Who is Francis McCreary? <POSSIBLE SPOILERS>

[fantimm]

Ok so this thread is about a character you meet probably about a quarter of the way through the game (well at least I have recently met him and my completion status is around 25%. So if you're not that far don't read on.

 

My question is about Francis McReary... the (i'm assuming) corrupt cop. So I am walking along, minding my own business and I get a message from some mystery person who tells me to meet them at the dock. I get to the end of the dock to see some guy standing there and Niko walks up to him and says "Hey Francis" and calls him Officer McReary...

 

Now obviously this is some corrupt cop, and I am guessing he is related to Packie, but how does Niko know him? If that is MEANT to be a mystery and is something that is just supposed to be revealed later (ie. I am meant to be all "ftw? where did this guy come from" for now) then thats cool, just say that (i dont want any spoilers). But i get the feeling I am meant to know who he is. Was there some side mission I just didn't do that the developers would have assumed I had done? Did I see him at some point with Packie? How does Niko know this dude?

 

I am the kind of person who really gets into the story and likes following it, and it can be a bit hard with GTA cause of all the different things goin on at once, but i dont remember seein him before now and its really buggin me.

[wlokoa]

you first see him with manny at some point in a cutscene

[tarquin biscuitbarrel]

if you missed that cutscene with manny, it sounded like manny was working for francis in getting drug dealers and gangs off the street

[fantimm]

OOOH right, he was that guy that Manny had talking into the camera and saying clearly scripted lines n stuff..

 

right. got it. now i can go do his missions and enjoy them without being confused.

 

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