I have only been playing for 3 hours and the brutes are really making it difficult. I get surrounded by 10+ normal gang members and then a brute turns up. I can't ram the brutes in a vehicle and I seem to run out of ammo before being able to do much damage.
Is there a good strategy for fighting them? Is it simply a case of waiting until I have more upgrades?
Playing the game on normal difficulty.
Best Answer
So far all I can do is run and gun (emphasis on run). The sniper rifle can do significant damage with headshots, but I rarely have the presence of mind to change to it in the middle of a fight (and it is often disabled in a diversion).
In short, keep upgrading your guns and hit them with your heaviest stuff. You can also try phoning Oleg as he is a physical match for them.
If you can blow up the truck carrying them, you can do significant (sometimes fatal) damage to them if they are still on it when it blows. Next to it doesn't seem to be as damaging. Even if it doesn't kill them, on escort missions they may not run up to you in time if you take out their ride first.