The worst missions in Grand Theft Auto
We recall the most hated missions of the original trilogy.
Preface
For anyone who, at least out of the corner of their eyes, is watching the gaming industry and has access to news portals, it is no secret that Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition will be released soon. Such a long name can scare players no less than new faces of familiar characters, possible censorship and, like a cherry on the cake, – price. I think that all those who are not lazy have already spoke on these topics, and the news about Remaster floats daily in the tape of every player
The same news prompted me to think. We all recall our favorite games with warmth, especially those that we first got acquainted in childhood. I will not hide, although it went trivial, but GTA is one of my favorite game series that accompanied me literally at all stages of life. I met the Troika and Vice City as a child, before the elementary school. San Andreas was one of the favorite games during the average – thanks to SAMP and, in particular, RP servers. In it, but already on the first smartphone in my life, I actively stabbed in high school, successfully missing my ears of teachers’ chatter – thanks to which the mobile version of Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories I took place already during military service in the ranks of the RF Armed Forces.
So what am I talking? Yes, I warmly love almost every part of this series, especially the “classical trilogy”. I wiped it to the holes on all kinds of platforms, studied all the Easterks and even managed to hunt a UFO and Piggi in GTA: SA. Nevertheless, in each of the parts there were missions, which during the first passage were incredibly annoyed. Missions, because of which sometimes it seemed that it would not work to advance further. Missions, which it was impossible to cope with which without cheat codes or the help of older brothers. And I thought – why not remember them?
I think everyone will have such missions, and maybe some stories associated with them. I will be glad if you, after reading this article, share them in the comments. And I will talk about 9 of my most hated missions in the Grand Theft Auto trilogy.
Grand Theft Auto III
The first three -dimensional part of the series will begin the selection, and at the same time one of the first games that I had to meet on PC. Perhaps it was the age at which I encountered the game that made the tasks listed below so complicated. I immediately admit – the “three” is the only part to which I practically did not return and, it seems, only once reached the final credits. I have no special memories with her, not counting the incredible delight of the completely open world and the ability to create everything that the soul wants. Well, damn Dodo aircraft inflicted me one of the first psychological injuries in my life. But the missions were weakly remembered, tasks from the last island, not counting the final battle, I could not remember at all without peeping in the fan wiki. However, it was easiest to decide on the three unloved ones, because they remembered from childhood
Bomb da Base: Act II
The mission in which it is necessary to cover the EIT-Ball from a sniper rifle while he is trying to blow up a Colombian ship loaded with cocaine. Frankly, returning to the game at a more conscious age, I could not understand why this mission seemed so difficult to me before. It is enough to take a comfortable position and quickly shoot the boobs standing on the ship. However, in childhood, this task seemed to be overwhelming and it took more attempts than on all previous tasks taken together.
I don’t know what this is connected with (I suspect that my shitty reaction from birth, which in childhood, perhaps was even worse), but the partner absolutely did not want to survive and died under a hail of enemy bullets over and over again. At some point, I already wanted to change places with him, and it is better to leave him somewhere in shelter (preferably as far as possible from the ship) and go alone to fight the Colombians. Unfortunately, the developers did not provide for such a scenario, so I had to come to terms with my partner and the game was still playing with Enny.
Escort Service
Sudden flash-form, and now we are already close to the end of all missions on the second island. And our employer none other than the former student of Avery Kerrington is Donald Love. We still do not know that by this moment he had already visited Miami with his mentor, after which he ordered his murder, and he had a corpse at all. For us, Donald is only one more character who gives out tasks. And on one of them, namely the penultimate, for the first time my passage ended.
The essence of the mission is simple – it is necessary to accompany the collection machine, on which jeeps with representatives of the cartel will attack along the way. In addition, whole ambushes and single arrows are kindly placed on the way. Again, with repeated passage, this mission did not seem difficult for me. Moreover, the scale of the “health” of the car I escorted did not even cross the middle.
But at the first passage, I could not cope with this mission. The collection machine hardly managed to drive half of its route before the Colombians turned it into a sieve, leaving me in fools over and over again.
Espresso-2-Go!
However, it is hardly any mission to compare in complexity with this. For those who do not know – for its successful execution, it is necessary to destroy 8 coffee stalls scattered on different corners of the map. It sounds damn simple? But what if I say that the stalls are displayed on the map only if you drive to them enough? In addition, as soon as you destroy the first, the timer is activated and only 8 minutes will remain for further defeat.
Passing this game for the first time, I had no idea that you can first go around the whole card and, as soon as the last mark appeared on it, start acting. I thought the marks would disappear if you drive away from them for a certain distance. Therefore, as soon as I demolished the first stall, I had to go on a trip, the speeds of which even Sonic would envy. I was madly rushing about the islands, unsuccessfully trying to find and destroy all the stalls in eight minutes.
Memory helped me to cope with this task. Each time, finding a stall, I remembered its whereabouts on the map (there was no Internet in those distant years, the ability to take screenshots – as well as the printer, so that it would not be possible to print them). Gradually, Puzzle developed in my head, and I heard the long -awaited melody notifying the successful completion of the mission. Although coffee stalls still cause me Vietnamese flashbacks.
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
At the mention of Vice City, the first thing a helicopter mission comes to mind, which at the beginning of the zero has become a nightmare for all small gamers, and later turned only into a funny meme. I am sure that everyone or almost every player who first encountered Vice City in childhood will find memories of this level.
She never succumbed to me at one time, since the older brothers came to the rescue, who were unknown to the passage, and after that brought me the conservation of the diset. Nevertheless, there were no places in today’s selection for her, because the following missions got there.
Four Iron
And the first of them is from Avery Kerrington, who decided to unconditionally occupy the title of the worst employer. This task requires killing a businessman who is serenely playing golf (with a crowd of armed guards, of course). The difficulty lies in the fact that firearms cannot be carried to the territory of the golf club.
Unfortunately, in those days I have not yet had a student ingenuity or its more pumped army version. Therefore, I did not guess the car on which the villain begins to leave when trying to attack, in the water. It did not occur to and penetrate the golf club in a different way, bypassing the unfortunate gearbox, on which weapons are removed. Of course, as a result, perseverance won again, and the mission was passed, and Avery remained my unloved character in the game. It’s good that in Liberty City Stories he was still killed, and then they were completely devoured.
Death Row
The next on the list is a mission to save our beloved Lance Vance Dance from the hands of the hated (albeit the most funny in the game, in my opinion) Diaza. The problem here is exactly the same as in the mission to accompany the van from the last game: no matter how I tried to have time to save my partner, the case ended deplorable. If I moved slowly, trying not to rush under the bullets and methodically shooting enemies, – a strip of health reached zero before I reached the goal. If, on the contrary, I rushed headlong, trying to get along the enemies at least somehow, ”I died.
In childhood, I found the https://rolling-slots.co.uk/ best (at least – the most pathos) method of passage, namely – cheatcode on the tank. How nice it was to break into this base, shooting absolutely helpless opponents with shells and ram explining their cars. Lens was saved, the mission was passed, and the feeling of accomplished revenge was incredibly pleased. And what difference does it make that it was blurred?
Stunt Boat Challenge
In conclusion, I would like to talk about this mission. After all, it was she who taught me that a real man should have a Big Cojones, and a player who wants to pass the game without problems should not have been installed by third -party modifications.
Yes, in the “original” version, this mission does not cause any difficulties. It is enough to remember the route and not miss the springboard – then you can get to the finish line with a good margin in time.
At the time of passing (it seems, the second or third), a modification was installed, bearing the proud name Deluxe. I think many of you will remember her. I don’t know how you are, but I first be remembered by a helicopter, the model of which was replaced by a balloon (which looked absurd). And secondly, thanks to the replacement of one of the boats with this something this.
Yeah, in childhood, this model at least seemed a cool look. Not only does this misunderstanding look ugly, it still does not burn with the desire to develop the speed necessary to overcome obstacles. As a result, my passage ended on one of the first fences – this, so to say, “boat”, instead of flying through a golf field, just fell on it. I tried to take overclock, but it did not help. At some point, I desperate and even tried to shove it into the water, pushing the character. All this did not take success and on this my passage of the modification ended.
I will share the fact that I discovered now, preparing for the text. If you turn off the FPS number in the game menu, then the boat develops sufficient speed to slip through this unfortunate island. So, if one of you in a fit of nostalgia decides to overlook this particular modification-you know, not everything is lost and get to the final credits still.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
I will not risk saying that I finally reached the most beloved by the players of the part. But for me, San Andreas is still one of the favorite games as a whole and definitely beloved from the GTA series in particular. Although, for the most part, thanks to the multiplayer. Fortunately or unfortunately, I ran into her at a more “conscious” age and by that time I managed to go through many games. So, unlike its predecessors, it seemed less difficult for me. Some difficulties, of course, were and now we will talk about them.
Wrong Side of the Tracks
In fact, I am interested in whether this mission seemed difficult at least someone except me? Yes, I know that she became one of the most famous in the trilogy. And the phrase Big Smoke “All We Had to Do, Was Follow The Damn Train”, by the number of references in memes, will only give way to the more legendary “AW, SHIT, HERE WE GO AGain”.
But, discussing this game with friends or watching the passage, I seem to have never heard of its difficulty. However, at the first passage, I was pretty advanced before I could cope with her. No matter how exactly I tried to stay relative to the train, Smok was absolutely not going to get on the opponents, as a result of which they left unhindered, and I heard the phrase mentioned above over and over again.
I managed to find an interesting way to pass it. The fact is that on the way of the train I discovered several sections that could be used as springboard. I tried to make an perfect jump over and over again, and, no matter how difficult it was to guess, I constantly fell, losing all hope of catching up with the leaving composition. Now it seems to me that if I tried to go through this task in a “normal” way, it would take me much less time. But the main thing is that the mission was still fulfilled, true?
Supply Lines and Freefall
The remaining missions are more familiar to this kind of collection. In addition, I have not connected with them any personal story or an interesting way of passing. They simply demanded to spend a lot of time on getting used to air management. And, it is worth paying up to them-they still freeze me, and the second still manages to cause difficulties with each passage. Oh, how many history lessons and OBZh was spent on passing them on the phone.
Let’s get to the matter. In the first mission, it is necessary, driving a toy aircraft, to destroy several trucks. Yes, this task can not be compared in complexity with a helicopter from the previous part. Moreover, we are not limited in time, but fuel is not consumed if instead of a flight to roll on the ground. And the enemies do not give any rebuff. It is enough to cope with curvature and not break on your own.
Any mention of Freefall causes me goosebumps. Who generally thought of inserting this mission into the game? It is still felt as the most difficult task. Yes, damn it, the passage of a driving school in San Fierro and the flight school together caused much less difficulties. I am sure that a detailed description is not needed here. Ah, you have not recognized this mission by name? I will tell you: this is “the one where you need to turn around and get into the ring over a flying plane”. They remembered? Do not thank.
Conclusion
Well, as I have already said in the introduction, the main goal of this text cannot be spilled out at all. Of course, the above tasks spoiled quite a few nerve cells. But, at the same time, they taught them to show ingenuity, look for unusual ways of interacting with the game world and, corny, be more diligent and stubborn.
The main goal is to make you recall the tasks that have caused you most emotions and have been remembered for life. Recall the difficulties that you have encountered and behind which are personal and, I am sure, fascinating stories. Recall what we hate and adore this series of games. And, of course, share this in the comments.
The best comments
Faced the same problem in VC Deluxe. This boat simply could not accelerate enough so that a mission could be passed. I guessed that there was something wrong when he did not fly on a land plot (which would be cool), but landed a few meters before the water and went into it (which looked not so cool), crushing a group of people. At school, I never found a solution to this problem and stopped playing. And a few years ago, passing VC Deluxe again, he reached this mission and climbed google. I read on the Internet that the authors of this mod were melted and incorrectly installed one of the values for this boat in the game files. By replacing it according to the instructions, I went through the mission the first time. Wot so wat)
And in SA I had a tough ramp in a mission with a race on checkpoints on a big-foot (or a monster track … in general on a car with large wheels). No matter how well I pass the route, I missed time. I played, if I am not mistaken, with a resolution of 800×600 and with significant subsidence of the FPS: it was a pity to sacrifice a smoother picture for the sake of productivity (I was accustomed to brakes in games). It turned out to be this and there was a problem. Having tried in the end to go through this mission at 640×480, I finished with a decent reserve of time. Perhaps the intra-game countdown of time was somehow related to the number of FPS. As a result, he finished it to the end with the worst image quality, but quickly got used to it. Happy, as they say, end!
And about “. Follow The Damn Train!”In San Andreas, I remember that at some point, after the next failure of this mission, I thought that, perhaps, due to the fact that I was going too close to the train, Big Smok does not get on the opponents, but on the upper corner of the carriage. Then I tried to go to the right and turn a little to the right when the partner shot, so that his sight was slightly thrown away and shots were slightly higher, closer to the head. I don’t know if any of this helped, but I went through the mission quite quickly and then, when I recared the game a couple of times, I no longer stuck on it.
But, at the same time, they taught them to show ingenuity, look for unusual ways of interacting with the game world and, corny, be more diligent and stubborn.
I agree with this. The cheats did not always help out, and there were few options without the Internet: to overcome yourself (a difficult way), find out from friends (did not always work) or surrender (it worked without fail).
Thanks for the blog.
The mission with a aunt’s airplane really caused a lot of problems at one time. But the purpose of the collection was to talk about the missions that are related to the most vivid memories or interesting ways of passing.
I just started a mission with an airplane, like the same in SA, so I remember it not very brightly.
And, after the publication, he remembered that he was stuck at one time when passing the mission from the film studio. The one where it was necessary on a motorcycle on the roofs of houses to jump. But, to be honest, I don’t remember how I controlled her. Either the brothers helped, or just “lucky” in one of the visits and the motorcycle absorbed not enough damage.
I have not passed the SA on the PS2 emulator and I can skim that the Supply Lines were very punctured when they transferred to other platforms, in the original it is practically not passable without a scam (wait a certain time until the trucks are relatively close to each other), since the fuel consumption is simply faded due to the fact that it is spent not only when you press the button, but until you click on the button, but the time you areYou are in the air in general. If I am not mistaken, the fuel strip itself was smaller … Who is interested in can do about this mission and how it was changed
A mission with a boat in Deluxe version took place with the ONSPEED cheat. I don’t remember anymore, the whole mission, or only on the snuffle, because there the timer seemed to be accelerated too.
3. Boat. There is only a reaction. In principle, time is enough to fix one or two errors, but no more. And how did you want? To give you time for dozens of mistakes? What will Chelendge be then?
So the problem is not that you make mistakes in the swim, but that the replaced boat model does not stupidly develop the desired speed, like an original.
By the way, it was possible to cheat in that mission and, after the screensaver in the elevator, transfer to a helicopter.
As a child, I abandoned San Andreas because of the flight school. A few years later, I went through the whole game without much difficulty. Still, over time, the hands became more straight.
Everything that will be indicated below applies only to GTA Vice City, t.To. It was these missions that I remembered!
It seems to me that the author considers these missions for the worst just because of his own, um … well, hands. Let’s start by points:
1. Golf club. A very simple mission, the main thing is to do everything quickly: take a club, sit in a “golf mobile” from the side of the wooden platform (on the left) we push off the guards and the crap of our victim. If you really are in, you can accept a circle near this design, wait until the victim sits in a machine and fuck it in the lake! As for me a very interesting and requiring non -standard approach mission.
2. Save Lena. I don’t know how the author could not go through this part of the mission. How to go slowly so that Lena is flooded. We take the garbage truck entering this landfill. We take off the goals on top of the taps, and then from different sides from the garbage truck and all. How many times played in the Armed Forces without problems I recalcat this mission.
3. Boat. There is only a reaction. In principle, time is enough to fix one or two errors, but no more. And how did you want? To give you time for dozens of mistakes? What will Chelendge be then?
For me personally, there was a difficulty with missions, where bikers need to participate in races, blink, what are these choppers clumsy. Another mission about voodoo when you pick up a camp and 4 stars are aged on you (this is a turn!). Well, yes, the task with the shopping center and the windows! Just tin, you go through the whole city with 4 stars, then still pleasure!
You can first go around the whole card and, as soon as the last mark appears on it, start acting
WHAT?! And so it was possible?! I really drove in the Hardcore in 8 minutes starting from the first stall. Let it be far from the first attempt.
But I am glad that you have not included a helicopter from VC in the list, because this is a kind of kindergarten. But the airplane from SA is hell. By the way, it was worth included in this list (or at least mention) the same mission on a toy aircraft from VC.