick to me.

Content was added, but not much.

Off the top of my head, they added vehicles and weapons from Online into the single player for about a year. Then they stopped cause they wanted you to spend money on them in the online.

They've added a few easter eggs into the single player over the years. Mostly a secret way to play as Big Foot and fight a Teen Wolf copy.

Other than that, nope. No missions or story content or anything.

GTA Online is a money sink/grind fest that is infested with griefers and hackers and very VERY repetitive missions. It's very very hard to get into it this late in the game, and even then IMO the only part that was ever close to decent was the Casino Heist, but even that requires money to start.

However, if you have friends to play with it can be a fun little sandbox to fuck around in.

 

[The Last Stand]

The cultural impact of 3, SA and VC was largely because you were immersed in that world. Listening to the radio, hearing the mock advertisements and period music over and over, reading the signs on the side of the road, the caricature business fronts, being yelled at by pedestrians, replaying missions with cutscenes etc. When you're in a lobby with all your friends screaming over the mic, teleporting from one deathmatch to another, spawning jet fighters to dogfight with, the world becomes much more of a passive background for your general multiplayer fuck-aroundery.

Vice City had lots of character. Even if you were unfamiliar with the 80s or its source material.

The music that plays in the hotel speaker, Tommy's Hawaiian shirt, the weather, its licensed soundtrack, the vehicles, hell even your first safehouse (the hotel above). It feels like you're on vacation, especially if you've played III's drab, depressing Liberty City.

To a lesser extent, III does this with its ped dialogue. That's not to say that Liberty City isn't a memorable world, but the random dialogue you would hear in the world would give you a chuckle. Particularly since your character was quiet.