Mission Scoring

Grand Theft Auto 4: The Ballad of Gay Tony Guide

Mission Scoring

One new feature introduced in The Ballad of Gay Tony is a mission scoring system. Each mission has a number of secondary objectives. Upon completing a mission, you will be given a base score of 50% for completing the primary objective, and additional score for any secondary objectives completed.

Don't bother trying to attain 100% your first time through a mission; once you've completed all 26 missions in The Ballad of Gay Tony, a mission replay feature will be unlocked, allowing you to up your score by tackling missions again when you're more seasoned.

Note that you do not need to complete every secondary objective in a single go to earn 100% on a mission. You could do one replay where, for example, you take your time trying to sustain as little damage as possible to satisfy a player damage objective, and then another where you rush through the mission in an attempt to beat the target time. That'll have to wait until you've completed the main story though!

A couple of warnings: when playing through a mission with the aim of completing secondary objectives, do not use taxis for travel at all, and do not retry the mission via the replay text message in the event of failure. Do either and your results won't be counted.

Check out the “Secondary Objectives” section of this guide for a complete listing of the secondary objectives of each mission.

Each mission has its own set of secondary objectives.