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GTA 5’s story DLC was scrapped because GTA Online was a ‘cash cow’, cinematics editor claims (www.videogameschronicle.com)
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[–] BassaForte 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I guess you have some points. FWIW, main characters are thugs, of course you're not supposed to like them. The only character that is sorta likeable is Franklin, Trevor is too odd for me and Michael and his family are annoying AF. But I do like the way it was written and the humorous / epic moments. It could have been better yeah but I've played through it a few times now and it's always been enjoyable.

Compared to 4 which I replayed recently and was pretty bored halfway through.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

A character doesn't have to be likeable for me to like the character, they just need to be interesting. I like Trevor as a character because he has some complexity in his backstory (especially if you get the epilogue ending), and I think he could be a very compelling character if given the chance. I would never want to meet him in real life, but he has the potential to be interesting.

A lot of protagonists are likeable, Trevor was the opposite and really had the chance to be interesting without being likeable. But Rockstar refused to give him a decent backstory, and we only get glimpses into something that could be truly interesting.