User blog comment:Raziel Reaper/GTAWiki News: GTAV Makes $800 Million in Day One/@comment-3254365-20130920142123/@comment-5163932-20130920170002

Everyone is entitled to their opinions of course but I think Trevor is a brilliant character, his introduction sets his personality and character up nicely, he is a deranged sociopath (possibly a pyschopath) and an unrepentant villian, and he may be (so far as I seen, I haven't completed it yet) the most evil GTA protagonist yet, hell he is even a serial killer by proxy (Altruist cult) which is good because its about time we get to play as a straight-up, crystal clear true evil villian who is not merely a victim of circumstances or motivated by personal feelings like Niko, Tommy and Carl. Tommy would come close because of his temper and possibly Toni too, but Claude doesn't count because he is just simply  remorseless rather than sadistic or angry, basically a hitman but no less of bad ass.

I get that Johnny was a popular character (he was my favorite too out of GTA 4) and a bad ass to boot but by the time of GTA V, he is addicted to meth which has severely addled his mind and body. Don't forget gentlemen, protoganists are still humans and can still die i.e Victor Vance who was killed in a simple drug deal gone bad. By having a previous protagonist killed by another protagonist, rockstar are doing something new and setting up Trevor's character up clearly.