Guide and FAQ for GTA:VC
Written by James Daniels
My progress in the game: 100%-I am done
E-mail:jamieboydan@aol.com
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INTRODUCTION
This is an awesome game. Now I think this game had WAY too much hype about
it, it only has one city! There aren't as many missions and things to do. It
is sort of a mini-version of GTA3, but it is expanded. You can now fly
helicopters; there are more cars, weapons, characters, and better graphics. While it
doesn't have the amount of gameplay that GTA3 does and it isn't as
groundbreaking, it is still a Grand Theft Auto game and that means it is awesome.
Okay, a little information about e-mail. I'm sorry if I can't answer all of your
questions because I have a busy schedule and I still will try my best to
update this FAQ as much as possible. I probably won't know much more then my FAQ
says, but you are welcome to ask. If I don't know, I will respond, but I will
simply say that I don't know. NO HATE MAILS! PLEASE READ THE GUIDE BEFORE
ASKING QUESTIONS! I will simply delete any e-mail that is answered in the FAQ.
Just don't do it and we will be all peachy. Also, DON'T SEND ME SPAM.Now,
where was I? Oh yes, the following sites have permission to use my guide:
_www.cheatplanet.com_ (http://www.cheatplanet.com)
_www.gamespot.com_ (http://www.gamespot.com)
I'll let you use it if just ask. NOTE: *This FAQ contains spoilers, so read
at your own risk!!*
STORY
Having just made it back onto the streets of Liberty City after a long
stretch in maximum security, Tommy Vercetti is sent to Vice City by his old boss,
Sonny Forelli. They were understandably nervous about his re-appearance in
Liberty City, so a trip down south seemed like a good idea. But all does not go
smoothly upon his arrival in the glamorous, hedonistic metropolis of Vice
City. He's set up and is left with no money and no merchandise. Sonny wants his
money back, but the biker gangs, Cuban gangsters, and corrupt politicians
stand in his way. Most of Vice City seems to want Tommy dead. His only answer is
to fight back and take over the city himself. As a major gateway to South
America and the Caribbean and attracting migrants, Vice City is brimming with
driverse characters, so there's a friend for everyone. It is a sociable place
and the new guy in town is sure to meet all manner of friendly people in the
sunshine capital of America. Athletes, pop stars, real estate developers,
politicians, trailer trash, everyone is moving to Vice City to find out what
makes it the number one growth city in America. But, as Tommy quickly finds out,
trust is still the rarest of commodities. GTA: Vice City is not a sequel to
GTA3. It's not a prequel either. Vice City is it's own game and story. It
takes place in Miami, Florida (nicknamed Vice City) in the 1980s. You play as
Tommy Vercetti, a former low-level mobster for the Forelli brothers, who has
recently been released from an extended sentence in prison. He was busted
during a drug operation and got a 15-year sentence. For not ratting out the
Forellis, Sonny Forelli has rewarded Tommy by sending him to Vice City to expand
the Forelli criminal empire. Tommy's first big deal goes terribly wrong, and he
quickly discovers that he has lost the cash that the Forellis had entrusted
to him for their Vice City crime operations. Sonny Forelli is not at all
happy by this news, and demands that Tommy get the money back. Through his
relationship with Ken Rosenberg, a shady lawyer with huge connections in the Vice
City underworld, Tommy finds himself a bit of luck. Rosenberg aids Tommy by
outfitting him with a sweet pastel suit and giving him an invitation to a boat
party - one that many big bosses of the Vice City criminal community will be
attending. What happens next has not yet been revealed. It's safe to say that
you will face betrayals and double-crosses as you earn back the money.
CONTROLS
This is pretty much all said in the manual, but I will say it here for the
sake of my guide. They are just some common sense tips about the game.
----------------- Controls on Foot ----------------
D-Pad or Left Analog Stick - Move around
Right Control Stick - Look in first person mode
Start - Pause
Select - Toggle camera view
X button - Hold to sprint
Square button- Jump
Circle button- Fire/Use current weapon
Triangle button - Enter/steal vehicle
L1 - Center camera
L2 - Change weapon
L3 - Crouch
R1 - Target lock-on
R2 - Change weapon
R3 - Look back
---------------- Controls in Car ----------------
D-Pad/Left and Right Control Stick - Turn vehicle
Start - Pause
Select - Toggle camera view
X button - Accelerate
Square button - Reverse/Stop if moving
Circle button - Drive-by
Triangle button - Exit vehicle/Bail
L1 - Change radio station
L2 - Look left/Stick gun out the window
L3 - Horn
R1 - Handbrake
R2 - Look right/Stick gun out the window
R3 - Side missions (if applicable)
-------------------------------- Controls in Helicopter or Plane
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Control Stick/D-Pad Up - Move forward
Control Stick/D-Pad Down - Move backward
X button - Accelerate/Gain height
Square button - Decrease altitude
Circle button - Fire attached gun (if applicable)
Triangle button - Suicide bail
L2 - Turn right, hold to spin
R2 - Turn left, hold to spin
THE POLICE
Many people consider them as regular police. Well, I am here to prove you
wrong. They are their own gang against you in this game. If you don't piss them
off they don't do anything. But if you do piss them off, their whole army,
literally, will come after you.
One Star * - This means you have pissed them off slightly. This occurs if
you run into them, kill a person walking on the street; steal a car right in
front of them, nothing big. Get rid of it by hiding, or just driving around.
Two Stars ** - This means you either got in trouble and pushed your luck
with the cops, or you ran one over. Running over a cop, and killing it mind you,
will automatically give you 2 stars! Not good, don't do it unless you want
cops on your tail. To get rid of it, get to the Pay n' Spray or find a police
bribe to get it down to one star, and see above for information on that.
Three Stars *** - Uh oh. You better start running. Helicopters will come
after you; countless cop cars will fly at you, even roadblocks will be set up.
This is a compilation of things and it only happens unless you either want it
to or for some reason like to run over a lot of people including cops. GET to
a PAY N' SPRAY!
Four Stars **** - I got just one simple word. Run. In a car though. Now you
will have the SWAT team on your butt and helicopters all around and cars and
enforcers...it is not pretty. Usually you get this if you shoot a helicopter
down. Pay N' Spray anybody?
Five Stars ***** - Now you are asking for it. Getting this far is tough
anyway, now try to survive. Good luck! Everything except a tank will after you
for whatever horrendous things you have done. You must get to a Pay N' Spray or
you are going to die my friend!
Six Stars ****** - This is suicide. Now tanks will come after you, shooting
you and trying to run over you. If you know from GTA 3, if the tank touches
you, you will explode! Obviously the missiles will make you explode also. I
highly doubt you will survive. Pay N' Spray right away. (That rhymed!)
ASSET PROPERTIES
You can purchase Asset Properties after Tommy's "Shakedown" mission. These
are places in Vice City you can purchase and gain revenue. There are many
other benefits of this, as well as the fact of getting 100% in the game. Here are
the properties. I have had SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO many e-mails about this
so I will address it here since that's where people look I guess. To get the
final missions, you need to buy 5 out of these 8 assets. Then you need to
complete all of their missions. I hope this is clear.
-Boatyard
Cost: $10,000
Location: Viceport
Revenue: Revenue is gained after you complete the mission "Checkpoint
Charlie." Generates a maximum of $2,000 a day.
Benefits: Free boats
-Cherry Popper Ice Cream Factory
Cost: $20,000
Location: Little Haiti
Revenue: Complete "Distribution" to get maximum revenue of $3,000.
Benefits: Ice Cream Delivery Missions
-Kaufman Cabs
Cost: $40,000
Location: Little Haiti
Revenue: $5,000 max per day
Benefits: 3 extra Kaufman taxi missions
-Car Showroom
Cost: $50,000
Location: Little Havana
Revenue: $9,000 max per day
Benefits: Pay N' Spray (not free thanks to JRCbase), Save House, 4 garages,
and VC racer missions.
More Information: To get more maximum income, you can keep on getting cars
on the list and you also get a new car everytime you complete a list. (Thanks
to Kevin)
-Pole Position
Cost: $30,000 ($600 dollars more to gain max revenue)
Location: Ocean Beach
Revenue: After you spend an additional $600 (You have to stay in the room
with the stripper for about 6 minutes because it takes 5 dollars every 3
seconds remember you have to spend 600, thanks to Brenden Edwards) $4,000 max per
day. If you consistently go in and out of the first room, the dancers will
cycle through multiple dancers, including the white hat chick, and some girl in
red lace (Contributed by Cory Brown) You don't have to spend the 600 bucks
all at once, I was in the back room for a while and I thought I was in there
for the right amount of time, so I left and it didn't say anything, then I went
back in, and hit x accidentally, then it said I get my revenue. (Thanks to
TimDaQB14)
Benefits: ...I think you know what the benefits are of a strip club.
More Information: If you spend another 1000 bucks there, you will yet again
increase your income there. (Thanks to Kevin)
Some additional tips from nick ------------------------------
Here's a tip you might want to put in your guide, is you own property like
the Vercetti estate or the strip club or anything else that will make you
money, save several times then check the places that will make you money, it'll
have like 10,000 dollars there or more depending how many times you saved
NON-ASSET PROPERTIES/SAFE HOUSES
These are also properties you can buy, but they aren't profitable. They are
used as save points. I think it is pretty cool to have multiple save points.
I will list their price, location, number of garages/helipads and name.
-Elswanko Casa
Location: Vice Point, south of the North Point mall and east of the Leaf
Links North Island.
Features: 1 garage
Price: $8,000
-Links View Apartments
Location: East of Leaf Links Island and west of the police station
Features: 1 garage
Price: $6,000
-Ocean Heights
Location: Farthest south in Ocean Beach
Features: 1 garage
Price: $7,000
-Hyman Condo
Location: One block east of Hyman Memorial Stadium.
Features: 3 garages and one helipad
Price: $14,000
-1102 Washington Street
Location: Across Ken Rosenberg's office in Washington Beach
Features: None
Price: $3,000
-3321 Vice Point
Location: Shoreline north of North Point mall.
Features: None
Price: $2,500
-Skumole Shack
Location: On the rooftop of a building down the street and around the corner
from the Biker Bar.
Features: None
Price: $1,000
WHAT YOU NEED FOR 100%
Complete - All Story Missions
- All Extra Missions
-All Odd Jobs
- All 100 Hidden Packages
- All Rampages
- All Unique Jumps
- All Properties Purchased
- All Stores Robbed
Rewards for getting 100% (Contributed by _MadMaxL004@aol.com_
(mailto:MadMaxL004@aol.com) ): I just completed 100%, useful bit of info - in other guides
it doesn't say this...when u complete 100% u get 3 limos parked outside your
mansion, plus 200 health and armor and 3 body guards, they await in the room
to your left when u come down the stairs from your save point. (Contributed by
Bilbo70000) Vehicles get double health as well. Once you get 100%, another
outfit appears at your mansion, named "Frankie." It is a white shirt and
jeans, and the shirt says "I completed Vice City and all I got was this lousy
T-Shirt." It is located in the upper room. (Thanks to Jesse Procknow) I have some
quick info on the Frankie outfit you get after getting 100%, in the mid
1980's their was a band named "Frankie goes to Hollywood", they started printing
t-shirts as a part of their marketing campaign so they wont become a one hit
wonder w/ their song "relax". And on one of their t-shirts its says on the
front "Frankie says" and on the back it says "relax". it looks exactly like the
100% outfit, but with different words, this might be why they call it
"Frankie". (Thanks to Anthony Taormina) When you complete 100% of the game, every
weapon gets unlimited ammo. The strange thing is, if you use a grenade with
detonator and try blowing it(after having completed 100% of the game) the
grenade will explode, but you can't change your weapon to another but the
detonator, and you stay with it and when you press O again nothing happens. (Thanks
to stecious) hey, I recently got 100% and I saw in your guide it says in the
100% completion reward section, how it says u get 3 limos parked outside your
mansion, this is a lie, or else it hasn't happened in my game, and I have
been visiting my mansion often after I had done 100%. I would also like to point
out, that when u get 100%, a hunter is occasionally parked at the helipad
just south of the strip club in vice city east. (Thanks to elvendale) This is
incorrect. Regardless if you have 100% or not and regardless if you have all
100 packages or not, if you beat the game, the Hunter will become available at
the helipad at the southern most tip of the eastern island (south of the
hotel). I have found that your odds of seeing the Hunter there are greatest if
you drive a police vehicle there. (This includes police cars, tanks, and
everything in between). Just thought you should know *thumbs up* (Thanks to Deymus)
I Just wanted to point out on your FAQ, when you get 100% Completion, the
bodyguards aren't exactly for free. I think of them more as mercenaries because
they cost $2000 before you can press him into active duty. In case you
didn't know, they are armed Uz-I (like other fellow allied gang members) and have
body armor cause they stood up to 2 and sometimes even 3 shots from a Colt
Python! That's strong! Hope you take this into account on your FAQ. (Thanks to
Victor Li)
HIDDEN PACKAGES
There are 100 hidden packages in Vice City. I have written down your
rewards, but not the locations. Look elsewere. ):
10 - Body Armor - Ocean View Hotel & Starfish Island Mansion
20 - Chainsaw - Ocean View Hotel & Starfish Island Mansion
30 - Python - Ocean View Hotel & Starfish Island Mansion
40 - Flamethrower - Ocean View Hotel & Starfish Island Mansion
50 - L.S. Sniper Rifle - Ocean View Hotel & Starfish Island Mansion
60 - Minigun - Ocean View Hotel & Starfish Island Mansion
70 - Rocket Launcher - Ocean View Hotel & Starfish Island Mansion
80 - Sea Sparrow (w/Machine Gun)- Starfish Island Mansion's Helipad
90 - Rhino - Fort Baxter's Air Base
100 - Hunter - Fort Baxter's Air Base
STORYLINE MISSIONS
*Ken Rosenburg*
Mission 1: "AN OLD FRIEND" Reward: $0
Just take this time to explore if you want and when you're ready, go to your
hotel safe house and talk to Sonny. Then a (L) blip will come on your radar,
follow your way to that to Ken Rosenberg's office and the first mission,
that you do for money anyway.
Mission 2: "THE PARTY" Reward: $100
All you have to do here is talk to Rosenberg and go get on your new clothes
at Rafael's. Then make your way to the Colonel's yacht. After a lengthy cut
scene you will need to take Cortez's daughter, Mercedes to "Pole Position",
the strip club. After dropping her off you complete the mission. Oh, and the
Soiree Suit is now available as a clothes change.
Mission 3: "BACK ALLEY BRAWL" Reward: $200
First go see Kent Paul at the Malibu Club, he will inform you about a chef.
Go meet that chef in an alleyway and slaughter him up. Doing this is rather
easy. Then take his downed Cell-Phone. After that, you will confront Lance,
after a scene, some chef's are chasing you around, don't bother killing them,
just run towards Lance's car and hop in, wait for Lance to hop in and take off
towards AmmuNation. Then return to your Hotel safe house to complete the
mission.
Mission 4: "JURY FURY" Reward: $400
After you get out of his office, a car will speed past you and hit a guy,
and he drops a hammer. Take the hammer and the car and head towards one of the
yellow blips on you radar. For the first one, go to the triangle blip and you
will see a Sentinel, but no juror. Use the hammer to smash up the car, and
the juror will come out, see the car and flee. One down. For the next one,
follow the blip to the Ocean Beach Restaurant. Hit him to make him go into his
vehicle, and he will crash into a truck. Open his door, take him out, and beat
him into submission. You can also just beat up his car and that will do the
trick. There is 400 dollars in your pocket. Head back to Rosenberg for his
last mission.
Mission 5: "RIOT" Reward: $1000, Coveralls available at Tooled Up, and Avery
Carrington's missions are available
This is a difficult mission. First head over to Rafael's to change into
overalls. Not much of a strategy can be said, just skill. The easiest way I found
out to do was, drive a car into the gates running over most the workers,
then drive into the back of the lot and hop in one of the vans on the LEFT and
rapidly ram it back and forth into the other van. One will start flaming and
park them next to each other. That will take 2 of the vans out and now head
for the third van and drive it out of the compound area and ram it into walls
till it flames. Let it blow and there, you have it.
Here is an additional strategy from Zany
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Of course get the overalls and then go to where they are rioting. See those
big box trucks. Well steal one of those that are out on the street and then
drive it into where the riot is. They open the gates and just let you in.
Drive over a lot but not all of the workers. Once the gates are open the workers
will rush the guards. Now get all of the trucks to the right side. There is a
barrel over there u can shoot. Then run what workers are left won't like u
and what guards are left wont like u but they will be to busy hitting each
other to hit you.
Alternate Strategy from Ben Bird --------------------------------
An easier way to do the 'Riot' mission is as follows: (this is using the
weapon cheat so if you don't want to use it, that's understandable. First, use
one of the three weapons cheats (r1, r2, l1, r2, left, down, right, up, left,
down, down, left is the best in this case). Next go to the fight scene, kill
a few people with a weapon, then blow up the trucks with the rocket launcher
and hey presto, there you have it.
Alternate Strategy from Robert Brown ------------------------------------
I was just reading your guide. It's pretty good. I have an alternate
strategy to the Riot Mission. Very simple. No cheating. All you need is a pistol and
a bat or nightstick. Get your coverall out fit. Go to the scene. You have to
take out 3 of the workers to start the riot. Just pick a guy in the back and
kill him with the bat. Move on to the next guy etc until the riot starts. AS
long as you are in the back you won't be attacked as the riot rushes
forward. You can walk into the gate untouched once the fighting begins. Target the
armed guard when prompted to do so and take him out. Drive the truck that is
on the left into the empty spot beside the other two. Walk back across the lot
and turn and you can auto target the red barrel. Shoot it. It explodes. All
three trucks explode. At this time most of the workers and guards have killed
one another and you get some easy money a gun pick-ups before leaving. This
is not a difficult mission.
*Colenel Cortez*
Mission 1: "TREACHEROUS SWINE" Reward: $250, Casual Outfit delivered to Gash
This is a fairly easy mission. Cortez has found the person who set you up.
Go to Gonzalez's abode and confront him. Kill his 2 guards first, and then
chase Gonzalez on foot. Once you kill him you will have 2 wanted level stars.
Hurry up and get in the Cheetah from the hotel's parking lot and drive to the
Pay 'n' Spray North of you in Vice Point. After painting the car you complete
the mission. NOTICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!THERE IS A HIDDEN PACKAGE IN HIS HOUSE AND
IF YOU DO NOT GET IT YOU WILL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL YOU CAN COME BACK WITH A
HELICOPTER!!!!
Mission 2: "MALL SHOOTOUT" Reward: $500 Head to AmmuNation and pick up some
body armor and a gun. Then head to the Washington Mall. When you confront the
courier, the SWAT bursts in. Simply follow the courier out of the mall,
avoiding the cops and SWAT. You will get a Level 2 Wanted Level, so they will be
after you. He will get a vehicle, most likely a motorcycle, and take off. Hop
in a car and ram into him until he wipes out. Then kill the guy if not dead
and take the chips from him. Before you head back to Cortez, get to a Pay N'
Spray to rid yourself of your wanted level. Get the chips back to Colonel and
get $500.
Mission 3: "GUARDIAN ANGELS" Reward: $1000 This is a difficult mission.
First go get the Ruger at the car pack and meet Lance. You two will go meet
Ricardo Diaz and make sure a drug deal doesn't go bad. When it does, the Haiti
will take out Diaz's 2 guards and start attacking him. Simply pick them off one
by one. If you look behind you, cars and vans will drop more gang members
off; try to pick them off when they are being dropped off. Lance will also yell
for help, just disregard this; the gang never gets him, rarely. If you are
lucky enough, Diaz will survive. After those thugs are dead, 2 Cuban gang
members on Sanchez's will swipe the money. Lance kills one of them and knocks him
off his bike. Run over and grab the bike and follow the other Cuban through
the alleys. Be careful and use you drive by skills to shoot at him in front of
you. Once you knock him off the bike and kill him, grab the money and take
it back to Diaz. Now you have him as an ally and get your $1000 reward.
Alternate Strategy from Daniel Filipe -------------------------------------
I've got an additional strategy for the mission " Guardian Angels ". The
problem was too many people in my area (Vice City is really big here) had loads
of problems with this mission, so I got a really simple way of getting to it,
without much concern. First, to the parking lot, get the machinegun and meet
Diaz with Lance. Then, take your position, go up to the edge of the platform
and crouch down, draw your machinegun and go into 1st person mode. Then the
deal will go off and the Haitians will appear. When the first car appears,
target the driver and then fire in a straight line to the other side and you
usually get a head shot into the other gangster. Then another car will pop up
from behind the first. Kill the passenger first (the other one usually gets
silenced by Diaz) and now aim for the street. A van will appear, and the driver
will come out. Instead of killing him, aim for the back of the van and when
the 3 guys come out, take them all with some fast shootin'. Now go down the
stairs, and wait for the other car that pops out from the left street to stop
there. Kill the men that come out (the driver first) and then SOMETIMES (in
the PC version at least) another car still appears in the right street again.
Kill both men that exit, and then that will trigger the cut scene with the
motorbikes and the stolen money. Now here is the trick. Get the motorbike, BUT
DONT FOLLOW THE OTHER ONE TROUGHT THE ALLEYS! Instead, go a little back into
the road, turn left and the right and follow the open road there. You should
catch up with the other one really soon. Now, get a car...there's usually one
parked halfway through out the road. Get into it, and speed up. The
motorbike will soon enter the open road and now just come out from behind, sneak on
it, speed up, and take out the driver. Grab the money and bring it back to
Diaz...quite simples, and you don't have to do that boring and hard chase
through out the alleys. Hope it helps!
*Ricardo Diaz*
Mission 1: "THE CHASE" Reward: $1000 This is another fairly easy mission if
you play it safe. Make your way to the thug's house and look through his
window, he will see you. Chase him to the rooftop and be quick about it. He will
fire at you in a cut scene and that's all. Do not shoot at him. Make your way
across the rooftops and don't fall off the narrow planks. Once he hops in
his getaway vehicle, grab the nearby Faggio. Trail the BF Injection to the
thug's house safely and don't worry about the thug firing at you though. Just
don't get too close. Once you see the thug's hideout the mission is over and you
get $1000.
Mission 2: "PHNOM PEHN '86" Reward: $2000 In this mission, you need to go
back to the hideout that you saw at the end of the last mission. You get a ride
from a helicopter with the pilot being "Quintin", really an alias for Lance.
You will have an M60 (Hell yeah!) and he will stop in mid air by the hideout
so you can kill people. Shoot all the guys in one area, and the driver will
move to the next. Move quickly, the helicopter doesn't have unlimited health
and if the helicopter's health is empty, then you fail the mission. A very
easy way is to ALWAYS shoot the explosive barrels if there are any because it
will help. After you killed all of the guys around the building, you will be
able to enter the building as the helicopter sets you down by the door. Enter
in and shoot right away at those guys. They can kill you pretty easily and
you don't want to mess around with them. After you killed the guys on both
levels, head up the stairs, kill the guard at the door, and proceed to the
rooftop. There you will find the cash in a briefcase. When you get it, the
helicopter will pick you up again and you will be taken back to the mansion, for a
nice price of $2000 dollars. You get a call from Cortez after this mission, but
let's carry on with Diaz 4 the moment.
Mission 3: "THE FASTEST BOAT" Reward: $4000 In this mission, he wants you to
raid a dock to get a new boat that is supposedly the fastest of all the
boats. I wonder why we wants it so bad...you will see in the next mission. Follow
the red blip to the docks in the far south part of Viceport. The boat is in
the air because of a small crane holding it up. You need to get to the
controls and lower it. Shoot your way in and kill all the guys, and trigger the
switch to lower the boat. There will be more guys on the way to the boat, and as
soon as you enter it, you are greeted with a three star wanted level. Drive,
with your boat, back to Diaz's mansion, and try to avoid fire from the
helicopters and avoid the police boats. It isn't too difficult. Head into the pink
circle to finish the mission. One more mission for him. I have gotten
several e-mails about the door to the boathouse with the switches for the crane
being locked. I don't remember the doors being locked, so I can't help you guys
out. I looked through other people's walkthroughs and they have the same
thing. I don't know what is wrong, but I will try to find out. If anyone has any
idea what I'm talking about and has the solution PLEASE E- MAIL ME so I can
answer these people's questions.
Contributed by Thomas Finney ----------------------------
FYI I got past it thanks for the reply from looking around it appears to be
a glitch in the scripting.... (maybe it is caused by cheats) I restarted the
game no problem... just you just have to start over.
Here is a good solution from _Mrmtallica@aol.com_ (mailto:Mrmtallica@aol.com)
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This is about the "fastest boat mission", my game also had the problem of
the boatyard doors being locked, but I found a resourceful solution. I don't
know why they are locked in the first place, but they were. Get a helicopter
from the place with the garages you buy in downtown (I don't remember the name)
and take the helicopter to the location of the boat. Land the helicopter on
top of the boat and exit the helicopter. Then you enter the boat and it
falls, without the switch being hit. Problem solved. Hopefully this helps.
Mission 4: "SUPPLY & DEMAND" Reward: $10,000! Wow! 10,000 bucks! That is
awesome. But it is not an easy mission. You have to go to a coke dealer and the
first boat there gets the deals. That's why you have the fastest boat! This
mission is pretty tricky so be prepared. Get into the new boat and Lance will
join you again. You will race the others to the point to get the coke. Take
the LEFT path, not the right; the right side has too many narrow passageways.
Carefully navigate through the channels, but go fast enough so you don't lose
your lead. You are faster, so you will have the lead most of the time. When
you reach the coke dealer, you get to use the nice machine gun. Yes!
Immediately shoot at the other boats behind you, or hopefully not in front of you.
After you kill them, or before, Lance will tell you to shoot the guys on the
jetty. Kill them first; they can do some pretty serious damage to your boat.
After that, a helicopter will come. Shoot that down right away as well, because
there is an armed thug on the 'copter. There is one more boat ahead of to
victory! I don't recommend blowing this one up because it could damage your
boat too. Just kill the guys on the boat. Lance will then drive you back to the
mansion for your $10,000 reward. You now get a call from Kent Paul. What's he
goin' on about? Nothing, right? HA!!! Just you wait................But he
butts in everwhere so lets do Cortez's mission.
Mission 1: "SIR, YES SIR!" Reward: $2000 Ooh, this is actually really easy.
You have to retrieve a tank and bring it back. So follow the red blip. Once
you catch up to it, you need to block the convoy that is blocking it and snipe
out everyone that you can. Make sure you snipe the turret! After you do
that, do to the driver's side of the Tank, smash it open with a melee weapon, and
man the Tank. The military will then activate the self-destruct mechanism.
That is your queue to get the hell out of there and fast. Quickly take the tank
back to the storage facility to complete the mission.
OR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If you own the Hyman Condo, instead of taking it to Cortez's garage,
take it to yours!!!!! You have to be fast tho, 'cause the tank still explodes.
*Kent Paul*
Mission 1: "DEATH ROW" Reward: $0 (Only money you get is actually a lot of
money from bad guys that you kill, in fact Steve Bond reported that he picked
up $11,000!!)-Thanks to Steve Bond. What??? No money!!We need to rescue Lance
now, Diaz kidnapped him, that bas**rd. Be prepared to kick some ass when you
get to the alley where the green blip tells you to go. Kill all the guys to
avoid them when coming back through the alley. Make sure you do that!!! Make
sure you killed the guy on the crane also. Once you leave with Lance, take
the Sentinel because if you don't that same Sentinel will be after you when you
are going to the hospital. There will still be pursuers however in the form
of three Comets filled with enemies, so take the shortest route the hospital
possible to avoid excessive damage from the very dangerous pursuers. The
mission will be complete when you drop Lance off. This allows you to do the next
mission.
Alternate Strategy from Michiel van Heuvelen
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After getting my car blown up time after time by Diaz' men from ramming me,
I decided to take the dump truck that is also on the junkyard. Now you can
slowly drive to the hospital en let them ram you. This makes the end much more
easy. The only thing is that you have to drive slowly, or the truck will be
tipped over in the corners.
Alternate Strategy from Andrew Jennings
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First I got a tank by using the cheat code. Then, when you get to the
junkyard where Lance is being held, just run over everybody. After Lance is rescued
and in the tank, just roll on to the hospital. You don't have to worry about
the pursures, cause' when their cars ram the tank, they will explode.
Another Alternate Strategy from Andrew Jennings
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First to do this mission, you will need a helicopter, sniper rifle,
rocket/bazooka launcher, a colt or another one hit kill weapon, and full health and
body armor. Park the helicopter over in the grass or road by the Malibu, and
when the cut scene ends run get in your helicopter and go to the junkyard.
Right before you get to the junkyard, go to a close rooftop and launch a rocket
at the row of cars at the entrance. Then get back in your helicopter, and fly
over the junkyard just low enough that you can see everyone, but high enough
that you can't be shot at. You need to find a place over by the building
where Lance is being held to put your helicopter. Find a high vantage point in
the junkyard, like the top of the crane, and start shooting everyone with your
colt, since it has auto aiming. After everyone is out, go to the cut scene
with Lance and get in the helicopter and just fly to the hospital. Now you
don't have to worry about the pursuers putting you out.
Alternate Strategy from Andreas Blankert
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When I did the "Guardian Angel" mission, right when it ended and you see
Diaz drive off, run towards the road, his car should be in the middle of it,
empty and doors unlocked. Just grab it and drive it to one of your garages. This
car is bullet, fire, damage and explosion proof, so there is nothing, except
for flipping over maybe, and that can damage this car. I took this car and
saved Lance by just running over Diaz' men and did drive-by shootings with my
Uzi.
Alternate Strategy from bendman -------------------------------
I get around by motorcycles all the time, so when I started this mission I
had a motorcycle. I was already loaded from previous missions, and it was
timed by Lance's health, so I was in a hurry. When I turned down the straightaway
that leads to the 1 car roadblock, I went as fast as I could and jumped off
the back when I was about 40' from the guy by the car. I already had my Uzi
out, so as soon as I hit the ground I wasted them. Now I shoot the guy running
up from the docks, and shoot about 4 people on my way up a ramp thing about
50' in the air. From here I take out everybody with my assault rifle. Now I
go back and get my bike from where it crashed by the car, and run over the guy
guarding lance, then I take off with lance on the bike. If you usually get
around by bike in VC, dodging Diaz's men on the way back is easy, just swerve
a lot and outrun them.
*Tommy and Lance*( well its not really a Diaz mission)
Mission 1: "RUB OUT" Reward: DIAZ'S MANSION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And not to
mention $50,000!!
Well, if you do this mission, the reward pretty much pays for the last 2
missions. Your mission is basically to "rub out" Diaz as payback for kidnapping
Lance. It starts outside Diaz's mansion on a pink marker. Lance will drive up
and show you his weapons in his trunk. Cool. Make sure you have full armor
and health because you will need it. Use your M-16 in first person to target
and shoot the guards at the entrance. But it is locked! No fear, head around
the west side and enter there. Head through the maze in the bushes, killing
everyone in your way and entering the mansion. Climb up the stairs to get to
the second floor and to reach Diaz's lair. You will have to fight Diaz along
with several other guards. Be careful and watch your health, and eventually you
will prevail. Diaz isn't that tough. After you kill him you will have
control of this huge mansion! Sweeeeeeeetttt!
Lets go and do Cortez's last mission
Mission 2: "ALL HANDS ON DECK" Reward: $5000 Lots of money for this one. It
is an escort mission, and those are never easy. But it is by boat, and you
will be ambushed on all sides of the boat. They are the French military trying
to get their chips back. You won't let them will you? You need to kill
everyone who tries to attack the boat. After you kill the boats to the side of you,
there will be a bunch of ships blocking you from the front. Unload on them
also. When the helicopters arrive, you MUST destroy them. If you don't guys
will board the boat FOREVER, until you destroy the helicopters. Finally, an
Apache shows up. Uh oh. This helicopter will start unloading bullets at the
ship. Just keep firing at the ship and eventually it will come down. There are
health and bullets icons on the upper deck, just in case. If you haven't
destroyed all of the ships blocking the yacht, do that now. Then the colonel will
sail away. $5000 dollars! Yay! That was your last mission for Cortez, I would
suggest doing some side missions and getting some property. But, I will
continue on with the missions.
*Tommy Vercetti*
Mission 1: "SHAKEDOWN" Reward: $2,000, and all assets are now purchasable
Now that you have Diaz's mansion, it is time to start taking over Vice City.
These next few for Tommy will be self-started, and going to the roof will start
them. For this mission, you are going to go to a mall and send a message to
some shops by busting all of their windows. Sounds easy? Well, you will have
to deal with the cops as well, so it isn't as easy as it sounds. After you
enter the mall, the purple blips will indicate the stores you need to destroy.
Only when the purple blips go away, you know that you have completed it. A
good strategy is if the cops are on your trail, go into the store that needs to
be destroyed, and the cops will start shooting the glass, doing the work for
you. Once you destroy all of the glass windows, you will have completed the
mission, but you will have a wanted level of 5. But it goes after you've done
it anyway.
Alternate Strategy from Jonathan Plaster
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I have a different strategy for "the shakedown" mission. It takes a little
more preparation but I think that it's much easier during the mission. Before
the mission go and get a motorcycle, (I used the PCJ 600 but anyone would
probably do) and put it in your garage at your mansion. Also stock up on a gun
that you can use while on the motorcycle and get plenty of ammo for it. Now
start your mission and get your motorcycle out of your garage drive to the mall
and drive through the front doors. Once inside you can drive around to the
blips and while on the motorcycle use the L2 or R2 button along with the O
button to shoot out the windows while riding. This way you can get from area to
area quicker and you don't sustain a lot of damage to your health this way,
and it also makes it easier for you to escape after the mission.
Mission 2: "BAR BRAWL" Reward: $4000 Once you go to the marker, take the men
that you get for this mission to the yellow blip on the map and you will see
some guys out in front. Take care of them easily by running the over or
doing drive-bys. BTW, the point of the mission is to get into the Front Page bar
and find out who is supplying their guards. After you kill the guards
outside, go inside to the pink marker and the owner will tell you where they come
from. Then a timer starts, don't you just love timers? It will give you 5
minutes to kill all of the targets, and it is not an easy task. You have to go to
the security headquarters in Washington Beach to kill the rest. I would
suggest the alley next to it. It has some stairs so you can snipe them all, or
throw some bombs at them. Once you kill all of the guys in the parking lot, the
last two guys will flee on their motorcycles. Follow them and use the nearby
police bribe if needed. Hit them off of their bikes and run them over in the
time limit to complete the mission. Pretty hard eh? Only one more mission
for...you.
Alternate strategy from Jake Tomlin -----------------------------------
In return I've got another strategy for the Bar Brawl mission. Before you go
to kill the guys outside the bar go and get your car rigged with a bomb by 8
Ball (his shop is down near the port, it's marked on the map.) Then go and
kill the guards by the bar, speak to the manger, and drive your car to the
security firm. You've got two choices, either aim the car for the entrance and
bail out, or just drive it in, get out and run away. When you're a safe
distance then blow the bomb. All those baddies with the assault rifles are smudges
on the ground. Admittedly, so are your two thugs, but, hey, they knew the
risks, right?
Alternate Strategy from Andreas Blankert
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An even easier way to finish this mission without preparation is just go
talk to the manager and then drive north up the same road and turn left where
the blip is. Stop across the street and check out their entrance with all the
men standing with pink arrows above them. Simply fire one rocket in there and
done... If one survives, just go in there and shoot him. Alternative option
is throw a hand grenade or a Molotov cocktail in there. If you completed the
fire truck mission and you're fireproof it's even easier. Then just grab a car
and follow the bikers and ram them and run over them to finish the job.
Mission 3: "COPLAND" Reward: $10,000, then $5,000 forever, see the bottom of
this mission for details. Haha, this is a tough mission. At least there is
no timer right? But it is definitely hard anyway. One of your men has screwed
up a bombing and you need to cover it up. So you think up an intricate plan
and that involves changing into a cop's uniform. To do that, do anything to
get a wanted level. The easiest would be to run into their car or run over a
lot of people. Then, head towards your garage, marked by a yellow blip on your
radar, and have the cops follow you into the garage. You need at least 2 cops
for you and Lance to change into. Once you get 2 cops in the garage with
you, the door will close, and then open with you and Lance in police uniforms.
Cool. Now head over to the mall in the police car parked outside which is
behind the short wall, and follow the pink marker to find it in the Tarbrush
cafe. That is where you will plant the bomb. As soon as you enter the pink
marker, dash out as fast as you can. The bomb detonates after 5 seconds, and
appropriately your wanted level reaches a small level 5. Level 5?!?! Holy crap! Get
out of there as fast as possible and get in your car and drive like you
never drove before. The small, speedy, and deadly Vice cop cars will be after
you, and try to get to your mansion as fast as possible. If your car catches on
fire, bail out but don't go towards the cops and don't run in the middle of a
street where a high speed FBI car can kill you. Just a little advice to help
you out. Once you reach the mansion, the mission will be complete. The cool
part about this is that you will find a $5,000 icon on the front porch of
your mansion. It regenerates once every day. That's pretty cool huh. (thanks to
_Mixedbag101@aol.com_ (mailto:Mixedbag101@aol.com) for a correction)
_CactusJack225@aol.com_ (mailto:CactusJack225@aol.com) had a way of
escaping easier and it really works well.
"When you are leaving the mall, there is a lower area just outside the doors
of the coffee place. Down there is a cop bribe that u can get fairly easily.
Thus, you avoid the FBI and have a relatively easy time escaping just 4
stars then you would 5."
Additional Strategy from Doug -----------------------------
Here is a near sure-fire way to beat copland easily. As soon as you start
the mission at your mansion, go up to the roof and get the helicopter. Fly it
down in front of the mansion. If Lance didn't follow you up to the roof, or
he's not in front of the mansion when you land, then go inside the mansion to
get him. Once Lance is outside, get inside the helicopter and make sure Lance
gets in as well. Then, fly over to the mall. There is an entrance on the side
of the mall (it's the one that's closest to the store you need to plant the
bomb in). To the side of this entrance there is an area where you can land
the helicopter (it's the area where you can get the police star). Once you've
successfully landed your helicopter down there, go about the mission as usual:
get a car, get 2 stars, get in the garage, get the cops uniforms, get the
police car that's next to the garage and drive over to the mall. Before you go
in the mall, park your car on that side entrance (the one which is closest to
where you need to plant the bomb) make sure your car is in facing down the
ramp so that you can easily drive down the ramp to get to the helicopter once
the bomb has blown. Once you've gone in the mall and planted the bomb, run
outside, get in your car, drive down to the helicopter, get inside and get back
to your mansion (you can land in front of the mansion, or if there's cops at
the mansion when you arrive, land on the roof and then make your way
downstairs and to the front). I suppose, in theory, your Helicopter could be shot up
to the point of exploding by cops (as you're leaving the mall), or that you
could be shot down by the police helicopter; but I did the mission twice
using this method and was successful both times.
*Final Missions*
The reason these are classified as final missions are because they relate to
the story, but they aren't in your mansion anymore. Also, there are some
requirements for even getting these missions to show up. Thanks to Craig
Kostelecky, I know now that the requirements are having the Print Works and
completing all of its missions, and having 5 other assets and completing their
missions.
Mission 1: "CAP THE COLLECTOR" Reward: $30,000 Ooh! We are getting close to
the end and they will keep on getting harder. If you think this is hard, wait
till the next mission. That one took me a LONG time. Anyway, the point of
this mission is to kill 6 collectors, and they travel in pairs. The Forelli's
are behind these collections after they hear about what you have been doing to
take over Vice City. The pink blips mark your properties, and the more
properties you have, the easier this mission will be, you will see why in a
second. You have to follow the red dot, which marks the first pair of collectors
and they head first for the boathouse. You won't be able to stop them from doing
that, but you should be able to see them on the way to the next property,
Sunshine Autos. You need to knock them off of their bikes and kill them. Once
you kill them they get replaced. You need to kill three pairs to complete the
mission. You fail the mission if they tax all of your properties, so if you
have a lot of properties, then you have more time to kill them all. I would
not suggest killing them at the assets because they have big guns and can kill
you fast that way. So after you kill them all, you get $30,000 and the final
mission of the main story is available! Yay!!!
Final Mission: "KEEP YOUR FRIENDS CLOSE..." Reward: $30,000, and the
completion of the main story missions Are you ready? Cause this is most likely the
hardest mission of them all, fittingly the "last mission." I put that in
quotations because the game isn't really over yet, there are all the other things
to do. Anyway, let us get started. It starts with a pink marker outside of
your Starfish Island mansion. Uh oh, the mob is coming because you killed their
people. Get ready to fight. You are sending Ken the lawyer to make a deal
with counterfeit money, and you send Lance to get the men. But wait, Lance is a
traitor! He informs the mob about the bad money and the mob comes and
assaults your mansion. First things first. Guard your safe from the guys that come
in. After killing a LOT of them, like 15-20 of them, Lance will show up
outside the office in the upstairs hallway. Shoot him to get him running and
follow him. Every time you shoot him he will go higher, until you get to the roof.
Go into the corner to find an Adrenaline pill and that makes this MUCH
easier. You will see Lance and the thugs, and a bunch of explosives. Hmm, what to
do? Lure Lance over to the barrels and waste him. Ahh, the smell of sweet
revenge. Not much time to celebrate, head back to your safe where the mob is
after it again. This time it is Sonny Forelli, the big bas**rd with a Ruger, and
many people with him. This is the hardest part of the game, and the last part
of the mission. Getting behind your desk to take cover is the only advice I
can give you because you are going to need some serious skill to get past
this part. Pick off all of his guys first since they take less damage to kill,
and deal with Sonny alone. It is much easier that way, but it is still
difficult. Once you kill everyone in that final surge of guys, you have completed
the mission. Congratulations! You now own Vice City and have completed the main
story missions! Of course there is still lots to do, but you have completed
A LOT of the game!
EXTRA MISSIONS
*Avery Carrington*
You can find him in his limo at the construction site in Vice Point. You can
find him pretty early in the game, after you complete the "Riot" mission for
Rosenberg. Here we go.
Mission 1: "FOUR IRON" Reward: $500 Pretty good cash for the beginning
missions. Not. What you have to do is take care of a guy at the local golf course.
First, follow the T-shirt to get some golfing clothes...boy he looks like a
nerd...and then head to Leaf Link gold course. When you enter, all of your
guns will be taken away, and they will leave you with your melee weapon. If you
don't have one, there is a golf club right after you go through security. Go
to yellow blip on the dot and hit one of his guards. This cues a cut scene
showing your target getting away in a Caddie. Follow him with a Caddie of your
own. The guards will also chase you, do your best to shrug them off. Either
take him out in the caddy, the easiest way, or follow him on the streets. If
you take too long, you will fail so make haste. Tip over whatever he is
driving, and then run him over to complete the mission. The only problem is if he
is using a caddy, and as you all know they don't flip over. So drive-by him
and set him on fire that way to finish him off.
Another way of doing it--------------------------------------------
If you wait a long time to do this mission, you can take a helicopter and
kill the guy with weapons.
Alternate Strategy from Sid Davis(this really made me laugh)-------
Basically show up at the driving range and then drive the other golf carts
that are there into the water. (Bailing out as you get close to edge) I did
this figuring that if bad guy didn't have a cart I could just run him over as he
ran away. Well Surprise, surprise... he jumps in a Caddy anyway... and it's
one of the ones in the water. Apparently he can't swim too well. Mission
Over. ;)
Mission 2: "DEMOLITION MAN" Reward: $1,000 A lot of people had trouble with
this one but I found it pretty easy. The hardest part about this is obviously
the flying of the helicopter, but once you master that, this mission is
easy. What you have to do is pick up and drop off four bombs in the construction
site. First, the blip on the map will point you to a Top Fun van, where you
can control a RC helicopter. Of course, it would be too easy unless there was
a time limit. After you drop off the first bomb you have 7:00 to drop off the
remaining three bombs. That is plenty of time to complete this mission. I
recommend going from the top to the bottom so you leave as much time as
possible for the hardest one. The thugs that will start shooting you can easily be
killed be running them over or chopping them up with your blades. After you
drop off all 4 bombs, the mission is complete.
Alternate Strategy from C. D'Angelo -----------------------------------
For "Demolition Man", the 7 min. time limit won't start until you pick up
your first bomb. All you have to do is fly over and kill all the construction
workers and security guards with the blades first. After that, it's smooth
sailing...just place the bombs in 7 min. and you're all set.
Mission 3: "TWO BIT HIT" Reward: $2,500, Havana Outfit delivered to
Streetwear in Little Havana Hey, Donald Love is back! Anyway, what you are supposed
to do is start a gang war between the Cubans and the Haitians. First you need
to change into a Cuban gang outfit by following the T-shirt again. After you
change, drive by the Funeral Parlor signified by a yellow blip. If you get
the attention of the Haitians, go after the Haitian Gang Lord. If you are
lucky, you can kill him before he gets in his Hearse, but if not it is okay, it is
pretty hard to kill him before. Chase him and kill him using drive by, and
after either he dies or the car blows up, you will have completed the mission
after you leave Little Haiti.
Alternate Strategy from Brett Dix ---------------------------------
Here's a much easier way to complete Two Bit Hit. You'll need a rocket
launcher, which can be obtained from the swimming pool at the Happy Hooker Holiday
Inn (near the entrance to the airport). After you get your disguise, hop in
a car and cruise toward the target area. As you approach the Cubans, take a
left before they see you and then turn right down the alley. Head along the
alley for a bit and then hop out of the car when you are close to the target.
Look around the corner to your right and you should see the gang lord's car
with an arrow above it. Fire two rounds from the rocket launcher into his car
to blow it up and kill him. To get out of town, just jump back in your car and
carry on down the alley. Turn right to get back to the street, then turn
left and follow the road around until you get to the highway. Turn left and
floor it... If you do this right, you can complete the mission without the Cubans
firing a single shot at you.
*Love Fist*
These missions can be located at the downtown V-Rock building, indicated by
a skull on the radar. You can start doing his missions after the mission
"Shakedown." These missions are a sequel to one of the last of the main story
missions so these won't be a walk in the park. I think we should get more money
for these but whatever. Here we go.
Mission 1: "LOVE JUICE" Reward: $2,000 Hmm, I wonder what Love Juice is.
Well, frankly, it is a kind of drug. Love Fist wants you to get some of it from
a secret source. Get a very fast sports car, or a motorcycle so you can shoot
ahead of you. The best vehicle for this is a PCJ-600, but those don't appear
out of nowhere. But if you do have one use it here as it will be much
easier. Follow the pink blip on the radar to get a pink marker, and make sure you
are in your fast car or motorcycle. Honk the horn to signal the dealer to come
out and make a deal. He takes your money, and runs without giving you the
drugs. Chase him down! That's why you need a fast car or PCJ, he has a PCJ
himself. Try to destroy his bike without knocking him of his bike; he has a
stubby shotgun that can pack a mean punch. If you have a motorcycle follow him and
shoot him from behind until his bike explodes. If you have a car, you should
drive-by him. Collect the drugs then get a call from Paul. You have to go to
Mercede's house and pick her up. Try to park facing the road. When she gets
in, FLY!!!!!! You have a minute and thirty seconds to get to the studio. Take
Mercedes and the "Love Juice" back to Love Fist for a mission completed and
$2,000.
Alternate Strategy from Andy Robson -----------------------------------
On the "Love Juice" mission an easy way to complete the second part is after
you've killed the drug dealer go and get a helicopter and fly to the woman's
house, you can just about land on the red circle, and you can pick her up as
if you were in a car. Simply fly back to the studio as fast as you can. you
can make it with 15 - 20 seconds to spare.
Mission 2: "PSYCHO KILLER" Reward: $4,000 This mission is where you have to
get rid of a stalker, and you know what I mean by get rid of him. But this
stalker isn't stupid and he will put up a fight. I have tried many different
ways, but I still lose him because the limo is too slow. There is a trick that
worked for me in the Brady Games strategy guide. After you start the mission,
get a fast car, and put it by the signing area, or by where the stalker
takes off. When you get there, the killer will kill a few people, hop into his
car and flee the scene. As soon as you do that, get into your high-powered car
and zoom after him. Now, just destroy the car and kill him in the process to
land the $4,000 dollars. For now, you are done with them, because you need to
do some Biker missions before you can proceed with him. After you complete
all of the Biker missions below, you can proceed with this last one.
Additional Strategy by Ed Novak -------------------------------
Seems that not everyone likes the Devils of Rock Excess. Someone's been
stalking the Fists, making death threats and such. Kent Paul asks you to drive
the Love Fist limo down to the show, and lure out the psycho killer. First, head
outside and jump in the crimson stretch limo, and then drive down the road
to the pink marker. Park at the marker, and you'll see a couple of women go
into the arena...followed by what appears to be a guy in drag. The drag queen
shoots one of the guards, then jumps in his car and takes off. Once again,
chase him down! You have two choices now: A) chase him through the entire city
until one of you dies, or B) memorize his route and figure out the best place
to smash him. The easiest way is to pin him against a building after he makes
his first left turn. He'll make a U-turn in the middle of the road, which
leaves a great opportunity to impale his car on a lamppost. Once he bails out,
shoot him a couple of times to complete the mission.
Note: You must finish the Biker gang missions before you can do the mission
below
Mission 3: "PUBLICITY TOUR" Reward: $8,000 You get to be a chauffeur, but
aren't you always? You have to go fast enough in the limousine you are driving
so the bomb doesn't detonate, kind of like the movie Speed. Great movie.
Anyway, it takes about 140 seconds to disarm the bomb, and my advice is to find a
wide freeway and drive along that until the mission is complete. Slowing
down enough will detonate the bomb, and slowing down will make the meter rise
very quickly. After the bomb is defused, follow the pink blip as slow as you
want to the gig and get your $8,000 and finish.
*Biker Gang*
Mission 1: "ALLOY WHEELS OF STEEL" Reward: $1,000 These missions occur after
Love Fist's mission "Psycho Killer." They are located at the Biker bar,
surprise, with a spade icon on the radar. The first mission is a checkpoint race
to prove your worth to them. That shouldn't be too hard. They all have
Angels, and after you talk to the leader, you will see other Angels parked by the
bar. I suggest you don't use them, however get on the bike go driving around
looking for a Freeway (the motorcycle). This puts you at a HUGE advantage, I
can't stress it enough. Once you do that, go into the pink circle to start the
race. During the race, do not shoot at the guys or you will fail the mission
automatically. Just race. Pretty easy to win the race, just go for control
over speed, since it is easy to tip over. After you win, you will get $1,000
and the next mission.
Additional Strategy from PoweroftheGOM --------------------------------------
After you come out of the bar, you can either take the Angel, or go looking
for a freeway. When you get your bike, go way behind the other bikers (whom
are using Angels) and start riding towards them. When you see the pink marker
that you're supposed to stop at, don't stop. Instead go near the pink marker,
and lightly hit yourself against the biker nearest to you. This is because
when you make contact with any racer, the race will automatically start. This
allows you to have a huge advantage over the other bikers.
Mission 2: "MESSING WITH THE MAN" Reward: $2,000 This next mission caused me
a lot of problems, until I realized the secret of how to do it easier.
Anyway, you have to raise chaos in the cities, for fun basically. Kind of
difficult, the idea here is to raise your chaos meter until it is full. To do that,
you must kill people, blow up vehicles, etc. But what I didn't know until
recently is that the higher your wanted level is, the quicker your chaos level
will rise. Now you might say, why do you need to do it quickly? A 2-minute time
limit (it rhymed again!) My suggestion is to get up high, and use your rocket
launcher. It is fun and it works. BTW, every four or five people killed
raises your meter, and every 4 or 5 vehicles blown up raises your meter. The
mission is completed when you fill the chaos meter, and you get $2,000.
OR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If you got the tank from Sir Yes Sir, just use that. I
did it in thirty seconds with a tank.
Mission 3: "HOG TIED" Reward: $4,000 The local gang with the burritos, maybe
Cubans?? Hmm... Anyway they stole Mitch's bike. Bad idea. You have to get it
back no matter what. It is hidden on top of the Ammu-Nation building. A cool
way to get there, BTW it also nets you a Unique Jump, is to use the stairs
across from the Ammu-Nation and land on top. Score! Anyway, get the Adrenaline
pill to make things a little easier. There are many people on the roof and
people will come up the stairs to the north. There is a health icon just in
case. After you kill all the guys, head down the stairs, and follow the yellow
blip on the radar to find his bike in a garage. You might have to kill some
guys on the way. :) What am I kidding, of course you will! To get out, go to
the left side of the place, and then turn right (north), and use the stairs as
a jump out onto the streets. It is not over yet!! They will chase you in
Gang Burritos, and it will be tough to get past them. Use the bikes speed and
some good driving to get back to the bar and get your $4,000. That was the last
mission for them. Now, you can finish mission 3 for Love Fist.
*Assassination Missions*
There are several missions. Don't get me wrong, just because they are
assassination, doesn't mean with a sniper. In fact, some of them aren't with a
sniper, it is in the middle of the road. Anyway, enough talk, let's go. You get
the first call early on in the game from your cell phone after the mission
"Riot", and you can find the actual phone in Ocean Beach, marked by a phone icon.
Mission 1: "ROAD KILL" Reward: $500 This is sooo easy. But you only get 500
dollars, so that should explain how easy it is. You have to kill a guy on a
Pizza Boy. Not hard. The only catch is that you have to do it before he
delivers his pizzas. He has 50 of them. Even then, you shouldn't have a problem.
Take him out for the easy 500 dollars.
Mission 2: "WASTE THE WIFE" Reward: $2,000 This next phone is located in the
east side of Vice Point. You have to kill a jewelry shop owner. Except this
time, they are in a car. Oh no! Don't worry it's easy, sort of. Make her car
burst into flames is the easiest way, but you can also make her get out of
her car and kill her that way. But make sure as soon as you make her car set on
fire you drive away quickly so no one suspects you. You will get a message
saying you need to split, because it is about to blow. Ker-Ching!
Mission 3: "AUTOCIDE" Reward: $4,000 This phone is located in Washington, by
the North Point Mall. You finally get to snipe somebody! Yay!! But, they
make it hard now that you get to use it. Oh well. What you have to do is kill 5
groups of people in 9 minutes. That's tough! Oh well, let's get started. You
will find guns indicated by the blue blip on the map. Now for the victims.
The first victim is Mark Griffon, and he is in Washington building an
advertising board. Easy enough stop where you can see him and snipe him. One down. The
second victim is Dick Tanner. He is in Washington Beach. You will have to
take him out on the road, and he is in a Securicar! That spells trouble. My
advice is to damage the car before it gets on the road to make it easier. After
that, it takes only a little more abuse to take the car down. This is one of
the harder ones to do, so if you do this one fast good job! If not, keep
trudging along. The third victim is actually a group of people, two to be exact,
their names are Marcus Hammond and Franco Carter. They are found by the
Jewelry shop in Vice Point. They also "run" off in their trucks, but to make it
easier on you, the first one jumps out and starts shooting you. Run him down.
The second guy has a pickup truck, take him off the road any way you can. Don't
use bumping; it takes too long, so I suggest drive-by the truck. The fourth
victim is a breather and a confidence builder after 2 harder victims. He is
located on a boat off the shore by Washington Beach. Don't use a boat and risk
it, just snipe him, saving time. That's easier huh? The fifth victim raises
the bar a little, but not a lot. You have to kill Charlie Dilson in
Washington, and he is riding a PCJ-600. Although it is fast, chase him in a car and he
will be down in no time. Wow! That's a complicated mission huh? Well, next
mission!
Alternate Strategy from Ffej ----------------------------
I completed the Autocide mission with NO problems using the following
method. It may be helpful to practice flying a helicopter first until you get half-
decent at it. Get a helicopter and fly it to the south end of the western
island. Somewhere around the airport and military base, you will see some
industrial cooling towers with a reddish Z-shaped hotel to the south of it This is
almost perfectly west but a tiny bit north from the first big container
ship. Behind this hotel is a pool with a rocket launcher in it. Land your
helicopter somewhere safely on the lawn, and jump in the pool to get the rocket
launcher. In order to get out of the pool, be sure to switch back to your "fist"
and jump out from the shallow end. Get back in your helicopter and fly to the
J icon on your mini-map. There is a nice wide parking lot next to the
payphones that you can land in. I recommend landing in the end of the parking lot
farthest away from the payphones, closest to where the weapons will spawn,
this will save you a few seconds time later. Be careful with the aircraft, we
don't want to lose it halfway through. Answer the phone, then run with X held
down to the blue-blip to stock up on the weapons (this is actually faster than
trying to steal a car and driving there). Then, run to your helicopter and
just before you get in, arm your uzi. Then get in, and take off. As soon as
you're airborne, land on the roof right next to where you landed, but as close
to the blip on your mini-map as possible. Then, quickly do the following in
rapid succession. Get out of the helicopter (your uzi should still be armed
from when you selected it on the ground), run as close to the billboard as
possible while still staying on the roof, hold down R1 to autotarget the victim,
squeeze off a second or two of fire, then get back in the helicopter. If you
did this fast enough and if you landed your helicopter close enough, the
helicopter should spin back up almost immediately, saving you time. Time for
victim number two! Fly your helicopter to the next blip on your map but be
careful not to fly over him because he'll be alerted and escape. You want to land
on the roof of the building directly across the street from the parked
security van. If he spots you and starts driving away, you didn't avoid him well
enough when you were in the air; so try the mission again. Once you land on the
roof, get out of the helicopter and arm your sniper rifle. If you stand
directly opposite of the security van but still up on the roof, you should be able
to zoom in and pick him off through the windshield before he even pulls
away. You only get one shot before he panics and escapes, so aim carefully and
fire. Easy kill! If you don't mind failing the mission, you can steal the
security van now and store it in one of your garages somewhere. Anyway, once you
kill victim #2, hop back in the helicopter and fly to victim #3 and his friend
using the blip on your mini- map. Once again, you want to land on the HUGE
roof across the street from where they are parked. Same deal; don't alert them
while you are in the air, so you may have to circle around to the west a
tiny bit so that you aren't flying over them. Once you're on the roof, get out
of your helicopter, arm the rocket launcher you got and shoot the van. Bye-bye
victim #3 and friend! Time for victim #4. This one is even easier, but you
still need to avoid early detection. This guy is sitting in his boat not far
off shore. You should have no trouble landing the helicopter a little ways
away, getting out, arming your sniper rifle, and finishing him off. If you did
this all smoothly enough, you should have lots of time left on the clock for
victim #5. This last victim is in a motorcycle and you need only run him down
with a half-decently fast vehicle, so you can helicopter over to him until you
are close and steal a car, or you can leave the helicopter behind and simply
drive away from the area where you killed victim #4.
Mission 4: "CHECK OUT AT THE CHECK-IN" Reward: $8,000 This phone is located
in Escobar International Airport, and it is a payphone. This one involves
many steps, but really isn't that hard until you have to get away. You must
follow this woman close enough so you see her, and far away enough to keep her
from being suspicious. The distance meter cannot be filled or you will fail.
She will point out your real target, and then you can shoot him. DON'T SHOOT
HER! Shoot the guy she shows you. Once you do that run! You will get a 2 star
warning and the guy's crazy buddies after you. Make sure you get the
briefcase! Then go! You have to return the briefcase to the AmmuNation. There are 2
Pay N' Sprays on the way to it, that will rid you of the cops, but as for the
goons, just out run them to complete the mission. One more assassination
mission.
Mission 5: "LOOSE ENDS" Reward: $16,000 You have to do some things before
you do this mission. You must have purchased the Malibu and completed its
mission called "The Shootist." Done that? Now let's get started. This phone is
located in Little Havana, right across from Starfish Island. You have to head to
the top of the Cherry Popper Ice Cream Company roof. That's where you will
do your dirty work. This is a difficult mission, so beware. Go through the
gate to get your weapons, then snipe all the people in suits, or with guns. Make
sure you get ALL of them; there is one hiding behind that car. Run towards
the stairs and fire with an Uzi at the explosive barrel to take out the
car/guards. Sweet. Anyway, you will then reach the ledge that you sniped people
from. Use that vantage point to kill more people, and try to hit as many
explosive boxes to kill multiple guards at the same time. Once they all die, head to
the left side to get body armor, then head to the right side to get to the
roof. Kill all of the guys on the roof, even on the billboard. Make sure you
snipe them before they can see you so they can't kill you. Once they all die,
pick up he briefcase, get into the helicopter and fly away! Land in the pink
marker at Escobar International Airport to complete the last mission. Yay!