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The protagonist is a nameless man who was later revealed to have the name "Claude" in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, in which he made a cameo appearance. He was betrayed by his girlfriend "Catalina" during a bank robbery. He was shot in the stomach by Catalina, arrested, charged, and convicted by a unanimous verdict. While under police transportation to the penitentiary, the convoy was hijacked by a group of fellow thugs, Claude was freed, and the bridge was bombed. The player drives to what is now his living space where the player can hide out from law enforcement and save game progress. Claude is revealed in San Andreas to be "mute"; unable to talk or verbally respond to commands. This is because developers chose not to hire a voice actor.

The protagonist is a nameless man who was later revealed to have the name "Claude" in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, in which he made a cameo appearance. He was betrayed by his girlfriend "Catalina" during a bank robbery. He was shot in the stomach by Catalina, arrested, charged, and convicted by a unanimous verdict. While under police transportation to the penitentiary, the convoy was hijacked by a group of fellow thugs, Claude was freed, and the bridge was bombed. The player drives to what is now his living space where the player can hide out from law enforcement and save game progress. Claude is revealed in San Andreas to be "mute"; unable to talk or verbally respond to commands. This is because developers chose not to hire a voice actor.

==Controversy==

==Controversy==

Grand Theft Auto III introduced the ability to pick up and have implied sex with prostitutes, kill them and steal their money, or both. [[Wal-Mart]] announced they would begin doing ID checks on any purchasers of "M for Mature" rated games appearing under the age of 17. It was banned in Australia for some time and a censored version of the game was released in it's place. On October 20, 2003, the families of Aaron Hamel and Kimberly Bede, two young teens shot to death by fellow teens William and Josh Beckner filed a $246 million dollar lawsuit against [[Rockstar Games]] and [[Take Two Interactive]] over the games "purported psychological effects". Rockstar Games argued that those effects are protected by the [[First Amendment]]s free speech clause.

Grand Theft Auto III introduced the ability to pick up and have implied sex with prostitutes, kill them and steal their money, or both. [[Wal-Mart]] announced they would begin doing ID checks on any purchasers of "M for Mature" rated games appearing under the age of 17. It was banned in Australia for some time and a censored version of the game was released in its place. On October 20, 2003, the families of Aaron Hamel and Kimberly Bede, two young teens shot to death by fellow teens William and Josh Beckner filed a $246 million lawsuit against [[Rockstar Games]] and [[Take Two Interactive]] over the games "purported psychological effects". Rockstar Games argued that those effects are protected by the [[First Amendment]]s free speech clause.

===Cut Content===

===Cut Content===

Certain "missions" (tasks that the player must complete in order to progress through storyline), pedestrian dialogue and radio dialogue were cut after the [[9/11]] attacks. This included a mission titled "Love Hurts"; a mission that involved flying a plane into a skyscraper belonging to the owner of a media conglomerate in order to kill him and the changing of paint jobs on police cars. It is speculated that the ability to blow limbs off civilians was removed.

Certain "missions" (tasks that the player must complete in order to progress through storyline), pedestrian dialogue and radio dialogue were cut after the [[9/11]] attacks. This included a mission titled "Love Hurts"; a mission that involved flying a plane into a skyscraper belonging to the owner of a media conglomerate in order to kill him and the changing of paint jobs on police cars. It is speculated that the ability to blow limbs off civilians was removed.