Your ideas for a protagonist

[Mighty Mickey]

I have started this thread so that we could discuss how we want the protagonist to be. Post whatever features you liked in the earlier protagonists and would love to see in the V protagonist too. And also the ones which ruined your MCs. So here are my few likes and dislikes:

 

I want the V protagonist to be a cold-hearted man just like Tommy. He should have customizations like CJ had. Niko was so annoying when he was complaining about his criminal life. But I loved the MC's way of dressing from IV.

 

So, if you have some ideas for a protagonist, post them here.

[GTA-King]

a 43 year old family man who had a criminal past in Liberty City. He moved to Los Santos to start a new life. Years go by and the economy makes a dramatic turn. His mortgage is about to flop and the bills are long overdue. He sees no choice but to return to his criminal past in order to provide his family with a comfortable lifestyle in spite of the economic crisis. But how will they react when they find out the truth about his past and what he did? That my friends, is what would make the story great!

 

He's a family man with the same ambition as Tommy Vercetti. Just stop and think for a moment what kind of story that would offer!

[LIVE_SlimSlugga713]

I just don't want it to be a Lame Protag like Niko and Luis

[DonutPT]

I don't think they will make a character in need of providing for is family...

[GTA-King]

I don't think they will make a character in need of providing for is family...

But that would be his ultimate goal. He knows economy is sh*tty, so he turns back to the only thing he knows. Being a criminal. Could be Rockstar's view of "the pursuit of the almighty dollar." This could also be the "bold new direction" storywise.

 

[LIVE_SlimSlugga713]

a 43 year old family man who had a criminal past in Liberty City. He moved to Los Santos to start a new life. Years go by and the economy makes a dramatic turn. His mortgage is about to flop and the bills are long overdue. He sees no choice but to return to his criminal past in order to provide his family with a comfortable lifestyle in spite of the economic crisis. But how will they react when they find out the truth about his past and what he did? That my friends, is what would make the story great!

 

He's a family man with the same ambition as Tommy Vercetti. Just stop and think for a moment what kind of story that would offer!

i doubt we playing the old guy in the trailer because us playing as a old man would limit what we can do in the game. now mt thought is we going to be playing as a peon doing jobs for him.

[DonutPT]

Hmmm... san andreas already had a storyline related with CJ's family, so it wouldn't be that much of a bold new direction. But yeah, i see your point. I just find it hard to come true because how would be the game if you have to come home to be with your family and whatever? Unless his family still lives in his previous country...but thats sorda cliche...

[Meekail]

A man who is from Vice City which is hated by many for an unknown reason. He goes to Los Santos to escape from his "haters" with less money. And the protagonist should be like, JOHN CENA!

[DonutPT]

Why do you want a fag to be the main character?

[Meekail]

Why do you want a fag to be the main character?

Just my thought.

[GTA-King]

a 43 year old family man who had a criminal past in Liberty City. He moved to Los Santos to start a new life. Years go by and the economy makes a dramatic turn. His mortgage is about to flop and the bills are long overdue. He sees no choice but to return to his criminal past in order to provide his family with a comfortable lifestyle in spite of the economic crisis. But how will they react when they find out the truth about his past and what he did? That my friends, is what would make the story great!

 

He's a family man with the same ambition as Tommy Vercetti. Just stop and think for a moment what kind of story that would offer!

i doubt we playing the old guy in the trailer because us playing as a old man would limit what we can do in the game. now mt thought is we going to be playing as a peon doing jobs for him.

I'm sorry, but everytime this comes up I have to ask.

 

What is your definition of old? The balcony guy looks to be early 40's to me. He had barely any gray hair.

 

@DonutPT: Well, it would be different in V because his family has no idea he used to be a criminal. Once they learn this truth (something that would happen early in the story) then his wife would leave him and take the kids. Perhaps move upstate. Eventually they agree to accept his ill-gotten money. The story could be about a family's attempt to live comfortably in these harsh times... but also in the end, crime doesn't pay.

 

I don't know. I think something like this would be an interesting story.

[DonutPT]

Yeah, indeed its an interesting idea...unfortunately i think they will do a less sophisticated story : /

[ShadyLizard]

If the MC was like John Cena, I would consider never playing a new GTA again.

 

Anyways, I wouldn't mind if "rich guy" was the MC but like someone said before, to make it believable you would have to limit his physical abilities.

[Durden]

-Young (early 20's)

 

-athletic & strong

 

-Charming personality

 

-Badass

 

-looks cool in sunglasses

 

-skin color white

 

 

 

If the rock climbing guy was the protagonist, I would be very amazed and love the game.

[Official General]

 

a 43 year old family man who had a criminal past in Liberty City. He moved to Los Santos to start a new life. Years go by and the economy makes a dramatic turn. His mortgage is about to flop and the bills are long overdue. He sees no choice but to return to his criminal past in order to provide his family with a comfortable lifestyle in spite of the economic crisis. But how will they react when they find out the truth about his past and what he did? That my friends, is what would make the story great!

 

He's a family man with the same ambition as Tommy Vercetti. Just stop and think for a moment what kind of story that would offer!

No. I just don't wanna play as an older, middle-aged man. It just does not suit the setting for an LA-based GTA game like V. I'd much rather a younger protagonist in his mid to late 20s with an athletic build, quick-thinking, intelligent and ruthless but flamboyant and charismatic. He should have the ability to connect with the streets and various other sides of society. Dealings with both gangs, mafias and drug cartels.

[MrcTOtheJ]

For gods sakes 43 isn’t that old.

 

Personally I'd prefer someone in their 30'2 to 40's over someone in their 20s, who for the most part is inexperienced in the more organized crime areas.

 

 

[Honest Bill]

I don't really care what age or ethnicity, but i want a protagonist who is a little bit crazy, you know the extreme adrenaline seeking type. He should have a pretty rough back-story and be the kind of guy who doesn't care if he dies or not.

 

For me, that's the only character archetype that can even come close to reconciling the main story, with all the other crazy actions the game allows us to do. He has to be this way for any of it to make sense.

 

He should be ruthless but not overtly good or evil. Leave enough ambiguity in his dialogue that players are free to interpret most things in their own way. The less he speaks the better in my opinion.. I appreciate that being a total mute like Claude is a little bit outdated. So he should have a voice and personality, but i think the bulk of his character development should come from other characters, talking to him and about him etc.

 

I would also prefer if he has no loyalties to begin with, and that the player get to choose who he likes and who he doesn't, which gangs to respect and work for, or which ones to destroy.. I want to choose whether or not i like a character, or whether i would prefer to dump them in the sea.

 

I like the idea that we might be able to play certaing gangs off against each other to further our own personal needs, and that we could recruit who we want. Make deals with whom we want. do jobs for whom we want.

 

All of this i feel, would give us a bold new direction in mission based gameplay

 

 

[Durden]

For gods sakes 43 isn’t that old.

 

Personally I'd prefer someone in their 30'2 to 40's over someone in their 20s, who for the most part is inexperienced in the more organized crime areas.

Yea no sh*t, that's what would make the game perfect! The protagonist isn't familiar with the strings of crime, therefore he always ends up getting in even more trouble. This would include more shootouts, car chases, and stealth!

 

That's why an experienced old fart would be boring.

[MrcTOtheJ]

For gods sakes 43 isn’t that old.

 

Personally I'd prefer someone in their 30'2 to 40's over someone in their 20s, who for the most part is inexperienced in the more organized crime areas.

Yea no sh*t, that's what would make the game perfect! The protagonist isn't familiar with the strings of crime, therefore he always ends up getting in even more trouble. This would include more shootouts, car chases, and stealth!

 

That's why an experienced old fart would be boring.

I personally don’t want some young kid who dosen’t know what he’s doing, honestly that’s a good way to get killed in real life, and there’d be plenty of shoot outs no matter how old the protagonist is, this is a GTA game after all.

[Dragonjack]

A sort of Person... That is badass

[Official General]

 

For gods sakes 43 isn’t that old.

 

Personally I'd prefer someone in their 30'2 to 40's over someone in their 20s, who for the most part is inexperienced in the more organized crime areas.

You made my point bro. A younger protagonist would sound more interesting and exciting for a storyline, because he would become much tougher, smarter and more experienced as a career criminal as you progress further through the game. It would immerse the player even more in the game to play a controlling part in the protagonist's character development, as we follow him on his life journey within the game.

 

An older, middle-aged, washed-up gangster who has been there, done that and now he wants to go back to his old criminal life for one last hurrah and retire and live happily ever after ? We've seen this scenario played out many times before in various visual media entertainment forms and it just sounds a bit boring.

 

No thanks.

Edited April 29, 2012 by Official General

[MrcTOtheJ]

I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree.

[EscoLehGo]

I want a younger protagonist (late 20s, early 30s) who isn't conflicted about being a criminal. That's what I hated about Niko, was his unwillingness to embrace that he was a career criminal. I want a protagonist who understands that this is the path he's taken and that now he has to deal with all the things that go a long with being a criminal, shady acquaintances, cut throat politics, shootouts, assassination attempts, all that jazz. The whole "man, I need to get out of this line of work" thing is getting tired, I want a protagonist who's enthusiastic about being crooked, like Tommy but with more depth

[MrcTOtheJ]

Late 20's or Early 30's will work for me, I just don't want some 21 year old new kid on the block like it sounds some other people want. 28-35 is a pretty good range IMO, nothing wrong with something a bit older than that too of course.

[EscoLehGo]

I wouldn't want a 21 year old either for a protagonist, that's too young for a GTA protagonist in my opinion. You still have a lot of sh*t to figure out at 21, I feel like the character might come off as incomplete or naive if he's that young. On the flip side of he's over 40 then I feel like you have less of an impact on who he will become, most people have figured themselves out by that age and there's not a lot of room for growth or change. I want to be able to affect in someway who the character is or will become through out the story

[thatstupidbug]

if we go back to the old formula "f*ck the realism, the protagonist can do wathever you want (like the cold bastard tommy in a pizza faggio with a golf dress)", every character is good enough for me, he can be a 85-year grandpa, an hare krisna or whatever you want

 

if the character must act in a "realistic" way, i'll go with a middle-age white man. better if it's a cold bastard. and named tommy

[HOAXi]

An 8 years old girl wearing baggy clothes with her cap on the side, saying f*ck at leased 3 times in every sentence and smokes weed with the older boys, while her mom is crawling non-stop around in various government complex buildings prostituting herself for tiny doses of heroin. Her father is a popular local politician that has abandoned his family for his own success, frightened as he had to borrow money from a notorious mobster to continue his bribing-spree so the story of his previous family is not heard of.

[Official General]

 

An 8 years old girl wearing baggy clothes with her cap on the side, saying f*ck at leased 3 times in every sentence and smokes weed with the older boys, while her mom is crawling non-stop around in various government complex buildings prostituting herself for tiny doses of heroin. Her father is a popular local politician that has abandoned his family for his own success, frightened as he had to borrow money from a notorious mobster to continue his bribing-spree so the story of his previous family is not heard of.

I know some of you guys one here like to crack a joke and have a laugh and thats OK for most part, but sometimes you take it too far with the silly responses, and they not always funny in the slightest. Especially in this case above.

 

Seriously, why not try and be constructive to the discussion and save your bullsh*t for something else man.

[Gtaghost22]

I just don't want it to be a Lame Protag like Niko and Luis

What? Niko was a very good character/protagonist

 

On topic: i want the protag to be Hispanic, 25-30 years old, gang-banger

[MrcTOtheJ]

I wouldn't want a 21 year old either for a protagonist, that's too young for a GTA protagonist in my opinion. You still have a lot of sh*t to figure out at 21, I feel like the character might come off as incomplete or naive if he's that young. On the flip side of he's over 40 then I feel like you have less of an impact on who he will become, most people have figured themselves out by that age and there's not a lot of room for growth or change. I want to be able to affect in someway who the character is or will become through out the story

Both good points, I especially share your sentiments on an early 20's protag, it's just to young.

 

I still think someone in their early 40's could work, say someone who wanted to retire from criminal life, moved and was about to settle down maybe start a family, but got dragged back into the life of crime, and decides to roll with it. (In that scenario he has no family he was contemplating starting one, but it never happened)