History WebVideo / AchievementHunterGrandTheftAutoSeries

The other flagship LetsPlay series of Creator/AchievementHunter, '''''Let's Play VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto''''' is what starts a new week of AH Let's Play goodness. Their first ''Grand Theft Auto'' Let's Play, known today as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQcdT9zbzJU "Let's Play GTA IV - Part 1"]] had the main six Hunters play ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV'' in anticipation for the then-unreleased ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV''.

Originally when they started the Let's Play [=YouTube=] channel, they simply played a random game on Mondays, but after that first ''GTA'' Let's Play the game easily took over Mondays on the channel. Today, the playlist [[ArtifactTitle that is still called]] ''[[https://www.youtube.com/show/letsplaymondaygtaiv Let's Play Monday]]'' is completely reserved for ''Let's Play GTA''. They did publish a few Let's Plays of ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption'', another Rockstar game, during July and August 2013, but that was back when it was still not fully certain that ''Let's Play Grand Theft Auto'' was a thing as it is today. When ''GTA V'' was finally released and ''Grand Theft Auto Online'' later opened up, the Hunters completely switched over to the new ''GTA'' game (though they did a "Retro Play" of ''GTA IV'' at least once so far).

Today, ''Let's Play Grand Theft Auto V'' covers the misadventures of the Fake AH Crew (and at times Kerry and Lindsay) as they race, fight, do elaborate [[spoiler:small-paying]] heists, and just simply screw around all over San Andreas for the Hell of it all. On November 25, 2014, it was revealed that this series will earn a spin-off entitled ''Sunday Driving'', based off of the episode of the same name, with that one being considered "Episode #1".

* WhatTheHellHero: The first [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ieu4UtpZFUI "Heist"]] episode ends with everyone berating Ryan [[spoiler:for [[WhatAnIdiot killing Geoff before he got his cut from the heist]]]].

* KillEmAll: [[spoiler:The first (Geoff's), Gavin's, Ray's, RTX 2014, The Grand, and The Trojan Bar Heists ended with everyone dead.]]

* PyrrhicVictory: Every single Heist video except for [[spoiler:"Michael's, Lindsay's and The Santa Heist"]] has either ended with KillEmAll or with the Fake AH Crew completely decimated to one man and with no money (or pathetic amounts of it) just to add insult to injury. Since the Fake AH Crew are murderers and bank robbers, they count as {{Villain Protagonist}}s. Note that [[spoiler: "The Trojan Bar Heist"]] ''technically'' succeeded in stealing and securing its primary objective, but the entire crew died to a man trying to escape.

* PyrrhicVillainy: Every single Heist video except for [[spoiler:"Michael's, Lindsay's and The Santa Heist"]] has either ended with KillEmAll or with the Fake AH Crew completely decimated to one man and with no money (or pathetic amounts of it) just to add insult to injury. Since the Fake AH Crew are murderers and bank robbers, they count as {{Villain Protagonist}}s. Note that [[spoiler: "The Trojan Bar Heist"]] ''technically'' succeeded in stealing and securing its primary objective, but the entire crew died to a man trying to escape.

** UpToEleven in the Faggio Race of "Almost Street Legal". Michael stops at the top of a hill and reveals that he has a minigun, spraying the street before Ryan takes him down. Ryan stops at the Vinewood sign and shoots Michael and Geoff every time they approach, littering the path with discarded bikes. Ray picks up a sports car and reaches the end first, stopping to take out Michael and Geoff. Ray still takes first, though Geoff was an inch away from winning. Michael pulls out the minigun again but Ryan and Jack pass him before Kerry takes him out, resulting in a DNF.

* DidNotThinkThisThrough: The Casino Heist DLC is meant to have a significant amount of replay value, through picking different avenues of approach, different vehicles, etc. Unfortunately when the Hunters come to play it they approach it with the same cavalier attitude they've completed every other heist with, completely unaware of how the heist is structured and ignoring most of the important dialogue. [[spoiler:As such, it becomes the first heist they're unable to complete on the first try, and when they ''do'' succeed, they end up with so little money that they question why they did it in the first place.]]

* UriahGambit: In "[[spoiler:Michael]]'s Heist", [[spoiler:[[TheAce Ray and Ryan]]]] were ostensibly sent to hold off the cops but were planned to die from the start by [[spoiler:[[TheChessMaster Michael]]. Either they would die in combat distracting the cops or to the Ignition Bomb pre-planted in their escape vehicle.]] Surprisingly, the duo actually realized this from the start, but died before they could OutGambit him.

* ChaseScene: What ensues when the Fake AH Crew makes their getaway from the cops, whether by car or motorbike. [[RealityEnsues This very often ends badly]] since they still have to fight the cops off (who usually bring [[HellishCopter helicopters]] by that point) and crashing once basically means they're dead.
** Averted when the escape vehicle they're in is a tank, because [[RealityEnsues it's a tank]], and the cops are often completely unable to touch them.

** [[{{Deconstruction}} This actually works]] [[RealityEnsues against them]] in [[spoiler: The Trojan Bar Heist]]. To elaborate, [[spoiler: Ray and Geoff were stuck on a beach with cops surrounding them because Michael realized his plane only fit him, and thus was forced to depart. Jack, who had already picked up Ryan, doubled back to pick them up. He manages to pick up Geoff, but Ray is too far away and is eventually killed by police. [[ShaggyDogStory And then Geoff falls out of the plane and is massacred anyway.]] Because of all the damage they took in trying to pick up Ray and Geoff, Ryan and Jack realize that their plane is unable to take off anymore, and they soon crash, meaning that Michael (who doesn't even have a Wanted level anymore) has to come back with a plane to rescue them. After a while, Michael gets to the two of them, but his plane is hit so fiercely by police fire that it ends up falling to the ground as well, and the remaining crew members are killed.]]

* RealityEnsues: A common theme in the "Heist" videos, since committing armed robbery is indeed difficult to get away with.
** Trying to escape the cops via motorcycle? [[spoiler:The cops will always catch up to you.]]
** Plan to steal an armored van and drive away with it? Not if the door is locked. Try to punch a hole through the armor anyways with an RPG? [[spoiler: Get blown up because you were standing 10 feet away]].
** Try to land a jet onto a street so your crew can use it as a getaway vehicle? Good luck finding a clear stretch to use as a runway when colliding with a car will blow you up.
** Caught in a firefight with many, many cops? ConservationOfNinjitsu goes out the window the moment one of them gets lucky and headshots you.
** Something doesn't go according to plan? Better have a back up. The list goes on.
** As of "The Prison Job", everyone seems to have lost a ''lot'' of in-game money because of the Heist. Apparently, spending thousands of dollars on weapons and vehicles to rob convenience stores [[spoiler: and failing most of the time]] is a really bad investment scheme.
*** This has now included the main Let's Play videos too, since a free play game idea that involves destroying the Oppressor rocket bikes (which have a $20,000 insurance fee) ends up costing Ryan over $2 million dollars.
** During "The Lazer Job" Ryan decides to fly the laser close to the ground because it has a faulty engine. [[spoiler: Which later inevitably shows why all those "fly low to avoid detection" plots in media are super dangerous. The plane stalls out and Ryan has seconds to react before it hits a pole and explodes. He didn't make it.]]

** At the ending of each heist [[spoiler: the SoleSurvivor declares themselves the winner. Defied in Gavin's Heist where Geoff [[RealityEnsues cries over the fact that all his teammates are dead and that the money was lost]].]]

** [[spoiler: As mentioned above, the Doomsday Heist Criminal Mastermind challenge ends in failure after multiple attempts due to [[GameBreakingBug circumstances beyond the crew's control.]]

* AllForNothing: Their attempt at the Criminal Masterminds achievement for the Doomsday Heist ends up failing due to a GameBreakingBug which resets their progress less than halfway through.

** As mentioned above, the Doomsday Heist Criminal Mastermind challenge ends in failure after multiple attempts due to [[GameBreakingBug circumstances beyond the crew's control.]]

** As mentioned above, the Doomsday Heist Criminal Mastermind challenge ends in failure after multiple attempts due to [[GameBreakingBugcircumstances beyond the crew's control.]]