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The Bureau Raid

Meltdown

Protagonist
Michael
Location
Ponsonbys, near Portola Drive
Gold objectives
4

Requires Legal Trouble and Lamar Down

Gold medal objectives

Michael goes to his film premiere and has to race home when Merryweather attacks his family.

Objectives

  1. Buy your tuxedo in Ponsonbys to attend the Meltdown premiere.
  2. Meet Jimmy.
  3. Get in the limousine.
  4. Go to the red carpet.
  5. Save your family.
  6. Take out the hostage taker.
  7. Clear the house of Merryweather.
  8. Go to your family.

Mission walkthrough

The premiere

Michael goes to Ponsonbys near Portola Drive. Buy your tuxedo, and don’t go in with a weapon out or a wanted level. Jimmy arrives with the limo. You can ride along or skip the trip. At the Oriental Theater, go up the red carpet. Devin shows up and tells you he’s sent Merryweather to your house.

A man in a light suit browses the tuxedo rack inside Ponsonbys.
A black limousine waits at the curb as a man walks toward it at night.
A man in a dark suit walks the red carpet past Meltdown banners.
A man in a tuxedo and glasses points at the Meltdown backdrop while another man listens.

Racing home

Take a car and drive to Rockford Hills. You have a short time limit to get there. Spanish Avenue has less traffic than the main boulevards. Don’t bring any stars home with you.

A red sports car drives down a night road with the mission timer at 01:37.
The red sports car crosses a night intersection with the mission timer at 01:17.

Inside the house

A mercenary is holding Amanda and Tracey. You must shoot him cleanly, with the slow-motion from your ability on to help. Then clear out the rest of the house. Check the upstairs and the yard. Jimmy ends up saving Michael from the last guard. Go to your family to finish.

Michael stands in the house entrance as the text tells him to clear the house.
Michael aims down from the staircase into a smoky room.
Michael crouches at a corner as an armed guard runs through an archway.
Michael holds a pistol and checks the rainy back yard at night.

What fails this mission

Besides dying or being arrested, the mission ends if any of these happen:

  • The limo was destroyed.
  • The limo driver dies.
  • Missing the Meltdown premiere.
  • The premiere was ruined.
  • The cops were led to Michael’s home.
  • Amanda dies.
  • Tracey dies.
  • Jimmy dies.
  • Michael did not save his family on time.
  • Michael abandoned his family.

Gold Medal requirements

Reach top speed in the car, using Spanish Avenue because it has far less traffic. Use Michael’s ability for the hostage shot, as a miss gets your family shot. The hostage shot must be a headshot, and you need twelve in total. Skip scenes to stay inside 6:30.

The red sports car drives down a night boulevard past billboards.
Michael aims his pistol at a gunman standing behind a woman in a bedroom doorway.

Part of Solomon RichardsThe Bureau Raid in the story walkthrough.