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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2: Fighting Tips (in the Favela)
Dec 11th
Favela: Head to the LZ to the South of the market
LISTEN TO THE ENEMY
During this mission, as in many of COD: MW2 missions it pays to listen to the enemy. First off, listen to your enemy. Even with a moderately priced ($15-$30) set of stereo headsets you can get a pretty good idea of where your enemy is – above you, below you, behind you, or to either side – you get the idea. Also listen to WHAT they say, even though you may not know the language. Many of the IMPORTANT words are similar in English. Here are some, though the spelling may be off…
covertura = cover
grenata = grenade
MOVEMENT
This area of the favela has a LOT of chickens jumping around in their cages that will make it harder to determine what to shoot. The first time in I killed as many chickens as people – partly because I started shooting them in an effort to get rid of their “ambient movement” so I’d be able to recognize threats, the gun-toting Brazialians.
Watch for shadows to give away your enemy, especially shadows from above. Shadows can be an important tip-off, but before you go attacking a shadow make sure you know its an enemy and not one of your own – friendly fire isn’t friendly!
MOVEMENT ROUTES & ENEMY INTELLIGENCE
The favela has lots of different paths to move through if you look. I tend to look straight down the middle and sometimes miss flanking routes, side alleys, paths around stands and paths through stands and buildings. Keep an eye open for alternate paths, especially in areas where enemy resistance is strong.
Be sure that you remember the people of the favela knows its paths well and take advantage of the fact that most places have 2 areas and rooms of approach, if not more. Its difficult ot get your back safely up against a wall there.
In this particular area there are 4 pieces of enemy intelligence. There is a lot of “visual noise” in the favela because its a city area – things laying around like clothing, boxes, pots, pans, cans, bottles, cages, baskets, LP gas tanks etc. Keep an eye out for enemy intelligence (open laptops).
COD4: Modern Warfare 2 – Doorway/Opening glitch
Dec 11th
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is a great game (more later) but having completed it once, and playing through it again tonight I have to complain about “sticky places”. If you’ve logged enough time on the game then you’ve surely gotten stuck running through a doorway or other opening where you should be able to move, but instead get stuck.
Assassin’s Creed 2 has a similar glitch in which Ezio will suddenly look down as if on top of something when, in fact, he’s standing in a doorway or other surface. In COD: MW2 the issue is openings (doors, wall openings, and the like) and it can be a little frustrating when you are running full tilt and get “stuck” – boom, dead.
Great game, and admittedly this is a minor glitch that is not “everywhere” and its not “every” doorway, either.
1 Good Reason to buy Halo 3 ODST
Nov 7th
Hunters that you can actually kill from the front. They were unassailable from the front in previous Halo installments, but now can be killed from the front as it should be (IMO).
Previous Halo: Shoot a Hunter with a missile launcher, you just made him mad!
Halo 3 ODST: Shoot a Hunter with a missile launcher, you just made him dead!
Grenades can also kill from the front, but don’t bother with ODST grenades (can’t control) or flame grenades (just aggravate them). Not necessarily a 1 hit kill, but you don’t have to have a Hunter chasing you around all day until you run out of ammo and finally get killed because melee attacks certainly arent’ the way to go!
I do seem to recall that you could kill a Hunter from the front with a sniper rifle if you shot in the small openeing that would be their “neck” (between head & shoulders), but this doesn’t seem to be the case now.
Side note: Assassin’s Creed 2 is coming!
Comments/observations anyone?
Prototype for Xbox 360 – Alex Mercer is Alive!
Jul 26th
Prototype for the Xbox 360 has 2 cool stories behind it. First is the acquisition of the game by Activision, and the interesting story of the game’s details as they unfold.
Prototype for the Xbox 360 has some pretty cool features I haven’t found in any other post-game credits. First is that there is actually some audio worth listening to as the credits begin rolling, sort of like when a movie is over and you get those unexpected bits after the movie in the credits. Second is that time was actually spent making the credits interesting with visuals, and third, perhaps the most exciting, there is a prompt on the screen to press A to skip or end the credits. So you don’t have to walk away while the credits roll by … Thanks Activision.
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Clear the path for Alyse – Wanted: Weapons of Fate
Jun 15th
In the “When the Water Broke” sequence you have to clear a path for Alyse. This frustrated me so here I am posting the way to get past it. You need to realize three things thing…
- The mounted gun you are standing behind has a shield
- When you shoot, you move out from the protection of the shield
- When use precise aim (LT), you move out from the protection of the shield
Shoot, get behind the shield and repeat.Part way through you’ll see Alyse move to the center of the area below. I read somewhere that your opponents will shoot your shield away if you are too slow. Keep the pace going, and only stay behind the shield long enough to heal.
Fire/kill – duck behind shield/heal – fire/kill – duck behind shield/heal
Keep doing that until all of the bad guys are gone.
Gears of War 2 Aiming Basics
Jun 1st
Are you looking to improve your aiming in Gears of War 2? Find out how to leave your opponents in the dust with as little effort as possible? Here are some Gears of War 2 Aiming Basics to get you started.
GET TO KNOW THE GOW2 CONTROLS
Face it, if you don’t know the controls you will not aim as good as possible in GOW2 (or any game, really). I break down the controllers into 3 areas…
1.Use a decent controller - choose a good controller that “feels good”. If the controller is awkward or moves too quickly or too slowly for you then you won’t get as much as possible from your aim. Case in point I own an original Xbox 360 Wireless controller and a Game Stop Xbox 360 wired controller. I love Game Stop for used games and affordable used accessories for my 360, but that controller (the least expensive I could find) just doesn’t “feel” good for me. Its too quirky, too quick. I *could* get used to it, but I’ve already trained myself on my Xbox 360 wireless controller and it has a natural feel for me.
2. Practice with your controller -Speaking of training myself on my Xbox 360 controller, you’ll want to spend hours getting used to the “feel” if your controller during gameplay. You want reload, take cover, evade, mantle, and reload to become second nature so that you are pressing the buttons without thinking. Expect to put over 10 hours into this if you are just starting the game, and much longer if you are also new to the Xbox 360.
3. Know the buttons on your controller – As stated in “Practice with your controller” you need to know the buttons on your controller… and not just shoot and move left and right.
- Left Trigger – Aim
This gives you a zoomed view of the battlefield and your opponents. The degree of zoom depends upon the weapon. When throwing a grenade use the Left Trigger to see where its going to go when you throw it. - Right Trigger – Fire/Throw
Fire your weapon or throw your grenade - Right Bumper – Reload
Reload your weapon, read Gears of War 2 Reloading for more info - Left Thumbstick – Move
Move your character with the let thumbstick/joystick - Right Thumbstick – Look (click to zoom)
Change your view and look around. Use in combination with the Left Thumbstick (Move) to get where you are going. Click the Right Thumbstick to zoom your weapon, if available (depends on weapon) - X – Use/Interact
Context-specific actions pop up on-screen showing when you can pick up ammo, kick in doors, etc… - B – Melee/Tag
Melee your opponent with your weapon (hit them with your weapon). A few weapons don’t have a melee attack, and a couple have special melee attacks. The Lancer Assault rifle’s “melee” is the chainsaw which is not as easy to pull off as it was in the original Gears of War. It seems everyone knows what that noise is now when your chainsaw engine revvs, and they don’t like it! The other melee attack is a “tag” with a grenade. In almost all cases if you can tag your opponent with a grenade you can write them off as expired. - A – Take Cover/Evade/Mantle
Okay, first off to pull of evade you need to be away from any surface that you will “take cover” to. As you are walking you can just hit A and your character will do a dive roll. Use Left thumbstick along with A to control the direction of your evade move. Take cover will almost always happen when you press A if you are near a surface and not already in cover. Mantle is context-specific and requires that you are in cover already and you move your Left Thumbstick till the context-specific action you want is displayed (Mantle or jump over, Swat Turn from cover-to-cover, or Cover Slip away from your cover into a walk).
ADDITIONAL GEARS 2 AIMING TIPS
Tip: Gears of War 2 Aiming
ADDITIONAL GEARS 2 TIPS & LINKS
Tip: Intestinal Fortitude – Goal: Avoid Suffocating
Tip: Intestinal Fortituide – Goal: Avoid Jets & Acid Pools
Tip: Get Marcus and Dom Past Cranes
Info: Gears of War 2 Better Than The Original [plus Youtube Vid]
Info: Xbox Sales Tied to Gears Of War Again [plus Youtube Vid]
Info: Gears of War 2 Takes Aim at Used Game Sales
Link: Gears 2 Xbox Mini Site
Link: Official Gears of War 2 Site
Assassin’s Creed 2 – no confirmed release date yet
Apr 19th
At this point according to Joystiq.com Assassin’s Creed 2 is slated for release at the end of 2009. Below are some Youtube videos and the Official Assassin’s Creed 2 website as well, which currently shows a video trailer.
Assassin’s Creed 2 story trailer
Assassin’s Creed 2
Halo Wars Missions
Mar 17th
These are the missions in Halo Wars for the Xbox 360, along with some gameplay hints that worked for me:
01 – Alpha Base
02 – Relic Approach [ 02 Relic Approach Partial Video Walkthrough - Hulu.com]
03 – Relic Interior
04 – Arcadia City [04 Arcadia City Gameplay Hints]
05 – Arcadia Outskirts
06 – Dome of Light
07 – Scarab [07 Scarab Gameplay Hints]
08 – Anders’ Signal
09 – The Flood
10 – Shield World
11 – Cleansing
12 – Repairs
13 – Beachhead
14 – Reactor
15 – Escape
