The major part of last week, I played Grand Theft Auto:Vice City.
Correction: The major part of last week, I played the same freakin’ mission in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. That is because I could not complete that freakin’ mission, though I must have played it something like seventy-two times.
Did somebody say “lousy gamer”?
I am. I definitely am.
The mission in question in something called Death Row. Tommy Vercetti ( that’s me) goes and meets an obnoxious Brit-clubber named Kent Paul at the Malibu club in Vice City, and learns that his partner Lance is being tortured by the Haitians in Little Havana ( that’s on the other end of a bridge). So what I have to do – go and resuce Lance before he croaks. That means – I need to drive fast, all the way to the Little Havana junkyard. The goons ( and there are lots of them) open fire at my car. I need to ram the car that’s blocking the gate of the junkyard, get out of the car ( which, in all likelihood, will start burning. Being fired at and hitting another car at full speed is not good for it’s constitution) and run like hell. (Time’s ticking away for dear Lance) Millions of other Haitian goons open fire with automatic guns, you know, the kind that go rat-a-tat, and very accurate they are, too.
There have been times when I actually manage to get inside the shed where Lance is kept and free him. Now I have to take him out of the junkyard and into a hospital. But there are still more goons firing at me from outside. And sooner or later, either me or Lance eat too much lead, and well, Hasta la Vista, bay-bee. Reload game.
Stuck!
I think it’s because the game is so insanely addictive that I have carried out the above procedure – load, drive, fire, get fired at, die, reload – so many times. And I refuse to cheat.
Friday evening, I realised that enough was enough. There were just too many things to do than waste my time failing the same mission over and over. ( Well, I been saying this to myself over the week. I would ditch the game for sometime, and try to read some novel, then say “What the heck, i’ll do it this time.” and start playing again. But on Friday it got serious) So I took out the Philip K Dick and finished it. Then I got The Princess Diaries and finished that too. Then I realised I had the second book of the Princess diaries with me, so that, too went the same way. Also squeezed in shows of LOXG and Bad Boys 2 over the weekend.
( Mental note: No, beatzo. Don’t. No movie reviews. Enough. )
Then yesterday, this itch came on again. For a time I kept it in control, by playing Soldier of Fortune 2. It got too much, though, and very soon, I was on through the same pattern – load, drive, kill, yadda yadda yadda…
I suck.
Newt on.
you don’t realise the gravity of the situation. :-(
You addict!
Go join GA (Gamers Anonymous) !!
:-D
Oh boy! I don’t even get lauded for “trying and trying again until I succeed”. :-P
did you…
did you read/see the mad look at GTA-vice city?
nothing special, just the usual stuff.
but pretty gory.
Re: did you…
NO boss. Tell me which Mad magazine it came in. I mean, what’s on the cover? Is it an Indian edition of Mad?
try shooting the guards by the car you have to ram with a driveby, until the car catches fire. Then get out and run for cover. Now shoot them one by one. There’ll be a few beyond the junkyard, and one bastard on the crane. you’ll have to take him out with a sniper.
Also make sure you kill the close goons with a sub and snipe the far away ones. this isn’t a guns-a-blazin mission, its a snipers delight!
Heh. I got a little flummoxed by this advice, because there did not seem to be any way to get a sniper rifle other than failing a telephone mission ( the one in which I have to kill all the bank hitmen)
Anyways, some advice needed. How do i do a driveby shooting on a car?
I don’t remember if it would be accessible by now, but you can buy the sniper from Ammu-Nation – (East Island – North Point Mall). 1500 bucks.You could also get it from the green maze to the right side of Diaz’s mansion.
Anyways, for drivebys in a car, while driving, hit the ‘Look Left’ or ‘Look Right’ keys to have Tommy look in that direction. Press the fire button to fire that gun. You’ll need a sub-machine gun or an Uzi.
Another thing I remembered about Death Row… you could get a copter from the police station downtown and snipe at the obvious henchmen first, and then go do a driveby on the remaining. Also, while escaping, use the Trashmaster.
I haven’t played GTA even once…
*Bowing down in shame and humiliation*
you don’t need to buy the game. GTA, the first one has now been released FREE by the fine people at Rockstar. Its 350 – odd megs, so get your broadband working… and you don’t even need a killer system to enjoy it!
I would say – play GTA and GTA2 first. Never mind that they look a little dated(top view and all) the gaming experience is just too much. For a year and a half, I would scream “aaaaaaaa” while crossing the road, trying to get that precise intonation of the pedestrians in GTA2.
Like said, GTA is available for download. I have GTA2, u can collect it from me anytime.