Hey mister fuel rod Grunt, say hello to my sniper rifle!

(6:42) Level 8 ('Two Betrayals') on Normal. Yet another two plays of that pyramid megabattle save. The first sees a return to the spine with some sniping and rocket work, then in the second I go in hard with needler & shotty, initially near a tree on the left.

Released April 3rd 2025, gameplay recorded April 2nd-3rd 2025.

00:02 (Play 1 - Spine base start) I was way up on the spine top at the start of the last movie. Here I again use the spine, but relatively near the bottom, keeping far enough back that most of the ground troops won't fire at me. I do have to watch out for the gold though, whose fire-hose plasma rifle could kill me in seconds. Happily I take him out with a rocket with only a few health bars lost. A fuel rod Grunt gets a sniper round right afterwards, before I head up to the forecourt for some enjoyable sniping and rocketing of the bridge troops.

03:13 (Play 2 - Tree attack) Armed with needler & shotty, I attack over by the tree on the left, where an Elite is already lurking. Others are drawn my way but don't fare too well, and soon I'm able to advance, to attack covies heading in from the other side.

Some while later after dealing with the bridge, it's time to get back to the Wraith. Originally I'd been planning to destroy it, which is why I'd tagged it three times earlier. But it looks to be in difficulty trying to get free, so I instead take the opportunity to eject the Wraith pilot with a shunt from behind. That's something I wanted to include in this ongoing sequence of plays. After killing him (and almost myself too), I close with a hunt for the red Elite who dived off the bridge earlier. And as expected, he's in the pit.

Closing remarks Next movie: a final pair of plays for this excellent save.

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