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What was the best mission?

What was the worst? (No, you're not allowed to say the unmatched Zero RC plane mish. I finished that in two or three tries. It's not my fault you were an uncoordinated 10 year old.

>> No.10716125

>>10716115
All you had to do…

>> No.10716126

>>10716115
I really dug the one where you chase that lil bitch OG Loc on the go karts but a lot of people hate that one for some reason? It was dumb fun.

>> No.10716132

>>10716125
Does it count as cheating if I just jumped the dirtbike off the elevated platform over the train lines, landed on the train and took those cholo fucks out at point blank range?

>> No.10716165

>>10716132
I think that's why I did as well. I never found the mission difficult because there's lots of ways to cheese it instead of following the 'intended' route.

>> No.10716205

Going undercover as valet is cool
Worst is the forklift mission or the model helicopter mission

>> No.10716273

Best Mission: Tie between Cop Wheels and Vertical Bird.
Cop Wheels is effectively a GTA stress test for the player. You have 12 minutes to steal four police motorcycles and park them on the semi truck driving around the nearby highway, all the while facing increasing pressure from the police. You need to be fast, dodge police, and it helps to know of nearby bribes on the map. There's no gimmick here, you just need to be good enough to pull it off.
Vertical Bird has you flying the Harrier jet and participating in a dogfight. It's a blast flying the jet, and the dogfight is either fun or hilarious depending on if you decide to cheese it.
Worst Mission: Tie between Cesar Vialpando and Life's a Beach, both of which force you to do the stupid DDR-like minigames. I play GTA games to cause chaos and havoc, not rhythm minigame bullshit.

>> No.10716329

>>10716273
The one with Cesar is broken in the PC port, so it was even more annoying because if you didn't know it you failed it every time.

>>10716115
Best mission: the one where you go back to Liberty City. Even if you can't really do anything I think it was really cool to see LC again.
Worst mission: the one where you have to use a fucking Dodo to chase a business jet. Why the fuck can't you just use one of the faster planes in the airport? Frustrating as fuck.

>> No.10716359

>>10716329
Both of them are broken in the PC port on newer computers, since they tied the games to your FPS without tying the visuals. So you can't hit the right buttons since the timing will be completely off. They say SilentPatch fixes it, but it's failed me before.

>> No.10716501

>>10716329
I forget how but I think on all versions you can clip through the interior walls at St. Mark's bistro and actually explore the St Mark's suburb of Liberty City (obviously not all of it and you'll fall through the non-solid environment texture through a lot of it but it's cool how much they actually rendered of Liberty City in snow considering you don't even get to see 95% in the cutscenes).

>> No.10716537

>>10716115
None because Rockstar sucks at game design

>> No.10716543

>>10716115
I'm not really sure, I honestly can't say any particular mission was extremely groundbreaking. San Andreas is about that whole journey altogether

>> No.10716592

>>10716543
This. For a silly-ass game with particularly ugly graphics even for its day (I distinctly remember how uglier it looked coming off VC) it sure manages to not only have different atmospheres throughout the game's progression, but each vibe/atmosphere is thick and top notch.

>early streets thug life vibe
>redneck country hills vibe
>vegas vibe

>> No.10716604

>Best Mission
Actually not sure which I would pick. I think I favor San Fierro missions or most anything involving Wu Zi
>Worst Mission
I hated Catalina missions. The one where you steal a fuel tank and have to escape people in a highly immobile semi with the horrendous San Andreas floating vehicle controls.

>> No.10716656

>>10716604
>floating vehicle controls
So I wasn't imagining that. Cars felt like shit to drive in SA compared to 3 and VC.

>> No.10716669

>>10716656
If I went over 30 my car would ALWAYS end upside down and cost me the mission. I've barely played 3 or VC so I don't have much to compare to, but I'd hope they feel better.

>> No.10716731
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10716731

>>10716205
>model helicopter mission

this one?

>> No.10716735

>>10716592
For me, it was whatever vibes the Chinatown missions with Woozie put out

>> No.10716929

>>10716115
>Zero RC plane mission

lol, David Cross (who voiced Zero) himself said he hated that mission (source: his reddit AMA )

>> No.10717025

>>10716115
i stopped playing at the mission where you have to hit the house with molotov cocktails. by that point i had to keep playing the same missions 20 times and just didn’t wanna keep doing that for so many more. i beat 3. but after that i lost my patience with these games. vice ciry has the same terrible shooting as 3. it’s slightly improved with san andreas but i just can’t deal with getting stuck on the same mission forever. i love the games but they annoy me. i will eventually continue with san andreas when i’ve had a good break

>> No.10717038

>>10716115
Shit game, Vice City is better.

>> No.10717040

>>10716731
Why does the model landscape for the mini game look better than the landscape in the main game?

>> No.10717121

>>10716205
Not a fan of the mission in San Fierro where you cement over the dude in the shitter for catcalling your sister. Just seemed too grim and it was pointless.
>>10716132
OG Loc chase and the valet one are good.
Also love the end of the motel shootout where you have that sick car chase.

>> No.10717126

>>10716501
I heard something about that mission causing memory errors though because of where you need to fly and somehow it fucks up the gang territories later on?

>> No.10717198
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10717198

>>10716132
if it works, it works

>> No.10717243

>>10717038
I'd accuse your comment of being bait but that's actually a really common opinion both on the internet and people in real life I spoken with. Is it the 80's vibe that win people over on VC or is SA just too convoluted for some?

>> No.10717254

>>10717126
I think there's a bunch of shit that does that on release versions of San An (patched on later revisions). Also, on most of that gens GTAs (see: Purple Nines Glitch on GTA III).

I think a lot of it was documented by 2000's autists (god bless 'em) on GameFAQs.com glitch guides

>> No.10717436 [DELETED] 

>>10716115
>What was the worst?
To play as a nigger

>> No.10717447

>>10717243
Its because back on the day no one wanted to play as an african american thug

>> No.10717464

>>10717243
>or is SA just too convoluted for some?
it's bloated with boring tutorial-tier missions and other autistic shit like having an in-game girlfriend

>> No.10717486

>>10716273
I'm just about to do Cop Wheels, definitely a favorite of mine, although it's pretty easy when you've done it 20 times before.

>> No.10718615

>>10716115
The best racing one was that race against Wu Zi

>> No.10718624

>>10716115
Honestly, the casino heist and it's related missions felt right and satisfying.

>> No.10719231

The one where you snuck into the nasty girl base and stole the magnetochopper

>> No.10720248

>>10716115
It was always a pretty stock clearance mission, but I enjoyed getting Madd Dogg's house back.,

>> No.10721075

>>10717464
>it's bloated with boring tutorial-tier missions and other autistic shit like having an in-game girlfriend
meanwhile vice city is like 3 mission archetypes with the worst controls ever known to man

>> No.10721253

>>10716115
Worst: Zero mission (any)
Best: the one that send you to liberty city. (Saint Mark's Bistro)

>> No.10721307

>>10717121
>Not a fan of the mission in San Fierro where you cement over the dude in the shitter for catcalling your sister. Just seemed too grim and it was pointless.
Kinda felt that way about GTAV's torture mini-game.

>> No.10721370

>>10716115
To me, the best mission is a tie between Truth's Area 51 raid, Toreno's Hydra taking, and the Caligula Heist.
Moments where CJ was just invincible.

>Worst mission
I know about the train, I know about the RC, but my personal one is the cellphone car robbery.
Zero was proud that he invented a tracker, and I was like "ok, but why do I have to follow blips rather than a RT tracking from a guy making phonecalls? I followed guys that were like far from my map, and I still had their signal. Why do I get checkpoints now?"
The second one goes to the San Fierro convoy where you destroy roadblocks on your own while the van drives straight into enemy fire. I have a RPG! Get out of the way!

>> No.10721435

The one I kept a save file of and went back to a bunch of times was the Toreno mission where you drive the motorbike into the cargo plane. Not only was that part baddass but you also got the highest skydive in the game at the end.

>> No.10721452

>>10716115
>What was the worst?
the Flight School
N.O.E
I must have had to play that a thousand times.

>> No.10721703

>>10721452
>Flight School

A lot of people hated the Driving School too.

>> No.10721706

>>10721370
>San Fierro convoy

Was that the one where you had to rpg the helicopter at the end?

>> No.10721871

>>10721703
Flight School was fun. Driving School can go die in a fire.
In fact I just generally have memories of hating most of San Fierro for one reason for another. The game picks up when you move onto Las Venturas.

>> No.10721882

>>10721871
You didn't feel satisfied when you finally finished the last driving skool mission where you had to drive through San Fi without damaging your car?

>> No.10721909

>>10716165
It's not difficult when you get the right angle where Smoke can actually hit the guys. He doesn't hit shit even if he seems to be shooting right at them if the angle isn't right. And also probably everyone knows you have to have the correct fps cap.

>> No.10723690

>>10716125
this mission is a good way of discovering who is an absolute moron and who isn't. You can beat that dumbass mission before you even get to the train tunnel if you just keep a wide distance so fatty can actually hit the cholos

>> No.10723702

>>10716731
this mission was so hard (and pointless) because it was the final mission i had to do after beating the rest of the game.
>break into area 51 and steal prototype jetpack
>eliminate every other gang in SA, 100% green gang markers everywhere
> kill corrupt cops and save everyone
> go back and fly remote control helicopter bullshit FOR NO REASON

>> No.10724381
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>>10716115
>What was the worst?
"Stowaway" because on PC, when you play with frame limiter off to get smooth gameplay at max fps, plane moves too fast and bike can not reach it on time before it takes off.

Attempted this so many times over and over. I didn't know it has something to do with frame limiter. Reinstalled whole game and didn't change any settings and then was able to finish it.

The mission itself is nice, but the fact physisc for this one are based on machine performance and for faster machines the mission is impossible, make it possibly the worst mission in terms of how it is coded.