Grand Theft Auto VII (GuzBrazil's proposal)

Grand Theft Auto VII is an action-adventure video game from 2031. It is the ninth main entry in the Grand Theft Auto series, following Grand Theft Auto VI from 2025, and the 17th instalment overall. Taking place in the fictional state of San Andreas, the story mode follows a protagonist—Front Yard Ballas member Maria Cortizo, shortly after the gang moves to San Fierro, after the Groove Street Families and Varrios Los Aztecas take over virtually all of to Los Santos.
The game is navigated on foot and by vehicle, both in first-person and third-person, the game follows the old style of gameplay, with only one playable character. The story focuses on various dirty jobs that the protagonist does on behalf of various mafias and gangs. The narrative, in some aspects, is based on plot points from Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and Grand Theft Auto III. In total, the game introduces 4 mafias and 3 gangs, these being the Forelli Family, the Prietzo Family, the Chinese Triad, Brazilian Tráficos, Front Yard Ballas, Los Santos Vagos (now San Fierro Vagos), Colombian Llaneros, the Tráficos being a newcomer to the series as the first Brazilian presence in the series. Much of the game's development was spent on research in the city of San Francisco, the development team created an extensive research group in the city, and it is estimated that the research lasted between 3 and 5 years. Production on the game began in 2025, following the release of its predecessor.
When it was released, the game received great critical acclaim, mainly aimed at the music, graphic design and gameplay. GTA VII was the first Rockstar game to feature RAGE 2 as its engine, many say that the game was the initial step towards the 10th generation of video games. 
==Plot==
Maria Cortizo, a member of the Front Yard Ballas gang, witnesses the gang's move to the city of San Fierro, after being expelled by the Groove Street Families and Los Varrios Aztecas from Los Santos after loss of territory, in the new city, the Ballas, with the help of the Vagos, will take territories in order to have the same strength as before when in Los Santos. 
Initially, Maria commits several disorders in the name of her gang, in addition to also providing services to the Vagos, however, she is ambushed and discovers herself betrayed by her own boss, along with her, other loyal members of the gang are also arrested and discarded by the gang, among them, Poppa. Poppa, however, to the gangster's surprise, is an FIB infiltrator, and manages to free Maria without much difficulty. In the meantime, she also meets another infiltrator, Ivanya, a member of the Russian mafia, who, together with the Italian mafia, the Brazilian mafia and the Colombian Llaneros allied themselves with the FIB, just to guarantee security or at least maintain their influence, under the threat of the Ballas.
Maria becomes an assistant to the organization, along with Poppa and Ivanya, as well as others, such as Edney Forelli (Don of the Forelli Family), Vladimir Prietzo (leader of the Prietzo Family), Paolo Orozco (leader of the Llaneros), Rubens Lorenzo (leader of Tráficos) and Cui Xinya (partner of Poppa and member of FIB infiltrated in Chinese triad). Maria, however, remains faithful to the Ballas, and will look for ways to convince non-sympathizers who are plotting against the gang that there are dissidents who can make the Ballas allies of the mafias and gangs that have formed an alliance with the FIB.
Maria manages to turn around, and manages to rise as a moral authority in the crime of San Fierro, and manages to acquire the Nero casino, which becomes the center of operations of the coalition's activities now against the dominant Ballas group, led by Shaniqua O'Grahm and supported by the Vagos, who are now the largest gangster force in San Fierro. However, Shaniqua already knows that Maria is on the loose, which leads her to hide in an externally discreet hut, in Tierra Robada, so as not to attract attention. It is in this middle ground that Maria and Poppa begin to have a loving relationship, although this is reasons for divergence between the two, as it arose during a period in which all attention should be on actions to stop the Vagos and dissidents led by Shaniqua.
After some time, Maria returns to begin the final arc of the game, where the coalition between the FIB and the city's criminal organizations decide to cause a total disturbance in the city, and in the meantime it is revealed why the situation caught the attention of the FIB, The Vagos are allied with the Chinese triad, and they smuggle fentanyl camouflaged in medicines. This smuggling reached the federal level, which leads us to understand why the Vagos grew so quickly in the city, as they smuggled fentanyl in exchange for money and weapons. 
In the last mission, Maria, with the help of Ivanya, sets fire to the port of San Fierro, preventing another Chinese drug vessel from reaching there. After that, Maria also helps in the siege that leads to the execution of all the leaders of the Vagos and the Chinese triad, and finally, Maria goes in search of Shaniqua to settle the score, exterminating all dissent favorable to the "leader" of the Ballas, and finally killing her, it is then revealed by Shaniqua, on her deathbed, that she gave up all her gang, and everything that Maria had done at the beginning of the game, in the hands of the Vagos and the Chinese, because she was forced to do that, as she saw the protagonist's rise, which could threaten her power in the gang, something that she was always very attached, revealing her envy of Shaniqua, and claiming that all the missions that were carried out at the beginning of the game were simulated with the intention of killing Maria. 
With the end of the last mission, and it is alleged that Maria and Poppa are now engaged, and that the Ballas have finally stopped being strangers in the eyes of other organizations, now under Maria's command, and that now the Brazilian mafia and Colombian gang are the ones who lead the drug trade, while the Forelli and Prietzo families have a family pact, following a marriage between the children of the mafia bosses.
==Characters and voice cast==
===Ballas===
*Maria Cortizo (voiced by Bryana Salaz): Maria Cortizo is the protagonist of the story, who is "unknowingly" betrayed by Shaniqua, arrested and expelled from the gang, but who turns things around by joining the coalition formed against the alliance formed by the Chinese triad and the Vagos, with the Ballas being used as a satellite.
*Shaniqua O'Grahm (voiced by Natasha Rothwell): Shaniqua O'Grahm is the main villain of the game, self-declared "leader" of the Ballas, Shaniqua betrayed Maria for fear that she would threaten her position, as revealed in the last mission, Shaniqua is described as a compulsive criminal and a completely selfish woman.
===FIB===
*Claude Payne "Poppa" Wallace (voiced by Michael Luwoye): Poppa Wallace is introduced to us as a member of the Ballas, however, after Shaniqua's betrayal is triggered, Poppa reveals himself to be a member of the FIB in operation, he and Maria work together in the coalition against the Vagos and the Chinese, and end up forming a loving relationship.
*Cui Xinya (voiced by Awkwafina): Cui Xinya is an FIB infiltrator in the Chinese triad, she is Poppa's operational colleague and becomes the protagonist's ally. She plays a more prominent role in the final phase of the plot, when she intercepts the ship with drugs coming from China that will be stopped by the fire at the port of San Fierro.
===Russian mafia===
*Ivanya "Bomb-o-Clock" Sanders (voiced by Madison Pettis): Ivanya is another spy infiltrated by the Ballas, but in the service of the Russian mafia, she reveals herself to be one of the protagonist's closest friends as the missions progress, being an excellent sniper and also passionate about explosives, which earns her the nickname " Bomb-o-Clock”.
*Vladimir Prietzo (voiced by Willem Dafoe): Vladimir Prietzo is the head of the Prietzo Family, he is the one who becomes Maria's employer after she joins the coalition, he is a cold man, who loves to outline the strategies of his own organization.
===Italian mafia===
*Edney Forelli (voiced by Keanu Reeves): Edney Forelli is the Don of the Forelli Family, he is a friend of the leader of Brazilians Tráficos, Rubens Lorenzo, and his family is one of the members of the coalition, and helps Maria with housing and protection, he is even the one who orders surveillance during the period in which she hides in Tierra Robada. 
===Colombian Llaneros===
*Paolo Orozco (voiced by Maluma): Paolo Orozco is the leader of the Colombian Llaneros, he is part of the coalition against the Vagos, Paolo is also a comic relief, generating several comedic moments during the cutscenes. Furthermore, he is also a childhood friend of Maria's, and helps a lot in her personal life, financially and in terms of quality of life.
===Brazilian Tráficos===
*Rubens Lourenzo (voiced by Rodrigo Santoro): Rubens Lourenzo is the leader of Brazilian Tráficos, one of the protagonist's allied gangs, he is part of the coalition against the Vagos. He is the first prominent character of Brazilian nationality in the history of the Grand Theft Auto franchise.
===Secondary===
*Ubaldo Lorenzo (voiced by Alexandre Nero): Ubaldo is the father of Rubens Lourenzo, makes a more prominent appearance in the mission "Unofficial Escort", where Maria must eliminate any risk in Ubaldo's path, since her escorts are actually infiltrated Ballas and Vagos, who seek to kill him as a way of affecting Rubens. His participation also occurs at the end of the game, where he sends good money to help his son acquire more weapons to solve the problems with the Vagos and the Chinese triad.