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    BEST GTA MAIN CHARACTER? (2008)

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    #1  Edited By aabbenenend

    So everyone who is the best grand theft auto character in terms of personality and other little things that make the person who he is.

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    #2  Edited By BlackWaterCO

    Tommy Vercetti and Niko Belic are in a tie for 1st

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    #3  Edited By elbow

    Carl Johnson

    gangstah fo' lyfe

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    #4  Edited By DarkLegend

    Yeah, Tommy is first for me.

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    #5  Edited By Marvster47

    Tommy Vercetti is Bad Ass!! and i know alot of people would agree

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    #6  Edited By Systech

    Niko seems the most human to me so he's probably my favorite.

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    #7  Edited By LuffyUzumaki

    niko

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    #8  Edited By TheGTAvaccine

    Tommy Vercetti and CJ are my favorites. Hard to choose one.

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    #9  Edited By Zripwud

    I didn't played GTAIV cause I own a PC (and I  have to wait =( ), but, for what I've read, I think Niko Bellic it's the best.

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    #10  Edited By cjmhockey

    Niko has to be my favorite of all of the main characters.

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    #11  Edited By PharoahCapcom

    They are all lame.I  want to be the main character of GTA I don't want to be some random guy or a random race.

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    #12  Edited By breton

    The one from GTA III, Claude I guess(never called him that), because of his silent attitude. There's nothing cooler than saying nothing at all throughout endless rampage.

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    #13  Edited By greennoodles

    It's either CJ or Niko. io haven't gotten all the way through GTA4 yet because of my xbox being sent to Texas, so I will make my finale judgement when I do. Tommy is my least favorite though. he is just too heartless, so much so that he doesn't seem real.

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    #14  Edited By BlackWaterCO
    breton said:
    "The one from GTA III, Claude I guess(never called him that), because of his silent attitude. There's nothing cooler than saying nothing at all throughout endless rampage.
    "

    Yeah, he was rather quiet...but his one line "ugh" when you fell or got shot was a classic one
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    #15  Edited By MiniGuns

    Tommy Vercetti. Hands down.

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    #16  Edited By Win

    No disrespect to the other GTA characters but I would have to say Niko.

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    #17  Edited By doctorkatz

    Tommy Vercetti is such a douchebag, I'm going with Niko.

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    #18  Edited By agent_lost
    breton said:
    "The one from GTA III, Claude I guess(never called him that), because of his silent attitude. There's nothing cooler than saying nothing at all throughout endless rampage.
    "
    I think that his never got a name, everyone call him Fido at the time
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    #19  Edited By dietz057

    CJ for me personally, but Tommy was great as well.  The problem with Niko was that he was inconsistently written.  In a way, GTA IV tried to make him more human than any other GTA character.  However, due to the fact that this is a gta game, it still needs missions where you go out an kill people.  So everytime you'd go kill person x, it diluted the supposed human aspect of Niko.  I loved GTA IV, but Niko didn't hold a candle to CJ.

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    #20  Edited By Aarny91

    CJ!

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    #21  Edited By Aaron_G

    Gotta love Niko. 

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    #22  Edited By dangerd0g9

    i am going to have to say Niko because he has a different story behind him then the others.

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    #23  Edited By Nik_NYG

    CJ

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    #24  Edited By aabbenenend

    lol my fav is eitehr niko or cj because niko and his friends are funny as hell. and cj is gangster as hell and takes good care of his sister and his brother. altho both of them do really well in turning nothing into something. as in gta4 when niko moves to librity city to start a new life while cj is having everything ripped from him by his so called friends and the rest of the balelrs and tenpenny

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    #25  Edited By BigBoss1911

    Cloud Speed from gta 3.He was quiet but got the job done.

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    #26  Edited By OGCartman

    Tommy Vercetti

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    #27  Edited By steve316

    carl johnson, he went out witha bang, niko went out crying

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    #28  Edited By Warihay

    Niko Belic is definatly first.

    Followed by Brucie!!!

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    #29  Edited By Marnox

    I have nostalgic feelins for the bald dude in the original GTA. But ofcourse, Nico is my man.

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    #30  Edited By aabbenenend

    ghostly brucie aint the main character lol. oh well brucie was kinda funny always wanted to kill him tho

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    #31  Edited By MadExponent

    Niko was the coolest.  I felt like I was a random gangbanger in GTASA.  Carl didn't feel important to me until later in the game.  Tommy Vercetti pretty much to me was playing a video game as Ray Liotta.  Seriously there needs to be a GTA: Ray Liotta, that would make my day.

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    #32  Edited By Schizoid

    Niko, he was the funniest.

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    #33  Edited By s10129107

    Vice City Dude!  Tommy i think.

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    #34  Edited By MikPick

    Niko just seems so real, so him.

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    #35  Edited By Warfare

    Niko Belic.

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    #36  Edited By Karmum

    Tommy is my number one, Niko is right behind him, though.

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    #37  Edited By GiantGUS
    This should be in the GTA Franchise forum
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    #38  Edited By twenty0ne

    Nico. But GTA IV is really the only GTA game I've played.

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    #39  Edited By JoeDubbs

    Niko and Tommy.

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    #40  Edited By unworthyBOZO

    Tommy Vercetti

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    #41  Edited By xruntime

    Claude from GTA III

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    #42  Edited By aabbenenend

    oh well guss what if this goes off topic.. lol

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    #43  Edited By FuzzYLemoN

    Tommy Vercetti. Niko was a little too fake for my liking.

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    #44  Edited By jtickner1

    Tommy Vercetti takes the crown.

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    #45  Edited By aabbenenend

    which then leads to teh question of what city should be next for a new gta game San Andreas vice city or a whole new city.

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    #46  Edited By Y0unG_Boss

    well claude (gta) was quiet an heartless, not caring, said nothing, did what he was told, asked no questions, ruthless killer. tommy vercetti was a murderer, a drug dealer, all about business an nuttin else, he did what was needed to make his business grow, an for god sakes he took on a whole mafia family alone an had to deak with being back stabbed, then became the un challenge head of vice city, hell he made tha name  "vice" city,lol he was badass, now cj is gangsta, all about tha hood an down for his set, he had morals with his family, his was prolly the most all round character in gta cuz he could do everything, there was no exceptions to cj, but his character was fucked when he became a business man an stuff, i think the story was more fun when it was bout tha hood life an tha gangs but they strayed from that later on, now nico was a real badass, ruthless, did what was needed to survive, but he showed he was human to, an had a violent rage to him when he was pissed. there all good characters but i like claude an tommy, cuz claude was truly cold hearted outta all of them, if u think about it went threw hell the whole game gettin fucked over by tha mafia, the cartel, an shit, but in the end he he destoyed the columbian cartel, an survive, lol they tried to make it like he had a heart at the end by savin the girl,lol guess not......he killed her ass cuz she would shut up lol he cold hearted. an tommy cuz he was ruthless an smart, good business man, tough, an a fuckin psyco, lol. i mean he went threw richardo diaz;s cartel to get on top, made the business diaz had alot better, an destroyed the sonnys family to keep what he made, so claude an tommy tied for 1st. the other well they had there ah moments. an tony ciperani in libraty stories was a beast by tha way. cj's character wasent cool when he strayed way from tha gang bangin life, but prolly could kill all the other gta characters cuz he could do more though.....

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    #47  Edited By RHCPfan24

    Niko Bellic. His character really made the game for me.

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    #48  Edited By Gmanall

      I am horrible with game names and am to lazy to look it up, but the dude from the third game. 

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    #49  Edited By HazBazz

    The dude off GTA 3 has a great personality, and a funny accent

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    #50  Edited By MKHavoc

    It has to be Niko.  It seems like the main character gets better ever game.  Niko was better than CJ who was a better character than Tommy.

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