Weapons: No weapons needed, but some might find the Silverballer useful for taking out Raymond.
From the start, you’re supposed to follow the guy in the red bird suit with the briefcase. He uses a few different paths, but always ends up at the same location – the NW corner of the map where the crows have their HQ.
Ignore the bird with the brief case and head towards the NW corner. You’ll see the building that’s guarded by the other crows. Just south of that is an alleyway. Head in there and you’ll see two men sitting at a table to your right and a piano being held up by a rope in front of you. You need to get up there, so look to your left, East, where you’ll see a platform you can climb onto, from there follow the platforms and ledges till you get to the winch holding the piano. Plant a bomb there and climb back down.
Now we need the location of Raymond, he’ll be above one of the three bars. The easiest way to find out which one, is to wait for the brief-case to be delivered and then go to each of the three bars. Just stand outside for about 30-40 secs. Raymond’s patrol takes him out to the balcony, but he doesn’t go outside until after the case is delivered.
All three possibilities will basically work the same way – there’ll be a side alley beside the bar, down which a waiter will come to dump some rubbish. The also all have their own resident drunks who wander in and out. Make sure the drunk isn’t watching and sedate the waiter. Take his suit and stash the body into the skip. Now head into the bar and find the staircase (there’s usually a lock to be picked so make sure no one’s watching). At the top of the stairs you’ll find a set of rooms with Raymond in them. Usually a good idea to save here. Find a way to sneak up on him and kill him, will differ slightly for each location. Once he’s dead make sure to take his walkie-talkie. You’ll then keep getting updates from Angelina as to her location. She’ll also appear on the map.
What you want to hear is that she’s heading back to the music shop alley – that’s where you planted the bomb. When she says that, make sure you’re there, ready. When she nice and kindly stands under the hanging piano, blow the bomb and that’s two down, one to go.
To get into the crow’s HQ is probably the trickiest part of the level. It’s all down to timing. If you look down the alley beside the bookstore, a yellow crow will stand outside the back door for a smoke. You need to wait till he’s gone inside and then make a dash for that door – but none of the other patrolling crows can see you. So, probably another good save point here!
Just inside the door to the left is a closet, quickly hide in there. Wait for the smoker to go outside again, then leave the closet and go through the door to your right. Just inside this door on the right hand side is a chest-of-drawers. Go to the far side of this and crouch down. When the smoker comes back he’ll stop right in front of you facing away. Sedate him and take his bird suit. You should probably drag the body back to the room with the closet as well – sometimes it’s found, sometimes not!
Now go upstairs and through the door into the room with our last target and the diamonds. It’s easy enough to kill Purayah and stash the body in the container, just watch out for the patrolling crow who sticks his head into the room. Once he’s dead, take the briefcase and leave the hotel, front door will do. Now go back to the alley beside whatever bar you killed Raymond in and change back to your suit. Then go straight to the exit.
