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    1 day ago

    I hate him and because of that find the character very interesting.

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    3 days ago

    He would’ve been an amazing side character but he’s my least favorite main character

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      Agreed - it’s hard to ever feel any empathy with him, and so missions as him are much less enjoyable IMO. He’s a horrible person doing horrible things with no greater cause to even try to justify it.

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    3 days ago

    I have an uncomfortable love hate for the guy. First thing I always have to do is change his fucking cloths and get a haircut…

    he is by far the most realistic character though. Crazy meth head and trailer park trash. I have been around a few people that were high as fuck on meth and they acted just like him. Thankfully they didn’t have access to guns.

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    I hated him. No character development, same asshole from start to finish. Whenever I had to do Trevor missions I often walked away from the game for the day, resulting in taking many months to actually finish the kind of game I usually enjoy.

    Franklin was boring too, sterotype with no strong opinions on much - just went with the flow on everything. The only character I kind of enjoyed playing was Michael, and that’s because he was aware that he was a piece of shit and decided to try to change. His approach to mending his relationship with his family was terrible and often put them in riskier/worse situations, but hey it’s GTA it’s not meant to be entirely realistic.

    I remember being a lot more invested in GTA4 and thoroughly enjoyed that narrative, but maybe it’s rose tinted glasses?

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    Loved him, in the context of GTA, it’s a violent satire of American life and he fits both that AND the players of GTA. I also liked saints row for that reason. When you just want to go be a menence both games give you the tools and framing to do so

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    I hugely enjoyed playing as him when the game first came out and I was still an edgy teen. Now I think his shtick gets old quite quick but in a way he’s a good representation of what GTA is about in general.

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    I enjoyed the character. In terms of alignment, Michael is neutral, Franklin is good, Trevor is chaos. Each has a deep backstory, each is uniquely flawed. Each is a mood.

    I didn’t utilize their powers all that much, game can be enjoyed without them.

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      I see Franklin as lawful neutral tbh. Michael is definitely true neutral, whereas Trevor would be chaotic evil.

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    I’ve never engaged with the story in any GTA game. I just boot it up once in a moon, massacre as many cops as possible before they overwhelm me.