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Cockfights loving suck, I've bet what would be 2 millions by now and won once.
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Sep 4, 2012 19:57
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Call Now posted:Cockfights loving suck, I've bet what would be 2 millions by now and won once. 200k down, 8 in a row lost.  Just said gently caress it at this point. I'll wait till I buy everything in the game before trying again.
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Sep 4, 2012 20:08
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The white bird won each time for me, despite the little win streak thing reading zero 
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Sep 4, 2012 20:18
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Yeah, I've done 2 cockfights, and I won both betting on the white bird. Maybe they had the same tell or something, but I just bet on the one with fewer wins.
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Sep 4, 2012 20:20
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Cockfighting is completely random, or maybe there's a system involving time of day or something crazy. The black cock named Sun Tzu used to be a sure thing when I played and then he lost 9 times in a row. Basically you need to save scum and just drive the few blocks from the Kennedy Town safehouse to the cockfighting arena and do this: -Bet -If you win, save and bet again --If you lose bet again --If you win this you're back to square one --If you lose this reload your save and drive back to the dock furiously running over anyone in your way You can always bet on black or white, or try and go by "best name" but it will still probably take a good half hour unless you're really lucky. This was probably the only grind I had to go through in the game, and it was still mildly entertaining to watch the fights sometimes.
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Sep 4, 2012 21:34
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Two things I discovered in Club Bam Bam: 1/ Those giant fish tanks can be broken by doing a running flying kick at them during the mission. 2/ Upstairs, at the far end in the round bit, there is a spot where Wei gets to dance.
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Sep 4, 2012 22:11
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Parkingtigers posted:Two things I discovered in Club Bam Bam: You can also just throw a guy into them. I did it thinking Wei would just bash his head into the glass, instead there's water and fish everywhere all of a sudden.
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Sep 4, 2012 22:25
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Parkingtigers posted:Two things I discovered in Club Bam Bam:  And holy poo poo, some of the moves you unlock from the jade statues are drat good. The follow-up attack on stunned enemies is my favorite, it appears to pretty much be an instant kill on most guys and the fight clubs became completely trivial once I unlocked it.
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Sep 4, 2012 22:33
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This game is grade A loving awesome Amazing how refreshing a game set in Not LA or Not NY feels.
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Sep 4, 2012 23:06
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Brightman posted:This was probably the only grind I had to go through in the game, and it was still mildly entertaining to watch the fights sometimes. I always liked when the AI got a bit wonky and one of the birds just starts doing laps around the ring. One bird ended up pushing about 8 of those cage objects around into a giant pile, while I'm yelling at the monitor "WHERE ARE YOU GOING! GET BACK IN THE RING, LITTLE JERRY! YOU SON OF A BITCH, GET IN THE RING! NOOOOOO, DON'T TURN YOUR BACK TO HIM, LITTLE JERRY! FUUUUUCCKKKK!!!"
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Sep 4, 2012 23:09
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Dr. Ohnoman posted:Wei Shen does not waste his time and energy breaking things himself when he can break them using someone else's head. I have the face, 'everything just got better' and when I drink dragon kick, that double flying jump kick move reduces most enemies to about 1 bar of health.
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Sep 4, 2012 23:11
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Parkingtigers posted:I enjoyed platting this game so much I'm going to do it all over again on Xbox. Currently just driving around in the retro Triad dragon van listening to the radio and enjoying the view. No regrets, this game is just the best drat thing. I got to second place on my list in clean drive and then just deleted the guy who got 5:00 off my friends list (sorry Isaac Brock I love you). Then I turned off notifications because the clean drive thing gets a bit irritating. I've also found getting a clean 3-star cop score is more of a pain in the rear end than it's worth when drug busts are so fun and fairly lucrative. I'm loving this game.
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Sep 4, 2012 23:38
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Brightman posted:Cockfighting is completely random, or maybe there's a system involving time of day or something crazy. The black cock named Sun Tzu used to be a sure thing when I played and then he lost 9 times in a row. Basically you need to save scum and just drive the few blocks from the Kennedy Town safehouse to the cockfighting arena and do this: Thanks for the advice, Michael Vick. 
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Sep 5, 2012 00:14
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Parkingtigers posted:2/ Upstairs, at the far end in the round bit, there is a spot where Wei gets to dance. I dig that if you just leave Wei standing in the club, he starts bopping his head to the beat. I think Luis did this in The Ballad of Gay Tony too but I can't think of any other open world games that did this.
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Sep 5, 2012 01:02
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Just saw a pedestrian pick his nose and eat it, this game is revolutionary
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Sep 5, 2012 01:11
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Doctor Doodler posted:I have the face, 'everything just got better' and when I drink dragon kick, that double flying jump kick move reduces most enemies to about 1 bar of health. Wait, hold up. Enemies have health bars?
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Sep 5, 2012 01:21
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Capn Beeb posted:Wait, hold up. If you lock on to them, it shows up as a 4 sectioned circle under their feet.
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Sep 5, 2012 01:36
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SpazmasterX posted:If you lock on to them, it shows up as a 4 sectioned circle under their feet. Of course, if you're not judging damage by how blood covered your enemies are, you're just not playing the game right.
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Sep 5, 2012 02:00
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SpazmasterX posted:If you lock on to them, it shows up as a 4 sectioned circle under their feet. I beat the entire game without ever noticing or doing this... you just now reminded me that such a function was even in the game.
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Sep 5, 2012 02:23
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slovach posted:I beat the entire game without ever noticing or doing this... you just now reminded me that such a function was even in the game. Lock-on just seemed more like a hindrance than anything.
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Sep 5, 2012 02:25
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Vertigus posted:Lock-on just seemed more like a hindrance than anything. It is essential for a couple of the unlocked moves, though that's about the only time I used it.
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Sep 5, 2012 02:43
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Parkingtigers posted:It is essential for a couple of the unlocked moves, though that's about the only time I used it. It seems to make grapplers easier to knock down for me.
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Sep 5, 2012 03:57
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Once I figured out that you can do that flip if you lock on, I started using it a bit more. Doesn't seem much other point to it, though. Some of the bystander chat is brilliant. Outside one of the cockfight rings, there's a couple on a date and the guy is all "but I thought you loved animals" while she's yelling at him.
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Sep 5, 2012 04:08
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Lock on is also useful for chucking knives at people and instant killing them.
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Sep 5, 2012 04:25
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I've run into a bit of a dilemma. Now that I'm completely done with the game I drive around, collect a gun or 2 and start causing random chaos. I noticed that the street vendors all have a volatile propane tank next to them. If I shoot it there's a cool explosion. But these are the people that give me delicious pork buns and meats on a stick. I'm torn.
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Sep 5, 2012 04:28
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The Deadly Hume posted:Once I figured out that you can do that flip if you lock on, I started using it a bit more. Doesn't seem much other point to it, though. I loved listening in on the lady and her daughter's conversations outside the first apartment. Later it switches to the mother and some guy who she kind of hopes will date her daughter, and still later it switches to the mother and the old superintendent taunting each other 
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Sep 5, 2012 06:14
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I found a moped. I spent forty-five minutes today just driving a moped around Hong Kong purposefully alerting the police and then losing them on a loving moped. I haven't even hit any major plot points yet, just got the fake watch from Jackie after what I'm guessing is like the third or fourth mission? How do you people even play this game's story when there's so much dicking around to do
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Sep 5, 2012 06:32
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It took me until the end of the game to throw my first knife. I feel bad about this.
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Sep 5, 2012 06:45
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There's a moped on the wall of the garage at your North Point safehouse.
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Sep 5, 2012 06:45
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RandallODim posted:Of course, if you're not judging damage by how blood covered your enemies are, you're just not playing the game right. I just keep hitting them until they stop getting back up. Looking at enemy's healthbar is like staring at your watch while watching a really good movie.
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Sep 5, 2012 06:47
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Holy crap, this game still owns.
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Sep 5, 2012 07:12
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I can't state how much I love all the incidental dialogue in the game. If you listen closely you get a lot of funny conversations. Even the cop on his phone (Raymond?) in Teng's base has some good lines - there's one where he gets increasingly frustrated become the cop on the other side cannot differentiate between 2 gangsters with similar names. And the guy who pushes a button for you to get your car. "I used to have a high salary job, and now (sigh) I push a button for you to get your car. Wei."
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Sep 5, 2012 07:22
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AxeManiac posted:Holy crap, this game still owns. Hell yeah it does. I put 45 hours into platting, 100%ing, and pissing around in the PS3 version. 5 hours into the Xbox edition and I'm still in love. Man I want some more DLC, and like right now. Don't care what it is, but I want it. Gimme those pre-order exclusives to tide me over, I want it all.
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Sep 5, 2012 07:24
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I'm almost done with the story but it's so hard to finish even though it's a really great story. Today I was driving a cab around because I accidentally hijack about 80% of the cabs I'm trying to get into, and found that people will jump in the back with hilarious consequences. This game's combat system and wanted level that's actually fun to evade will probably keep me going for ages, it's definitely the best open world game since Red Dead.
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Sep 5, 2012 10:05
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I found what I think is a healing shrine (or other collectible of similar icon-shape) but I haven't been able to figure it out. It's located in Central, right here:   This is me standing directly atop the symbol. None of the maps I've consulted show anything at all in the location but there is a health shrine location or something that is apparently supposed to be right there.
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Sep 5, 2012 11:19
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You're blocking the symbol, so I cant see if that's supposed to be a shrine or a jump.
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Sep 5, 2012 11:21
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I think you're at a point where you can do one of the big jumps that help you evade pursuit.
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Sep 5, 2012 11:27
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Definitely no shrine or statue there. Maybe a lock box but I don't really see anything there at all.
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Sep 5, 2012 11:30
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I got confused at the same point for ages! If you look up, there should be a spot with construction cones and the like where you can jump off like Jerusalem said.
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Sep 5, 2012 11:52
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SynthOrange posted:You're blocking the symbol, so I cant see if that's supposed to be a shrine or a jump. Jerusalem posted:I think you're at a point where you can do one of the big jumps that help you evade pursuit. pLEH posted:I got confused at the same point for ages! If you look up, there should be a spot with construction cones and the like where you can jump off like Jerusalem said.  That makes sense. I actually noticed it driving by the construction during a mission. I guess I don't recall seeing a tutorial tip about their markers...
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