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

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  1. sidd230

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    The greatest character would be Tommy Vercetti. He was just plain classy. I liked CJ but did not get attached with hi,
     
  2. chicagobulls6769

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    Cj is most definitely the best character out of all the Grand Theft Autos. I specifically like GTA San andreas because of the music soundtrack, and the fact that you can workout.
     
  3. Oakster

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    Yes, but I feel it's less his character and more people relating to him, for example, if you were a fat guy, and you made your CJ a fat guy, then you could relate to him more easily, and you would like him more.
     
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    Tommy was the best, for me GTA Vice City was the best!
     
  5. Sarz

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    Got to love CJ. Undoubtedly the best player so far in the history of GTA. I don't know why so many people are hating on him. Definitely the realist character.
     
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    CJ is a memorable character, but I'd say Trevor from GTA V really takes the cake on how memorable a character can be, so there's that. Fat CJ has lines of pure genius, so I dunno. Tough question.
     
  7. Oakster

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    I completely agree that Trevor is the most *memorable* character. It will be very hard to make a more memorable character than him.
     
  8. Laksefar

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    Before GTA V, yeah.
    But I think that the way Trevor is written just incapsulates insanity so beautifully that he has to take the price for now.
    I love the way he interacts with outher characters in the game. So hilarious
     
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    Ryder was my favorite because of all the crazy stuff he said.
     
  10. slaughterboy

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    Ryder was the best. "You a busta, straight busta CJ" haha. I agree though that CJ is the best protagonist of all the games. He had the best feel for the 90's genre he portrayed.
     
  11. SS42A

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    I think CJ is a great protagonist, but not necessarily one of the greatest characters overall in the entire GTA franchise. Even within San Andreas, there are greater characters than CJ such as Sweet, Big Smoke, Pulaski, Ryder, Mike Toreno, The Truth, and Woozie. Also, if anyone would rank higher than CJ, my vote goes to Tommy. Tommy has always been more of a "lone wolf" type of character, whereas CJ had always been a Grove.
     
  12. sidd230

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    So not considering someone the best is hating? Atleast he is not getting as much heat as Niko.
     
  13. Grumpy

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    Ryder was good, but CJ was definitely the best, in my opinion. Playing GTA San Andreas on the old PS2 kept me awake for hours at a time on some nights and I just loved everything about the game. Can't tell you how many times I completed it, deleted my file and started playing again! CJ was definitely the best character for me, although I do think Ryder and Niko follow closely behind.
     
  14. slaughterboy

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    I think everyone liked CJ the most because his story was 100x better than everyone else. By the end you feel like you went on a great journey with him and shared the same emotional heart tugs as him. GTA V is beautiful and pretty fun, but story line and character charisma wise, it was not even close to San Andreas.
     
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    Nah I'm not a big gangster guy myself. I liked the main character from Vice City better.
     
  16. jbeavis100

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    Yes, or atleast Yes in terms of the stuff he did in his missions. Dude, hijacked a plane midflight, lead a spec ops style squad to take over a mansion, crashed into a building, THE CASINO HEIST, broke into area 69, and if you played the game right owned loads of houses. There is more then that but that gives you the gist.
     
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    Carl Johnson was a good character, but what I think is: Michael is the best, then goes Franklin, Trevor and then Carl Johnson.
     
  18. iroyv

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    I thought CJ was a pretty average character and I didn't enjoy his personality too much. Perhaps a little too "punk" for my taste. I enjoyed Tommy's character from Vice City a lot more. I felt Tommy was a much more interesting character and extremely charismatic when compared to CJ. However, it's been a wihle since I've played San Andreas so I'll definitely have to reply it again to see if I'm correct.
     
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    Tommy Vercetti is, was, and always will be the best GTA character of all time. Dude is so badass and his voice actor just makes his character even better. Ray Liotto was amazing in Goodfellas and amazing in Vice City.
     
  20. Rohan99

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    I like the CJ character but I wouldn't call him the greatet character in the history of GTA. It was good that Rockstars added a variety in their characters in that CJ was the typical gangster from the 'hood' and his looks and grammar showed that very well.
     

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