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TRYING TO STAY ALIVE IN GTA V: CHAOS MOD PART I

I wouldn’t describe Grand Theft Auto V as a serious game, but it does take its silliness very seriously. Yes, it has absurd crime capers, ridiculous NPCs, and, of course, Trevor. But it’s also strict about the rules of its world. If you want to fly, for example, first you must get on a plane, while its missions are rigid in terms of what they allow and don’t allow the player to do. Go exactly here. Do exactly this. Under no circumstances stray from the objective.

I’ve often wondered what GTA would be like if it truly let its hair down, allowed its meticulously crafted simulation to run wild. Enter the Chaos Mod. Created by a modder known as pongo1231, this mod adds 250 random effects to the game that trigger at set intervals. Some of these effects are small, like adding a random weapon into your inventory. Others are… well, let’s not spoil the surprise, eh?

My plan is simple. Take . Take the . Then smash them together like a Ferrari crashing into a van full of clowns. I’m going to play the main campaign as you

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