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Drexl 05-11-08 09:55 AM
Well, after being freaked out due to the reports of bricked PS3s, I've decided to play it. So far, it fortunately hasn't freezed on me. I'm just getting started, and I'm at the point where you can do taxi missions for Roman. Is there a reward for this, like in the previous games where you do 50 or 100 fares and unlock something? I'd like to know before I start doing a lot of driving for potentially nothing (other than the cash).

jonw9 05-11-08 10:40 AM
I think the achievement comes from unlocking the unlocking the ability. I do not believe there is a benefit (other then a little cash) from doing a bunch of missions.

CKMorpheus 05-11-08 01:22 PM
Originally Posted by jonw9
Spoiler:

So the wording has me a bit confused. i am not quite there yet, but I want to be sure. Killing Derrick gives you Francis to drop wanted level. Killing Francis and the only thing you get is a shootout and a funeral?
Spoiler:

Killing Derrick, Francis will drop your wanted level for that mission only. Killing Francis, you will have to lose your wanted level to complete the mission. No matter who you kill, you will still go through the shoot out at a funeral. The location of the funeral is the only thing that changes.

CKMorpheus 05-11-08 01:24 PM
Originally Posted by Drexl
Well, after being freaked out due to the reports of bricked PS3s, I've decided to play it. So far, it fortunately hasn't freezed on me. I'm just getting started, and I'm at the point where you can do taxi missions for Roman. Is there a reward for this, like in the previous games where you do 50 or 100 fares and unlock something? I'd like to know before I start doing a lot of driving for potentially nothing (other than the cash).
There is no benefit to doing the taxi missions other than cash. It doesn't count towards 100% completion of the game.

FrankTheTank 05-11-08 01:26 PM
Spoiler:
I just beat the storyline and I took the revenge route and chose not to do the deal with Dimitri. For anyone who beat the game and took the deal route, can you tell me what happened when you took the deal and how the game ended?

uncle-frank 05-11-08 01:32 PM
sorry if this has been answered but how do i put in cheats. i pulled out the phone but i dont now how to dail with it (xbox360)

PopcornTreeCt 05-11-08 01:42 PM
I didn't know there were taxi missions. Can you do fire truck and ambulance missions?

CKMorpheus 05-11-08 01:44 PM
Originally Posted by FrankTheTank
Spoiler:
I just beat the storyline and I took the revenge route and chose not to do the deal with Dimitri. For anyone who beat the game and took the deal route, can you tell me what happened when you took the deal and how the game ended?
Spoiler:

  • You meet up with a man to pick up the money
  • Dimitri calls and says "Why don't I kill these guys here and we can have the drugs and the money?"
  • You have to fight your way further into the enemy compound to steal the money
  • And then escape
  • Afterwards
  • Kate is upset that you didn't follow your heart and avoid the deal
  • So she decides not to go
  • At the wedding, Roman Dies
  • You decide to seek revenge, and then end up doing practically the same final mission
  • Except you're chasing Dimitri and that mob guy
  • Dimitri kills the mob boss
  • Instead of chasing him to Happiness Island via motorbike then chopper
  • You chase him via motorboat, then chopping, ducking and weaving through the city
  • You end up in the same spot, and Niko walks away without finishing Dimitri off, who is laying bleeding to death.

I saved my game when I could make the two different choices but decided to go with the "Revenge" route after I did both, only because Roman amuses me and he offers me free Taxi rides.

CKMorpheus 05-11-08 01:46 PM
Originally Posted by uncle-frank
sorry if this has been answered but how do i put in cheats. i pulled out the phone but i dont now how to dail with it (xbox360)
Press Up on your D-pad to access the phone, then press Up again to access the keypad. Keep in mind, certain cheats will block your ability to earn achievements. They will also keep track of how often you cheat on the Stats page. Cool thing is that the cheats will stay in your phone for easy access after you enter them.

CKMorpheus 05-11-08 01:46 PM
Originally Posted by PopcornTreeCt
I didn't know there were taxi missions. Can you do fire truck and ambulance missions?
Roman gives you Taxi fares the first quarter of the game... none after that. As for fire truck and ambulance missions, none that I know about.

FrankTheTank 05-11-08 01:54 PM
Thanks!!!!!

uncle-frank 05-11-08 03:23 PM
Originally Posted by CKMorpheus
Press Up on your D-pad to access the phone, then press Up again to access the keypad. Keep in mind, certain cheats will block your ability to earn achievements. They will also keep track of how often you cheat on the Stats page. Cool thing is that the cheats will stay in your phone for easy access after you enter them.
thanks, i only had pressed up once. so how do you keep the numbers on the phone for easy access?

tonyc3742 05-11-08 03:36 PM
Originally Posted by CKMorpheus
Press Up on your D-pad to access the phone, then press Up again to access the keypad. Keep in mind, certain cheats will block your ability to earn achievements. They will also keep track of how often you cheat on the Stats page. Cool thing is that the cheats will stay in your phone for easy access after you enter them.
If you use a cheat, are the achievements blocked from then on, for the rest of your game? Or does it 'reset' upon, say, next save, or next death?

CKMorpheus 05-11-08 04:20 PM
Originally Posted by dtcarson
If you use a cheat, are the achievements blocked from then on, for the rest of your game? Or does it 'reset' upon, say, next save, or next death?
According to the 360 Achievement boards, the achievement is only blocked until you exit the game and come back.

CKMorpheus 05-11-08 04:21 PM
Originally Posted by uncle-frank
thanks, i only had pressed up once. so how do you keep the numbers on the phone for easy access?
Once a cheat is entered, it remains in your phone automatically. On the menu of your phone where it says "Phonebook" "Messages" "Options" "Multiplayer" etc, there will be a new section called "Cheats"

CKMorpheus 05-11-08 07:46 PM
I think this game I'm going to try for all 1000 gamerscore points. Only one other game I did that for, which was BioShock (that was a lot easier though). The only ones I think I'm gonna have trouble with are the Multiplayer ones. It's hard to find a lot of cooperative people to do stuff like Beat Rockstar's Time in certain multiplayer types, or hell... how am I going to be able to kill a Rockstar employee?

PopcornTreeCt 05-11-08 09:57 PM
Originally Posted by CKMorpheus
I think this game I'm going to try for all 1000 gamerscore points. Only one other game I did that for, which was BioShock (that was a lot easier though). The only ones I think I'm gonna have trouble with are the Multiplayer ones. It's hard to find a lot of cooperative people to do stuff like Beat Rockstar's Time in certain multiplayer types, or hell... how am I going to be able to kill a Rockstar employee?

Yeah, the kill a Rockstar sounds like a cool achievement. I'm definitely not going for all the achievements with having to shoot 200 pigeons. Ugh.

jonw9 05-11-08 10:16 PM
Originally Posted by CKMorpheus
... how am I going to be able to kill a Rockstar employee?

There is a rumor in the XBOX forums that this achievement is viral, so maybe it will spread out as soon as some people start getting it.

CKMorpheus 05-11-08 11:14 PM
Getting online in the first place is a real chore. They have some major bugs to work out there.

No Use For A Name 05-12-08 01:14 AM
Originally Posted by CKMorpheus
[...] It's hard to find a lot of cooperative people to do stuff like Beat Rockstar's Time in certain multiplayer types [...]
Any night you want to try for the co-op achievements, just let me know; that's definitely something I'd like to try as well. (Though how much actual help I'll be, I don't know)

argh923 05-12-08 02:25 AM
Originally Posted by CKMorpheus
Getting online in the first place is a real chore. They have some major bugs to work out there.
Never once have had a problem getting online.

ElementZ 05-12-08 09:02 AM
I am having trouble with a mission the first time. It is a Brucie mission;

Spoiler:
It's Brucie's mission No.1 where I enter a race. I have tried this 5 or 6 times and can't get any better than 3rd. I am one of the few who dosen't complain about the driving controls in the game but I just find I can't handle this car around corners well enough. Is there any secret or tips to this race. I tried shooting the other cars throughout the race but it ended the race instantly.


Thanks :)

aktick 05-12-08 09:05 AM
Originally Posted by ElementZ
I am having trouble with a mission the first time. It is a Brucie mission;

Spoiler:
It's Brucie's mission No.1 where I enter a race. I have tried this 5 or 6 times and can't get any better than 3rd. I am one of the few who dosen't complain about the driving controls in the game but I just find I can't handle this car around corners well enough. Is there any secret or tips to this race. I tried shooting the other cars throughout the race but it ended the race instantly.


Thanks :)
Well, one thing that I usually do in races where the opponents can really throw you off track, is just gun it on the straightaways, and slow way down on the corners. Because usually it seems like not getting spun out is the most important key in winning.

Mok 05-12-08 09:41 AM
I'm having problems on the Ruff Rider mission what a pain in the butt, I must have done it like 10x's.

jonw9 05-12-08 09:45 AM
Yeah, I missed a turn and still caught up on the straights.
It is best to carefully corner and floor it when you can. Stay away from the AI drivers of course, the rest is a little luck.

CKMorpheus 05-12-08 10:55 AM
Originally Posted by abrg923
Never once have had a problem getting online.
It seems really finicky to me, I can connect most of the time, and host a large party, but getting some of my friends to connect, particularly ones that are not even 10 miles away from me, I can't do it. They can't get onto my game and I can't get onto theirs. My NAT is open, and so is theirs, so I don't know what the issue could be.

ElementZ 05-12-08 10:56 AM
I have that same problem with Halo also CK

CKMorpheus 05-12-08 10:56 AM
Originally Posted by ElementZ
I am having trouble with a mission the first time. It is a Brucie mission;

Spoiler:
It's Brucie's mission No.1 where I enter a race. I have tried this 5 or 6 times and can't get any better than 3rd. I am one of the few who dosen't complain about the driving controls in the game but I just find I can't handle this car around corners well enough. Is there any secret or tips to this race. I tried shooting the other cars throughout the race but it ended the race instantly.


Thanks :)
I usually just shoot out the tires of everyone else once the race starts, seems to work great.

House 05-12-08 11:05 AM
Who is Ratman, and how do you find him?

Also if you spawn cars, does this turn off achievments?

CKMorpheus 05-12-08 11:21 AM
Originally Posted by House
Who is Ratman, and how do you find him?

Also if you spawn cars, does this turn off achievments?
Ratman is just a rumor right now. Some people say that a being named the 'Ratman' lurks around the subways or the sewers in Liberty City, and comes up once in a while and can be found lurking in the subways and along the coast.

As for spawning cars, no they will not turn off achievements, but they will count as cheats in your stats.

DRG 05-12-08 11:24 AM
Important question about Ivan:

Spoiler:
In the mission 'Ivan the Not-So Terrible', I chose to kill Ivan. Now I read that if you leave him alive he will provide some side missions. So will it be impossible to achieve 100% if I killed him?

nickdawgy 05-12-08 12:01 PM
Originally Posted by DRG
Important question about Ivan:

Spoiler:
In the mission 'Ivan the Not-So Terrible', I chose to kill Ivan. Now I read that if you leave him alive he will provide some side missions. So will it be impossible to achieve 100% if I killed him?
No, it will be possible. You're ok.

Pharoh 05-12-08 12:12 PM
Okay, I need a bit of help on the Liz-LJ-Snow mission, with a small rant included.

Spoiler:
So I go to the old hospital, snipe a few guys from a distance, and then proceed in and kill all the gang members. I take my time, get the body armor and finally pick up the package. My strategy was to wait and slowly shoot all of the police until I made it outside the hospital. Once outside I found the boat and outran the heat. I then made my way along the water to LJ. I make it to the street, low on health mind you, and start walking to LJ. (I was going to get some food somewhere if I found any.) Out of nowhere some street punk starts running from the police right by my area. I don't believe I did anything but apparently Niko tripped the police officer generating heat. In my attempt to run away I was hit by a car, meaning I failed the entire mission and had to start over from the beginning. (That was my rant on the absurdity of starting all the way over). So my question then is, is there a quick and easy way to get in and out of the hospital? Or do I really need to take most of the police before exiting? Thanks in advance.

CKMorpheus 05-12-08 12:20 PM
Originally Posted by Pharoh
Okay, I need a bit of help on the Liz-LJ-Snow mission, with a small rant included.

Spoiler:
So I go to the old hospital, snipe a few guys from a distance, and then proceed in and kill all the gang members. I take my time, get the body armor and finally pick up the package. My strategy was to wait and slowly shoot all of the police until I made it outside the hospital. Once outside I found the boat and outran the heat. I then made my way along the water to LJ. I make it to the street, low on health mind you, and start walking to LJ. (I was going to get some food somewhere if I found any.) Out of nowhere some street punk starts running from the police right by my area. I don't believe I did anything but apparently Niko tripped the police officer generating heat. In my attempt to run away I was hit by a car, meaning I failed the entire mission and had to start over from the beginning. (That was my rant on the absurdity of starting all the way over). So my question then is, is there a quick and easy way to get in and out of the hospital? Or do I really need to take most of the police before exiting? Thanks in advance.
Spoiler:

The cops will just keep on coming, shoot who you need to to get through the door, run, find a boat or a car and get out of there!!!

Matthew Ackerly 05-12-08 12:29 PM
That's the mission I'm stuck on, it's really frustrating having to drive all the way from Elizabeta's to the hospital and go through all that and then I cant get away.

There should be checkpoints.

ElementZ 05-12-08 12:31 PM
I have a question that I have noticed periodically.

Say if you have two people that you can do missions for, A and B. I noticed sometimes that B will be flashing on the map and A will be there also but not flashing. Is there any significance to this?

Groucho 05-12-08 12:34 PM
I think the flashing icon indicates a "NEW" mission. Usually this will be accompanied by a phone call or text message.

DaveWadding 05-12-08 12:43 PM
Originally Posted by Pharoh
Okay, I need a bit of help on the Liz-LJ-Snow mission, with a small rant included.

Spoiler:
So I go to the old hospital, snipe a few guys from a distance, and then proceed in and kill all the gang members. I take my time, get the body armor and finally pick up the package. My strategy was to wait and slowly shoot all of the police until I made it outside the hospital. Once outside I found the boat and outran the heat. I then made my way along the water to LJ. I make it to the street, low on health mind you, and start walking to LJ. (I was going to get some food somewhere if I found any.) Out of nowhere some street punk starts running from the police right by my area. I don't believe I did anything but apparently Niko tripped the police officer generating heat. In my attempt to run away I was hit by a car, meaning I failed the entire mission and had to start over from the beginning. (That was my rant on the absurdity of starting all the way over). So my question then is, is there a quick and easy way to get in and out of the hospital? Or do I really need to take most of the police before exiting? Thanks in advance.
Spoiler:
After you get the stuff, notice the way you came in. Go back to the left and down the 2nd hallway. You might end up killing half a dozen cops total, and once you get back outside the building, there's a truck waiting right there for you.

msdmoney 05-12-08 02:46 PM
Originally Posted by DaveWadding
Spoiler:
After you get the stuff, notice the way you came in. Go back to the left and down the 2nd hallway. You might end up killing half a dozen cops total, and once you get back outside the building, there's a truck waiting right there for you.
Spoiler:
This one frustrated me quite a bit too, I don't understand why the game didn't include simple checkpoints. Anyways, I found that if you slowly take out police, you will get swarmed eventually. It worked best for me to just run straight out of there to the truck, or I found it better to park a car next to the truck on my way in and take that out. The truck is slow and turns like crap.

I originally tried blowing up some of the barrels in the building to make another exit or searching for another exit, but that didn't work.

darkside 05-12-08 02:49 PM
I'm about 56% complete, but I'm stuck on two missions that of course involve chasing a car. So sick of that in this game. The one for the fixer seems easy I just screwed it up the first time, but the one for Bernie seems impossible. They are in a sports car and no matter how many bullets I put in it I can not stop them and eventually I crash and they escape. Guess I will figure it out at some point.

I do have a spoiler type question.
Spoiler:
So far I have only dated Michelle and Kate. Have I missed a bunch of other girls I should be dating? Also, is there any combination of cars, clothes or locations that gets Kate to put out?


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