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Game: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Platform: Playstation 2
Genre: Action/Adventure
Creator: Rockstar
Developer: Rockstar North
Author of this FAQ: Little_Jewell
E-mail: arminjewell(at)yahoo(dot)com
Version of the FAQ: 4.0
==================
TABLE OF CONTENTS
==================
1. Revision History
2. Copyright Information
3. Introduction
4. Basic Controls and Strategies
a. Controls
b. Police
c. Asset Properties
d. Non-Asset Properties/Save Houses
e. Robbing Shops
f. Clothes/Outfits
g. Requirements for 100%
5. Story
6. Characters
a. Characters
b. Gangs
7. Missions Walkthrough
a. Ken Rosenburg
i. AN OLD FRIEND
ii. THE PARTY
iii. BACK ALLEY BRAWL
iv. JURY FURY
v. RIOT
b. Colonel Cortez
vi. TREACHEROUS SWINE
vii. MALL SHOOTOUT
viii. GUARDIAN ANGELS
ix. SIR, YES SIR!
x. ALL HANDS ON DECK
c. Ricardo Diaz
xi. THE CHASE
xii. PHNOM PENH '86
xiii. THE FASTEST BOAT
ivx. SUPPLY & DEMAND
d. Tommy Vercetti
xv. DEATH ROW
xvi. RUB OUT
xvii. SHAKEDOWN
xviii. BAR BRAWL
xix. COPLAND
e. Final Missions
xx. CAP THE COLLECTOR
xxi. KEEP YOUR FRIENDS CLOSE...
f. Extra Missions
i. Avery Carrington
a. FOUR IRON
b. DEMOLITION MAN
c. TWO BIT HIT
ii. Rock Band: Love Fist
d. LOVE JUICE
e. PSYCHO KILLER
f. PUBLICITY TOUR
iii. Bikers: "Big" Mitch Baker
g. ALLOY WHEELS OF STEEL
h. MESSING WITH THE MAN
i. HOG TIED
iv. Assassinations (Phone Missions)
j. ROAD KILL
k. WASTE THE WIFE
l. AUTOCIDE
m. CHECK OUT AT THE CHECK-IN
n. LOOSE ENDS
v. Cubans: Umberto
o. STUNT BOAT CHALLENGE
p. CANNON FODDER
q. NAVAL ENGAGEMENT
r. TROJAN VOODOO
vi. Haitians: Auntie Poulet
s. JUJU SCRAMBLE
t. BOMBS AWAY!
u. DIRTY LICKIN"S
g. Asset Missions
viii. Porn Empire: Steve Scott
a. RECRUITMENT DRIVE
b. DILDO DODO
c. MARTHA"S MUG SHOT
d. G-SPOTLIGHT
ix. Boatyard: Checkpoint Race
e. CHECKPOINT CHARLIE
x. Kaufman Cab
f. V.I.P.
g. FRIENDLY RIVALRY
h. CABMAGEDDON
xi. The Malibu: Bank Heist
i. NO ESCAPE?
j. THE SHOOTIST
k. THE DRIVER
l. THE JOB
xii. Phil Cassidy: Gun Warehouse
m. GUN RUNNER
n. BOOMSHINE SAIGON
xiii. Print Works: Counterfeiting
o. SPILLING THE BEANS
p. HIT THE COURIER
h. Game Script
8. Odd Jobs
a. "R3 Missions"
b. The Arena
c. Cone Crazy
d. RC Missions
e. Shooting Range
f. Street Races and Stolen Cars
g. PCJ Playground
h. Chopper Missions
i. Test Track/Trial By Dirt
j. Beach Ball Game
9. Vehicles
a. Cars/Trucks
b. Motorcycles
c. Planes
d. Boats
e. Vehicle Statistics
f. Rare Cars
10. Weapons and Items
a. Slot 1
b. Slot 2
c. Slot 3
d. Slot 4
e. Slot 5
f. Slot 6
g. Slot 7
h. Slot 8
i. Slot 9
j. Slot 10
k. Items
l. Weapon Statistics
11. Hidden Packages
a. Locations
b. Directions
12. Unique Jumps
13. Rampages
14. Locations
15. Radio Stations
16. Miscellaneous
a. Made Up Missions
b. Fun Things To Do
c. Challenges
d. Glitches
17. Cheat Codes
a. Push-Button Cheats
b. GameShark Codes
c. Miscellaneous Codes
18. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
19. Credits
===================
1. Version History
===================
4.0 - May 12, 2003 - More than likely this will be the last time I
update, but for the sake of never being finished, because inevitably
someone will give me more, I won't give it a Final status. Thanks to
everyone who contributed!!!
3.9 - March 27, 2003 - I added many new contributions.
3.8 - March 13, 2003 - I added the K-Chat script, and a couple more
contributions.
3.7 - March 4, 2003 - I added the game script.
3.6 - March 2, 2003 - I added the script for Flash FM and
contributions.
3.5 - March 1, 2003 - I added a script for Emotion 98.3, and I am
looking to get all of them soon. I also added many contributions,
thanks guys keep them coming.
3.4 - February 14, 2003 - Happy Valentine's Day! I updated the
rampages section because so many people e-mailed me on how to get
there, so I did that. Oh yeah, could I forget contributions?
3.3 - February 10, 2003 - Added some more contributions.
3.2 - February 6, 2003 - Added a whole new section on the statistics of
weapons, pretty cool, all thanks to Psy.
3.1 - February 4, 2003 - Updated some more stuff in the Rampages
section, and added some stuff in Unique Jumps. Also added a couple
more contributions.
3.0 - February 2, 2003 - I realized that there will not be a final
version to this FAQ for a LOOONNNG time. Added some new stuff thanks
to THAguyINgta3. I created a new section on my own, I need LOTS of
contributions for this one, please, contribute fun things to do or
challenges.
2.9 - February 1, 2003 - More contributions, they are still coming.
2.8 - January 24, 2003 - I added the last thing my FAQ needed,
information on the rare cars, a new FAQ section, and some last minute
contributions.
2.7 - January 22, 2003 - This should be the last version, and after you
see this, I will not accept any more e-mails. I added the rest of the
vehicle locations.
2.6 - January 20, 2003 - I added some new information in vehicles and
locations. I also got directions for the packages. I will update a
couple more times for contributions and I also need to get the rest of
the locations, maybe some rare cars too.
2.5 - January 17, 2003 - I added information for the Arena, and a new
mini-game is added. Hidden Packages on the to-do list.
2.4 - January 14, 2003 - Added a couple more contributions, I will work
on the Hidden Packages next, specifically the directions to each one.
I also added as many GameShark codes as I could find, due to some
demand.
2.35 - January 2, 2003 - Added some more contributions.
2.3 - January 1, 2003 - Happy New Year! I finished the Hidden
Packages, and now all that I have to do is give you the directions. I
am thinking of putting in car locations soon.
2.2 - December 21, 2002 - Did the Hidden Packages section numbers 1-50.
I won't be updating cause it is the holidays, so don't except any fast
updates past this one.
2.1 - December 19, 2002 - Finished the Locations section, added the
Health, Armor, and Police Bribes in it. Pretty much done with the FAQ,
just need the hidden packages.
2.0 - December 18, 2002 - Finished the neglected characters section
that I forgot about for so long, and I added a glitches section, and
finished that, except that I'm taking contributions for it. I'm having
second thoughts about the map, it would be too complicated and it would
just confuse people. I will try my best to describe its location
anyway.
1.9 - December 16, 2002 - Finished the unique jumps, added some more
contributions, thanks guys. I also did some more stuff in the
Locations section. More stuff coming soon, including those maps I
promised.
1.8 - December 13, 2002 - Did the vehicle stats for the rest of the
vehicles. Also I added a really cool ASCII art at the top, check it
out. Also changed the TBC, made it more elaborate. I started a new
section called Locations, kind of general.
1.7 - December 10, 2002 - Did the vehicle stats for the cars/trucks.
Whew! Still got to do the other vehicles, coming soon. Again, more
contributions, thanks guys keep them coming.
1.6 - November 30, 2002 - Finished the extra missions and almost all
the odd jobs, I still need to add some stuff about the Arena. I forgot
to mention I added the rampages the last update. My next big task is
to sort out the vehicle stats. Oh, I almost forgot, I got many
contributions again.
1.5 - November 24, 2002 - Finished some more side missions. Changed
the TPC a little. Added a lot of the vehicle locations, thanks to
Jamie Ivany. Now I'll focus on the extra stuff.
1.4 - November 11, 2002 - Added some ASCII art, did some more extra
missions and many contributions, thank you very much for those.
1.3 - November 9, 2002 - Contributions again, got a HUGE contribution
from Gaius in the vehicles section. Check it out its pretty cool. It
will be put into better understandable information once I understand
it. :) Got through all of the Biker missions.
1.2 - November 6, 2002 - More corrections and contributions, finished
the main missions, and some of the side missions.
1.1 - November 4, 2002 - Added some corrections, added a section in the
basics, and finished the items. New ASCII art. A big update coming
soon.
1.0 - November 2, 2002 - First version of the FAQ, created mostly all
parts, started the vehicles, weapons, cheat codes, characters, gangs,
story, controls and introduction, part of the walkthrough, and the
cheats. I will update the walkthrough as I go through the game. Did
the ASCII art also.
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2. Copyright Information
=========================
This document is protected by US Copyright Law, and the Berne Copyright
Convention of 1976. It is for private and personal use only--it cannot
be reprinted in part or in whole, or reproduced in any way or in any
form (written or otherwise). It is a free document that cannot be used
in any sort of commercial transaction, including selling it or giving
it away as a gift. This FAQ cannot be referenced, altered, or used by
anybody (including webmasters, publishers, and magazine staff) without
my expressed written permission. This FAQ was created and is owned by
me, Armin Jewell . All copyrights
and trademarks are acknowledged and respected that are not specifically
mentioned herein. This document is copyrighted 2002-2003 by Armin
Jewell.
================
3. 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. Please, just don't do it.
NOTE: *This FAQ contains spoilers, so read at your own risk!!*
=================================
4. Basic Controls and Strategies
=================================
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.
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a. Controls
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Controls on Foot
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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
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Controls in Car
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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)
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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
~~~~~~~~~~
b. 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!)
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c. 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)
-Print Works
Cost: $70,000
Location: Little Haiti
Revenue: $8,000 after missions completed
Benefits: Missions (VERY IMPORTANT! Completing these will allow your
revenue of this place and to complete the main story missions)
-Film Studio
Cost: $60,000
Location: Prawn Island
Revenue: $7,000 max after missions are completed
Benefits: You gain access to the seaplane only when you have had the
studios for more than a week. (Thanks to ACJPaton)
-The Malibu
Cost: $120,000
Location: Vice Point
Revenue: $10,000 max per day
Benefits: Extra Missions. Thanks to Tony Antora for verification.
-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.
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d. Non-Asset Properties/Save 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
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
e. Robbing Shops
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This I think is awesome. You can rob stores for a little extra cash,
but more importantly, to get closer to that goal of 100% completion.
Watch out though, robbing a store sounds the alarm, and the police. To
rob the store, simply target, don't shoot, the cashier and he will fork
over the dough. The longer you do it, the more cash you get. Shoot
him afterwards to prevent him from sounding the alarm, but the police
will be on the way anyway. There are 15 stores you can knock off, and
I will list their locations.
-Corner Store - Vice Point
-Dispensary Plus - Vice Point
-Jewelry Store #1 - Vice Point
-Gash - North Point Mall
-Music Store - North Point Mall
-Jewelry Store #2 - North Point Mall
-Hardware Store - North Point Mall
-Bunch of Tools - Washington Beach
-Ryton Aide Pharmacy - Little Haiti
-Pharmacy - Downtown
-Jewelry Store #3 - Downtown
-Cafe Robina - Little Havana (Thanks to Caseboy1@aol.com)
-Doughnut Shop - Little Havana
-Laundromat - Little Havana
-Screw This - Little Havana
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f. Clothes/Outfits
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
There are 10 outfits in the game, and they are needed to beat parts of
the game. You usually get them from completing a mission, but there
are other ways. I will give you the outfit, where you can get it, and
how to get it.
-Street Outfit
Location: Every save house
How To Get It: Complete "Rub Out" mission
-Soiree Outfit
Location: Rafael's
How To Get It: Complete "The Party" mission
-Coveralls
Location: Tooled Up
How To Get It: Complete "Riot" mission
-Country Club Outfit
Location: Golf Course
How To Get It: Complete "Four Iron" mission
-Havana Outfit
Location: Little Havana Streetwear
How To Get It: Complete "Two Bit Hit" mission
-Cop Outfit
Location: Police Station (Washington Beach)
How To Get It: Complete "Cop Land" mission
-Banker Outfit
Location: Malibu Club
How To Get It: Complete "The Job" mission
-Casual Outfit
Location: The Gash
How To Get It: Complete "Treacherous Swine" mission
-Mr. Vercetti Outfit
Location: Collar and Cuffs
How To Get It: Buy "Pole Position" property
-Tracksuit Outfit (Blue and Black)
Location: Jocksport
How To Get It: Complete "Supply and Demand" mission
-Tracksuit Outfit (Crimson)
Location: Laundromat in Little Havana (location of package #72, thanks
to Scott W)
How To Get It: Available from the get-go (thanks to JeremyCPA, thanks
for verification by Ted Milker, Killigrew, Brian.J)
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g. Requirements For Getting 100%
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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): 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)
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5. Story
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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.
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6. Characters
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There are whole new sets of characters in this game. Forget the GTA3
ones, they will not help. I will go over who you are, and your
costumes, and then your bosses and then the gangs. Well, here we go.
If you know any more information about any of the characters,
especially the gangs, please e-mail me!!
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a. Characters
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Alex Shrub
-Gender: Male
-Build: Average
-Facts:
- Extreme Right Wing congressman.
- Happily married.
- Known philanderer.
- Will do anything for votes.
- Power obsessed. Usual politician.
- Expected to go very far.
Auntie Poulet
-Voice: Miss Cleo, actual name: Youree Cleomill Harris (Thanks to
Tim E Erbele)
Avery Carrington
-Voice: Burt Reynolds (thanks to Rick Chandler)
-Gender: Male
-Build: Average
-Facts:
- Texan property magnate and real estate developer.
- Likes to talk about his father. The good ol' days.
- Extreme Capitalist.
- Suspected of doing anything to manipulate property prices and
land value, including, but not limited to, arson, rioting,
bribery, intimidation, murder.
- Always wears a cowboy hat.
- Believed to be involved in several developments and slum-
clearance programs.
- Known guest of Cortez.
- Uses Ken Rosenberg for legal advice - possibly weak link?
- Hair suspected to be fake.
Buddy
BJ Jone's Loan Shark
-Voice: Lawrence Taylor
-Gender: Male
-Build: Big/Muscular
-Facts: - Former star Tight End for the Vice City Mambas.
- Very successful career in pro football, but haunted
problems off the field.
- Famous for hunting opponents. Now runs a celebrity
endorsed used car lot, which is believed to be a front.
- Thought to sell stolen vehicles.
- Believed to be heavily in debt with loan sharks and is now
doing anything for money.
Cam Jones
-Facts: -Claims to be an expert safe cracker
-Confirmed kleptomaniac
-Believed to be working with Cassidy
Candy Suxx (Candice Shrand)
-Voice: Jenna Jameson (Thanks to Tim E Erbele)
-Facts: -Woman of extremely ill repute.
-Possible involvement in blackmailing politicians
-Never seems to get cold.
Capo
Colonel Cortez
-Build: Average
-Gender: Male
-Facts: - Cultural Attache.
- Has diplomatic immunity - bear this in mind when bugging
his house.
- Has somehow survived up to 30 coups in his native country.
- Likes to eat endangered species. Considers this to be
fine living.
- Lives with his daughter. Widower.
- Long term dislike for French secret service.
- Believed to facilitate trade with all areas of criminal
activity, including, but not limited to, narcotics,
firearms, weapons, and military secrets.
- In own county, has been sentenced to death 9 times, but
always survives and gets promoted.
Eugene
-Facts: -Possible way to Leo Teal.
- Leo Teal's other lover.
- Interior designer and restaurant owner.
- Likes knives.
- Likes Thailand.
- Likes the beach.
Georgio Forelli
-Facts: -Italian-American criminal.
-Current case is going to trial, thought to be certain.
-Related to Liberty City organized crime family.
-Cross dresser.
Gonzales
-Build: Heavy/Stocky
-Gender: Male
-Facts: - Works for Colonel Juan Garcia Cortez in various
capacities.
- Diplomatic immunity - part if cultural affairs division of
San Dominican consulate, where Cortez in Cultural Attache.
Believed Gonzales' visa what issued as Health and Fitness
Commission.
- Greedy - known to take bribes; could try bribing to find
out more about Cortez' operation.
- Has been seen leaving property of Diaz without Cortez.
Possible weakness in organization.
- More information needed on Cortez. Gonzales has problems
with his weight.
- Formerly very active in Vice City under world. Now spends
a lot of time in his penthouse, away from Cortez.
Hilary King
-Gender: Male
-Build: Heavy
-Facts: - Expert driver believed to have worked with Cam Jones and
Phil Cassidy.
- Neurotic.
- Compulsive eater.
- Psychological profiling reveals obsession with abandonment
issues.
- Ginger.
- Hilary King comes from a stable family background.
Ice Cream Lady
-Facts: - Psychiotic distributor of soft ice cream.
- Business known to be a front.
- We are as yet unable to determine what it is fronting.
- Maude Hanson runs company.
- Believed to be a sociopath who once ran a children's home.
Jack Howitzer
Ken Roseburg
-Voice: David Paymer
-Gender: Male
-Build: Small/Weak
-Facts: - Partner at Rosenberg & Associates legal firm.
- Suspected problem with narcotics and egomania.
- Believed to be developing contacts with Liberty City mob.
- Suspected of cheating in Law school exams.
- Believed to have employed heavies on numerous occasions to
intimidate and corrupt juries.
- Very poor success rate in trials.
- "Blue Chip" clients include Georgio Forreli. Cousin of
Liberty City crime boss, Sonny.
- Always desperate for money.
Lance Vance
-Voice: Phillip Michael Tomas (Thanks to Tim E Erbele)
-Gender: Male
-Build: Muscular
-Facts: - Works with you in Vice City.
- Recently arrived in town with his brother.
- Asks a lot of questions.
- Trained helicopter pilot.
- Believed to be in narcotics trade.
- Heard mouthing off in a lot of nightclubs.
- Believed to get aggressive or needy when he drinks.
- Possibly emotionally insecure.
Love Fist
Paul from Kent
-Gender: Male
-Build: Small
-Facts: - "Kent Paul" is believed to be an assumed name. Real name
unknown.
- Also known as "KP", "Paulo" and "Kent".
- English Youth.
- Claims to work in music business. No known employment.
- Claims to be a criminal mastermind.
- No criminal record found yet.
- Known to have made contact with biker gangs, but believed
to have fallen out with Biker's gang.
- Pathological liar.
- Nasty clothes.
- Suspected narcotics addiction.
- Seems to have contacts in certain SWAT divisions.
Pastor Richards
-Gender: Male
-Build: Average
-Facts: - Possible Polygamist.
- Hates people who help others.
- Fervent anti-communist.
- Obsessed with nuclear winter.
- Hateful human being, but menace to society uncertain at
present.
- Maniac firebrand preacher, obsessed with money.
- Has written several awful books. All completely
fabricated. Most given away.
- Obsessed with degenerates.
- Has been campaigning to build a large statue in his own
image.
- Has been attempting to bribe officials at NASA for rocky
technology.
- Believed to be embezzling money from the fund for a
private mansion in Hawaii.
Leo Teal
-Facts: - Possible connection with Mr. Black.
- Very complicated personal life.
- Works in restaurant business.
- Communications expert.
- Haven't been able to get a working tap on his phones.
- Believed to be working as a hitman in Vice City.
- Possible involvement in narcotics trade.
Mercedes Cortez
-Voice: Fairuza Balk (Thanks to Tim E Erbele)
-Facts: - Daughter of Colonel Cortez.
- Likes to party.
"Big" Mitch Baker
-Voice: Lee Majors (Thanks to Tim E Erbele)
-Gender: Male
-Build: Tall
-Facts:
- Vietnam veteran, turned motorbike enthusiast. Won Purple Heart
for killing a village full of Vietcong and being injured.
Extreme bitterness at trement of veterans has led to violent
clashes with authority.
- Jailed on 13 occasions.
- Lawless degenerate sociopath.
- Loves bar sports, fighting, pinball, pool, eating live animals,
hard rock music, wrestling, racing motorbikes, urinating in
public places, scaring police.
- Believed to have implicated in several civil disturbances.
- Runs local gang of bikers. Believed to be implicated in
Narcotics distribution.
- Extreme loyalty within gang.
- Initiation rituals preclude getting man on inside.
- Known loathing for soft rock, communists, and wigs.
Moweesha
-Facts: - Involved in dubious practice with Teal and several other
men.
- Thought to be paid company.
- Involved in bizarre practices with Leo Teal and a manatee.
Mr. Black
-Facts: - Nothing is known about this man.
- Eager to find out more.
- Believed to be involved in running hitman business.
- No further info.
Pedro Garcia
-Facts: - Involved in violent gun-running.
- Buying weapons from out of state and selling them on the
streets.
- Believed to be a rival of Phil Cassidy.
Phil Cassidy
-Voice: Gary Busey
-Gender: Male
-Build: Average
-Facts: - Linked to "Cam" Jones. Jones and Cassidy believed to have
worked together numerous times although Cassidy has avoided
conviction.
- Degenerate.
- Patriot.
- Cassidy claims to have served in various divisions although
Army records show he was repeatedly rejected for service
because of drunkenness and an unsuitable temperament for
combat.
- Redneck arms dealer.
- Believed to be involved in weapons trade.
- Gun enthusiast. Member in various second amendment
organizations and various Vice City gun clubs.
- Sources suggest he also distills boomshine in own stills.
- Fighting war with Mexican gun-running gangs.
- Phil Cassidy shot his arm off some how. You also said that
he went to his personal physician. He actually went to an
old army surgeon and he was going to blow something up
because he was drunk on boomshine, but the batteries were
dead and he had some on what he was going to blow up. When
he replaced the batteries he accidentally pulled the
trigger and blew his arm off. The mission was "Boomshine
Saigon" (Thanks to Mike)
Ricardo Diaz
-Voice: Luis Guzman
-Gender: Male
-Build: Heavy/Stocky
-Facts: - Extremely dangerous.
- Bribed INS for Green Card in 1978. Entered the country
from Columbia.
- Contacts in Columbia believe he is a major player in
narcotics industry and anti-government activity.
- Extremely popular philanthropist. Gives various Ricardo
Diaz foundations across Vice City and Central and South
America. All are believe to be a front.
- Extremely short and is believed to suffer from Napoleon
complex.
- Medical records show he has over-active glands and sweats
more than is socially acceptable.
- Gun collector. Always armed.
- Has private army/militia and is heavily guarded at all
times.
- Has been involved in long running battle for control of
narcotics business in Vice City.
- Known to have bribed police and officials within the town.
- Feared due to reputation for unpredictable behavior.
- Thought to be responsible for 18 murders.
Sonny Forelli
-Voice: Tom Sizemore (Thanks to Tim E Erbele)
-Gender: Male
-Build: Average
-Facts: - Head of the Forreli crime family.
- Major crime family in Liberty City.
- Believed to have major influence in racketeering,
gambling, union trouble, corruption and prostitution.
- Came to power young.
- Thought to have ordered several mob killings, including
Harewood incident.
- Only minor charges have ever struck. Thought to be
interested in entering narcotics trade, traditionally a no
go area for Liberty City mob.
-Phone records reveal calls to home address of Ken
Rosenberg.
- Notoriously poor taste in clothes.
Steve Scott
-Voice: Dennis Hopper (Thanks to Tim E Erbele)
-Gender: Male
-Build: Average
-Facts: A film director with an unnatural obsession with sharks and
mountains of mashed potatoes, Steve Scott has been spotted at various
parties with organized crime. Rumors say he's seeking any money he can
get to finance his next big film. (Thanks to Brady Games)
Tommy Vercetti
-Voice: Ray Liotta
-Gender: Male
-Build: Average
-Facts:
-Tommy is the main character who you play as.
- Works for Sonny Forreli.
- Worked in Liberty City after long stretch in maximum security.
- Understandably nervous about a reappearance in Liberty City so
a trip down south seemed like a good idea.
- Tommy is left in Vice City with no money or merchandise.
- Tommy wants his money back but Cuban gangsters, biker gangs,
and corrupt politicians stand in his way.
- Most of Vice City seems to want Tommy dead.
- His only solution is to fight back and take over the city
himself.
Umberto Robina
-Voice: Danny Trejo
-Gender: Male
-Build: Heavy
-Facts: - Cuban warlord.
- Long term feud with Haitian criminals. Wants control turf.
- Extreme macho man.
- Wants to wage full scale war with Haitians.
- Never implicated in a crime personally.
- Bravery has been questioned with Cuban circles.
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b. Gangs
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-Cubans
Nationality: Cuban
Leader: Umberto Robina
Turf: Little Havana
Vehicle: Cuban Hermes
Clothes: White-T-shirts with blue caps
Weapons: Pistols, Fists.
-Haitians
Nationality: Haitian
Leader: Auntie Poulet
Turf: Little Haiti
Vehicle: Voodoo
Clothes: Blue T-Shirt, or Lilac T-Shirt
Weapons: Pistols, Fists.
-Sharks
Nationality: American
Leader: ?
Turf: North Point Mall, Prawn Island
Vehicle: Gang Burrito
Clothes: Leather Jacket with picture of Shark on the back
Weapons: Colt 45, Fists.
-Bikers
Nationality: American
Leader: "Big" Mitch Baker
Turf: By the biker bar, which is also known as the Greasy Chopper
Vehicle: Freeway
Clothes: Leather jackets, jeans, always on motorcycles, never walking
around.
Weapons: Colt 45
(Thanks to psychotic_34@hotmail.com for some of this information)
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7. Missions Walkthrough
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This is what the majority of the FAQ will be about. I will TRY to
update ASAP, but I can't guarantee anything, but I will take questions
about the game. I will know more about the missions and such then it
appears on the FAQ. They are all pretty straight forward, if you have
an alternate way, e-mail it to me and I will post it ASAP.
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a. Ken Robinson
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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
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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
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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.
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b. Colonel Cortez
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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.
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 bastard 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.
Alternate Strategy from Brian McElwain
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In the mission where you have to smash all the windows in the north
point mall the best way to speed things up is to steal the Infernus in
display and go for a joy ride and smashing all ground floor windows in
the process...then shoot out the upper level windows since you cannot
drive up the escalators.
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.
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c. Ricardo Diaz
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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 can proceed with his missions, but let's
finish Cortez's missions first.
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Colonel Cortez (Continued)
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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. Time for the last mission for Cortez.
Kobus de Villiers had an alternate way
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"There is a much easier way to do this. Once you catch up with the
convoy, just jog along on the left side. The convoy will halt at the
doughnut shop for refreshments. The driver goes out, so the tank is
open. Just get in and drive away, it's very close to the garage, so no
problem getting there in time and completing it without a problem."
Here is another method by Justin Miller
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"Simply drive a vehicle in front of the tank from the left side. The
procession will stop. You get out of your vehicle, jack the tank like
any other vehicle, and drive the tank to the drop spot. There is
really no need to shoot anyone or wait for the army to get doughnuts.
I realize that this is just another way of attaining the same result
but jacking the tank just like any other vehicle in GTAVC seems to me
like the way to go. In keeping with the spirit of GTAVC, I do not
believe that you should ever advise players to wait for someone to
abandon a vehicle in order to steal it ;o) It's yours. Just take it.
Thanks for your time."
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.
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Ricardo Diaz (Continued)
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Mission 1: "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 the rich bastard.
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
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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
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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.
Another good solution from Mike07104@aol.com
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This is for the "fastest boat mission." I have a better way to get into
the boat. I don't know why but in my game the garage is also locked.
What I did was get behind the cage where the boat is. I got as close as
possible. Then I pressed triangle (to get in car, helicopter, boat,
etc. When I did this it automatically put me in the boat and lowered
it. All I did then was leave.
Mission 2: "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. That's the last of Diaz, now
off to someone new, Tommy Vercetti. Wait you are gonna work for
yourself? Yes, you are.
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d. Tommy Vercetti
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(A note on this section, it will be started by Tommy, then you will be
working under Tommy in Diaz's mansion after the first and second
mission, so you will go to the V in the mansion. They are missions
created by you to take control of Vice City)
Mission 1: "DEATH ROW"
Reward: $0
What??? No money!! BTW, this is Kent Paul for the first mission, and
Kent Paul was an alias so you will see a K on the map for Tommy's
missions. We need to rescue Lance now, Diaz kidnapped him, that
bastard. 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.
Mission 2: "RUB OUT"
Reward: 50,000 bucks!!!!
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! Oh, did I mention you also get $50,000
dollars?
Mission 3: "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. Good
luck getting out, but if you get caught or die, you the mission will
still be complete.
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 4: "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
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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?
Mission 5: "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 for a correction)
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."
Another method by Lucas
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Okay, now. After getting the cop uniforms, there are two things that
can be done. If you already have all packages, simply go to the Baxter
airbase and either steal the tank or the Hunter, fly back to the mall,
park it near the police bribe and (this is important) Leave the Door
open to the chopper / tank (I have found that any chopper will do) then
enter the mall, set the bomb and then run for the bribe, grab it and
jump into the chopper. make sure you don't leave Vance behind because
the police choppers show up and the cops start rappelling down from the
choppers (pretty cool).
Then simply fly to the front steps of the mansion and that's it. Easy
as pie. Or in the tank, pretty much the same thing, just drive to the
hideout by driving over anything in your path, I have found the road
spikes that cops throw across the road do not affect the tank's
performance....I may have just been lucky though.
Additional Strategy from Doug
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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.
Another method by Jungo Fett
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I did it easy, I got the maverick off the roof and started the stage
picked up lance then I parked the maverick in between the shopping
center doors on the grass I want stole a car and got the police car
drive to the shops and I went and planted the bomb BOOM i ran out and
jumped in the maverick and up and a way done.
Some tips from Sensa
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When you have planted the bomb go further down the road and look for a
little alleyway. There should be a sparrow in the grassy bit to your
left so get in that and fly back to your mansion
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e. Final Missions
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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!!!
Alternate Strategy from Sara Crisostomo
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After going to the print works you have to go into a fast car and drive
as fast as you can to The Malibu because all of the 6 mafiosis have to
go there anyways. After a few seconds, there will come the first two,
the best way to kill them is to blow up their motorcycle with a rocket
launcher, then you'll have to wait a little for the next two and do the
same thing. After that there are just 2 mafiosis left they are supposed
to be the most difficult but with your rocket launcher they aren't more
difficult then the other 4. After killing them all you'll get 30.000!!
And you'll only have to do one mission to complete the story missions.
Alternate Strategy from Kenny Smell
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This was labeled as one of the hardest missions of the game. I found
an extremely easy way to beat this mission... one that makes the
mission easy enough for anyone to beat it.
Instead of chasing the mafia around, Just go to one of the businesses
that they haven't taxed yet. Personally I chose the Cherry Popper Ice
Cream factory cause it was close to the beginning point of the mission.
Try to get a large Vehicle BEFORE the mission starts and that way
you'll have it ready. Any car, jeep, fan, whatever will do. When you
get to the Ice Cream factory or whatever business you choose, park your
vehicle on the icon that you have to touch to collect your money. If
you can, find another vehicle to park beside it just for extra
security.
Get a descent weapon ready, such as a shotgun or a colt python, and
simply wait for the Mafia to come to you. When they get there shoot he
hell out of them. If you're like me and you want to cheat a little and
make the mission easier... use the wanted level cheat when your wanted
level goes up. That way you don't have to worry about cops too.
On a side note... the Mafia usually parks in the same spot to collect
the money. I know at the Cherry Popper Ice Cream factory they park on
the sidewalk.
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 bastard 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!
Additional Strategy from Scott Halvorson
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This seems to work very well. You need MP-5, Spas-12, a sniper rifle,
and an m-60 all with plenty of ammo. Start the mission and stand by the
desk so that you can see the office door. Use the spas 12 and kill each
thug as they approach. Soon you get the message to go kill lance.
Switch to the mp-5 for its longer range and so you can run. Head out
into the hall and you get a cut scene. After the scene sprint up the
stairs but not towards lance, go the other way. When you reach the top
level of the entryway target each thug and shoot them about 6 times.
Lance will be at the end of the hall out of range so sprint towards
him. When you enter the hall target Lance and shoot him. Now is a good
time to switch to the shotgun. As you move up the stairs target each
flight and if you pick anything up fire. Just before you get to the
roof select your MP-5 (you need to sprint). As soon as you get to the
roof sprint to the adrenaline but if you miss it keep going to the back
(by the health). If there is a helicopter on the pad kill it so it
doesn't get blown up while you are near it. Now select your sniper
rifle and walk up towards the front of the landing pad. The guys never
go up on the heli-pad! Ease forward just enough to see the tops of the
explosive barrels and snipe them. Ease forward more until you can
target each individual thugs head. Pick them off one by one. Lance
takes 3 shots. There is usually one guy you can't get this way, he
stands up against the wall near an explosive barrel. You can use a
weapon with auto target to see him from up top.
Select your mp-5 on go to the lower level, go around the corner, and
then duck back behind it. He charges you but auto target and shoot him.
Return to the stairs. If your health and armor is low go downstairs (as
long as you have above 20 health you can just jump down the middle of
the stairway, you will survive!). Grab the armor and health if you need
it and head towards the office. This triggers the final cut scene.
After this DO NOT go in the office, it's a death trap! Instead sprint
back to the stairs and fight your way to the basement!
You should only have to fight about 4 guys and you have 2 opportunities
to refresh your armor. Head through the tunnel and go past the
underground pool and then head out to where the armor and chainsaw you
earned from package hunting. Use auto target to check for enemies
around corners and you should be able to get them before they get you.
When you get near the front of the estate you will notice 3 limousines
with a steady flow of reinforcements exiting them. Select your m-60 and
blow up the limos. BINGO!!!! No more reinforcements!! Now all you have
to do is kill 3 guys on the stairs outside (I prefer mp-5 for its long
range and the speed it allows you to move). After that select the m-60
(Tommy says "didn't think I'd use this did ya'") Go up the stairs far
enough that your shots clear them but not all the way, you need cover.
3 guys left! Shoot the guy that you recognize as Sunny. The first round
hits him in the back, and he never gets a chance to retaliate. It takes
about 6 rounds (enough to blow up a car!) but he dies. It's a nice
sneak attack. YOU WIN EASY!
Additional Strategy from Raul Acosta
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In the first part of the mission, when you're defending the safe, be
sure to have full armor and the minigun (with a lot of ammo). Stand
near the entrance to the office and simply start pumping the stairwell
with a barrage of firepower. If you're lucky you'll be able to cap most
of the goons trying to burst in and your armor will absorb most of the
damage you'll receive. When you begin the second part of the mission
and run after Vance, run like a mother and try to avoid the shots
coming at you. I tried shooting him but I'm not sure if shooting him
actually makes him begin his run to the roof. Anyway, head to the
stairway but instead of going straight to the roof run down and reach
the little room where there's armor, health and the sniper rifle and
Ruger. Recharge; rest a bit if you need to (or if you can), arm
yourself with the MP5 and then begin a mad dash to the roof access,
taking out whatever goombah's in the way. Now, when you reach the roof,
run straight to the ramp that leads to the helipad. You may take some
damage or you may not; if you don't all the better. You get a breather
here since the bad guys DON'T follow you into the helipad. Now, you can
take the satisfaction of shooting Vance over the helipad's railing
(using the MP5 submachine gun, the best weapon to aim and shoot with in
this game other than the PSG-1) like I did the first time around, but
you can actually wipe him and his stooges out without taking a hit by
lobbing some grenades from a distance. You know you have inflicted some
damage when Tommy says the "Last Dance for Lance Vance" thing. Keep
lobbing grenades and you'll know Vance is dead when Tommy says "You
picked the wrong side, Vance". Now the _HARD_ part begins. Work your
way down the stairs to the little room once more, recharge, and then go
up to your office's level. For some reason you are not attacked during
this time. When the little cut-scene with Sonny ends, don't go down the
main stairwell. Run to the right and try to take out some of his
goombahs with the MP5. Don't try sticking out for long because Sonny's
Ruger is nasty and will mow you down in seconds. Head to the
roof's/basement's stairs and recharge in the little room once more,
then go up to the access way to the lobby. Arm yourself with the MP5
once more and try to take out some of the random goons. You're likely
to suffer some damage here, so duck into the bar on the other end of
the lobby and recharge with armor and life before trying to take out
Sonny. Be sure to try to take him out with a fresh clip coz he'll be
pumping into you as you fire on him (unless you're weaving and running
I guess :-P ). If you're lucky you'll take him out before you're taken
out, so start running WHEREVER to avoid the remaining goombahs'
gunshots and wait out the end of the mission.
Another strategy from Paul Schultz
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At the beginning protect your safe, go up and kill Lance in any way
described in the other strategies. After Lance and the rest of the
goons on the roof have been killed walk all the way to the ledge of the
roof so you can see down. From here you should see the three limos
that all the reinforcements come from. Use some sort of high powered
weapon and blow up all three of them. Go back down the stairs (and
pick up health/armor if needed) and you'll get the cut scene where
Sonny shows up. Go back into your office and duck behind the desk.
After taking out all of the goons there should just be Sonny left.
Stand right outside your office where you can't see him and he can't
see you. From the top throw grenades down the stairs to where he's
standing. After a few grenades Sonny will be dead and you won't take
any damage in the process.
Alternate Strategy from James Wyatt
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I want to suggest to you an easy way to beat the game, in the final
mission Keep Your Friends Close. After starting in Tommy's office, I
knelt slightly off to the right side of the desk, facing the open door,
with my Python selected. One guy came in, and I killed him in one
shot. After about 30 seconds, I got the message to go get Lance! I
died, but I tried that again and this time, NO-ONE came in! It was
easy! I rushed to the helipad and lobbed grenades over and made short
work of Lance. Re-entering the mansion, I ran back to the office to
make Sunny enter. I then ran out of the office and up the little
flight of stairs to the left. In that back corner, I could easily pick
off everyone. I slowly approached the rail on the right side (when
facing the office, the rail on the right side) and picked off Sunny
with my laser sniper rifle. It was much easier than just rushing him!
Alternate Strategy from Mike Lauraine
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Before you start the mission make sure to go and pick up a rocket
launcher, you will need it at the end.
You go through the usual with killing a few guys from the office and
then run to the top after Lance and kill him. On your way back to the
office to engage with Sonny go and get some armor or life fill up if
needed. Once the talk is over with Sonny take out you rocket launcher
and fire it a 3-4 times (I lost count and just kept killing) at the
bottom of the stairs where Sonny and his men are. Well that's it! It
is over before you know it and you barely get hit and don't even have
to run anywhere, just stand at the top of the stairs by the office.
Hope this helps someone.
Alternate Strategy from D_Rock
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I know that you have MANY strategies for the last mission already, but
I wanted to write one that would be shorter and more to the point than
the other ones that you have.
There are 4 parts to this mission, but before you start make sure you
save at the Vercetti mansion. The key to this mission is to remember
that the health and armor at the bottom of the stairwell regenerates
very quickly.
Part 1 - Protect the safe. Stand near the safe and waste all who come
in with an uzi or shotgun.
Part 2 - Kill Vance. Chase Vance up the stairwell. If you need to, go
to the bottom of the stairwell and get new health and armor. When you
get to the roof, run to the helipad. Snipe them with the sniper rifle
from as far away as you can. If you need to, go to the bottom of the
stairwell and get new health and armor.
Part 3 - Blow up the 3 limos in the front of the mansion. If you need
to, go to the bottom of the stairwell and get new health and armor.
Part 4 - Kill Sonny. From the main entrance of the mansion, go up the
stairs that lead to the safe. Wait for the scene with Sonny to play
out. Now run up the stairs and cut left (do not go into the office).
Go to the bottom of the stairwell and get new health and armor. Go
back up the stairwell and head down the first hallway that leads to the
front entrance of the mansion. You will be on the same level as
Sonny. When you get to the large entrance of the mansion, there will
be some pillars that you can use for cover. Use the uzi to kill Sonny
and his bodyguards. Watch your health. When your armor is gone run
back down the stairwell and get more. Repeat this until you win!
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f. Extra Missions
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These are missions not required to progress in the game, but are
required to get 100% completion in the game. There are a lot of extra
missions, more than story missions so it might take a while.
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i. Avery Carrington
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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.
Alternate Strategy from Sid Davis
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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. ;)
Alternate Strategy from Ian Glick
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This is concerning Avery Carrington's mission Four
Iron. I found a really easy way of getting rid of the bodyguards that
get in your way and try to kill you in Leaf Links. Before you start the
mission, go to Tarbrush Cafe in North Point Mall in Vice Point. Go
behind the counter and into the back room and grab the
Katana. Now that you'll have this when you go to Leaf
Links, you don't have to use a golf club to beat the bodyguards. The
katana assures a quickly sliced & diced bodyguard and less interference
on the road so you can pass the mission.
Alternate Strategy from Robert Brown
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Here is an extremely easy way to do this. After you step on the pink
marker to start the mission, jump into the comet that is parked out
front. Drive it straight into the fence. Hop on the car. Hop over the
fence. You are in with your weapons. Grab a cart. Drive to the target.
Keep a little distance. Get out of the cart. Auto target anyone with
the your best weapon. Use the L1 button to re-target until you are on
your man. Kill him. Once he's dead his bodyguards will go neutral. Very
easy.
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
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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.
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ii. Rock Band: Love Fist
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These missions can be located at the downtown V-Rock building,
indicated by a red circle 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 and take them back to Love Fist for a mission
completed and $2,000.
Alternate Strategy from Lord_Zophar
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The first part is okay and accurate (of course you can do the first
part a lot easier. Just park your car so that the front is facing the
exit of the parking lot. Now, honk the horn and then chase after him
when he takes off. You will have to follow him for a couple of turns,
but you can quickly gain on him and then BOOM! slam into him and then
run him over. This is so much easier and more fun then the other
ways!)
Anyway, this is not the end of the mission. Get out of your car and
get the drugs, and then you will get a cell phone call. Press L1
(default) to answer it and Kent will say that the band members want a
woman too. You then have to go pick up Mercedes at her house. At this
point you will have some stars and so you might try losing them before
you pick her up. When you are ready to pick her up, make sure you have
a FAST car because as soon as you get her, you have little over a
minute to get back to the studio. No major strategy here, just drive
as fast as you can and don't hit a thing or you won't make it (take the
straightest route possible too). Once you get there you will win the
mission and get your reward.
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
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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.
Alternate Strategy from Robert Brown
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I found the mission with the stalker to be quite difficult at first but
I believe I have found the simplest way to do it. You will need the
rocket launcher. Before getting into the limo select the Launcher as
your weapon. Drive slowly to the pink marker. AS you begin to get close
to the marker start hitting the triangle button so that you can exit
the vehicle BEFORE the cut scene. It is tricky but keep trying until
you get it because it makes things easy. After the cut scene you will
be standing outside the limo with the launcher ready. Just aim and take
him out. Easy. It may take a couple of tries but it is easier and far
less frustrating than chasing him around.
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 Love Fist's
missions.
Additional Strategy by Ed Novak
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The psycho killer's dead, but his legacy lives on. When you and Love
Fist hop in the limo, one of the band members finds a tape and asks you
to "stick it on." Turns out that the dearly departed stalker left a
parting gift: there's a bomb on the limo, and if you slow down too
much, you die. Take off immediately, and head towards the freeway that
runs along the east coast of the island. While you're driving, the
band members will yell at each other, scream, cry like babies, and
finally defuse the bomb. Somewhere along the line, you'll probably run
out of freeway, so be prepared to make a U-turn (and to panic as the
Detonation meter nearly fills up). After Love Fist defuses the bomb,
take a leisurely drive over to their venue and prepare to party.
Alternate Strategy from Craig Zuck
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I just finished this level, and after quite a few attempts, think I've
found the easiest way. I attempted both ideas already listed, but
found it too hard and time consuming to get to the freeway. Instead,
from the start, backup a few feet and turn left...from here, cruise
straight over the bridge to Prawn Island and slow down just a little
bit to turn towards the movie studio (if you don't slow, you will flip
and blow up) from here, follow around back onto the main road and over
the bridge again...if you go fast enough, the boys should have the bomb
defused just as you approach the recording studio.
Additional Strategy from Mark McFarland
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I think I have a bit easier way of doing this mission. No U-turns.
Once you take off make the left turn, then make the first right turn at
the first intersection past the gun shop. Keep at a pace as to keep the
meter clear; you do not need to be doing the top speed to keep the
meter clear. Now continue straight till you get to the last bridge
that will take you over to Vice City, make the left on to it, if you
did this right they should have the bomb defused by the time you get to
the first over pass on the other island. Found it easier to do that
than work on doing hard U-turns, and tight Left and Right turns. Hope
this will help others.
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iii. Biker: "Big" Mitch Baker
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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 $1,000 and the next mission.
Tips from Robert Brown
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Just one quick note about this race. If you walk around to the fron of
the bikes and hit triangle you will knock one of the racers from their
bike and the race will begin with you as the 3rd man instead of the
fourth. Makes things a little easier.
Additional Strategy from Andeeroo1
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On "Alloy Wheels of Steel" as easy way to beat the mission is to have a
Ruger (or a sniper) on hand. Take the Angel right outside the bar and
drive around the pink mark (make sure not to hit any of the racers!).
Drive right in front of the first checkpoints get off of the bike, and
get out your Ruger. Aim for one of the bikers' front wheel, shoot, and
quickly get on the bike. The race will start and you will have a head
start, and one of the racers is practically out of the race! I beat
this mission on my second try with this strategy.
Additional Strategy from PoweroftheGOM
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Mission: "Alloy Wheels of Steel"
Award: $1,000
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.
Additional Strategy form vicecitystalker
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I got a better way to beat the "messing With The Man" mission from the
biker gangs. If you find a car, shoot the car up until it explodes.
After it explodes, keep shooting it. Your chaos meter will rise fairly
quickly and in the alotted time. You will get less of a wanted level,
but it will take care of it fast. Every 5 or six bullets raises the
meter more.
Alternate Strategy from Jeff M
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BEFORE you start this mission, go to Starfish Island, behind one of the
houses, there is a pool shaped like the Rockstar logo (an R with a
star). Inside the pool, there is a flamethrower, get it. After this, go
to Mitch Baker and he gives you the mission. Stand outside, pull out
the flamethrower and start burning people cars and everything that
moves. The Chaos meter will fill up in less than a minute if you did it
correctly.
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.
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iv. Assassination Missions
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I love this so much! It incorporates the game Hitman 2...sort of. Not
as challenging, but it's still cool. 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. Cha-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
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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.
Alternate Strategy #2 from DammitRobert2002@aol.com
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I did something different then what you have on the "Autocide" mission.
I was able to snipe the first 4 groups. The second guy in the
Securicar is easily killed using the sniper from the corner of the
block. His head barely sticks out over the wooden fence, but it's
enough. The 2 guys in the truck I did something similar. I killed the
driver with my sniper rifle from the corner, and was able to kill the
passenger the same way right as he got out the truck. I did it all
within 5-6 minutes and it seems a lot easier then chasing them in the
cars.
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.
Alternate Strategy from Ffej
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I like to fly a helicopter and park it on the apron behind the airport
(close enough that you can see it through the windows when you're
inside the airport). Then, run around and complete the mission. Once
the heat is after you, steal a car (or have one ready) and drive back
around to your helicopter and escape by air. A LOT easier than avoiding
cop cars the whole way back.
Additional Tips from David Marshall
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In the Checkout at the Check In Assassination mission I find it a lot
easier to zoom in on the woman you need to follow with the sniper rifle
and follow her movement this way. Once she meets the target you can
blow his head off and then take out his henchman almost immediately.
Grab the briefcase and hotfoot it outta there.
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!
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v. Cubans: Umberto
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This guy is pretty easy compared to some others you will do or have
done. He is located in Robina's Cafe in Little Havana. BTW, you can
also rob this store. Let's get started.
Mission 1: "STUNT BOAT CHALLENGE"
Reward: $1,000
Only a thousand bucks. That's dumb. Anyway, this is a checkpoint
race, by boat. There are 25 checkpoints and you have to get through
them in 3 minutes. Sounds difficult? It is sort of hard, but not too
bad. Head out back and get in the Speeder that's on the dock. When
you go through the first checkpoint you will start
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