Still, he’s a memorable character and his troubled friendship with Tommy is one of the first really nuanced relationships in the series. As we later discover, he’s not above crossing a close friend if it suits his means (the Lando comparison is apt in more ways than one).
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However, underneath his cool exterior lies a man with his own anger and motives for revenge Lance often acts irrationally and puts himself in danger. Dressed from head to toe in the finest pastel suits a career criminal could afford in the 1980s, Lance is Tommy Vercetti’s suave companion for a large part of Vice City. Despite his faults, he definitely falls into the honored tradition of other GTA affable losers like Brucie and Phil Cassidy, who we can’t help but love against our better judgment.Ī little bit Ricardo Tubbs from Miami Vice, a little bit Lando Calrissian from The Empire Strikes Back, Lance Vance is one of the cooler cats in the GTA universe. He’s also addicted to dancing (badly) to Busta Rhymes’ song “Arab Money” (sometimes in his underwear) and cluelessly using the “n-word” – something that does not endear him to Luis Lopez, who he manages to drag into some of his schemes. Yusuf has made a small empire for himself with daddy’s money and loves the good life of cocaine and women of questionable morals. Yusuf fancies himself a nightclub kingpin and gangster of sorts, but his clownish behavior makes him more a figure of derision than respect – especially by his father, who clings proudly to Arab tradition. Yusuf Amir, the clownish playboy son of a real estate magnate from Dubai, provides some of The Ballad of Gay Tony’s biggest laughs. An older and more desperate Rosenberg appears as part of CJ’s saga in San Andreas, but we’ll always prefer to remember him as the brash a-hole with a balding white-guy afro and terrible suit in Vice City. Despite his shady ways, Ken is one of the few people Tommy can rely on in Vice City, and he helps Tommy win out in the end when faced with long odds and a serious betrayal by a supposed friend. He never shuts up, and we love him for it – especially when he’s threatening the cops with lawsuits if they don’t let Tommy Vercetti out of jail immediately. Ken, heavily based on Sean Penn’s character in the classic film Carlito’s Way, is one of Vice City’s most beloved characters. So, he’s basically exactly who you’d want for a lawyer if you were a drug runner in Vice City. Ken Rosenberg is a lying, gutless, two-faced, backstabbing cokehead who doesn’t have an ounce of morality. However, we can’t deny that he has a certain amoral flair, which is enhanced by a menacing voice-acting performance by legendary actor Samuel L. He’s not the enemy you love to hate – you just hate Tenpenny. Upon his arrival back in San Andreas, CJ has a run-in with Tenpenny, who instantly gains the upper hand by threatening to frame the ex-gangbanger with the murder of a cop unless he does his bidding. Though cloaked in the colors of the law, Tenpenny’s just as much a criminal as any of the Grove Street Family in San Andreas, and proves to be a formidable enemy for CJ throughout the game. The corrupt cop was Rockstar’s commentary on the scandal-ridden LAPD of the Daryl Gates and Rodney King era.
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From the ridiculous to the ridiculously badass, this list is a great reminder of how Rockstar has created some of the most memorable characters in gaming.įrank Tenpenny is as low as they come.
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Read on to find out who we picked as the ten greatest characters in Grand Theft Auto history.
#GTA THE LOST AND DAMNED JOHNNY'S ANGRY VOICE SERIES#
This month, we’ve been celebrating the coming arrival of Grand Theft Auto V, but we also want to take some time to look back at the characters that helped make the series the blockbuster franchise it is today.