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xenoabe's Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (PS2)
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| [November 9, 2006 09:44:52 PM]
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I entered a new mission and this one focused on cooperation between the player and NPCs even more. This mission came from the South Koreans instead of the Allies (U.S.). It involved protecting the borders of a city alonside other South Koreans. Success depended on moving armored vehicles that have weapons attached around so that NPCs could use the weapons to aid you. The women's voice is even more important in this mission. You constantly have to move around the city and her voice helps aid in prompting the player when to move. Without the aid of the women's voice and the South Korean NPCs this mission would prove very difficult. This mission also introduces the idea of becoming friends with other countries. Depending on your actions your friendship will rise and fall with other groups. If you are on their goodside then they may help out or at least not fire. If you are on their badside then it can be very difficult entering their territory as they will fire and try to kill the player. There was only a sliver of this in the mission I just completed, but was apparent nonetheless. So cooperation also plays a part in getting on a group's good side.
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| [November 9, 2006 08:28:15 PM]
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This time I took a different approach to the Haitins mission. I tried to get some firepower this time to complete the mission. On the way to the firearms store I encountered another mission to pick up some drugs and deliver them. I completed this mission very easily and it felt as if it was just a side quest that I could complete and move on instead of a vital mission to the game. After several minutes of driving I reached the firearms store and every single weapon was out of stock! I bought some body armor and then headed back to once again try the Haitins mission. I had found a weapon on the streets earlier and decided to try that. It didn't work because every Haitin I wasted another appeared. Apparently I'm not doing what I'm supposed to in the mission and this is frustrating because there's either no clues as to what to do or they are extremely vague. This became frustrating since every time I died in the mission it took several minutes just to get back to that point to try it again.
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| [November 9, 2006 12:14:45 AM]
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I've been stuck on this Kill the Haitins mission. However, I encountered something new this time around. I accidentally did some things to piss off the cops and increase my "wanted" level to two and the cops kept chasing me relentlessly. I tried to start the mission hoping they would back off and they did not. Three or four surrounded me and it became very difficult to escape, much less complete the mission. These cops, NPCs, made it very difficult to conduct a mission at all. They change your gameplay drastically and force you to take actions that you would otherwise not. I'm also finding that I am almost forced to find firepower to complete this mission. I tried several times to use a car to kill the Haitins. The problem is that the car ends up blowing up and killing me before I have a chance to get out of it. Firepower would make the mission much easier but also will require me to find a firearms store, which is nowhere near the mission area. This is one of my issues with open world games. Often a lot of time must be spent traveling to other areas that almost seem unnecessary or not worth the trouble. Trying the car method was not out of my way at all. Going to the firearms store will be bothersome but make the mission much easier to complete.
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| [November 8, 2006 08:54:54 PM]
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This is the first time I've picked up GTA in quite a while. At first I just drove around and tried to drive as crazy as possible just to have fun and pick up the controls again. This got a little boring so I then went to do a mission. The cutscenes seem to serve two purposes: to introduce a character and to introduce a mission. Many characters are forgettable and somewhat unimportant because there are so many in the game. However, I realized one thing while playing the missions. The characters may not be the most developed and empathetic characters, but they drive the missions and story. Characters are constantly giving guidance for what actions can, can not, and should be done in order to complete missions. Often, missions are completed by paying attention to the radar and reacting correctly to the actions of NPCs. The gameplay is simple as I remember it, but many missions actually get pretty difficult to accomplish later in the game. The two missions I played involved stealing a tank and killing a group of Haitians. The tank mission was very easy as long as you avoided the fire from the military convoy that the tank is in. The Haitian mission was difficult because you either needed a lot of firepower or come up with a creative way to kill several Haitians which was very difficult. I did not complete this mission yet. Both times the characters were the driving force in my actions. The firing of the military forced me to react quickly and steal the tank quickly. In the Haitian mission I followed the lead of the Cubans I drove around, but then had to find my own creative way to kill the Haitians.
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xenoabe's Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (PS2)
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Current Status: Playing
GameLog started on: Wednesday 8 November, 2006
GameLog closed on: Wednesday 8 November, 2006 |
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