| Where to see it | The three colored bars at the top left of the screen, one per gang in the district |
|---|---|
| Phones | Green, yellow and red lights on each bar show which of that gang’s phones you can use |
| Raised by | Finishing the gang’s jobs, killing its rivals, the Respect power-up |
| Lowered by | Failing its jobs, killing its members, blowing up its property |
| Needed for | Every yellow and red job, so every 100% game depends on it |
Respect is the number each gang keeps about Claude. Every district shows three bars, and the more a bar fills, the more of that gang’s phones will let Claude in. A gang with high respect also helps when the police chase you, and a gang with very low respect shoots on sight.
The respect meters
Each bar starts at a neutral level when you enter a district. Every bar has three lights in green, yellow and red. A light switches on as the gang’s respect climbs, and it opens the phones of the same color. Green jobs need only a little respect, yellow ones need a moderate amount, and red ones need the maximum.
The gang’s color on the bar matches its arrow on the compass around Claude, so you can tell at a glance which arrow leads to whose phone.
What raises and lowers respect
- Finishing one of a gang’s jobs raises its respect.
- Killing members of that gang’s enemies raises it as well.
- Failing one of its jobs, or killing its members, lowers it.
- Some jobs ask you to wreck a major building belonging to a gang, and that costs you a lot of respect with it.
- Explosives drop a gang’s respect faster than bullets do.
Because every job helps one gang and hurts its rivals, the three bars pull against each other. A good habit is to finish the jobs of the gang whose bar is highest, then move on when it is full. Each gang also has a blue information phone.
The Respect power-up
The Respect power-up raises Claude’s standing with all three gangs of the district at once. It is the quickest way to open a phone that is just out of reach. See power-ups for where to find it and the others.
Rivals in each district
| District | What the gangs say about each other |
|---|---|
 Downtown | Killing Yakuza raises Loonies respect. Killing Zaibatsu raises Yakuza respect. Doing Zaibatsu jobs lowers Loonies respect. |
 Residential | Rednecks and Scientists are rivals, and Redneck jobs lower Scientist respect. Scientist jobs lower Zaibatsu respect. |
 Industrial | Killing Russian Mafia raises Hare Krishna respect. Killing Zaibatsu raises Russian Mafia respect. |
Check the Downtown, Residential and Industrial pages for each gang and its jobs. In the Downtown District the gangs only carry pistols. In Residential and Industrial they use heavier weapons once their respect for Claude drops low, including machine guns, flamethrowers and rocket launchers.
Tips
- Stay near a gang’s turf for a while before you phone it. Killing its rivals there builds respect fast.
- Do all the green jobs first. They are quick, and they push several bars towards yellow at once. The walkthrough uses this order.
- If a bar drops too low, stop doing the jobs that hurt that gang and let it recover.
- Keep the Respect power-up for a red phone that will not open.