A Rude Awakening is a mission in Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars given to protagonist Huang Lee by the Liberty City Triads leader Hsin Jaoming from his penthouse in Little Italy, Algonquin, Liberty City.
Description[]
Hsin tells Huang that his friendship with the Messina Crime Family is "in the toilet" thanks to Huang almost killing Jimmy Capra. Huang tries to convince Hsin that Rudy D'Avanzo has a recording of Capra talking to the FIB. Hsin tells Huang that no such recording exists, and that D'Avanzo has a longstanding vendetta against the family. He then commands Huang to go kill D'Avanzo to exact revenge and make amends for his mistakes.
Walkthrough[]
The player will need to go and investigate the three previous places where Huang met D'Avanzo: the Miss T shop in Middle Park East, the Glamor shop in Northwood and the Cindy's shop in North Holland. Go to all three places and stop by the entrance to see if Rudy's car is parked outside, if not, just go the next place. After finally finding his car, enter the shop.
Huang will hear a conversation between D'Avanzo and his assistant. D'Avanzo confesses to his assistant that he has tricked Huang into believing that Capra was talking to the FIB. Huang then confronts D'Avanzo, but when he opens the door, he's frozen in surprise. D'Avanzo is seen dressed as a woman, wearing red lipstick. He notices Huang and yells at him "Fuck you! My father used to look at me like that! So fucking judgemental!" Still shocked, Huang sees the assistant pull out a gun, saying "Stop judging my boss, you bitch!" as he is about to kill Huang. Rudy tries to escape by car, but Huang also gets out of the shop and the chase ensues.
Once outside of the shop, ignore the assistant and immediately go after D'Avanzo. Just find a car, chase him and shoot his car until it catches fire, forcing Rudy to bail out, only to serve as an easier target. The mission ends as soon as D'Avanzo is dead.
A trick to easily complete this mission is to use a car to block Rudy's car before he tries to escape. Once the player finds his vehicle, don't enter in the shop right away, park the vehicle right in front of Rudy's car and only then enter in the shop. This way, Rudy will not be able to drive away, so just go to his car, take him out of it and kill him. It is also optional that the player can take Rudy's car for themselves.
Mission Objectives[]
In order to complete the mission the player must:
- Locate D'Avanzo by visiting his previous locations
- Enter the store and confront him
- Take down D'Avanzo
Mission Replay Description[]
"D'Avanzo was screwing with me. Capra wasn't the FIB rat!
Those two guys have been fighting each other for years. D'Avanzo was just using me to get to him.
Now Hsin's really pissed at me! ...I made D'Avanzo pay for that."
Bugs[]
- Sometimes after D'Avanzo yells that his father used to look at him like Huang did, there will be no more text in the cutscene after that point. This is random, but happens quite frequently.
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Trivia[]
- The name of this mission is a play of Rudy's name, also a play on the plot, as Huang abruptly realized from Hsin that Rudy simply used him.
- This is only mission in the game where Rudy doesn't appear as a boss.
