The mission: Tha Da Nang Thang. Wu Zi Mu (called Wuzi by his friends) wants to free some immigrants who are trapped in a tanker by the bay. After a brief cutscene, CJ takes off in a chopper high over the bay. As the fog rolls by, you get a real sense of scale. You can see the panorama from the Garden Bridge, to the suburbs, to the quirky pier system. As you approach the tanker, CJ takes the role of gunner (it's like Time Crisis since you can't steer), popping grenades at the mercenaries below. In a scripted moment, the chopper takes a hit and crashes into the sea.
CJ swims away from the carnage and makes it onto the tanker. It's huge and laden with huge cargo containers. CJ tiptoes up behind an unsuspecting guard and offs him with a knife. CJ claims a shotgun. You now clamber over a series of containers using the new game ability of dangling and pulling yourself up on ledges. CJ ends up on a platform, with guards facing away at each corner. You can either wade in with the shotgun, or nail each foe silently.
After that, you make your way down to the tanker innards. CJ faces off with a series of hidden guards. Eventually, you reach the refugees, blow the padlock and let them loose. Before the mission is complete, you must fight the person who enslaved the refugees. You take his bodyguards out, then begin the katana fight with him. Once you kill him it's mission complete and you're $30,000 richer. You ride back to land in a dinghy.
- Originally from PSM2 UK October, 2004.
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