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Mar. 8, 2024Opinion | The Cluckin' Bell Farm Raid is best approached with a serious dash of Solid Snake
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GTA Onlineis at its best in its most chaotic moments. I don’t think that’s a controversial claim, when you consider the long-serving open-world crime simulator’s most successful ventures, not least its Doomsday Heist, Diamond Casino, and Dr Dre-starring The Contract updates. The game’s latest complimentary add-on, the Cluckin' Bell Farm Raid, can of course be played in full chaos mode, allowing you to slaughter everything that moves in a blood-spattered, snuff film-inspired onslaught. But, and this has totally caught me off guard, I actually think it’s best played in full stealth.
With winding corridors, narrow thoroughfares, and a (un)healthy dose of claustrophobia, theGTA Online Cluckin' Bell Farm Raidis tailor-made for sniping and sleuthing – so much so that for me it’sthe bestway to tackle its ‘Scene of the Crime’ final assignment.
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With long but narrow corridors – filled with stacked boxes and wooden palettes, perfect for providing cover – and enemies with vision cones, there’s a real Metal Gear Solid vibe about the Cluckin' Bell Farm raid if approached in this way. Sure, you’ll take advantage of the game’s aged bullet physics and laughably ignorant AI throughout, but it’s still so much fun dropping bodies with silenced shots at range or pistol-whipping them into submission in close-quarters. My favorite example of this came at the very beginning of Scene of the Crime, when I took down two guards side-by-side with two well-placed Tactical SMG shots. One practically fell into the path of the other unnoticed, allowing me to snipe the other. After that, I nailed another guard at the opposite end of the hallway with a laser-focused shot that The Matrix editors would’ve cut for lacking realism.
“Once you get out into the open, however, things get a little more complicated”
In order to complete a full stealth run in Scene of the Crime, you’ll need to finish the ‘Organized Crime’ set-up mission by wiping the CCTV footage and making sure you take out any witnesses along the way. After that, once you make it to the final ‘Crime Scene’ set-piece, all you need is a gun with a silencer equipped, light feet and a penchant for headshots. It’s not always easy, but given how tightly connected the Cluckin' Bell factory’s halls and storage rooms are, the method indoors is straightforward as you snake your way through the facility taking out enemies one-by-one.
Once you get out into the open, however, things get a little more complicated. Hostile guards are littered around the facility carpark, sometimes obscured by vehicles and corners, so keeping a watchful eye on the mini-map is vital. Once you’ve made it into your getaway car, be mindful of guards camped in the watchtowers that protect the front of the factory, and after that be advised that you can’t actually escape the ensuing LSPD squad cars until you’re pretty much almost at Vincent’s lockup in the city, assuming you’re going for thefullstealth run including outrunning the 5-0.
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