Date played: October 26th
Platform: PS3
Session fun rating: 10/10
I wouldn't say I've completed the game since I've got a few missions left to play, but I got the credits to roll in GTA V.
It all started with a crazy Mexican standoff between our heroes, the FIB blackmailers, the FIB internal investigations team and Maryweather. This led to a giant battle to escape for Micheal and Trevor, they had to shoot dozens of soldiers from all sides and a couple of helicopters (I love the RPG in this game).
Then, Franklin was asked to helped Lamar who got himself into trouble. He called Michael and Trevor who agreed to put aside their differences once again to help their friend. The mission itself was pretty interesting because I was given the opportunity to set up the three guys in different positions as we assaulted a sawmill, where Lamar was held by other gangbangers. Trevor used a bulldozer to infiltrate the place while Michael sniped from afar and Franklin ran in guns blazing. We saved Lamar, though he didn't seem very grateful.
Michael also had his share of troubles. His movie is finally being released so he went to attend the premiere. He bought a 10 000$ tuxedo, rented a limo and walked the red carpet with his son Jimmy. Devin showed up and implied that his family was in danger, so father and son raced back home and were greeted by Maryweather thugs who held Amanda and Tracey hostage. Michael shot everyone and told his scared family to hide somewhere else until it was safe.
Finally, it was time for the big one, the gold heist we had scoped out much earlier in the game. I decided to go with a subtle approach, favoring deception over brute force. This meant stealing two bank trucks, forcing one of it's drivers to help us gain access to the vault, Lester hacking into their systems to fake a gold retrieval authorization and getting away safely. I first stole a police truck that had some spike strips, which we would use to stop the trucks. Then, I had to find three specific cars that would be suitable for the gold transport during the getaway. I also had to mod the cars at Los Santos Customs to ensure they would be strong enough to carry 1 ton of gold each. We were finally ready.
I hired skilled people to help us out because I didn't want to lose a getaway car or something. The heist went surprisingly well. We stopped the bank trucks with the spike strips, replaced the tires, got a guard to help us, infiltrated the bank and basically played it cool until the gold was in the trucks for transport. As Michael and Trevor drove away, Franklin was tasked with changing traffic lights to stop incoming Maryweather soldiers. The minigame was pretty cool. Once we got the trucks to the getaway cars, we were ambushed by Maryweather. More shooting. Then we drove away as a convoy in our modified muscle cars, running from the cops. This was one of the better driving sequences, filled with scripted events and cool looking stuff. We eventually reached our destination, two cargo trucks in a tunnel, and got away safely. It was a lot smoother than I expected.
Everyone was laying low, but Franklin was put in a lose-lose situation. The FIB bitches are trying to force Franklin to kill Trevor, because he's unpredictable and a liability. On the other hand, Devin wants him to kill Michael. I had three choices, kill Trevor, kill Michael or do neither (deathwish). Of course, I wasn't about to kill Michael or Trevor, so we decided to go on the offensive and tie up all loose ends. In a cool sequence, all three boys went out against three targets. Michael took out the guy who had been causing problems with Lamar. Franklin took out the Chinese gangsters that were after Trevor, and Trevor went after the FIB asshole. This was a simple case of finding the dudes and killing them in cold blood.
Finally, there was Devin. Trevor volunteered to take him out at his house in the hills north of Los Santos. He killed all his guards, tied up Devin and drove him to a secluded cliff on the east coast. When Franklin and Michael got there, they simply pushed the car off the cliff and drove off into the sunset. Michael and Trevor seem to be friends again and they scored over 30 million dollars in the heist.
I still have stuff to do though, namely, Lester's assassination missions and a new Strangers and Freaks mission for Trevor. There's also a bunch of property to buy and maybe I'll check out GTA Online. This was easily the best game I've played this year, no question. Sure, The Last of Us was awesome, Bioshock Infinite was great, Fire Emblem was addicting and Pokemon is fun, but GTA V is in a class of it's own.
Platform: PS3
Session fun rating: 10/10
I wouldn't say I've completed the game since I've got a few missions left to play, but I got the credits to roll in GTA V.
It all started with a crazy Mexican standoff between our heroes, the FIB blackmailers, the FIB internal investigations team and Maryweather. This led to a giant battle to escape for Micheal and Trevor, they had to shoot dozens of soldiers from all sides and a couple of helicopters (I love the RPG in this game).
Then, Franklin was asked to helped Lamar who got himself into trouble. He called Michael and Trevor who agreed to put aside their differences once again to help their friend. The mission itself was pretty interesting because I was given the opportunity to set up the three guys in different positions as we assaulted a sawmill, where Lamar was held by other gangbangers. Trevor used a bulldozer to infiltrate the place while Michael sniped from afar and Franklin ran in guns blazing. We saved Lamar, though he didn't seem very grateful.
Michael also had his share of troubles. His movie is finally being released so he went to attend the premiere. He bought a 10 000$ tuxedo, rented a limo and walked the red carpet with his son Jimmy. Devin showed up and implied that his family was in danger, so father and son raced back home and were greeted by Maryweather thugs who held Amanda and Tracey hostage. Michael shot everyone and told his scared family to hide somewhere else until it was safe.
Finally, it was time for the big one, the gold heist we had scoped out much earlier in the game. I decided to go with a subtle approach, favoring deception over brute force. This meant stealing two bank trucks, forcing one of it's drivers to help us gain access to the vault, Lester hacking into their systems to fake a gold retrieval authorization and getting away safely. I first stole a police truck that had some spike strips, which we would use to stop the trucks. Then, I had to find three specific cars that would be suitable for the gold transport during the getaway. I also had to mod the cars at Los Santos Customs to ensure they would be strong enough to carry 1 ton of gold each. We were finally ready.
I hired skilled people to help us out because I didn't want to lose a getaway car or something. The heist went surprisingly well. We stopped the bank trucks with the spike strips, replaced the tires, got a guard to help us, infiltrated the bank and basically played it cool until the gold was in the trucks for transport. As Michael and Trevor drove away, Franklin was tasked with changing traffic lights to stop incoming Maryweather soldiers. The minigame was pretty cool. Once we got the trucks to the getaway cars, we were ambushed by Maryweather. More shooting. Then we drove away as a convoy in our modified muscle cars, running from the cops. This was one of the better driving sequences, filled with scripted events and cool looking stuff. We eventually reached our destination, two cargo trucks in a tunnel, and got away safely. It was a lot smoother than I expected.
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| We pulled it off! |
Everyone was laying low, but Franklin was put in a lose-lose situation. The FIB bitches are trying to force Franklin to kill Trevor, because he's unpredictable and a liability. On the other hand, Devin wants him to kill Michael. I had three choices, kill Trevor, kill Michael or do neither (deathwish). Of course, I wasn't about to kill Michael or Trevor, so we decided to go on the offensive and tie up all loose ends. In a cool sequence, all three boys went out against three targets. Michael took out the guy who had been causing problems with Lamar. Franklin took out the Chinese gangsters that were after Trevor, and Trevor went after the FIB asshole. This was a simple case of finding the dudes and killing them in cold blood.
Finally, there was Devin. Trevor volunteered to take him out at his house in the hills north of Los Santos. He killed all his guards, tied up Devin and drove him to a secluded cliff on the east coast. When Franklin and Michael got there, they simply pushed the car off the cliff and drove off into the sunset. Michael and Trevor seem to be friends again and they scored over 30 million dollars in the heist.
I still have stuff to do though, namely, Lester's assassination missions and a new Strangers and Freaks mission for Trevor. There's also a bunch of property to buy and maybe I'll check out GTA Online. This was easily the best game I've played this year, no question. Sure, The Last of Us was awesome, Bioshock Infinite was great, Fire Emblem was addicting and Pokemon is fun, but GTA V is in a class of it's own.
