COD4 - Completely Ridiculous Mission

A lot of you missed my post where I said I beat it.

And it's pretty funny how multiple people have said that Heat is much harder, yet I had no problem with it. Different strokes for different folks I guess.

But seriously, in Heat you have air strikes that kill everyone for you. How is that hard? You barely have to use your guns. Took me about 3 tries to beat on hardened, compared to the 40,000 tries it took me to beat the end of the sniper mission. :p

Now if we had air strikes in the sniper mission, then things would've been a hell of a lot easier!
 
I agree, it was a pain in the butt, but I actually had a harder time with the initial part of the mission, and being avoided in the field with everyone passing by... I think that took me more tries than holding everyone off. I mostly just ran around with a scrounged assault rifle or MP5 and tried to find cover when I got hurt.
 
jaguax said:
A lot of you missed my post where I said I beat it.

And it's pretty funny how multiple people have said that Heat is much harder, yet I had no problem with it. Different strokes for different folks I guess.

But seriously, in Heat you have air strikes that kill everyone for you. How is that hard? You barely have to use your guns. Took me about 3 tries to beat on hardened, compared to the 40,000 tries it took me to beat the end of the sniper mission. :p

Now if we had air strikes in the sniper mission, then things would've been a hell of a lot easier!
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Try it on veteran.
 
Below contains possible spoilers on my method and tips on how to beat this mission.

I was doing what everyone else tries to do. Defend Cpt. McMillian and kill all of the enemy. When I realized that it was just a spamfest of respawning AI asshats I said "fuck this" and took the lazy approach. I camped my ass behind McMillian in the prone position with my AK loaded and ready. He would snipe the guys further away and I'd shoot the ones that ran right up on us. I'd casually spam nades and flash bangs every which way.

Do NOT stand up, crouch or even move. Just stay behind McMillian, on the left side (when facing the enemy. Grenades may hit you, they may do damage, but for whatever reason, you won't die.

At one point McMillian will move backwards. Don't worry, it's a slight movement, just follow him and you'll be ok.

When the chopper arrives, you'll see it land. Give it a few seconds as troops will exit the chopper and provide cover fire. Pick up McMillian and walk like hell as you can't run while carrying a fellow member. However, while you're carrying him to the chopper, I do not think you can die as I was shot a million times and still lived and made it to the chopper.
 
I would disagree with OP on this one. I thought this was one of the most fun and challenging misions of the game. :D
 
This level is driving me nuts on Hardened. Thanks for the strategies guys. Now I have some new things to try.

 
I played the game on Veteran no crosshair and this stage was crazy hard.

I ended up surviving by camping in the bumper car area and some luck.
 
discochan said:
I played the game on Veteran no crosshair and this stage was crazy hard.

I ended up surviving by camping in the bumper car area and some luck.
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Thats actually what I ended up doing to beat it. Well I was on the other side of the bumper car building. I would snipe them as they got on the ferris wheel or tried to come around just on the other side of the bumper car building. Then I made a run for it when the helo landed.
 
I set claymores behind me, and basically ran through all the way to the far right, using nades to clear a path. took me 5-6 tries, trying different things.
 
After not touching the SP for like a month, I was able to get this mission a week or so ago on Veteran... a lot quicker than I expected too. I tried to do it conventionally a few times, and got raped every time. Then, I tried a new strategy. If you run up by the hotels where the guys come from, you can hide behind them. It allows you to pick off guys as they run in. Also, when guy start shooting at you, it is a very limited area that they can shoot from, so you can always see exactly where fire is coming from and who to take out. I just hid back there and was able to beat it on the first go.
 
After almost uninstalling the game over this crap, I figured out how to cheese it. You can camp their spawn point behind that building with the pillars. They wont spawn there if you do that, and you can shoot them as they turn the corner towards you.

When the chopper comes you can just throw flashbangs while sprinting to grab your buddy and get out.
 
That mission and the mission in the missile bunker drove me fucking nuts on Veteran..I had to cheat to win...

but I still LOVE the AC-130U mission...

Between this game and Bioshock, those are my two favs for game of the year when it comes to FPS's
 
GT98 said:
That mission and the mission in the missile bunker drove me fucking nuts on Veteran..I had to cheat to win...

but I still LOVE the AC-130U mission...

Between this game and Bioshock, those are my two favs for game of the year when it comes to FPS's
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The missle silo didn't see so bad.

However, Mile High Club... someone tell me how the fuck its even possible? It's hard enough as it is on Vet, and they drop your time down to a minute! I don't think I can do that...
 
This mission took me forever but it was actually pretty easy once I found a nice strat. Just put your claymores and c4 in front of and on the side of that bumper car area (on the other side of the ferris wheel from the other dude) and start picking them off from behind the bumper car area. Once they start coming near you, pick em off with your AK or whatever and you claymores and just alternate between sniping and killing the ones that come to you. And remember to throw lots of nades and watch out for those dogs although I think I only got 1 or 2 come to me here. I only did this on hardened though, haven't went through on vet yet
 
What viper said. I got to the point where I was just picking up guns and face stabbing people so I wouldnt "waste" time to reload. I still didnt get close to the VIP after 2 hours, eh.

For that other mission, just ducked in the building next to the wheel. It was kinda cool to redux a stalker moment or two.

-dave
 
This mission wasn't the hard one, the one after it is even gayer.

Basically, they should rename the game Serious Sam because of the absolutely pants-on-head retarded number of enemies you slaughter in the course of the game. It's gotta be in excess of 500 nameless, mindless AI soldiers by the end.
 
Mr. Stryker said:
I don't know what the fuck everyone's complaining about. I completed that mission in the first try on Normal difficulty. Holy shit, there's 100 enemies coming, well, pick up an AK from a dead body and kill them all with cover, of course. Quit being pansies and finish the job! :rolleyes:
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"Quit being pansies," says the guy who played through on the second-easiest difficulty.
 
I've passed this on vetran and it's easy. When the mission starts, set C4 around the map, especially close to the fence around the apartments to the east. Then simply run into the apartments and hide in the corner that is provided. Set a few claymores on the road ahead of you for the 1-2 enemies that will appear.

Now just sit there for about 8 minutes, the enemies will know where you are and even throw nades at you (that won't hurt you) but never actually walk to where you are (except one or two that come from the north). Get your pistol out to kill the one or two guys that will find you. Wait for the chopper to land and for Griggs & Co. to kill some of the enemies.

Take out the C4 trigger and run out and detonate all the C4s you laid earlier killing most enemies congregating ni the main area. Grab Capt. Macmillan and high-tail it back to the chopper.
 
completed on veteran without going near buildings.

Lay claymores in front of you and to your immediate right while inside the farris wheel base. Get inside the box of the farris wheel. Use your sniper rifle in conjunction with your pistol and other weapon. With your AK or whatever you have use it specifically on the building to the right of the farris whell, while obviously using the sniper rifle towards the buildings in back.

Grenades to your left, wait till there are more than just one person over that way or else you'll waste them.

I dunno it was insane and took me over 10 tries but once I did that it actually wasent too bad.
 
all i did was camp in the bottom faris wheel basket and snipe the all. you have to use the claymores and the c4 and watch to the right of the map. they guys also go behind the middle building and come out by the bumper cars.
 
jackbauer said:
all i did was camp in the bottom faris wheel basket and snipe the all. you have to use the claymores and the c4 and watch to the right of the map. they guys also go behind the middle building and come out by the bumper cars.
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But you're also Jack Bauer, you can take out swarms of enemies with just a pistol if you needed to.

edit - And probably say "damnit!" at lot in the process.
 
that is very true. all i need is a 9mm, one clip, and a 6' length of chain and i can take out a whole army
 
I just camped right at this spot behind bumper cars, used lean to shoot, not a single bullet could hit me even on vet difficulty, only had to dodge a few occasional grenades.

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Viper87227 said:
The missle silo didn't see so bad.

However, Mile High Club... someone tell me how the fuck its even possible? It's hard enough as it is on Vet, and they drop your time down to a minute! I don't think I can do that...
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Took me about 3 hours of trying to finally get it. I have done it a few times now. Basically it takes luck and some strat. Look on youtube for videos on how others have done.

I knife the first guy. Hang a left and headshot him then immediately flash the room. Kill guy on right since teammates usually don't. Switch to pistol kill two guys in door way and flash next room and rush and lay down in from of wooden bar. I reload both pistol and mp here and get to the stairs with about 30 secs left. Flash room and kill while rushing to middle room and hose that room. Flash next room kill guy in back left and as many as you can. Grab extra flashes on the shelf there and toss another. Rush to the end with enough bullets to toast 2-3 guys on the last leg. I get there with about 5 seconds left.

My way but I've seen several others. Just remember that it takes a lot of luck all there is to it. GL!
 
I think it is really stupid that men have radar to find you.

I hide and they toss grenades at me.
 
While i didnt find that mission really hard i was more pissed off that it was so lame and not creative at all, just an endless amount of enemies that just keept coming no matter what..
 
I must be the only one who beat it first time. That mission was easy as hell... :eek:
 
i treid a bunch of times, but took me to hide by the bumper cars to beat it. prior to that i tried every tactic i could think of. i placed claymores right at the edge of the pool building and by the fences and used the c4 and nades and shot the hell out of them and they kept coming, or the damn dog would get me. since i dont have the melee on my mouse, not enough buttons. i camped by my teamate , the ferris wheel and they would get behind me in groups. i dropped the pistolf for a AK but did not help much. ive ran up and tossed nades into the group of enemies, picked up a rpg and shot 2 of the choppers down. but when i went to the bumper cars they only killed me once, they get stupid there, and you get a great field of fire. though they did toss a lot of nades. i spent half my time behind a bumper car, and the other half running between the bumper cars or behind the ride itself where the other guy posted. but i got shot a lot. The dogs were on of the hardest things at when id go to shoot the dog id get hit and throw my aim off and bam fido eats me.
 
zerg rushes shouldnt happen outside of starcraft. :(

this mission killed the fun of the game, i shouldnt have to half-exploit it to beat it.
 
Mortuus said:
While i didnt find that mission really hard i was more pissed off that it was so lame and not creative at all, just an endless amount of enemies that just keept coming no matter what..
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That's how several of the missions felt. It's a clear case of Serious Sam syndrome.
 
remember that some missions have the endless supply of enemies like this one otherwise it would be pointless.

Most other urban combat missions have a limited supply at certain points. There are just alot of them. Once you move forward they start up again.

I resorted to the bumper cars corner "exploit" myself.
 
It took me a while in the hardest difficulty. Like an hour of non-fun action. Solution: Just crouch behind the bumper cars building next to the ferris wheel.
 
blendingnoise said:
If you think this part is hard wait till you have to run down a hill for your evac calling air strikes and all with a timer. That mission made me walk away from the game for a couple of days.
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Yeah, but alot of fun, it actually gets yo into the spirit of the game, you actually get some anxiety and aggresively attack....it's one of the more fun levels I encountered, I also played at the next to highest difficulty level...I might try the hardest, I don't know...might be more stress than fun...;)
 
TheRapture said:
Yeah, but alot of fun, it actually gets yo into the spirit of the game, you actually get some anxiety and aggresively attack....it's one of the more fun levels I encountered, I also played at the next to highest difficulty level...I might try the hardest, I don't know...might be more stress than fun...;)
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It's more stress than fun.

If you plan to try playing the game on 'Veteran' you should take all the fun you've had playing on any difficulty level before, wad it up into a ball, and flush it down the toilet.

Veteran absolutely sucks the fun out of the game. The only reason I do it is because a buddy of mine and I got into this "misery loves company" mindset and so now we play all the FPS's on the hardest difficulty first. Neither one of us can beat CoD3 on Vet though, I don't even have the patience or time to beat one level on Vet. It's even more ridiculous than 4 is.


rasper said:
I must be the only one who beat it first time. That mission was easy as hell... :eek:
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On Veteran? ;)
 
Why is it that it's not required to defend the other sniper who is wounded and can not move on his own?

The other sniper is god because he can't be killed !!!!

It would have been better if the survival of the other sniper was a requirement for success since it's required that you carry him to helicopter. I'm assuming they don't want his corpse carried.
 
This was one of my fav parts of the game, make sure you plant your claymores is good random places so you dont get flanked sitting near your buddy makes it easy it's a good sniping spot. I find it helps to get another gun besides ur rifle so stealing something from one of the guys u kill helps when the guys group up. *shrug* Guessing you beat it by now but just thought I'd add my 2 cents. Love this game
 
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