To use an umbrella during the rain, take an Umbrella from the ground after knocking it out of a person's hands, then get into a car, step out with it and Wei Shen will put up his umbrella to keep dry. He won't use it any other way from what I tried.
This game is funny, I was practicing my double kick and a Noodle Vendor said "Hey, try some noodles!" Wei kicked him down and he fell on the ground and said "Two for one." It was really comical since he kept saying his sales pitch, face flat on the ground. The game has a realistic sense of being there, when you are in the market areas and you hear a lot of people calling out to try their fish, noodles, ice cream, soup, tea, etc. It feels like a real market atmosphere.
Only complaint is when the cops leap and take you down, you have to press the X button or whatever button it is, in a split second. It'll still be there as though active to press (timed event) but you'll get cuffed and lose money anyway if you weren't fast enough.
Cool. Does the city look blurry in the background on the PS4 version? Or is it sharp and clear, as in Watch Dogs I wonder?
Ha the noodle comment is hilarious! Thanks for the umbrella info. I love running up to poor folks in the rain and spinkicking them for their umbrellas, just didn't know how to use it normally. I didn't pick this remake up because I have the orignal on my pc which looks freaking gorgeous compared to the console ports so I imagine I'm not missing TOO much although I am tempted. I love this game as I am a sucker for open world Urban areas in Asia as they aren't done in video games often. If Rockstar does a GTA in Japan I can die happy