Jedeye Sniv
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I did it on my iPad just the other day. OP needs to get better at playing games
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The GTA: Vice City R/C Helicopter Mission...Worst Ever?
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I did it on my iPad just the other day. OP needs to get better at playing games
What? I did all missions with kb/m and I didn't have trouble with them at all.
Chittagong
Gold Member
made me first RAGE and then rage quit GTA VC. Shame because I really loved the game
Is this a joke? The vice city RC mission is stupidly easy. I always get it on my first try. Just fly high enough to avoid the construction workers.
The San Andreas one is nightmare fuel though.
I couldn't believe how easy it was when I finally played it on Xbox. After using KB+M on a PC years before which caused me to rage quit I was dreading getting up to that point. I think the mission where you have to protect Vance at the garbage dump was the most frustrating for me in Vice City.
PetriP-TNT
Member
Well the VC helicopter missions weren't that bad, but the Zero missions were awful: The PS2 version was so hard it was made ten times easier on every other platform out there.
IdreamofHIME
Member
That's not the train mission from San Andreas.
how's it on iOS
Easy. Beat it on the first try with around 45 seconds to spare.
TheLucifer
Member
Huh, I never had any problem with those missions. I had to replay the one in Vice City a couple of times maybe, but that wasn't as hard as I heard from my friends and on the internet. Hell, since GTA went 3D I only had two missions that blocked me for weeks, and both were in GTA III.
This. Zero's missions in PS2 San Andreas were hell.
PetriP-TNT
Member
DJSharpeCheddar
Banned
Started Vice City twice, stopped at that mission both times.
Maybe the third time will be the charm.
Maybe the third time will be the charm.
Terbinator
Member
Following the Goddamn train is disgustingly more tedious than the VC/SA RC offerings.
friskykillface
Banned
My brother quit playing San Andreas due to that stupid RC plane mission and I've never made it there myself so I dont know the pain lol
But the vice city one was pretty easy back on ps2.
I'll try to beat San Andreas one of these days B^)
But the vice city one was pretty easy back on ps2.
I'll try to beat San Andreas one of these days B^)
Snegurochka
Neo Member
there's an escort mission in one of the saints row 2 dlcs that makes me rage like nothing else. i don't think i'll ever complete it.
Grimm Fandango
Member
I heard David Cross say "The Red Baron" so many times I'll never forget.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CElDMBturc&feature=youtu.be&t=1m20s
Stallion Free
Cock Encumbered
I got pissed off the first couple times while doing the mission last week actually (it was where I gave up on the game years ago), but I reconfigured my control setup and found my innner zen and did it on like the 4th try.
My biggest issue with returning to Vice City and the older GTA's is the sheer amount of random bullshit that can fuck up a mission. The missions themselves are rarely longer than 5 minutes so it felt like the game was padded out by retires from stupid mistakes. I did pretty much every mission in the game, but skipped the taxi, police, etc. missions because I wanted to move on. I'd love a remake with mission structure more in line with Gay Tony.
Buckethead
Banned
It is a pain in the ass because you have to turn at sharp angles and the camera doesn't adjust.
Stallion Free
Cock Encumbered
It's not that the mission is hard, it's short and simple. It's the mindbogglingly shit controls and terrible camera. The difficulty comes from how terrible the helicopter is and how hard it is to maneuver in the tight stair cases and do so quickly.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
This. Right here. This is why I stopped playing GTA:SA.
That helicopter mission was the last one I played in Vice City--I gave up on not just the game, but the series.
I skipped San Andreas but did pick up GTA IV--and after 5 hours wished I hadn't. Terrible controls, lousy/no checkpointing, a character that controlled like he was riding a bicyle (that Euphoria nonsense), needy friends--I was not in the camp that thought GTA IV was the greatest thing since ice cream.
However, I enjoyed the two expansions. They finally adding checkpointing that was worth a damn, streamlined the experience and removed a lot of the bullshit, and to me, finally figured out how to make the series fun. I loved the motorcycles in TLATD. It'll be interesting to see what direction GTA V takes.
I skipped San Andreas but did pick up GTA IV--and after 5 hours wished I hadn't. Terrible controls, lousy/no checkpointing, a character that controlled like he was riding a bicyle (that Euphoria nonsense), needy friends--I was not in the camp that thought GTA IV was the greatest thing since ice cream.
However, I enjoyed the two expansions. They finally adding checkpointing that was worth a damn, streamlined the experience and removed a lot of the bullshit, and to me, finally figured out how to make the series fun. I loved the motorcycles in TLATD. It'll be interesting to see what direction GTA V takes.
Takamura-San
Member
But it was an optional mission man.
infinityBCRT
Member
This was a bad one. Another bad Vice City one was one where you had to get into a white van and getaway but there were too many freaking dudes (Cubans?) shooting at me and I kept dying over and over.
That RC plane mission was a pain in the balls alright. Took me numerous attempts to finally beat the friggin thing.
Dunno if it's the worst in the series though. That mission towards the end of the first game where you had to crush all of the vendor carts dotted through the city within a time limit sucked big time as well.
Dunno if it's the worst in the series though. That mission towards the end of the first game where you had to crush all of the vendor carts dotted through the city within a time limit sucked big time as well.
My 12-year-old-self just traveled through time to slap you because JESUS CHRIST THESE CONTROLS THEY HURT.
Revolutionary
Member
The San Andreas one is tough, but it takes me a maximum of 3 tries to clear. Two friends challenged me to do it 3 or less (as a cover to clear it for them lol), and I managed it both times.
I don't even remember there being one in Vice City, so it can't be that hard at all.
I don't even remember there being one in Vice City, so it can't be that hard at all.
Had to look this up on youtube because I totally forgot bt it, looked easy enough in the video but then again I don't remember my own experience with that particular mission. Though it got me reminded of how a lot of chase sequences in GTA games are designed to put you through predefined obstacles before you could actually complete those missions. *groan*
And what's with characters from GTAV commenting on these youtube videos anyway...
The helicopter mission on Vice City was easy, seriously I finished it in two tries on my iPad with touch screen controls.
The RC Plane mission on San Andreas was way harder, and if you said it was easy please do not talk unless you played the launch PS2 version. The launch PS2 version had a glitch where your fuel depleted even if you were gliding, meaning you had to complete the entire mission in under 5 minutes. This was patched in the Xbox, PC, and GOTY PS2 editions.
I did beat it on the launch PS2 version, but it was by far the most frustrating GTA mission I have played.
The RC Plane mission on San Andreas was way harder, and if you said it was easy please do not talk unless you played the launch PS2 version. The launch PS2 version had a glitch where your fuel depleted even if you were gliding, meaning you had to complete the entire mission in under 5 minutes. This was patched in the Xbox, PC, and GOTY PS2 editions.
I did beat it on the launch PS2 version, but it was by far the most frustrating GTA mission I have played.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
It was, but the next mission was cities apart. I was too determined/lazy to let this one go as I did all of the optional missions up until this point. I used to be a completist until I played this fucking game. Ever since, I've stopped giving fucks about optional missions.
Fuck. This must be the reason why I couldn't finish this shit!
Grimm Fandango
Member
Yeah I definitely had my PS2 copy on release day. Jesus so many times you would just run out of gas on the way to the last target.
SpacePirate Ridley
Member
Im the only one that beated this like on my second time but the only one that gave me real problems was the "CJ, the only thing you needed to do was follow the damn train!" mission?
EDIT: Ah PC version was tweaked.
Seems im not the only one then.
Well shit I didn't know it was a glitch. That makes me feel kind of badass for doing it back in the day, even if it took 60 attempts and multiple controller throws.
So Many Bullets
Neo Member
I quit GTAIV on Four Leaf Clover, I know I'm lame = / Still stuck on it to this day. I can make it out of the bank, through the alley, through the subway, then when I get to the driving it all comes apart.
Closest I ever got was after coming out of the subway I escaped the police search radius, after switching cars three or four times due to damage. Got detected again after I got the cop badges to start flashing then got exploded while trying to switch vehicles again when I got stuck on a fire hydrant. It's been over 2 years since that attempt.
Closest I ever got was after coming out of the subway I escaped the police search radius, after switching cars three or four times due to damage. Got detected again after I got the cop badges to start flashing then got exploded while trying to switch vehicles again when I got stuck on a fire hydrant. It's been over 2 years since that attempt.
canedaddy
Member
I love the Vice City helicopter mission and can beat it pretty easily, but my brother quit the game over it and pretty much stopped gaming altogether, so...
As for Supply Lines in San Andreas, it was a good challenge on PS2 but my old ass did it so it couldn't have been that hard.
As for Supply Lines in San Andreas, it was a good challenge on PS2 but my old ass did it so it couldn't have been that hard.
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