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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 [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories|Liberty City Stories']] [[The Sicilian Gambit]]. 


''[[Grand Theft Auto IV]]'', due to its 2 [[Endings in GTA IV|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 Bellic|Niko]] kills Pegorino himself.
A '''Climax''' is the point in a text with the highest amount of tension. In [[Grand Theft Auto]] games, the climax is usually the final mission, or a group of missions towards the end of the game. A climax consists of the player battling a large force of a rival gang and/or mafia members, followed by the player killing 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. Some examples are ''[[End of the Line]]'' in [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]], and ''[[The Sicilian Gambit]]'' in [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]].


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.
There are two possible [[Endings in GTA IV|endings]] in [[Grand Theft Auto IV]], each with it's own climax. in the "Deal" ending, antagonist [[Dimitri Rascalov]] is seen killing [[Jimmy Pegorino]], who [[Niko Bellic|Niko]] planned to kill himself anyway, and is killed himself by the player later in the mission. In the "Revenge" ending, Dimitri is killed two missions prior to the ending, and Pegorino becomes the antagonist after killing [[Kate McReary]] in the penultimate mission. Pegorino is killed by the player in the final mission.


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 (mission)|Pier 69]] where [[Carl Johnson|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.
Climaxes usually span across several parts of the in-game world during some sort of chase, but 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, but earlier in the game, before the actual climax. In these missions, the player usually kills a secondary antagonist. The protagonist may have had plans to kill the main antagonist but been unsuccessful. Some examples are ''[[Pier 69 (mission)|Pier 69]]'' in GTA San Andreas, where [[Carl Johnson|CJ]] kills secondary antagonist [[Ryder]] and minor antagonist [[T-Bone Mendez]], and the mission [[High Noon]] where he chases and kills major secondary antagonist [[Eddie Pulaski]]. Another example is ''[[Light My Pyre]]'' in [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]], where [[Victor Vance]] kills antagonist [[Armando Mendez]] in his own home.


==List of Notable Climaxes==
==List of Notable Climaxes==


===[[The Exchange]]===
;GTA III
*Game: [[Grand Theft Auto III]]
*'''Mission:''' [[The Exchange (GTA III)|The Exchange]]
*Starting Location: [[Cartel Mansion]]
*'''For:''' [[Catalina]]
*Ending Location: [[Cochrane Dam]]
*'''Starting Location:''' [[Cartel Mansion]]
*'''Ending Location:''' [[Cochrane Dam]]
*'''Antagonist/s:''' [[Catalina]]
 
;GTA Vice City
*'''Mission:''' [[Keep Your Friends Close...]]
*'''For:''' [[Tommy Vercetti]]
*'''Starting/Ending Location:''' [[Vercetti Estate]]
*'''Antagonist/s:''' [[Sonny Forelli]], [[Lance Vance]]
 
;GTA San Andreas
*'''Mission:''' [[End of the Line]]
*'''For:''' [[Sweet]]
*'''Starting/Ending Location:''' [[Grove Street]]
*'''Antagonist/s:''' [[Big Smoke]], [[Frank Tenpenny]]
''*Note - The Whole Climax doesn't take place in Grove Street, it spans across almost all of [[Los Santos in GTA III Era|Los Santos]], but it ultimately ends with Tenpenny's death at Grove Street, where it started. Also note that this is the only final mission that ends with protagonist not killing the main game antagonist.''
 
;GTA Liberty City Stories
*'''Mission:''' [[The Sicilian Gambit]]
*'''For:''' [[Salvatore Leone]]
*'''Starting Location:''' [[Salvatore's Gentlemen's Club]]
*'''Ending Location:''' [[Portland Rock]]
*'''Antagonist/s:''' [[Massimo Torini]]
 
;GTA Vice City Stories
*'''Mission:''' [[Last Stand]]
*'''For:''' [[Ricardo Diaz]]
*'''Starting Location:''' [[Vercetti Estate|Diaz's Mansion]]
*'''Ending Location:''' [[The Mendez Building]]
*'''Antagonist/s:''' [[Diego Mendez]], [[Jerry Martinez]]
 
;GTA IV
'''[[Deal]]'''
*'''Mission:''' [[A Revenger's Tragedy]]
*'''For:''' [[Little Jacob]]
*'''Starting Location:''' [[Alderney]]
*'''Ending Location:''' [[Happiness Island]]
*'''Antagonist/s:''' [[Dimitri Rascalov]], [[James Pegorino]]
''*Note - In the beginning of the mission, the goal is to kill both Rascalov and Pegorino. Rascalov, however, betrays and kills Pegorino during the mission, and the new goal is to kill Rascalov. ''


===[[Keep Your Friends Close...]]===
'''[[Revenge]]'''
*Game: [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]]
*'''Mission:''' [[Out of Commission]]
*Starting/Ending Location: [[Vercetti Estate]]
*'''For:''' [[Little Jacob]]
*'''Starting Location:''' [[Alderney]]
*'''Ending Location:''' [[Happiness Island]]
*'''Antagonist/s:''' [[James Pegorino]]


===[[End of the Line]]===
;The Lost and Damned
*Game: [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]
*'''Mission:''' [[Get Lost]]
*Starting/Ending Location: [[Grove Street]]  
*'''For: '''[[Thomas Stubbs]]
*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.
*'''Starting/Ending Location:''' [[The Lost MC clubhouse]]
*'''Antagonist/s:''' [[Billy Grey]]
''*Note - Similar to [[End of the Line]] in [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]], the climax spans across [[Liberty City in GTA IV Era|Liberty City]].''


===[[The Sicilian Gambit]]===
;The Ballad of Gay Tony
*Game: [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]]
*'''Mission:''' [[Departure Time]]
*Starting Location: [[Salvatore's Gentlemen's Club]]
*'''For: '''[[Anthony Prince|Anthony "Gay Tony" Prince]]
*Ending Location: [[Portland Rock]]
*'''Starting Location:''' Tony's Pad
*'''Ending Location:''' [[Meadows Park]]
*'''Antagonist/s:''' [[Ray Bulgarin]]
''*Note - The mission takes place on an abandoned carnival in [[Firefly Island]] to the airport. Then, to Ray's private jet and skydive to Meadows Park.''


===[[Last Stand]]===
;GTA Chinatown Wars
*Game: [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]]
*'''Mission:''' [[Salt in the Wound]]
*Starting Location: [[Vercetti Estate|Diaz's Mansion]]
*'''For: '''[[Wade Heston]]
*Ending Location: [[Diego Mendez]]'s building in [[Downtown (Vice City)|Downtown, Vice City]]
*'''Starting Location:''' [[Steinway Park]]
*'''Ending Location:''' [[Hsin Jaoming]]'s penthouse on the border of [[Chinatown, Algonquin|Chinatown]] and [[Lower Easton]].
*'''Antagonist/s:''' [[Wu Lee]]
''*Note: That the main part of this mission takes place at the [[Charge Island]] desanilitation plant.''


===Endings in GTA IV===
;GTA V
''*Note: All three endings take place in various locations around the state of [[San Andreas in GTA V|San Andreas]].''
*'''Option A: Killing Trevor'''
**'''Mission:''' [[Something Sensible]]
**'''For:''' [[Steve Haines]]
**'''Starting Location:''' 3671 Whispymound Drive
**'''Ending Location:''' Murietta Oil Fields
**'''Antagonist/s:''' [[Trevor Philips]]
***''Note: After the mission, [[Michael De Santa]] cuts ties with [[Franklin Clinton]] and Trevor's share of the [[Union Depository]] take is split between Michael and Franklin.''


====[[A Revenger's Tragedy]]====
*'''Option B: Killing Michael'''
*Game: [[Grand Theft Auto IV]]
**'''Mission:''' [[The Time's Come]]
*Starting Location: [[Alderney]]
**'''For:''' [[Devin Weston]]
*Ending Location: [[Happiness Island]]
**'''Starting Location:''' 3671 Whispymound Drive
**'''Ending Location:''' Palmer-Taylor Power Station
**'''Antagonist/s:''' [[Michael De Santa]]
***''Note: After the mission, [[Trevor Philips]] cuts ties with [[Franklin Clinton]] and Michael's share of the [[Union Depository]] take is given to Michael's wife and children.''


====[[Out of Commission]]====
*'''Option C: Death Wish'''
*Game: [[Grand Theft Auto IV]]
**'''Mission:''' [[The Third Way]]
*Starting Location: [[Alderney]]
**'''For:''' [[Franklin Clinton]], [[Michael De Santa]], and [[Trevor Philips]]
*Ending Location: [[Happiness Island]]
**'''Starting Location:''' 3671 Whispymound Drive
**'''Ending Location:''' Paleto Cove
**'''Antagonist/s:'''  [[Stretch (GTA V)|Harold "Stretch" Joseph]], [[Wei Cheng]], [[Steve Haines]], and [[Devin Weston]]


===[[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 in GTA IV Era|Liberty City]] but ends back at the Clubhouse
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A Climax is the point in a text with the highest amount of tension. In Grand Theft Auto games, the climax is usually the final mission, or a group of missions towards the end of the game. A climax consists of the player battling a large force of a rival gang and/or mafia members, followed by the player killing 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. Some examples are End of the Line in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, and The Sicilian Gambit in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories.

There are two possible endings in Grand Theft Auto IV, each with it's own climax. in the "Deal" ending, antagonist Dimitri Rascalov is seen killing Jimmy Pegorino, who Niko planned to kill himself anyway, and is killed himself by the player later in the mission. In the "Revenge" ending, Dimitri is killed two missions prior to the ending, and Pegorino becomes the antagonist after killing Kate McReary in the penultimate mission. Pegorino is killed by the player in the final mission.

Climaxes usually span across several parts of the in-game world during some sort of chase, but 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, but earlier in the game, before the actual climax. In these missions, the player usually kills a secondary antagonist. The protagonist may have had plans to kill the main antagonist but been unsuccessful. Some examples are Pier 69 in GTA San Andreas, where CJ kills secondary antagonist Ryder and minor antagonist T-Bone Mendez, and the mission High Noon where he chases and kills major secondary antagonist Eddie Pulaski. Another example is Light My Pyre in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, where Victor Vance kills antagonist Armando Mendez in his own home.

List of Notable Climaxes

GTA III
GTA Vice City
GTA San Andreas

*Note - 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. Also note that this is the only final mission that ends with protagonist not killing the main game antagonist.

GTA Liberty City Stories
GTA Vice City Stories
GTA IV

Deal

*Note - In the beginning of the mission, the goal is to kill both Rascalov and Pegorino. Rascalov, however, betrays and kills Pegorino during the mission, and the new goal is to kill Rascalov.

Revenge

The Lost and Damned

*Note - Similar to End of the Line in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, the climax spans across Liberty City.

The Ballad of Gay Tony

*Note - The mission takes place on an abandoned carnival in Firefly Island to the airport. Then, to Ray's private jet and skydive to Meadows Park.

GTA Chinatown Wars

*Note: That the main part of this mission takes place at the Charge Island desanilitation plant.

GTA V

*Note: All three endings take place in various locations around the state of San Andreas.

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