Mike from GTA 5. Description of the GTA V trailer: Michael. Character and family life

The trailer introduces us closer to Michael, who is very clearly going through a midlife crisis and wants to achieve much more in life. Musical accompaniment of the video: the song “Radio Ga Ga” performed by Queen.

Fragment No. 1
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The beginning of the trailer shows us Huntington Beach (the name will definitely be different in the game), located in the southwestern part of the city. People are running along the path, intended strictly for bicycles - everything here is just like in life. Apparently Rockstar Games I began to gradually optimize the game for the current generation consoles, because the “ladders” and muddy textures (hereinafter) are not very impressive.

The main star of the fragment is the road bike, which we already saw in one of the first screenshots. The inscription on the frame suggests a possible name - Whippet ("hound"), and externally it is very similar to the Pinarello Prince with high-profile wheels (they are called K9 Speed). For some reason, the model lacks brakes, and the tires sink a little into the ground. Judging by the strange clothes of the cyclist, as well as the slippers on his feet, we can assume that he stole this “road bike” somewhere nearby :)

Several pedestrians are visible in the background: one sat down to rest on a bench, and four more are going about their business. At the end of the segment, the second runner turns his head to the right, apparently to admire the beautiful view of the ocean from the beach.

Fragment No. 2
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In this segment, we return to Michael's therapist's office from the second trailer and now get to see his face for the first time. Michael himself has definitely looked younger since the release of the previous video, and what’s more, even his voice has become slightly different. We will make a visual comparison in one of the following frames.

Behind Michael's figure one can see a veranda with a sofa, and in the background there is a beach and the ocean. From this we can conclude that the therapist’s office is located on Huntington Beach and in the first fragment we were shown a view of the house from the street. On the table next to the sofa there is a mug with the inscription “I ❤ VS”. What does it mean?

Fragment No. 3
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Michael returns home in the red Sentinel convertible we already saw in the second trailer. It might be his wife's car. However, pay attention to the license plate 28PUP842 - during the pursuit of his son on the mast of the yacht in the second video, it was different.

We have already seen Michael's house several times in screenshots and in trailers; there are no visible changes here yet.

Fragment No. 4
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Michael is in the kitchen drinking whiskey. This is where we already visited at the beginning of the second trailer, but this time we get a wider view of the room. Cry from daughter Tracy: “Dad, Jimmy just called me a bitch!” Rugrats!

The rays of the sun break through the window into the room, demonstrating good work Rockstar Games over lighting. It is also noticeable that some of the recessed lights under the wall cabinets are included.

Fragment No. 5
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Michael's son's room. Jimmy lies on his bed and holds a wireless game console controller in his hands, and on his head is a headset for voice chat, also wireless. I wonder what he's playing? We hope Rockstar will not miss an opportunity to poke fun at any of the popular game series on the current generation of consoles.

The walls are covered with posters, on which you can see the logos of Los Santos Rock Radio and Pirate record stores. There's an electric guitar and combo amp in the corner. On the table there is a computer, a lamp, a box of tissues. Above the table hangs a calendar with the inscription Vanilla Unicorn. Later, from Franklin's trailer, we learn that there is a strip club with that name in the game.

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We are transported to the territory of Santa Monica beach (Santa Maria in GTA: San Andreas). In the background we note the Del Perro Pier, which we saw close-up in a screenshot inside one of the pocket diascopes that appeared last year. In this fragment we find confirmation that the Ferris wheel still rotates. This means that there is a chance that they will let you ride on it. If you remember, in the description of the second trailer we noted the fact that the wheel was not moving then, and offered several possible explanations.

The company in the foreground is relaxing on a yacht, as indicated by the flag and characteristic flooring on the deck. A similar ship can be seen in this screenshot. By the way, the flag flutters in the wind, and does not hang motionless. Development experience certainly helped here. Red Dead Redemption, where the physics of such objects was done very well.

The dancing girl, Michael Tracy's daughter, looks similar to the arrested blonde from one of the game's artworks. Even her hat and shorts are the same. One of the ladies was buried in a smartphone, and the guy next to her looked somewhat like Franklin.

In the distance to the right you can see a tall tower. Now we can say with confidence that this is the airport control room, which we were given a glimpse of in the second trailer.

Fragment No. 7
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Michael's wife Amanda does exercises on a mat in front of the pool at their home. Michael was relaxing on one of the orange lounge chairs to the left of the frame at the beginning of the second trailer.

Fragment No. 8
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Michael takes the remote control from his daughter. On the left wall there is a portrait of Amanda, under it there is a vase with white roses. On the far wall are five framed close-up photographs of flowers. The furniture in the room is beautiful and expensive, as befits a home of this class.

A close-up of an angry Tracy running away allows for a better look at the framed photograph of the dog mounted on the dresser under photographs of flowers. Perhaps Michael’s family also has a four-legged pet? On the right is a wide passage with several steps down from the living room to the kitchen, where we have already been, and next to it, apparently, to the dining room. And on the wall hangs a photograph of Los Santos.

Having received the remote control, Michael, as if nothing had happened, settles down on the sofa with a glass of whiskey. By the way, the glass, as in the second trailer, again does not cast a shadow. On the shelf behind Michael is a portrait of a certain older couple, as well as several stacks of books, two of which are by Tim Vapid.

The next shot shows us the room from Michael's back. He's watching some kind of black-and-white film (perhaps a noir detective story) on a huge projector hanging above the fireplace. Michael's love of classic films was confirmed in recent previews. A speaker from the sound system is attached above the tightly curtained window. Which is strange, because usually they try not to place them so high.

Fragment No. 9
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Michael on a yellow mountain bike scares off a girl in a cowboy hat on the boardwalk. Jimmy rides behind on a red bike. The “great” models are apparently the same. Notice the two women on the second floor veranda to the right, both with their hands raised. Perhaps they are filming something on their phone? Houses in the distance are blurred in style L.A. Noire, and the lack of anti-aliasing does not make the scene better, but that is the capabilities of current consoles.

In the next shot, our two cyclists ride through a graffiti-covered skate park in Venice Beach. Just like in the real world, in GTA V street artists didn't even spare palm trees. One of the drawings reads: “Ruets” - under this pseudonym, in the real Los Angeles, a master paints city property with spray paint. Maybe we will see more of his works on the streets of the city, although Banksy, illustrations of which were included in GTA IV, it can't even be compared.

In this part of the video, anti-mud “wings” magically appear on Michael’s bike. Jimmy's bike still doesn't have them. By the way, we have already seen Michael riding a bicycle in two screenshots from Game Informer'A. In both cases, he was wearing the same clothes (,), but the model of the bike itself was different, and with more road-worthy “slicks”, despite the suspension at the rear. Something is wrong here:)

Fragment No. 25
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It can almost certainly be argued that here we are being shown a helicopter chase from a mission to free a hostage, which we described in detail in the translation of the first preview Game Informer'A. The high-rise building on the left is the headquarters of the local FIB branch.

Spoilers!

There may be spoilers, and don't write angry reviews, because I warned you!

Introduction.

Michael De Santa, born Michael Townley, is one of the three protagonists of Grand Theft Auto V, along with Franklin Clinton and Trevor Philips.

Michael's story tells how his seemingly idyllic and serene life has become a living nightmare, and he is haunted by the mistakes of his youth. All this leads to the need for him to return to his criminal career.

Early life.

I'm just an overweight former athlete who can't figure out why the high school football star's career didn't go the way he expected. I act calmly and confidently only in those cases when I have a gun in my hand and a reward has been announced for my head.
"Michael During Therapy"
Michael was born in 1965 or 1968, possibly in the Midwest, which may explain why part of his early criminal career was spent in North Yankton. As a child, he did not have the same opportunities as his children and grew up poor in a trailer park. Like Trevor Phillips and Franklin Clinton, Michael had a very abusive upbringing due to his alcoholic father physically abusing him. Soon, his father left the family. Michael told an exaggerated number of stories about why his father left them, all including (but not limited to) being hit by an oncoming train while driving through town, or even joining the Navy. In high school, Michael was a star quarterback on the national football team. Michael's quality of play was always lauded for his good performances during matches and his photograph was sometimes published in the local newspaper, but his temperament problems and frequent injuries eventually forced him to give up football.

In the end, Michael becomes a criminal. According to him, by the age of 20 he had been imprisoned twice. He made his first raid in 1988 on a small store on the outskirts of Carcer City, earning $10,000. Michael learned a lot in prison, including how to get tattoos by practicing writing his name on a fellow inmate's buttocks. Despite many setbacks, Michael improved his criminal skills to the point where he became a skilled sniper and an effective leader. Around the same time, he joined the sophisticated planner Lester Crest, who later organized dozens of cases for him.

In 1993, he met young Trevor Phillips while accompanying a cargo shipment across the Canadian border. While Trevor was waiting on the runway for an unknown employer, he noticed two cars on the road while he was told that there would only be one person to meet them with the required cargo. Michael comes out of the first, and the civilian from the other. As it turns out later, the civilian was kidnapped by Michael. While Michael decided to flee on foot, a civilian decided to get Trevor's attention regarding what had happened, and Trevor approached him and shot him in the eye with a flare gun. Michael and Trevor both dumped the corpse in the lake after boarding the plane. Trevor told him that the situation was dire as the flash was still burning in the deceased's eye. They later abandoned the plane because there was a terrible stench in the cabin. Noticing how well they worked together, Michael apologized to Trevor, also inviting him to work together. They were both, surprisingly, very successful in their criminal careers, but Michael claimed that they were constantly on the run without any means of living, since Trevor's outbursts of rage made him simply kill someone in broad daylight, and Michael's caution and foresight in the form of quoting various films, most often Solomon Richards (thus attracting attention to themselves), forced the two of them not to linger in the city after finishing work.

Characters killed by Michael.

Jay Norris - Killed on orders from Lester Crest to get him back into robberies.
Pete's Assistant - Strangled to prevent an alarm at the SDG morgue.
Tahir Javan - Killed on the orders of Steve Haynes, allegedly for links to terrorists.
Pilot Javier Madrazo - Killed in a plane crash caused by Michael's shooting.
Walton O'Neal - Killed for revenge against Trevor Phillips.
Winn O'Neal - Killed for revenge against Trevor Phillips.
Gianni - Killed for stalking Solomon Richards.
Rocco Pelosi - Killed for stalking Solomon Richards.
Stretch - Killed for betraying Franklin.
Trevor Phillips - in the final mission if Franklin chose the "kill Trevor" option, but was unable to set fire to the fuel tank.
Murders in "Strangers and Freaks"
Abigail Mathers - Can be killed after the mission "Death at Sea".

Description.

Dan Houser on Michael
"Michael tries to forget the mistakes of the past. To forget about selfish but profitable decisions. He lives by certain images and fantasies, and if they ultimately do not come true, then he does not know what to do next and is lost. He simply withdraws into himself. With We started with him, with Michael... He was the character we came up with first. Michael "began" with the idea - what happens to the main characters of GTA after they retire? And what would make him "give up"? a man with a big ego and a lot of good and bad qualities."

Skills and abilities
Michael doesn't drive as well as Franklin. He is inferior to Trevor in hand-to-hand combat. But he is the best shooter on the team. Michael is also the “brain” of this team and he is mainly involved in all plans for the robbery.

In the game itself, Michael has a unique ability, like all the other heroes in the game. He slows down time like Franklin, but does it while shooting.

Personality
Like everyone else, Michael has a lot of pros and cons. On the one hand, he is thoughtful and calculating. On the other hand, he cannot control his temperament and ego. Sometimes he can be unpredictable, he can be both good and bad exactly when he wants. He reached all the peaks in life. Essentially, he is a winner. But this was not the kind of victory Michael dreamed of. Michael is a man who doesn't know what to do next, he's locked himself in his head. Dan Houser noted that in comparison with the same Trevor, Michael is a positive character, but he can end his life even worse than Trevor.

Relationships with other characters

Trevor - they met each other long before the events of GTA V and were close friends. However, the friendship came to an end when Michael made a deal with FIB. Trevor had no idea about Michael's existence for a long time after his pseudo-funeral. During the events of GTA V, their meeting took place: it was very cold. Now they have a very complicated relationship and often argue, but still remain friends.
Franklin - Michael saw potential in him and began to take him on. Later they became friends and even more: they became like father and son. Franklin never actually had a family, and he really enjoyed his friendship with Michael. Michael also helped him rise in his criminal career.
Amanda - at some point they fell in love, got married and had children. However, at the time of the events of the game, they can’t stand each other. Amanda's hatred of Michael stems from the fact that he has treated her poorly over the past few years. As the game progresses, they eventually reconcile and the romantic season begins again.
Jimmy - Michael's relationship with his son is very terrible and confusing. They bicker often. However, despite everything, the father tries to establish contact with his son.
Tracy - Michael's relationship with her is no better than with Jimmy. They also bicker and if they talk about something, they only argue. In the trailer about Michael, you can see how he takes the remote control away from her, wringing his hand.

Michael De Santa is one of the three main characters in GTA 5, who is the leader, mentor and ideological inspirer of our criminal trio. Neat appearance, punctuality and pedantry - all these qualities coexist in Michael along with an irresistible love for big money.

Character history

Michael De Santa's estimated birth year is 1968, making him around 50 years old by the time the GTA 5 storyline begins. Our hero's past is very criminal - he participated in the largest bank robberies in history, where he not only made a huge fortune, but also managed to get away with it when caught - he was offered to go to Los Santos under the witness protection program and live quietly in his house .

Naturally, Michael agreed, because hardly anyone would want to go to jail when they have a choice. Plus, it's hard to resist when FBI agents offer you a luxurious mansion and a decent amount of cash for a quiet life.

However, a quiet life in complete prosperity was not destined to happen - the reason for this was Michael’s family problems, as well as his passion for crisp green pieces of paper, which, thanks to his extremely wasteful wife, became less and less every day.

Fate brings Michael together with two future accomplices - and. This trio becomes a truly significant criminal structure in Los Santos, committing dangerous and very brazen crimes.

Character and family life

De Santa's character and mental abilities can be called the most stable among the three criminals. He is reasonable, cold-blooded and smart, able to clearly calculate multi-step operations and stay several steps ahead of FBI agents.

Despite his outward calm, Michael is prone to bouts of irritation, which can sometimes lead to mistakes and unforeseen circumstances. The reason for this is the hero’s difficult relationship with his family, which is getting worse day by day, undermining De Santa’s character.

Michael's family, at first glance, is an example of stability and strong relationships. But this is just tinsel - in fact, the passion between (the wife) and Michael has long died down, and the children only add fire to the already boiling cauldron of family discord.

It is noteworthy that it is Amanda who pushes Michael to new crimes - the hope of saving his marriage still smolders in his soul, but this requires money, because his wife is accustomed to a luxurious life.

Michael De Santa and his prototype

When creating the character, the developers used the image of actor Ned Luke, who, by the way, also voiced his protégé in the English version of the game. The image of Michael turned out to be truly vivid and memorable precisely thanks to Luke’s work on the hero.

Michael De Santa's skills and abilities

Michael's key role in GTA 5 is to shoot all types of weapons. De Santa is an unsurpassed shooter, accurate and unforgiving. In addition to passive shooting skills, Michael has the ability to slow down time while firing, which allows him to target enemy weak points and hit targets with lightning speed.

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Michael De Santa (Michael Townley) is one of the three main characters in the game. Michael in GTA 5 is a very special character, whose history is as ambiguous as his character. Not yet old, but already approaching 50 years old, with a neat appearance, well-groomed and very fond of money. Although who doesn’t love them from the trio of main characters? Trevor and Franklin can boast of exactly the same fad in relation to green pieces of paper.

Story

The real story of Michael De Santa begins not with his school days or the university classroom, but much later, when he meets Trevor, a former US Air Force pilot, an aggressive and slightly abnormal guy who nevertheless values ​​​​friendship, and Brad Snyder.

Bank robberies are Michael De Santa's specialty in GTA 5, which he mastered almost masterfully. Why practically? But because FBI agents are still on his trail after a series of high-profile robberies in which our main character was directly involved. But instead of sending him to jail, they offer him another, much more tempting option - a witness protection program, a new name, a luxurious estate in Los Santos, the metropolis of the state of San Andreas, and a lot of money. All you need to do is hand over your accomplices.

Michael in GTA 5 is not some superhero from other games, who might have spat in the face of law enforcement officers and served his time, but would never have betrayed his comrades. Therefore, he was tempted by the offer, thereby buying himself a luxurious life. As a result, Brad is killed during an arrest attempt, and Trevor is doomed to hide in the outskirts of Los Santos for the rest of his life.

Character and skills

In GTA 5, Michael is the brains of the team and the best shooter. He is used to a luxurious life, but even more than money he loves adrenaline, adventure and wants to change his life. His temperament is changeable - he can be calm, or he can explode. Probably, a long stay in the state of “winner”, when Michael De Santa reached the top - a lot of money, a luxurious house, a beloved wife, children, cars - left its mark on his character.

But he didn’t lose his skills. Despite his 48 years, he is active, agile, devilishly calculating and, moreover, an excellent shooter. And he still strives to achieve more. Or change something. This is probably due to the feeling of hopelessness that he developed over several years of a “well-fed” life and the realization that he did not dream of such a “peak” for himself.

Life and family

Family and the difficulties associated with it are probably the reason for the irritation and some of the characteristics of Michael de Santa.

Once in love with each other, Michael and Amanda (the future wife of our hero) lived in perfect harmony. The romance quickly grew into a serious relationship and a quick wedding, giving the couple a daughter, Tracy, and a son, Jimmy. However, soon all the romance fades away and “everyday life” begins. Michael and Amanda constantly quarrel, and the main character's relationship with Jimmy and Tracy is worse than just terrible.

All this, year after year, leaves its mark and the luxurious house is no longer happy, the wife turns from a princess into a “bitch”, and cute kids turn into financial and moral bloodsuckers. By the way, the money issue also makes itself felt. Although there were a lot of green pieces of paper, they tend to run out.

Due to all the accumulated problems, the hero is increasingly thinking about changes in his life. Well, since he doesn’t know how to do anything other than rob, then the choice of future “earnings” and career suggests itself.

Gaming Abilities

Michael in GTA 5 not only has logical thinking abilities and good weapon skills, but, like a real superman, he can slow down time when shooting. This happens in much the same way as in Max Payne with bullet-time slowdown technology.

Appearance

Michael de Santa is a neat man of attractive appearance. That’s exactly what, in short, many women would say about him.

Despite his “almost 50”, he carefully looks after himself - he always has a haircut, is neat, dresses well, preferring expensive suits. His hair is short, dark, and his height is slightly above average or average. At the same time, his long, comfortable life still made itself felt - he is a little overweight, although this is not critical, since he continues to play sports and can boast of good physical shape in general.

He used to rob banks on the East Coast, but now he has retired slightly and tried to establish a quiet family life in Los Santos.

Michael lives in a luxurious mansion with his wife and two children, but, nevertheless, his life is not going well at all. This is a man - a paradox, who has everything, but at the same time, he has absolutely nothing to lose.

Michael's backstory

Even before moving to Los Santos, Michael met former military pilot Trevor Phillips on his life's path. It turned out that they have common interests in the criminal business. The two soon became close friends and even did some dirty deeds together.

Somehow, Michael managed to make a very lucrative deal with the guys from FIB, as a result of which he became very rich, moved to Los Santos, where he bought his own huge mansion with a golf course and tennis court, as well as several sports cars.

GTA 5 Events

However, the carefree life did not last long. Michael's bitchy wife began to squander all her money in expensive boutiques. Son Jimmy and daughter Tracy constantly argue not only with Michael, but also with each other.

From the trailer about Michael, we see that his wife not only hates him, she is also cheating on him. Michael's only home entertainment is watching old Action films with a glass of alcohol.

In an attempt to change his life for the better, Michael turns to a psychotherapist for help. He tells him about his personality, his troubles and what he wants. But the psychotherapist, feeling that he cannot help him, suggests turning to another specialist.

When life came to a standstill and money became very scarce, Michael decided to return to the criminal world again to earn a little extra money and have fun.

Dan Houser on Michael

"For me, Michael is... Who is he? I know who he is, I'm just trying... He's a person who tries to ignore his big mistakes in life. A person who tries to forget about some practical, but at the same time selfish decisions he made. He's a man who's obsessed with images, someone who doesn't know what to do next when the world rejects those images. He's just locked in his head. That was the first character we started working on [for GTA 5]. We wondered, what would a typical GTA hero look like if he retired? Then we started thinking, what could make him retire? He's a man with a big ego, a lot of positives and a lot of negatives."

“A man who, at over forty years old, in the middle of his life, does not know what to do next, he has accumulated a huge fortune, but does not know what to do with this money. Theoretically, he won, but he did not dream of this victory. For us, this is a very interesting character, we have not worked with such characters in the past and have not seen such heroes in the entertainment industry in general. It was interesting."

Michael as a person

Like any other person, Michael has positive and negative qualities. He is thoughtful, calculating and these are his good qualities. But on the other hand, he is not able to cope with his own temperament and ego. Sometimes he wants to be good, and sometimes he wants to be bad. He has a terrible family that he wants to escape from, but cannot for certain reasons. At the same time, he has access to all the benefits of the world that he is tired of. Dan Houser also noted that, despite the fact that Michael seems to be a positive character in comparison with the same Trevor, his life could end up even worse than Trevor's.

Michael's skills

As an experienced bank robber, Michael is able to develop cunning plans for raids and is the brains of the entire team.

From May reviews it also became known that Michael is better than the other two heroes in handling firearms and is able to slow down time.

Interesting facts about Michael

Michael is the first hero invented by Rockstar Games for GTA 5;
- Michael is the first hero in the GTA series to have a family.