Weird things you used to think when you were young about the GTA series

[Guest]

When I first played SA I absolutely hated seeing "RESPECT +" upon completing a mission, I was legit convinced that from SA onwards R* discarded monetary rewards for missions.

[Carl]

^above reminded me of something

 

When I get the RESPECT+ after completing a mission. I always thought it meant CJ is getting more respectful and good which always confuses me like bro I just killed a bunch of ballas and how does that make me more respectful?

[Dr Busta]

2 hours ago, Carl Theft Kumar said:

bro I just killed a bunch of ballas and how does that make me more respectful?

Based

[Trimeresurus]

On 12/17/2020 at 2:18 PM, TheSantader25 said:

There was a time that my PC would crash in one of the San Fierro missions in GTA SA so I couldn't progress further as a kid. So I used cheats to get to Las Venturas and I thought that president of the US was gonna be there and if I find him and kill him the mission wouldn't crash anymore. Yeah don't ask me how those thoughts existed in my head. Eventually I downloaded a save file that had that mission completed.

LOL kids are schizos

[universetwisters]

I used to think the flashing yellow traffic lights in VC meant “stop”.

 

My father would always tell me I drove like sh*t in video games and he’d never want to ride in a car with me so, at the tender age of 8, I went out to prove him wrong. I was like DAD LOOK AT HOW SAFE I CAN DRIVE IN THE VIDEO GAME and he came into my bedroom to watch me drive a sh*tty beige Hermes through Washington beach during a thunderstorm. However, despite me stopping at all lights and going the limit and staying in my lane, I came across a flashing yellow traffic light and I just stopped because I didn’t know what to do. A few seconds later my dad was like f*ckIN GO ITS FLASHING YELLOW YOU TREAT IT LIKE A FOUR WAY STOP and he left to go watch pbs and get drunk

 

That’s when I lost my fathers respect and knew what to do when you come across a flashing traffic light, all thanks to vice city 

[Lioshenka]

On 5/5/2022 at 2:51 AM, Algonquin Assassin said:

 

Interestingly enough in the 2018 Spider-man game there's a mission that references Niko and Roman. 

 

Oooh, do you remember the name of the mission so that I can look it up on Youtube? Was it a good quality reference at least?

[.Ryan.]

1 hour ago, Lioshenka said:

 

Oooh, do you remember the name of the mission so that I can look it up on Youtube? Was it a good quality reference at least?

 

 

I'll save you the time.

[universetwisters]

I used to think Ma Cipriani was the building itself yelling at Toni and Claude 

[GhettoJesus]

I used to think Loc was so gangster that he stole Dogg's garden tools as well, and now Dogg is pissed. That's because when Madd Dogg says "give me back my hoes" to OG Loc in Cut Throat Business the translators translated "hoes" to mean the tool.

[Adminsaredicks]

4 hours ago, GhettoJesus said:

I used to think Loc was so gangster that he stole Dogg's garden tools as well, and now Dogg is pissed. That's because when Madd Dogg says "give me back my hoes" to OG Loc in Cut Throat Business the translators translated "hoes" to mean the tool.

I as kid definitely doesnt understand true meaning of jokes or adult languages in this games.

 

Life was simplier and innocent when i was a kid ...

[universetwisters]

4 hours ago, Ondr4H said:

I as kid definitely doesnt understand true meaning of jokes or adult languages in this games.

 

Life was simplier and innocent when i was a kid ...

I very vividly remember asking my mother what a pimp was after hearing the guy on game radio in gta 3 go like WHERE THE PLAYERS PLAY AND THE PIMPERS PIMP AND THE HUSTLERS HUSTLE ON 

 

I don’t remember what she said tho

[drcherrybomb]

I used to think OG Loc was a real, true gangster.

Edited May 29, 2022 by DR Cherry Bomb

[Kalashnikov1947]

On 5/29/2022 at 2:17 PM, GhettoJesus said:

I used to think Loc was so gangster that he stole Dogg's garden tools as well, and now Dogg is pissed. That's because when Madd Dogg says "give me back my hoes" to OG Loc in Cut Throat Business the translators translated "hoes" to mean the tool.

Which language were you playing on? Care to elaborate?

[GhettoJesus]

28 minutes ago, Panzermann11 said:

Which language were you playing on? Care to elaborate?

I was playing with a Hungarian fan translation. In English "hoe", as I am sure you know, both means hooker and a tool that can be used to shape the soil. Whoever made the fan translation had no idea of how contexts work.

[drcherrybomb]

I never payed attention to SA's story and never understood what the characters were talking about ('cause I hadn't developed vast English skills back in the day) or what the plot as a whole was about, so I always used to blast GSF members on sight not knowin' they're actually allies as if they're Balla members or something lol.

This was the only GTA I used to play as a youngster. Had VC and III too but didn't care much for them as I was more used to SA.

Edited May 31, 2022 by DR Cherry Bomb

[BennyGod]

That the blocked tunnel in GTA 3 could be unlocked and reveal a new area. 

[Guest]

I used to think CJ's gimp suit was a superhero costume. So much that I did roleplay, beating up peds with the suit and super jump+super punch cheats.

[Kalashnikov1947]

On 5/31/2022 at 7:17 PM, GhettoJesus said:

I was playing with a Hungarian fan translation. In English "hoe", as I am sure you know, both means hooker and a tool that can be used to shape the soil. Whoever made the fan translation had no idea of how contexts work.

Ah, I see. The flag at the bottom of your profile pic gave it away, maybe I should've noticed that earlier.

[universetwisters]

When I saw the gameinformer preview for Liberty City Stories, I thought JD was CJ because they both had tank tops on and they were both black or at least my stupid 9 year old self thought JD looked black 

[Thelema93]

I used to think all the Ballas heads were bleeding ( it was actually there bandanna that made it look like that) kids are dumb 

 

[LowTierDude]

When I was younger, I never understood why Vic was so offended by the "How high can you jump, boy" comment by that member of the Trailer Park gang in VCS.

 

I honestly thought he was just complimenting him or simply just making fun of his height.

Edited June 25, 2022 by sabitsuki

[universetwisters]

31 minutes ago, sabitsuki said:

When I was younger, I never understood why Vic was so offended by the "How high can you jump, boy" comment by that member of the Trailer Park gang in VCS.

 

I honestly thought he was just complimenting him or simply just making fun of his height.

Vic has Asperger’s and doesn’t know what’s a compliment and what’s an insult.

 

OT - I thought tommy vercetti was one of the cartel guys in III’s opening cutscene just because they both wore Hawaiian shirts

[drcherrybomb]

I thought Claude, Tommy, and Carl were practically the same person.

[The Tracker]

I used to refer to "Las Venturas" as "Las Aventuras"

[gtafaninwest]

I thought Liberty City was a state and the three boroughs were cities. The same with Vice City, but I was confused why they kept calling it Florida. Later on, I thought San Andreas was the 51st state.

 

I thought Liberty City in the 3D universe went through a lot of construction and became bigger by 2008.

 

I thought when GTA III was completed, the airport would open and you could fly across the US. Same with the blocked tunnels.

 

I thought the GTA world shared the same universe with Max Payne, Thief, Mafia, True Crime 

Edited July 14, 2022 by gtafaninwest

[universetwisters]

When I played IV online for the first time when I was like 12 or 13 or whatever, I thought when everyone left the game at the exact same time, I never thought it was me lagging out of their game. I just thought none of them liked me and all left at the same time 

[universetwisters]

I thought you could actually buy drugs from the drug dealers who would solicit you on the streets in SA and I accidentally kept hitting “no”. I didn’t know both buttons were a firm “no” from CJ which kinda made their inclusion a bit moot imho 

[GhettoJesus]

1 hour ago, universetwisters said:

I thought you could actually buy drugs from the drug dealers who would solicit you on the streets in SA and I accidentally kept hitting “no”. I didn’t know both buttons were a firm “no” from CJ which kinda made their inclusion a bit moot imho 

Take this with a grain of salt but I think if you press Y then CJ will say no in a less aggressive manner. If you press N dealers may attack you after being so aggressive towards them verbally.

[universetwisters]

27 minutes ago, GhettoJesus said:

Take this with a grain of salt but I think if you press Y then CJ will say no in a less aggressive manner. If you press N dealers may attack you after being so aggressive towards them verbally.

Yea, that’s how it was ingame. It was just so weird tho, like you’d expect Y to buy drugs and N to say no to drugs, not both of them do the same function

[gtafaninwest]

I thought Luigi Goterelli made a brief appearance in LCS in the mission "Making Toni" when Toni got in the car with Mickey. One of the models in the Leones in LCS somewhat resembles Luigi though.