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Plot: In 1992, following his mother's murder in a  drive-by shooting , CJ returns home to Los Santos to attend her funeral. Upon arrival, he is intercepted by C.R.A.S.H., who threaten to frame him for the recent murder of a police officer (actually killed by them for trying to expose their corruption) unless he co-operates with them. After leaving them, CJ reunites with Sweet, Kendl, Big Smoke, and Ryder at the funeral, and learns that the Grove Street Families have lost most of their influence and territories to their main rivals, the Ballas. CJ agrees to stay in Los Santos until the gang's problems are resolved, and works closely with his brother and friends to restore the Families' strength. During this time, he also befriends Cesar Vialpando after discovering he genuinely cares for Kendl, and helps to jumpstart OG Loc's rapper career. Shortly after the Families' resurgence, Sweet plans to ambush a large group of Ballas. Before he can join the attack, CJ is conta...

Plot: In 1986, mobster  Tommy Vercetti  (voiced by  Ray Liotta ) is released from prison after serving a fifteen-year sentence for murder. His boss Sonny Forelli ( Tom Sizemore ), seeking to establish drug operations in the south, sends Tommy to Vice City to oversee an important drug deal alongside crooked lawyer Ken Rosenberg ( William Fichtner ). However, the deal is ambushed by unknown assailants, with Tommy and Ken barely escaping it. Angered upon hearing the news, Sonny orders Tommy to recover the drugs, alongside the money he gave to him, under threat of consequences. Seeking information, Ken points Tommy towards Colonel Juan Garcia Cortez ( Robert Davi ), who helped set up the exchange. Expressing regret for the ambush, Cortez promises to find out who masterminded it. While investigating, Tommy meets with several people who offer him help: music producer Kent Paul ( Danny Dyer ), who maintains connections with the city's criminal underworld; Lance Vance ( Philip Mi...

Plot Small-time criminal Claude is betrayed and shot by his girlfriend Catalina (voiced by Cynthia Farrell) during a bank heist outside Liberty City. Claude is arrested, but escapes during his transfer to prison when members of the  Colombian Cartel  ambush his transport to abduct another prisoner. During his escape, Claude befriends explosives expert and fellow convict 8-Ball ( Guru ), who shelters Claude and introduces him to the Leone  Mafia  family for work. Claude assists the Mafia with various operations, including winning a gang war against a local group of  Triads , earning him the respect of  Don  Salvatore Leone ( Frank Vincent ). After learning that the Cartel are creating and selling a new street drug called SPANK to fund their expansion into Liberty City, Salvatore orders Claude to destroy their floating drug lab. Claude accomplishes this with 8-Ball's help. Salvatore later instructs Claude to deal with a minor problem, but his  troph...