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[vumpler]

Hey guys I'm currently on the mission "pest control" I've failed it twice :lol This is the first time in the game that the enemy actually shoots back and HITS your vehicle :lol

If I take the quickest route to the end of the story how much longer do i have? At 52% right now I think.

still looking for an answer

 

[voltron]

so wtf... I got the first car and it said I found the car... but then -nothing-

Where am I supposed to take it?

 

[dreamer3kx]

is there a point to the dates and keeping friends happy?

 

[Zyzyxxz]

gah my character is stuck in a strip club after a lapdance... lame and now I dont wanna reload because its been a while since I last saved.

 

[Tokubetsu]

Anyone else having a bitch of a time connecting to MP games? Seems like if im not made the host, then im disconnected because of some player

 

[Deleted member 22576]

My player image is soccer mom, what do you guys have?

 

[TheGreatDave]

is there a point to the dates and keeping friends happy?

Different characters have different perks. Get a high rating and you can ask them for things. Roman can send a cab, Brucie can pick you up in a helicopter...

 

[Papercuts]

still looking for an answer

What do you do in it and who's it from? It sounds familiar but I can't remember.

is there a point to the dates and keeping friends happy?

You eventually get that friends perk which can be helpful.

gah my character is stuck in a strip club after a lapdance... lame and now I dont wanna reload because its been a while since I last saved.

Switch to grenade and let it blow up in your hand?

 

[GhostRidah]

Next game. Dont loop the music stations. Just gimme songs, so I can hear random stuff. If I hear the Massive B intro one more time, Im going to kill myself.

Badda than them!Badda than them!Badda than them!Badda than them!Badda than them!

Reggae station with no Jah Cure. You have got to be kidding me.

lmao yea thats all that plays everytime I try and listen to massive B haha

 

[voltron]

So no one has any idea re: getting the sms cars from

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Stevie

?

I got the first one and now I have no idea where to take it. I cant call the person as theyre not in my phone book and I cant respond or call from the sms.

I must be a dumb ass and missing something.

 

[dreamer3kx]

Different characters have different perks. Get a high rating and you can ask them for things. Roman can send a cab, Brucie can pick you up in a helicopter...

ok nice, how about the girls, anything there besides getting laid?

 

[pj]

So no one has any idea re: getting the sms cars from

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Stevie

?

I got the first one and now I have no idea where to take it. I cant call the person as theyre not in my phone book and I cant respond or call from the sms.

I must be a dumb ass and missing something.

there's a new icon on your map, it's white, not colored like mission ones

 

[TheGreatDave]

lmao yea thats all that plays everytime I try and listen to massive B haha

SERIOUSLY.

 

[vumpler]

What do you do in it and who's it from? It sounds familiar but I can't remember.

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Its for the mafia guy pegramo or whatever I believe. Its a car chase. Basically where I've done lots for bernie and I got the car from bernie's boyfriend. After that it just seems tedious. Just wondering how far along it sounds like I am.

 

[Papercuts]

ok nice, how about the girls, anything there besides getting laid?

It depends, I think in total you can get 5 girlfriends in the game, I only know of two with actual perks.

 

[voltron]

there's a new icon on your map, it's white, not colored like mission ones

Holy shit thats ridiculous! You mean that garage icon? I just checked the map legend and thats there now but wasnt before.

I guess thats it. stupid

 

[CowboyAstronaut]

lol i just realized that that Weasel News station is pretty much Rockstar's way of dissing Fox News :lol

They always spread all this fud and sensationalize everything and the station being called weasel I can't help but shake the feeling that it's play on words to suggest this is Liberty city's version of fox news.

 

[Captain Glanton]

ok nice, how about the girls, anything there besides getting laid?

Alex: Discount on clothes
Carmen: [Tiny] Health regeneration
Kiki: Lose your wanted level [!]
Michelle:

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Gets you in trouble.

Those are the ones I know.

 

[zig]

...seriously? So you can't get 100% if

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basically any life or death "choice" is death? You need to keep everyone alive that you can?

If that's true that's the most fucked up thing ever.

Any character that can be killed in the story is not required to reach 100% completion (although they might be required for the No More Strangers achievement, not sure about that). These characters are

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Jeff, Cherise, Clarence, and Ivan

.

 

[j-wood]

Question.

Can you lose the friend perk after you earn it?

 

[Captain Glanton]

Question.

Can you lose the friend perk after you earn it?

Yes, if your 'like %' drops back down.

 

[Ranger X]

Ok i had 2-3 hours more tonight. DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMN, i'm amazed at the city. Really.

 

[voltron]

lol i just realized that that Weasel News station is pretty much Rockstar's way of dissing Fox News :lol

They always spread all this fud and sensationalize everything and the station being called weasel I can't help but shake the feeling that it's play on words to suggest this is Liberty city's version of fox news.

:lol lttp much? Its kind of assumed by most to be Fox.

 

[Zyzyxxz]

Switch to grenade and let it blow up in your hand?

nah my character was stuck sitting on the chair with no hud coming up.

I could still access the menu though. I just turned it off, now I'm not gonna feel like playing for a few days after losing 2 hours of progress.

 

[sorryaboutdresden]

I love this game, I'm completely back on the GTA bandwagon after being turned off by the previous two.

 

[Brashnir]

nah my character was stuck sitting on the chair with no hud coming up.

I could still access the menu though. I just turned it off, now I'm not gonna feel like playing for a few days after losing 2 hours of progress.

how could you have progressed without the game autosaving? It saves after damn near everything, even dates. Just load the autosave.

 

[Choc]

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Its for the mafia guy pegramo or whatever I believe. Its a car chase. Basically where I've done lots for bernie and I got the car from bernie's boyfriend. After that it just seems tedious. Just wondering how far along it sounds like I am.

The end is nigh on your GTA experience.

 

[UncleGuito]

I know I've said this many times, but my God, the graphics are gorgeous. I don't think I fully appreciated them until I got to the second island, but the lighting, effects, and models are all incredible. Even with the occasional pop-in, this is one of the best looking games I've ever seen.

 

[BobFromPikeCreek]

Here's a tip to keep perks without hanging out with them:

whenever they call, always answer and accept their invitation to hang out. BUT...immediately cancel plans. You won't lose points that way at all. Me and Roman haven't done anything in the longest but he's still 100 % because I cancel on him allllll the time.

Really? I thought cancelling plans gets a thumbs down.

Oh, and I just met Brucie. :lol

 

[Shaheed79]

Ok I'm confused I was on my way to a mission and this blue person icon showed up on the map marked "friend". So I went over there to see what this was and some guy greeted me as if he knew me then he started to make fun of me and insult me. I responded by saying "you're a prick" and he goes on this tangent about america, hands me a hundred bucks then left. What the hell just happened?

 

[LordK]

Brucie totally reminds me of FPS Doug.

 

[UncleGuito]

Brucie totally reminds me of FPS Doug.

He reminds me of Biff from Back to the Future for some reason. Maybe it's just his voice.

 

[Sean]

Ok I'm confused I was on my way to a mission and this blue person icon showed up on the map marked "friend". So I went over there to see what this was and some guy greeted me as if he knew me then he started to make fun of me and insult me. I responded by saying "you're a prick" and he goes on this tangent about america, hands me a hundred bucks then left. What the hell just happened?

That's the first "random character" mission.

 

[ElyrionX]

Just finished it. Was kind of an anti-climatic ending. And those are some long credits.

I can't believe I finished the damn game in less than a week.

 

[BobFromPikeCreek]

Wait, not Brucie! We are already mad tight. I meant Bernie. :lol

 

[Brashnir]

Just finished it. Was kind of an anti-climatic ending. And those are some long credits.

I can't believe I finished the damn game in less than a week.

I didn't find the ending to be anti-climactic at all.

I thought it was tragic, but not anti-climactic.

 

[Shaheed79]

That's the first "random character" mission.

Ok and that's it? He just hands me some money and that is called a mission?

 

[ElyrionX]

Major end-game spoilers!!!

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How different does the game turn out if I had chosen to work with Dmitri instead of killing him? I assume that instead of you chasing and killing Pegorino in the final mission, it would be Dmitri instead. Would the mission location and structure even be different? Or would it merely be a polygon and voice swap?

Also, all those decisions to let people live instead of killing them. I don't see it having any effect for the whole game. Or were the consequences so subtle that they just completely flew over my head?

 

[fistfulofmetal]

Ok and that's it? He just hands me some money and that is called a mission?

You'll see him again.

Major end-game spoilers!!!

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How different does the game turn out if I had chosen to work with Dmitri instead of killing him? I assume that instead of you chasing and killing Pegorino in the final mission, it would be Dmitri instead. Would the mission location and structure even be different? Or would it merely be a polygon and voice swap?

Also, all those decisions to let people live instead of killing them. I don't see it having any effect for the whole game. Or were the consequences so subtle that they just completely flew over my head?

From what I understand

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instead of Kate dying, Roman gets killed. Kate never goes to the wedding because she's angry at you for dealing with Dimitri. As for the final battle. Instead of chasing a boat on a bike, you're in a boat chasing Dimitri. But you still jump Jacob's Heli and kill him on Happiness Island.

 

[Digital Limit]

Any character that can be killed in the story is not required to reach 100% completion (although they might be required for the No More Strangers achievement, not sure about that). These characters are

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Jeff, Cherise, Clarence, and Ivan

.

Wait, so because I killed

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Dwayne

I can't get 100%?

 

[Rapping Granny]

ok then I guess I missed 40% of the game when I went through the story missions.


Started a new game now, trying to get 100%, I wish they would tell you which are side missions and are not, the game is much easier the second time around.

 

[ElyrionX]

From what I understand

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instead of Kate dying, Roman gets killed. Kate never goes to the wedding because she's angry at you for dealing with Dimitri. As for the final battle. Instead of chasing a boat on a bike, you're in a boat chasing Dimitri. But you still jump Jacob's Heli and kill him on Happiness Island.

Holy crap.

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Roman dies? WTF. I wasn't expecting that. Thank god I killed Dmitri. Kate is pretty annoying and I'd much rather see Roman live if I had to choose.

Any idea about the choices you make though? Like letting Darko lives and all that. Is that reflected in the game?

 

[j-wood]

I've seen this brought up in a few posts here and there...but is there a point I cross in the main story line where, if I haven't done some of the side stuff (such as dates, or side missions for Roman or Little Jacob) then I won't be able to get 100%? If I chose to kill one character over another, will it close off parts of the game to me?

Here's where I am in-game

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Playboy just asked me to kill Dwayne. I haven't started the packie missions yet, I've done some of francis, and I haven't been to see michelle since she called.

 

[BobFromPikeCreek]

Where should I take Carmen?

Definitely not Burger Shot.

 

[Zombie James]

Three Leaf Clover.

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I loved it yet I hated it. I beat it on my second try and it was awesome... until the police chase. First, the game just told me to go back to Packie's place and I manage to do so with a car on the brink of being set on fire and only two working wheels... but then it says I have to lose my wanted level when I get there! Fuck! What came next was - I SHIT YOU NOT - a 20-fucking-minute police chase as police cars spawn everywhere at the absolute worst times. I've beaten three stars before in a lot less time, this felt impossible. I had to change cars three times and every single time I kept thinking about how fucking pissed I'd be if I died randomly and had to do this all over again.

Awesome mission, but FUCK.

 

[BobFromPikeCreek]

Three Leaf Clover.

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I loved it yet I hated it. I beat it on my second try and it was awesome... until the police chase. First, the game just told me to go back to Packie's place and I manage to do so with a car on the brink of being set on fire and only two working wheels... but then it says I have to lose my wanted level when I get there! Fuck! What came next was - I SHIT YOU NOT - a 20-fucking-minute police chase as police cars spawn everywhere at the absolute worst times. I've beaten three stars before in a lot less time, this felt impossible. I had to change cars three times and every single time I kept thinking about how fucking pissed I'd be if I died randomly and had to do this all over again.

Awesome mission, but FUCK.

Kiki made that part a cinch.

 

[ElyrionX]

Where should I take Carmen?

She likes the strip club.

 

[BobFromPikeCreek]

She likes the strip club.

ARE YOU KIDDING? I was on the verge of taking her there, but decided it was a bad idea. Dammit.

 

[Digital Limit]

Three Leaf Clover.

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I loved it yet I hated it. I beat it on my second try and it was awesome... until the police chase. First, the game just told me to go back to Packie's place and I manage to do so with a car on the brink of being set on fire and only two working wheels... but then it says I have to lose my wanted level when I get there! Fuck! What came next was - I SHIT YOU NOT - a 20-fucking-minute police chase as police cars spawn everywhere at the absolute worst times. I've beaten three stars before in a lot less time, this felt impossible. I had to change cars three times and every single time I kept thinking about how fucking pissed I'd be if I died randomly and had to do this all over again.

Awesome mission, but FUCK.

Yeah, it's worthless when police cars spawn in places you can't avoid, or in too large numbers to avoid.

I love it when they spawn and because I notice they spawned I can go out of my way to avoid their path. That's a cool feeling.

Anyway, what was this about not being able to get 100% in certain situations? Can someone elaborate?

 

[ElyrionX]

ARE YOU KIDDING? I was on the verge of taking her there, but decided it was a bad idea. Dammit.

Haha, no I'm not. She's just messed up like that. Most annoying bitch ever.

Go look for Alex Chilton if you want a decent and funny gf.