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Re: T&R with AR and grenades
Posted By: Ducain <ducain@gmail.com>Date: 1/18/07 11:20 a.m.

In Response To: T&R with AR and grenades (Rockslider)


: All that T&R talk in the AOTCR thread got me itchy; haven't been out on
: that night-time excursion for quite a while. As well as that, fellow
: cyborg Two Finger has been emailing me about the level, and something he
: said suggested a new challenge: to get through on Legendary with only AR
: and grenades (without yourself or Keyes dying). Oooh, nasty.

: So, I fired up T&R on Legendary and braced myself for the worst. I got
: through the first area but it left me with only two health bars and no
: Marines. Ouch - must do better next time. Later reinforcements were
: likewise slaughtered, but I managed to get through and up to the ship to
: fight the boarding battle. Luckily I've had a fair bit of past practice
: there with AR and grenades, and it paid off. Sarge bit the dust but I got
: four bozos through. Not that it made much difference in the long run: we
: made it to the hangar where the game later ends, but they were wiped out
: in seconds. The red Elite up above was a real pain. I wasn't making much
: progress on him from down below, so I decided to just work around him. I
: killed enough enemies to trigger the Hunters, and by this time I was
: beginning to have glorious visions of getting through this AR challenge
: first go. Sadly it was not to be. I slightly misjudged a Hunter swipe and
: got knocked off the ship, falling to my death. Arrggh! So needless and so
: disappointing. Challenge failed.

: I continued anyway, to see how bad the rest of the task would be. As it
: turned out, there was a nasty bit higher up in the hangar where I again
: got killed; so even if I hadn't fouled up with the Hunter, I probably
: still would've failed. I kept on going and released the Marines; but yes
: you guessed it, Keyes got himself killed. Gah! Stay at the back you
: pipe-smokin' fool! But on a second attempt I got him safely to the end,
: and we all flew back home for tea and biscuits.

: So, failure this time, but at least I know it's doable. I'll probably give it
: another go tonight. Anyone else care to try, and maybe talk tactics for
: certain places? The tactical element makes it a really interesting
: experience; you really have to think hard about how to tackle things. Also
: there's quite a lot of tension because you know you've only got this
: feeble popgun, and there are Elites out there with plasma rifles! If
: Legendary is too frustrating try Heroic; that's still going to be a good
: challenge.

Is it possible NOT to enjoy that level so much it hardly ever gets old.

Pure fun.

JH

HIH



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Replies:

T&R with AR and grenadesRockslider 1/18/07 11:08 a.m.
     Re: T&R with AR and grenadesDucain 1/18/07 11:20 a.m.
     Re: T&R with AR and grenadesCody Miller 1/18/07 12:41 p.m.
           Re: T&R with AR and grenadesGuesty-Persony-Thingy 1/18/07 9:48 p.m.
                 Re: T&R with AR and grenadesJman 1/18/07 10:05 p.m.
                       Re: T&R with AR and grenadesGuesty-Persony-Thingy 1/18/07 10:16 p.m.
           Re: T&R with AR and grenadesRockslider 1/19/07 12:27 p.m.



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