Talking to someone who doesn’t really play or know much about video games can sometimes be a process, and a little difficult, but one game that almost all gamers, and non-gamers know about is Grand Theft Auto.
Grand Theft Auto has been a beloved fan favorite since the first Grand Theft Auto made its debut in 1997. Rockstar gave gamers a world that took them to a place that was different, and exciting. A world filled with crime, betrayal, and the opportunity to get creative when it came to heists or stealing rare cars. Grand Theft Auto is not just another game to play🐷. It’s become an experience. Giving players everything from great locations, interesting characters, to even bright, and colorful clothing.
Of course, when you talk about a game like Grand Theft Auto, you can’t talk about it without hearing some of the controversy behind it. Whether it is stealing, the brutality, or even some of the inappropriate actions you could participate in within the game, Grand Theft Auto always draws attention to itself. One of the things that’s overlooked about Grand Theft Auto is the characters. Grand Theft Auto has some of the best characters in the gaming world. From Tommy Vercetti, to Michael De Santa, and Franklin Clinton — GTA's cast speaks volumes about its world.
You can’t deny when it comes to Grand Theft Auto quality is something that is almost always delivered, and every fan has a favorite. So, whether you’re a fan of the first Grand Theft Auto, Grand Theft Auto IV, or V. Here are 20 crazy things you didn’t know happened between GTA IV and GTA V
20 Samജmy AKA Sonny Bottino 👍
Even though Sonny didn’t make a physical cameo in Grand Theft Auto V. He was referenced on more than one occasion. A random event mission called “Buri🧔al” in Grand Theft Auto V, has you rescue Sonny Bottino’s daughter.
Wait Sonny had a daughter?
You could do this with any of the three characters. Once you rescue Sonny’s daughter, you bring her back to his house in Vinewood. While on the drive back she gives you a little insight into Sonny’s life. He ran the East coast during the 80s and 90s, but unfortunately got pinned for a crime during his in time in Vice City, and had to go into hiding on th𝕴e West Coast. Ta🍌lk about having bad luck, but we're glad to see Sonny is still alive and kicking.
19 Mic🌃hael De Santa Inspired By Max Payne
Max Payne is game created by Remedy Entertainment, and produced by Rockstar Games. If you take a look at some of the details about Michael you can see the similarities between him, and the dark character that is Max Payne. Michaels grey suit that he wears is the same one that Max was sporting in the beginning of Max Payne 3. Remember Max’s special ability called Bullet Time? Allowing hꦡim to slow down time in any setting. Michael has the♑ same exact ability.
Michael is also a depressed man in his 40s with a dark past, and a drinking problem. When you get to a certain part in GTA V, you find Michaels family being held hostage by a group of mercenaries. Just as you did in Max Payne when Max arrive🎃🙈d home to find that his family was being held hostage.
18 ꧟ Lola Del Rio ꦬ
Lola Del Rio is the GTA IV model. She gained fame for her looks, and for the original release of the box cover art that she had six fingers on her right hand. That was just a painting error, that was corrected in later versions of the game. Lola is a NPC, but there were claims♎ that she could be sighted throughout the game. On Lib🌺erty City Crime Tree its said could be sighted around Star Junction wandering around with her famous red lollipop. Lola doesn’t actually exist within the game, and it’s not actually possible to see her, but it became a popular myth. This myth created competitions for players to possibly win cash money if they were able to find Lola, and since she doesn’t exist this hasn’t been done.
17 GTA IV’s Script 🐽Beats Out Harry Potter
When it comes to game scripts they’re lengthy, but some of these scripts are much longer than your average book or movie. GTA IV is one of those games. The game had 80,000 lines of dialogue, and that was after the script was edited and refined. Now the GTA IV complete edition has 200,000 words.
This beat the famous Harry Potter and The Sorcerers Stone by J.K Rowling which, only had over 76,000 words.
Yes, a game beat a beloved book turned full-fledged movie series. Just goes to show that GTA IV is another gem that Rockstar has created, and they’ve continued to grow from there making every GTA game longer than the last. Obviously﷽, this is an impress🍌ive achievement that would surprise most fans of both franchises.
16 Lamar Was🐼 Almost A Play⛄able Character
Remember Lamar? Franklin’s crazy, and outgoing friend that got you into a few not so great situations? Well, he was almost a playable character. When you get to the final mission of GTA 5. Franklin has to make a choice of either killing Michael, or Trevor. There was also the option of leaving them both alive to🏅 get morꩲe of a “happier ending.”
After some pla🍒yers did a little digging around they found in the code that one of the original options would have been for F🌱ranklin to be killed, and Lamar would take his place.
“Wait what?”
Could you imagine Franklin saying good-bye, and Lamar taking over? That’s hard to swallow, now that GTA V has⛦ been out for 5 years, but would have been cool to see actually played out.
15 Shelby Welinder𝔍 Is The GTA V Model ♕
There was some buzz surrounding the GTA V model at first it was speculated to be Kate Upton. Then, Lin๊dsay Lohan went further and f🐼ormed a lawsuit against Rockstar Games. The actresses allegedly said that Rockstar used her likeness to create the model that you see on the loading screen.
Lohan wasn’t able to prove this factor, and did not win that lawsuit. It was later revealed the actual person that inspired the GTA V bikini model is in fact Shelby Welinder, who was hired by Rockstar Games through the modeling agency whom she worked for back in 2012. Unfortunately not all press is good press, and after it was revealed that Shelby Welinder was the GTA V model, she received a lꩲot of negative feedback, but she didn’t let that get her down.
14 𝕴 What Happened To Niko Bellic? 🐽
Lester in GTA 5 does mention a certain Eastern♔ European that shook and took Liberty City by storm. Lester doesn’t go into detail about 🦩Niko’s whereabouts, but he does mention that Niko has gone dark, and no one knows where he is, ultimately assuming that Niko is dead. Patrick McReary is a friend of Niko’s, and if you run into him during the game. He tells you that he believes Niko is dead. So, no one is really sure what happened to Niko.
One thing that proves Niko is still alive is his LifeInvader page in GTA 5.
It shows that he is living his best life. At🐓 least we know that our beloved Niko is alive and well, living out the rest of his life still in Liberty City along with his cousin Roman who is still obsessed with bowling.
13 Crossin🐬g Dressing Mission Cut From GTA V
Left behind in GTA V’s gaming code was a mission that was sadly c🧸ut from the game. The mission was called The Sharmoota Job. Trevor and Michael would have to pretend to be a couple, being shown around the city, an🏅d later end up robbing one of the mansions in an upscale neighborhood that they visit.
One of the parts of this mission would be Trevor dressing up, and playing a woman. Rockstar didn’t say why they cut th⛦at particular mission, and we can only guess that maybe one of the reasons was to not offen✅d anyone. Although seeing Trevor, and Michael pretend to be a couple, and seeing Trevor dress up as a woman trying to be “feminine” would have been something to see, and a lot of gamers would agree.
12 𝓡 Ni꧙ko Bellic Was Based Off Vladimir Mashkov
Does the well-known character Niko Bellic remind you of someone? Possibly a cha🌠racter that you’ve seen in a well known movie? Have you ever seen Behind Enemy Lines? Well if you have then you know about the character Sasha played by Vladimir Mashkov.
When Grand Theft Auto IV went into production Rockstar asked if Mashkov wanted toꦫ Voice Bellic’s character. Unfortunately, he turned it down, because Mashkov didn’t take the role seriously at the time. It would have been interesting to see how the game would’ve turned out if Mashkov decided to take on the role of Bellick, but since Mashkov didn’t take the role. It was offered, and taken by Michael Hollick instead, who did a great a job.
11 ꧒ GTA V Did What GTA: San Andreas Couldn’t
When Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas was in development Rockstar wanted to allow players to take on several different roles. Unfortunately given the technology at the time, and because of technical difficulties, Rockstar wasn’t able to accomplish this. Fast-forward 8 years later. Rockstar made their dreams into a reality, and created the masterpiece that is Grand Theft Auto V.
As awesome as if would have been to see GTA: San Andreas with the option of playing multiple characters in one game, we get that it wasn’t possible. What would be really neat is if Rockstar decided to do a remake. Doing what they originally wanted with San Andreas. It’s reaching a little bit, and it's not impossible, but one 🧔can dream can’t they?