Why Does Dimitri Betray Niko?, The Real Reason- GTA 4 Lore And Character Analysis
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- Me doing my character analysis on Dimitri Rascalov and explaining exactly why he betrayed Niko and why he wants him dead so badly.
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"What was in Dimitri's head?"
In the beginning? Selfish desires. In the end? A bullet.
as he deserves
At the end? RPG.
Goodnight Dimitri
Hahaha
And in the legs too
The guy who seemed unstabled and did lots of drugs and treated his wife badly was a better person then the guy who seemed stabled. Dmitri should have played by the rules when he betrayed Niko.
Better?
Sometimes, the quiet ones are the most dangerous
Look at Aizen Sosuke from Bleach, a literal eldritch horror hiding beneath that humble facade
@@hybridShinx pavels shirt says something along those lines in Russian in gta online , it’s probably referencing the online character and how they never talk
He wasn't a better person than Dimitri he was deranged and out of control. Dimitri wanted part of an organized organization. As far as betraying Niko go. I don't think he initially knew about Niko ties to Burgarin, most likely he mentioned knew a an eastern European guy that gets shit done and could be an asset to them and from there Ray found out it as Niko.
Whose rules?
I notice in the revenge ending Dimitri wasn’t prepared or expected Niko to come to the Platypus. Once he sees that Niko eliminates all his men, he first tries to threaten Niko but at this point Niko doesn’t care or isn’t afraid of him. It’s not surprising that he got desperate and begs for mercy when he realizes that Niko can’t be negotiated or intimated by his connections. Dimitri and Devin Weston are similar is that they both like to use people for their dirty work and think they are untouchable. Once they are in a situation where they are cornered and powerless by someone who can’t be bought or negotiated, they go down like cowards.
And there’s a difference. Dimitri would be in a boss fight against Niko. While Trevor only knocked Devin Weston’s head and he’s out cold and in the black car trunk until Trevor reunites with Franklin and Michael at the pacific coast highway during sunset.
Wakes up and hears about Michael gloating of his rich man’s actions and the fact that he gets stuck in the trunk and they move the car blowing it up unknowingly. Happy ending. While Dimitri ends up cowering when he’s bleeding out and pleading Niko to not kill him and Niko just doesn’t care and kills him and does it in a way that he suffers way more than Devin. And also of course because Dimitri made a deal with Jimmy Pegorino to split the heroin money and help Jimmy elevate his Alderney glorified crew to the mafia family status. Before his death by the hands of Niko in the Platypus ship. The ship Niko came to Liberty City in. But instead he’s only reduced to a wannabe gangster who acts like he’s only acting like a movie monster instead of being a real serious monster boss. And accidentally kills Nikos girlfriend Kate. So even though Niko killed Dimitri, his dead influence created a consequence for Niko.
@@CevicheGato I know Trevor wont really care about Dimitri and Devin as enemies. One of the reasons why they were such a threat to Niko and Micheal De Santa is that both have levers that can be pulled on such as their families. Devin and Dimitri won't hesitate to use their families as leverage. Micheal was scared of Martin once Trevor pissed him off for this reason. Niko was worried more about Roman's safety since Niko's enemies can use that against him.
Begging for mercy doesn't make you coward. Leave your toxic male mindset. It isn't good for you.
It only shows that Dimitri is a coward. Reminds me Gryff Whitehill. He was also a psychopath who would betray people but when he is defeated. He literally cries before his death. People like them loves to prove everyone that they are tough and evil but in reality they are cowards.
That's how these kinds of guys are. They have no actual power, they rely on using others.
Dimitri’s death leading to Jimmy killing Kate shows that Dimitri is still a powerful and influential antagonist even after death.
Unluckily for Kate, Jimmy Pegorino had stormtrooper aim.
@@jasondyrkacz8270 "let's go now! I should have shot someone atleast"
@@jasondyrkacz8270 And Undertaker No Sold It Jimmy Pegorino: Are You Fucking Kidding Me? Undertaker Survived? Niko Bellic: Well That Was Pretty Obvious Luis Lopez: Yeah He's An Beast
@@futuregohan4837 r/ihadastroke
And in the Deal ending, he kills Roman basically getting what he wanted and making Niko suffer long after he's dead. Of course that also happens with Kate's death, but Roman's death was far more gut wrenching and personal.
lets have a moment to appreciate Dimitri's fantastic voice acting
@SAUCE GOD tenpenny was great too
@@Brandon0406 of course a mark has to mention SA
And he's the only Russian character that's actually Russian (judging by the pure Russian lines he says)
@@Brandon0406 no shit it's Samuel Jackson
@@ik2254 nah he’a good at playing the accent but not the Russian whatsoever. Especially when he said “Героин” in fact some of the pedestrians clearly are voiced by Russian voice actors
This game's story is something else. Still unbeaten.
I think it's the best in the whole gta series. Tlatd and bogt were great because it showed the story from different angles. Very complex but amazingly good.
i couldnt get to enjoy it much tho.... hey niko lets go bowling... FUCK YOU ROMAN!!!!
In my opinion, it's a close second behind GTA San Andreas. Here's my list of the GTA games with the best stories:
-San Andreas
-IV
-Vice City
-Vice City Stories
-III
-Liberty City Stories
-V
-Chinatown Wars
-Online
@Justin WZRD plus the DLC it add so much to gta 4 as a whole the best story out of all the gta
@@HonklerUnitedInc just hang up the phone and don’t answer it.
it's simple...
1. Niko has no value for Dimitri (after he used him to kill Fuastin)
2. Dimitri needs to play nice with Bulgarin since Bulgarin do have a lot a business value (they both took part in the big Heroin deal at the end of the story, TBoGT ending show it clearly)
This would also explain why he tries to impress Bulgarin by being more proactive in killing Niko.
3. at some point Dimitri just have to tie the loose end (which is Niko) from fear of Niko hunting him down (Dimitri had no way of Knowing/trusting that Niko will let him live after trying to kill Niko several times burning down Roman's house and cab depot, kidnapping Roman and more)
ALSO... who TF thought that he just goes crazy 03:14 ???? if you call Dimitri on the way to Bohan (Final Destination) Niko will ask Dimitri if he should kill Petrovic's son, and Dimitri doesn't stop him... Dimitri clearly already planned to kill Faustin and make Niko the fall guy.
oh hey there
Your videos are the best
Really felt bad for Fuastin
Well said
@@mithaangelia61 his poor wife was made a widow
The most remarkable thing about Dimitri isn't that he tricked and betrayed Niko several times, but he also tricked The Player; me, and thousands of others more
For real, as a kid, playing for the first time, Faustin looked like the Psycho, and Dimitri is the normal person. He could be your teacher, your relative, your friend. Made it all the more gut wrenching afterwards. I had not a clue that I was going after the wrong guy.
Yeah, it's almost like he suddenly becomes a completely different character when the plot needs him to or something.
The first time I played the game. I thought Faustin was just a drunk angry Russian mobster who stood by his values and was loyal. Dimitri gave me the impression that he was a slimeball who was only using Faustin for his own personal gain. He sort of out grew him. If I was Niko I would've gone after Dimitri the moment he wanted me to go after Faustin. Same with Jimmy Pegorino after he called me an stupid immigrant and tried to force Niko to work for him. I personally would've shot him half way through the cutscene.
I felt that something is wrong with him because I was dealing with people like him before. Feminime intuition.
@@mehmeh1999 I always liked Faustin lol
Man, I know that Faustin was a wife abusing, faithless and psycho douchebag, but he's one of Niko's few bosses that truly was loyal to him and respected his work, not to mention that he wasn't even planning to have Niko killed like Dimitri said.
Another thing that made Dimitri one of the best antagonists in the series is because he's realistic and not exaggerated like the typical Hollywood bad guys, in a way that someone like him can exist in real life. Deceiving, friendly at first, calm and in the end, turns out to be a venomous snake with a burning grudge for his ex friend that he used and to completely ruin their life no matter what.
This is why I always spare Francis. He never backstabs Niko and really seems to respect him and helps him out quite a lot.
@@edwardmerriam6970 Francis is also a close to psychopath personality with a god complex and neurotic, hysterical issuses, even though he is not as bad as Dimitri. He claims he does everything for the greater good, but in reality he just hires Niko to kill people who could blow his cover. No wonder they are friends with Manny Escuela, both of them are hypocrite in the same way.
I don't think he respects Niko, he talks down to him everytime. Just watch the cutscene of 'Lure' mission, where he get a hysterics attack and acted totally like an @sshole. This cutscene is the reason why I prefer to kill Francis instead of Derrick. And he helped Niko in exchange for his silence about Derrick's death.
But Derrick is also a bad person, he ratted out his friends and then made Niko kill them. It is really a hard decision who to kill in this mission, probably the hardest decision in the game.
@@matepusztai5713 I respect ur opinion but the reason I save Francis, is the most obvious, the other guy ( I forgot his name ) can literally betray u and blow ur identify.
Can you blame Dimitri for wanting Niko dead at the start ? Niko killed Vlad.
@@user-vh2pb7qx6b I understand what you mean, but you mustn't forget that Dimitri is doing this for his own benefit, he has a goal that concerns him alone, he doesn't care about the rest.
Video recommendation: why Little Jacob is definitely Niko's best friend, over Brucie, Packie, and Dwayne
Niko sometimes get really tired of Dwayne and Brucie and they play a smaller role, they are definitely not as close friends as Jacob. Packie is maybe the second best friend of him, but they don't have a real strong basis for the friendship and they lost the contact after the events of the game. That's my opinion, but I would also like to see a lore video about it from Professional :-)
Jacob is Niko's best friend an ting'
@SAUCE GOD I love Jacob, can’t understand shit from him, but that’s why I like him,
@@brixfrancis1234 one love me breda
I've always felt ittle Jacob was the dopest supporting character
Dimitri was one of the best twist villains in GTA history tbh.
He's so manipulative. He shows himself as an alright guy at first... then he just... sells Niko out.
Man, GTA 4 was realistic and felt like a crime boss movie.
I wonder if theres a high chance Dimitri would be a child predator because he exibits the same mentality that Child Predators do.
What was so trusting about him? He was bad from the start. I knew that he can't be trusted.
@@icyxiu must be able to sniff out rats well then
Agreed. I had no idea he would become the main villain at first. I just assumed he was another one of Faustin’s goons and I thought Faustian was going to shoot him like he did with the other guy.
@@icyxi I dont think he was really a trusting character but he showed himself as the more level headed of Faustin's organization. I think Rockstar intentionally made Dimitri seem more rational compared to Faustin so that the player and by extension Niko would feel Dimitri was working with in good faith and Faustin was just insane. Faustin was right though if you listen to him before his execution. Dimitri is consumed by greed and a lust for power. He is not the same man Faustin came to America with. I think more than anything Dimitri is an opportunist. He saw the chance to completely usurp Faustin and his organization and become the man at the helm of the Russian mob in Liberty City and he took it. The definition of a snake in the grass. Just waiting for the right time to strike.
I'm not sure if anyone else has pointed it out but while playing I actually found something that is a clever clue to Dimitri's betrayal of Faustin (and by extension his real role.)
So, we know that when you aim your weapon at an enemy, the life bars in the circle are red. And for pedestrians or friends, they are green. Well in the mission where you kill Faustin, there is something interesting when you get to the execution. When you aim your reticle on him, the outer circle is blinking red, indicating you can perform an execution. But unlike other executable characters, the life bars inside the circle are GREEN. Very weird that they are green when this is supposed to be a dangerous and powerful enemy we are killing. But the green is actually the last hint you get to Dimitri's betrayal of Faustin, indicating that he is actually innocent / not an enemy in this situation. This is then immediately followed by his betrayal of you. When I saw this little detail I was fascinated and just had to tell someone. The attention to detail in this game is insane.
wow
never noticed
When this game used to be story telling and dark and actually detailed and not flying bikes and money simulator🙁
I think all the games have been about story telling and quality of life details. It's just after the story and everything else is done, it's just crappy online modes and greedy corps in suits finding new tactics to monetize us gamers. Most of us gamers who don't care for the wacky stuff, check out after that
@@JoshSTATiX I agree,but I was saying this as an exception,because Rockstar clearly focused on crime and dark underworld,detailed characters,phone calls,likes,dislikes etc,all of that makes GTA 4 just unique because it fills the game with character alivness and it makes story connected and detailed,and online had some story,not jos being thrown in as a online where you can do Doomsday heist where you ,,save the world" in a GTA?It feels like Call of Duty or Fallout or Cyberpunk.
So true 💯
@@mr-atlantisyt1379 with me or with us both?😂
@@akibro113 dude GTA IV was definitely a way ahead of it's time in the 360/PS3 era. Every once in awhile I'll look at a video called Why GTA IV is better than V, and you'll see a lot of stuff on how cops behave, how the physics work and everything. I feel you!
The amount of research into the definition of psychopath and their actual traits vs the Hollywood version is amazing, thanks the professional
@@drdre3092 ur back huh 🙄
I guess you could say he is very professional. As CJ would say: No Shit!
@@drdre3092
Mate, I'm not doing that unless you tell me the content of the video first. I'd rather be rick-rolled than to hit the dislike button on a random video I have no business with.
@@genmeriphoton7655 it’s not a great video but it’s not offensive or anything it’s just a video showing a new car on gta online or something
@@drewidlifestyle7883
I see. Thanks for telling me.
I don't know why the dude decided to tell everyone to dislike the video, to be honest.
I wish both Dimitri and Big Smoke had more time as antagonists, especially Dimitri. Introducing a pure, high level psychopath in a generally cartoony/exaggerated world like GTA is fascinating.
Personally think gta 4 was very grounded and gritty which I really liked,Gta 5 was the whacky one
Agreed. Like big smoke taunting cj through phone calls after the events of the green sabre would be great
@@99mrpogi Well, he does lie when he is on the public radio station, where he says he wants to stop drugs on the street despite him being a major drug lord
@@Justwatching-yc1sg I always thought the best ending for GTA five to be a director of a movie saying "that's a wrap" and revealing everyone is an actor, that it's a movie.
@@broden4838 it’s b/c he knew if he openly confessed to selling drugs. Tenpenny could possibly have him killed or locked up in case he decided to rat out Tenpenny and Pulaski.
Dimitri says he laughed when he heard Roman died as Niko chases him in the deal ending. Definitely a psychopath
Man fuck Dimitri then why did he took care of him when he was shot in the stomach
@@cirosflyingpizzahernandez8137 He could have been lying just liked he like said he wanted Niko alive, but it was actually Faustin who spared Niko. Also in The Deal Ending Phil say's he has meet Dimitri and there was something cold about him,not right about Dimitri. He is a manipulator and one of the evilest Gta character's.
Dimitri is the best villain in all of GTA. He has a good backstory, his betrayal is good, his death is amazing (both ways) and he has his ways of trying to kill Niko and his friends and family
@@drdre3092 Bruh shut up
San Andreas is better. Dimitri is simply a snake within a huge pile of snakes. Nothing special. Liberty City is tedious and sucks.
Tenpenny, Polaski, Smoke
Sonny Forrelli, Diaz
Martinez, Mendez brothers
Ray Bulgarin, Billy Gray
Rocco Pelosi, Devin Weston, Steve Haines
Catalina
@@element021993 classic San Andreas fanboy
He's plan dosen't make sense at all. First of all he is a calm guy who is being thankful to Niko for killing Mr Faustin. He had to tell Niko to kill him because he is a psycho who can't stop killing his betrayal makes no sense.
How about Johnny Klebittz analysis?
This is arguably one of the most tragic character in the whole GTA series. Always torn apart by his sick moral code, loyalty to the MC he can't save despite doing his best, being manipulated, bullying by Billy and constantly pushing away true feelings for woman, which does not deserve his affection at the first place.
That's definitely a story worth to sink your teeth in.
He did say that there's more lore videos coming, I feel a Johnny Klebitz video is definitely there on his to-do list.
Not to mention Johnny suffered an awful fate, as did the rest of his gang.
then trevor screwed his gf, murdered him in cold blood. and Annihilated the lost MC.
Johnny is a good one,
still, any good character analyses from Ballad of Gay Tony?
Heeeeeey... I just realized how very similar TLaD is to RDR2.
Both are about a gang stuck in tradition and codes that the modern world no longer tollerates. Johnny and Arthur are both second in command to a charismatic but very unstable leaders. They both value their gangs as family. And they both are forced to turn on their leaders when they see how they'll never change and will only ruin their own family, despite their family already being broken by the recklessness pf the leaders' choices. AND Brian Jeremy is a more weasely version of Micah, playing class pet to the leader while antagonizing their respective rivals.
I can't believe I didn't notice this sooner.
The reason why Dimitri is such a great antagonist is because of how realism behind his character, shit like this can happen in the real world and that's a scary thought to have in the back in your mind there someone in your social group that pretends to care for you but when your use is done they'll stab you in the back or watch you suffer in their gratification what's even scarier is never knowing who was the one who betrayed you.
Why don’t you have a seat right over there?
Im pretty sure Dimitri definetly would be a child predator
Fortunately for me I have good instict and I can see betrayal in people.
@@icyxi the problem with betrayal is you never know who it is. “You need to trust someone to be betrayed, I never did” Captain price.
@@JC-xz2gv That's the thing. I trust no one.
the way the saying goes: Psychopaths are born, sociopaths are made.
I completely agree
It low-key annoys me how it took so long for GTA IV to be appreciated, the more mature, realistic and grounded story is very well done.
Dmitri and his suit, skinny frame, civilised, rational, 4 eyed appearance makes it harder to detect malice and threat, especially compared to stereotypical/ traditional ideas of a career criminal, but this is exactly how psychopaths thrive; disguises. I never appreciated how much of an antagonist he was playing GTA IV the first time.
Dimitri, Lance and Big smoke are the most dangerous, yet least suspecting villains in the series.
@@dtxspeaks268 I wouldn't say lance is dangerous. Just naive and stupid
GTA IV is still pretty underrated.
@X_Milky nah ain't no way you said it's underappreciated next to GTA 5. All the fanbase likes to do is shit on 5
*Huh? This is one of the best sold games ever.if you legit think this game is underrated, you're a normies who never played many games......*
Dimitri is an opportunist, manipulator, greedy, which makes him downright dangerous. If he thinks betraying you will help him get ahead in the game, he will do it. Such people like him exist in real life unfortunately. They are not to be trusted.
You know, I wonder which known people in real life are like him
it is wrong to assume that the most dominant businesses and corporations in the world are run by people like Dimitri?
@@paragonyoshi4237 yepp like some resturaunts and businesses will charge you the customer more and use excuses like just trying to pay our workers more so they can pay their hard workers more instead of just using the money they have
Homelander from the boys is if Dimitri had supermans abilities
People like Dimitri rule the world right now, you can't reach such position of power being empathic and understanding.
1:02:56 Dimitri: *dies*
TH-cam subtitles: [Music]
Me: yep, bullets killing Dimitri sounds amazing.
I use the RPG to get to the cut scene and then punch or stab Dimitri to death.
What a shame that Dan Houser left, no way we're getting characters like these in future games.
And Lazlow as well. He’s the reason why the GTA worlds felt so alive.
@bill-nye no shit, Sherlock. What's your point? Chief writers don't matter? It's a mere coincidence what the previous GTAs were great story-wise and Dan Houser just happened to work there at the time?
@bill-nye Wow, educated on logical fallacies, are we? Yes, I think that Dan Houser's work doesn't merely correlate to GTA's top notch stories and characters, I think that as a chief writer, he was directly responsible for getting all the writing together and making a great story, even if he didn't write every single line himself. You think what it all just magically happened and will continue to happen without him, be my guest. And I'm not going to argue whether or not "three guys leaving ain't gonna permanently fundamentally change everything", whatever the hell that means. Calling it a "point" is giving it WAY too much credit.
Dimitri didn't have the tatoo in his palms, only Faustin had that. Maybe that's also a sign.
Also in the cutscene of 'No love Lost' Faustin was looking for Dimitri, but the guard said Dimitri is out and busy with something. I believe he had a meeting with Bulgarin or Petrovic behind Faustin's back and they planned Faustin's murder and the takeover of his business.
I believe I saw tattoo on Dmitri's palm.
No, he was also negotiating with Bulgarian at that point since the diamonds were confirmed in LC and near enough every gangster wanted the slice
That same guard (Sergai) that told him he was doing something was the same guy who kills Roman if Niko picks the Money
Didn't Dimitri have a tattoo on his neck, or am I crazy?
@SAUCE GOD That would have been fantastic.
Even better would have been Niko cutting Dimitri's eyes out, then shoots him in the head.
I wish Niko kept his promise he made to Dimitri after he left him that voice mail on his way to rescue Roman. I get it would have been graphic but I would have loved to see Dimitris face over a mantle in the Alderney or Bohan safehouse in both endings w/ a knife stuck in place in his head.
Me too it would’ve been incredible
That’s terrifying
@@NikitaFlex0 getting chopped up by a helicopter and being turned into ground beef by a combine harvester isn't terrifying? Lol.
@@NikitaFlex0 wuss
that would of been amazing to see but way too graphical for a game
Characters like Dimitri are what made GTA IV's story the best out of any Grand Theft Auto game, in my opinion. The depth and personality they gave each character is just mind blowing. Truly, a piece of art.
I think Faustian saying, “I can see through you” is telling you because Faustian can see his death coming, but loves Dimitri and doesn’t think it through for more than a second.
Ah yes the long lore videos with full detail made by THE PROFESSIONAL the time i waited was worth it
@@drdre3092 Nah
I liked the Dutch analysis now to check this one out
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I love these videos by the professional
They're all good but I dislike how long they are
difference between sociopath and psychopaths
sociopaths: shows that they don't care
psychopath: pretends to care
Sociopaths: say the truth and do what they say
Psycopaths: betray and lie to everyone
Sociopaths: Care about people, are honest and loyal.
Psychopaths: Don't care about people, can enjoy people's sufferage, lie to them and betray em.
@@MariusBoss11458 IDK man I wouldn't paint sociopaths as honest, caring, loyal people....
True
That's why we say some
There are only 3x times Dimitri takes pleasure in Niko's suffering: when Dimitri betrays Niko; when Dimitri abducts Roman; when Dimitri blackmails Florian. The "deal" never happens. Niko is too much set in a moral code and in love with Kate to sell himself out for "money" and lose her (and he loses her anyway to the Pegorinos but that's not his fault) and is itching to kill Dimitri for his own satisfaction, his loved ones' safety, and self-preservation. The long-overdue revenge happens on the ship. Roman's LifeInVader is still active in 2013.
Claude would be more of a psychopath than Trevor by definition. He betrayed Asuka and killed her brother Kenji which she never knew and he pretended to still be her friend. He also might’ve killed Maria at the end.
Man has zero emotions as well
Claude in GTA 3 is a mirror image of people living in the Bronx during the years leading up to Y2K. I remember growing up around people like him... not silent... but cold and methodical...
Then again him killing Maria was kinda justified because she tends to run her mouth when she shouldn’t be.
@@mapleflag6518 she literally fucked him over just as he was probably starting to gain salvatore's respect
@@mapleflag6518 it was her fault Salvatore did the car bomb.
The day when Single player matter.. those were the days
To us it's still way better than trash online modes. Devs just milk online and it's sad
yup a lost art
I always wondered how Niko would react if he found out Luis killed Ray Bulgarin
who doesn't?
He would probably gain a huge amount of respect
I wish there would’ve been a crossover dlc where Luis and niko actually interact with each other, maybe even add Johnny but in my honest opinion TLAD wasn’t great
Probably Niko would respect Luis, as Nunzio said. Niko could also associate with Luis alone, as Tony has seemingly left Liberty City after Ray Bulgarin’s assassination. He could probably get involved in the nightlife scene and buy a stake in the clubs, perhaps encouraged by Roman, too. They could very well become friends, but thinking how much of a mess Luis did to the diamond deal and Niko had to deal with that mess, they would had to reconcile somewhat, but I think for Niko it would be considered business. Question is, how Luis would get along with him due to the stress Gracie’s kidnap cause Tony.
@SAUCE GOD Ray wanted Niko dead because he believed that he screwed him over on purpose, again because of his paranoia, same with Luis. I agree, maybe Niko would buy a stake in the clubs, or work as a bouncer, like Luis. It would be a legitimate income for the Bellics, and Niko wouldn't have to look over his shoulder doing risky stuff.
Trevor, although being extremely brutal with his murders and such (eg. Johnny Klebitz in Mr Phillips) he still showed empathy towards characters (eg. Tracy in Fame or Shame “That girl sat on my lap when she was 2 years old and I swore to god I would kill anyone who ******* wronged her”).
He did not just say he would kill anyone who wronged her. He also said that he would skin them alive.
@@jahimuddin2306 clearly we are thinking of different scenes.
@@jahimuddin2306 That would normally result in death.
But Tracey wanted to be in this program. It was her choice.
How about how he invaded Floyd’s home, made him rob his work, than killed him and his wife. Yeah a man with morals.
I've always been impressed by how the writers of the game introduce Dimitri as this calm level headed man who essentially comes off as Faustins bitch and has the player thinking "oh he's harmless and probably not someone to worry about".... I genuinely thought that after you kill Faustin, Dimitri just pays you off and disappears from the story never to be seen again or he falls back into a minor role. So for him to do a complete 180 and reveal himself to be this maniacal, despicable and evil character who you grow to genuinely hate as the game progresses was absolutely brilliant. Top tier writing and excellent storytelling by the writers of the game. The game doesn't get enough credit for giving us THE MOST hated GTA antagonist in the entire series. I applaud the writers of the game👏👏🏽
Yep. Dimitri has no morals. He has no honor. He has no conscience or empathy for anyone. People want to say Trevor is a psychopath and the most effed up character in the series. Trevor values honor. He never betrayed anyone. Even Michael who betrayed him. He still cared about him despite his anger towards him and wants nothing to do with Franklin after he kills him because he killed his best friend, and because Franklin betrayed him. He genuinely loves Patricia and I think it shown Trevor to have a sweet side to him. And even though he hates Michael and despises Amanda he cares for Jimmy and Tracy as if they were his own children and they love him as well. He promised when they were babies that he would always protect them. Yeah, he's criminally insane but he has a heart. If Trevor ever met Dimitri and knew about all the people he's betrayed Trevor would likely disembowel him and strangle him with his own entrails.
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TBH I think what you describes alludes to the difference in story quality between IV and V.
GTA V benefited massively from the tongue-in-cheek nature and loonytoon-esque quality of the characters and parody setting, but GTA IV story and characters feel so much more grounded and dare I say relatable.
Trevor can come across as some kind of dual personality failure in writing. Niko and Dimitri have such a layered, multi-faceted dimension to them that you can dig deep enough into their actions to make hour long TH-cam videos on them.
@@samedge1774 I won't deny Dimitri is better written. I'm just saying that there's a lot of misconceptions about Trevor's character.
@@samedge1774
Dimitris is not that good buddy. You are making him.seem more interesting than he is.
@@pelucheCR7 If you say so man, I guess I always just liked the weasley villain more.
Damn, you just released a whole movie
Actually I waited for that so long
@@drdre3092 what’s your problem with himv
@@drdre3092 you made your account 6 days ago, kid. Imagine making a whole account just to hate on someone who doesn't even know you exist.
I dislike your comment hahaha
In that one scene, you can see how Faustin views Dimitri vs How Dimitri sees him. Faustin says "I fucking love you" and Dimitri responds "I know this". There's no warmth, no appreciation, no reciprocity. It's someone giving all their emotion and another giving the bare minimum.
It makes Dimitri's lie about protecting Niko even worse, since you mentioned how he swapped places in the conversation. "-a friend like you is useful". Appreciation and loyalty are what Faustin likes, but when Dimitri heard Niko could be "useful" he agreed. Niko was so useful, he got him to kill the 'brother' standing in his way. Unfortunately for Dimitri, Niko was too capable for him.
@@thelibertyking6735 I think Dimitri feels like his life holds no meaning, as such he needs constant stimuli
You don't snort crack
I can feel your anger when talking about Dmitiri and I can’t blame you. After all the worst thing about betrayal is it doesn’t come from the enemy.
Keep your friends close
Faustin to me always came off as a man who knew he was being betrayed
Faustian knew his end was coming. He just thought his bestfriend would have the balls to kill him and not send someone else to do it.
He realised earlier(years ago) what a monster Dimitri really is, but he wasn't able to do anything against him. He wasn't surprised when Niko showed up in the club to kill him.
Faustin also called Niko, telling him not to trust Dimitri
I don’t blame Dimitri for taking over Faustin was a mess with his anger and drug addiction , the organization would’ve soon been destroyed under Faustins leadership. I don’t think Dimitri lied when he said there isn’t a rat it’s just the way we have been behaving ( Faustin ).
I kinda wish there was an option for Niko to fake Faustin’s death and allow him and his family to escape somewhere.
Something that police interrogators can notice to determine a liar is the length and detail of someone's story. Truthful stories are usually succinct, only what is necessary. Meanwhile lies are usually complex, full of details that don't actually have to do with the focus of the story. When Dimitri tells stories he always puts in extra details that endear him to Niko and us, but show that he's a liar to a trained ear.
Exactly sometimes people will even attempt to deceive by leaving things out. Unfortunately, for people body language is good for lie detection.
Writes down for next woman I meet lol fewer details concise story 😂😂😂😂
@@jerromimuckle139 He said trained police know the difference. I think women like the beautiful lie more.
@@shorewall What if he's hitting on his coworker at the station?
You need to be really good liar if you want to trick people. Unfortunately for Dimitri he is not a good liar. I can see evil in his eyes.
I hope GTA 6 can have some dark moments like it did in this game. A balance between both dark and comedy of course. This really did make me appreciate more of the acting done in this game and my love for villains, you really helped make Dimitri more evil than i thought anyone can ever make him, so many little details can go unseen, its insane how much intricate lines, facial cues, easter egg details Rockstar can create and hide for us to find ourselves and to either confirm or theorize bout what these characters are. It just makes me hyped for what they have in store for GTA 6. Just came across your channel recently and i already cant wait to see these types of vids for that legendary masterpiece when it releases. I hope the pattern continues with the amazing memorable characters they always make.
yes pls, gta 6 might have another emotional storyline potentially
Man I must admit, when it comes to GTA lore and story - you seem like The Professional
I’m so happy to have found this channel. So few recognize IV as the best GTA but it’s irrefutable and I’m glad other people love and respect it as much as I do
Its a very underrated gta game and personal favorite of mine
Good storyline the game idk about that.
In a removed phonecall, Faustin tells Niko that Petrovic is not to be worried about
Petrovic are just a joke actually
I truly delight in the terror in Dimitri's voice while begging for his life. That execution is one of the most satisfying in the game. He acted like he was untouchable until he wasn't, then you see him for what he truly is. A pathetic, backstabbing, sniveling coward who can't take what he dishes out. A fitting end for such a irredeemable character.
It makes so much sense that he's most likely a clinical psychopath. He calls and taunts/threatens Niko several times throughout the story and tries to have him killed several times. Then when his bodyguards are all dead at the hands of Niko, he starts pleading like a sniveling coward. Psychopaths usually have no true fear, but the one thing they DO fear is consequences.
An example is Ted Bundy in the days he was to be executed. He sobbed the night before his execution, but I guarantee it wasn't for his victims or for remorse of any kind but rather the fact that the next day, he is about to pay the ultimate consequence for his actions. Apparently on his final walk to the chair, his knees buckled and the guards had to carry him by his arms the last few steps and place him in the chair. Ted Bundy had no qualms about brutally murdering and defiling dozens of innocent young women but when it was his turn to die, he wasn't ready and was terrified.
Another is Charles Manson. When he originally got the death penalty, he was actually quite shook. He didn't want to die. But when California changed the capital punishment laws and his sentence got commuted to life, Charles was thrilled. He LOVED prison. He spent almost his whole life in prison, it's where he is most comfortable. In a way, he got away with what he did since prison isn't REALLY a punishment for him. Getting executed on the other hand, definitely is.
A great video, Professional! I really hope you make more GTA IV related lore videos. Such a great game.
This does explain how in the crossover comic the Joker got scared when the Punisher decided to put him down instead of throwing him in jail. How would Dimitri and Ted Bundy react if they encountered a vigilante with a judge, jury, and executioner mindset?
Psychopats are really stupid.
@@ntrainr160 I mean Dimitri literally met with Niko who will be a vigilante, a judge and jury and executioner
Honestly wouldn't surprise me if Dimitri PURPOSEFULLY went asking about Niko's past, and found out about Bulgarin and set all this up so Niko would die, it just seems like he enjoyed all this too much and had some sort of satisfaction about his master plan coming together.
Now I'd rather keep my normal life and not get all sucked up and twisted in the criminal underworld. But if i had to choose an Mafia to work for, it'd definitely be Faustin's or Woozie's from GTA:SA
@@drdre3092 What a surprise. John stupid Williams is back.
@@drdre3092 Why? What did the guy do that i have to dislike him? Please explain yourself and give a good reason.
@@martinlagos5495 He will never explain anything to you, he spams the same comment everywhere.
@@UnicornPizza Yeah, exactly. Thats why i asked him i wanted to know why he spams in every comment.
@@martinlagos5495 nah he's just trying to get that video disliked
"This is my 1st GTA 4 lore video, I have many more of these coming up"
Cracked the biggest smile when I heard that, my favorite game in the series, with my favorite gta content creator at the helm dishing out lore videos?
I'm in 😁
This lesson about psychopaths is way better than the one that I had in school
Youre probably the first person ive heard of with this line of thinking for psychopaths and sociopaths. Good job dispelling the Hollywood tropes. Love your content, bro.
his name has Rascal in it. it shouldve been expected that he'd be a traitor.
One thing I forgot to mention . His name implies he’s a traitor .
@@theprofessional155 hey bro when you say here is nikos reaction after you beat the final destination mission the cutscene keeps playing with not audio around 30:04
What does Rascal mean? I am not a native English speaker and it would interest me.
@@majesticagent5251 mischievous, or troublesome person
@@UnCreativeDeconstructionism yeah I heard to
Dimitri taking pleasure from other people's misfortune is actually showing a specific feeling, schadenfreude.
Interestingly, this german symptom is also mentioned by Cliffford in GTA Online in Act 3 Finale “The Doomsday Scenario” . “My favourite feeling is Schadenfreude.”
That's when you call someone a psychopath. The most common trait
I don't think schadenfreunde is the right word here, since it's usually referred to life of ordinary people. Dmitri, as the video pointed out behaves outright sadistic (on psychological level). That's a trait often frowned upon even by most seasoned criminals, who usually get violent to force their victims into compliance, vent off their anger or just for a sake of thrill of being in a fight.
@@B1SCOOP
"Schauenfreude" what is that?
Taking pleasure to gaze at people, who by themselves look at something?
And BTW y'all: German nouns are written with capital letters as word-initials.
@@Beleidigen-ist-Pflicht Pleasure from someone else's misfortune. So if you see someone getting beat up, you enjoy watching it.
Great video. I’ve played GTA IV from start to finish over ten times. Doesn’t get old
One more hint during the “killing lenny convo” Dimitri mentions the cops know they stole the weed, but Faustin mentions Lenny buying only the cocaine and not the weed which could be a slick way of dimitri planting it in Faustin’s head that lenny is the rat by not wanting to incriminate himself with the cocaine(which is what he bought) but ok with the cops knowing about the weed.
Take a drink every time Professional says "Psychopath"
Are you trying to kill someone?
You are under arrest for Attempted Enforced Suicide
@@Python-xs2iv alcohol poisoning is not a joke
@@buildawall5803 What the hell are you talking about?
The fact that Dimitri caused Mikhail's daughter and wife to live poverty is probably the worst thing he has ever done and in fact no character in any gta game has done it except for Dimitri I consider him more evil than tenpenny or even Catalina
Eh, Dimitri and Catalina would be a good criminal duo. Both betraying piece of shit. Would love to see what happen if one of them betray each other.
@@CT-Irodion manipulative ones are more dangerous.
Catalina is female version of Dimitri. I knew real Catalina unfortunately but fortunately she's dead.
10:05 the fact you left that stutter in the vid.... got yourself a subscriber! Makes this video just that much authentic
34:45 there's a hint that I just remembered that proves that Dimitri was lying and wanted Niko and Roman dead. After being kidnapped by Faustin's goon when Niko wakes up in the basement Dimitri literally slapped him hard which shows how much angry he is and how much alive he wants Niko to be.
I have been waiting for this GTA 4 Lore And Character Analysis on Dimitri Rascalov for a while now.
Thank you for making this video Patrick!
Fuckin hell. Yoruichi pfp
More evidence that Dimitri was going along with Lennys assassination was by literally telling Faustin about him. Dimitri of all people would’ve known what Mikhail would’ve done if he knew who might’ve been the rat and still decided to tell him which shows that he really did want to see Lenny get killed. You can tell that Faustin might not have been completely sober and was having trouble thinking of who the rat was but Dimitri still jogged his memory to trigger Faustin to make niko kill Lenny.
Being honest, I don’t think that was Dimitri’s intention. Look at it this way - if Dimitri really wanted Lenny dead and went along with it, do you think it is highly probable that Dimitri could have calculated that Petrovic could have possibly killed him, just for being Faustin’s right hand man? Dimitri is calculating, he doesn’t make mistakes very often. He had value for Mikhail but he realised that his usefulness has ran out, so he discarded him because he couldn’t take anymore the possibility that he could suffer for Mikhail’s decisions. In the end, it’s possible that Petrovic still wanted Niko dead and trusted Dimitri and possibly Bulgarin carrying out the task. It could be a reason for Dimitri selling out Niko, because for Ray it would be more practical to employ Niko and have him earn the money lost, and eventually even to make him Ray’s legitimate business partner, as he wanted with Luis Lopez.
@SAUCE GOD Who knows bro. I think it probably would have been a Martin-Michael situation. The reason why Martin didn't simply kill Michael for his decision to pull his mistress' house is because he knew that Michael knows how to handle himself and has a temper. I would even dare to suggest that he knew that Michael was under Dave's protection. Ray sought to punish Niko, because he needed someone to suffer the consequences for the money lost, rather than take responsibility. Ray is a smart man, guided by his intution, but he makes very reckless decisions because of his paranoia. I wish that his backstory would be explored somehow in the next GTA. Even if Ray was deported at the time, he could have operated in the US using a fake identity. Ray should have employed Niko instead, like Martin did, in a way. Martin was probably aware of who Michael was, as crazy as it sounds. He was smart to blackmail him, and even paid him for his work. A similar situation was between Sonny and Tommy. Tommy worked to earn Sonny's cut, but Sonny grow paranoid and hostile because Tommy wasn't passing him tribute. I think that Tommy wanted to repay him the money, just wanted to enjoy his empire's expansion first, and in my opinion, he just thought of himself. Tommy just wanted power and in spite of Sonny being similar to him in terms of temper, desire for power, greed and intelligence, he couldn't see past his ego.
I offer a contrary perspective on Faustin. He's actually disloyal to his own henchmen by killing him for practically no reason. He only expresses loyalty to other he deems to be worthy but everyone else is expendable. He's not much better than Dimitri tbh
Faustin is possibly the saddest character to die
And Roman.
@@icywinx861 depends on the ending
Nah, bro kinda deserved it. It just sucks it was Dimitri.
This is why people love rockstar games including me the amount of detail on top of character development besides the main one makes it so much more better
*loved
This isn’t just a great video on GTA IV’s story, it’s a fantastic education video on the nature of psychopaths. Keep up the good work!
Agreed
Dimitri embodies the entire GTA Series. All the games have one main story plot. Betrayel.
Dimitri is a weak weasel that needs protection. Faustian may have been reckless in the storyline but somehow showed a different side at times. Such as mercy for Nikko when Dimitri wanted him dead. And he also seemed a bit broken when you go to wack him. Faustian was not as bad when you look back on him. Dimitri is just like Micah looking out for himself and only himself.
True dimmitri and Michah the most antagonist I wanted to kill
This lore video is one of the satisfying long and pure lore video ever. We shall see more of these
This is why I choose the revenge option
I only did the deal ending once because i wanted to see what would happen and I found out
@@davidcorreiabesada7023 and you regretted it.
@@Ric_enano2019 I did regret but the thing is I did the deal ending on my second playthrough only
@@davidcorreiabesada7023 yeah, right choise
With this lore analysis, for me this confirms that the Revenge ending is the better, more sensible ending; Roman, Bernie and other characters constantly told Niko to get over his past with Darko and they’re not wrong, but with Dimitri it was different. His betrayal was a lot more recent and he’s been on the hunt for weeks, maybe months, to kill Niko and stopped at nothing to see him dead (he foreshadowed this with the quote “Wherever you go,people will find you if they want to badly enough.”) and he constantly showed that he’d continue to be a threat ,so killing him at the Platypus made a lot more sense, along with Niko’s moral code.
There's good, there’s evil, then there’s Dimitri Rascalov.
8:59 pause and look how perfectly he is lined up with packie
I was also thinking that xd
I got the impression pretty early he was a rat. One rule of thumb I've kind of learned about trusting certain people is if they are talking shit about people when you are around, there is a good chance they are talking shit about you when you aren't around. But yeah Dimitri is sadistic.
For me, it was bc he literally looked like a rat lmao.
I love your character analysis here and explanation of what an actual psychopath is. Also how you explain that not all psychopaths are criminals/bad people.
"F*ck him and f*ck you. Who are you my daddy?" That line always cracks me up 😂
I always thought Dimitri betrayed Niko because he knew too much and also that Dimitri saw Nikos potential to be a big player in the Liberty City underworld and was scared of him. This analysis was great though gave me a different insight and it actually makes a lot more sense.
You don't have to apologise for the length of this video, it was worth every second for me, gave me an entirely new perspective on this particular topic! Thank you Professional!
Amazingly well explained, I always was a bit confused by Dmitri's behavior and thought he was a bit lame just doing cliche enemy stuff out of nowhere. But you showed so well this was actually laid out very realistically through cues I could not pick up yet when I was younger. Amazing.
watched the whole video, I never thought this deeply about how treacherous Dimitri was, definitely a lesson to learn and always keep your eyes peeled for a possible liar or manipulative person in your social circle
This was a really great lore video I’ve always wondered why Dimitri betrayed Niko… honestly Niko was still useful after Faustin’s death he could have continued using him to further his greed and lust for power
I’m gonna save this to the watch later, these lengthy videos are real nice to sit through. I liked the Dutch character analysis, now for Dimitri’s.
Unlike Dutch, Dimitri doesn't have a plan
there's year old debate in reddit on whoever is evil. micah or dimitri. some answer dimitri but some answer micah
@@iputapipebombintoyourmailb6210 definetly Micah
in a world where attention spans are ever shrinking... you managed to make me sit still in one place for an hour. Great video.
Actually in the last mission chasing Dimitri he says that if it weren't for him Faustin would have killed him since the beginning
He probably lied lol
Faustin said to Niko that Dimitri wanted Niko killed after he murdered Vlad. Dimitri did have him tied up about to be cut up by a saw, remember? It was Faustin who came down pissed off about the noise and killed the man who was gonna cut up Niko. Then he sent him to do a job, I believe it was Dimitri that wanted Niko dead from the beginning. He realized how useful he was at some point and used him as a pawn. There was never a friendship between them.
@ninja cheetah Faustin was insane. If he wanted to kill Niko, he would have done it.
I think dimitri wanted to kill Faustin from the beginning, like you said he was being manipulative by trying to act as the reasonable of the 2, making niko side with him. But what truly shows how little he cares about faustin is the treatment of his family.
When Jim died after Johnny betrayed ray Johnny decided to gave the money he stole from ray to his family. We never see his family so we don’t know how close it’s Jim family to Johnny, but that shows how Johnny cares about them and how guilty he feels about indirectly causing his death.
The same with Michael if he gets killed in ending B, if he gets killed then Lester gives his cut of the heist to his family instead of keeping it to himself, he doesn’t do that with trevor because aside from his mom (who could be dead or in prison) he doesn’t have known living relatives, wade and ron are only employees, so is not difficult to see why Lester doesn’t feel obligated to gave them his cut.
Meanwhile dimitri who directly send the assassin after him didn’t try to help out his family, only would think that he would feel guilty and would try to help them. He says to niko that there wasn’t any choice... but he specifically created the situation where he could have the choice of killing faustin without consequences, he simply doesn’t have remorse for killing faustin or crewing over his family.
If anything niko have more remorse considering he can’t look faustin wife at the eye and accepts to help her.
I think the reason why dimitri constantly betrays people, even jimmy pegorino in the deal ending, is because now he has the power to backstab people without consequences. I imagine that if he tried to do that while faustin was still around he would be in a lot of trouble, something like big smoke who couldn’t deal with drugs because sweet was still in charge of the gang, once he was out he was able to become a drug lord.
I love these GTA analysis, I can't wait for more
This is a great video, you're really perceptive and keen on Dimitri's more subtle manipulations throughout the game. But you spend a lot of time repeating yourself and there's a handful of superfluous information that can be trimmed from the video. That said, I would really love to see a video like this on Billy and TLAD as a whole, as well as some of the interesting shakespearean influences and references in the story.
I like these lore videos, nobody really does these in-depth stuff that much on video games so I'm pretty sure people will remember your channel for content like this.
19:50 After Ron ran out of uses for Trevor he started to belittle him when you press "E" button to greet him near Trevor's trailer. Trevor lies to and leaves Wade in stripclub. He left them. In GTA Online Ron says that Trevor become a life coach and doesn't even answer Ron's phonecalls
But doesn’t GTA Online take place before GTA V?
@@mapleflag6518 It's been post-GTA5 for like seven years now. Since Gunrunning update.
@@rickgrimes8870 Oh my bad
Yeah Dimitri is someone who has no heart, doesn't seem to care about anyone but himself, he won't stop until the person he betrays is dead, and knows how to manipulate others to do his dirty work and when he doesn't need them anymore he betrays them by having them killed or letting them suffer. So yes Dimitri Rascalov is by far the most evil Antagonist in GTA History.
It’s not his fault he’s a psychopath.
@@user-vh2pb7qx6b Him killing people isn't his fault?
@@alienkeagster2443 Is being a psychopath and killing someone the same thing ?
@@user-vh2pb7qx6b It's more likely that a psychopath will kill, but some live normal lives. Dimitri could stop, but he doesn't want to because he enjoys it. Why would he stop?
@@alienkeagster2443 The comment says he’s evil and heartless and that he’s manipulative which is all due to his psychopathy which is not Dimitri’s fault. He may kill which he can control just like anyone but its his lack of empathy that he can’t control. Anyways he hasn’t killed nearly as many people as Niko.
Dimitri saying that they shouldn't kill Lenny is like Scar saying Simba not going with the hyenas.
How a "videogame" can teach you this much about life
Dimitri is a very well conceived and written character in GTA4. He's always been a weasel but the game creators actually hid him behind Faustin's uncontrollable aggressive behavior. He's always been scheming, all his "play by the rules" speech was to manipulate Niko while he's got his own agenda to stay on top by taking advantage of others
There’s always a lot of action on Dillon St & Shotller.
Thankfully I moved out of there last month
Jacob and Niko gets jumped there, Niko beats up that slime ball there, and Roman is kidnapped there.
LMFAO, so true! Someone should make a meme about these neighborhoods !
Dimitri was truly a mastermind, but he made one mistake; He made an enemy of Niko.
"You killed *my* cousin"
Always gives me the chills
I didn't notice how "dark" was Dimitri..
THANK YOU Professional. I been dying to see this 🙏
Dimitri is one of the greatest antagonists of all time.
as in great we mean well writen antagonist
I agree with everything you said about Dimitri, he's always been my most despised GTA character of all time, there's nobody I could think of who's more evil than Dimitri, goes to show that he's the biggest antagonist in the series, hate him more than Tennpenny and Sonny Forelli
Tenpenny a funny villain
Man, you're a genius. It so happened that I had to start playing this game like three times, and I never ever asked myself why Dimitri was stabbing everyone in the back. Now I understand that I saw the story of this game at a wrong angle. Your video made me revalue it, as well as the characters.
Dimitri is really the perfect example of an antagonist, both in movies and games. A pure evil thing in a human body. The suit he wears throughout the entire game used to remind me of Nikolai, the antagonist of a movie called the Equalizer, as well as his character, to some extent.
But considering it's a GTA franchise, I'd like to bring up one more antagonist from earlier GTAs who's almost a perfect copy of Dimitri (or vice versa). Sgt. Jerry Martinez, the antagonist of GTA Vice City Stories, another example of a very good antagonist and of a man of pure malice.If you look closely, you'll see the obvious similarities between Dimitri and him.
1) Both appear at the beginning of the game, betray the protagonist and reappear only in the ending. Throughout the story both make moves from the shadows and create different obstacles for the protagonist. Both kidnap a person dear to the protagonist and hold them hostage (Roman and Louise).
2) Both pretend to be the protagonist's friends, manipulating him (Dimitri tricked Niko into killing Mikhail, Jerry made Vic be his drug courier and work for him with Phil) and eventually betraying him (both of them lured the protagonist into a secluded location to ambush them). Martinez betrayed even Phil whom seemed to have known for quite a decent time (possibly they were good business partners, as Jerry mentions Phil sells all the guns "we can get him"). Why he betrayed his good business associate is still a mystery to me.
3) Both vowed to pursue the protagonist and kill them no matter what (Dimitri calls Niko, Jerry sends a pager message saying that Vic and Phil are still "on his shit list" and warning them they'd "better leave town").
4) Both get pleasure by making others suffer (Dimitri hurts and then possibly kills Roman, Jerry kidnaps, beats and possibly rapes Louise). They show that by text messages as well ("Your friend, Dimitri". "Louise was real sweet to me, man. Tell her I'll see her again, real soon...". Before the kidnapping Martinez also texts Vic and tells him about "paying his lady a visit". He threatens to pay Louise a visit for the third time when she's already in hospital). Both have no remorse over their actions (Martinez probably knew Louise had a baby, yet he kidnapped her, attempting to do that again later).
5) Both use convenient circumstances and people only necessary to them, terminating those who aren't of any use to them any more (Martinez sells drugs while he's in the army, covering himself from the police. He uses Vic and Phil but then stabs them in the back. He works with the Mendez brothers but immediately turns states when he feels he's screwed after Vic and Lance steal the Mendez's coke. He also tells the government official that "he could've taken his chances with the Mendez brothers", thus showing he could as well turn to them for help. Nevertheless, before that he tells Vic on the phone that he was gonna "ruin him, his brother, Mendez, everyone". He's got his fingers in every pie but if need be, he'll get rid of any, just like Dimitri. In the final mission he doesn't help the Mendez against Victor, leaving them at his mercy, despite the fact that there could have been a good business relationship between them some time ago (to the point where he used a military chopper to cover the Mendez' coke-loaded trucks). Instead, only when they are wiped out by Victor, he personally shows up to battle him.)
Analysing all this, I think Martinez is also a psychopath, yet a very clever and dangerous one. He too betrayed everyone he came into contact with, he has no remorse either, and he manipulates others, undoubtedly living by that "survival of the fittest thing" principle. That's why I think he and Dimitri are the best GTA antagonists: ruthless, clever, purely evil. The ones you will never hesitate to kill and the ones that deserve to be called antagonists. And, what's more important, the ones who have more than the eye can see under their skin. I knew their stories were somewhat similar but it wasn't until I watched your video that I realized they were nearly alike. Yet both are unique in many ways. And that's why they'll always be my favorite antagonists.
Thank you for reading all this if you've read it up to this point) And thank you, Professional, for such a catching and great video! Wish you good luck with your channel and much joy from gaming!