œaœa Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 The only cool thing we've seen Franklin doing is walking a girl to a cab in the morning that he may or may not have slept with. The night probably consisted of him crying. Tikhung, Sean O'God, Drunken Cowboy and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaRkL3AD3R Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 The night probably consisted of him crying. Hahahaha now that's some funny sh*t. But true stuff. Franklin is a total zZz character. Nothing interesting about him at all. I was one of the guys who used to hate on all thr "GROVE 4 LYFE" wannabe thugs and even I'm like, "Franklin... wtf bud. Fly your colors and bang already ffs." Truly a useless character tacked on just give the game diversity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Upggrade Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 I liked him until he moved to Vinewood, which happened waaaaaaay too fast. theGTAking101, ViceCityStalker, burnstern and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Pink Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Yeah I think, Rockstar were trying move away from stereotypical west coast gangster stuff by having a black guy trying to get out of the hood...oh wait! Did they just make another cliched story instead of another one? theGTAking101 and ViceCityStalker 2 ＲＵＢＢΣＲ░Ｊ♢ＨＮＮＹ （スオッ） Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViceCityStalker Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 .................................................................................................................................................................................................................. (DAMN STRAIGHT!) theGTAking101 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomuk3 Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Micheal: f*cked in the head Trevor: f*cked in the head Franklin: f*cked in the ass Bonnano, theGTAking101, Testarossa and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mariana_dm1989 Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 (edited) Claude ran away with Catalina to liberty city, and she taught him broken english, and now Niko Belic is trying to teach Claude some proper English. But yeah, Franklin is a bit dull. His character could have been developed far more. Edited May 20, 2014 by mariana_dm1989 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Leone Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Don't see any room for him to improve now that he is rich beyond his wildest dreams. Why go back to the hood? Honestly, they should have delayed this game again to branch some things out. DaRkL3AD3R 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cutter De Blanc Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 He has no motivation, no purpose. Furthermore, when people like Lamar try to give him one he disregards them and thinks they're foolish. He just exists with no real reason to. It's not that he's boring, he's clever and sensible, it's just he has no driving force behind his actions, since he doesn't seem to really care about much of anything. Acetaminophen, Monique and Bonnano 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaRkL3AD3R Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 He has no motivation, no purpose. Furthermore, when people like Lamar try to give him one he disregards them and thinks they're foolish. He just exists with no real reason to. It's not that he's boring, he's clever and sensible, it's just he has no driving force behind his actions, since he doesn't seem to really care about much of anything. True. I don't hate the character but he's just got nothing going on. Think about all the loose ends you clean up at the end of the game Option C. The ties to Michael and Trevor's conflicts are substantial to the story. But Franklin? What some random thugs who he literally had no beef with for like 80% of the game? Joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanBurnsRed Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 The only cool thing we've seen Franklin doing is walking a girl to a cab in the morning that he may or may not have slept with. The night probably consisted of him crying. Hahaha but seriously. Franklin seems like the kinda guy to follow the traffic rules and don't carjack people. Whenever I switch to him he's either working out on the beach or stopping Lamar from getting into fights. Just like CJ, he just doesn't seem to fit when compared to Micheal and Trevor, and even past GTA protagonists like Tommy and Claude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
universetwisters Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 I remember pre-release, everybody worshiped Franklin because he was an ICE COLD KILLA FROM DA HOOD. Fast forward about 9 months after its release and you got those same people saying how much they didn't like him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cutter De Blanc Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Franklin really doesn't remind me of CJ at all. They're black and they're both members of the Families, but there their similarities end. Actually I think both shout "For f*cks sake!" when you crash a car too. epoxi and latigreblue 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Leone Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 People loved F because he was a black man who was somewhat intelligent from the hood. Only issue is, he's not from the hood, his aunts house just so happens to be in the hood. He's supposed to be a G but isn't. We don't even know who runs CGF and F never puts in work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Byzantine Empire Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 (edited) Because Franklin is a real moron. Acting like a moron and looks like a moron. Claude is mysterious and looks much more sane than Frank. Edited May 20, 2014 by Khan96 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Leone Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Claude is ten times the psycho Frank is. I'd say Claude is the most abnormal of them all. He refuses to speak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cutter De Blanc Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Claude may be mysterious, but at least you knew what his motivation was right from the get go. I recently restarted a file to enjoy the earlier part of the game, I got to where Franklin loses his repo job, and everytime I switch to him, he still has that aimless boring life. He's not looking for a job or set tripping with Lamar, he's coming out of the weed store or doing push-ups on the beach. I'm like "what the hell," didn't Rockstar say he's an adrenaline junkie? I just don't see it. Bonnano 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Leone Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Adrenaline? I don't even think his special ability makes sense. He rarely talks about driving. Seems to have zero interest in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donnits Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Franklin was the only tolerable GTA 5 protag, in my opinion. Django Fett and Kjaystar 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiizardii Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 (edited) Franklin was a joke IMO. I thought he would be cool, but in game he is just a Bitch Boy. I never play as him anymore, hate the dude. Him and Luis Lopez, the 2 worst protagonists in a GTA game. Claude would kill Fanklin instantly with just his silence. Btw, I do actually like Claude honestly, he was pretty badass without even saying a word. PS: I will never forget does Franklin worshippers pre release to GTA V.. every video I watched about GTA V everyone was saying ''FRANKLIN MY MAAAANNNN! WE GETTIN SOME GTA SAN ANDREAS NOSTALGIA! WE ARE GETTING ARE SECOND GANGSTER FROM DA HOOD PROTAGONISTT!!!'' And I also remember a guy saying he is gunna be like CJ.... -__- Edited May 20, 2014 by Phoenix_Shit BENNY BLANCO 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Leone Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Luis was the only one to get a happy ending and that pissed me off. Frank is in asimilar situation as well if you look at options A and B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildBrick142 Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 I like Franklin in the beginning of the game, before he meets Michael. Then he turns into a boring character with the only good thing about him being the Special Ability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cutter De Blanc Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Franklin for the first two missions: Cool Franklin for the rest of the game: Lame Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voyager Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 He has no motivation, no purpose. Furthermore, when people like Lamar try to give him one he disregards them and thinks they're foolish. He just exists with no real reason to. It's not that he's boring, he's clever and sensible, it's just he has no driving force behind his actions, since he doesn't seem to really care about much of anything. sounds like 90% of Americans i know. (except for the "clever" part) maybe he's more legit than we think! Cutter De Blanc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kasa Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Franklin should have been much more developed, it should have been some kind of rags to riches story. It was way to easy to get the penthouse. I actually missed the house in his old neigbourhood in South LS. It was so boring in his mansion (allthough in South LS also not much happens) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FranklinDeRoosevelt Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 (edited) There's no proper "gangsta" stuff within him. He's an all round legit moron trying to get away from a life he barely experienced. I thought this character was cool at first, but thinking about it, it's different. I don't get it, when he moves to Vinewood Hills, what is he supposed to do now? He's just in the same sh*tty life except he's now rich with an apartment and has absolutely nothing to do. Basically, he has an even sh*ttier life. I reckon Lamar should have been the character, because he would have been the first black character who isn't too serious, meaning f*cking hilarious as f*ck, lives the gangsta life just for the fun of it and actually wants to f*ck sh*t up. If Rockstar replaced Franklin with Lamar, and gave him a good story and sh*t, it would have been crazy good. Or they could have made Franklin's story the opposite, so he should have been struggling like a poor peasant to joining the most dangerous hood there is and going through gang wars and sh*t, drug dealing, personal problems and stuff like that. Edited May 20, 2014 by FranklinDeRoosevelt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oCrapaCreeper Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 (edited) Franklin's story: Franklin: "I wanna get out of da hood" Lester: "Here's a giant house outside of da hood" Franklin "Thx" Edited May 20, 2014 by oCrapaCreeper Acetaminophen, AceThaCreator, Kjaystar and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PerfectBlade Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Did you say something about Claude? He's gonna beat franklin's ass with this bat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Expos Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 « Alright. » « Oh we filmin' sh*t here! Huh? » « Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. » « Please homie. » « Get out the road! » « Fine! » « Whatever homie. » « Whatever you say. » « Cool homie. » « Screw you too homie. » « Night, night! » 2nd mission & that's the only things Franklin could say to Lamar at the beginning of the game... No big conversation, no nothing... After this mission, I knew Franklin would be a lame character and unfortunately I was right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Official General Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 (edited) Or they could have made Franklin's story the opposite, so he should have been struggling like a poor peasant to joining the most dangerous hood there is and going through gang wars and sh*t, drug dealing, personal problems and stuff like that. I would have loved it if Franklin had been made like this. And to the rest, blame Rockstar for making Franklin have such a weak and small involvement in the story and sh*t character development. Edited May 21, 2014 by Official General donnits 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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