A pop-art poster of Claude—the completely silent protagonist of GTA III—hangs on the wall of Tommy Vercetti's hotel suite from the very start of the game.
Source: Ocean View Hotel (3D Universe) — CC BY-SA
The OG Ocean View Hotel suite in Vice City—Claude's poster is already waiting on that wall from day one.
VCS version of the hotel—no Claude poster here, different timeline, different vibes.
GTA IV's little Funland nod to Ocean View—cute reference, but Claude's poster didn't make the trip to Liberty City.
There it is—the pop-art Claude poster on Tommy's wall, the exact Easter egg fans have been spotting for decades.
The Ocean View exterior—where Tommy started from nothing and players first laid eyes on that Claude poster.
Another angle of the suite—still got that silent, deadly Claude staring down at Tommy from his pop-art throne.
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