The official trailer for Red Dead Redemption, “My Name Is John Marston,” is coming in less than two weeks - Tuesday, December 1st, 2009.
The official trailer for Red Dead Redemption, “My Name Is John Marston,” is coming in less than two weeks - Tuesday, December 1st, 2009.
For many players, the first inclination in tackling a game is to play through the single-player missions in their entirety, and then get into the gravy of side missions and achievements and hidden packages, etcetera.
In Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars however, what many don’t realize is that accomplishing the range of “Odd Job” side missions available actually gains you special gameplay abilities and advantages that can significantly help you along the single-player experience and add some extra fun to boot.
Here’s a breakout of some of the available “Odd Jobs” – where to find them – and what you’ll gain by completing them:
Keep in mind that you must receive a gold medal in each challenge to unlock the associated reward. We have listed out what is considered a gold medal performance.
Paramedic - Job found at: Any ambulance you get in (there's always one near the hospitals)
Go for Gold: Save 100% of patients during a single ambulance run
Reward: Receive infinite sprint. Perfect for making extra hasty getaways from the LCPD.
Vigilante - Job found at: Any police car you get in (plenty to be found by the police stations)
Go for Gold: Kill 100% of the criminals in five different crime waves
Reward: Ability to carry double the body armor. Very helpful for protection during brutal Rampages.
Taxi Driver - Job found at: Any taxi you get in
Go for Gold: Achieve 15 successful fare drop offs in a single taxi run
Reward: Receive the bullet-proof taxi. You’ll want to drive this into battle to easily withstand oncoming fire.
Noodle Run - Job found at: The Chinese restaurants located in Algonquin and Cerveza Heights (steal the noodle vans)
Go for Gold: Make 30 successful deliveries (15 deliveries for each of the 2 different noodle vans)
Reward: Regenerating health when your health falls below 25%. Very clutch when you can’t find a health pack.
Alpha Mail Delivery - Job found at: The Alpha Mail parking lot in Industrial (steal an Alpha Mail van)
Go for Gold: Deliver 10 packages (2 separate delivery runs of 5 packages each)
Reward: Increases the maximum amount of ‘product’ you can carry. Meaning mo’ money to be made during dealing escapades.
Fire Fighter - Job found at: The fire stations in either the Northwood district of Algonquin or the Downtown district of Broker
Go for Gold: Extinguish 10 fires
Reward: Will make you impervious to fire damage. So you can brazenly toss molotovs without fear of igniting yourself.
Liberty City Gun Club - Job found at: The outskirts of the Francis Intl. Airport (note that it isn't opened up until after "Under The Gun")
Go for Gold: Earn 10,000 points across all weapons challenges
Reward: Decreases your cost of ammo. Membership has its privileges – save your hard earned cash for other uses.
Lest we forget to mention that each of these little Jobs are pretty damn fun along the way. Take our word and don’t just save ‘em for the end…
Have you completed all the Odd Jobs in Chinatown Wars? Got a favorite? Give us a shout in the comments and let us know…
Previously:
Burning off the Line in Multiplayer Races (The Ballad of Gay Tony / Episodes from Liberty City)
Beating the Competition in "Witness Protection" Multiplayer (The Lost and Damned / Episodes from Liberty City)
Getting the Edge in “Chopper vs Chopper” Multiplayer (The Lost and Damned / Episodes from Liberty City)
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Are there tough missions in a particular Rockstar game that you’d like some hints or help with? Let us know via comments here on the Rockstar Newswire, or send us an email and we’ll try and give you our best tips and strategies.
Take our brand-new 16-question "Which Grand Theft Auto Character Are You?" personality quiz on Facebook to find out which character from the Grand Theft Auto series you are most like. Possible results span the last decade of Grand Theft Auto titles, including memorable characters in everything from 2001's Grand Theft Auto III all the way up to the most recent release, Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City.
At the end of the quiz, you'll see which character you are most similar to along with a brief description, what game they are from, plus a screenshot or artwork to see what they look like, and a video clip if one exists. Let's us know which character you are in the comments section, or on the official Rockstar Games page on Facebook.
Make sure you're a Fan of Rockstar Games at www.facebook.com/rockstargames, where you can also check out our other Facebook application, the Chinatown Wars Fortune Cookie.
Link: http://apps.facebook.com/grandtheftautoquiz/
There's only a couple more days left to enter the Social Club TV Halloween Horrors video contest over at Social Club TV. The entrant with the winning video will take home a high-performance WD VelociRaptor Hard Drive and a Rockstar prize pack of limited-edition gear. If you are still working on your horror masterpiece, make sure to upload it before our submission deadline this Friday night 11/20/09 at 11:59:59 ET.
All Social Club members (sign up for an account here) can head over to the official Halloween Horrors channel to vote and comment on all of the contest entries thus far.
Void in certain countries and where prohibited. See www.rockstargames.com/socialclub/events for official rules and eligibility details.
In the lead up to Red Dead Redemption we'd like to highlight a few of our favorite westerns.
If you haven't seen them, these movies will definitely entertain you and get you in the mood for the game.
They are in no particular order and the list of films we'll be posting is incomplete. That being said, this first film may well be the greatest western of them all.
The Wild Bunch (1969, Dir. Sam Peckinpah) completely changed the portrayal of violence in cinema. Pekinpah's masterwork changed westerns forever - and its influence can still be seen in any shooter you are playing today. An incredible script and ground-breaking cinematography round out this classic.
Check out the original trailer:
(Planning a counter-attack in The Ballad of Gay Tony multiplayer.)
With the release of Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City and all of the intense and insane Grand Theft Auto multiplayer mode updates that come with it, some of the most accomplished Grand Theft Auto IV multiplayer leaderboard masters have been diving in and staking their claim at the new Deathmatch, Race and other modes online.
The Multiplayer Masters series here at Rockstar Newswire will present player profiles of some of the elite who dominate the leaderboards at Rockstar Social Club – the cream of the crop that we’ve interviewed to impart their personal approach and special pointers that might help you step your game up when it comes to proving your mettle online…
Chris Amburgy aka "Mr Floppay" on Xbox LIVE is a top tier Team Mafiya Works veteran (currently residing in the top 1% on the worldwide leaderboards) who’s been diving head first into The Ballad of Gay Tony multiplayer ever since October 29th.
We had the pleasure of enjoying some Deathmatch with Chris ourselves just this past weekend during the official Rockstar multiplayer session and spoke with him recently to get his thoughts on The Ballad of Gay Tony’s new maps and weapon additions and what they bring to the multiplayer experience...
"My favorite weapon in all of GTA IV is the Pistol .44 that was just put in "The Ballad of Gay Tony". That gun is just menacing, and has an extremely awesome sound effect.
My favorite map section depends on how many people are in the game. Overall I would have to say Aldreney though, because it mixes the best qualities of Dukes/Broker and Algonquin and is just so wonderfully complex. Although since "The Ballad of Gay Tony" has been released, the new small sections of the maps for Team Deathmatch are just genius. Fighting in the Libertonian never gets old."
Ha – Chris was also kind enough to offer up some of his personal concrete strategy tips, tried-and-true techniques, and pitfalls to avoid when trying to rack up kills in Deathmatch modes…
"One of the most important things is to KNOW THE GAME SETTINGS before entering a match. If you go into a match and think that auto-aim is on, and you don't check first, you're just handing out free kills. You must also check blip settings, so that you aren't caught off guard in a game.
When auto-aim is on, refrain from using vehicles as much as possible. Using a vehicle with auto-aim on makes you a very easy target for other players, since they can use auto-aim on you, while you are helpless with manual-aim in the car. This also means to look out for other careless players in a vehicle with auto-aim on as it gives you some pretty easy kills. Another thing with auto-aim, is if you learn the actual range of each of the weapons, you will see that there is a point where auto-aim doesn't work, but you can still damage another player by using manual-aim. This becomes very helpful in intense chases and shootouts."
… and his personal lowdown on how to take enemies down with ease...
"Now, when attempting to kill someone, I like to "Aim, Crouch, Zoom, and Shoot". This means that when you see a target, depending on the weapon you have, it should become second-nature for you to aim aim your gun, crouch (improves accuracy significantly), click the right stick in (Xbox 360) to zoom, lean your reticule up to the top portion of their body, and shoot. You should learn how to do all of this in a split-second from seeing someone. Also, no matter what weapon you have, you will always remain most accurate if you tap the trigger to shoot in bursts as opposed to holding it down and losing accuracy due to recoil."
Do you currently hold high ranking in any of the worldwide Grand Theft Auto leaderboards? Or do you carry a heavy rep amongst your friends as the one dude (or dudette) not to be messed with online? Let us know in the comments section or shoot us an email and maybe we’ll feature you here at Rockstar Newswire.
Who needs a MPC?
Previously:
Beaterator User-Created Jams: By Social Club Trip-Hoppers… By a dude in his Mazda… and by Timbaland?
Beaterator User-Created Jams: Found at the Social Club and on YouTube
Beaterator User-Created Jams: By the Crazy Community of Kids at Rockstar Social Club
Beaterator User-Created Jams: Gaming Journalists Gettin' Bizzy
Get those trigger fingers ready. Members of Rockstar Games will be on Xbox LIVE this afternoon, Saturday Nov 14th from 2-5 PM Eastern playing The Ballad of Gay Tony multiplayer with and against any and all challengers – in all the new modes. If you haven't done so already, add Gamertags below:
To everyone who left Gamertags and mode suggestions in our previous post, we will be keeping an eye out for you when we hop onto LIVE. See you then...
