GTA IV - Linear City Stories

[RogueIce]

If you unlock a heli for purchase, you can use the equipment glitch to buy one for free. That's how I tend to get around the map without any problems (well, except that the only helis you can purchase are Allied and NK ones, and the latter get shot at by everything with a gun)

There is the Mafia one, as well. I'm not sure who auto-hates them by the Ace suits, but as long as you toot your horn (and the factions don't hate you it shouldn't be a big deal.

Of course I'll just take a heli to get on the roof of a building around Allied HQ and then use my anti material rifle to get me a YAH-56.

[Peptuck]

The YAH-56! Quite possibly the single most broken vehicle in the entire game. I was extremely annoyed that the Allies kept those things only around their headquarters, because just one Apache could kill every NK unit on the entire map. Get in one of those things and you're essentially God as far as everyone else in North Korea is concerned.

[Adrian Laguna]

The YAH-56! Quite possibly the single most broken vehicle in the entire game. I was extremely annoyed that the Allies kept those things only around their headquarters, because just one Apache could kill every NK unit on the entire map. Get in one of those things and you're essentially God as far as everyone else in North Korea is concerned.

The Ka-50 is better. It packs an auto-cannon with 500 shots, 40 rockets in its pods, and 12 anti-tank missiles, but is also as agile as the scout choppers, essentially making it Death Incarnate. You could single-handedly wipe-out an armoured company with that firepower. If not for the fact that you can only obtain it during the "Housekeeping" Mafia mission, it would make the YAH-56 look balanced. There is nothing that you can't take on with a Ka-50. Even the Apache trembles before concentrated SAM launchers, the Black Shark eats them.

[Peptuck]

The YAH-56! Quite possibly the single most broken vehicle in the entire game. I was extremely annoyed that the Allies kept those things only around their headquarters, because just one Apache could kill every NK unit on the entire map. Get in one of those things and you're essentially God as far as everyone else in North Korea is concerned.

The Ka-50 is better. It packs an auto-cannon with 500 shots, 40 rockets in its pods, and 12 anti-tank missiles, but is also as agile as the scout choppers, essentially making it Death Incarnate. You could single-handedly wipe-out an armoured company with that firepower. If not for the fact that you can only obtain it during the "Housekeeping" Mafia mission, it would make the YAH-56 look balanced. There is nothing that you can't take on with a Ka-50. Even the Apache trembles before concentrated SAM launchers, the Black Shark eats them.

The thing that makes the Apache broken is the autocannon it has. 1200 rapid fire high explosive shells? You can kill anything with a few quick bursts with that cannon. It also has a bonus of four anti-air missiles, meaning you can knock out those pesky NK scout choppers. That plus 56 rockets and eight anti-tank missiles means the Apache has a lot more staying power in terms of stuff it can kill, though it is a lot slower than the Black Shark.

[Adrian Laguna]

The thing that makes the Apache broken is the autocannon it has. 1200 rapid fire high explosive shells? You can kill anything with a few quick bursts with that cannon.

Tanks take forever to die with autocannon shots. Once one shot me down with its main gun while I was trying to kill it. Bastard. The real Apache has a 30mm autocannon with 1200 shots.

It also has a bonus of four anti-air missiles, meaning you can knock out those pesky NK scout choppers.

I'd rather have four extra AT missiles. If I'm in one myself, helis threaten me like a gentle breeze.

That plus 56 rockets and eight anti-tank missiles means the Apache has a lot more staying power in terms of stuff it can kill, though it is a lot slower than the Black Shark.

Thirty-eight rockets. The only disadvantage the Black Shark has is half the autocannon ammo, and it more than makes up for it with its high agility. You know that part in the northern map full of Hinds and SAM launchers? I never go in there in a helicopter, I always take a tank and blast everything from the ground, where it's safe. Except after playing "Housekeeping", then it's Revenge of the Whirlybirds, starring Ka-50 Black Shark (aka Hokum A). Seriously, it's a tragedy that you can't fly that Russian bird more than once.