History VideoGame / GTATightened

You can find [=DinosaurBytes=] second channel [[https://www.youtube.com/@moonboye/videos here]], where they shares update on Tightened'reas development.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: In ''Tightened'reas'', some mission will lead to unexpected results: In "Well Stocked Pizza Co.", if you end up blowing up Ryder car at the beginning (which speedrunners usually do to save time as it skips a cutscene), [[spoiler: Ryder ghost will haunt you to the theme of Series/{{Goosebumps}}, stating you truly are a busta. If you are able to survive the ghostly shootout, the game will give you the mission complete result, stating that Ryder respawned in the closest hospital.]]
** You can, if you want to, [[spoiler: kill Sweet during one of the missions by meeting with Benny. It will give a different outcome if you do so, as a clip from Series/TopGearUK will play out, specifically the infamous "Oh no, anyway" clip, crashing the game as a result.]]

** Police Bribes aren't actually free pick-ups anymore, and will instead cost a substantial chunk of your money to use.

** In the regular speedrun route of ''III'', you are expected to have a police car for "Drive Misty For Me", given that it is a fast car that conveniently spawns right at the end of the previous mission. In ''Tightened Thrice'', pulling up to Misty the prostitute's apartment in a police car will understandably spook her and fail the mission.

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: Despite the overall increased difficulty, the mod does address some of the original game's [[ScrappyMechanic Scrappy Mechanics]] and other unnecessary bits of randomness.

** In ''Thrice'', the ability for parked emergency vehicles to be randomly locked has been removed, taking out a common cause of time-wasting.

Following the PortingDisaster of Grand Theft Auto: Definitive Edition, a user called [=DinosaurBytes=] decided to make their own version of how a real definitive edition of the original trilogy would look like, but with a catch: Make them much more harder, but also putting a DenserAndWackier spin to it to balance it out.

* AprilFoolsDay: In 2024, DB released a mod for Vice City called "Loosened Vice", which is basically the complete opposite of the Tightened games, being a simplified version of Vice City that can be beaten in almost 20 minutes.

* FormerlyFat: CJ is fat at the beginning of Tightened'reas, but after this mod version of Drive-Thru (now titled Drive-Thru Delirium), [[ExcusePlot the game will say that Carl lost weight due to skipping too many meals]], making him skinny again.
* LosingHorns: A sad trombone will play if the player fails a mission in ''Tightened Thrice'' or dies in ''Tightened'dreas''.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: In Tightened'reas, some mission will lead to unexpected results: In "Well Stocked Pizza Co.", if you end up blowing up Ryder car at the beginning (which speedrunners usually do to save time as it skips a cutscene), [[spoiler: Ryder ghost will haunt you to the theme of Series/{{Goosebumps}}, stating you truly are a busta. If you are able to survive the ghostly shootout, the game will give you the mission complete result, stating that Ryder respawned in the closest hospital.]]

So far, only two mods have been released, [[https://gtaforums.com/topic/989421-tightened-thrice/ Tightened Thrice]] and [[https://gtaforums.com/topic/986628-tightened-vice/ Tightened Vice]], with a third one, Tightened'reas, still being worked on.

** The games give you unlimited sprint right from the start, removing a lot of ButtonMashing.

** In the regular speedrun route of ''III''', you are expected to have a police car for "Drive Misty For Me", given that it is a fast car that conveniently spawns right at the end of the previous mission. In ''Tightened Thrice'', pulling up to Misty the prostitute's apartment in a police car will understandably spook her and fail the mission.

* SprintMeter: Subverted for the mods, as the characters now have infinite sprint for the entire game in order to make the whole thing less frustrating.

** You can, if you want to, [[spoiler: kill Sweet during one of the missions by meeting with Benny. It will give a different outcome if you do so.]]

Following the PortingDisaster of Grand Theft Auto: Definitive Edition, a user called [=DinosaurBytes=] decided to make their own version of how a real definitive edition of the original trilogy would look like, but with a catch: Make them much more harder but also putting a DenserAndWackier spin to it.

* DifficultButAwesome: Sometimes the missions requires the player to perform a specific trick, while sometimes it's something you'd never expect, [[spoiler: like seeing CJ riding a monocycle with OG Loc standing on his back.]]

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: In Tightened'reas mission "Well Stocked Pizza Co.", if you end up blowing up Ryder car at the beginning (which speedrunners usually do to save time), Ryder ghost will haunt you to the theme of Series/{{Goosebumps}}, stating you truly are a busta. If you are able to survive the ghostly shootout, the game will give you the mission complete result, stating that Ryder respawned in the closest hospital.
* SprintMeter: Subverted for the mods, as the characters now have infinite sprint for the entire game.

Following the PortingDisaster of Grand Theft Auto: Definitive Edition, a user called DinosaurBytes decided to make their own version of how a real definitive edition of the original trilogy would look like, but with a catch: Make them much more harder but also putting a DenserAndWackier spin to it.

You can find DinosaurBytes second channel [[https://www.youtube.com/@moonboye/videos here]], where they shares update on Tightened'reas development.

Following the PortingDisaster of Grand Theft Auto: Definitive Edition, a user called _Rob_ decided to make their own version of how a real definitive edition of the original trilogy would look like, but with a catch: Make them much more harder but also putting a DenserAndWackier spin to it.

You can find Rob second channel [[https://www.youtube.com/@moonboye/videos here]], where they shares update on Tightened'reas development.