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00:00Welcome to Mojo Plays, and today we're taking a look at the 20 toughest missions we have
00:16ever encountered across the Grand Theft Auto franchise.
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00:36The Triathlons – Grand Theft Auto V
00:45This may not be the strongest entry to start off with, admittedly, but really the Triathlons
00:50are difficult mostly in terms of tolerance.
00:54There isn't anything super complicated in the controls, nor the AI, no, this mission
00:59is purely a test of endurance and patience.
01:02The worst kind of mission.
01:04Whether you're speeding on the bike, swimming across the Alamo Sea, or competing in a cross
01:09country race, having to sit there in MASH X for an extensive period of time gets really
01:16stale after minute one.
01:18Honestly, we'd rather be doing anything else besides this.
01:30The Snowstorm – Grand Theft Auto IV
01:38Elisabetta wants Nico to track down Jacob's dealer and get her product back.
01:43Sounds like it should be an easy errand, like when Ryder had us track down the dealer in
01:47the beginning of San Andreas.
01:49Indeed, the first half of the mission is fine, it's when the National Office of Security
01:53Enforcement arrives when this mission becomes migraine inducing.
01:57Not only do you need to take out any and all noose officers inside the hospital, you will
02:03also need to shake them off and lose your wanted level before you return to Elisabetta
02:08and Jacob.
02:09Easier said than done, so try to make sure you have a reliable vehicle for a speedy getaway.
02:19OG Loke – Grand Theft Auto San Andreas
02:29OG Loke is one of the most annoying characters you will ever meet in San Andreas, and what
02:34makes us more annoyed with him is that he is the epicenter of one of the game's most
02:38difficult missions.
02:40OG Loke the mission tasks you with tracking down a man named Freddy and getting rid of
02:45him once and for all.
02:47Here's the problem, he's going to book it and force you to give chase on a motorcycle.
02:52And guess who's doing the shooting?
02:54Not you, it's OG Loke, ol' Jeffrey himself, and he is a terrible shot.
03:01Terrible shot.
03:02Theoretically, you could just try to sideswipe Freddy to knock him off his bike, and we have
03:06seen some pretty interesting ways to quickly off Freddy.
03:11But then, if you go a little too fast or you hit him at just the wrong angle, you risk
03:17killing Loke, which results in mission failure.
03:21Honestly, Loke should have just given us the gun and stayed behind instead.
03:30Bury the Hatchet – Grand Theft Auto V
03:46In terms of narrative, Bury the Hatchet is among the best missions featured in GTA V.
03:51In terms of gameplay, it can be rather grueling when trying to progress the story.
03:56Right when Michael and Trevor are about to have a standoff, the Triads crash the party
04:01and proceed to abduct Trevor.
04:03As if the night sky doesn't already make it tough to spot your enemies, the enemies
04:07now have an absurd amount of accuracy in their shots.
04:11To make matters worse, the walls in Tombstones don't provide a decent amount of cover at
04:17all.
04:18You may as well open Michael's coat and shout, fire at will.
04:22Alas, there is more GTA V, so you're just going to have to suffer through and figure
04:27something out.
04:33Sam – Grand Theft Auto III
04:43If you want to talk about games that haven't aged well in terms of balance, there are plenty
04:48to choose from in GTA III, although that could be a whole list itself.
04:53Among the first that come to mind is Sam, the mission that brings an end to Asuka's
04:57portion of the campaign.
04:59Understandably, a finale such as this should be kind of hard.
05:03After all, you're helping the Yakuza, and Liberty City Police are going to deem you
05:08a threat the second they spot you.
05:10Even so, the aggression here from LCPD is a little too absurd and winds up making this
05:16mission more frustrating than it needs to be.
05:20But that's what you get when you're trying to beat a game from 2001.
05:28Bomb Da Base – Act II – Grand Theft Auto III
05:39Sniping missions can be loads of fun, but the problem with GTA III is that some of these
05:42sniping missions demand too much from the player.
05:46Such is the case with Bomb Da Base – Act II.
05:49While 8-Ball sets up the bomb, you're going to need to use your sniper rifle to kill enemies
05:54before they can stop him.
05:56Problem is that this mission throws in way, way too many enemies for you to properly divide
06:01your attention between, and adding to the frustration is 8-Ball's tendency to, for
06:07some reason, join the fight before he can finish setting up the bomb, which, more often
06:13than not, ends up getting him killed.
06:16Mission failure.
06:17Wasted.
06:18It's like you're trying to become the ultimate saboteur with the lemmings as your
06:21assistants.
06:28High Wire – Grand Theft Auto – Vice City Stories
06:45Oh boy, a mission where we get to pilot a helicopter!
06:49That was the level of enthusiasm almost nobody had when High Wire showed its ugly mug.
06:55For some reason, GTA has a strange history, as we'll see in a short bit, with implementing
07:02horrible flight controls.
07:04In High Wire, you must use the helicopter's giant magnet to move crates before having
07:09to rescue a cartel crony from a rival gang.
07:12It's a whole mission consisting of very simple tasks, yet the helicopter's controls
07:17make this obscenely hard to pilot and align the magnet with the object you're trying
07:22to snatch.
07:23Good luck.
07:24You're going to need it.
07:32Learning to Fly – Grand Theft Auto – San Andreas
07:41One would think that a whole mission centered on learning how to pilot a plane might mean
07:45there's a solid implementation of flying mechanics in San Andreas.
07:49That would be the bee's knees now, wouldn't you say?
07:52Learning to fly quickly becomes one of the most frustrating moments in San Andreas, as
07:57you have to suffer through ten entire lessons on how to properly control a plane.
08:02TEN.
08:03WHOLE.
08:04LESSONS.
08:05Even though beating this mission nets you a handful of rewards, it is really going to
08:11test your patience.
08:12Better prepare yourself to dedicate an entire play session to this.
08:23Sexy Time – Grand Theft Auto IV – The Ballad of Gay Tony
08:27Oh look everyone, it's another flying mission!
08:38Look, you get the picture with this one, it's the same exact problem as San Andreas and Vice
08:44City Stories.
08:46Pilot a flying vehicle to achieve your goal, and even five years later, after that horrible
08:51learning to fly mission, Rockstar still hasn't nailed down how to properly implement controls
08:57for helicopters and planes.
08:59We'll be honest and say that they aren't as bad here as they were in San Andreas and
09:03Vice City Stories, still, it is really not great here, and I pray to god GTA 6 has way
09:11better flight controls.
09:13Please.
09:14PLEASE.
09:15You must be Louis!
09:16Dude!
09:17Crazy ride you got here!
09:18Tell me about it bro.
09:19You're a mad, right?
09:20Useless boy.
09:21Keep your friends close.
09:22Grand Theft Auto Vice City.
09:23What's going on?
09:24Tommy!
09:25Oh, good, good, good.
09:26Listen, listen, uh, listen.
09:27I like fish.
09:28I love fish.
09:29I love them as pets.
09:30I like fish.
09:31I love fish.
09:32I love them as pets in bowls, or as food on a plate, but as much as I love them, I don't
09:37want to sleep with them.
09:38Okay?
09:39After all this time, you can finally bring Vice City to a close with this one final story
09:44mission.
09:45It is time to bring an end to Lance Vance and Sonny Farrelly.
09:49Well, you'd best be ready to do every objective in a single run, in addition to every enemy
09:55being armed to the teeth with firepower, you have to play this entire mission from
10:01start to finish with no checkpoints, nothing.
10:07Your temperament may be put to the test here, so try to remember that patience is a virtue
10:13and you're gonna have to get good.
10:16You know, maybe you should speak to my shrink.
10:18That stupid prick Lance.
10:20Tommy, I never liked that guy, okay?
10:22Wrong side of the tracks.
10:24Grand Theft Auto San Andreas.
10:26San Fierro?
10:27I thought northern Mexicans don't mix with Los Santos SA.
10:30Shit, you got me.
10:32I look like them.
10:34Anyone who has played San Andreas probably immediately thinks of this mission when it
10:38comes to discussing the hardest segments of the game.
10:41Wrong side of the tracks sees CJ in big smoke following a damn train to bring down members
10:46of the Vagos gang.
10:54Regardless of how good your driving skills are, the biggest pain in the butt here is
10:58that big smoke is a god awful shot.
11:01Had the roles been reversed with CJ shooting and big smoke driving, perhaps this mission
11:05would have been more tolerable.
11:07Personally, I didn't find much difficulty with this mission, but I think there's some
11:11skill involved with driving in racing games as well, so maybe that's why I didn't have
11:17much trouble, but I beat this on my second or third attempt, so I understand though why
11:21people don't like this one.
11:28Death Row Grand Theft Auto Vice City.
11:37For as good as the stories and gameplay were in the PS2 GTA games, it does not compensate
11:42for how loathsome the driving could be at times.
11:45This is especially evident in Vice City's Death Row mission.
11:49Lance Vance is being held captive at a junkyard, and you have to rescue him before his health
11:53bar drops to zero.
12:00Problem here is that by the time you arrive and deal with the guards at the gate, Lance
12:04will have already lost about a third of his health, giving you very little time to take
12:09out the rest of Ricardo Diaz's goons.
12:11We're just glad the rush to the hospital wasn't as grueling, that is if you nab a
12:15car with a moderate speed.
12:22The Big Score Grand Theft Auto V.
12:31We won't harp on about this mission for too long.
12:34After all, The Big Score is the penultimate mission in GTA V, so it kind of makes sense
12:39that this would be a difficult mission.
12:41Even so, we weren't expecting the obvious approach to be as challenging as it ended
12:45up being.
12:52Your patience will be tested here, as enemies are super accurate with their shots.
12:57Basically, you'll need to have a good grasp of GTA V's gunplay, otherwise you might
13:02feel like you're ramming your head against the wall.
13:11The Exchange Grand Theft Auto III.
13:21Speaking of ramming your head against a wall, The Exchange has earned its notoriety in how
13:25it feels like your chances of success are entirely dependent on luck.
13:30Not only do you have enemies with great accuracy on your butt the entire time, you also have
13:34only 7 minutes to get to the dam, take them all out, and rescue Maria.
13:43You'll have to cheese the prehistoric AI in order to stand a chance, and yes, have
13:47a grasp of the gunplay.
13:49Again, we would expect the final mission or level in a game to be difficult, just not
13:53on this level.
13:55But hey, people have found a ton of cheese methods, but back then, this was really tough.
14:09Robbing Uncle Sam, Grand Theft Auto San Andreas.
14:21Another notorious mission from San Andreas, and certainly not the last one we'll be
14:25addressing from this game, Robbing Uncle Sam ought to have been renamed Robbing Your Time
14:30and Your Sanity.
14:31In an effort to arm the Grove Street family, CJ and Ryder break into a military depot for
14:37weapons.
14:38This mission simply asks too much of the player, and makes the multitasking more cumbersome
14:43than it needs to be.
14:50In addition to dealing with enemies, you'll need to operate a forklift with abysmal controls
14:55to transport a crate to a box truck.
14:57You have to do this 6 times to finish the mission, 6 times, while praying that Ryder
15:03is competent enough to land his shots and watch your back.
15:08And afterwards, you'll have to lose the military vehicles chasing you before reaching
15:12your destination.
15:13There's just too much to deal with here, man.
15:21The Driver, Grand Theft Auto Vice City
15:23We're no stranger to GTA's occasional racing missions, but Vice City's driving
15:34was harrowing to tolerate, since almost every car felt like piloting an ice cube.
15:40That's only the first half of why the Driver mission was so grueling.
15:44The other half is in how the game puts you in an unfair matchup against the AI.
15:49In order to recruit Hillary King, you will have to beat him in a street race.
15:53However, King gets to drive a muscle car, while you get to drive a cheap sedan that
15:59has lesser stats than King's.
16:06To make matters worse, the VCPD will start chasing you down mid-race for illegal street
16:11racing.
16:12We would have been fine with that part of the mission if our car had equal stats to
16:16King's, and yet we're the ones being punished for making it this far in the game.
16:21Man, this mission just made Mario Kart look way more fair.
16:27Did Somebody Say Yoga?
16:29Grand Theft Auto V
16:32Yoga in real life might be enjoyable for some.
16:40I am not one of those people, but I can see why.
16:43Yoga in Wii Fit, perhaps, but not preferable.
16:46Yoga in GTA?
16:48Get that crap out of here, man.
16:50Did Somebody Say Yoga is way worse than any other mission in GTA V?
16:55We already got some annoying thumb exercises from the Triathlon and Epsilon cult missions,
17:00both of which consisted of mashing X for a longer period of time than we would have liked.
17:10Now we gotta move the analogs at weird angles while holding the triggers?
17:15We shouldn't be experiencing this much physical strain from a video game.
17:18At least the rest of the mission is mostly cutscenes and driving around.
17:28Espresso To Go
17:29Grand Theft Auto 3
17:36By this point in GTA 3, you have probably become accustomed to some of the game's
17:40nonsense with its difficulty and AI.
17:43However, Espresso To Go is a different level of nonsense.
17:47A number of espresso stands are scattered across Liberty City, and you need to destroy
17:52all nine of them in 7 minutes and 50 seconds.
17:55You will be shot at upon reaching a stall, and it's this part of the mission that makes
18:00it so grueling.
18:07You need a vehicle with good speed and good armor.
18:11Your best option is to save this mission until after you've completed the Marked Man mission
18:16and unlocked the Patriot Car, which boasts modest speed and bulletproof armor.
18:22This might be common knowledge today, but back in 2001, we were suffering.
18:27Thank god for the internet.
18:33Supply Lines
18:34Grand Theft Auto San Andreas
18:43We have never been so happy to see a difficult mission be optional because holy hell is supply
18:49lines infuriating.
18:52CJ must pilot a small plane and take down a handful of delivery trucks linked to Berkeley.
18:58Moving targets are not a problem for us.
19:00We don't expect any mission to have dull targets just standing idly by waiting to be
19:04shot.
19:05However, we do expect some decent controls to at least make the mission doable.
19:10Supply Lines does not meet that expectation.
19:20Controlling the plane is abhorrently frustrating to the point where most folks will choose
19:24to walk away from this mission.
19:26Should you attempt this yourself, we recommend referring to a guide to avoid any headaches
19:30as speed, efficiency, and precision are of the utmost importance here.
19:42Demolition Man
19:44Grand Theft Auto Vice City
19:46GTA has an infamous reputation for god-awful helicopter missions.
20:01Learning to fly in San Andreas, Sexy Time in GTA 4 The Ballad of Gay Tony, but the most
20:06aggravating of them all is Demolition Man.
20:10We have already ranted a lot about controls, so what else makes this mission so infamous?
20:15On top of being just super monotonous to play in general, Demolition Man gives you absolutely
20:20no checkpoints.
20:28You are required to suffer through this whole mission from start to finish.
20:33If you die, you start all the way back to the very beginning of the mission, adding
20:37to the monotony.
20:38It is not only the hardest mission in the GTA franchise, it is also the absolute worst
20:43of them all.
20:44And may god have mercy on your soul if you're trying to go for Vice City's Platinum Trophy
20:49because for one of the trophies, you will have to kill all of the enemies using only
20:54the chopper's blades.
20:56Good flippin' luck to you.