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Young Freud
Nov 25, 2006

My old avatar sucked anyway.

Obsurveyor posted:

I have, however, had some pedestrian start punching me for no reason and knocking me out of my clothing purchase. I was confused at first about what was going on.

This is rare. However, when STAG locks down downtown, hiding in Friendly Fire does not stop STAG or the police from attempting to hunt you down inside the shop. I ended up ducking into FF to pick up some ammo and, in the menu select, had flashing lights and gunshots interrupt my buying.

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MZ
Apr 21, 2004

Excuse me while I kiss the sky.

Just started the game, only had time to play a couple of intro missions, my boss is Charles Bronson (the famous criminal, not the actor), with male voice 3 and the style of this game, he is a perfect fit!

Jimbot
Jul 22, 2008


I really like the name of the Mayhem trophy. Volition sure knows what people did/do to get their combo modifier up in that activity.

Aside from the great sing-along with Pierce in the beginning, is there any more of that with a particular song like in 2 or was the Pierce thing the only thing we're getting?

Cardboard Box
Jul 14, 2009

Grunkle Stan, what did you feed us?!


Jimbot posted:

Aside from the great sing-along with Pierce in the beginning, is there any more of that with a particular song like in 2 or was the Pierce thing the only thing we're getting?

Sadly, no. As far as I can tell in my 60+ hours of playtime, there is no other instance of singing along to the radio.

Saint Freak
Apr 15, 2007

Let me tell you about the time I was canonized...


Cardboard Box posted:

Sadly, no. As far as I can tell in my 60+ hours of playtime, there is no other instance of singing along to the radio.

Fem1 will sing part of the Sublime song when you're idling. That's about it I think.


Edit: Idling like standing somewhere waiting for the 30th survival call. Not like in a car engine idling.

Saint Freak fucked around with this message at Dec 1, 2011 around 01:24

Bakalakadaka
Sep 18, 2004


I think it's better that they just put the singalong in a mission to make sure no one misses it because it owns.

Young Freud
Nov 25, 2006

My old avatar sucked anyway.

Can someone tell me where the "Concerned Citizen" cut-scene comes from?

the truth
Dec 16, 2007



Cardboard Box posted:

Sadly, no. As far as I can tell in my 60+ hours of playtime, there is no other instance of singing along to the radio.

I sing along every time Bonnie Tyler's "Holding Out For a Hero" comes on.

Cardboard Box
Jul 14, 2009

Grunkle Stan, what did you feed us?!


This game made me so sick of that song, haha. Like half the time I switched to The Mix, it was playing.

Shindragon
Jun 6, 2011

You don't want my life. What do I have to show for it? Metal plate in my chest, Vatican karate gorilla blood on my hands, and a foot locker full of manbro viles.

Cardboard Box posted:

This game made me so sick of that song, haha. Like half the time I switched to The Mix, it was playing.

Hey better than GTA IV's. My brother is sick of.. DUN DUN swizzie, riding with my top down.. OH goddamn this song again. (it happens everytime he's on a mission)

This game just rewards you with alot if you just go exploring around while cruising around. I do like the nice touches of the Row's history being touched upon based on movies. Two of them. I forgot what they were called, but one is basically about Aisha's death, and the other is the fall of the Vice Kings.

The actor playing Gat in the commercial made me laugh with his ham fisted shout AISHHHHHHHHHA.

Insert name here
Nov 10, 2009

Oh.
Oh Dear.



Cardboard Box posted:

This game made me so sick of that song, haha. Like half the time I switched to The Mix, it was playing.
It's kind of funny actually cause a few days before I bought SR3 I started listening to the song for completely unrelated reasons and then when I found out it was in the game I just went .

Shumagorath
Jun 5, 2001


I'm trying to pick STAG prototypes and absolutely paralyzed with choice. Is the upgraded tank that much better if I already have a Challenger upgraded with the garage swap glitch?

NESguerilla
Jun 5, 2005

Clunk Clunk Clunk clunk


Cardboard Box posted:

This game made me so sick of that song, haha. Like half the time I switched to The Mix, it was playing.

I have the album featuring the song that plays during customization. Don't think I'll ever want to listen to that again now but I didn't really love it that much anyways.

eh4
Jul 1, 2009
hi my name is eh4, copypasting articles from shitmedia like crikey is a valid substitute for having actual opinions


Pleads posted:

Pull out a gun, go into aim mode, point at the person behind the counter until it triggers the robbery alarm + 3 stars.

Gun shops, tattoo parlors and clothing stores work best, I have not had success robbing Image As Designed.

Thanks! Image As Designed is a good one to try, worker is always in the right place, worked first go.

Young Freud
Nov 25, 2006

My old avatar sucked anyway.

Shumagorath posted:

I'm trying to pick STAG prototypes and absolutely paralyzed with choice. Is the upgraded tank that much better if I already have a Challenger upgraded with the garage swap glitch?

No. The Crusader that you would normally steal from STAG is good enough. The jetbike allows for all sorts of crazy exploration, while the satchel charges are one of the more creative weapons in the game. I don't think I've ever been touched while I was in the normal Crusader and that's against other tanks.

In addition, if you haven't stolen one from STAG by that point you get one when you assault the STAG cargo plane.

Shindragon posted:

This game just rewards you with alot if you just go exploring around while cruising around. I do like the nice touches of the Row's history being touched upon based on movies. Two of them. I forgot what they were called, but one is basically about Aisha's death, and the other is the fall of the Vice Kings.

The actor playing Gat in the commercial made me laugh with his ham fisted shout AISHHHHHHHHHA.

My favorite is the Gangsters In Space radio ad, that features the same weird off-Gat actor.

Fooley
Apr 25, 2006

Blue moon of Kentucky keep on shinin'...

When do I get the hoverbike? Reward for clearing a STAG mission?

Tewratomeh
Feb 17, 2007



Fooley posted:

When do I get the hoverbike? Reward for clearing a STAG mission?

Yep, the guys above you talking about STAG prototypes are talking about the same mission where you get it. You get to pick a reward after a certain mission and that's one of them.

As far as I know it doesn't appear anywhere else in the game.

5er
Jun 1, 2000



Oh man, I can't customize a Bear? I'm heartbroken. Giving a Bear purple street camo, tinted windows, golden trim, high profile tires with spoked hubcaps and kneecappers was a defining moment for me in SR2.

Shumagorath
Jun 5, 2001


5er posted:

Oh man, I can't customize a Bear? I'm heartbroken. Giving a Bear purple street camo, tinted windows, golden trim, high profile tires with spoked hubcaps and kneecappers was a defining moment for me in SR2.
I'm with you on that one, but unlike SR2's Bear you will use it for at most the Trafficking missions if you feel lazy.

Merrill
Dec 30, 2008


Question about Genki:

If you're playing co-op, does only the person who landed the killing blow get the cash? We've killed him twice, and both times I got money, but my partner didn't. And she's the one hosting.

Also, I love this game. There's a few things I'm disappointed about, like Shaundi's new attitude and Gat, if this is really the end of him, but the missions are amazing and the driving feels really good. VTOLs are so much fun. Where are you hiding all your helicopters, STAG? Maybe I should have grabbed one before we sank the Thermopylae...

Behonkiss
Feb 10, 2005
Probation
Can't post for 3 days!


I just asked this question on the SR forums, but might as well ask it here: I'm thinking about starting a second playthrough to use a different boss and get achievements for some of the decisions, and was wondering how doing that will affect the stats on the site linked to my account; if it'll reset them, add to them, or break them somehow. Also, does the "Play for 30 hours" achievement have to be on one file or can they be several files combined?

smashpro1
Mar 1, 2009

Shirley, these things happen in video games. We can't get hung up on real-world morality.


5er posted:

Oh man, I can't customize a Bear? I'm heartbroken. Giving a Bear purple street camo, tinted windows, golden trim, high profile tires with spoked hubcaps and kneecappers was a defining moment for me in SR2.

You can, but you gotta do the non-customizable glitch.

Max22
Dec 8, 2007

Oops.


Merrill posted:

Question about Genki:

If you're playing co-op, does only the person who landed the killing blow get the cash? We've killed him twice, and both times I got money, but my partner didn't. And she's the one hosting.

You actually have to pick up the money off the ground, so I'm guessing that whoever snatches it catches it.

cornface
Dec 28, 2006
MUST DEFEND GEORGE ZIMMERMAN AT ALL COSTS* (*not racist)


smashpro1 posted:

You can, but you gotta do the non-customizable glitch.

I wasn't able to paint mine. It let me put ridiculous giant rims, white walls, and nitrous, but I couldn't change the color.

TheGreatGildersneeze
Feb 24, 2001

Ask me about the list of rules you need to agree to before joining my Xbox live games with me and my virtual friends.


Cardboard Box posted:

This game made me so sick of that song, haha. Like half the time I switched to The Mix, it was playing.
*ahem*


They.
Say.
That.
TEENAGERS SCARE
THE LIVIN' SHIDDOUTTAME!


God that loving song. I swear every fresh car I'd carjack in SR2 was playing it.

This go-round it's that one on the Adult Swim station with the "buddit wouldn't mean shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit! It wouldn't mean shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit! wouldn't mean shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit!" chorus. That song makes me want to kick my Xbox.

Rirse
May 6, 2006


Wished there was a station with nothing but the commercial. I don't get to hear them enough, and half the time it's the one for the news. Even through I did hear a funny one with Kinzie being talked to about the Deckers.

smashpro1
Mar 1, 2009

Shirley, these things happen in video games. We can't get hung up on real-world morality.


cornface posted:

I wasn't able to paint mine. It let me put ridiculous giant rims, white walls, and nitrous, but I couldn't change the color.

Yeah. However, mine can now outrun most vehicles they send at me at higher notoriety, and it is practically indestructible.

cornface
Dec 28, 2006
MUST DEFEND GEORGE ZIMMERMAN AT ALL COSTS* (*not racist)


smashpro1 posted:

Yeah. However, mine can now outrun most vehicles they send at me at higher notoriety, and it is practically indestructible.

The best part is that with nitrous, nearly every car you hit just explodes into a ball of fire immediately.

Merrill
Dec 30, 2008


Max22 posted:

You actually have to pick up the money off the ground, so I'm guessing that whoever snatches it catches it.

Ah, I hadn't noticed that. Thank you!

Tobaccrow
Jan 21, 2008

Don't smoke, kids... Unless you have to.

Flash Gordon Ramsay posted:

The issue isn't so much the dumb age verification, it's that the cookie expires seconds after you hit the submit button.

I hosed up on the age gate once and it wouldn't let me in the site for two days until I just got sick of waiting for it to expire and deleted it manually.

Soul Glo
Aug 27, 2003

Feelin' oh so silky smooth.


Welp, I completed Deckers Die, but didn't get the achievement, so add me to the people having trouble with that. No cheats or anything. That mission sucked too, except for the boss fight.

graybook
Oct 10, 2011

The resolution on this ding dong is SAAACK.


TheGreatGildersneeze posted:

*ahem*


They.
Say.
That.
TEENAGERS SCARE
THE LIVIN' SHIDDOUTTAME!


God that loving song. I swear every fresh car I'd carjack in SR2 was playing it.

This go-round it's that one on the Adult Swim station with the "buddit wouldn't mean shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit! It wouldn't mean shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit! wouldn't mean shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit!" chorus. That song makes me want to kick my Xbox.

IT'S USUALLY SO TYPICAL
A PIECE OF YOU FOOOOOOOR A PIECE OF MEEEEEE

Or whatever that lyric was.

In SRTT, though, I really like that one French gangsta rap song. Don't Panik.
EVERYDAY I'M MUSLIM

WraithMind
Jan 26, 2011


Tobaccrow posted:

I hosed up on the age gate once and it wouldn't let me in the site for two days until I just got sick of waiting for it to expire and deleted it manually.

Christ, the only thing that site does competently is lock you out.

The White Dragon
Nov 14, 2007

a dragon that is
uh

graybook posted:

In SRTT, though, I really like that one French gangsta rap song. Don't Panik.
EVERYDAY I'M MUSLIM

Yeah, I love that song. I don't care for the station overall but you bet your rear end that one's on my mixtape.

Crappy Jack
Nov 21, 2005

We got some serious shit to discuss.



I just wanted to let you guys know that I don't want to get turned away again. But you didn't want to dance.

Jimbot
Jul 22, 2008


Just beat the game.

Those endings are something else, that's for sure. The "Kill Killbane" ending had more of an impact but the Gangstas in Space was incredibly funny. For SR4 you know both ends will be canon and NPCs will question why Shaundi and Viola are alive and well despite being blown up and they will never explain it.

I think I liked the "Kill Killbane" ending more, though. It just resonates more and carried a lot more weight, despite the fact that I don't like having main characters killed off.

TheGreatGildersneeze
Feb 24, 2001

Ask me about the list of rules you need to agree to before joining my Xbox live games with me and my virtual friends.


Crappy Jack posted:

I just wanted to let you guys know that I don't want to get turned away again.
You want it? Baby, I got it!

Whatcha need?
Whatcha need?
Whatcha need?
Whatcha need?

Pees With Boner
Jun 7, 2005

by Y Kant Ozma Post


Soul Glo posted:

Welp, I completed Deckers Die, but didn't get the achievement, so add me to the people having trouble with that. No cheats or anything. That mission sucked too, except for the boss fight.



Deckers Die was a freaking pain in the rear end the way you pretty much had to resign yourself to not being able to hit anything with your useless gun for most of it, but holy poo poo is it worth it for what you get afterwards. I had no clue something like that was in the game until today and I just want to loving not be doing homework right now

Songbearer
Jul 12, 2007


Fuck you say?


It's fine when you learn the secret to the lag section. Stand still and the lag won't affect you

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Sanschel
Aug 9, 2002



Finished the game the other day, just been rounding out the last few Challenges and poo poo; been a long time since I've had so much fun with a game to go for a full 100%, and I still want to do another run after I'm done.

To think I'd brushed the SR series off as little more than a GTA clone for so long; hell, a month ago I had no desire to buy this, then a bit of research and it's one of only two games I bought this year. I feel like I should probably go back and play the first two now (after I've done SRTT as a zombie, of course).

edit: The target vehicle has been destroyed

5er posted:

Oh man, I can't customize a Bear? I'm heartbroken. Giving a Bear purple street camo, tinted windows, golden trim, high profile tires with spoked hubcaps and kneecappers was a defining moment for me in SR2.

There's no way to change the color, but there's a way to do some minor customization on the Bear, or more stuff for other "non-customizable" vehicles.

Store whatever vehicle you want in your garage. Take a Gat Mobile to a Rim Jobs, and enter the Customize menu. Select Garage. Highlight the vehicle you want to customize, but don't retrieve it; instead, hit the back button to return to the previous menu. It'll give you the "Are you sure you want to exit the garage?" prompt, just hit Accept and now you'll have a customization screen for the selected vehicle (thank you person on /v/ who detailed this for me).

A lot of these vehicles don't have many options, but most you can at least level up their Performance stuff (which makes a Bear or Challenger even more beastly), but a couple have color options. Just be careful with some of them; I tried to alter the wheel size on the Asp and my 360 froze.

Sanschel fucked around with this message at Dec 1, 2011 around 08:43

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