The Most Iconic GTA Protagonist I've Ever Seen

[@JMS849]

I like how you understand Sweets character unlike most people on youtube who just hate him. Good or bad he is one of the most realistic characters and important characters in the game.

[@ViciousTNT]

Aye, well said. Realistic doesn't equal likable. I'm currently working on a video covering Micah Bell from RDR 2 where this point is crucial.

[@discrettunes1045]

Remember what Truth said in the end of the line "You beat the system man, You are an icon." Yes truth Cj is an Icon until this day.

[@twinberwolves4231]

True.

[@danielterry3723]

*Til this day

[@LxrdBreezy00]

GTA SA is almost like a Greek tale. CJ is somewhat banished but comes back and goes thru a whole adventure that goes deeper than himself.

[@ViciousTNT]

Well said 🙌

[@ThaYoungChad]

Great video, Niko is my personal favorite protagonist. But I can deny CJ is way more iconic, he's honesty the face of GTA protagonists. San Andreas is still one of my favorite games of all time.

[@tacobelldriver]

He was a good character, in my opinion. You see his growth, love interests, betrayal, and ultimately CJ's redemption. I would smoke a blunt with dude. Like you said, he was not as deep as Niko or extremely cunning and ruthless. But you are who you kick it with, and how stuck he seems to be has always felt relatable to me. Like he is almost a victim of his circumstances, and that is the life he chose. Great video, subscribed

[@ViciousTNT]

Well said 🙌 and thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed the video 😊

[@tacobelldriver]

@@ViciousTNTThank you for the reply 🤯

[@Nerves_of_steel]

" It Blew them.... away" -Tony Hawk,

[@ViciousTNT]

😄😄😄

[@ramsy66]

And no reaction from the audience 😂

[@danielterry3723]

😂

[@BiggestBirdonMars]

Its absolutely criminal that rockstar forced people into buying the definitive edition by taking away the original version of GTA SA,when the definite edition has an absolutely disgusting artstyle Cant even look at the cutscenes without being pissed

[@ViciousTNT]

Yeah, the whole remake trend is a money grab

[@zuriellove2437]

The soundtrack & everything . 💯💯

[@ZelenayaLapsha]

Honestly, sweet's acting after he got out of jail is kinda annoying and frustrating. It's like grove street is whole world for him and that's kinda stupid

[@tedmichel3107]

But realistic

[@ronniebriggs3486]

Sweet gets more hate than og loc lol😂

[@ViciousTNT]

Yeah, I know where you're coming from, it's quite frustrating that CJ gets no credit for all the work he put in, not to mention that he got Sweet out of jail, but that's just one perspective. From Sweet's view, his younger brother didn't take care of Grove Street while he was locked up.

[@ZelenayaLapsha]

@@ViciousTNT i man, yea. Makes sense

[@ZelenayaLapsha]

@@tedmichel3107 true

[@jelaniblake3812]

Best breakdown of the characters I've seen so far. Kudos!

[@ViciousTNT]

Thank you for the kind words, I'm glad you enjoyed it 😊 I'm wrapping up another one that will be on Micah Bell from RDR2, which should come out next week.

[@Mycommentmywords]

Something I just noticed while watching the scene where Big Smoke makes his meme order. He order everything everyone else orders but he also orders more on top of everyone else's order. And I think that's pretty telling of his character because while I do think Big Smoke likes the gsf and by extention is friends with everyone in the car symbolized by him ordering their orders. Big smoke reveals to CJ that he has betrayed everyone he has every known and loved in the pursuit of money and power at the end of the game. Big smoke has always wanted than just GSF and by extention being a lacky to the ganglife. This is symbolized by Big Smoke one upping every else in the car by ordering their orders and more food on top of it. And now that I think about Big Smoke probably didn't even eat all that food because it's way to much for one person no matter how big Big Smoke is. My headcannon is that Big Smoke bought all the food for either the Ballas or the cops that frequently visit his house.

[@tacobelldriver]

Oooooo thst last bit. That part.

[@j.i.709]

No, he‘s just ordering for the boys, forwarding their orders to the clerk. So two number 9s (for CJ and Ryder) and because it‘s easier to order it in that row, he orders a number 9 large on top of that for him. A number 6 with extra dip for Sweet and the rest is for Smoke aswell. So all he ordered for himself was number 9 large, a 7, two 45s and a large soda.

[@BiggestBirdonMars]

I think during the drive by mission you can hear ryder asking him to shoot and he says he's busying eating and when hes done he asks if theyll still eat their own food

[@sleepyhorse9817]

There is a video of a lot of unused dialogue that you should watch, it really shows that big smoke was a lot deeper then we thought

[@ThousandairesClub]

*best GTA that will ever exist* 🙌

[@ClearCritique]

Gotta love a BJ joke from Tony Hawk to start things off. Good analysis and I really need to play this game. Love hearing Sam Jackson as a voice actor in a game. Rockstar has a good track of voice acting in general, it seems.

[@ViciousTNT]

Yeah, he killed it. Sad that there haven't been any interviews with him about this performance, but then again, being a voice in the game back then didn't mean the same as it does today.

[@danielterry3723]

I can’t believe that dry ass response from the crowd lol

[@Milty2001]

What i like about cj is that despite getting screwed by tenpenny multiple times throughout the story he still respected him as in he knows tenpenny is straight up evil but because he's a cop he didn't wanna kill him halfway through the story he would most likely have carl arrested if he were to go after him early on, but no instead he went after him till the end of the game

[@kechazileonel8141]

Man i love your videos and this channel, please keep making these sensible videos you're already doing. Thank you sir.

[@ViciousTNT]

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoy them 😊 I'm working on a video covering Micah Bell that should be out within a week.

[@Jonathan_Freeloader]

New sub! Awesum vid! ..u have real talent 4 expressin' introspective perspectives, I was even able 2 relate 2 u personally when u said u left ya country n realized how much u had changed when u got back ..I felt the same way when I went in the Navy n realized how much I had changed when I got back 2 the block, it was almost as if the world was suspended in time, that's when I kneu I had moved on ..once again dope vid can't wait 4 the next in the meantime I'm gone watch the 1s already up🤘

[@ViciousTNT]

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed the video, and I hope the rest will be worth the time as well 😊

[@sebastianapostol2221]

really good vid, the niko bellic one is insane, i love your story telling

[@ViciousTNT]

Thank you for the kind words, in glad you enjoyed both videos 😊

[@frank_lotion_]

I don’t know what this graphics mod is, but this is exactly how I remember the game looking when I first got it back in 2004 on my PS2

[@BLET_55artem55]

Props to you for using Definitive Edition. Nice to see some variety on this topic, even if it's somewhat forced. And a great character analysis as always!

[@BLET_55artem55]

Almost forgot to say that I'd like to see you analysing characters from books/movies (LoTR would be an interesting one and a good place to start imo)

[@ViciousTNT]

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed the video 😊 I've been thinking of trying my hand with some movies or anime characters - I'll see what I can do. Thanks for the suggestion!

[@eeelpuma]

Sweet was real no matter how much money he still reps and protect the hood though even if you leave

[@khrashingphantom9632]

This was amazing. I truly believe GTA V did so well in some part because of how GREAT GTA SA was. It just hits all the boxes and more. I mean it has this grounded family drama AND the ability to do a drive-by with a f****** JETPACK!! Lol. Thanks for posting. I’m glad I stumbled here. Also the game looks amazing in your video! How did you get it to run so smoothly with such high definition?!

[@tacobelldriver]

I agree. San Andreas rocked so GTA 5 could run.

[@ViciousTNT]

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed the video 😊 I didn't do any optimization or mods for the definite edition of the game, but I'm glad the recording came out smooth.

[@twinberwolves4231]

Carl "CJ" Johnson is the greatest of all time.

[@jus__gra]

After seeing your video you did before about Niko i was excited about this. Only to be slightly let down by seeing the remastered version. I think the OG copy would have been 10/10, not for nostalgia. Just the quality of that release is subpar. (Commenting for algae of the rhythm mostly)

[@ViciousTNT]

Yeah, I know what you mean. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get my hands on the real version that would work on my machine.

[@BiggestBirdonMars]

Great video bro A like from me!!!!!👍🏼

[@ViciousTNT]

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it 😊

[@Comatosedpeanut]

Cj was definitely haunted by his past.

[@dubatransport4545]

Claude from gta 3 is my favourite,gta 3 liberty city sounds, is best nostalgie feeling

[@danielterry3723]

I wish they put a finished garage In sf at the end of the game that would have been cool

[@Sayyamssss]

They should bring him back in Grand Theft Auto VI.

[@eeelpuma]

He doesn't belong in vice City he need to be in los Santos , liberty city las Ventruas or San Fierro

[@Sayyamssss]

@@eeelpumaNot necessarily. They can make him an new story that’s still connected to his old one that involved him going to Vice City.

[@eeelpuma]

@@Sayyamssss ur right but los Santos is home before he fly to Vice City

[@Sayyamssss]

@@eeelpuma I’d say something dealing with him being rich and using the protagonist to do his dirty work. Or he may have lost all his money and turn back to crime, helping the protagonist every now and then.

[@eeelpuma]

@@Sayyamssss it just doesn't fit him in my opinion especially groove street got took over so los Santos

[@Baddman3000]

He is what a GTA character needs to be and be nothing more than that . Personally the other mc's just were too annoying for my taste except for micheal . Every other GTA character sounds so pretentious and are simply not written keeping in mind the ludo narrative dissonance that will happen when the player will actually do something contrary to what the mc stands for and that makes player disconnect with the story automatically . Playing gta sa is such a homely feeling with CJ which no other mc gives to me personally not denying their depth or anything but I really feel like that . I hope jason from 6 is more like ryan gosling in personality that would make the game for me . Rant over .

[@TheSpaceCowboy06]

Loved the video No idea why you had to use the shit remaster tho

[@ViciousTNT]

Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed the video 😊 Yeah, I know what you mean, but I wanted to record my own footage, and the original had issues on my PC :/

[@ShowTymeDollarS850]

Need a San Andreas stories or GTA SA2

[@ViciousTNT]

Yeah, not getting SA Stories sucked

[@POWBxDX4DxZOMB]

REAL💯💯💯.🙏🏽🩸

[@ViciousTNT]

🙌🙌🙌

[@raf5219]

man the fucking big smoke mission i cant get fucking past it. Fuck wrong side of the tracks

[@ViciousTNT]

All we had to do was follow the damn train, CJ!

[@mikhailbolodo1597]

stay away from the train, Smoke can't shoot higher than like 45 degrees..

[@Trindade95]

San Andreas was too ambitious for 3D era. Compared to prior games, it's definivitively Rockstar's transition to the HD era...

[@ViciousTNT]

Interesting take, why do you think it was too ambitious?

[@Trindade95]

@@ViciousTNT name another ps2 game that has the variety of gameplay, mechanics, storyline and etc. And btw, they made a state out of san andreas, not just a city...

[@kadoribentouila3029]

amazing video but u didnt have to use the trilogy's edition as footage man.. idk why but it looks too cartoonish and it kills the whole reason why this game was so serious and menacing to begin with.

[@ViciousTNT]

Yeah, I know what you mean. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get my hands on the real version that would work on my machine. I hope you were able to enjoy the video anyway 😊

[@stickyman3786]

@@ViciousTNT if you play on pc you could have bought a steam key to the original version on steam

[@elizaofelia1881]

Yo video is great and all... but you used the cartoon ah definitve my ah edition.. so that like -69/10.. i will turn off the screen and listen to what u have to say tho

[@ViciousTNT]

Yeah, I know what you mean. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get my hands on the real version that would work on my machine. I hope you were able to enjoy the video as audio only 😊

[@elizaofelia1881]

@@ViciousTNT i agree whit what u said in thr video i really enjoy it.

[@ViciousTNT]

Glad to hear 😊

[@MrPJunior12]

y u ppl use defective edition for ur video, look at Kendl, jeez

[@livebassngames]

send niko back to russia, michael back to his grave, trevor into an institution and frankling goes back to his auntie. Make GTA great again.