What didn't you want to see happening in the storyline?

[Michael]

 

The title of this thread is almost self explanatory but I will explain the thread. A lot of things have happened in the storyline. People were killed and some things have changed things. So, what didn't you want to see happening in the storyline? Didn't you want to see certain characters in missions or anything like that? To be honest, I didn't want to see the whole death by Johnny Klebitz and Ashley Butler. Johnny was just killed so easily while he was one of the strongest men in Alderney. Rockstar made him so weak in Grand Theft Auto V. And seeing that Ashley didn't stop using drugs and basically got an heroine overdose wasn't very suprising but still kind of sad. But anyhow, I would love to hear your opinions about things you didn't want to see happening in the storyline!

[Official General]

* The heavy involvement, and dominating theme of government and law enforcement agencies like the FIB. So damn boring and uninteresting.

* Trevor killing Floyd and Debra. Totally unnecessary.

* Johnny K's death (no I don't love him, I just didn't think it made any sense whatsoever).

* Too much of Michael's stupid family bullsh*t. Not entertaining, but annoying.

* Too much of Trevor's despicable and stupid acts. Not funny in the slightest.

Edited April 16, 2016 by Official General

[combustion]

Michael's family story arc.

[The Dedito Gae]

-Most of Michael's arc, namely his family and the FIB lapdog bullsh*t, both of which felt out of place in gta and the former was extremely boring, cliche and cringy, that got old really fast and didn't wanted to see more development of it.

(That last teraphy session with the family is cancerous, jeez..

WHY DONT YOU SUCK MY COCK AMANDA!!!)

 

-To be honest, i didn't wanted Franklin to move out of the hood, he was a more interesting and relatable character in his first missions, Simeon's car dealership and that forum gangters with Lamar seemed promising, we could have gotten gang wars, car repo and interesting sidemissions, but i guess ironing, pretending to be drunk and chips are better.

Could have been more creative to get a character who stays in the same economic situation in contrast to Michael and Trevor.

 

-In all honesty, i know criminals are not the considerate type, but i didn't wanted Trevor to kill Floyd (f*ck Debra, she seemed to be a bitch), i would have liked to avoid that or to Trevor never to go back there.

 

-I didn't wanted to see the Lost MC in V, not because i care about them, but because the AoD MC should have been there instead, more satisfying to kill them and it makes sense according to TLAD.

 

-Most of Michael's and Trevor's bickering, i don't think is a good dinamic to force you to pick sides between your protags, they should had dropped that.

 

-I didn't wanted the ending to arrive so soon, game felt too short and has too much filler missions, SA felt way longer.

[Nightwing 0613]

I didn't want to see Johnny K. die. It would've been cool if he stayed as a minor character in V and you helped him kill the AOD presence in Los Santos.

 

Floyd should have lived as well.

[Real_Badgirl]

Michael and Trevor's emotional baggage with each other, and the fact that Trevor can't let things go and is always whining about them.

 

"WAAAAHHHHH MICHAEL Y U BETRAE ME? WHY DOES NO ONE CARE ABOUT ME?!?!"

 

That got old FAST.

 

 

I wasn't terribly keen on the FIB plot line either.

[Weirdoutworld]

Trevor killing floyd.

 

Story came to a screeching halt.

 

I liked Each of the games protags story (M-family T-drugs F-hood) drama was clever of Rockstar to appeal to just about anybody. Most seeing each of the characters in themselves.

[Dr. Robotnik]

I wasn't a big fan of the "hood" plotline to be honest. There was hardly any compelling drama (maybe some funny interactions here and there, but even those just underscored how vacuous the subplot was as a whole), and the faster Franklin left morons like Denise, Lamar, and Tonya in the dust the better. "The Long Stretch" was a flash of brilliance, not least of all because it was the only mission in that string to take itself seriously, but it was over almost as soon as it began.

[Rafae]

The whole FIB thing and Michael's family arc. Couldn't care less for either.

[Uncle Vlad]

The story going down the toilet after "Friends Reunited", with all that government crap, continuous bickering and Devin Weston.

[thafablifee46]

The whole fib iaa thing. Like uncle vlad said, that friends reunited mission with lazlow is f*cking horrible man. I often create new saves and get bored once i reach that mission. And also the lost. And trevor couldve been toned down a little more

[EDSTEROK]

I wasn't expecting Franklin to move out the hood, at least not that soon and not permanently. What was the point of locking us out the house? I thought we were going to get a lot more hood missions. Also didn't make sense how he ended up leaving. Lester calls him saying "their" portfolio was getting too big? It's Lester's $ so why would he buy a house in the hills and let Franklin, a guy he just met, live their for free when he could've just rented it out? Plus have his stuffed moved in for him as well.

 

I also didn't expect Trevor to go on a rescue Michael's daughter from embarrassment mission when from the moment we're introduced to Trevor he has it in for Michael. I was expecting some serious showdown when those two met for the first time. Would have made more sense if she had been kidnapped to be forced to shoot porn on that yacht, but rescuing her from a talent show audition?

[shadowoperative]

The option to kill Trevor.

[Megumi]

Misogynist writing for most of the females, who are generally nothing but MacGuffins.

[Curtis]

I don't want to see any story in V, now that i know it's so bad.

They could atleast keep all stories balanced and not make a half-finished one like franklin's or just kill off all antagonists and live happily ever after like in a fairy tale.

They also could dump the whole story and actually try to make a decent one.

Edited April 15, 2016 by Bender

[StarFyer]

I didn't want to see the heists being done mostly for other people.

Michael's dysfunctional family drama.

Madrazo being such a weak antagonist and Trevor falling in love with his wife. The way he was introduced, I thought he was going to be a badass but he turned out to be very disappointing.

Trevor being such a d*ck to Ron and Wade and killing Floyd and Debra...that was unnecessary.

[chefbrettb]

I wish Franklin would have actually stayed in the ghetto and rise up to a Kingpin of LS.

 

Didn't care for Amanda or Tracy. Both seemed like sterotypes. I actually thought Jimmy was a good depiction of a spoiled kid.

 

And the whole Trevor taking advantage of a mentally handicapped kid (Wade) was a little messed up. Didn't feel appropriate. They could've included Wade, just don't make him obviously on the spectrum.

[Mimzie]

The FIB affiliation. Felt very unrealistic in a way.

[Lisha]

Johnny's death really hurt me. It was a pitiful way to go, especially since his last appearance ended on such a strong (but tragic) note. The theme of betrayal and learning from it was really strong in TLAD so it pissed me off to see how quickly Johnny had forgotten those lessons in V. He loved Ashley but he knew she was bad news for him in TLAD and even told her that. So to see him being cheated on and made a fool of by her in GTAV which led to his eventual death pissed me off. It's unfair that she got to "live" (I ran her the f*ck over) and Johnny had to die because she couldn't stay faithful and clean.

 

I don't like Michael's relationship with Amanda at all. Mainly because I dislike Amanda's character very much. Yeah, her relationship with Michael is dysfunctional as hell, but I feel like Michael took the brunt of the blame in his character arc which wasn't fair. Both Michael and his whole family were absolute pricks but Michael's made out to be the villain and is deserted because of it. It pissed me off when Michael was depressed about being alone because his family is so toxic. It should've felt like a breath of fresh air. I just made him cheat with Nikki given that Amanda had no qualms about doing the same with the tennis instructor and Fabien. Even post-ending, Michael's still sleeping around because why the f*ck not?

 

 

Franklin's fixation with Tanisha wasn't written well; it felt and was half-baked. Initially, she denigrates Franklin for being a gangsta and claims that that isn't the life she wants for herself. So when Franklin tries to better himself (and succeeds!) by getting out of that life and distancing himself from Lamar (I love him, but he's an idiot and a bad influence), she denigrates him again because he's "not being true to himself". Then she's constantly going on about being engaged and sh*t, but if you check her LifeInvader, her fiance is basically making her be untrue to herself by correcting how she talks and telling her how she should behave, etc. She's a hypocritical bitch and Franklin shouldn't put her on a pedestal. Real talk tho, the final phone call you have with her pissed me off because she was so sanctimonious. I ended up hanging up on her while she was in mid-sentence because f*ck that noise. I despise her. The bitch can't make up her own damn mind but thinks she's qualified to dictate how Franklin should live his life. I wish they hadn't included that "arc", it added nothing to the story.

 

I feel like it was hard to feel connected to the hood as Franklin because we're just thrown into everything and are expected to feel loyal to characters that we don't even know. It worked in San Andreas because while we didn't see CJ grow up with the GSF main characters, we were able to see him work his way back into GSF and earn back Sweet's trust. The same can't be said for Franklin, so of course I favoured Franklin becoming a more sophisticated criminal over being a gangbanger. I think R* should've done something similar to Sleeping Dogs where Franklin did more missions for the hood so that he had to ultimately choose/felt conflicted about what kind of path he wanted to take post-ending (be like Michael or stick with Lamar). So part of me wishes that the game didn't emphasise on Franklin being a sell-out because I felt like Franklin and we as players were being punished for not feeling connected to characters that are practically strangers to us.

 

I agree with everyone else. Being the government's errand-boys was so dull. Niko already had to deal with that sh*t in IV; so it was annoying to have to play through it again (and do heists for government f*ckers where we don't even get to keep most of the take!)

 

I felt like Floyd didn't need to die. Yes, Debra was a narcissist and she used him like her whipping boy, but it would've been nicer if Trevor had shown him how to man up and not be such a little bitch. Instead, he randomly gets killed and his death is just shrugged off like it's nothing. I liked and pitied Floyd. I thought Trevor did too even when he victimised him, so for him to murder him like that was jarring.

Edited April 16, 2016 by Lisha

[Guest Guest176525326]

FIB - most annoying part of the story

[Dr. Robotnik]

Johnny's death really hurt me. It was a pitiful way to go, especially since his last appearance ended on such a strong (but tragic) note. The theme of betrayal and learning from it was really strong in TLAD so it pissed me off to see how quickly Johnny had forgotten those lessons in V. He loved Ashley but he knew she was bad news for him in TLAD and even told her that. So to see him being cheated on and made a fool of by her in GTAV which led to his eventual death pissed me off. It's unfair that she got to "live" (I ran her the f*ck over) and Johnny had to die because she couldn't stay faithful and clean.

 

I don't like Michael's relationship with Amanda at all. Mainly because I dislike Amanda's character very much. Yeah, her relationship with Michael is dysfunctional as hell, but I feel like Michael took the brunt of the blame in his character arc which wasn't fair.

 

Most of the interactions between Michael and his family just left me feeling sorry for Michael, honestly. We're meant to see him as selfish and lazy (which he is), but in spite of everything, he somehow manages to come across as the only one who wants their situation to be better. He tries to bond with Jimmy and get him to be more active (which Jimmy just throws back in his face), and he actually says something insightful during the therapy session (that he and Amanda are just uplifted, insecure, trailer trash), which Amanda ignores. The whole drug incident that finally prompted them to leave him wasn't even his fault.

Edited April 24, 2016 by Dr. Robotnik

[SmokesWithCigs]

How many threads about a pile of pixels can you guys make? I mean really. Hes not dead he respawned at the sandy shores hospital. You nguys really need a hug. Not from me of course

[BunnyPig]

Franklin.

[Pedinhuh]

-Michael's family BS taking over too much of the storyline(they should have been secondary missions IMO);

 

-Frankling leaving the hood was a nice break of the stereotypical ghetto character, but the way he got marginally under developed after that point was really bad.

 

-Trevor being a cannibal and rapist, we already got the message that he's someone you shouldn't screw over(unless you're Michael), those personallity traits, along with the fact that he has mommy issues is annoying.

 

-The Merryweather heist not paying you a f*cking dime!;

 

-In fact, how most of missions don't pay you anything at all;

 

-The whole FIB bitch arc in the storyline;

 

-The endings, they're just f*cking stupid and out of nowhere, it's like the writters and devs just went like "f*ck this sh*t, we had enough, lets just half-ass the endings because nobody will complain about it and the game will sell millions anyway".

Edited April 30, 2016 by pedinhuh

[Osho]

Franklin leaving the hood but ends up doing what? For me, he's definitely the most boring character to play of all time. His presence really didn't matter and leaving the hood means a significant chunk of interesting gameplay related to hood life and gangs were sacrificed too.

I think the heists shouldn't have been the focal point in the story for all three characters rather split them involving activities that are completely different with separate storylines which are interconnected, much like the plot of GTA SA would have been if it featured three different characters in different cities, where the events in Los Santos revolve around regaining respect within the Grove Street Families and the obstacles confronting the family via. gang wars and territory acquisition, while in San Fierro

the events revolve around the drug syndicate and lastly, in Las Venturas the matters relating to Mafia and the mob families.

That's how the story of the trio in V should have been approached with the events taking place in the same map but offering a taste of variety for three different career criminals never experienced before and that too without the usual FIB crap and errand sh*t that I am f*ckin sick of watching it getting repeated time and again with every GTA.

Rockstar seriously needs to introduce something fresh and new without rehashing the same events, situations and narrative already experienced in previous GTAs with only minor changes here and there because of the setting and situation the game takes place. They need to stop repeating the same formula.

Edited April 30, 2016 by Osho

[Shadowfennekin]

Johnny K even being in the game.. WTF, they just shat on everything the character stood for. TLAD ended and he told Ashley theyy'd never be together, and he was against drugs..... V comes around and oh look...... Ashley's his GF again and he's on drugs.

 

Johnny used to be one of my top favorite characters but now I can't even play TLAD anymore without getting depressed because EVERYONE IS DEAD!

[GAMESHARQ]

 

 

The title of this thread is almost self explanatory but I will explain the thread. A lot of things have happened in the storyline. People were killed and some things have changed things. So, what didn't you want to see happening in the storyline? Didn't you want to see certain characters in missions or anything like that? To be honest, I didn't want to see the whole death by Johnny Klebitz and Ashley Butler. Johnny was just killed so easily while he was one of the strongest men in Alderney. Rockstar made him so weak in Grand Theft Auto V. And seeing that Ashley didn't stop using drugs and basically got an heroine overdose wasn't very suprising but still kind of sad. But anyhow, I would love to hear your opinions about things you didn't want to see happening in the storyline!

 

 

I actually came in to say what you did about Johnny. I loved playing as Johnny in GTA 4. He was a bad-ass. But in GTA 5, they made him look like a total pansy pushover. He didn't put up a fight at all against Trevor.

[Cops n Crooks]

I didn't mind Johnny's death at all. That Ashley chick and later crystal meth just dragged him down. He couldn't stay away from Ashley and deep down still loved her. His love for Ashley was always there right in front of us (for those who played TLAD). When Ashley was holed up in that apartment in Algonquin, Johnny could have easily said no but he didn't. Instead, he rescues her and tells her to get her sh*t together and that they are no good for each other. Further along in the game, he continues to help her and the in-game phone calls kept coming. At the end of TLAD when Billy was killed and The Lost MC Clubhouse burned to the ground that was the beginning of the end for Johnny. He had nobody left and The Lost MC basically collapsed. Jason and Jim were dead, Terry and Clay eventually moved out to Blaine County (they're deaths were soon upon them) and Johnny was basically alone. BUT... He still had Ashley.

 

This once badass man as some say he was and I'll say he was at his time was slowly becoming weak... W.E.A.K.

Just like the convo between Trevor and Ron had on the way back to the airfield when flying with Ron in the mission "Nervous Ron".

 

Trevor: A vast criminal conspriacy like the Lost MC shouldn't a let a goon like Johnny K. represent them.

 

Ron: He was a man past his prime. I heard he used to be serious.

 

Trevor: A few hard stamps to the head knocked the seriousness right outta him.

 

Trevor: "Man was weak for crystal, weak for Ashley, man was weak!" He shouldn't have spoken to me like that. (Trevor hit it spot on!)

 

I'm a huge fan of Johnny K. so don't let this post throw you off. This is just my take on the outcome of Johnny K.

 

Johnny K. got himself killed because of Ashley and the crystal IMO. But mainly because of Ashley. The whole "Trevor! You've been fu**ing my girl?" is another sign of him caring for Ashley. I thought that cutscene was awesome! Johnny was alone and didn't have his "brothers" to help back him up during that tense moment and Trevor just did what he did.

Edited May 1, 2016 by Cops n Crooks

[RandompedestrianfromLC]

Franklins repo works and street things ended too early.

I did think that there will be much more, like at least 10 repo woks for Simeon, but there was only 3. Dissapointing.

 

I know that game originally had more Franklin and Lamar street missions, but they got removed, because Lamars actor was in some problems at that time, when he was supposed to do voice recordings for lamar. R* didnt have time to wait for him so the missions get deleted.

Dissapointing.

 

End of the story was a bit too rushed and fast.

Killing Floyd and Depra was kinda stupid and didnt like that Trevor killed the strip club boss too.

I felt bad for that guy. He was just normal strip club owner and then some f*cking maniac Trevor kills him for no reason.

[Cops n Crooks]

didnt like that Trevor killed the strip club boss too.

I felt bad for that guy. He was just normal strip club owner and then some f*cking maniac Trevor kills him for no reason.

I don't know why but I laughed so hard after reading that part.