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Great avatar BTW!
This one's called Miscellaneous Madness.
Just some info. on this:
Let's start with the top left "area", some hair-raising stunts with the "Small-Time Criminals" Lassiter gang. I swear, even if they're no more powerful than the other "types" of Lassiter gangs, these guys are the ones I have most problems with. They never do what you expect 'em to do, and they hold the record for killing me, err. Tommy. Even with 7 bodyguards working for me, I've tried to sneak up on one of these guys from behind (while they're shooting it out with those 7 bodyguards) and they'll suddenly turn around and focus on you... budda, budda, budda, budda, you're dead!
Look we all know one well-placed shotgun blast will kill one of these guys instantly, but where's the fun in that? I like to tease them, make 'em take bullets from a variety of directions. Yeah sadistic and not always a smart move. Look at how close the ends of those Tommy gun barrels are to one another, somebody sneezes and everybody dies!!!
See the screenshot to the right of Golem, the one in Countryside day. Have a look at the health points. That's 1069! No trainer involved!! Just stay next to the "good priest" and you'll clock the meter. With that much health you can afford to lose 500 in a gun battle and still come out on top.
Left of Golem, placed a doghead just before the incline to the elevated railway platform, then shoot down at cops and gangsters. This screenshot is from AM v10.0 I think? Before cops got turned into dogs. But you can still get the same effect with a gangster.
When the terrorist is "this close" death is all that awaits you. Some facts about the terrorist... your bodyguards "can" kill him, but it'll take a lot of their bullets! You can kill him so his body stays behind as does his dynamite (only an illusion) lure him into the middle of a road with tram tracks. Draw him toward you then run (at superspeed) further along the tram tracks, make a tram run him, he'll die but not explode, you can steal his dynamite (but not use it). Also use him to your advantage, remember it's easy to kill him, one shot, bang, it's all over, but killing him in a way so that it takes out a large number of your enemy, is art! Lure him past a police roadblock!!!
Beware the Lost Heaven terrorist, he’s coming for YOU!!!
That little guy on fire near the car wheel is Little Paulie! Confined space, doghead, multiple enemies... sometimes your bodyguards and Lil' Paulie will catch on fire.
Golem... that guy gives me the creeps! That screenshot was actually numbered 666, no bullsh*t! What really creeps me out about Golem is the way he sneaks around when you're crouched down; stalking you, playing on your psyche, getting into your head. He knows you can see him coming toward you, but he still comes at you in this very disturbing way, like he wants to spook you. If you haven't seen him "creep", lure him up to those lanes in China town (where you sometimes find the Silver Fletcher gang). It's a great place to see it happen because he hugs the walls as he does it (not physically hugs them but stays close to them) added further to this guys creepiness, he's got superspeed! Super-Creepy!!!
The pic to the left of the burning guy on the incline to the elevated train platform... would you believe me if I told you that I wasn't armed, so as not to attract any "unnecessary attention" lol! And one of those cops actually managed to arrest me because I fumbled trying to choose a gun and dropped it (hit backspace accidentally). A monkey would've done better! But it's a nice capture of all the bodyguards in action, the super Priest was also hired but he's out of the shot. I have the entire sequence as the detectives cars show up and they all get out and begin shooting. You can tell this too is an old screenshot because cops don't drive detective Lassiter's anymore.
Doppelganger, an absolutely genius invention, where the hell are all the stories and screenshots? That has to be one of the most enjoyable "tools" for killing the enemy!!
Top right corner "area" 7 Bodyguards... it's almost sad watching the enemy die when you're this well armed. Cops and gangsters don't have a chance! But Lassiter gangs do, hehe.
Hoboken bridge "area". Nice place to watch the AM action. That intersection is the perfect location to place superweapons, in particular Doggy toy, Super Molotov and Dragon toy!!!
Check out the Dragon toy image to the left of the Alien alchemist... Big cop little cop, hehe.
The bright orange image on the right is what happens when you're placing a Super Russian landmine and an enemy (cop in this case) shows up... be sure to make sure there are no enemies near you or you're ashes...
Conclusion:
If you haven’t tried MikeMouse’s Alive Mod v16.0 then you’re really missing out on a lot of fun. Anybody that says any different doesn’t know what they’re talking about. I always have Mafia installed on my computer just so that I can play the AM. I love Mafia, always will, but I.S. left us hanging about waiting for nothing, not even an expansion pack! IMHO the AM fills that gap stunningly, while we maintain hope I.S. will make good on their promise one day.
In all probability “all the possibilities” of this mod will never be documented. Even the slightest variation in distance, location, timing; produces something totally different from the norm, from what you are used to seeing. And I'm using a relatively slow computer compared to the faster generation that's standard now. If your PC can handle it, combine the superweapons and activate VIP's!!! The result will be breathtaking!!!
Three years later I’m still having fun with AM, always finding new things to do, and no matter how "hardcore" you "think" you are... one mistake, one miscalculation and it's Sayonara!
Mike called it “alive” because it lives and breathes on its own. Because of it’s unpredictability, its randomness.
Mafia is the body, but Alive Mod is the soul!
My Alive Mod guide:
http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~trident/
"Only the Mezzofinook not playing the AM!"
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