How Sonny Forelli Betrayed Tommy Vercetti , What Happened In 1971- GTA Vice City Lore Explained 

Hi everyone. I wanted to link Eduazy's channel. He restored the old Vice City Bureau of Investigation board that had Sonny Forelli's file that was taken down by Rockstar years ago. I found that picture of his file online and I felt bad that I did not credit the original site. Here is the site and his youtube channel. The image was at 27:50 VCPD Bureau Of Investigation Website:classicgtasites.com/vicecity/ Eduazy Channel:ru-vid.comfeatured

Tommy was loyal to the family. Sonny was very greedy and looked at Tommy as a tool. Truly a gta Vice City real lesson there: who is your real friends?

This made me realize how hilariously stupid Lance is. Thinking Sonny would appreciate him and treat him better than Tommy XD. Tommy was the best boss you could wish for but Lance thinks he‘s being treated unfairly despite all his screwups. He reminds me of Matthew Bevilaqua who was also the biggest joke of the Sopranos.

Always made my heart melt whenever Tommy told Earnest, "Don't you worry, pop, I'm not angry with you."

Tommy is one of the nicest boss one can ask for in GTA. He lets Lance get away for screwing up a lot and isn’t harsh when Lance complains or talks back. Tommy is like more of a coach to him. If Lance was working for someone like Sonny, Dimitri, Frank Tenpenny, Bulgarin, Haines, or Salvatore Leone he won’t last very long as those people won’t show mercy to him for messing up or even talking back.

Funny how the Forellis went from being the most powerful mob family in the city, to being a joke that borrows money from their rivals in just 15 years

Truly your explanation lore on why Sonny betrayed Tommy makes sense.

Note: Don't ever give your trust and money to the people like Sonny and Lance because people like them always waiting a right moment like a venomous snake to betray you and haunt you down

I always look forward to these lore videos. They're insightful

I can say that sonny killed himself by trying to aimbush Tommy,and that cost him the whole forelli family to fall down

Sonny and Lance after they kill Tommy: Sonny: Well done Lance! Lance: Thank you Sonny! You've done a great favour for me! That guy was an asshole!! Sonny: (Laughs creepily) Yeah sure! Can i ask you something Lance? Lance: Yeah. Sonny: So, you betrayed Tommy because he was treating you bad and didn't give you a "fair slice"? Lance: Yes! That guy was a straight asshole! He treated me worse than shit! Sonny: But he still let you to live, right? Lance: Yeah... Why? Sonny: (Laughs creepily again) Lance, tell me now, do you honestly think that i'm gonna give YOU a part of MY empire? Lance: Yeah... I mean... You're a good guy, aren't you? Definetly better than that asshole! Sonny: You should've thought harder, Lance! (Sonny's goons appear and shoot Lance 15 times in the back, chop his body into pieces, and sell the pieces in the Bitch'n Dog's food factory) Sonny: Ferawell, PEST! Hehehe! Well at least the dogs wouldn't be hungry! This is how i imagine things would have gone if Sonny and Lance had killed Tommy.

Sonny Forelli : Obviously you are suffering from hearing problems, so I'll try again. Sonny Forelli : Where's the goddamn money? Where's the goddamn stuff? And where's my cut of your new action? Sonny Forelli : You are making an idiot out of me, Tommy, and I'm not laughing yet.

The Harwood butcher incident should have been a prologue to Gta vice city but though it does add mystery to the incident similar to the black water heist in rdr2.

Summary: Sonny was too afraid of The prodigy Tommy over succeeding him in gang influence/power that he tried holding Tommy back from his potential.

34:50 Sonny was angry at Tommy for running errands for his relative Giorgio and not looking for the money. Giorgio got Ken to do that behind Sonny's back which angered Sonny hence the phone call. Also, Giorgio Forelli is the dark haired guy at Marco's Bistro in the first cutscene (see 24:20) who gives Ken's name to Sonny (at 24:38) (as he is Ken's client) and doesnt appear at the end in Keep Your Friends Close (unlike the blond guy who does appear with Sonny, at 38:57) because he is indebted to Tommy and Ken for helping him avoid prison. Giorgio and Sonny fell out because of Jury Fury. All evidence supports this.

Made men in mob families are also not allowed to cut and run to start their own empire or retire as they please without permission from their boss. I’m sure tommy knew this and saw sonny coming a mile away partly for that reason.

Sonny and Lance in Vice City, Big Smoke in San Andreas, Salvatore in GTAIII, and Dimitri in GTAIV. One common theme. Betrayal.

If Tommy was born in 1951, then by 2022, he is already aged 71.

Regarding why Tommy didn't just give Sonny the money and the drug back after taking over Diaz's empire: He can't. Literally. Up until that point he's only doing hits that pays a few hundred bucks to a thousand at most, and Diaz only has $50.000 in his safe when Tommy killed him. So technically, he did all of the "business expanding" in order to earn that 3m to give back to Sonny, but of course Sonny's impatience worked in Tommy's favor.

I always got the impression that Tommy wasn’t ambushed by Hitmen, but was sent to take out a rival gang member but given bad intelligence or that Sonny just outright tipped them off

Always felt sorry for Tommy and always saw his rage as justified, all his "friends" screwed him over. Also had his potential limited by these so called friends. He takes over an entire city and its criminal underworld after 15 years incarceration? He always should have been a boss, and he knows it, if only he trusted the right people, and his own value.

Manslaughter isn't exactly "killing someone but you didn't plan on doing it". If you kill your wife but it was because you had an argument that's considered second degree murder. A planned out murder is first degree. The main difference between the two typically is that second degree murder doesn't allow for the death penalty and you usually get life in prison. Manslaughter is more "you murdered someone but it was accidental." Like if you hit someone with your car and they die instantly that's considered manslaughter not murder. Murders are often pleaded down to manslaughter in court when you can't prove self defense but you also have evidence the person was fully willing to engage with the conflict and kill. Prosecutors will often also go for manslaughter instead of murder because the burden of proof for manslaughter is typically much lower. It usually results in a lesser sentence closer to 5 years in prison but people often get paroled out in 2-3 years.

I think when sonny sended Tommy to hardwood Tommy thought that maybe it's a drug dealer like you said professional but considering that hardwood is leone territory I think sonny told Tommy that he's killing someone form the leones.

I remember reading that according to a interview from one of the houses brothers, tommy and sunny were friends since they were children. So the fact that sunny ended up betraying tommy anyways says everything it must be said about him.

Lance was going to die anyway. Cause if Sonny managed to kill Tommy and take over Vice City, he would have had Lance killed like Salvatore had JD O’Toole killed.

You took 1 hour from me, Pro. And I’m gonna make you pay! Just kidding. An hour of informative and educational lore is worth to watch for an hour.

The horse was 100% Ralph’s. Ralph got some tips from Tony on racing the horse and started to tip him. Then Tony being the boss felt entitled to the most of the winning and the horse. Ralph making no money now couldn’t pay the vets when the horse got sick and Tony wasn’t going to pay for it so Ralph cashed out and went for the insurance money. Tony completely broke the omertà over a horse that wasn’t his and regrets it because construction never recovered for them

Calogero to Sonny: “Is it better to be loved or feared?” Tony Soprano was based on Vincent “Vinny Ocean” Palermo of the Decavalcante Crime Family in New Jersey. Also when Ralph killed Tracy it’s still code of conduct to kill civilians, the same thing happened when the Bath Ave boys killed a civilian… Sonny being greedy and power hungry is also probably a reference to Nicodemo “Little Nicky” Scarfo of the Philly mob, he was the decline of the Philly Mob! He started whacking people out of envy and gluttony; he was even jealous of the Young Executioners Crew leader Salvie Testa because he was nicknamed “The Crowned Prince of the Philadelphia Mob” after Scarfo ordered Salvie killed and after he was killed the Philly Mob went downhill. It’s funny because Salvie Testa was a loyal Capo and hitman to the Philadelphia Crime Family, it jus goes to show that loyalty sometimes means nothing in Organized Crime.

I always tought that Tommy, with his temper, ended up killing a made guy and either the Sindacos or the Sicilians cut out a deal with Sonny, Tommy's live in exchange of not waving an all out war.

RIP Ray Liotta (Tommy) and Tom Sizemore (Sonny). Their voice work made Vice City so awesome.

Almost one hour analysis video proves that Tommy Vercetti truly was one well-written character.

the amount of effort that goes into your videos is crazy keep your grind going great video

Great video. Also, as for the length of Tommy’s sentence, it was common in the 70’s-90’s to only have to serve a 1/3 to 1/2 what you’re sentence was. So if Tommy served 15 years, his sentence could’ve been anywhere from 30-45 years.

If your name is Sonny and you're in an open world crime drama game, chances are you aren't a good guy.

Hope if bully 2 release, Hopkins and every boss clique went to vice city for college. It would be cool if Hopkins meet tommy's son and work together to eradicate bullying.

I can't believe I never noticed the guy on the meat hook in the background of the opening scene until this video. I played VC all the way through 3 different times minus the hidden packages and stunt jumps. I got some of them but I never got all of them but I never noticed the guy on the hook back there. Good video as always professional. You really layed it out well and made a lot of things make a lot more sense to me. Well done man. 👏👏👏👏👏👍

I've been currently playing GTA Vice City (OG PS2) and after watching your playthrough of the "Devintive Edtion" it really makes me think more of the lore. It makes me fell more of Tommy's anger when you get to the mission "Cap The Collector" When Sonny at the end of the game says "Those `15 years where mine to spend!" That gets me P.O.'d, makes Tommy feel like a freaking slave. Great lore video Pro makes me care about Tommy Vercetti even more, even though he's a convicted psychotic killer and drug dealer.

0:44 GTA London characters are actually the oldest but yeah Tommy is the oldest from the 3D universe

It's good that Tommy vercetti finally got his revenge against sonny.

Proffesional, I absolutely enjoy the lore videos!

Anyday pro makes a lore video is a good day

Fun fact: Ray Liotta is the voice character of Tommy Vercetti

Thank you so much for going through all this stuff and helping us piece everything together. I never really understood the story to all this depth.

To be honest Pro, you put infinitely more thought into stuff like this than Rockstar ever did.

Vice City was my first GTA on PS2, looking forward to this lore video :D Playing it at age 12-13 so probably not paying attention to the story itself that much, it's always nice to get lore to understand things.

Me: "Why does this dude keep putting out videos that are so long?" TheProfessional: *digs around every nook and cranny, even outside the games for this intel, including things that helped inspire this series, as well as even citing his sources* Me: "Well shit, subscribed."

I would go further and say Sonny and Diaz were business partners. Here is my take on the real reason why Diaz set that meeting Tommy had with Vic up. You see Sonny as you know wanted to get into the drug business and here knows Vice City is a hub for the drug trade. Tommy is sent down there for that purpose but what if Sonny was already doing business with a drug baron like Diaz in the first place. Vic Vance was basically a rival Drug Lord of Diaz just like the Mendez brothers. Who already had history against the Forellis when he interfered in their murder plot against Phil Collins. Sonny already tried to kill Tommy once why not again by taking two birds with one stone. Only Sonny must not have told Diaz what Tommy looks like to prioritize his death in the hit since the assassins killed everyone but him. Sonny perhaps just tipped Diaz off someone important was meeting Vic and Diaz paranoid took the bait. This means Sonny wanted Tommy to die that day but he didn’t so pretended the whole time that just wanted his money back. Think about it how odd Sonny takes so long coming down to get the money owed from Tommy. In my eyes he was hoping Tommy would get so desperate he would make mistakes and get himself killed by the number of people he ended up making enemies like Diaz. I notice Sonny only really makes a move to finally come down and confront Tommy about the money when Diaz dies. He even references him when Tommy takes over his mansion. At first I thought Sonny was pissed that Tommy made name for himself doing that but then I remember. Diaz took the money of course that Tommy was going to give to Vic in exchange for cocaine. What if Diaz never had the chance to meet and give Sonny’s money back? After all not long after the meet Tommy comes in contact with Diaz through his connections Cortez. His dealings with Tommy derailed his dealings with Sonny. With his death later Sonny had to do something to get his money back and kill Tommy once and for all. Queue the ending of Vice City. P.S. This means Lance is really an idiot since he betrayed Tommy to work for the guy who orchestrated his brother’s death and was working with the man who put out the hit.

You actually should do a video on sopranos. I love your lore videos. You’re very knowledgeable and great at explaining things

i always thought that Sonny was also responsible in part of the ambush in the begining of the game. i always had the idea that Ricardo Diaz and Sonny had planned the ambush (don't know for sure what could Diaz gain from that, maybe Diaz take the cash and Sonny the drugs? or maybe forming like a partnership so Diaz can make more deals outside of the city?). when Sonny says "if it was anybody else you would be dead already" and "i'm gonna let you handle it", kinda gave the idea that he knew that Tommy would survive the ambush (probably even as part of the plan), kill diaz, take over his bussiness and. That way Sonny doesn´t really "lose" the deal, make Tommy feel responsible for the deal so he can make contacts and gain power in the effort of getting to the "responsible", and finally having an excuse to kill Tommy and at the same time get the empire Tommy was controlling.

This was a very good lore video. I think that what sets the line between Tommy and Sonny is that Tommy totally honors the Omerta, and that Tommy isn't as power hungry as Sonny, nor is he manipulative, he just strong arms people sometimes, but he doesn't lie or decieve. Tommy's problem was that he was short sighted, and eventually Earnest himself confirms that. Despite my misgivings on Tommy's character, such as his arrogance and power-dominating personality, he is a far better boss or friend than Sonny. I think that Lance was Tommy's friend, but eventually he lost his mind, and as a result of that became disillusioned with Tommy. Also I think the Forellis figured that Sonny's involvement in the Harwood massacre caused his death, and they probably knew of his part all along, especially his brothers, and very likely Marco, who was his underboss. But out of fear, or because of the fact that they are bound by blood and the Omerta, they never questioned him. Its like you said, if a boss has commited a questionable act, his men would chaiste him for it. and in Sonny's case, his vioalation of the Omerta and betraying Tommy once again by manpulating Lance as well, caused the Forellis' inaction and decline after his death - his legacy was totally tarnished because he broke the Omerta. Sonny is much more complex as an antagonist than initally precieved, but ya have to wonder whether Tommy felt a certain amount of guilt for their ruined friendship and his killing of Sonny.

You put so much time into making sense of this, Rockstar should hire you to create stories for some sequels.

50:19 - you make a very good point that if Lance had spoken to Sonny in that way, he would probably be dead within days, or even the same evening. I've never liked Lance Vance and I think it was from that phone call with Tommy that he decided to join forces with Sonny, or maybe he had already done so for a short time, in my opinion it's either one or the other. By the way, when you played that part, I didn't like the fact that you didn't say anything about that phone call and how Lance dared to talk to Tommy - I don't know how Tommy kept his cool and continued to treat Lance with respect, when Lance didn’t do that at all. He even went so far as to tell him that he could call him out for certain behaviours when he was acting badly - a Mafia boss never did and would never do that! That shows how much Tommy, despite being a criminal, has values and moral principles! And I totally agree that we really don't know what Lance wanted from Sonny when he decided to go into business with him to betray Tommy : if Sonny had killed Tommy during their confrontation at the end of the game, he would have immediately done the same with Lance - it's very silly to think that Sonny would have teamed up with Lance, that he would have shared his business with Lance lol. Sonny just used him, in my opinion, to get to and confront Tommy. Lance is so stupid and obnoxious, I hate him so much. I look forward to your other lore videos, Pro! I hope you haven't forgotten the ones on GTA 4 and GTA 3! Keep up the good work!

I would love to see him playing a underated game called Beatdown: fists of revenge or least talking, every game looks so much cooler when he talks about the lore

Tommy's reason for the stay in prison sounds like 1960's mafia story I heard about my one friend's dead grandfather especially if you remember that he had the gun nicknamed The Chicago Typewriter and that number kinda makes since difference between the stories he died in prison didn't get out

I think Sonny Forelli had the whole thing planned out perfectly. He probably secretly cut a deal with Diaz to where if the deal went down as intended, Forelli would be in a very strong position but if Diaz sabotaged the deal, Forelli would presumably be rid of Tommy and still gotten a cut of the action. Note when Tommy calls Sonny after getting back from the deal, Sonny has a lot of money and coke on the table already. He kept the pressure on Tommy because he got greedy, wanting to get more power in Vice City and still get rid of Tommy, and that ultimately backfired on him.

Tommy Vercetti? Shit, I didn't think they'd ever let him out!

The irony is that if Sonny wasn’t such a power hungry “wise guy”. Tommy Vercetti would’ve been the perfect man for the “southern expansion” of the Forelli family. In the end the Forellis lost everything due to an incompetent leader. I think Forellis are still around by GTA IV but only as the shell it once was.

While I agree with the second factor, I think a more probable thing of why tommy would work with sonny is because as just one man, he cannot possibly take out his empire. For this, he needs money and strength. Although the omerta exists, Sonny did technically break it too, tommy also would have had ample time to understand the entirety of the situation in prison. I think he would want to gain the money that sonny was giving him in the first cutscene. He would be better off with some time on his hands, to plan and strategize and get away from the situation. Which he gets in Vice city, the deal going down 'was an unfortunate set of circumstances' but it helped tommy to complete the picture. Hence, he could then stall Sonny enough to build reputation and power until he could 'piss him off before he killed him'

The voice actor who voice as Sonny Forelli in gta has died last year.

You really do put a lot of work into these lore videos. I really enjoy them, and I can't wait to see more.

0:44 If you mean oldest by chronological date of birth then all the protagonists from Gta London are definitely older than Tommy, but if you are not counting the 2D games then yeah, Tommy is the oldest by chronological date of birth. But as far as playable oldest character goes, that's Michael. He was 48 when we played as him in 2013.

Just crazy to think about how the Forelli family was one of the strongest in the 70s and 80s to one of the weakest by the time GTA III came around

the oldest character in GTA Would be Jon Gravelli (1923) Uncle Leone (1926) Salvatore Leone & Avery Carrington (1935) in terms of protagonist yea i think you're right Tommy Vercetti (1951) is the oldest GTA Protagonist 2 years older than Milica Bellic (1953) Jimmy pegorino (1957)

Also Professional I just wanted to mention this but Maria wasent part of the fact that Salvatore Being Paranoid because in the mission Chaperone Salvatore saw that Maria did actually like Claude so I don't think that Maria was part of Salvatores being Paranoid the only thing that made Salvatore Paranoid was the Triads and CJ

When Sonny says "They'll remember soon enough when they see him walking the street," I interpret that as Tommy has a well-known reputation as a murderer in the area, and it would cause the locals to panic to see him walking free.

moral lesson of GTA VC is the final mission title "keep your friends close and enemies closer"

Best lore video. The more I looked up at lore videos the more I understand about characters back story and what they do and how the plot of stories happened for a reason. Loving what you doing Professional. Keep it up. 😁

I've said this before, and I'll say it again, I doubt Tommy was just a soldier if Sonny was really worried about Tommy getting too powerful and potentially taking over. He'd probably at least be a capo.

Tommy getting in Sonny's face and telling him "I just wanted to piss you off before I kill you" is one of the coldest lines in GTA history imo

Sonny being hungry for power is that same attitude what made the Forellis the most powerful family within Liberty City. The other members of the Forelli family probably did not have that attitude and which made them less powerful.

If R* gives us a glimpse of Tommy in GTA 6 it would be insane.

GTA SA the Introduction being missing from the Definitive edition makes sense since it was released after the vanilla game and contains some retcons for some plot holes in GTA SA's story. Like it explains why Ryder chooses to betray Grove Street. It's widely believed that the reason why he does in GTA SA is either due to development constraints or the voice actor leaving (however the VA has disputed this upon being asked, he stated they didn't ask him to do any more voice acting). The Introduction was also not an in-engine cutscene like all of GTA SA's were, it was just a pre-rendered video. And it's presumed Rockstar never kept the development files for it. So it would've been impossible to update its graphics unless they remade it from scratch. And it's largely unnecessary since it mostly just adds context behind some of the characters like why Ken Rosenberg is in San Andreas to begin with or why CJ's mom is killed by the Green Sabre.

Great video as always! Imagine if they made a GTA Vice City where you see what happens in between the missions where Tommy has to earn Rivardo Fiaz’s gang trust

Thank you for the video your only one that fully explained this story in depth.

Would've been MASSIVELY INTERESTING if Sonny never tried to betray Tommy, and at one point in the future Claude joins the Leone's. Since Joey was getting the forellis killed (what was left of them) it would've started a war. Who knows we would've got an epic "Harwood butcher" vs "Silent cold unstoppable killer" . Boy, that'd be legendary

I want to say one thing about Vice City. Many years ago, when I tried playing Vice City the first time, I thought that it was a kind of a generic mafia game. Since I barely knew any English back then, I had to assume what happened during the cutscenes. So, when I saw the first cutscenes about Tommy's drug deal getting failed by the unexpected ambush and then the phone call between Tommy and Sonny Forelli, I thought that Sonny organized both the drug deal AND the ambush (because I saw the drug packets on Sonny's table and I simply imagined the rest), as if Sonny, pretending to be surprised and angry about the ambush, wanted to extort Tommy more profit. I know what actually happens in the entire story nowadays, but back then I did not really know how the mafia works and the full context of each event in the game.

Thanks for another great breakdown. Vice city was my favorite ps2 GTA (besides San Andreas). Being from the West Coast, there's something special about the Mafia + Miami imo

Something that should also be pointed out is that Sonny never met Tommy in person immediately after his release (the phone conversation proves this), further proving your points. Great video, looking forward to the next lore vids.

If Tommy called Sonny after overthrowing Diaz, Sonny would probably try to kill him.

My favourite lore video as of yet. Really excited for the character analysis on Claude that's coming up.

Absolutely love your lore videos.😍❤️

I am not sure if anyone mentioned this already, but there is a brief "blink and you will miss" moment in the cutscene "An Old Friend", the one where Sonny blows up at Tommy over the botched deal. Pay attention to Sonny's desk as the cutscene begins, as you can see an open suitcase, as well as bags of drugs and wads of cash on said desk. The cash and drugs may have been the same ones involved in the ambush where Vic Vance and two of the Forelli made men were rubbed out, and the reason Sonny has the items is cause HE was behind the ambush, not Diaz as originally suspected. Remember, even though the Colonel and Lance believed Diaz was responsible, there was no outright confirmation within the game itself. As for why Sonny blew up at Tommy over the botched deal (when he already had the cash and drugs with him), you have to remember that Sonny is not only greedy, but also a schemer. Whether Tommy survives the ambush or not, he benefits. If Tommy is dead, Sonny is rid of a rival. However, if Tommy survives, Sonny can use it as a reason to manipulate the loyal Tommy into recovering his goods (which again, he had them on his freaking desk), set the Forelli businesses up down South, and then rub Tommy out once the job is complete. What Sonny did not count on was Tommy smartening up to Sonny's schemes (and subsequent betrayal), and Sonny paid the ultimate price as a result.

I really love your lore videos they're very interesting

Been waiting for this, Pro. Thank you!

I always thought GTA 6 could be set in 1971 Liberty City so we can get more insight into the events that led to Vice City

I used to love that line that sonny said "THAT WAS MY MONEY TOMMY MY MONEY" 😂😂

loved this lore video Tommy was Loyal and a good friend while sonny was a bad friend greedy u name it got what he deseved like the lesson here to who your reals friends

Yes!! Never played the 3D games so these lore videos help me understand the 3D universe fully. At least until I find a way to play the original games. At first I was interested in the "Defective Edition" but we all know how that release went.

The Cubans are also helping Tommy in the Print Works You can see one Cuban gangster in Cap The Collector

This was beautiful. If GTA Games are done with the right graphics and proper stories they are a banger. When you go this deep on story you realize how beautiful it is.

Fun fact: Tommy is the 2nd oldest protagonist in the gta franchise, 1st place goes to Victor Vance from Vice City Stories

In Other GTA Games: Antagonists or Best Friends betray Protagonists In GTA 5: Protagonist lies to another Protagonist, another Protagonist tries to take revenge, later forgives him Then another another Protagonist can choose to betray another Protagonist with the help of the Protagonist

Such a great video!! Love the lore videos keep it up!

I like those in-depth videos, about what's going behind the scenes propably. Especially when you add some trivia, from TV series, films, other games.

I never noticed in the scene at 10:58 there is a human corpse in the meat locker behind sonny.

Fear last longer than love, i remember when sonny from bronx tale says that when he gets asked if he'd rather be feared or loved ahaha

I believe Tommy had enough of Sonny and the Family before the events of the game. When Tommy went away for fifteen years, he must have heard from other mafia criminals in prison that the hit was was orchestrated by Sonny and he knew who was going to be there. Tommy would eventually learn that Sonny wanted him dead because he was jealous of Tommy's growing influence in the Family. Yet, Sonny couldn't directly kill Tommy because that will be against the Mafia code. Once Tommy became a powerful player in Vice City, who became more powerful than any Mafia organization or gang. He didn't have to answer to Sonny or his former family.

Hey, Professional! Have you heard about a mod called Forelli Redemption? It's a mod for GTA 3 and it was released in last year October. You play as Giovanni Forelli, Sonny Forelli's fictive/non-canon son and the story runs in parallel with GTA 3's storyline. Basically, at the beggining, we'll see how the Forelli's struggle and how they making desparate deals with other gangs, but after Claude kills Salvatore, Giovanni grabs this opportunity and starts to rebuild the family (by wiping out the Leones and other gangs of course...). Personally, it was a fun mod to play, but I don't think that by the time of GTA 3, the Forelli's would have any chance for a recovery, so for me, this mod has no legitimacy. I also didn't like how the mod treated characters like Claude and King Courtney. What do you think? Will you give the mod a shot?

I’ve always thought that Sonny was the one who robbed the drug deal so he can get both the money and drugs that you see him sitting with after the bad deal while on the phone with Tommy... Idk but I’ve always thought he robbed the deal and thought he could still shake down Tommy for more money while in Vice, and making a nice come up after robbing the deal. Great video tho man! Always good shit bro

Every lore video is a treat!