Official GTA IV "I've beaten the story and now I'm trying to get to 100%" Thread.

[calcutta]

Re: Official GTA IV "I've beaten the story and now I'm trying to get to 100%" Thread.

I finished Brucie's races yesterday. You get a 2.5% increase by completing each race once (9 races total) but if you go for the "20 single player race wins" achievement, you don't get another % increase at all. So PS3 gamers don't need to worry about 20 wins if you want 100%, and 360 gamers only need to go for 20 wins if you want the achievement (worth 25 points).

I'm up to 81.75% now after 65 hours. The other 0.5% increase overnight came after meeting a random character (for the third time) and completing his missions. So i've met/completed 9 randoms now, most whom you need to meet 2 or 3 times to complete their missions. The most random character i've met was a guy showing off his wealth and he just gave me $100 lol!

Does anyone have a checklist for what to complete to get 100% (and how much each is worth in terms of %).

Anyway, do you guys mark the stunt jumps on the map R* gives you with the game?

Nope, just points of interest like other GTA games. It also marks street names which comes in helpful for the text message car deliveries, as these are not marked on your in-game map automatically.

But you can surf the web within the game and visit www.whattheydonotwantyoutoknow.com and access a user forum-esque page whereyou can access separate maps for secret things like jumps, pigeons, weapons, armour and random characters. Or there are plenty of maps/guides to print off on the 'real' interweb.

[Village Idiot]

Re: Official GTA IV "I've beaten the story and now I'm trying to get to 100%" Thread.

Successfully complete all 90 story and procedural missions to get 68% complete.

Successfully complete all 30 car thefts to get an additional 2%.

Successfully complete all 50 stunt jumps to get an additional 2.5%.

Collect all 200 pigeons (flying rats) to get an additional 2.5%.

Find all random characters and complete their missions to get an additional 5%.

Successfully complete all 20 vigilante crimes to get an additional 2.5%.

Kill all 30 people on the list to get an additional 2.5%.

Beat friends or computers at every activity to get an additional 5%.

Get all your friend's special abilities and do all their activities to get an additional 10%. Note: This does not include Dwayne or Roman.

from: http://www.cheatcc.com/xbox360/grand...eatscodes.html

[calcutta]

Re: Official GTA IV "I've beaten the story and now I'm trying to get to 100%" Thread.

^ Thanks for that! But i clicked the "strategy guide" link atop that article which took me here, and provided a different 100% list (probably because each list classifies the tasks under different categories):

Main Story (60%): Complete all the story missions and reach the game's credits.

Activities (5%):
*Win a 10 round game of bowling.
*Win a game of darts.
*Win a game of pool.
*Beat the high score of 10950 in QUB3D.

Collectables (7%):
*Complete all 50 stunt jumps.
*Kill all 200 pigeons scattered around the city.
*Find and steal all 30 cars requested by text message from Stevie.

Side Missions (8%):
*Do all 9 Assassinations from the Pay Phone in Alderney.
*Win 1st place in all 9 of Brucie's races.
*Steal all 10 "Exotic Export" cars requested by email from Brucie.
*Complete all 10 deliveries for Little Jacob.
NOTE: You DO NOT have to do Roman's taxi rides, thank goodness.

Vigilante (5%):
*Kill 20 criminals in the "Current Crimes" from a police car computer.
*Kill 30 criminals in the "Most Wanted" from a police car computer.

Friends (10%):
*Little Jacob Like to 60% to unlock his special ability.
*Brucie Like to 70% to unlock his special ability.
*Packie Like to 75% unlock his special ability.

NOTE: You must take them out on all the available options from the phone.

Random Characters Met (5%):
*Badman
*Brian x3
*Eddie x2
*Gracie
*Ilyena
*Hossan
*Marnie x2
*Mel
*Pathos x2
*Sara x2

NOTE: You do not have to meet Cherise, Clarence, Ivan, or Jeff.

I know i personally have to do the following:
- certain random characters (about 2% worth...i know i've met Jeff 3 times but according to this list it won't count)
- Win a 10 round game of bowling (say...1.25% - i've only played 5-round games)
- Complete all 50 stunt jumps (2.5%)
- Kill all 200 pigeons scattered around the city (2.5%)
- Friends (10%)

• Little Jacob Like to 60% to unlock his special ability.
• Brucie Like to 70% to unlock his special ability.
• Packie Like to 75% unlock his special ability.

...which all adds up to my missing 18.25%

I'll be focussing on the Friends now. I've met all 9 of my random characters w/o the use of a guide (most i've found close to the end point of a main or side missions) so i'll continue to "let them come to me" rather than use a guide.

But i'm definately gonna be using a map/guide for the pigeons and jumps when i eventually get to them.

[The Chef]

Re: Official GTA IV "I've beaten the story and now I'm trying to get to 100%" Thread.

goddamnit

I went through all of the stunt jumps, and have one left. One. I even printed off a map of the locations. So either it glitched, or I missed one. So there's a 1 in 50 chance it'll be the last one I get to if I redo it. There's probably a 99% chance this killed my desire to go for 100%.

This is exactly why I hate collecting stuff in games. The orbs in crackdown, the hidden pigeons in this, if you miss one while going through, how the **** are you going to find it again without going back to each place?

Well Im jealous if that means anything, I gave up on the stunt jumps, maybe you can remember how you did it and clue me in on how to get it. The jump Im talking about is located on this link, there is a video below in case that triggers your memory...

http://www.gamesradar.com/f/nail-all...1829984050/p-4

Its jump 20, I cant get that one and quit trying the other night because of it, not that someone here seems to have gotten it then maybe you could point out what you did to get it, any tipe you can pass on would be appreciated.

Now in terms of the percentage chart posted above, something isnt making sense. Im sitting at 89.25% but only have 5 races for Brucie and the stunt jumps, if you add those percentages to my total you only get 94.25%, and I dont see anything else that adds up to 5.75% so Im a little confused as to what Im missing that I didnt do. Anyways, thanks to anyone that can help.

[The Chef]

Re: Official GTA IV "I've beaten the story and now I'm trying to get to 100%" Thread.

I guess the breakdown for what I have left would be...

High Score fo QUB3D worth 1.25%
Sunt Jumps worth 2.50%
5 Races for Brucie worth 2.50%
Friends Activities? worth 4.50%

I thought I had done everything with the friends but I guess not, and that percentage I listed is a complete guess since its what I have left and everything else Ive done, so its the best guess I can come up with. Im going camping through Sunday so its probably not feasible to get this done, and the stunt jumps are certain to annoy me later anyways but its worth trying I suppose.

[calcutta]

Re: Official GTA IV "I've beaten the story and now I'm trying to get to 100%" Thread.

Now in terms of the percentage chart posted above, something isnt making sense. Im sitting at 89.25% but only have 5 races for Brucie and the stunt jumps, if you add those percentages to my total you only get 94.25%, and I dont see anything else that adds up to 5.75% so Im a little confused as to what Im missing that I didnt do. Anyways, thanks to anyone that can help.

Have you taken Brucie/Packie/Jacob to ALL possible activities? I think thats what its trying to say with this part (the underlined part):

Friends (10%):
*Little Jacob Like to 60% to unlock his special ability.
*Brucie Like to 70% to unlock his special ability.
*Packie Like to 75% unlock his special ability.

NOTE: You must take them out on all the available options from the phone.

Otherwise i'm not sure.

[The Chef]

Re: Official GTA IV "I've beaten the story and now I'm trying to get to 100%" Thread.

I thought I had but I must not have, it is probably the drinking that has gotten me since I hated doing it, the effects from being drunk made me sick to my stomach, so I avoided them for the most part. I will have to take everyone drinking and see if thats it.

[calcutta]

Re: Official GTA IV "I've beaten the story and now I'm trying to get to 100%" Thread.

So what's everybody's favourite mission?

I guess most people will say "Three Leaf Clover" and while i loved the scale of that mission (along with the reward for completing it), i really enjoyed the "...Final Interview" mission i think it was called.

The first time i tried it i shot the interviewer with a pistol which put the guards within the building on alert and while i escaped it through the back way on the second level of the building, i got shot down looking for a friggin' car (as with most of the times i'm on a 2/3-star wanted level, all the cars seem to disappear).

So i tried again and this time i realised i still had a knife in my inventory, so i stabbed him in the back for a quick kill, which of course didn't alert security at all. Walked out of there without a fuss, but i didn't land the job :wink:

[The Chef]

Re: Official GTA IV "I've beaten the story and now I'm trying to get to 100%" Thread.

I didnt have a favorite, and in all honesty I was focusing so much on finding pigeons and running around on my man dates that I lost focus on the game itself, which looking back on it sucks. I liked the three leaf clover mission, but it wasnt as epic as so many made it sound, and although I cant think of one that was better off the top of my head, I still wouldnt pick three leaf clover as my favorite. In the end, the missions I enjoyed the most were the ones where I got to end it with a lethal kill or whatever it was called when you would get the cinema to kick in and show the kill in slow motion.

[The C]

Re: Official GTA IV "I've beaten the story and now I'm trying to get to 100%" Thread.

While attempting stunt jumps yesterday, I found the best one yet.

It's in Bohan and it is part of a freeway/overpass on the water which is incomplete. At the end is a jump which leads to another jump.

I had like a 3 minute slow-motion video of my car going off one jump and then over another while spinning around.

[bkfount]

Re: Official GTA IV "I've beaten the story and now I'm trying to get to 100%" Thread.

Well Im jealous if that means anything, I gave up on the stunt jumps, maybe you can remember how you did it and clue me in on how to get it. The jump Im talking about is located on this link, there is a video below in case that triggers your memory...

http://www.gamesradar.com/f/nail-all...1829984050/p-4

Its jump 20, I cant get that one and quit trying the other night because of it, not that someone here seems to have gotten it then maybe you could point out what you did to get it, any tipe you can pass on would be appreciated.

that's the one with the ramp in the corner of the projects and you jump over a shed roof and down to where construction workers are. I tried it with a bike like in that video, but it never worked. I even got a turismo and jumped so far I flew into the water. It didn't work until I got a police car and landed down on the ground right at the edge of the water there. I even hit the wall and flew out of the windshield.

I will say that jump is a son of a bitch, so it appears to be more luck than anything. Police cars can accelerate fast and have pretty good handling, so you can get a nice run up to the ramp with it. I actually did quite a few jumps with a police car.

[bkfount]

Re: Official GTA IV "I've beaten the story and now I'm trying to get to 100%" Thread.

While attempting stunt jumps yesterday, I found the best one yet.

It's in Bohan and it is part of a freeway/overpass on the water which is incomplete. At the end is a jump which leads to another jump.

I had like a 3 minute slow-motion video of my car going off one jump and then over another while spinning around.

yeah, maybe that's my last one. I remember that one exactly, but maybe it didn't work and counted only one. I'll see. I seriously don't see how I could miss one though. I marked them on a map, went to each one, and even jumped ones it said I had done before. I only left once it said I had succeeded and it played the music. Hopefully it's the one and only double jump in the game, which is that one.

[ProfessaPackMan]

Re: Official GTA IV "I've beaten the story and now I'm trying to get to 100%" Thread.

*Steal all 10 "Exotic Export" cars requested by email from Brucie

Does anybody know how you can get to this?

I always check my email and have yet gotten an email from Brucie about this...

[bkfount]

Re: Official GTA IV "I've beaten the story and now I'm trying to get to 100%" Thread.

Does anybody know how you can get to this?

I always check my email and have yet gotten an email from Brucie about this...

it's scripted to happen around when you meet him or get your internet all set up. If you have beaten the game, then it's in your email somewhere waiting for you to accept it. It's the only emails with the paperclip icon next to them.

[calcutta]

Re: Official GTA IV "I've beaten the story and now I'm trying to get to 100%" Thread.

94.5% in 71 hours now. But i still have 190 pigeons to shoot and 38 jumps to land...the other 0.5% will hopefully come from meeting Eddie for the second time.