History Videogame / GrandTheftAutoLibertyCityStories

* Actionized Sequel: it's actually an Actionized prequel to GTA 3 but you get the idea, and there's also more highlights as well.

* Bloodier And Gorier: it's bloodier, gorier, and a lot more brutally violent than GTA 3.

* Actionized Sequel: this game is actually a prequel to GTA 3 but it does have more action and more highlights than that one

* Bloodier And Gorier: even more so than GTA 3

* DarkerAndEdgier: Somewhat. Mainly [[VideogameCrueltyPotential because the level of cruelty in the game is quite high]], even more than its predecessor. Several missions includes doing atrocious acts: bomb the area of a city (Fort Staunton), shoot up a university full of student activists(!), stealing corpses for Donald to munch on, dismember a man with an ax and then carrying his remains to his own butcher shop, etc.

* DenserAndWackier: Rockstar, what have you done with Donald Love? And who is this David Cross soundalike who eats human torsos on a silver platter?

* ManOfWealthAndTaste: Massimo Tori.

* NoodleIncident: Apparently the FBI searched J.D's hard drive for [[Squick something]]...

The first of the two [[GaidenGame "Stories" games]] in the ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' series, which were both made for the PlayStationPortable and later ported to PlayStation2. The story takes place in 1998, a few years before the events of ''III'', and follows a younger, slimmer Toni Cipriani's rise to power in the Leone crime family. And it's not easy. Things get messy, with uncooperative mayors and families from the Old Country wanting in on the action.

* AllThereInTheManual: To explain why there are no motorbikes in ''III'' while there are here, the manual explains that a pressure group is making up some statistics to ban bikes - and they're funded by a car company.

* AxCrazy: Salvatore Leone shows traits of Ax Crazy by his paranoia.
** Toni himself is this in "Dead Meat".

* DarkerAndEdgier: Somewhat. Mainly [[VideogameCrueltyPotential because the level of cruelty in the game is quite high]], even more than its predecessor. Several missions includes doing atrocious acts: bomb the area of a city (Fort Staunton), shoot up a university full of student activists(!), stealing corpses for Donald to munch on, dismember a man with an ax and then carrying his remains to a butchery, etc.

* EvilVersusEvil: In case you have doubts, ALL the characters (protagonists, antagonists or minors) are villains, [[JerkAss jerks]] or [[TheSociopath sociopaths]], all. Toni is a ruthless and somewhat insane mobster who does not hesitate to commit atrocities for their own benefit or to satisfy their bosses, Salvatore is extremely vindictive and shows traits of paranoia and narcissism, and Donald is cannibal and corrupt.

* {{Jerkass}}: Almost all the characters, including Toni himself sometimes, but this is specially in the Toni's mother (until its redemption), J.D. O' Toole, Vincenzo Cilli and Paulie Sindacco.
* KarmaHoudini: Toni Cipriani, oh boy.[[spoiler:Near end of game Toni blows up entire Fort Staunton to help with Love's land-grab, leading to the deaths of countless innocents. Most of the blame was put on the Forreli for storing illegal weapons underground.]]

* MafiaPrincess: Maria, but stuck right in the middle of it.

* PlayingBothSides: It's made clear early on that Massimo Tori is uniting the city's small-time gangs against the Leones.

* RecycledInSpace: The mission "Karmageddon" (the one given by [[spoiler:Ned Burner]], not the side-mission you can do after that) is similar with ''Vice City'''s "Messing with the Man", except WITH FIRETRUCK! Yeah, your main objective is to cause mayhem around the city and fulfill the "rating" meter by committing as many crimes as possible while you're driving the firetruck like crazy to pass the mission. Both are also done for petty reasons: while "Messing with the Man" is done ForTheEvulz, "Karmageddon" is done for GoingForTheBigScoop.

* ChainsawGood: Taken even {{Up To Eleven}} when Toni gets ambushed by [[spoiler:Vincenzo's]] hordes of chainsaw-wielding maniacs, hence mission's title is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "The Portland Chainsaw Masquerade"]].

* ConspiracyTheorist: Salvatore Leone. It seems that the only person he doesn't distrust is Toni, and even then, he holds him at gunpoint once.
** [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that the [[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas last person]] he trusted [[spoiler:betrayed him and robbed his casino.]]

* TheReasonYouSuchSpeech: The mission "Hot Wheels" has Toni, having just evaded a police trap that Vincenzo ''conveniently'' forgot to tell him about, hit Vincenzo with a small but effective one of these while the latter rants about how, since he set Toni up with a safehouse and all that, he oughta be "grateful" to the stuck-up prick. Said speech also has a dash of BadassBoast about it.

* KarmaHoudini: Toni Cipriani,oh boy.[[spoiler:Near end of game Toni blows up entire Fort Staunton for Love's bussines ,killing countless innocents.The most blame was put on Forrelis for storing illegal weapon underground.]]

* RecycledInSpace: The mission "Karmageddon" (the one given by [[spoiler:Ned Burner]], not the side-mission you can do after that) is similar with ''Vice City'''s "Messing with the Man", except WITH FIRETRUCK! Yeah, your main objective is to cause mayhem around the city and fulfill the "rating" meter by committing as many crime as possible while you're driving the firetruck like crazy to pass the mission. Both are also done for petty reasons: while "Messing with the Man" is done ForTheEvulz, "Karmageddon" is done for GoingForTheBigScoop.

* SurroundedByIdiots: Early on Vincenzo asks why he's surrounded by idiots. Toni says "I don't know. Birds of a feather?"

* KarmaHoudini: Toni Cipriani.

* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: [[Avery Carrington, poor old guy.]]

* RecycledInSpace: The mission "Karmageddon" is similar with ''Vice City'''s "Messing with the Man", except WITH FIRETRUCK! Yeah, your main objective is to cause mayhem around the city and fulfill the "rating" meter by committing as many crime as possible while you're driving the firetruck like crazy to pass the mission. Both are also done for petty reasons: while "Messing with the Man" is done ForTheEvulz, "Karmageddon" is done for GoingForTheBigScoop.

The first of the two [[GaidenGame "Stories" games]] in the ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' series, which were both made for the PlayStationPortable and later ported to PlayStation2. The story takes place in 1998, a few years before the events of ''III'', and follows a younger, slimmer Toni Cipriani's rise to power in the Salvatore crime family. And it's not easy. Things get messy, with uncooperative mayors and families from the Old Country wanting in on the action.

Distinct tropes of this game:

* MyNameIsNotDurwood: As Salvatore warms to Toni, he starts calling him "Anthony" out of endearment. He never does get it right.

* DarkerAndEdgier: Somewhat. Mainly [[VideogameCrueltyPotential because the level of cruelty in the game is quite high]], even more than its predecessor. Several missions includes doing atrocious acts: bomb the area of a city (Fort Staunton), shoot up a university full of student activists(!), stealing corpses for Donald to munch on, dismember a man with an ax and then carrying his remains to a butchery, etc.

* DesnserAndWackier: Rockstar, what have you done with Donald Love? And who is this David Cross soundalike who eats human torsos on a silver platter?

* DarkerAndEdgier / DenserAndWackier: Somewhat. Mainly [[VideogameCrueltyPotential because the level of cruelty in the game is quite high]], even more than its predecessor. Several missions includes doing atrocious acts: bomb the area of a city (Fort Staunton), shoot up a university full of student activists(!), stealing corpses for Donald to munch on, dismember a man with an ax and then carrying his remains to a butchery, etc.

** Donald Love is effectively a completely different character from ''III''.