Overview
This guide covers some miscellaneous game features that are hard to discover on your own.
Introduction / The Rakyat
This guide will quickly cover some possibly helpful features in the game that aren’t hinted at in-game at any point, so they might be hard to figure out without help.
Ahh, the Rakyat. Such majestic creatures. What is probably the most useful tip in this guide will have you bringing along many of your Rakyat friends to a gunfight only to see them slaughtered almost instantly.
Remember, the Rakyat are pretty much at the very bottom of the foodchain on the Rook Islands. (Except for maybe, you know, the fishermen always running into enemy territory because they saw a shark far, far away.)
TIP: Commandeering a vehicle
Yes yes, you might think this is old news. Just hold on.
Standing in front of a car occupied by either Rakyat warriors or villagers will prompt you to “Commandeer Vehicle”.
What most carstealing pricks with jungle-fever do at this point however, is drive away immediately.
The thing is though, a favorable option would be to wait a few seconds. The Rakyat will then climb back up onto the vehicle to join you in whichever lunatic quest you’re doing.
One thing though. If you exit the car, the Rakyat will climb off too. There’s a good chance they will reclaim the vehicle after a round of smokes, so best not get out of the car. Ever.
Like I said, it’ll also work on vehicles currently occupied by villagers. Although it will usually take them a few seconds longer, they too will get back in the car to join you on your adventures.
Now I could say “Be careful with them on board” in an attempt to prevent you from cutting Rook Islands’ vehicle supply in half, but we both know bad things are going to happen.
TIP: Island Tour
So you can drive a car with passengers. Big deal.
The people on the Rook Islands don’t walk up to you and call you the Best Jeep Steerer 2014.
They comment on your warrior skills. Call you a good hunter.
Which makes it a tad strange how you should be the one to take the wheel while others are forced to either shout “Shotgun!” or sit in the back.
Let them take the wheel while you sit in the back protecting your comrades from danger.
All you have to do is make the car stop as usual, but instead of pressing E to “Commandeer Vehicle”, you just jump onto the car and walk to the back. The driver will immediately take off with you on board.
Note however, that although the game doesn’t exactly show glitchy behaviour and actually supports standing on a moving car quite well, it’s unlikely to be an intended feature and there are some rare occasions where you’ll just fall off the car.
TIP: Let them do the dirty work
I’m sure by now you’ve thought of some implementations that involve you driving a car loaded with Rakyat warriors into an outpost. Good thinking.
But isn’t it true that you want redemption after ALL those outposts you have taken on your own, only to have the Rakyat show up AFTER all the danger is taken care of and tell you that there are MORE jobs for you to run?
Exactly. It’s their turn now!
Commandeer a vehicle as usual.
Now go find the nearest enemy outpost. Full gas!
Charge!
And bail!
That’s right, bail! Jump out now!
Bye, friends. Good luck with that outpost. I’ll come back for my experience points later.
(Needless to say, they all died 5 seconds after you left.)
TIP: Making a buck
At some point, Hoyt did tell you we’re all here to make a buck.
So when were you getting your first paycheck, again?
Exactly, there are none. It’s like Hoyt assumes putting your own life at stake while guarding an outpost on the crappiest island on Earth is charity work.
Thank god your own boys do appreciate your effort.
Because from time to time, you’re going to end up in nasty situations like the one above.
And we all know the Rakyat are incapable of any form of useful self-defense.
Next time you’re racing off hills while listening to Hula Hula music on the radio, get out of your car and lend a hand when you see your buddies in danger.
The shooting is epic.
The music is fitting.
Oh, and there are rewards.
Yes, there are rewards. I won’t pretend it’s no big deal because you and I both know that’s the only saving grace the Rakyat have to offer you at this point. Money. Not some creepy dollhead or a pack of crumpled sigarettes.
After a shootout, there might be a guy waving at you, telling you to come closer. Look for him.
Then press E to interact and get your money. Ranges from about $50 to $200, depending on the amount of civilians saved.
TIP: Repairing a vehicle
And at last I choose to end this review with a sour taste by ending with the most common situation: a guy with a broken down car.
He’ll call for help and says he needs an extra hand.
Except it’s obvious that he just wants a blowtorch.
As if people wandering across mountains with an Assault Rifle in hand are more likely to carry a blowtorch than people who own a car that frequently breaks down. Right.
Anyway, if you do come across this situation and happen to carry a blowtorch (I only do because it’s the second-best way to kill an enemy, almost as fun as using the Flare Gun), make sure to interact with the villager asking for your help first.
I don’t know if this matters or not, but the interaction prompt is there so best use it to make sure you get your money.
Repair the vehicle.
Afterwards, interact with the villager again to obtain your $50. Now either claim the car for yourself or watch as they drive off into the distance and then shoot the car down again. You know you want to.
Your call.
