Climax
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Climaxes are the final missions of a Grand Theft Auto Game. They consist of the player battling a large force of rival gang and/or mafia members until the end where the player kills the game's antagonist. In most cases, the weather of the climax depends on the player's timing, but in a few cases the weather is predetermined by the game. Two examples are Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas's End of the Line or Liberty City Stories' The Sicilian Gambit.
Grand Theft Auto IV, due to its 2 endings, has 2 climaxes depending on the player's actions. in the "Deal" ending, Antagonist Dimitri Rascalov is seen killing fellow antagonist Jimmy Pegorino. In the "Revenge" ending, Dimitri is already dead a few missions prior and Niko kills Pegorino himself.
Climaxes usually span across several parts of the in-game world during some sort of chase, but will finally end in a confrontation between the protagonist and antagonist.
Similar to a climax is a mission that involves a climactic battle of some sort in the game before the actual climax where the player usually kills a secondary antagonist. Some examples would be San Andreas's Pier 69 where CJ kills secondary antagonist Ryder and minor antagonist T-Bone Mendez or Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories's Light My Pyre where Victor Vance kills antagonist Armando Mendez in his own home.
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List of Notable Climaxes
The Exchange
- Game: Grand Theft Auto III
- Starting Location: Cartel Mansion
- Ending Location: Cochrane Dam
Keep Your Friends Close...
- Game: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
- Starting/Ending Location: Vercetti Estate
End of the Line
- Game: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- Starting/Ending Location: Grove Street
- Sidenote- The Whole Climax doesn't take place in Grove Street, it spans across almost all of Los Santos but it ultimately ends with Tenpenny's death at Grove Street, where it started.
The Sicilian Gambit
- Game: Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
- Starting Location: Salvatore's Gentlemen's Club
- Ending Location: Portland Rock
Last Stand
- Game: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
- Starting Location: Diaz's Mansion
- Ending Location: Diego Mendez's building in Downtown, Vice City
Endings in GTA IV
A Revenger's Tragedy
- Game: Grand Theft Auto IV
- Starting Location: Alderney
- Ending Location: Happiness Island
Out of Commission
- Game: Grand Theft Auto IV
- Starting Location: Alderney
- Ending Location: Happiness Island
Get Lost
- Game: Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned
- Starting/Ending Location: The Lost MC clubhouse
- Sidenote- Similar to End of the Line, the climax spands across Liberty City but ends back at the Clubhouse