Does Grand Theft Auto V Have a Good Story?
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You didnt even mention lester at all? Hes pretty much the 4th protagonist!
Gotta meet that quota, bb
fuck nord lol
The story happened all because Lamar doesn't get employee of the month
Lmao
If it wasn’t for the yee yee ass haircut
Would be funny if it was connected at all
@Franklin Clinton he didn't, I agree.
Technically, it was because Amanda cheated on the Tennis Coach, wich lead michael to destroy the house, wich lead into doing a heist for madrazo, wich leads to trevor finding michael etc.
it’s funny that rockstar put out this message in story mode that they hate soulless cooperations but when you look at the current state of gta online it’s hypocrisy
I consider the current Rockstar and the pre 2014 Rockstar two different entities. It's also true since all the old dogs of rockstar are resigning (including one of the brothers) and new faces are taking their spots
I don't think they knew what GTAO would become. Add that to Take Two's pressure and what you have is 90% of the old rockstar team to resign.
Civilization's greatest virtue.
@@shaggysnax01 it's so prophetic that it might as well be the writers warning everyone what gta will become with take two at the helm
the players see gta as a game with story that takes the shit at corporate culture, corporate culture sees gta as just an other product to make money of.
@@bitronic6706 It's a sorry state for the series. I hate what Rockstar has become; the very thing it swore not to be. If any game of their screamed this the loudest, it was GTA V. How ironic, what this game has become.
Another thing I love about Deathwish, is how at the beginning Franklin says "It seems like people are always telling me to do stuff, I do it, and nothing changes." At the end, Devin tells Frank to kill Michael (and Trevor). In Deathwish, he makes his own choice, and gets a happy ending.
That's exactly how I felt when he said that. I went back and forth about what I was going to do on my last play through and decided to just go with my gut at the time. That line really stuck with me.
Insanity
@@mucicafrajer9882Vaas Montenegro.
1000th like
“Nah, imma do my own thing”
The fact that my dad, who hated video games and thought they were a complete waste of time, sat through the entirety of GTA V and was absolutely enthralled by it despite never actually wanting to play himself, says to me that it’s a successful story, maybe not absolutely brilliant but perhaps that it feels like a long form movie is enough.
GTA V's story is aimed at a younger audience, it's more like a feel-good action movie, where plotholes and lack of depth doesnt really matter.
@@RedRiverChannel I like GTA V's lightheartedness
@@thegrayyernautThe story is well done for what it is, but many people don't like such story (Like me)
your dad has no taste. tell him to do the same to gta iv and let him witness a true masterpiece.
@@deathrager2404shut up and let a guy have fun
Remember this all started because Micheal caught his wife cheating
Lol yeah I always found it weird how Amanda fucking her tennis coach had this huge butterfly effect and caused all the events in the GTA 5 story to play out.
@@Tony-gy1iy yea
That's really not correct though. If it wasn't for Michael cheating on Amanda in the first place, she wouldn't have done it to him.
@@brocksells197 its not a discussion about who started the cheating. It’s about the single event that started everything. If amanda fucked some other dude none of the events would have happened. But Amanda fucked a guy who happened to be friends with a woman who knew martin madrazo. Amanda fucking THIS tennis coach in particular is what started everything
@@brocksells197 I know but Micheal flipping out on her coach started the story
"This video will be full of spoilers"
A warning, for those of us still living in 2013
I just played the game for the first time a few months ago.
@@gruntingskunk2237 That's incredible, ngl
I have yet to watch endgame albeit it isn't as old as this game. Spoiler warnings are always welcome in my book
@@TheLittleDinka I admit that I played it once in seventh or eighth grade for a almost two whole minutes while nearly blind without my glasses on. I don’t think that counts lol. I’ve seen it being played many, many times throughout the years, but for some reason I just never bought it until recently.
Gonna be honest, I have never actually finished the storyline of this game despite having a copy for like 5 years
I feel that deathwish is also Franklin making his own decision. Killing Trevor is what the FIB tell him to do. Devin Weston tells Franklin to kill Micheal. But death wish, it’s just Franklin. He controlled the ambush operation. He chose ending C
Deathwish is the best choice, and to be frank the other options were only there to root out the sniveling snakes who pretend to be your friend IRL.
@@nighthawkviper6791 Idk man
Franklin is the cleanest in the bunch in term of actual background.
But let's see : Michael is a violent, abusive father who's also a rat (like, literally, see what he did to his buddies during the North Yankton heist all whilst collaborating with corrupt feds)
And Trevor is an absolute psychopath who murders peoples (no matter the degree of innocence or lack thereof) on a whim.
My first playthrough I picked C but I can really see why someone might pick one of the other options
now I feel like I made the wrong choice lmao
Michael wasn't an abusive father, if you think he is, you haven't seen abuse.@@KalashVodka175
@@KalashVodka175 Sure, he was bad at times, but that's it.
Even though Lamar and Franklin have similar but opposing mindsets on how to make serious money, Franklin cannot help but want Lamar around, because Lamar is the kind of friend everyone will have at one point in life: you may not have too much in common, you may not think the same way about anything, and you may never truly see eye to eye, but the experiences and surroundings you grew up together with are what bind you close like siblings.
And to be honest, those are the best kind of friends. The ones that truly remember the things you’ve been through
I’ve got no friends
@@deanfowles3707 nice
Lamar still sticked to Franklin even after GTA 5
I feel like GTA V's overall "message" is that chasing a materialistic life will leave you empty.
yeah, with the game being set in Los Santos(Parody of Los Angeles), It makes it more deep.
Ironically, rockstar forces you to pursue a materialistic life in GTA online.
seems like that. I whish gta v's message was more clear. it doesnt have a feel like the other games in the grand theft auto series.
@@thedrbat9572 it was so clear. If you live in America or you know about the american culture, you would understand the satire.
@@jagath3028 I do live in america moron. I was born here and I understand the culture well too.
It’s ironic how in this story Trevor, the most dangerous person in the room, is also the one you can trust the most. That adds a lot to his character.
Edit: To all the 100+ people that keep replying, do you really think I’m gonna bother reading and responding to you on something I wrote over 2 years ago?
That's why I couldn't kill him, he's loyalty is too strong even though he's insane. My protagonist (Franklin) needs someone like him around lol.
Franklin's whole character is blackman gangster😂😂
@@uma1440 Franklin's the softest GTA character ever lmao
Yea he isn't shady. Michael is basically a snake and will wait for his time to strike, you can't trust him
Probably why he is my favorite character
To me it’s kinda unfair that Michael is blamed for wanting to kill Trevor in the Prologue. You gotta remember the guy has a family, so when someone that crazy (Trevor) is associated with the father of a family, you can see why it made sense why Michael wanted him gone.
to be fair, but Trevor was seen as a great person to the kids IMO. when he sees Tracy after all the years on the mission Trevor and Michael go on to stop her dancing live, she skims over her father being there and runs up to hug Trevor
People seem to idealize Trevor to an unsettling degree. Yes he has redeeming qualities. Yes he has a sad background. Does that offset:
- Routinely threatening and bullying some of his closest associates, both of which view him genuinely as a friend (Wade and Ron)
- Starting massive Gang wars for no other reason than for shits and giggles? (Lost MC and Triads)
- Trying to steal a top-secret superweapon from a PMC to sell it to hostile nations abroad
- Disrespecting a major part of their crew because of his disability (At least from what we see in the story, GTA: O arguably turned Lester into one of the most despicable creeps in videogame fiction)
Every character we see Trevor interact with that he has known for a prolonged period of time is absolutely terrified of him. That includes some pretty hardened people, like Dave. Trevor getting killed would at least be the most logical of the non-canon endings.
@@Donnerbalken28 he's just a little silly
@@nienel Imagine having a crazy lunatic with psychotic bursts near your children
@@themagicalgamer6522 agree, to be fair
Ngl, the best part in the story (for me) is that family therapy mission, where Michael gathers his family up for a family session and then they get back together and the ending is just so wholesome for some reason... Also that mission might've had one of the best rage voice acting in all of everything
"I should have your sorry ass locked up years ago."
"Do it. I'll put you in the ground with the rest of them."
Michael threatening to kill Amanda out of rage is still chilling. It was his way of getting his frustration with his family out, and also showing his violent side surfacing. I think that it's really interesting that once Michael shows his buried violent nature instead of his faux-happiness, his family comes back to live with him again.
The therapy missions in general are underrated. They have one for each of the different chapters and if you visit them when they're available, you get a really deep insight into who Michael is as a person, and why he hates himself and his life despite everything he did to get it.
The car ride afterwards doesn’t get talked about either, I’m not the biggest fan of the Townley family but their reconciliation feels really good
"this game is about fighting back against the corporate world"
...and playing gtav online is showing that rockstar is a big part of it. Any more shark cards anyone?
will salmon cards do?
R* is just like Micheal after all
@@captainfreedom3649 just like devine*
@Plλyer i dont blame em at all, because grinding for money doing the exact same mission makes me wanna rip my teeth out.
@Plλyer Yeah using a trainer to give yourself money (especially when the alternative is either endless grinding or paying real life money) isn’t too bad but the people who use them to harass or dox people are the scum of the earth.
Beach in singleplayer: Nice LA beach with people sunbathing and running around
Beach in online: *O M A H A*
Never forget the jet engines from above
Kapitan, maybe we should move the sub to paleto bay instead...
@GreenishBt mhm. i have a couple " try-hard " friends and i play with them occasionally. its all snipers on the beach ?
The beach in Online is just one big reenactment of D-Day
Peyton?
Michael wasn’t just looking out for himself, he was trying to help him and he genuinely cared about Franklin
It's easy to think that, and I'm sure even Michael believed that, but we all know that if it came down to it Michael would have Franklin killed to save himself
@@downwindfish1 that doesn’t mean he wasn’t looking out for Franklin or that he didn’t care about him
Lazlow is more complicated than that. Hes been in the gta games for quite some time and his career is actually ridiculously fleshed out compared to anyone other character.
Lazlow how been all over another form of media he can get his voice of face on. Hes gone through so many career shifts that it was inevitable he was would end up in Vinewood like this.
Ya this guy did a very base level take. Idk why this vid has sm views🤷♂️
Now I've played a few GTA games, but I don't quite remember Lazlow appearing in any of them. Which ones did he come out it?
@@TshidiMPulehe was on the radio in San Andreas, I dont remember any other game tho
@@Minka-ot9xlhe was in gta 4 as well on the radio
@@shukiwuki neat
GIRL! the whole "imagine the game more as an episodic series" thing is literally exactly what I thought when I first played it.
edit: updated pronouns because I came across this comment while rewatching and realized I used the wrong pronouns
Same here lol
I think that’s why they did the chapters in red dead I think
Same lol
It was stated that San Andreas storyline was designed as a Series. So i GTAV following the same steps after they noticed that IV and others didn't impact as S.A was the right call.
I literally always do this. Cant even keep from self from doing it anymore
The only crime done in this game is Trevor's haircut...
Edit: I just rewatched and saw Franklin's haircut. Leadhead, please seek therapy.
Indeed
Blame the hairdresser... Trevor was even nice enough to tattoo where to cut and even then he failed...
@Adam Nenimojejmeno lemme rewatch the video I missed franklin's cut
@Adam Nenimojejmeno oh god, if Trevor's haircut is a crime, this is the equivalent of the total accumulated crimes of the characters of every person to ever play GTA, except the NPC's are replaced with homeless veteran orphan children who have leukemia
Franklin’s yee-yee ass haircut
5:15 “Animals are walking around” *cuts to Franklin and Lamar 💀 💀
He did that because of the cat walking thare is it a good way to show that animals are walking around no honestly if he gave more time to it he would have seen a better example like the dogs going around but he needed to put a video out see it from both sided instead of instantly think RaCEiSt
@@jaydiddy..I’m 90% sure he was joking
Monkey
I actually never realized that’s why Brad was shot because he simply walked in front of Trevor lol.
if Brad was a little slower then the entire plot of the game wouldn't happen
Trevor leaves his bag of cash in the car and brad had to carry it too. Had trev brought his own bag then Dave would’ve had a clean shot
benis
Oof
GTAO is at it's best when you go full dark knight joker mode
@@lmao.3661 GTAO is at best when not played
@@telankiristyssylinteriasetelma well obviously, but if you were tied down with a gun to your head you're best just RPing as a total anarchist
@@telankiristyssylinteriasetelma yeah I'd rather play roblox than play gtao
oh wait thats what i do
"Hell, if this game just had chapter cards, it would've made the story structure make so much more sense"
I bet that's what Rockstar had in mind when they started writing Red Dead Redemption II
Yeah it makes sense
Yeah and in gta v there’s obvious points where the game shifts into new parts of the story
No it woulnt. The story is still all over the place
They did the chapter card thing so well in Bully
Says the one with an Arthur pfp. bOaH
I think honestly the best part of the story of Franklin were the smaller missions with Lester. It was for a guy who wasn't strictly taking advantage of him, Franklin didn't dislike him and he paid every job back to Franklin (money, villa, stock opportunities, etc.).
Because Lester’s an honest guy and he’s worked with a lot of people. You’ve got people like the IAA coming to him for help with Avon Hertz. He’s built himself off of being reliable but more importantly someone who won’t betray you or take advantage of you.
16:30 actually no, while michael will absolutely kill if it is neccesary for a goal of his, he doesn't enjoy randomly killing people. he tells trevor "you didnt have to do that!" in prologue after trevor shoots the guard in the head to save michael, he doesnt kill the janitor for the fib heist and he's even willing to give up a gold bar to casey in the subtle big score heist. gunning down civilians is just something the player can choose to do
I thought it's because a bullet just landed right next to his ear and it was. Loud.
I agree but to be fair, the “You didn’t have to do that” line was because Michael promised Dave that it would be a clean job with no casualties, so once Trevor killed him, that was thrown out of the window and it would complicate his witness protection program a little.
If this wasn’t the case, Michael probably wouldn’t have cared that much about the guard’s death and may have thanked Trevor for the help.
@@lukefitton7329Witness protection for what??!! No one was convicted of anything!
@@vault6242 Hi Darkviper
This actually was quite insightful. However, anyone who doesn't always knock down the orange street dividers on the bridge is not to be trusted.
street dividers go brrrrrr
If you drive through that bridge, you’ve always gotta hit those orange street dividers. It’s like an unwritten law
For some reason if I'm in a mission, besides that long truck driving one, I don't hit the dividers at all.
@@focalpoint._ i bring a motorcycle over there to test myself
Side note, the name for those street posts "delineator paddles".
The intense story revolving around stopping the train really takes a deep look into society.
A society that we live in.
We live in a society
beat the train
@@airconditioner8212 this actuallly fails the mission lmao
Now FOLLOWING the damn train is a thing of true beauty.
I like most of you’re points, although Micheal makes it very clear in the game that he was just trying to make sure that his family would be safe. Trevor was an unpredictable psycho with a criminal background, he couldn’t be trusted around Micheals family, Micheal wanted a way out of his criminal life, he was unaware of how much that life really meant to him. The North Yankton Heist is a good example of that. Micheal wanted a way out while his criminal *family* Brad/Trevor wanted to keep taking scores which according to Micheal would eventually end up in his death, which is reasonable thought when you think about how dangerous the heist were that he was taking on with them. Brad wasn’t as innocent as Trevor either as Lester and Micheal mentioned Brad was very annoying and down right stupid at times and was always leading them into bad situations, Micheal didn’t even want Brad dead he wanted him in prison, which is harsh but when you’re in the criminal life and making bad decisions you have to take that guy out of you’re crew so it’s almost generous of Micheal not have Brad killed.
But Trevor was thinking about cutting Micheal loose, and he very clearly cares about Michaels family
They all have criminal backgrounds LOL it's Grand Theft Auto 😂😂
My favorite always was Michael, he seems the most complex out of the three. Nothing too exceptional or anything, but I really like how fundamentally flawed his personality is and how aware he is of that. At it's core he is a bad person, and seemingly always was considering what he says to his psychiatrist, and even when he tries to amend things and start anew, his violent persona ends up raising two brats who hates him and an unhappy marriage filled with misery. He sacrificed everything and everyone he loved for a new life that he hates. Of course he would end up being a bitter asshole.
Despite everything he says about him, he obviously loves Trevor even after killing him in ending A since a couple in game days later, he basically blames Franklin for it and blocks his number, a very obvious way to cope and deflect guilt.
And just personally I love how he is written, his sarcastic banter and petty speech is just so funny to me, and of course Ned kills it with his performance.
Michael is easily the biggest good guy out of the three, well as good as you can be being a hardearned criminal anyway, in the subtle approach of the big one instead of cutting off loose ends by killing the guard like Trevor suggested he makes a huge risk and gives him a gold bar on a condition the guy doesn't talk, both taking extreme risk and taking away a whole lotta money just out of the kindess of his own heart, he's the only one that feels any kind of remorse when he accidentally runs over civillians he tells Steve's men to go easy on mr K as useless as it was, and he obviously does care for Trevor as much as Trevor doesn't deserve it
I'd just like to point out that Michael's character arc in this game is basically the same as in Shrek Forever After
Also, amazing video leadhead keep on🔥
Stop
Based story arch synopsis is based
Why would you say something so controversial yet so brave?
@@arcana5899 for the last 5 days that's what i ask myself before going to bed
Welcome to Los Santos is such a good fucking song
>song appears in radio while I'm being chased by cops
*maximum overdrive*
The Alchemist and Oh No are no joke. Alc is a legend.
@@dxqx3794 facts.
alchemist Bay beeeee
I must be one of the five people on this planet who don't like it
During the story that Trevor tells Wade, when trevor starts going all over it towards the end, he does mention that Brad was planning to kill Michael but he got killed first. This was obviously before Trevor found out that Michael had attempted to sell them out.
And while hanging out, Trevor tells Franklin that if Brad didn’t get killed by the feds, he most likely would have done it himself anyways because “he was a dick”
I definitely know the deeper meaning in a lot of stories and characters but whine it comes to explaining them I’m clueless at times and say gibrish. GTAV is a great story I truly loved the detail and the themes expressed through the characters. Like the one part where Trevor and Mike have a fight and they go back to where the beginning of the game took place and their conversation was a really well done scene that shows their relationship completely broken
Agree, super powerful scene.
It feels so wrong when I see the guys with different haircuts to the ones I gave them
Trevor doesn't look right if he's not on one of the polar extremes of facial hair.
Yeah I hate that, they changed outfits everytime then I had to go back to house and change em.Especially trevor who would just end up naked sometimes.
@@inkoinfinity2 the protagonists have diferent clothes likes and dislikes, if they like what their are wearing, they will wear it the next time you switch them.
@@fabriciobarriosproductions5836 ah
@@fabriciobarriosproductions5836 wait is that real?
I always figured the "kill Micheal" ending wasn't Franklin breaking out of the pyramid scheme but rather him picking up where Micheal left off. A manipulative, backstabbing snake.
ending b is in many ways, franklin taking on the worst of michael. it’s like his “surviving is everything” mantra he taught to franklin is backfiring against him
@@quirkypurple3 said it better than I did.
I view it as Franklin breaking the cycle, and getting rid of the dude grooming him into the life of crime. Franklin calling Lamar, who hasn’t really talked to in awhile, is indicative of that.
Franklin kills his mentor, then immediately calls Lamar, not his “partner in crime”, but his buddy. The dude who has been with Franklin for years. It says a lot about Franklin’s mindset after killing Mike.
Couldn't agree more.
@@owainraysor5108 “grooming him into the life of crime” Franklin was a serial killer long before he met Michael, his second mission is killing a dozen gangsters
I only played through the Death Wish ending. I always took Michael's relationship with Franklin as fatherly. Like a do-over with a kid who cares unlike his own kids. He slips into his old self centered habits, but comes out a way better person. Plus, they all deserve the better ending.
The game has 2 moral lessons one said by Michael in Father/Son "give this shit up, work hard and go to college and get a job" that shows that Michael hated being a robber and would not do that to anybody else (until the heists but whatever) and the second is Money doesn't make you happy example Michael.
When Trevor heard that you wanted to kill Michael, he was pissed and didn’t want anything to do with it
When Michael hears you want to kill Trevor, he jumps at it and helps to kill him
Michael wanted to kill Trevor twice, he’s a shitty friend
Edit: I also forgot to mention that once your at the end of Ending A, if you wait a few minutes and don't "Put down Trevor", Michael takes the shot.
...And somehow after killing T, Michael kinda doesn't want to meet or hang out with Franklin...
@@gentaillahi6153 I think it's because deep down he knows that what they did was shitty, and just like he projected his laziness and vapidness onto his children, now he projects his traitorous nature onto Frank
@@tafua_a he knows that one day he'll be the one hold at gunpoint.
It only makes sense to have a separate ending that goes "go kill Trevor with Michael and then turn on Michael and kill him, basically backfiring at Michael for what he did in North Yankton, and also "succeeding" his mentor.
The C ending where everyone survives doesn't make sense after time and time game showed that Franklin "despised" them both for many reasons, Trevor being an uncontrollable maniac and Michael being a filthy rat, who just cares about himself and doesn't care about loyalty and friendship.
@@sanderjin1928 but Franklin is loyal and not going to let two assholes who used them to tell him who to kill
Let's hope for a San Andreas analysis someday
praying for that 2 happen🙏
Fingers crossed!
@Human Being i thought the same, but after a little thinking, i see cj as a very deep and conflicted character, problem was the whole game's story is told a bit poorly
I know a spanish guy that made a ,pretty good might I say, video ab San Andreas. His @ is dayoscript, I dont know if it has gotten english subtitles yet but its worth checking out
THIS
I like the whole framework of the story basically being a cheesy, over the top Hollywood Action movie which was always the feeling I got from it and kinda fits the setting perfectly imo
This perfectly describes the absolute beauty held within this story
I honestly have never done another ending besides the death wish. I’ve seen the others through videos and have just never thought it would feel right to pick any other option. Franklin, despite acting like he doesn’t, cares a lot about those closest to him. He goes above and beyond for Micheal, he tows for Tanisha, he tails some hillbillies just cus Trevor asked him to, and he saves Lamar enough times for it to be a running joke. The other endings see him changing a core value and have never set right with me.
Even though the characters are monsters and should rot in prison, I couldn't help but symphatize with them a lot. Especially Trevor. Killing him feels like straight up betrayal. Killing Michael is even worse imo, I genuinely think a part of him really cared for Franklin by the end.
I agree with this comment so much. I couldn't have said it better myself
Though he himself says, that he hates Lamar for constantly getting into trouble and being talked into saving him every time.
It feels like the multiple endings were a complete afterthought, meant to generate a false sense of depth.
I didn't do Deathwish during either of my playthroughs. I hate the thought of killing Michael or Trevor because it's wrong in so many ways. It's evil, treacherous, and very out of character for Franklin, who's proven himself to be immensely loyal to those he's close with, especially figures like Lamar and Tanisha, as well as Michael and Trevor. The consequences are dire and your enemies will stay walking in the process. In addition, Franklin's ties are broken as a result of his actions, and he can't face what he's done, hiding the truth about Michael's killing to Jimmy after The Time's Come, and in both that mission and Something Sensible, his ties with the survivor, Lester, and affiliates of his target are severed. Moreover, these endings show a cowardly side to Franklin, who chose to hit his target because of all the heat coming down on him from the FIB and Devin Weston, especially given he's just robbed the Union Depository, among the other crazy events that have taken place over the last few months. Franklin isn't a spineless sack of crap, and I'm glad Deathwish is canon.
It’s worth mentioning that Trevor DIDN’T kill Floyd. After that mission it’s mentioned on the radio that Floyd was shot, and Deb was stabbed. He avenged Floyd.
Quick edit; this is misinformation and I’m an idiot. I still believe that events went down that way both based on the characters involved and the simple logistics of such a standoff. Unfortunately my believing things went one way has nothing to do with a radio broadcast that I seemingly believed I heard when no evidence exists to support it
Cousins 4 lyfe right there
that’s why Trevor looked so upset after walking out
No way I always wanted to know
He was shot in the head, by Trevor.
@@Hazztech Nah, my best guess is that Debra accidentally killed him and Trevor stabbed her.
Funny thing is that Rockstar are becoming an embodiment of what their games criticise: a greedy, soulless, manipulative corporation
They aren’t soulless. You can see the passion in everything they do. Take Two is the devil here.
@@GrainMuncherthis is bullshit, take two know nothing about games, all these annoying things in online for example, like removing the ability to store bikes in a cargo chopper so people couldn’t grind the delivery missions quicker, that is not take two. That’s rockstar, take two didn’t tell them to do shit like that. Nor would they have told them to turn gta online into such a grind fest. All of the major issues with gta come directly from rockstar. They can’t keep hiding behind take two, as comment above you said, they have became excatly what they parodied.
@@GrainMuncheronly thing you guys say is Take two that and Take Two this, they are the when of the only companies in the world were they give their developers almost full freedom. Rockstar is just done now, most of its OG developers have left the company because of its head, and that's not Take Two. I am the biggest Rockstar fan probably, but i am not blind to realize the truth.
Wow you're so original 🤡
you`re the biggest smooth brained dumbass ive ever seen in years of youtube, grats.@@shoazdon7000
Anti-capitalism, the satire is suppose to be anti-capitalism, while at the same time creating a lucrative game exploiting capitalism
I hate Anti capitalism Every Socialist Country everyone has escaped from them
It started with Franklin reposesing a car, and ended with stealing 200 million dollars worth of gold with a psychopath and a retired bank robber
I hate that misspelling but I can relate to it. Maybe thats why i hate it.
He’s not very retired is he then
Lol
Which is the psychopath and which is the retired bank robber 🤣
@@Jackaboo Both? Both. Both is good
*psychopath
After the recent "Contract" update, seeing how Franklin has gone places, broken out of his role AND kept his friends, makes me sincerely happy.
He hasn’t though. Same chick, same old friends. Just on a higher pay grade.
@@elijahnakumura4375 Franklin made his friendships work. He's no longer just stealing cars for some loser. And he owns a very profitable company.
@@elijahnakumura4375 the girl in the Contracts update isn’t Tanisha
@@MetalQueerSolidTwinQueers
But he’s married to Tanisha
I hate to be a downer but its kinda shit considering that now all the gta online stuff is cannon now. flying cars, flying bikes. franklin never got over tanisha, he never properly "Grew up". It implies him and trevor stopped speaking too
You did your sponsor correctly, you didn't spend 10 minutes talking about it and went straight to the point. We need more UA-camrs like you
Michael slander is wild in this video
21:45 Micheal didn't rope Franklin into the FIB stuff. He literally met up with Franklin and told him to run for the hills before the FIB jobs even started. Franklin knew what he was getting into when he refused to leave LS
I think he meant roped in by association as in Michael already knew the FIB was on his case yet still chose to include Franklin in his crimes knowing full well it will catch the FIB/Daves eyes I mean they literally refer to Franklin as another expericend partner in crime who can help in the stuff they do
If Franklin was just another innocent friend I doubt the FIB would rope him in. He just acted carless
@@edz4prez204 The whole thing is basically unforseen consequences.
Michael told Frank that the job is hard and the pay is shit ans he went along with it.
It's obvious that Michael didn't expect Dave to show up right after and the Three's Company probably only happened since Dave couldn't keep how he got the files a secret or something.
Even on the car ride to the FIB lot he tries to sell Dave on Franklin beeing his car guy or whatever.
@@NoFlu meh depends on how you veiw I personally think Michael definitely knew because like seriously when Dave confronted him he was really calm and usually that means a person was prepared for the consequences or just didnt care infact Michael and Dave were more worried about trevor than the actual FBI.
Obviously Michael didnt want Franklin to get involved but Franklin still got involved that's definitely not on Michael but he seemed very aware that Dave would probably find out,
I'm not saying hes the bad guy because he did have to do the heist it wasnt really a choice but based on the fact that we know hes roped someone in before (him and trevor) it is a bit iffy
But like I said depends on how we view it he could have just not cared and didnt expect the FIB to have eyes on a small time "gangster" like Franklin and it was all Dave's fault which could be the case
But in the end Michael dosent seem like a bad person he just seems unstable
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YEAH
Such a shame we never got story dlc imo
Disappointed
They realized the live service, multiplayer crap made more money.
That's because rockstar to more interested in their stupid online
@@mikeyreza Improved the gameplay? You mean it was the exact same (no mechanical changes), while it effectively took a nose dive in every other area.
@@BDozer666 It actually decreased in quality imo. The parkour system in IV is a lot better than V, V's movement feels very bare bones. The only improvements they made were adding more vehicles, and that hardly counts.
To me, GTA is a Tarantino movie. The characters and dialogue are great. They can be funny, profound, and heart breaking. The overall story arch, however, is unremarkable
This was much more relevant to my life than I thought. I had just played gta after a long time and a lot of bullshit in my personal life.This made me question why I always felt cheated by friends. The fact I could go though the entire game idolizing Michael while he was exactly what I fear in real life is beyond a perspective change. And made me rethink a-lot of dead relationships. I know I’m still naïve but the fact I physically couldn’t see the manipulation in him hit me the same way life has always hit me. Amazing video
Yeah, you were/are probably weak. Michael is pretty pathetic if you think about it.
honestly it’s really sad how i’ve seen so many people just write trevor off as the unstable unpredictable guy when he’s a lot more than just that
I wish we could have seen more of him and Patricia
no he isn’t he’s a unstable guy that needs serious help
The point of Trevor is that he's supposed to represent what an actual GTA protagonist would be like. Can you imagine the kind of guy who gets off murdering tons of people, stealing cars, ignoring traffic laws, and generally doing crazy illogical shit in a sandbox open world just for fun? That's exactly who Trevor is.
He was strangely woke and it cracks me up
We need a Therapist for Him, He is loyal
Guys...You gotta realize that this story only happened because of a Train....
"another damn train"
There's always a goddamn train
Never follow the DAMN train.
Only Jesus can beat the train
@@mistiik1337 True
The fact that you have enough freedom in the storyline to do sidemissions, different order of missions, etc. is a big plus in my opinion
Great execusion
I really really enjoyed it (but I played it over a longer time period instead of in a few sittings)
People who grind the game most likely have a different experience when playing a SP title
another touch is seeing the different prospectives if you a do a michael mission in green as franklin the cut scenes only start at the point where the the character showed up (mainly referring to the mission were you pull down the house)
Sometimes when you switch to Micheal after beating the game you’ll hear an argument going on in the house. Micheal will begin to yell and then he’ll stop himself and regain composure. It’s stuff like that which shows Micheal has actually changed over the course of the story
Imo the arcs are. (Deathwish ending)
Michael: Goes from arrogant, depressed, evil, downer to understanding himself and regretting his life while also embracing it. He regrets his actions but by the end he’s happy with the family, friends and job he’s got. He finally gets out of his rot and learns that there’s more to life than crime.
Trevor: Learns to love and forgive. He longs for some sort of connection and by the end he’s happy. He’s living his best life with new and old friends. And a lover too.
Franklin: Learns how life works. He wants out of every situation he’s in because he learns that he will always be the little guy. Franklin both starts to dislike Michael and Lamar but by the end embraces them as friends. He knows Michael used him, but saves him anyway because Michael treated him like an actual human. He loved him as a son.
Franklin learns what life is and gets out of it before he has the chance to end up like Michael or Trevor. He also embraces his relationships.
I guess it’s a game about how, experience and friendship go further than money or corporate greed. If you break it down that far.
Thats a really good way to put it. Its truly an underrated story, and yet a story which resonates with a lot of people. I've never played the game, but I do remember seeing friends play it. I think the game really does show 2 ways to tackle life. You either play it safe and regret your descisions, or you risk it all for the best possible outcome. You can see Michael agreeing with the former and Trevor with the latter, and Franklin is caught between those two differening outlooks. It shows fucked up people in fucked up situations, but it also shows how sticking with like minded people to try to make something better All in all, stick with your friends, and try to be on the same page, because if you don't, then things will get hairy real fast.
dont forget that Michael's daughter would also still be going to college since technically that would happen
so not only did he found his life meaning, his life is finally for the first time going to the right direction
lol what? Trevor didnt learn love and forgive.
Yeah. I think the two other endings aren't canon and the deathwish ending is considered to be the best one.
@@kocant1274 Well, he actually did later in the game. A murderous psycho learned how to be a human being despite all the flaws and the abusive past.
Jesus, I’ve never heard anyone vilify Michael so hard or enjoy the Kill Michael ending, that ending is brutal & doesn’t fit Franklin’s personality at all.
Hes wrong about Micheal in every sense of the word "wrong"
You wanna know how? Because,Micheal gives F a chance out every time he can,and F stays loyal to him. Micheal looks out for F,even says in the first job his pay is gonna be shit and F doesnt care and does it anyway. Micheal treats F like a goddamn son,he wasnt using him.
I agree! None of the 3 characters are perfect by any means but I Wouldn’t kill any of them
It's not about personality. that is the point. All of them are criminals. Franklin would've stole 100s of cars and deliver drugs, that is indirectly ruining people's life. That's been clearly indicated in this game. This life of chess where everyone is ruining everyone else's game in some way shape or form. When they robbed so many banks. People suffered. Corporations didn't
Trevor is the literal psychopath he's the only one that's a truly bad guy.
Trevor may be a pcyo and crazy but at the same time he's the only one who can be trusted unlike Michael or Franklin
Each character represents a part of the human psyche - Michael, beaten down by life serves as the Ego; Franklin’s young and hungry, ambitious, representing the Super-Ego; and Trevor, while capable, is a reactionary wild-card, portraying the Id. At a glance, this reveals that all 3 are designed to work together.
The plot is tent-polled by the heists. The game is an action masterpiece, focusing on the heists. I guess it will appeal more to people who like careful planning and confident execution - The Blitz Play not included, which was off the cuff, with short notice.
Honestly I had the exact same view as you did prior to you replaying the game again and really taking a serious look at the story, this actually puts alot of things into perspective for me and really makes me appreciate what went over my head. Thanks
How does the whole Solomon movie star side story involve Michael’s capitalist consumer lifestyle. It seems like Michael genuinely cares about making movies.
True he loves film
I guess it’s because it’s not necessarily Michael’s love for film but the film itself; Meltdown was literally a film about two Yuppies on Wall Street and that’s just about as consumerist as it gets. Clearly, Solomon doesn’t seem to give a shit about the quality of his films, anymore since many regard the film as a piece of shit anyways. Furthermore, Michael is the Assistant producer of the film; he serves no purpose in the creation of the film from what the player sees aside from having his name on the credits and doing Solomon’s bidding. Michael may love film but the film itself is a complete contradiction of this.
Cuz people wanna seem smart and wanna sound deep so they come up with bullshit
@@j-money2295 Ah yes ignore the messages that got here 3 days earlier. Smooth
Michael loves the idea of old Hollywood more than he loves film or the craft of filmmaking. I saw it as another facet of his cynical and jaded worldview. "They don't make em like they used to"
Lamar was supposed to play a major part in the game but the voice actor for him got into Trouble with the law and they had to change it
Absolute shame, Lamar Davis is probably the best character in the series. Everytime he opens his mouth is pure gold.
@@marreco6347 yee yee ass haircut
Source?
@@mannyoftheeast3318 look it up ,I didn’t see it anytime recent. last time I saw it I was really young
dog ass
Trevor knew from the start that Debra is cheating on Floyd. Mission Scouting The Port confirms it.
Trevor showing up at Mike's house is the season one cliffhanger finale
One of the things that I always loved about GTA5, is how some of the cutscenes(mostly the not so serious cuscenes) have this realistic handshake and zooming in on either quiet or awkward breaks, it makes it feel like a reality show/comedy sitcom...imo
Yeah it kinda feels like the office, and the more serious missions is more cinematic
@@ididntmeantoshootthatvietn5012 yeah
The camerawork in general is some of the best I've seen in in-game cinematics to this day
It's good at getting you comfortable with the ambience
Michael's scenes are cinematic with fixed camera/panning, Franklin's scenes are handheld, and Trevor's scenes are handheld+zoom like a mockumentary
it angers me so much that online overshadowed this game's story, genuinely so underrated
A thought on the video: I choose to believe Debra shot floyd and trevor killed her in reaction to his death, it simply makes more sense to me he wouldn't just kill floyd like that
@@Spariteo Yea, because news report you can see after the mission says that Floyd was found shot in the head, and Debra was one with a gun
@@Spariteo i mean thats what the news said, and although trevor is quite insane, he still cares for people, especially Floyd because he live pretty long with him but didn't know who Debra is so he had no emotional connections with her so thats why he killed her
Yeah the previous games ls stories were better I'd replay gta 4 or San Andreas befor ei even rethink about gta v.
So tru, my friends say online is better cuz they think story mode is boring
This is by far the best deep dive of Gta 5. I actually learned more about Michael in this video compared to my 10th play-threw.
This is genuinely an amazing overview of the whole game of grand theft auto v, one of the most entertaining UA-cam videos I’ve ever watched.
I love how we're in the point of youtube where if someone says "raid shadow legends" you're in suspense for about 2 seconds to see if it's a joke or not
I felt that
and then immediately shilling something just as bad after lol. Fyi I don't care, people gotta make money, but still it's kinda funny.
I liked your commentary on Trevor and Floyd. However, I think in some weird way Trevor cared about Floyd. The moment he hears about Debra cheating, the tone in his voice shifts to one more angry and defensive. Then later down the line a news report following the mission says that a man was found shot in the head and a woman stabbed to death. Implying that Debra shot Floyd and Trevor stabbed her in revenge. Plus that distressed look after he comes out looks much closer to grieving for someone he cares about than a "What the hell have I done?" sort of face
That's really interesting. That makes so much more sense now. But I don't know if it's so much Trevor having compassion for Floyd as it is him taking Debra's words personally. Trevor has a long history of betrayal coupled with serious neglect and abuse from his mother. It's no wonder he would snap when hearing Debra berate Floyd like that.
trevor was fully intending on paying floyd for helping with the merryweather heist. i actually think about that moment because i think it’s interesting to speculate... what happened when trevor came home that night? what treatment did floyd get? if the heist had gone well, would trevor’s treatment afterward towards him be better? either way there’s definitely some symbolism with floyd’s teddybear. trevor is destroying floyd’s innocence because his own was destroyed.
@Memescular except he feels remorse when people he genuinely cares about dies, all those other people he killed or watched die were people that he didn't give a shit about or his enemies. Why do you think he was so devastated when he watched Michael's supposed "death"?
Honestly i feel like Trevor was mad at Floyd for being used by his woman, and he tried to teach him to live a little and not to always follow the rules.
Yh that makes sense as Trevor was being very hard on floyd at the docks in a tough love sort of manner
Love this. My second playthrough was to find evidence to dispute my friend's hatred of Trevor. I related to TP the most by far. I thought Michael was alright the 1st playthrough, but while looking for specifics of the goodness of Trevor I found M to be quite a dirty worm. No idea how 6 could make me fall in love with a character the way I fell for Ogg's Trevor.
trevor deserved his own game
Now that you mention something about your cloud stoner days when first playing the story, it really cracks me up to think about my journey with this game and how long it’s been out. First time playing it I was an innocent 14 years old, then I played it again while I was in high school smoking weed all day everyday and now just played it again while i’m an adult with a career and not smoking anymore and haven’t for 2 years….this game has been out way too long lmao.
I just realised that ive never seen a "real" GTA V singleplayer review from the youtubers I watch
this is the first time i've actually seen someone do an analysis of gta v's story, most people that put their two cents into the narrative dwells way too much on "it's not as dark as gta iv", which kinda misses the point, imo.
nice pfp bro
@@bitronic6706 exactly man... I haven't seen actual analysis on GTA v. It's usually "gta iv good, gta v bad" that everyone says. Most of the reasons for this is apparently because gta iv took a dark turn and GTA v was different than that. I wish more people actually try to understand gta v story instead of making unfair and misinformed comparisons to gta iv
@@anattackhelicopter2680 when gta iv was the newest game in the series, i remember people were shitting on it for being too "edgy and dark", and also for having less stuff to do than san andreas.
seriously, back then san andreas was the game that was treated as the "holy grail"
nostalgia is really powerful, isn't it, when gta vi comes out people will probably see gta v the same way they see gta iv now.
@@bitronic6706 that's actually true and you summarised it perfectly. I couldn't have said it better myself
Well, I wouldn't say killing Michael is a good ending. Even though he might deserve it, you're betraying him. That's why after this ending Trevor calls Franklin a traitor and lose contact with him. And yeah, you make 2 kids fatherless and Amanda a widow.
Had Michael never tried to improve, had he never actually seen a way out of his tunnel of lies and backstabbing, it would be a good ending. However, he did
Hey jimmy is like 20 and Tracy is like 22 it’s not like they are 7 and 9.
i would say killing M is the neutral ending. certainly not bad.
I agree, it is in no way a good ending while yes franklin breaks the system he sticks close to his friends. However you like you said still betrayed another friend, left a family without a father and still left all your enemies alive. In c however Franklin still breaks the system yet did not abandon the comradery he had with micheal and trevor.
@@epicchocolate1866 does that make them losing their father any easier? Yea that might be able to handle it a lot better than they would as a child but I’m assuming your around that age 20 or so, would you not be devastated still if god forbid your father was to pass?
This is a great in-depth video about grand theft autos story and its deeper meaning and morals that I have never noticed these 8 years ive been playing this game for. amazing how such a violent character like Trevor is actually the most down to earth and humble person in los santos.... well morally he is.
Nothing will beat gta 4 story, such unbelievable characters, being Niko and making it in the west. Sensational
@Hicham Boudouma “It's hard to win an argument with a smart person, but it's damn near impossible to win an argument with a stupid person.” - Bill Murray cinespia
This is good but I just have to agree, Niko as a dude is so much better
@Hicham Boudouma Gta 4 story is good but yeah you are right. Missions were pretty repetitive but the story was good
@Hicham Boudouma Yeah i also quit gta 4 not long time ago just because the missions sucked. So i just learned the story through youtube. Imo gta sa is obviously the winner lol
@Hicham Boudouma Nope. Kid.
i know lamar is a meme now but i always loved him, hes such a great character
That's why he's a meme
I'd really like to see him in the next gta as some sort of health influencer/spiritual guru/coach that actually believes the things he says 100%, and his beliefs have only gotten dumber.
oh man, if he had a radio program I'd listen to it on repeat.
@@marreco6347 i think the next gta is actually gonna be set in the 80s like vice city
@@lucywucyyy the problem is that they ran out of loose ends to tie in gta5 to gta6 so they can't do what they did did gta5. If anything, gta5 is pretty likely to be the end of the story for the HD universe
@Mentor Altaïr ibn la'Ahad yeah lol
For anyone who doesn’t know, in a hangout mission Trevor says to Franklin that he didn’t really like Brad. So it was all for nothing
He also said it was because he felt betrayed plus Brad was part of The Old crew so Trevor still somewhat cared about him
I mean Brad does seem like the third wheel in the prologue heist, remember in the car Brad started bragging about roughing up the hostages, Michael literally gives him a sarcastic remark, and Trevor literally doesn't care. Almost as if Brad talking was annoying him.
@@ifyourmarriedyourasimpanda7440 Lester also says to trever that Brad was a lazy, stupid price of shit in one mission
Idk how much importance that dialogue in that hangout mission has. I don’t remember playing it, but the story definitely would’ve gone way differently if it Trevor didn’t care as much about Brad. Before the union depository he mentions Brad when Lester doesn’t/only mentions T, M and himself when he is referring to the past. Also Trevor went to Luddendorf to see if Brad was in the coffin. I gotta admit though that it‘s controversial, since Trevor went there to see if the story of Michael being in witness protection was fake, therefore exposing Michaels lies. He doesn’t go there for Brad specifically, but also he‘s partly there for him to see if he‘s in the coffin. Trevor was also the closest to Brad out of him, Michael and Lester. For me there is just too much indicating that Trevor at least somewhat cares about Brad, especially when he has a lot of conflict with Michael
@@cjin3680 he said didnt like, not didnt care
It took me 150 hours to beat story mode, i would spend hours just screwing around after missions and really only did one a day. I think that made the pacing feel so much better to me
i’ve beaten this game like 9 times over the 10 years it’s been out and i genuinely couldn’t tell you what the plot was outside of michael having to pay off that one dude whose house we fucked up
Before Michael gets involved with the government he meets Franklin at the hills and tells him to stay as far from him as possible and to "take a vacation" Franklin chose to get involved with the government. Michael isn't the bad guy, he gave Franklin exactly what he wanted, as he told franklin what he was getting into before every chapter of this story, as for Trevor I agree Michael was a hypocrite, but Trevor was batshit crazy before he even met Michael back in the Air Force.
If you remember the car ride with Dave Norton, he brought in Trevor without Michael knowing and he forced Michael to call Franklin to be involved or they would send “G-Men to his aunts house”
Before the Jewel Store Robbery, Michael told Franklin that he would get paid less and Franklin still took the job.
Exactly
Well yea but all of them are killers so thay are the bad guys 😅
Kinda feel like Michael is seeing Franklin kinda how he seen Trevor back when they first met except he tried to make things differently this time by looking out for him and being straight with him instead of setting him up like he did with Trevor
i've always liked the story overall. because of how cinematic it felt.
The supet cinematic style has been immitated by so many open world games, and other types, over the past decade that I think people forget just how game changing GTA V felt in its production values and slick presentation when it came out.
I was shocked about how cinematic it was. I used to prefer Mafia over Gta but when I really started play Gta 5 missions I fell in love with the game, but I don't play games that much so I still haven't play it through but I will play it soon
Here before triggered GTA IV fans
Fucking well hit the nail on the fuckong head there, mate!
i dont becouse it is not serius like gta 4 so GTA 4 STORYLINE IS BETTER!
I love how you talk about weed like it got you blackout drunk
Damn dude, your intro was so compelling that I feel like I have to replay the game again before finishing this video
The first time I played it my opinion was: "Trevor funny"
My opinion is still: "Trevor Funny"
Trevor very funny! :D
the funniest clowns are the saddest...
@@senkodan Cringe
@@HOTD108_ oh oh stinky
So in conclusion...
Trevor funny
Oh my god I absolutely love this take on the endings. Most people just say “Trevor bad, kill Trevor ending good”
No joke, when I was talking about the game in middle school, one of my friends said that he killed Trevor because he didn't want the other protagonists dying.
Then I told him of the actual death wish ending
The kill Trevor ending made me feel bad. Trevor would have never turned on me.
I thought most people thought deathwish was good, I never liked him but at the same time I felt so horrible while watching him burn to death after turning against him and all of that. It hurt a bit watching that and going through it
@@shizniddlesnap3001 Trevor is extremely trusting. In the deathwish mission Michael and Trevor both pull a gun on eachother. Michael has his finger on the trigger ready to shoot at any time, while Trevor only has his finger next to the trigger. Even though Trevor is made to be the crazy one, his thoughts are voiced the most and he’s extremely predictable. While Michael is the worse psychopath.
@@gavind351 Most people thought deathwish was a mission where franklin saves both his friends and then dies in the process.
When I first saw the spoilers text in the beginning of this video, I had realized I never finished the full story before. I then went on to complete the entire story mode, beginning to end, just to come back and watch this video.
It's weird how hype this video still makes me about GTA. It really is that perfect TV series at the end of it all.
Trevor may be insane, but he’s the most heartfelt and loyal character. Micheal is a hypocrite, but does anything for a non corrupt leader or his family. Franklin’s a newbie but has a impact on the group that wouldn’t be there if not for Franklin.
@GoTi4No He literally rapes Floyd in a opening cutscene and eats human flesh in a mission, wtf u on about lol
@@crackb0ne Since WHEN?
@@martol7169 If you go into the guest room after the first few days in Floyds place when switching to Trevor, you'll see that Floyd is in the fetal position, crying, while wearing Debra's lounge clothes.
In a piece of dialogue later edited out in an update that when Trevor vomits he says "Never eat Indian PEOPLE".
@@crackb0ne when did he rape Floyd…
@@jayyurj look up two comments
I wonder how you feel about Franklin now that Online finally shed light on what happened so many years later. He's now a "legitimate" businessman, married Tanisha, had kids, and still has Lamar as his best friend, who's also trying to start a "legitimate" business. He mentions that Michael is still working on the movie studio and a few years back Ron mentioned Trevor is now a yoga teacher.
I actually don't really like that ending for those characters.
Franklin marrying Tanisha, good for him I guess, but he was supposed to be moving on at the end of the story mode because she was marrying the doctor. Doesn't make sense to me that he gets a storybook ending instead of the realistic one implied in the original story.
Michael still working with the movie studio is fine I guess, but Trevor becoming a yoga teacher... like he found peace or some shit? Give me a break lol
@@MaddMan621 I’m pretty sure the Yoga teacher thing was a joke
@@MaddMan621 theres a thing called divorce,well its been a thing since like 100 years ago
@@MaddMan621 You are right, it really sound stupid.
The Crew Split Up :(
I've alway thought that I wanted a GTA movie, but after watching this, you're right, it would be way better as an episodic series.
You had my full undivided attention but you failing to launch on an empty street into a pole at 25:09 made me laugh out loud
I think there is one aspect you didn't fully get about Michael, what makes him a protagonist and not an antagonist: his journey into understanding what he did, into growing out of being the snake he used to be and still is. Deep down, he knows he is a huge part of his issues, he knows that betraying his friends was a bad decision and understands that he will never be a good person. And finally, he understands that he didn't take on as life of crime to get money, but for the thrill of the chase. And he finally found the best way out with the movie deal. When he chose the wrong way out, he stabbed Brad and Trevor in the back. But when he got the movie deal, he told Trevor face to tace. And when the Deathwish ending happens, he manages to tie up all the loose ends. He makes up with Trevor, takes out the people that want him dead, and lives a thrilling life as a movie producer with a family that doesn't hate him anymore
What makes Michael a protagonist is that you play as him so the story focuses him the most along F and T. You probably mean "Hero" and "Villain", but this is GTA, everyone is gray, so there are no real hero nor villain
@@nicocee2431 I think you're right that everyone in GTA are morally grey but I think villain protagonist or an anti-hero is an appropriate word for all protagonists in GTA. Vince Vance, CJ, and Franklin are anti-heroes.
@@poweroffriendship2.0 I meant the ones who are "good" are not really good, so the morale and ethics don't work like we are used to therefore they are 'gray' and kind of outside the hero-villain thing
@@nicocee2431 At least it depends on how you control the player whether you want to commit crimes and kill people or not in the in-game, but in the main storyline, the "heroes" in GTA have different morality and personality.
I'm thankful you said this. I felt this video kinda ignore how Michael had a character arc where he grew into a better person
Michael effectively tries to turn Franklin into Trevor, someone he can use for his own gain in robberies and efforts to get out of the FIB’s deal, but Franklin isn’t as vulnerable as Trevor and he begins to understand who Michael is and what he’s trying to do.
Franklin is incredibly intelligent. Despite being able to see right through most people's crap, his biggest flaw is that he doesn't know how to say no when someone tells him to do something.
@@sirreal1524 he can even understand dog
@Anessen yeah. The kid were actually glad to gain his score from heists, he’s chosen this life on his own
@Anessen maybe he was doing it unknowingly
You are completely fucking wrong, Franklin was already a hustler and wanted to make money and get out of the hood and Michael just gave him the opportunity to do so.
back when he was normal and watchable
i miss actually good content from this guy
you just don't like trans people
good for u
@@gumshake689 OP didn’t even mention trans people. Maybe he just doesn’t like the content Leadhead is doing now? Instead of labelling him as transphobic, maybe just shut up and don’t assume shit you don’t know.
@@AGuywhohasGoodTastepretty sure it's painfully obvious why the responder would think that.
What’s wrong with her content now?
33:00 chills
Personally Michael’s family are the biggest antagonist in this story
Honestly though! They were my least favorite characters in the game! Sure Michael May not be perfect but he cut a deal with a crooked FIB agent and got his friend killed to have a better life for his family! They live an easy comfortable life and they hate Michael for it
While what they do makes it look like they just suck, they don't just hate Micheal for no reason, he causes them to live a terrible life, they genuinely love Micheal but his manipulative and chaotic personality make everyone around him's life simply miserable for example, amanda cheated but she only did it because Micheal had cheated on her previously. His family just wants to be normal and that was promised but nothing changed. Thats why when the family comes back together its because they realize they need to change . It's just because he started to bring them back to their previous life they started to hate him but now that Micheal wants to change and is trying to change they regain their trust and begin to love him again.
@@Spariteo amanda cheated on michael 9 times and it was probably before michael did it himself
@@nekilikizhrvatske3336 fax, plus she is a stripper and known to openly flirt with house-help all the time. Don't know why that guy tryna excuse the behaviour of amanda, as if to say "if a woman cheats its the mans fault"
@@nekilikizhrvatske3336 Amanda says, and Michael doesn't disprove it, that she started cheating on him only after she found him cheating first
Still I think the best GTA story ends with “so this is what the dream feels like, this is the victory we longed for...”
YES
GTA IV has without a doubt the best story in the series
@@shaggysnax01 LIES
@@kevinlee9929 explain
Especially with the Roman ending where Niko’s desire for revenge and fucking everyone over catches up with him, murdering the only person that was actually loyal to him in his life
I love the Lamar and Franklin dynamic like the 2 sides of the hood how 1 wants to leave and the other trying to stay in it