SvennoJ said:
I finally pulled off the perfect train robbery.
My first attempt today horribly failed. I figured up North it would be quiet enough not to get any witnesses. Unfortunately the train driver has eyes in the back of his head or could hear me coming over the noise of the engine. He hit the panic button in the engine to alert the plain clothes guards inside the train. They immediately got on their cell phones to report the crime and through highly efficient facial recognition software combined with the security camera in the locomotive they quickly charged me with train robbery before the robbery had actually begun. Next the mother ship beamed in a couple patrols from orbit to finish me off, Didn't get a chance to rob a single person.
To forget that fiasco I went exploring some more, examining the huts I had passed by before which had some cool surprises next to some quick deaths. Oh well, death doesn't hurt when you don't have any money anyway. Then as I was looking all over for tracks of the legendary moose, another train showed up. I summoned my horse, got on and chased after it. I caught up with the train and jumped on just before it went under one of those snow tunnels. I climbed on top and jumped from wagon to wagon to the front, ducking for each avalanche tunnel it went under. On the first wagon I waited, not to trip the motion detectors in the coal wagon alerting the driver.
I waited for the train to enter the long tunnel under the grizzlies. With the train fully inside I jumped the driver, killed him, and stopped the train in the pitch black. Surely there would be no cellphone reception under a mountain. Still crime reported popped up and the guards came running forward. However they could not identify me in the dark and after I killed the guards the crime reported warning went away. No bounty! I looted the baggage wagon and robbed all the passengers for a meager take. Remembering not to leave any witnesses I went back through and shot every passenger in the head. They were all patiently waiting for their turn. It was the right decision as all the bastards had held stuff back which I could now loot of their corpses. Still not much of a take for 2 luggage cars, 5 guards and 20 odd passengers.
Afterwards I backed up the train out of the tunnel to meet my horse. I stopped it in a canyon out of sight and wondered whether I should get rid of the corpses. No need, they had all disappeared already..., And somehow the train had gained 3 cars at the back as well, some more loot! I took my horse up into the mountains not leaving a trace :)
I am on chapter 3 now, just. However as you see I got majorly side tracked again. The linear story missions just aren't appealing. I fine combed the Northern area of the map and found many cool things, great views, surprise encounters, more awesome weather. Oh the views!
Just watch out for those damn wolves and nasty cats. Clunky controls and a jittery horse usually end in death. So I finally went back to camp and before I could even donate the game meat I had gathered along the way the next mission triggered by walking too close to someone. Auto drive is currently driving to wherever it needs to be. One story mission coming up.
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I loved reading this, haha. I do wish the game was a bit more realistic and less gamey when it came to being reported, too.
