

It is extremely easy to switch between characters in GTA 5 and the game does a great job of explaining the mechanic by incorporating them into story missions rather than a tutorial. How to Switch Characters in GTA 5 PC The character switch wheel in GTA 5 (picture credits: )

After the player has finished creating their GTA: Online character, they can even switch directly to their Online character to start playing GTA: Online. The player can choose to alternate between the game's three lead characters: Michael, Franklin, and Trevor. This feature garnered a lot of intrigue from the fans and media outlets alike, as this type of approach was never taken in an open-world game of this scale before. Menu explaining Mental State to the player.GTA 5 was the first game in the franchise to offer 3 different main characters in the single-player campaign, and allow players to switch between the 3 characters at any point. The Mental State has 5 levels/bars just like skills with their own designation as listed below:Ġ-19%: Normal (White to Light pink player blip)Ģ0-39%: Unstable (Light pink to Pink player blip)Ĥ0-59%: Deranged (Pink to Light red player blip)Ħ0-79%: Maniac (Light red to Red player blip)Ĩ0-100%: Psychopath (Red to Blood-red player blip)ĭoing a series of jobs will lower the player's Mental State, which may be reset to 0 if it falls into the Normal range. The player receives more RP for killing players with redder blips. Killing a player with a white blip increases the player's mental state more than if the player kills a player with a red blip, however killing a full-red player will not increase the player's mental state. Certain actions will make the player blip redder depending on what the player is doing: for example, killing another player will redden the blip faster than if the player blows up a car or shoots down a pedestrian. Performing aggressive actions, such as killing other players or harming pedestrians, will cause the blip to transition from white to red. This feature takes note of how the player plays and shows it to the other players through the color of the player's blip. The Mental State is a feature that was added in The High Life Update DLC for Grand Theft Auto Online.
