BCM571 - Pyramid megabattle, another two plays
(6:56) Level 8 ('Two Betrayals') on Normal. Yet another two plays of that pyramid megabattle save. In the first I attack on the right, while in the second I have a shotty hold-out spot planned on the left!
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Released April 22nd 2025, gameplay recorded April 18th-19th 2025.
Commentary
00:02 (Play 1 - Attack on the right) After a brief bit of sniping from on top of a rock, I move in for some needling and so on, but the gold turns up and I back off. He's hurt though, and I get him with frags and pistol fire before resuming my work on the right. After that, the rest of the play is Banshee work.
03:44 (Play 2 - Shotty hold-out) Initially I clear the bridge, beginning with an amusing 'wing scythe' on a fuel rod Grunt suitably near the edge. To be honest though, such an attack is dangerous as the Banshee can easily end up with a plasma grenade stuck to it.
The main theme of the play is the shotty hold-out I get to around 5:05. Doing a hold-out at those rocks can be quite intense but this time it's more of an extended affair, with some of the usual covies only arriving fairly slowly. Around 5:32 I throw a frag to detonate a bunch of loose plasma I spotted, and the subsequent bang takes out an Elite. As for the gold who arrived as part of that wave, he gets a shotty blast from behind, which was fun.
Right at the end, there's a red Elite to take care of after rocketing the Wraith. Hadn't noticed him before. He was one of the path group 3 guys, I assume.
Closing remarks I think that'll do it for this set-up, for now at least. Not sure what the next movie's going to be.