GTA V to Feature Three Different Main Characters

What's up with that assault rifle? the muzzle's chopped off at the front sight, am I missing something or is the cover art? 

Rockstar is allergic to women.

Bummer 3 chances and no female protagonist :(

I don't know why people miss Tommy and Claude, they barely had any personality. CJ did but his arch is over so I donno where they would go from there.

If that was Claude CJ and Tommy, I would be totally psyched. Now that someone ruined my expectations because they aren't, I know I will still love this game.

All these guys looks mad.

All of them are looking to get out of bad business. All of them will be doing bad business throughout the game. At the end, all three of them will be trying to kill each other, all of them will die.

I just wrote Gta V

@forkboy: ha, yes I meant the fourth one.

A female protagonist in a Rockstar game would be interesting, I agree. They know how to write characters and I think I've seen the rough-neck male a few too many times.

Nice to see we get some diversity. I hope it plays like The Lost Vikings.

If they do have a female protagonist in future I hope her hair is black because I hate all other hair colors.

@rebgav said:

@cocowawa said:

how about a woman main character?!

Given Rockstar's preference for vapid machismo do you really, really want to see them tackle a female lead in a GTA game?

I was also going to cry foul but maybe you have a point

but hell they could just make a catalina clone and be done

@ILikePopCans: Man, every few seconds would be pretty rough. You'd be all having a nice dinner with a pal and there's Patrick's face rushing through your pasta, all whispering "Better in chuuuuuuunks."

Rockstar is just putting an end to 3 great GTA stories!

Honestly the story in both L&D and TBoGT was also a little hit and miss at times, too. Characters like Johnny's girlfriend, Terry and Clay, and Luis' mum were all left at the sidelines. I still really enjoyed the narratives (especially the L&D; TBoGT was a bit disappointing, though), but overall even with all of the padding in the middle, Niko's story I found to be the best.

Still really glad to hear about multiple protagonists! Best part of GTAIV as a whole was watching each of the stories connect and influence each other; playing through the L&D in particular was harrowing when you realise just how much shit Niko's actions pour over the gang.

For as generic as he may look, I'm especially excited to follow the guy on the right. He looks very Michael Mann-ish in his design. I wonder if the game switches between each one once their story's completed, or if you can select which one to play first.

Finally. No more 50 hours of the same lame character doing random things. Maybe they can actually weave an interesting story with more plot threads.

@cocowawa said:

how about a woman main character?!

But then who would play the hookers and girlfriend characters... gosh... lol

WE GET IT, the DLC is better. Why do you have to say it every few seconds.

Oh my god, it's totally Claude, CJ and Tommy!

Nah.

And all three will be unlikable cunts who have no consistency between their character motivations and their actions.

Because, y'know, Rockstar are such brilliant writers....

@mike28212 said:

Could prove to be interesting. I still need to complete the first game plus the DLC but am looking forward to this one.

You can probably skip the expansion for the 1969 expansion.

Or by first game do you mean 4th game?

I've definitely always wanted a multi protagonist GTA story.

@Thoseposers said:

the guy on the left scares me

This was my first thought, too.

Edit: Wait, is that Claude?

how about a woman main character?!

Could prove to be interesting. I still need to complete the last one plus the DLC but am looking forward to this one.

I expected that.

the guy on the left scares me

We don’t know much about Grand Theft Auto V, but that’s about to change. Rockstar Games’ promotional campaign for the spring 2013 release kicks off with the latest Game Informer cover.

The big news: GTA V will feature three main characters, a first for the series. Color me disappointed Rockstar Games continues to focus exclusively on male protagonists, but given how much better the downloadable content for Grand Theft Auto IV was (focused, efficient storytelling), I'm already way more interested than I was a few minutes ago.