# Design A Cool Mission

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/design-a-cool-mission/452591>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [June 11, 2008, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/design-a-cool-mission/452591 "2008-06-11T16:53:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![The\_Controvert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/design-a-cool-mission/452591/1 "2008-06-11T16:53:02Z")

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Pick any game and design a cool mission for it.

Here’s my submission, for a Grand Theft Auto game:

Your mission is to obtain a _highly customized_ car without damaging it too much or blowing it up. When the mission starts, you have to chase it down, but it’s extremely quick and nimble, with an expert driver.

Let’s say after many attempts, you finally get it pinned in a corner, so you get out of your vehicle and try to yank the driver out. But to your surprise,

This car has a flame throwing anti-theft [modification](http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/africa/9812/11/flame.thrower.car/) which sets you on fire if you approach on foot! Maybe you need to sniper the driver first?

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**Author:** ![Omi\_no\_Kami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a88e4f/32.png) [@Omi\_no\_Kami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omi_no_Kami)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/design-a-cool-mission/452591/2 "2008-06-11T17:00:26Z")

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[QUOTE=The Controvert]  
Pick any game and design a cool mission for it.

Here’s my submission, for a Grand Theft Auto game:

Your mission is to obtain a _highly customized_ car without damaging it too much or blowing it up. When the mission starts, you have to chase it down, but it’s extremely quick and nimble, with an expert driver.

Let’s say after many attempts, you finally get it pinned in a corner, so you get out of your vehicle and try to yank the driver out. But to your surprise,

This car has a flame throwing anti-theft [modification](http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/africa/9812/11/flame.thrower.car/) which sets you on fire if you approach on foot! Maybe you need to sniper the driver first?

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…that’s the kind of mission that would make me stop playing the game out of frustration.