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During the prologue in which the player has to escape from the police after robbing a bank, by veering off the road and onto the frozen stream, it's possible to look under the bridge and find an alien frozen under the ice.
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In the mission Predator, Michael must use a sniper rifle fitted with a thermal scope to find the O'Neil Brothers in the woods at night. If the player zooms in on the thermal heat dot on the bottom right, it appears to be a Bigfoot standing still. Shooting it does nothing and it abruptly disappears after a few seconds.
Later in the game, Spoiler:an entire mission is dedcated to Bigfoot. "The Last One" has Franklin meet a hunter who has been on Sasquatch's trail for 9 years, the same number of years since San Andreas was released. Franklin, however, concludes that Bigfoot is just a man in a suit.
Later in the game, Spoiler:an entire mission is dedcated to Bigfoot. "The Last One" has Franklin meet a hunter who has been on Sasquatch's trail for 9 years, the same number of years since San Andreas was released. Franklin, however, concludes that Bigfoot is just a man in a suit.
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In the Special and Collectors Edition of the game there is a double sided blueprint map. When looked at in UV lighting it reveals secrets and surprises.
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The world is bigger than the total size of the worlds from Grand Theft Auto IV, Red Dead Redemption, and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas combined.
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There is an underwater UFO that can be accessed by mini-sub. The UFO is found in the north of the world map.
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In its first 24-hours, Grand Theft Auto V made over $800 million. This surpassed the previous record of $500 million set by Call of Duty: Black Ops II in 2012.
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The mission "Grass roots - Trevor" is thought to be a reference to a scene in the movie "PeeWee's Big Adventure". Both scenes are hallucinations, contain clowns, and both have the same background music.
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In the Suburban store that you visit in the mission 'Friend Request', one of the shirt stalls allows you to buy a parrot tropical shirt, similar to the one worn by Max Payne in Max Payne 3. Also, if you give Michael just a light scruffy beard while he's wearing his grey suit, he looks oddly similar to Max Payne at the beginning of Max Payne 3.
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In the Discount Clothing Store in Grapeseed, you can find a diamond print white and black jacket with a yellow crab on the back. This is a reference to Ryan Gosling's Jacket in the movie 'Drive', where he had an almost identical diamond print white and black jacket but with a yellow scorpion on the back.
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On GTA's Facebook parody, Life Invader, you can see that Michael has a man named Nicholas Bell in his friends list. This is a reference to GTA IV's main protagonist, Niko Bellic. Roman is also on his friends list.
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There are billboards around the game that say "Rehab Island". The logo bears resemblance to the logo from the game Dead Island.
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At $270 million, Grand Theft Auto V had the largest budget of any game in history. Comparing that to Hollywood blockbusters, it is second only to Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, which had a budget of $300 million.
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The Game Awards 2014 is the only year of The Game Awards to feature a "Best Remaster" category, which was won by Grand Theft Auto V, beating out Halo: The Master Chief Collection, Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, The Last of Us Remastered, and Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition.
The Game Awards 2014 nominees:
https://www.polygon.com/2014/11/21/7259309/game-awards-2014-nominees
The Game Awards 2015 nominees:
https://screenrant.com/the-game-awards-2015-nominations/
The Game Awards 2014 recap and winners:
https://thegameawards.com/rewind/year-2014
https://www.polygon.com/2014/11/21/7259309/game-awards-2014-nominees
The Game Awards 2015 nominees:
https://screenrant.com/the-game-awards-2015-nominations/
The Game Awards 2014 recap and winners:
https://thegameawards.com/rewind/year-2014
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