Possibly slight spoilers ahead but nothing game destroying.

Why the hell are there no checkpoints in the final mission (well I 
assume it's the final mission). It's by far the longest mission in the 
game, with by far the biggest gun battle. This is then followed by a 
timed chase! As far as I can tell there are no health packs or armour 
anywhere on route to replenish your supplies.

I think I got pretty damn near the end as it had taken me about 20 
minutes and then I died. Never mind I thought this last bit should be 
quite easy second time around.... except I reload the mission to find 
myself right back at the f'ing start!!!! Well sod that, I'm not going to 
replay another 20 mins of tedious gun battles just to die again at the 
same spot. This game finishes here for me, I get so pissed off with 
developers when they pull this kind of stunt!

Every other mission in the game has had sensible checkpoints except the 
final mission. Bastards!

-- 
James Luff
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James Luff wrote:
> Possibly slight spoilers ahead but nothing game destroying.
> 
> Why the hell are there no checkpoints in the final mission (well I 
> assume it's the final mission). It's by far the longest mission in the 
> game, with by far the biggest gun battle. This is then followed by a 
> timed chase! As far as I can tell there are no health packs or armour 
> anywhere on route to replenish your supplies.
> 
> I think I got pretty damn near the end as it had taken me about 20 
> minutes and then I died. Never mind I thought this last bit should be 
> quite easy second time around.... except I reload the mission to find 
> myself right back at the f'ing start!!!! Well sod that, I'm not going to 
> replay another 20 mins of tedious gun battles just to die again at the 
> same spot. This game finishes here for me, I get so pissed off with 
> developers when they pull this kind of stunt!
> 
> Every other mission in the game has had sensible checkpoints except the 
> final mission. Bastards!

SPOILER SPACE



Assuming you mean the one with the heroin and chasing the plane, it had 
checkpoints when I did it. There's one at the start of the gunfight, and 
one partway through the chase at the very least.


-- 

Zo
http://icookies.co.uk - My RE5 review now up

"James Luff"  wrote in message 
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> Possibly slight spoilers ahead but nothing game destroying.
>
> Why the hell are there no checkpoints in the final mission (well I assume 
> it's the final mission). It's by far the longest mission in the game, with 
> by far the biggest gun battle. This is then followed by a timed chase! As 
> far as I can tell there are no health packs or armour anywhere on route to 
> replenish your supplies.
>
> I think I got pretty damn near the end as it had taken me about 20 minutes 
> and then I died. Never mind I thought this last bit should be quite easy 
> second time around.... except I reload the mission to find myself right 
> back at the f'ing start!!!! Well sod that, I'm not going to replay another 
> 20 mins of tedious gun battles just to die again at the same spot. This 
> game finishes here for me, I get so pissed off with developers when they 
> pull this kind of stunt!
>
> Every other mission in the game has had sensible checkpoints except the 
> final mission. Bastards!

For some odd reason I actually found the final mission one of the easiest, I 
am surprised I only died once and that was because I did a run and gun. 
Second time I used cover at the fairground and it was a breeze.

On Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:48:17 +0000, James Luff wrote:

> Possibly slight spoilers ahead but nothing game destroying.
> 
> Why the hell are there no checkpoints in the final mission (well I 
> assume it's the final mission). It's by far the longest mission in the 
> game, with by far the biggest gun battle. This is then followed by a 
> timed chase! As far as I can tell there are no health packs or armour 
> anywhere on route to replenish your supplies.
> 
> I think I got pretty damn near the end as it had taken me about 20 
> minutes and then I died. Never mind I thought this last bit should be 
> quite easy second time around.... except I reload the mission to find 
> myself right back at the f'ing start!!!! Well sod that, I'm not going to 
> replay another 20 mins of tedious gun battles just to die again at the 
> same spot. This game finishes here for me, I get so pissed off with 
> developers when they pull this kind of stunt!
> 
> Every other mission in the game has had sensible checkpoints except the 
> final mission. Bastards!

GTA games control like shit. I've just realised this and am not going to
bother with the new one. It's been a fun ride but they seriously need to
come up with a system that modern and not clunky.