I Played GTA 5 For 10000 Hours. These Are The Best and Worst GTA 5 Trailers.

Dive into an in-depth look at GTA 5 through the eyes of a seasoned player with over 10,000 hours of gameplay experience. Although I wasn't part of the initial hype and marketing release, I've since mastered every corner of this iconic game, from speed running to completing no damage runs. Now, I'm turning my attention back to where it all began - the official Rockstar Games trailers. Using my extensive knowledge, I'll dissect each trailer, pointing out the changes, the inconsistencies, and the scenes that didn't make it to the final game. Discover the graphical tweaks, removed features, and the reality behind the promotional magic. Additionally, join me as I speculate on what these revelations could mean for the upcoming GTA 6 trailers. Whether you're a longtime fan or new to the GTA universe, this unique perspective sheds new light on how Rockstar's promotional strategies have evolved and what they could be planning next.
0:00 Intro
0:39 GTA V Trailer 1
2:31 Breakdown: GTA V Trailer 1
6:46 Ranking GTA V Trailer 1
6:55 GTA V Trailer 2
9:06 Breakdown: GTA V Trailer 2
13:14 Ranking GTA V Trailer 2
13:20 Michael Trailer
14:44 Breakdown: Michael Trailer
18:53 Ranking Michael Trailer
19:14 Franklin Trailer
20:40 Breakdown: Franklin Trailer
25:32 Ranking Franklin Trailer
25:36 Trevor Trailer
26:50 Breakdown: Trevor Trailer
30:35 Ranking Trevor Trailer
31:14 Gameplay Trailer (PS3/XB360)
36:11 Breakdown: Gameplay Trailer
46:24 Ranking Gameplay Trailer
46:34 The "Official'" Trailer
47:47 Breakdown: "Official" Trailer
51:11 Ranking "Official" Trailer
51:18 Xbox 360 TV Spot
52:00 Breakdown: Xbox 360 TV Spot
52:40 Ranking Xbox 360 TV Spot
52:47 PS4/Xbox One/PC Announcement Trailer
55:05 Breakdown: PS4/Xbox One/PC Announcement Trailer
55:30 Ranking PS4/Xbox One/PC Announcement Trailer
56:12 "A Picket Fence and a Dog Named Skip"
57:26 Breakdown: "A Picket Fence and a Dog Named Skip"
59:30 Ranking "A Picket Fence and a Dog Named Skip"
59:33 First Person Experience
1:02:45 Breakdown: First Person Experience
1:03:12 Ranking First Person Experience
1:03:50 PS3 to PS4 Comparison
1:05:14 Breakdown: PS3 to PS4 Comparison
1:05:26 Ranking PS3 to PS4 Comparison
1:05:33 PS4 TV Spot
1:06:14 Breakdown: PS4 TV Spot
1:06:26 Ranking PS4 TV Spot
1:06:31 The Official Launch Trailer PS4
1:07:37 Breakdown: Official Launch Trailer PS4
1:07:51 Ranking Official Launch Trailer PS4
1:08:03 Rockstar Editor
1:10:13 Breakdown: Rockstar Editor
1:11:28 Ranking Rockstar Editor
1:11:32 GTA V PC Trailer
1:11:56 Breakdown: GTA V PC Trailer
1:12:26 Ranking GTA V PC Trailer
1:12:33 "Next Gen" Trailer
1:15:02 Breakdown: "Next Gen" Trailer
1:15:52 Ranking "Next Gen" Trailer
1:15:55 Full Reveal PS5/Xbox Series Trailer
1:17:58 Breakdown: Full Reveal PS5/Xbox Series Trailer
1:18:57 Ranking Full Reveal PS5/Xbox Series Trailer
1:18:59 PS5/Xbox Series Release Trailer
1:20:33 Breakdown/Ranking: PS5/Xbox Series Release Trailer
1:20:53 Fan-made Matto Trailers
1:22:07 Outro
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[@DarkViperAU]

For those concerned, the licensed music just means the video will make no money. It won't be taken down.

[@kanone_69]

Its liking clocking in to work knowing your boss wont pay you

[@naijalani6305]

this is like pooping but a fart comes out

[@thirdhandlv4231]

I do respect that you left it in, sacrificing money helps the video itsef be better.

[@BigDadJan]

Lots of respect for doing this. While I understand you can't do this stuff often, it hurt the Franklin video a lot when you chose money over the extra quality. Ofcourse I understood the choice, but I think it's quite noble to upload this video knowing you'll even lose a bit on it for the betterment of the product you're serving.

[@Swan42088]

​@kanone_69 When you've already made loads from sitting on your arse playing gta for years, I don't think it matters. Not that I condone this, but he ain't gonna give a shit! Lol The main thing I'm glad about is, that he seems a happier man. Hopefully, the sleep is better, and he definitely seems more smiley than he used to.

[@rafamajcher8929]

One note from game dev here: If in trailer you have for example a different path from a heist it doesn't mean they planned a different route for it, it could literally just be them playing the character and vehicle from the heist in random route to avoid spoiler and create the trailer mood/effects/tension

[@RedStar_N7]

I'm not sure why Matt was making so many assumptions about the development process just based on arbitraty voice clips coupled with unrelated footage. Many of these "mistakes" could just be deliberate artistic choices that exist only for the trailer. A recontextualization of sorts to change our interpretation of things. They aren't meant to be dissected and speculated upon to that degree. Even the average person should be able to pick up on that, because movies will do this too

[@syringetip]

Facts

[@jarlbalgruuf058]

Nobody asked

[@vortaheadthebeast8072]

@@jarlbalgruuf058you’re so corny

[@1Chasg]

He doesn't seem to understand that some things are done just for the trailer and were never actually gonna be like that for the full game.

[@lukec16o5]

Can't wait for 10 years from now where he's doing this for the GTA 6 trailers lmfao

[@dsuable_]

10 years? I don't think R* would milk GTA 6 less than 15 years.

[@ActuallynotTrey]

@@dsuable_Thats what I’m saying. It won’t be like 5

[@groinBlaster31]

You're assuming humanity will still be around in 15 years

[@dsuable_]

@@groinBlaster31 we were, for like 10000 years, and it was before the modern science was up.

[@EnglishDrifts69GTxRED]

​@@dsuable_ WW3 is just around the corner and this one will go nuclear

[@Matyyyyyyy7]

4:18 Franklin stole the plans to the building in story mode, hence why it is still not completed

[@jefez75]

..aren't the plans for FIB building though?

[@itsHaniiMusic]

​@@jefez75well technically he stole all the architects plans, full suitcase of all of his creations so... Not rly

[@jefez75]

@@itsHaniiMusic when you put it like that.. fair enough, i guess

[@joeythegreat133]

But its been 11 years an they never made new plans

[@JFTSwiertz]

​@@joeythegreat133that's Los Santos for you.

[@lddsurfer5325]

"Were strippers nerfed?" Caught me off guard

[@keitheone991]

Me too bud. I spent too much time in the club🥴

[@YoungTrashBoy_]

that chop trailer was 🔥

[@mariomurcia7509]

big dog, big nuts

[@demianholmqvist]

True best trailer 😂

[@Jee123123]

DarkViperAU at 55:45 "There are no Cougars in the GTA 5 trailers" Amanda De Santa. Mary-Ann Quinn. Maude Eccles.

[@boiwhoactuallyareyou]

and that random woman on the sign in LS 😂

[@keitheone991]

😂😂😂

[@gsampson97]

The GTA V sleepwalking trailer is my favourite by far. Amazing song getting you hyped for the game

[@goatlps]

I thought that was one of the many free licence cost-cutting tracks - probably was, as it didn't really make any charts. Take Two should've got their money out and used an actually great/known song. Still haven't - VI uses a weak Tom Petty album track. VC's Emotion FM tracklist > the entire V soundtrack.

[@jare2067]

dude i remember how big this game was in 2013.. literally everyone was talking about it, and i was only like 8, good times

[@Magst3r1]

@@goatlps Terrible take. One of the reasons why people praise the GTA soundtrack is because they also use good, lesser known songs. You seem to want them to only play the songs that are constantly on the radio in real life. I thought Sleepwalking was one of the best songs in the game, and that Love Is a Long Road was perfect for the GTA 6 trailer.

[@bearman9033]

my friends made fun of me for liking that song in 2014 now they love it lol, fantastic song. (They made fun of this video) kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKXVnqecjpeipZI

[@xxwarpigspartan1138]

I love all the trailers but that one takes me back man

[@JohnPrice-kz6gp]

Rockstar made such a good job choosing the music for the trailers, it always matches the vibe and the atmosphere perfectly.

[@Dench999or911]

I must admit, I did not remember so many missions being showcased in the trailers. It feels like 75% of the big moments in the game are shown off!

[@ayyLumao]

42:35 It's pointed out here that in actual GTA online it doesn't show everyone on the map, but that feature actually was there at launch, on the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of GTA Online, the minimap showed every singer player at once (which was more reasonable as the player limit was 16 rather than the 30 that we have now), it was with the PS4 and Xbox One (and as a result the later released PC) versions that changed it so that the icons would fade depending on their distance from the player!!

[@gt581]

babe wake up new matto thumbnail face dropped

[@ShizaanSil]

i remember the rumors when information was leaking, and people heard for the first time you had 3 protagonists and could switch between the 3 at will, it was pretty mind blowing. kind of glad i was there looking at the launch

[@Renan_PS-zt8lm]

The Michael one is my favorite, not only was the song choice amazing, but they had the effort of syincing the whole trailer to the song, there are moments where key notes of the song are missing and replaced by impactful sounds from the scenes. It also has a great balance of showcasing epic action, but overlapping it with conversations between Michael and Friedlander, which showcases intimate character development, epic and intimate are often considered opposite words, but the trailer does a great job of displaying both. Have to give it some props for not spoiling too much of the story, showing many scenes but always out of context and to top it off the joke at the end "You have to find a new therapist" can get a chuckle out of anyone.

[@ChairmanMeow1]

Your editor is extremely good

[@cpljimmyneutron]

Rockstar calls tons of people Freaks... as is evident by the entire side mission line called "Strangers and Freaks"

[@audiencesmember]

Man, I can't believe it's been 12 years... I remember watching that first trailer on loop.. Good times. Thanks Matto!

[@mr.funiverse]

Honestly one of my favorite videos of yours in a while, very fun to see you analyze the scenes and watch trailers I’ve either never seen or it’s been years since dl

[@byCDMC]

"there are no cougars in GTA trailers" 55:20 literally one in the grass

[@hero_bit]

i dont think you get the joke

[@byCDMC]

@@hero_bit i don't think you do

[@drubo17]

“THERE ARE COUGARS IN TRAILERS?!”

[@charlescalthrop2535]

nah thats a mountain lion.

[@krystofhyps4280]

That chop trailer lookin' fire 🔥😂

[@MaDNeSS1116]

So glad its finally uploaded here couldn’t catch it on stream like 6 months ago 😂

[@sergritm]

Banger video. Nice to see Matto finally applying his 10000 hrs worth of experience. Editing is FIRE by the way.

[@AlexandruCarjan]

I still remember the idiots thinking it was CJ in the trailer running from the cops

[@Terminated_Account]

Why idiots?? I was clearly a reference

[@AlexandruCarjan]

@@Terminated_Account Nope it wasn't

[@Terminated_Account]

@@AlexandruCarjan he just casually wearing a white tank top and jeans while running from the cops! Surely not a reference!!!

[@Smileyreal]

@@Terminated_AccountYeah, it's a black dude that looks nothing like CJ wearing a normal everyday outfit

[@Terminated_Account]

@@Smileyreal running from the cops??? Come on man, its obvious, next you gonna say those 3 guys in the bikes dressed exactly like cj, smoke and rider in that mission where you go to grove street are not easter eggs either 😂

[@hood3439]

Awesome video! Watching this at the time was mind blowing

[@Adderall019]

The gta 5 trailers are so nostalgic i swear 😭😭

[@user-pe1jo3zt4n]

I just love how Matt smiles the whole time he's watching the trailers❤

[@dopey473]

THERE AREN'T MISSIONS IN MISSIONS

[@deptusmechanikus7362]

Michael’s trailer is my favorite to this day

[@roadkill6778]

I remember watching the character trailers like 100 times each back in the day. They got me so hyped

[@phaaaze9984]

Man this video really brought me back to how hyped I was for this game. These trailers really blow basically every other game trailer out of the water

[@danielszabo5113]

The "Meet the Chop"-edit 21:23 got me really well 😂

[@PrinceVegita1]

I remember thinking that 3 playable characters were unncecessary and way too gimmicky. Boy was I wrong.

[@AdmiralJacob]

Wow, this video is very well made! Really enjoy it

[@tommyp5239]

Could be interesting to see him rank all the GTA online trailers too, especially after completing all awards.

[@maybenextime5782]

If anyone's wondering the voice at the end of the "Official Trailer" is Blind Surfer dude for sure. Pete is an amazing voice actor recognized right away.

[@trollpro30]

my notes: at 7:01 you say the next 6 trailer could come out a year later. That would make it December when we see the next one. Then you loke at a list of 15 other trailers. I have a feeling there will be more than just one trailer before december '24. Not being a critic just laying my own thoughts out.

[@FunnyFreak_]

They did the same with red dead, they waited even longer before they spam released them like like they did with gta5, would still be possible if we get the second one in december and the rest of them in Q1/Q2 2025

[@87ThirdGen]

1:21:00 … this song is still as funny now as it was on stream, love it 🤣🤣

[@majk1983]

Man, I gotta play gta 5 story mode again. These trailers brings up memories of youtubers making their first videos of gta 5 when the game was released.

[@shawnzooo8565]

The chop trailer y’all made was S tier fasho 🤣

[@markczofficial227]

september 17? oh god what will i do until then? XD great video man keep on going youll be famous one day. :D

[@Tatman2TheResQ]

Only 30 minutes in, and this is waaay more interesting than i thought it would be when first uploaded. Loving the edits comparing the release. (I only ever saw the first trailer. I wanted to go in to V as blind as possible, which is rather rare for me.)

[@pablo21_11]

47:44 i remember seeing this trailer on tv… i was 11 lmao, time flies

[@Fnc638]

Been waiting for this vid since the day you streams it

[@TheRipaw4]

when he stream

[@ohnopatrol1222]

The individual character trailers are all S

[@TrashierPanda]

So true

[@superorange3698]

I love how he analyses everything and also knows so specific things of the game

[@mdqmatias]

Amazing video Matto, do another one like this for RDR2 trailers, which are pretty amazing!

[@EatSleepSkrrt]

As someone who got gta 5 on launch day for 360, and seen al the trailers before the game game out i am feelin really extremely nostalgic ❤

[@Finci1337]

I always felt like the 1st GTA6 trailer is more similar to the 2nd GTA5 trailer just because of how polished and complete the game looks already. When you see the 1st GTA5 trailer you can see how many things have actually changed, compared to the 2nd trailer and the realease.

[@TPI_Trevor_Phillips_Industries]

the amount of times I've hit my full screen button thinking I wasn't in full screen is crazy lol

[@RezaXGWB]

10:44 i think the mocap actor told us during the stream that he's actually chubbier during the mocap, and when lamar said "you gotta work that fat ass" it was unscripted

[@huellbabineaux7433]

Trailer 2 has always been my favourite trailer for this game, everything from the music to the action set pieces is just perfect.

[@archartifact494]

Thank you mister darkviper u have just given me the motivation to finish single player one more time

[@illmatic5856]

Great video matto

[@wreckerstein]

Seeing all trailers in row back then And just seeing the official trailer brought tear in eye thinking Finally we have it

[@williambbq]

One thing worth noting is that the Michael, Franklin and Trevor trailers were released May 2013, and the original release window was Spring 2013. I wonder, if the original release window was met, would they have released trailers quicker, or if those three would have been bigger parts of TV campaigns...

[@juicyjesus18]

i had to look twice with that thumbnail, matt looked so sprung and energetic

[@Bankrupt1111]

Saints row 2 also implemented the weapon wheel as well before GTA 40:13

[@grandtheftaero1]

saints row 1 even

[@KingaX5King]

Love these long form videos

[@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep]

I love the editing on this video. The little inserts like at 1:18:43 are so great

[@youtuberson4077]

bro looking real good on that thumbnail ✌🏼✌🏼

[@Neptune-Ghost]

Honestly I always look forward to the narrated trailers like 31:00 gameplay trailer. They did the same thing for RDR2 and it honestly does just tell you everything important that u can do. Hopefully they will hire the same narrator for GTA 6

[@thedumbfounding]

The way Matt watches these you can tell how much he loves this fricking game

[@nevengrossman9713]

This was awesome. Wasn't there for the hype back in the day but I was there the day it dropped with my buddy. His last day of highschool for some reason or he took the day off. And we screwed around messing with cheats. Man... I also remembered the missing magazines.. That pissed me off so much because they never fixed it when I was playing online back then. I barrowed it on ps3 didn't buy it because I had a feeling it was gonna get re released. Definitely jumped on the hype train for that. Was stoked for the PS4 version pre-ordered it and then spent 4 days trying to download it because my internet was trash in my ps4 settings kept shutting the system down.... Good times... Thank you for the reminiscence.. Lot of memories with this game series. Was one of the only things I lost myself in when shit was really rough back then.. Then I heard they were dropping it for ps5 and was disappointed lol.. Take me back then man..

[@cappew22]

I remember the day when this game came out, I drove to four "local" stores before I found place that had a copy for sale, i drove about 100 miles total, got home at about 10pm and then played all night. I honestly don't remember if I had a good time or not. I do remember getting burgers at 2am but the game? nah. The trailers definitely worked for me though.

[@free4fire]

Man I remember sitting in my room in the middle of the night back in 2011 reloading the website for the trailer as if that would make the countdown it had go faster, still surprised the site didn't crash back then and was actually load the trailer when it hit zero, wish I could still be as excited about gta6 as I was for 5 back then but I'm too experienced (burned) by now for that to still be a thing.

[@LindikDoge]

I love this video, great one Mr OrangeViperAU

[@That_templar_den]

Hey Matt I’ve your videos for a long time and I just want to say have a great monday

[@bruhmoment-kj4qw]

48:55 im pretty sure they use this scene on the enhanced and expanded version of the game when you first log into online and get the 4 million for the career builder

[@mr.lostmyaccount4721]

I literally played the game like 2 hours ago but watching all these trailers makes me wanna play more

[@edlars47]

i was there for every trailer at ages 10 through 12, as a huge gta fan i remember being so god damn hyped 90% of my playtime of GTA 5 is on PS3, I experienced this game mostly through your videos and some RP, and actually never looked back at the trailers since release, so this was a very nice experience to look back at these imma also take this moment to say i very much appreciate your gta content as much as your other content, whether it be a random ramble or an "essay", i have found comfort in all of them for many years now, and i thank you for your essays especially as it is refreshing to hear most, if not all of your takes. you are great man

[@1Chasg]

Matt can't understand that certain things are just made for the trailer and weren't gonna be kept like that

[@cloud99955]

Im pretty sure he does understand. I think he notices the differences and points it out.

[@thatcherdoingcoolstuff2657]

This was nostalgic. I was a huge GTA fan during this time, I remember the first time I saw GTAV teased on TV.

[@davefromhungary6908]

The switching between the players mechanic was EXTREMELY hyped up. I don't know why but the idea of changing players in real time was like a crazy concept in 2013. At least that's how I remember it when I was like 11-12 years old lol

[@joshuatealeaves]

We need a GTA6 trailer ranking. It’ll be a big video so take your time bro 💪🏻

[@2devil35]

Would be cool to see you doing a same kind of video for all of the RDR2 Trailers!

[@lamsmiley1944]

I was definitely watching these trailers when they first released, but it's been so long that I don't really remember it. I still think the first trailer was the one that had me the most excited.

[@gtavcougar2246]

Great video matt! but why is it only in 480p?

[@Seni0r100]

17:50 straight up thought I was watching SonicHaXD for a moment, what a choise of editing

[@rhandycs]

The initial gta v trailer was such a classic the opening line just hits the spot

[@onurbdomingues]

nostalgic trailers omg, my life was so good back at the time

[@groinBlaster31]

Looking good matto 👌

[@davidsiatatgaming]

THe vault explosion the used in the trailers for the prologue vault is the one they now use in the ps5/xbox series versions of the game when you start with 4 mil and a business

[@Windy-sg8mi]

Last game i got hyped for was RE 2 Remake, and before that, this game. That jump from 4 to 5 really WOWed me

[@MrGoodTimesYT]

IS THIS DARKVIPERAU REACTING TO TRAILERS OMG IM UNSUBCRIBING (im not)

[@1claydoe]

47:30 the official trailer put me on “sleepwalking” (the song in the background) at 9 years old and i STILL love that song

[@lancehardwood]

I once looked the story of weapon wheels up. Weapon wheels were only a thing after the first BioShok. It seems this game has pioneered it. So weapon wheels only became a thing after 2008 or 2009 I think

[@houssam6318]

I remember watching this live, it was a fun stream

[@samuelruggiero3293]

The clip of Harold getting burned alive in fallout 3 caught me off gaurd

[@Hostile2430]

Theres a stark contrast between Rockstar GTA V trailer in 2013 and the one in 2021 Back then they just showed in game footage and just quotes from missions fans were insanely hyped just from that Now they have giant texts actively telling ( begging) you to rebuy the game and false marketing and promises that look like parody of big corporation that Rockstar themselves made fun of

[@desertedtubergaming]

14:15 i know that sound when the guard hits the ground from black ops 2’s default knifing sound

[@hunearo]

55:50 actually hammerheads can spawn in pretty large groups. When I first saw something like this, I was surprised and amazed. Iirc I encountered these groups along the western shoreline, mainly while searching for submarine parts and nuclear waste.

[@scramblerbricks7293]

Can't wait for DarkViper to do this for gta6 in 13 years

[@adamt7527]

I know he's a story guy but I'm sad he didn't react to the first online trailer that released aug 15th 2013 that shit was so hype bk in the day made me so excited for GTA 5.

[@LuisPerez-hw9hb]

This game will always have a sweet spot for me. At the time I sold a bunch of my 3ds games and stuff to GameStop for my preorder. This is the only game I’ve gone to a midnight release it was awesome.

[@manhattan_cane]

The "official" trailer hyped so much! I was already so f. hyped and then 2 weeks before we saw this masterpiece ! Nostalgia...

[@Magst3r1]

You should rank all rockstars first trailers (or all trailers if you have a lot of time).

[@flcc94]

Yeah we were hyped for the 3 characters. That’s basically the only thing me and my friends talked about at the time

[@Unavailable_Username.]

I think you’d find some vague similarities to the opening lines in both the GTA VI and V trailers in the first GTA IV trailer. Thematically, it hits very different, but I’m beginning to see a pattern. “Do you know why you’re here? Bad luck I guess.” “Why did I move here? I guess it was the weather.” “I killed people, smuggled people, sold people. Maybe here things will be different.

[@dividedstatesofamerica2520]

GTA 7 "I'm here. Why? Because I am."

[@chungusfungusgaming2341]

Loved the meet the sniper music for the chop trailer

[@EvilTim1911]

This reminded me of a guy on GTA forums that was wondering if the building under construction in the center of LS would be fully built by the time the game released. Apparently he thought buildings in video games undergo actual construction