You can check out the latest trailer released for Grand Theft Auto V in the video below. Could those be the gunshot wounds that Claude received from Catalina in the beginning of GTA III? It is an interesting theory and we won’t know the truth for sure until the game hits store shelves next month. Tommy also noted that in one of the frames from the Michael trailer, you can see scars on Michael’s chest. This would be around the the timeline of GTA III. Michael is also seen talking about past mistakes from over a decade ago. GTA V’s Trevor is referred as Michael’s best friend in the newly released trailer. “Tommy Vercetti” believes that Michael is a fake name that was given to Claude because he is probably in witness protection for giving up key members of the Leone Family. In various video clips that have been released for the game, Michael has acknowledged that he has lived in Los Santos before.Īccording to the game’s official synopsis, Michael was a notorious criminal but thanks to a deal he made with the FBI, he was able to move his family out to the West Coast and retire from his life of crime.
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The game was left open ended.įast forward to GTA V, the franchise has returned to San Andreas but more specifically Los Santos. It is never confirmed whether Claude shot Maria or vice versa. Claude finally settles the score with Catalina and in the last frame we see a gunshot as Claude and Maria are reunited. So, instead of arriving on Thursday, the Lost Santos Tuners. In the final act of GTA III, Catalina kidnaps Don Leone’s daughter and Claude comes to her rescue. GTA 5 Online - Rare Car Obey Tailgater Location (Michaels Car) GTA V Tips & Tricks. Claude eventually becomes part of the Leone Family and finds himself in Catalina’s cross-hairs. After arriving in Liberty City, Catalina finds her way into the local Colombian cartel and betrays Claude in the very beginning of Grand Theft Auto III. Catalina and Claude spend the next nine years together committing multiple robberies state to state before finally making their way to Liberty City. After losing a race to CJ, Claude transfers ownership of his personal San Fiero garages and heads out east with the borderline psychotic Catalina. Claude was only a street racer at this point in time. GTA San Adreas takes place more than five years before the events of GTA II and GTA III. Vercetti noted that Claude’s first appearance in the GTA timeline is actually in the San Andreas. Oddly enough, the forum user’s name is actually Tommy Vercetti. The theory was posted by a user on the familiar video game forum site. Rockstar was quick to dispel any rumors and stated that the newest GTA installment would have nothing to do with the previous titles sans Grand Theft Auto IV.Ī new theory popped online this week that gathered evidence pointing to the fact that Michael De Santa from Grand Theft Auto V may be Claude from GTA III. When the first images and videos for Rockstar Game’s latest installment of the Grand Theft Auto franchise hit the web, many avid GTA fans believed that the game’s main protagonist was none other than Vice City’s Tommy Vercetti.