Dragos142 Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 Which GTA games have endings that are depressing, tragic or bleak? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punkd Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 the end of gta 5 (when you have to choose who to kill) still depresses me coz it was so f*cking bad (it was like watching a mediocre movie with a super sh*tty "plot twist" in the end) Ondr4H, CynicalMexican, Mascaracan and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeansowaty Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 Taking aside the obvious IV endings, I think some honorable mentions go to: -GTA3 - Claude has nothing and nobody left, just money, the whole town hates him. -GTA LCS - Toni will end up becoming a fat nobody, his Mafia family will lose a lot of influence over the next years and he is paid inadequatly to what he was promised. Plus a quarter of the city is destroyed and you have to live with the thought that you're a terrorist and sadistic psychopath at once. -GTA VCS - Vic's love of his life is dead and he himself turns to drugs and becomes a shell of himself by the next two years. Bratva Assassin, MrBreak16, universetwisters and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Algonquin Assassin Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 (edited) TLAD. The gang is in shambles at this point, the clubhouse burned down and it’s just a completely numb and hollow feeling. I also agree with GTA III. Claude has no one to confide to in a city that wants him dead. He might as well be a homeless drifter. Talk about a f*cked up, Inconclusive future. Aso likely against the grain, but I don’t think either of GTA IV’s are that “depressing”. Despite that Niko’s choice ends up with losing someone close to him it feels bittersweet to me with glimmers of optimism and hope. All that pain and anguish he went through wasn’t for nothing and he finally succeeded in what other protagonists have rarely had. A clean slate of a normal life with no threats. He doesn’t end up dying like Arthur and John in the Red Dead games and he still maintains a strong social network with LJ, Brucie, Packie etc. It‘s a quasi happy ending IMO and drives the point home that money and fame won’t buy you happiness, but emotional connections you care for will. Edited August 11, 2021 by MiamiViceCity1986 universetwisters, Leather Rebel, Bratva Assassin and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeltaV20 Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 (edited) TLAD's ending was hella depressing especially when you know what Trevor does to Johnny, Terry and Clay in the events of V lonely biker , f*cked up second hand safehouse in alderney , Clubhouse gone , Jim gone Edited August 12, 2021 by DeltaV20 Leather Rebel, Algonquin Assassin, MrPikmin16 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bratva Assassin Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 I’d have to go with both endings to GTA IV for obvious reasons as well as TLAD, III, LCS, and VCS for all the reasons already explained by Jeansowaty and MiamiViceCity1986. I mean, neither ending to GTA IV is happy at all. Niko Bellic either loses a cousin in Deal or a girlfriend in Revenge. Deal might be a little bit sadder for Niko but Revenge is definitely sadder for Patrick McReary and his family whom Niko was such great friends with. MrBreak16 and MrPikmin16 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CynicalMexican Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 I would say GTA 4 Revenge is "happier" because Roman is a dad, Niko still has his family intact and probably has his sh*t intact, and so on. The loss of Roman is felt greater than Kate's death. VC's ending is depressing in the sense that Tommy's empire is going to get scores killed and/or addicted. The Tracker, MrBreak16, MrPikmin16 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mascaracan Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 I think the Chinatown Wars ending can fit into that category, the internal feud for the leadership leads to the beheading of the Triads, all of them wanted to be the leader but none of them made it, Huang discovering the truth about the death of his father losing all of the already low respect he had for his uncle, Kenny accepting to fight to death in a ridiculous way of redemption, and the irony of a dying Hsin asking Huang for a loyalty proof, as the one which originated all the mess. DeltaV20, Jeansowaty, MrPikmin16 and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lioshenka Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 If my memory serves me right, GTA 4 is tragic whichever way you go. I had very little sympathy towards the characters, but I felt sorry if we had to lose Roman. GTA 3 was bleak, but in a realistic way. There is nothing exciting about it really, just another day in life of the protagonist; there isn't a massive achievement or some kind of change that would occur in the world. I really loved how it was realistic and nihilistic, I suppose. atay26, MrPikmin16 and Bratva Assassin 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CynicalMexican Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 53 minutes ago, Lioshenka said: If my memory serves me right, GTA 4 is tragic whichever way you go. I had very little sympathy towards the characters, but I felt sorry if we had to lose Roman. GTA 3 was bleak, but in a realistic way. There is nothing exciting about it really, just another day in life of the protagonist; there isn't a massive achievement or some kind of change that would occur in the world. I really loved how it was realistic and nihilistic, I suppose. GTA 3 is basically Catcher in the Rye if Holden became a petty crook. Bratva Assassin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ondr4H Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 GTA V , you can choose from two out of place and really depressing endings and one rainbow lazer colored ending. Bratva Assassin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badman_ Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 The ending of GTA SA is kinda depressing. CJ and his family gave everything for the hood and return they gained nothing but loss. Plus the ending of GTA IV is obviously depressing, as well as the alternate endings of GTA V. The Tracker, MrBreak16, Bratva Assassin and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tracker Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 28 minutes ago, Wolfman_ said: The ending of GTA SA is kinda depressing. CJ and his family gave everything for the hood and return they gained nothing but loss. That literally is just the start of SA, CJ's journey ends in everything but loss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CynicalMexican Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 1 hour ago, Wolfman_ said: The ending of GTA SA is kinda depressing. CJ and his family gave everything for the hood and return they gained nothing but loss. Plus the ending of GTA IV is obviously depressing, as well as the alternate endings of GTA V. Not at all. CJ and Co got rid of a crack empire and a corrupt police force that was destroying their community, and become extremely wealthy. I like to think they did a lot of altruistic work to make things better. The backdrop sure as sh*t is depressing though. Bratva Assassin and MrPikmin16 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badman_ Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 Yeah, but they had to kill both Big Smoke and Ryder. They were betrayed, meaning that the "street code" they lived by has lost its meaning or it actually never had meaning at all. It's bullsh*t. Franklin is certainly an evolution of that idea, since he refuses to live by the such called street code and puts his own personal needs above the needs of the community. MrPikmin16 and Bratva Assassin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samz707 Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 (edited) 4 definitely does. I'd say VCS does if you've played Vice City, since we know from the official Vice City Site that their crime family will eventually collapse, forcing Vic to deal drugs again, resulting in his death, not to mention the death of Louise.Insert image from URL Edited August 12, 2021 by Samz707 MrPikmin16 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
universetwisters Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 On 8/11/2021 at 8:31 AM, MiamiViceCity1986 said: I also agree with GTA III...He might as well be a homeless drifter. Conversely adding to this, all of Claude's safehouses after the Portland apartment (if you can even call it an apartment) aren't even shown, just Claude walks inside and the door closes behind him. I know the logical reason is because the devs didn't bother modelling an interior to an actual apartment like they would in the later games, but it makes you think; does he even have a place to stay there or is he just sleeping in the doorway? MrPikmin16 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CynicalMexican Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 1 hour ago, universetwisters said: Conversely adding to this, all of Claude's safehouses after the Portland apartment (if you can even call it an apartment) aren't even shown, just Claude walks inside and the door closes behind him. I know the logical reason is because the devs didn't bother modelling an interior to an actual apartment like they would in the later games, but it makes you think; does he even have a place to stay there or is he just sleeping in the doorway? I don't even think that Portland safehouse had a bathroom... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
universetwisters Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 3 minutes ago, CynicalMexican said: I don't even think that Portland safehouse had a bathroom... Claude just sh*ts in an alleyway like a feral cat The Tracker, H-G, Ondr4H and 2 others 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-G Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 10 hours ago, universetwisters said: Claude just sh*ts in an alleyway like a feral cat Nah he goes into the sewers and does it directly there. H-G's Workshop https://gtaforums.com/topic/905964-h-gs-workshop/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CynicalMexican Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 1 hour ago, H-G said: Nah he goes into the sewers and does it directly there. Did you know that human sh*t was commonly used as a fertilizer H-G 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-G Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 8 minutes ago, CynicalMexican said: Did you know that human sh*t was commonly used as a fertilizer No wonder country bumpkins still go out in the fields to do their thing. CynicalMexican and universetwisters 2 H-G's Workshop https://gtaforums.com/topic/905964-h-gs-workshop/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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