Uploaded December 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
It's possible to break out of the fishing mini-game by using binoculars break-out. This lets York move freely while the fishing mini-game is playing.
0:24 - If you quick travel back to the fishing spot where you did the break-out, you'll find that York has been cloned. Not only that, the clone York is just lazying around fishing while you're out there hard at work solving crimes! I tell you, it just isn't fair...
1:15 - Deposing your freeloading clone is not an option because he is immune to attacks.
1:44 - When clone York throws the fishing rod, his collision changes enough for the real York to accidentally slip past him to the corner of the pier, where he gets stuck. Just a small detail that the annotations don't mention...
1:53 - If you use the fishing prompt again, the fishing mini-game will not begin anew but rather the two Yorks are fused together peacefully, ending the glitch.
2:02 - The same thing happens even if you use some faraway fishing prompt. The scenery will be unloaded for a moment when the game's focus returns to the original fishing spot.
2:28 - Exiting the fishing mini-game while doing something else is an action with its own peculiar results. I didn't test or capture footage of it very thoroughly yet... so maybe there will be a "fishing break-out pt. 2" video eventually, if I get back to glitching this game again in the future. But for now, here's what happens if you stop fishing while inside a dumpster.
As a general rule, the game cannot properly resolve the fishing mini-game if you're broken out and doing something else. A buggy fade-out also makes the whole screen stay black indefinitely.
3:08 - Nothing happens until I finally decide to exit my hiding place. This allows the game to teleport the "real" York back in front of the fishing spot, like normally happens when quitting the fishing mini-game. Unfortunately, since the area is unloaded, this causes him to fall to his doom.
(Not on the video: the same happens f.e. if you stop fishing while inside a car. The fade-out is buggy and nothing happens until you leave your car, at which point the game teleports you to the fishing spot, which is usually fatal.
It's hard to tell if you could use this effect for anything useful. Being able to fish while free to move might be useful in a 100% speedrun, although setting up the break-out might be difficult to do without already losing too much time.
The ability to instantly teleport back to your most recent fishing location is also quite unique, although you can only safely use it from another fishing spot.)
It's possible to break out of the fishing mini-game by using binoculars break-out. This lets York move freely while the fishing mini-game is playing.
0:24 - If you quick travel back to the fishing spot where you did the break-out, you'll find that York has been cloned. Not only that, the clone York is just lazying around fishing while you're out there hard at work solving crimes! I tell you, it just isn't fair...
1:15 - Deposing your freeloading clone is not an option because he is immune to attacks.
1:44 - When clone York throws the fishing rod, his collision changes enough for the real York to accidentally slip past him to the corner of the pier, where he gets stuck. Just a small detail that the annotations don't mention...
1:53 - If you use the fishing prompt again, the fishing mini-game will not begin anew but rather the two Yorks are fused together peacefully, ending the glitch.
2:02 - The same thing happens even if you use some faraway fishing prompt. The scenery will be unloaded for a moment when the game's focus returns to the original fishing spot.
2:28 - Exiting the fishing mini-game while doing something else is an action with its own peculiar results. I didn't test or capture footage of it very thoroughly yet... so maybe there will be a "fishing break-out pt. 2" video eventually, if I get back to glitching this game again in the future. But for now, here's what happens if you stop fishing while inside a dumpster.
As a general rule, the game cannot properly resolve the fishing mini-game if you're broken out and doing something else. A buggy fade-out also makes the whole screen stay black indefinitely.
3:08 - Nothing happens until I finally decide to exit my hiding place. This allows the game to teleport the "real" York back in front of the fishing spot, like normally happens when quitting the fishing mini-game. Unfortunately, since the area is unloaded, this causes him to fall to his doom.
(Not on the video: the same happens f.e. if you stop fishing while inside a car. The fade-out is buggy and nothing happens until you leave your car, at which point the game teleports you to the fishing spot, which is usually fatal.
It's hard to tell if you could use this effect for anything useful. Being able to fish while free to move might be useful in a 100% speedrun, although setting up the break-out might be difficult to do without already losing too much time.
The ability to instantly teleport back to your most recent fishing location is also quite unique, although you can only safely use it from another fishing spot.)
