The 'suicidal pedestrians' in Vice City aren't suicidal at all — they're just really bad at walking.
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The 'suicidal pedestrians' in Vice City aren't suicidal at all — they're just really bad at walking.

The supposed 'suicidal pedestrians' at Escobar International Airport are actually a mundane AI limitation: pedestrians can only walk in straight lines and can't turn, causing them to accidentally walk off a bridge corner. The only genuine scripted 'suicide' is in the mission Phnom Penh '86, where a Spand Express worker jumps from Links Bridge as a dark commentary on Avery Carrington's corporate takeover leaving workers unemployed.

Verdict:Busted

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The full story

Wide shot of the Vice Point bridge area where the AI's straight-line pathing sends pedestrians plummeting — not a suicide, just broken code.
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Wide shot of the Vice Point bridge area where the AI's straight-line pathing sends pedestrians plummeting — not a suicide, just broken code.

Spand Express worker stands on Links Bridge, seconds before the scripted leap in Phnom Penh '86 — the only real suicide in the game.
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Spand Express worker stands on Links Bridge, seconds before the scripted leap in Phnom Penh '86 — the only real suicide in the game.

Worker steps back from the edge, everything lost — Avery Carrington's corporate takeover made flesh in one dark moment.
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Worker steps back from the edge, everything lost — Avery Carrington's corporate takeover made flesh in one dark moment.

The actual jump — this ain't no confused airport pedestrian, it's deliberate scripted tragedy.
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The actual jump — this ain't no confused airport pedestrian, it's deliberate scripted tragedy.

Body plummets toward the water below — corporate destruction, not a coding glitch, ended this life.
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Body plummets toward the water below — corporate destruction, not a coding glitch, ended this life.

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