We’re less than a month away from Grand Theft Auto V finally hitting stores, and so what better time to reminisce about what the game has to live up to? More so than the missions, the radio stations and the setting, it is the characters which help make these games memorable, brought to life by outstanding (and sometimes celebrity) voice actors, as well as the sharply-written scripts we’ve come to expect from the series. You’ll note that GTA III protagonist Claude is conspicuous in his absence from the list, and that’s because, for all his usefulness with a baseball bat, the fact that we don’t hear a peep from him in the game renders him pretty inert, and not a touch on these 10 characters. Though we will surely see this list shaken up in a few weeks’ time, for now these are the 10 characters who best exemplify the entertainment factor of the GTA universe, either by way of their hilarity, or their sheer badassery…