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Prologue

Join Old Grumpy Gamer as he walks you through the opening mission in Grand Theft Auto 5 Prologue, taking you through the heist, shooting, cover usage, and escaping cops. Learn tips and catch hidden Easter eggs!
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GTA Prologue: Walkthrough and Easter Eggs

In this video, we will take you through the opening mission in Grand Theft Auto 5 Prologue, including the heist, shooting using cover, and escaping from the cops.

The Prologue is a great little idea by Rockstar, acting as both a tutorial for the basic mechanics of the game and giving you a risk-free way to try out different controls and tactics. For this exercise, we assume that you are new to the game.

We start in the lobby of the bank in North Yangton, nine years before the main story. As soon as Trevor kicks the door in, we have control over Michael. Move into the secure area and point your weapon at the security guards and clerks to get them to move. Pointing at their heads may or may not get them to move faster, but don’t pull the trigger or the scene will be reset. Next, look to the top left of your screen for some new prompts.

Use these to bring up your phone, enter the contact list, and detonate the charges. Head down the corridor to the left – you can safely run through this part of the level as you won’t encounter anyone. Your target is the pile of cash on the trolley in the back of the vault, but don’t forget to wander around and pick up some of the loose cash on the floor.

As you head out of the vault, Michael will be ambushed by a security guard. Unfortunately, there’s no way to avoid this. Take a look at the top left of your screen for the button prompt, switch to Trevor, and shoot the guard clean between the eyes – again, no way to avoid this.

Keep an eye on that top left again for the next set of button prompts. Run up, take cover somewhere far from the set of doors, then break cover using the same button you used to get into it. Head through the doors and over to the wall on the left. Once Brad and Michael are clear of the doors, grab some cover on the first post just to the left. Look at the top left again for instructions on aiming, then aim and shoot the cops and push in upper body shots and head shots. If someone is behind cover, you can shoot a foot or a hand, anything exposed that will drop them and expose them a bit more so you can get in a proper shot. It’s worth noting that if they go down without that little x showing up, they will get back up again, but you can shoot them when they’re down to finish them off.

Push forward as soon as practical and swap to Michael to finish off the remainder of this wave. As soon as you can, move out and take cover behind the car, don’t worry about collecting money or weapons from the bodies. Keep an eye on that top left corner again for instructions on sprinting, grab some cover behind the SUV, then start plugging the next wave again. Push forward as soon as practical onto the final wave, where there’s not much need for cover as Trevor has most of it in hand, then head over to the car.

After Michael takes out the cop car, look top left again for car controls. This section is really just to get a feel for driving, so you’re going to want to stay on the road. Veering off in any direction will reset this part of the mission. As you come to the roadblock, slow down, and hang a right. You cannot beat the train, so don’t worry about trying. Once everyone’s bailed out, they’ll start moving. Don’t skip this scene – it’s pivotal to later events.

After the second shot, you take control of Trevor. Duck behind the dumpster and start lighting everyone up. Watch your left flank too, there are a few cheeky boys who try to get the drop on you. Down doesn’t necessarily mean dead, so I like to drill a few extra rounds in when I can for good measure. Once you’ve taken out a few more locals, you’ll get pulled into a cutscene, and that’s the end of everything you can do. Don’t skip the cutscene again, important exposition.

Easter Eggs

The woman in the heist is Michael’s soon-to-be wife, Amanda. The shooter was FIB Agent Dave Norton, and Brad was most likely not Dave’s target.

What are your thoughts? Do you have any tips for other viewers or could this have been done differently? Leave your comments down below and check out the video on the left for a deep dive into Brad’s killing or the one on the right for the next mission where we meet Franklin and Lamar.

Stay safe, wash your hands, and we’ll see you in the next video.

In this video we’re walking through the opening mission in grand theft auto 5
prologue i’ll take you through the heist the
shooting using cover and escaping from the cops
Hi my name’s Dan and i’m an Old Grumpy Gamer
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gold in every damn mission in gta 5 as we look at the grand theft
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bell to stay up to date the prologue is a great little idea by
rockstar not only does it act as a tutorial for the basic mechanics of the
game but it gives you more or less a
risk-free way to try out different controls and tactics
for this exercise i’m going to assume you’re new to the game
we start in the lobby of the bank in north yangton nine years before the main
story and are thrown straight into the action
as soon as trevor kicks the door in we have control over michael
move into the secure area
and point your weapon at the security guards and the clerks to get them to
move pointing at their head may or may not
get them to move faster don’t pull the trigger though or the
scene will be reset next look to the top left of your screen
for some new prompts use these to bring up your phone enter
the contact list and detonate the charges
then head down to the corridor to the left typically i’m a slow and steady
kind of guy but you can safely run through this part
of the level you won’t encounter anyone your target is the pile of cash on the
trolley in the back of the vault but don’t forget to wander around and pick
up some of the loose cash on the floor as you head out of the vault michael
will be ambushed by a security guard unfortunately
there’s no way to avoid this take a look at the top left of your screen for the
button prompt switch to trevor
and shoot the guard clean between the eyes again no way to avoid this
keep an eye on that top left again for the next set of button prompts
so run up take cover somewhere far from the set of
doors then break cover using the same button
you used to get into it head through the doors and over to the
wall on the left
once brad and michael are clear of the doors grab some cover
on the first post just to the left look at the top left again for instructions
on aiming then aim and shoot the cops and push in
upper body shots and head shots are the way to go but if someone’s behind cover
you can shoot a foot or a hand or anything that’s exposed
and that will drop them and expose them a bit more so you can get in a proper
shot it’s worth noting that if they go down
without that little x showing up they will get back up again but you can shoot
them when they’re down to finish them off
all right push forward as soon as it’s practical and swap to michael
and finish off the remainder of this wave as soon as you can
move out and take cover behind the car don’t worry about collecting money or
weapons from the bodies keep an eye on that top left corner
again for instructions on sprinting grab some cover behind the suv then
start plugging the next wave again push forward as soon as practical
onto the final wave there’s not much need for cover here as trevor has most
of it in hand and finally head over to the car and
that takes us to the first cutscene we’ll just jump right to where we take
control next after michael takes out the cop car
look top left again for car controls this section
is really just to get a feel for driving you’re going to want to stay on the road
veering off in any direction we’ll reset this part of the mission
i know i tried a lot as you come to the roadblock slow down
and hang a right you cannot beat the train so don’t worry about trying
once everyone’s bailed out they’ll start moving don’t skip this scene
it’s pivotal to later events and after the second shot you take
control of trevor duck behind the dumpster and start
lighting everyone up watch your left flank too there are a
few cheeky boys who try to get the the drop on you again
down doesn’t necessarily mean dead so i like to drill a few extra rounds in when
i can for good measure and once you’ve taken
out a few more locals you’ll get pulled into a cutscene
and that’s the end of everything you can do but don’t
skip the cutscene again important exposition
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the latest in old grumpy gamer goodness thanks for
watching to the end here are a couple of easter eggs that you might have missed
the woman in the heist is michael’s soon-to-be wife
amanda the shooter was fib agent dave norton
and brad was most likely not dave’s target
so what are your thoughts do you have any tips for other viewers or
could this have been done differently leave your comments down below
and check out the video on the left for a deep dive into brad’s killing
or the one on the right for the next mission where we meet franklin and lamar
stay safe wash your hands and we’ll see you in the next video

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