
He was referred to as Claude Speed, protagonist of GTA III, thus basically confirming they are the same. During an official rockstar-created quiz on Facebook on which GTA character are you, certain combinations of answers would give you Claude as an answer. Rockstar has, in a very subtle way (classic rockstar methods) confirmed they are the same.

Claude is a cross-universe character, since he also appears in GTA online as a parent model.
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in the GTA 2 Movie they look completely the same He is 28 during 1999 (when GTA 2 takes place, confirmed by in game dialogue), this makes GTA 3's Claude 20-22 in GTA Sa, and 30-33 in GTA 3, meaning it's perfectly possible for Claude (during his and Catalina's 9 year crime journey) to have traveled to Anywhere city. His name is Claude Speed, and in GTA 3 game files the protagonist is referred to as Claude, and his first name is also confirmed by Catalina as Claude. Realistically there's no way GTA 2's protagonist isn't Claude from GTA 3.

They look completely different yet are still the same character. Just look at Vic Vance, if I hadn't heard of Vice city stories you could genuinely convince me that the drug deal guy at the start of Vice city is a completely different character to the Victor Vance we see in VCS. It is true that Claude Speed looks like Claude from GTA III in the GTA 2 movie, but this is his official artwork, which is on the back cover of the official GTA 2 strategy guide.Ī change of appearance in an artwork still doesn't mean they aren't the same. Also some characters have crossed universes like El Burro or Lazlow. Contents 1 Protagonist 2 Main Characters 3 Minor Characters 3.1 Downtown Sector 3.2 Residential Sector 3. The only other time they talked about whether they are or aren't the same guy is the "surname may or may not be Speed" thing from what I know at least. Watch 01:48 Fast X - The Loop This is a list of characters in Grand Theft Auto 2 and is lists the character in order of appearance/mention within the game. Especially since it is not certain in which year GTA 2 takes place. Claude from GTA III plays in a different GTA universe than Claude from GTA 2. In my opinion, there is no more than that. Personal guess: Scott Maslan from the GTA 2 movie served as a model for the creation of Claude from GTA III. But I don't have the link right now. I'm starting to think Rockstar doesn't know what they were thinking or not thinking back then. I believe there is also a source where Rockstar states that it is not the same person. The controls are also lousy, but I could live with that if the camera work were Monke In GTA 2 it is also from above but a lot softer.

Because of this, I stopped playing GTA 1 pretty quickly. The biggest weakness of this game for me is the camera view. I later tested GTA 1 anyway, I didn't really like it.
