I haven't done a rant in a while, but you should know by now that when I do, something is up! However, I am saddened to say that since I'm not that popular here on GS, my point won't get through as strongly. Oh well, I'm gonna b!tch anyway!
So as you know, Grand Theft Auto V debuted with a bang yesterday! With one minute and twenty-four seconds of pure, awesome video, we the fans got to see the oh so delicious future!
With the debut trailer, there has been a lot of speculation over who the protagonist is. Rumor has it that this time around, we may be using more than one main character. I'm totally fine with that. That is not what I'm here to vent over. My concern is with the fans and how well they know the GTA canon...which in many cases is very little.
Two men appear in the trailer that have caused an uproar of hope and speculation. One appears to be an older version of Tommy Vercetti (GTA: Vice City) and the other looks like Carl "CJ" Johnson (GTA: San Andreas).
If these two are the men everyone claims they are, I have no problem with that. That gives me hope that perhaps my favorite protagonist Claude (GTAIII) may appear as well.
I'm gonna stop beating around the bush. I've been reading fan comments and listening to commentary from GS and IGN, and this is what I've mainly been seeing...
"Why would Tommy move from Vice City to Los Santos for the weather?"
"Tommy has kids?"
"Shouldn't CJ look older?"
Ok folks, Dan Houser doesn't write these amazing stories just for you to ignore them, and the masters at Rockstar don't do interviews for you to just drool at.
GTA 4 AND 5 ARE IN A DIFFERENT UNIVERSE THAN VICE CITY AND SAN ANDREAS!!
Rockstar has said it again and again that GTAIII, Vice City, and San Andreas are not in the same universe as GTAIV. If these guys ARE Tommy and CJ, then they will be totally different characters from who they were in the previous GTA storyline. Hell, if Claude is in GTAV, he may talk this time! I highly doubt that Dan Houser would write something lazy like "Oh the three major cities decided to mass rebuild, and Tommy decides to move to Los Santos for the SAME WEATHER AS VICE CITY!"
GTA1 Universe: Grand Theft Auto, GTA London 1969
GTA2 Universe: Grand Theft Auto 2
GTA3 Universe: Grand Theft Auto 3, GTA Vice City, GTA San Andreas, GTA Liberty City Stories, GTA Vice City Stories, GTA Advance
GTA4 Universe: Grand Theft Auto 4, GTA The Lost and Damned, GTA The Ballad of Gay Tony, GTA Chinatown Wars, Grand Theft Auto 5
I really hate to be that douche that points every technical thing out, but when it comes to my favorite franchises, I am very protective of continuity.
Peace.
-SFT