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I'm sure I'll get past the level I'm on in Ghost Recon 3: Advanced Warfighter (PC). If I put in enough time, I will not only rescue the VIP, but I'll hold off those bad, bad terrorists or whatever they are until the chopper comes to pick up me and my brave boys. But, you know what? I'm tired of replaying this same segment of the level. Run across the square. Position my squad. Shoot the two baddies who approach from the side. Then pick off the ones on the right. Wait for the armored vehicle. Wait for the tank and the radio instruction that I can call in an air strike. Carry the VIP to the chopper. Wait for the next wave. Shoot the guys behind the monument. Wait to be suddenly felled by a bullet or shell from somewhere. Reload from the previous save point. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. Let me try explaining this to the game designers. You see, fellas (and I'm guessing you're mainly guys), I know you think this particular segment is fun. You probably used phrases like "It kicks ass" and "This is so fricking cool!" But some of us are 56 years old and happen not to enjoy getting 90% through the segment only to have to start again. Oh, sure, if I play it another ten times, I'll figure out where the fatal shot is coming from. But now I dread playing your game because I know I'll have to go through the same fricking cool segment again. Your game has become a chore. But you're convinced I'm having a good time, because not only are we all as good at the game as you are, we all enjoy it for exactly the same reasons. Stop being dicks. Let us save the game wherever we want, and let us know the codes so we can get past the parts of your game we're not enjoying. Thank you. [Tags: games cheats ghost_recon] Posted
by D. Weinberger at December 22, 2006 09:32 PM
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Amen. I have a much shorter attention span for games as I get older, and I end up "cheating" my way through many games like this. I just want to see what happens in the game, I don't care if I'm "good" at it.
Posted by: billo | December 23, 2006 09:00 AM
There are some complicated directions for going into god mode, requiring unpacking some compressed files and editing the xml, but they haven't worked for me. OTOH, they also didn't so screw up the installation that the game crashed. (Warning: There's a good chance they will trash your installation.)
Posted by: David Weinberger | December 23, 2006 10:05 AM
Later: The god mode patch procedure does work. Some notes:
1. The instructions are misleading when they say you should point the extractor at the Data folder. If you do, you will create Data folders inside the Data folder instead of replacing the contents of the original Data folder.
2. You have to restart the mission to have it take effect; working from a saved game doesn't do it.
3. You will know the patch has worked if the health square in the lower left of the HUD is white instead of somewhere between green and brown.
4. I seem to have done something wrong since the enemies are now in god mode also :(
Posted by: David Weinberger | December 23, 2006 10:59 AM
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