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Monday 23 January, 2012
I started off by attempting a mission for two crooked cops in the game, Tenpenny and Pulaski, the two of which overlook gang violence throughout the Los Santos neighborhood. Tenpenny tells you about a “difficult moral situation” that he has been put in regarding a shipment of arms from Russian dealers to another gang The Ballas. Essentially what Tenpenny and Pulaski want to accomplish is equilibrium between the gangs so they are kept at constant struggle and no one gang gains more ground than the other. This offers a difficult moral environment for CJ to interact in. With the lack of intercession the police hope that the gangs will kill each other off incrementally. After I drove to the mission I was quickly killed by the Russians because I couldn’t remember the health cheat offhand. After being revived I decided to take over some territory for my gang. I went to the nearest area controlled by The Ballas and began shooting some members lingering around. It is also interesting that if I killed exactly 3 it would initiate a gang war and 2 or less would have no result whatsoever. After blasting through 3 waves of 15 or so red-clad Balla members the territory was mine. I was really surprised after this that I did not gain a single wanted star from the police. I proceeded to take over some more territories marked on my map each without any lawful consequences. Upon my running around a bar at the top right of the screen appeared marked as “fat”. I forgot that this game has many elements of character customization, such as the amount and the type of food you eat can result in different levels of “fat” which the avatar will in turn go to represent. Implemented also, is the ability to gain muscle by working out at the gym and many other highly customizable and built-in features. In this respect the player has much control over what his avatar will ultimately look like through his/her actions in-game. Moving on, I decided to test more of the authority’s potential by causing some mayhem in the game. I started by beating up a cop and shooting a few civilians which resulted in one star. I was extremely surprised that the next wanted star I gained was from stealing a bicycle someone was riding down the street. That’s where this game sometimes perplexes me; many times the punishment does not fit the crime.
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