Is CJ The Greatest Character In The History of The GTA Series?

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  1. dannyboy

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    Do you think his character was that good?
     
  2. Hedonologist

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    Not really. my favourite was Tony, but even them that's only a personal choice, why was CJ any better than tony or vercetti?
     
  3. Flyer28

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    I thought he was one of the worst.

    Maybe Rockstar were trying to show they were promoting diversity or something but all that 'gangsta' nonsense bored me from the outset.

    I didn't sympathise with the character at all.
     
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    I love CJ! He always has interesting things to say, he's strong, and he's really funny!
     
  5. ENO1986

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    In my opinion no I liked Tommy Vercetti and Clade more.
     
  6. sillylucy

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    I thought CJ was the greatest character because he was the most relatable. I could relate to living in the ghetto and having family problems. I can't really relate to mobsters and that kind of life.
     
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    For me it was CJ, yes, but I'm suspect because I'm a San Andreas lover. I do still play it everyday, especially in the online version(SA-MP, I dislike MTA). The whole game is pure "epicness" which makes CJ the best for me.
     
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    No way. The best San Andreas character is the best I can say about him but he doesn't hold a candle to the likes of Tommy Vercetti and Ken Rosenberg.
     
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    His character probably wasn't the best for the series, but he was def the funniest of them all(at least to me). And I enjoyed SA the most of all the GTA games so that probably biases my opinion a bit.
     
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    He was way too defensive and making dumb and obvious statements in the cutscenes. I cannot say he was the worst but I liked Vercetti the most.
     
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    Definitely one of the funniest characters the game series has produced. I loved walking round as him in a tank top jacked up from the gym.
    Gave a really cool feel to the game and character just felt bad ass. His script was hilarious at times.
     
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    He WAS my second favourite after Niko. However, I went back and replayed some of San Andreas after playing GTA 5 and disliked all the characters for some reason, the voice acting just seemed really, really bad - not something that I picked up on at all when I played the game when I was younger. Also the script left a lot to be desired. GTA has certainly improved since then.

    Niko is my favourite character, spot number 2 is up for debate!
     
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    San Andreas is my favorite GTA, but Tommy Vercetti > CJ easily
     
  14. Solar

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    CJ wasn't even that great. My favorite now is Trevor.
     
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    I think CJ is the best grand theft auto character ever, that is just my opinion though.
     
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    I don't really enjoy gangster stories such as the one CJ had but I do like when a character is smart ans sophisticated and always has tricks up his sleeve. The kind of character who can quote Shakespeare when he's about to execute someone.
     
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    Main character? Not really, Niko was pretty cool. The best GTA character of all is Ryder, hands down.

    It ain't me, fool!
     
  18. dannyboy

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    Tommy Vercetti. Shit! Haha. Tommy was a boss by every stretch of the imagination. I had so much fun playing with his character in the Vice City games. I still love CJ a lot and like someone mentioned earlier, he was relatable.
     
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    San Andreas is my favorite GTA game but I thought CJ wasn't a very good character. He seemed like just a stereotypical gangster character. I liked Tommy the best but that could be because Ray Liotta did a great job on the voice acting.
     
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    I liked SA but CJ seemed too much of a punk kid compared to the other characters.
     

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