What do you guys think about Claude?

[universetwisters]

39 minutes ago, Subwoofer762 said:

but its prequel had no such inspirations (i think) and it would have added to the game's story!

Yea but when your game’s plot starts collapsing when you take out all the references, it was never really that strong to begin with 

[Guess Who Plays GTA]

A handsome young lad. Very humble and disciplined

[Dutch VDL]

He's a total badass. I still wanna know if he can't speak or just chooses not to.

[unopesci]

I think hes a real jerk

[_BlackShadow]

He's a wholesome lad, likes to help people for fair price.

[Micah_Bell]

Badass MF.

[Kid Named Finger]

Literal psychopath. Just beat the game for the first time, 11 years after playing it for the first time.

 

Dude kills Kenji, no hesitation. Asuka dies, doesn't bat an eye. Maria is slightly annoying, so kills her in the end. Does everything for the money. He's one cold blooded motherf*cker.

[Krymefull]

the classic strong, silent type that every action-adventure movie protagonist was back in the late 90's/early 2000's

[Exsanguination]

On 2/21/2023 at 2:39 PM, Kid Named Finger said:

Literal psychopath. Just beat the game for the first time, 11 years after playing it for the first time.

 

Dude kills Kenji, no hesitation. Asuka dies, doesn't bat an eye. Maria is slightly annoying, so kills her in the end. Does everything for the money. He's one cold blooded motherf*cker.

While I agree that Claude is indeed cold blooded, I don’t believe he killed Maria, it’s just the sound of a gunshot at the end of the game. 
 

Annoying? Nah Maria is a saint, not to mention she saved Claude’s life warning him of Sals trap. 

[Krymefull]

3 hours ago, Exsanguination said:

Annoying? Nah Maria is a saint, not to mention she saved Claude’s life warning him of Sals trap. 

probably the only good thing she ever did to Claude if I being honest 

[Kid Named Finger]

7 hours ago, Exsanguination said:

Annoying? Nah Maria is a saint, not to mention she saved Claude’s life warning him of Sals trap. 

She never did him tho

[Junkman1217]

he talks big game and backs it up--solid dude

[E.A.B.]

Playing through this game after 20 years and its crazy how much of a snake he is.

 

Kills

Spoiler

Kenji, the brother of the woman he was working with who helped save him

 

Helps out 

Spoiler

El Burro, a Diablo, before helping out the Yardies kill the Diablos

 

He's extremely underhanded. There's so many betrayals in 3. You feel bad for him when he leaves Portland with Maria, until you realize he's as much of a snake as anyone else in the story. And honestly,

Spoiler

Salvatore wanting Claude dead can be blamed on Maria lying about him, so Salvatore isn't entirely at fault there

 

I get that the developers probably weren't overthinking the storyline this much, or even consider what it says about the protagonist. But in retrospect he's a f*cking snake.

Edited July 20, 2023 by E.A.B.

[AutumnNintendoNerd]

Silent, efficient, and deadly.

 

Not saying I'm a big crime boss, but if I was and needed something done without question, I'd call Claude (on a public payphone of course )

Edited July 22, 2023 by AutumnNintendoNerd

[Luciano89]

A cold murderer and a badass protagonist.

[Subwoofer9446]

The guy is not even interesting one bit.

[Luciano89]

On 7/21/2023 at 11:43 PM, AutumnNintendoNerd said:

Silent, efficient, and deadly.

 

Not saying I'm a big crime boss, but if I was and needed something done without question, I'd call Claude (on a public payphone of course )

It wouldn't be a good idea at all... The reason that Claude is a very dangerous person is the fact that he has no loyalty to any kind of person with exception with the one wo pays him the most. Take a look at what he did to Asuka's brother, whose sister seemed to really trust/admire and even was flirting with him in some situations. The guy is a cold blooded traitor.

[Timofey_Rusanov]

In my opinion he's the puppet. What mobs tell him what to do, he'll do it. Claude has not any feelings and regrets. He cannot put something up against someone, and most important - he can't give to any of the mobsters the middle finger (like gave it to any driver).

[Spadge]

Classic pompadour haircut, he's like a criminal rockstar Elvis

[Patrick10]

 The cold-blooded, soulless killer who purposefully went on a robbery in the initial screensaver, after his illegal and loud rescue from the police paddy wagon, continued his business, his business was to find quick money. He made high-profile murders that made the gloomy Liberty City shudder. His composure and callousness can be confirmed by a cut-out character from the game, a certain homeless man who gives terrible tasks, one of them is no less terrible, this is the one where we have to use an ice cream machine to poison / kill a bunch of people, it's terribly true, and I guess Claude went on this task without much thought and even after that he In fact, he did not blame his soul

[Lippeth]

To me he's less of a character and more of a nameless goon for hire. He doesn't speak much because no one cares what he has to say; they just want their job done with no questions asked. To me, he represents an infinite number of nameless goons doing dangerous jobs and dirty work that would just as well be done by any other Tom Dick and Harry in Liberty City, and in my own head canon, he may as well be a different guy every time you're busted or wasted, and it's unimportant whether he is or isn't the same guy as before.

 

I like him, whoever he is.

 

 

[Levothyroxine]

Stupid

Was once in a powerful Yakuza clan only to throw it in the trash due to some orders from Donald Trump from Wish.

[Silver]

He's the quintessential GTA protagonist, he'll kill whoever needs killing and do whatever for his own survival, he's loyal to nobody but himself and that's what I like about him. The fact that he doesn't talk makes him compelling in a way, it's simple but effective, and it avoids any possible inconsistencies with his actions. Like, he's not going to talk about how he's a good person deep down during a cutscene and then proceed to run over pedestrians on his way to kill a target. He's an ice-cold killer and he'll deal with whoever gets in his way.

[drcherrybomb]

On 2/25/2023 at 5:13 AM, Exsanguination said:

Nah Maria is a saint, not to mention she saved Claude’s life warning him of Sals trap. 

After what? She's literally the reason Sal set the trap in the first place.

[vokkolt]

everything, exept the fact that he's mute. 

[DasMolang]

Well, he isnt very impactful, which was luckily changed in VC. But still it fits into the "Go to this character and get a mission to unlock the next character" scheme, just accepting and doing.