Grand Theft Auto V’s three main characters – Michael, Franklin and Trevor – won’t all be playable at the start of the game, Rockstar has revealed.
Rockstar North president Leslie Benzies explained that offering players control over all three characters immediately would have “hurt the gameplay and story”, while introducing the characters over a period of time will let players “explore the world of each of them”.
“Much of the game relies on the three characters and the way in which the lifestyle and actions of one affect the other two,” said Benzies. “We think of the three characters from the start but we thought that it would hurt the gameplay and the story. We want to give the player the opportunity to know the three characters individually and explore the world of each of them, and it would not have been possible if the three had been available from the start.”
It isn’t known in which order the characters will become playable. But even though you may not be able to play as each of them at the start, GTA V’s entire map will be explorable from the beginning, and characters will be able to meet each other between missions
