Introduction (GTA III)

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Mission
Introduction (untitled)
Catalina and an unnamed accomplice bust out of a bank, shortly before Claude steps out.
Catalina and an unnamed accomplice bust out of a bank, shortly before Claude steps out.

Catalina and an unnamed accomplice bust out of a bank, shortly before Claude steps out.
Game GTA III
For n/a
Location n/a
Reward None.
Unlocks Give Me Liberty
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The introduction for Grand Theft Auto III is a series of cutscenes played as a new game is started. Consisting of only cutscenes, the player has only the option of skipping them and moving on to "Give Me Liberty", the first mission in the game.

Description

Bank heist

The introduction opens with a shot of the Liberty City Bank, as a Banshee driven by Miguel zips by and stops in front of an adjoining alley way to pick up a team of three bank robbers who have just robbed the bank: Catalina, Claude and an unnamed associate with Colombian Cartel attire. After shooting a security camera, Claude attempts to rejoin the other two, but learns Catalina has double crossed Claude by gunning him and the third accomplice down. This leaves Catalina and Miguel to feast on the spoils of the heist while Claude, slumped on the ground on the alleyway, survives but is arrested by the Liberty City Police Department. Catalina reveals her ambitions to rise up the ranks of the criminal world, but felt Claude was not up to par for her, hence the betrayal and decision to join Miguel's powerful Colombian Cartel gang instead.

Custody and escape

Claude, now in police custody, is intended to transfer from police headquarters to Liberty Penitentiary to serve out his 10-year jail sentence. Claude is to be taken there via a police convoy that is also transporting two other inmates: 8-Ball, following an arrest which left both his hands fully bandaged, and an oriental man of unknown origin, arrested for possessing no legal documents. While crossing the Callahan Bridge from Staunton to Portland, the convoy is ambushed by a well coordinated Colombian Cartel team, whose intention is to capture the oriental prisoner as ransom. To ensure their escape, the team also left a powerful bomb on the bridge, resulting in an explosion that damages the bridge and cuts Portland off from the rest of Liberty City.

During the ambush and explosion, Claude and 8-Ball manage to break free, but find they have nowhere else to go but Portland, leading up to the first mission of the game, "Give Me Liberty".

Notes

  • The bank scene takes place in a non-functional location originally confused as being within Liberty City itself. The set is situated far west from Shoreside Vale, and is only accessible by way of the Dodo under normal circumstances.
  • The vehicles involved during the police convoy ambush scene are driverless.

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Upon starting a new game the player is able to where the Liberty State Penitentiary clothes outside of the Introduction. To do this have a saved game. Load it then start a new game. Once the cutscenes have played load your saved game. Doing this will render you unable to use the alternative costume cheat as long as you don't save. If you do save it the outfit will always be on until the game is deleted.

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