BCM591 - Spiral path megabattle, rear attack x4 with lots of rocketing

Wholesale covie slaughter delivered with firm rockety justice. What's not to like?

(6:28) Level 5 ('Assault on the Control Room') on Heroic. Returning to the spiral path megabattle set-up I was last using (see movies 583 to 585), here are four rear attacks featuring lots of lovely rocketing. Haven't shown this battle plan before, but it's a lot of fun.

Released September 28th 2025, gameplay recorded September 25th-26th 2025.

Commentary

00:02 (Ghost; launcher & pistol) On this play I get a good drive-through with the Ghost, in which at least two Elites get splattered. That's unusual actually; most of the time none get splattered. After doing a fairly good job wiping out the rest of the covies in the pass however, I find that the Marines have been wiped out.

Note: my first frag throw, namely at 0:48 didn't come off. It was meant to bounce off the cliff wall, but apparently that bit of the wall wasn't steep enough. The frag settled there and went to waste.

01:36 (Banshee; launcher & sniper rifle) Now I use the Banshee to get back past the mob. My sniper rifle comes in handy for taking out the sword guy who comes straight for me once I'm on the ground. Then it's on with the rocketing, for the most part. Things get a bit hairy at one point when two Elites are raging my way, but I get them both with the rifle.

03:01 (Ghost; launcher & needler) I've got a needler as secondary this time, though it only comes into play once I've cleared most of pass mob. Early on in that main work there's a big chain reaction, spraying bodies into the air. Eventually I emerge from the pass, now having swapped the empty launcher for a plasma pistol, and try to come to the rescue of a lone Marine, but I'm just a touch late.

04:44 (Banshee; launcher & needler with camo) The main feature of this play is my cloaked grenade blitz from on top of the pass entrance rock, which fortunately is low enough to clamber up on. Thanks to the camo, I'm able to lob the grenades without coming under a storm of fire. Luxury!

Closing remarks Looks like I'm going to have a sequel to this, coming up next. The plan is do without rockets this time.