Template:Reqimage Hostage is a diversion in Saints Row, Saints Row 2, Saints Row: The Third and Saints Row IV.Broken {{ref}} (outdated style)
- This article is about taking Hostages in vehicles. For grabbing Civilians in the street, see Human Shield.
Description
- When stealing a car which has a Civilian passenger, a prompt will be shown to press the Action button to start the Hostage diversion. The goal of the diversion is to drive around with the hostage in the car for a pre-determined amount of time. After starting Hostage, a HUD will appear showing the amount of money the Hostage has, and the amount of time left.
- The amount of Cash and Respect earned depends on the Hostage Class of the vehicle, as well as how many passengers are in the car. 2 passengers will give approximately double the Cash, and 3 passengers will generally quadruple it. In general, higher quality cars give more money.
- After starting Hostage, Police Notoriety will steadily rise, although this will be removed after completing the diversion. The rate at which Notoriety rises also depends on Hostage Class and the number of passengers. It is not possible to take a Police Officer, or any Gang members, as Hostages.
- While driving, the Hostage will give various complaints, such as not having any money, or asking to be let go. When driving too slowly, there is an on-screen warning that the hostage may escape, and they will leave the car after several seconds.
- Although the word "Diversion" does not appear in Saints Row, it fits the criteria of a diversion, and does not count towards 100% Completion.
Rewards
- In Saints Row, taking 50 people Hostage will award the Negotiator Achievement.
- In Saints Row 2, completing the Hostage diversion 10 times will unlock a fully customizable Toad variant in the Garage. Unlike in Saints Row, the number of passengers does not matter.
- In Saints Row: The Third, taking 50 people Hostage will satisfy a Challenge that is required for the "You're my Hero!" trophy/acheivement. Since it is not necessary to successfully complete the Hostage minigame to gain credit for the challenge, it is possible to start the minigame then immediately leave the car.
Vehicle Classes
- There are 6 Hostage Classes: Compact, Sedan, Truck, SUV, Luxury and Exotic.
| Class | Passengers | Cash | Respect | Min Time (minutes) |
Max Time (minutes) |
Notoriety (per second) |
| Compact | 1 | 250 | 300 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 15 |
| Compact | 2 | 500 | 600 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 20 |
| Compact | 3 | 1000 | 1000 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 9 |
| Sedan | 1 | 300 | 400 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 15 |
| Sedan | 2 | 500 | 800 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 20 |
| Sedan | 3 | 1000 | 1100 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 13 |
| Truck | 1 | 300 | 400 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 15 |
| Truck | 2 | 500 | 800 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 20 |
| Truck | 3 | 1000 | 1100 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 9 |
| SUV | 1 | 1000 | 500 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 7 |
| SUV | 2 | 2000 | 1000 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 8 |
| SUV | 3 | 3000 | 1500 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 9 |
| Luxury | 1 | 1000 | 500 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 7 |
| Luxury | 2 | 2000 | 1000 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 7 |
| Luxury | 3 | 3000 | 2000 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 7 |
| Exotic | 1 | 1500 | 1000 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 7 |
| Exotic | 2 | 2500 | 1500 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 9 |
| Exotic | 3 | 5000 | 4000 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 10 |
Tips
- A convenient way to do Hostage is jacking cars close to an airport and then driving onto the plane runways. This makes it easy to avoid crashes and keep up speed.
- There is a pause between the timer reaching zero and the money being awarded, but it is possible to exit the car as soon as the timer reaches zero - making it possible to kill the Hostage before they've handed over the money, and still receiving it.
- In Saints Row: The Third, it is possible to kill the passengers before entering the car, then entering with the dead passengers triggers the hostage diversion, allowing for easy money since they are unable to escape.
Trivia
- As with many other activities, Hostage can be used to easily escape police. By taking a hostage and immediately ending the activity, all police notoriety will be lost.
- The data for Hostage is identical between Saints Row and Saints Row 2.
- The only 4-seat Exotic cars are the Magma and Phoenix. Performing Hostage in these with 3 passengers will yield the most Cash.
- It is not possible to take people Hostage before joining the Saints.[1]
- In Saints Row 2, it is also possible to take Hostages in a planes which are taking off the airstrip in the airport. The only problem here are police vehicles which may block the path but there should be not any troubles while being in the air.
- Unlike other games, in Saints Row IV failing or quitting the diversion will not remove Notoriety.
Gallery
References
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