FUCKING BULLSHIT

[James]

Level 11 of the Paramedic Missions. One patient was by the lighthouse. I drove over there, and accidentally fell in the water, because the bushes blocked my view.

I so very badly want to hurt someone.

[timrpgland]

I still have to do the paramedic missions and fire truck missions. Haven't started em yet. Only 67% continue right now (50 hidden packages on my own.. going to use a list now to get the rest.. too insane). Just started getting back into the groove again. 150 health/150 armor is nice. Sun Shine Auto kicks ass too. Going to finally hit $1 million tonight. At like $930,000 right now.

[James]

I'm trying to do as many optional missions as I can before I do any real mission. I haven't even gone to the first pink dot.

And I finally did the Paramedic missions. Thank god. These things are too fucking insane. At least with the Firetruck and the Vigilante, you don't have to complete three of them, and then retrun to a set point, then go back out. You can just keep running around, and you're not in a vehicle with the handling and durability of cheese when you do it.

[timrpgland]

I made sure I beat the game's "story" missions first. Went through those in like a week or so. I always like to get that out of the way so all there is to do is the extras. Hidden Package hunting tonight.

[James]

Eh. When I did GTA3, I did a combination. I did some story missions, and some nonstory missions. But then I realized that some things were harder to do later one, when you have gangs on your ass.

So I'm trying to do all the things I can do before the story missions, so that I don't have to worry about being shot at and chased down by gangs.

[The_Legionnaire]

I've hit the dreaded "I've checked off all 100 but only have 98" problem.... I've gotta go back over the whole damn list..... I just hope my little bro wasn't entering cheats causing that damned "packages dissappearing" stuff.....

[timrpgland]

Yep in GTA3 it was like that. Getting secondary missions were a must especially since they make you goto the different areas. In VC it isn't really a concern for the most part. Gangs aren't a problem. Alot of gangless territory and your gang is usually around so it doesn't matter.

[Darryl]

so that I don't have to worry about being shot at and chased down by gangs.

Yeah, I hate when that happens. :(

[Les Waste]

I've hit the dreaded "I've checked off all 100 but only have 98" problem

That is one of the worst things ever in video games. I hate that. Even though I've never played Vice City.

For example, I was driven insane trying to find the last few missile expansions in Metroid Prime. I finally had to check a guide and back track to every single place there is a missile expansion because I remember getting every single missile expansion, I just must have forgot to save a few times and now I don't remember which one's I was retarded to. I didn't finish it, cause that's just insane. Fuck it >:

[Les Waste]

EDIT: I'M A DOUBLE POSTING RETARD >:

[timrpgland]

Damn, I just realised how much sense my third post doesn't make :(

I think you ccan get the picture though. If youv'e played through both.

[Ninjavenom]

I hear that, Bobo. The worst part about the Vice City packages? You can get the goddamn prize when you beat all the missions. >:
There's no reason for me to even bother with them, except for a measly percent or two completion. Fuck no.

[James]

Um, the rewards for the hidden packages aren't available through completing missions.

Besides, once you get a police helicopter on the West Island, you can get all 100 easily with the help of an FAQ.

[Ninjavenom]

the apache and a million bucks are the grand prize for all one hundred. That's what i meant. The sea sparrow is nice, and so is the tank, but we all know that when you're collecting packages, you want that goddamn apache. once you've got the Apache though, you've gotta be a fucking moron to not be able to make a million bucks in one trip. Seems like a useless prize to me. All you get is an Apache to park in Ocean Beach. :/

[executioneer]

you can do vigilante missions in the apache though :(

-willie

[James]

It's call the Hunter. >: And that is the coolest vehicle. A rocket launching military plane.

As for the money, you get 100,000 as a reward (not 1 million). ANd you get 100,000 for all the packages too (you get money for each package, which adds up to that much). So in the end, you get $200,000, a Rhino, a Hunter, a Sea Sparrow, body army, chainsaw, laser scope sniper rifle, python, flamethrower, minigun, and rocket launcher. It's a good fucking deal, if you ask me.

[Ninjavenom]

whoops, a hundred k, not a mil. The weapons don't do it for me because i used the weapons cheat about halfway through the game. :/ I got fucking sick of reloading after every death. The vehicles are nice to have around, and the Hunter is one helluva chopper, but all i package hunted for was the apache chopper, so it seemed to me like one big screwjob to be able to get the damn thing by just beating the game. :/

[D3k]

from http://db.gamefaqs.com/console/ps2/file/grand_theft_auto_vice_city_100.txt
Because you have now completed the game 100%, you have several
new rewards, including: Improved health and body armour, a new outfit
in your mansion's office, every vehicle you drive is now twice as
durable, you cannot run out of ammunition and the Hunter is now
occasionally available from the helipad south of your southernmost
save point in Vice City East.

There's also a 100% checklist there.

[timrpgland]

You can get the apache helicopter after beating the game at the military base. Just dress up as a cop and take a helicopter in or something.. 150 health is from completing pizza boy missions 150 armor from vigilante.

[James]

Why the hell do you keep talking about the Apache? It's HUNTER. H-U-N-T-E-R. No Apache. >: You get the HUNTER for getting 100 packages. And you can't get it any other way. So it's a pretty damn good deal.

And if you cheated, that's your own damn problem. Cheats cause packages to disappear anyway, so you can't get 100%. And the whole point is completion.

[D3k]

from http://db.gamefaqs.com/console/ps2/file/grand_theft_auto_vice_city_air.txt
3f. Hunter

How to Unlock: Find all 100 hidden packages OR beat "Keep your friends close", the last story mission.

That's how I got the Hunter.

[James]

OK, so I was wrong. But still. It's much more fun to get the Hunter early on, complete the Vigilante Missions with it, get 150 Armor, and then beat the rest of the missions with that boost of help there.

[D3k]

OK, so I was wrong. But still. It's much more fun to get the Hunter early on, complete the Vigilante Missions with it, get 150 Armor, and then beat the rest of the missions with that boost of help there.

I agree. I was just commenting that I wish I'd had done that instead of rushing through the missions... Now I'm too lazy to go through it all again, trying to get all 100 packages before starting the first mission. Ah well.

[Ninjavenom]

How the hell do you get to the second island without completing phnom penh?

[James]

Eh, you use an ambulance or some shit to jump the barricades. Not my style though.

[unclehobart]

Im 80% through running the game a second time.

The first time I did it I only got 99% because of a damn unique jump bug that I didnt know about before I did some saves.

I think the only gang that gets up your butt are the Hatians ....and all they pack are light pistols ...and they take a second or two to get uptight over your presence as it is. I didn't have too much trouble knocking them out.

The paramedic missions never caused me any trouble. Its the fire missons that drive me nuts. I have to run it like 6 times ... and trust to sheer luck to even come close to completing it.

If you want some fast $, do vigilante with the rhino. Its good for 250,000 for 30-40 min work .. and damn fun to boot. Good luck shedding the 6 stars, cause that tank isn't sprayable.

I feel like dusting off the old GTA3 for funsies. Now THAT was agressive gangs.

[Zbu Manowar]

No shit. The Cartel is nuts, through if you steal one of their Cruisers it's fun to go over to Diablo turf and let those fuckers taste some M16 steel.

[timrpgland]

The Mafia were the bastards in GTA3. Whenever you were in that city, their damned Shotguns would blast your ride to hell.

[timrpgland]

Hunter=Apache Helicopter

[James]

The ambulance missions are a bitch, because of the fact that the ambulance turns over if a breeze comes out of nowhere.

The firetruck missions were mad easy for me. I got to level 7 my first try, and level 13 my second. It helps if you do them before you unlock any islands, because all the cars will be around Vice Point, saving you time.