Tuesday 7 July 2009

Blog 4: That's the kinda attitude I like to see!

This is ell635 reporting



Dear Diary,

Pure irony really. I left Mike's Bar and took a nice trip to the Armory in the midst of night. A fresh new G3 was waiting there for me, and some Ammo to stock up on Grenades and Rockets too.

I thought I'd take a quick look inside the Store, and caught the Weapons Dealers eyes.

He offered me a job, told me there was a convoy of arms coming in from the North West.

I've just been to the North-West...!

I accepted, and the enthusiastic Dealer told me it was the kind of attitude he liked to see. I have a feeling the Arms Dealer inside the Gun Store could be a good link to the Jackal. After all, he does the same thing! I'll help him out by hitting a few of these convoys that are providing competition against his business, unlock some new weapons, and see if he has any insight on the Jackal!

I took the usual drive into Pala, and the usual Bus to the North-West of Leboa-Sako.
I arrived at dawn, a similar setting that I saw for my last mission. The Fuel Depot, where I completed my last objective, was the heart of the Convoy's path. I figured if I could tackle the Convoy when it was as far away from the Fuel Depot as possible, then I could complete this missions far more swiftly.

I took the Dune Buggy along the cliffside road to the West. I stopped close-by to a Guard Post that the Convoy would eventually pass through. I decided taking the Convoy here would be ideal. I could take the majority of the Guard Post with the explosion of my RPG-6, and make a simple escape.



I sneaked up by the Guard Post, which was full of enemy Soldiers. So I decided to lay low, and watching my Map for the Convoys positioning. It was only a short distance up the road.

I panicked, and accidentally threw an unintentional Frag Grenade, which didn't harm anyone, but grabbed everyones attention. I ran into a small shanty shelter to see if anyone was on my tail. I popped a Guard in the head who almost spotted me, and as I did so, I saw an Assault Truck passing by. It was escorting the Convoy.



I quickly whipped out my RPG, and took aim, the Convoy passed, and I fired a Rocket to blow it to smitherines.

Gunfire opened, one of the few remaining soldiers was on my tail. I ran out of the shanty shelter from the door I entered it, to discover a raging uncontrollable fire burning away at the grass, blocking my rear exit to the Guard Post.



I'd noticed my Diamond Indicator flashing uncontrollably when I'd used my map to see the Convoy's positioning, so I decided to stay and try and eliminate the remaining threats.

Their aiming was top notch. They took 2 bars of health with a short burst from their G3, and I was forced to use a syrette. I took a few of them out, including some flanking enemies from the first Assault Truck I previously saw.

I took out some of them, but took great damage from little fire, so I used my second syrette, and noticed the fire burning behind me had vanished, and only remained in a large junk pile. I also saw the flashing Diamond briefcase sitting on a rock. So I took the two diamonds inside, and made a break for my Dune Buggy up the hill.


I used the Buggy to quickly escort myself to the North-West Bus Station, which I used to get into Pala.

So that was my mission to hit a convoy. I won't go into much detail on those repetitive missions anymore, unless there are interesting battles to mention. I will, however, mention in brief the weapons I've managed to unlock or buy because of them.


The aim for this blog was to actually keep it short and sweet for once. It may not be short enough, but it's certainly shorter.


Frank Bilder, the investigator, is now also trying to get to the Jackal through a man who is in the same industry as him - selling Guns.


It's all about the connections. Frank is simply getting himself out there to try and search for the Jackal. He's also taking Guillen's word, and continuing to avoid the Factions for as long as possible.


I think I'll take him on a Cellular Tower mission next, to earn some cash.
My gameplay choice for this mission was alot different to the Friends Mission at the Fuel Depot. Admittedly, I did think alot more about where I would attempt to destroy the Convoy, to save myself the trouble.


However, I did choose a Guard Post, which are particularly threatening on Infamous difficulty. Especially the soldiers, their shots were instant, extremely damaging, and yet they hardly fired bullets. It was truly horrible to see what extreme damage they could do to me.


I guess that was a taster of close quarter combat. They can shoot through most surfaces, and they will probably take you down with ease if you don't watch where you go, or what you do.


Theoretically I haven't made any progress yet. But playing as Frank's character is fun. Positioning myself in his shoes, and imagining what HE'D do, is quite interesting. I'll do several Cellular Tower missions, earn some cash, and eventually Frank will HAVE to give in to the curiosity of working for the Factions.
Thanks for your time, I hope you enjoyed my fourth blog. Stay tuned for more.

There is a slight problem, I traded accounts with my friend for a brief time, and I was too impatient to wait to get my account back. So I started this on his account, and will probably lose the Save Game. So I might resight my action thus far on Easy, and continue from there, if I must start a new save.


Wish me luck!

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