Freelance mod for Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

Freelance is an assassin total conversion for Vice City. You play as Daniel Cain, one of the best freelance assassins in Liberty city. Your intermediary has decided that you should move your wares to Vice City, where business is expected to boom. The game picks up as you arrive at the airport terminal.

You can expect new weapons (including the Barrett M82A1 .50 rifle, which will set most cars on fire with one round, and a customized Desert Eagle .50 Action Express), new vehicles (such as a 1967 Pontiac GTO), new disguises, plenty of new missions, and new areas of the city to explore (like the Greasy Chopper bar). A new crosshair has been designed, and scoped weapons all have new reticles.

This mod is designed to closely resemble the nature of actual hits.For some hits, you're given a target, where they live, where they work, and any other known information. These will all be delivered through an intuitive briefing system that will allow us to include long briefings that you can review, as well as pictures. Realism means no blips on the radar, so you'll have to review the map in the briefing carefully before proceeding. After that, its up to you when to strike. You follow the mark throughtout their daily routine, and decide when the best time is to strike. For the most part, stealthy kills in remote areas will maximize your pay and minimize the stars you 'earn.' Sniping from far away is a good method for crowded areas, as is a hit-and-run. Gunning your mark down with a Tec-9 in the middle of a street in broad daylight is a bad, bad idea (probably four stars, and about 25% of the full pay). Fans of games like Splinter Cell and the Hitman series will derive the most enjoyment from this game. The stalking is half the fun. If you follow them and are around at the right time or kill at the right place, you may trigger hidden bonuses. Some hits will have limits, such as 3 in-game days (72 minutes should be more than enough).

However, some hits will require you to assassinate at a designated time, location, or event. The two teaser hits will be one stalking hit and a hit during a gang meeting.

Again, killing the target right away won't be as fulfilling as playing cat and mouse, slowly planning your hit and striking surgically and precisely at the exact moment, then disappearing into the night. If you don't have the patience for a Splinter Cell/Hitman sort of game, you'll want to pass on the mod.

Two screenshot packages are available for download at the forums under General Discussion, as well as additional mod info.