FAQ

Like all GTA protagonists, Tommy is an anti-hero. Tommy is a killer, a thief and a drug kingpin. None of which really check the boxes for a "good guy".

Sure.

1986

Note: The game could take place more specifically in the month of April, 1986. However, this is debatable. In Phil Cassidy's trailer (where the player starts the "Boomshine Saigon" mission), there is a calendar on the wall which reads "April 1986".

These are the games in order by their release dates:

Grand Theft Auto (1997) - (PC - Oct. 1997, PlayStation - May 1998, Gameboy Color - 1999)

Grand Theft Auto: London, 1969 (1999) - (PlayStation - Apr. 29, 1999, PC - May 25, 1999)

Grand Theft Auto: London, 1961 (1999) - (PC - Dec. 31, 1999)

Grand Theft Auto 2 (1999) - (PlayStation - Oct.22, 1999, PC - Oct. 7, 1999, Dreamcast - May 2, 2000, Gameboy Color - Dec. 25, 2000)

Grand Theft Auto III (2001) - (PlayStation 2 - Oct. 22, 2001, PC - May 21, 2002, Xbox - Oct. 31, 2003)

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City - (PlayStation 2 - Oct. 29, 2002, PC - May 13, 2003, Xox - Oct. 31, 2003)

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004) - (PlayStation 2 - Oct. 25, 2004, Xbox - Jun. 6, 2005, PC - Jun. 6, 2005, Xbox 360 - Oct. 20, 2008)

Grand Theft Auto Advance - (Gameboy Advance - Oct. 25, 2004)

Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (2005) - (PSP - Oct. 24, 2005, PlayStation 2 - Jun. 6, 2006)

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (2006) - (PSP - Oct. 30, 2006, PlayStation 2 - Mar. 5, 2007)

Grand Theft Auto IV (2008) - (PlayStation 3 & Xbox 360 - Apr. 29, 2008, PC - Dec. 02, 2008)

Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned (2009) - (Xbox 360 - Feb. 17, 2009)

Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (2009) - (PSP - Oct. 20, 2009, Nintendo DS - Mar. 17, 2009, iPhone - Jan. 18, 2010)

Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony (2009) - (Xbox 360 - Oct. 29, 2009)

Grand Theft Auto V (2013) - (PlayStation 3 & Xbox 360 - Sep. 17, 2013, PlayStation 4 & Xbox One - Nov. 18, 2014, PC - Mar. 24, 2015)

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Compilations

Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City - (Xbox 360 - Oct. 29, 2009)

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These are the games listed chronologically:

1961 - Grand Theft Auto: London, 1961 (1999)

1969 - Grand Theft Auto: London, 1969 (1999)

1984 - Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (2006)

1986 - GTA: Vice City

1992 - Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004)

1997 - Grand Theft Auto (1997)

1998 - Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (2005)

2000 - GTA Advance

2001 - Grand Theft Auto III (2001)

2008 - Grand Theft Auto IV (2008) (with Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned (2009) and Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony (2009))

2009 - Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (2009)

2013 - Grand Theft Auto 2 (1999) and Grand Theft Auto V (2013)

...though "technically" the GTA games are split into separate "series" or maps. With each series being a new start and separate from the previous one.

Each series chronology works thus...

The first:

1961 - Grand Theft Auto: London, 1961 (1999)

1969 - Grand Theft Auto: London, 1969 (1999)

1997 - Grand Theft Auto (1997) [ft. the original Liberty City, Vice City and San Andreas]

The second:

2013 - Grand Theft Auto 2 (1999) [ft. the one and only Anywhere City]

The third:

1984 - Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (2006) [ft. Vice City redux I]

1986 - GTA: Vice City [ft. Vice City redux I]

1992 - Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004) [ft. San Andreas redux I, incl. the original Los Santos]

1998 - Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (2005) [ft. Liberty City redux I]

2000 - GTA Advance [ft. Liberty City redux I 2D]

2001 - Grand Theft Auto III (2001) [ft. Liberty City redux I]

The fourth:

2008 - Grand Theft Auto IV (2008) (with Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned (2009) and Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony (2009)) [ft. Liberty City redux II and the original Alderney]

2009 - Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (2009) [ft. Liberty City redux II 2D]

2013 - Grand Theft Auto V (2013) [ft. Los Santos redux I and the original Blaine County]

No. While the game is heavily influenced by Scarface, the main character does not do drugs or even drink when offered.