I?m holding my hands up here, I?ve never kept a blog before and to be perfectly honest, never showed a keen enough interest in doing so either, however, seeing such a thing in practice on the forum has spurred me on a little, so with that in mind I decided to register an interest.
So, purely in the interests of brevity, if you?re here and curious about my varied gaming habits/ramblings/excuses, then you will find out a couple things about me (unless you?ve experienced my constant besmirching of the English language on Xbox Live already!)
Okay, so with that extremely brief introduction out of the way, I?ll move onto the first of my ramblings?
The First - ?I can?t help it! I?m obsessive compulsive! Yee hawww! 1,2,3,4!?
Rich Texan from The Simpsons
If your anything like me, there are gaming moments where you find yourself transfixed on getting the better of the game, nothing else matters until you?ve beaten a particular section/boss etc. This weekend (well technically, just before), I must?ve spent the best part of Thursday and Friday evening attempting to beat the bonus Mile High mission on Call of Duty 4 on Veteran difficulty.
It simply wasn?t something I could walk away from, I had to do it, I didn?t want to be the nearly bloke. It?s without a doubt the hardest mission in the game, if only because of the strict time-limit imposed.
After much hypothetical blood, sweat and tears, I?d finally managed to crack it a second time. I say second because the first time I got to the VIP and I completely screwed up the shot. After another hour?s worth of attempts, I waited for a clear shot and finished off the mission with much satisfaction ? and relief.
Nailing this does depend on a bit of luck for some of this mission (owing mainly to whether the enemy AI will respond to your flash bang, since they have been known to shield themselves miraculously, whilst pumping bullets into you!) and remembering where the enemies are spawning.
The key to beating the first half of this mission is letting your team move on up ahead and doing a lot of the leg-work for you, particularly on the room with the stairs, which you can actually get through without firing a bullet!
Okay, so this isn?t a deliberate attempt at padding the first post with a rough guide, and you could stick Mile High COD4 in YouTube and get a video run-through, but for those not interested in how it was done after the seemingly, millionth time, please look away now.
Starting Point
Run towards the toilet; slash the throat of the unsuspecting terrorist (you can avoid him and go straight down, but it?s a 50/50 chance whether your team are alert enough to take him down). Go down the right-hand side and take down the terrorist here, then lob a flash bang towards the back of the room and crouch down by the set of seats directly in front of you. There may be one or two stumbling around, but they?re easily dealt with. Reload and grab another gun. By this point, your team should?ve cleared the whole room out, although the terrorist on the left side behind the panel might be crouched down, so shoot him and nick his shotgun.
Second Room
If you?ve got about 35-40 seconds on the clock, your doing alright. With the shotgun in your possession crouch behind the seats in-front of you on the left side and toss a flash-bang down the parting between the seats towards the throng of terrorists, soon as it goes off run to the wooden palette on the left-side and lie flat next to it, your team should move up and clear the room quickly.
Stairs/Third Room
Run towards the stairs, run up the first flight and toss a flash bang on the left side (your left as you go up the first set of stairs). Then move on up via the other side, your team should be ahead of you at this point, so switch to your shotgun and shoot the middle wooden parting to ensure that there isn?t an enemy lurking behind there and run into the next room.
Fourth Room/Corridor
If you?ve got this far and things have gone well, there shouldn?t be any enemies in the immediate area where the flash bangs are located, so get ready for a stun, run n? gun on our final push to the VIP. Grab the flash bangs and toss one into the room, there are normally about five or six enemies here and one particular culprit standing in the left corner, but once the flash bang has been tossed and gone off, arm your shotgun for anyone stupid enough to get in your way and run like the wind, immediately toss another towards the back of the corridor, which hopefully should stun the two terrorists lurking round the corner (and possibly yourself, partially). Run towards the double-doors and they?ll pop open with the terrorist holding the VIP hostage.
Final Shot
If you made it to this point, the adrenalin is (probably) pumping and you?ve nearly done it! You?ve got three seconds to do this part, but it?s all moving in slow motion, so you?ve actually got a little more time to compose yourself than you think have. Keep your gun poised just to the left head-side, because at around the two-second mark, the terrorist will leave a headshot opening for you. Drop him, then all you need to do then is wait for your teammate to wander up, plant the C4 on the door, move away and let him blow it up and then jump out the plane.
This was how I done it after a ridiculous amount of attempts. Stun n? Run FTW!!!
So, would I have bothered to put myself through this if there wasn?t an achievement attached to it? Honest answer; probably not. I?m not an achievement whore as such, since I don?t get enjoyment from playing any old **** for points. I do, however, enjoy the bite-size, fun, challenging achievements, such as Mile High for example. If it?s a game I?m really enjoying then often, I?ll play through it and try to rinse as much as I can out of it.
Unless of course, it?s the Streets of Rage 2 800,000 point achievement, which I did give up on, since I couldn?t be arsed to play it through from the beginning again.
Oh well.
So, purely in the interests of brevity, if you?re here and curious about my varied gaming habits/ramblings/excuses, then you will find out a couple things about me (unless you?ve experienced my constant besmirching of the English language on Xbox Live already!)
- I have a low-threshold for gaming frustration.
- I can talk twaddle lots/some/all (delete as appropriate) of the time, so please bear with me when the blog is seemingly headed for randomville.
Okay, so with that extremely brief introduction out of the way, I?ll move onto the first of my ramblings?
The First - ?I can?t help it! I?m obsessive compulsive! Yee hawww! 1,2,3,4!?
Rich Texan from The Simpsons
If your anything like me, there are gaming moments where you find yourself transfixed on getting the better of the game, nothing else matters until you?ve beaten a particular section/boss etc. This weekend (well technically, just before), I must?ve spent the best part of Thursday and Friday evening attempting to beat the bonus Mile High mission on Call of Duty 4 on Veteran difficulty.
It simply wasn?t something I could walk away from, I had to do it, I didn?t want to be the nearly bloke. It?s without a doubt the hardest mission in the game, if only because of the strict time-limit imposed.
After much hypothetical blood, sweat and tears, I?d finally managed to crack it a second time. I say second because the first time I got to the VIP and I completely screwed up the shot. After another hour?s worth of attempts, I waited for a clear shot and finished off the mission with much satisfaction ? and relief.
Nailing this does depend on a bit of luck for some of this mission (owing mainly to whether the enemy AI will respond to your flash bang, since they have been known to shield themselves miraculously, whilst pumping bullets into you!) and remembering where the enemies are spawning.
The key to beating the first half of this mission is letting your team move on up ahead and doing a lot of the leg-work for you, particularly on the room with the stairs, which you can actually get through without firing a bullet!
Okay, so this isn?t a deliberate attempt at padding the first post with a rough guide, and you could stick Mile High COD4 in YouTube and get a video run-through, but for those not interested in how it was done after the seemingly, millionth time, please look away now.
Starting Point
Run towards the toilet; slash the throat of the unsuspecting terrorist (you can avoid him and go straight down, but it?s a 50/50 chance whether your team are alert enough to take him down). Go down the right-hand side and take down the terrorist here, then lob a flash bang towards the back of the room and crouch down by the set of seats directly in front of you. There may be one or two stumbling around, but they?re easily dealt with. Reload and grab another gun. By this point, your team should?ve cleared the whole room out, although the terrorist on the left side behind the panel might be crouched down, so shoot him and nick his shotgun.
Second Room
If you?ve got about 35-40 seconds on the clock, your doing alright. With the shotgun in your possession crouch behind the seats in-front of you on the left side and toss a flash-bang down the parting between the seats towards the throng of terrorists, soon as it goes off run to the wooden palette on the left-side and lie flat next to it, your team should move up and clear the room quickly.
Stairs/Third Room
Run towards the stairs, run up the first flight and toss a flash bang on the left side (your left as you go up the first set of stairs). Then move on up via the other side, your team should be ahead of you at this point, so switch to your shotgun and shoot the middle wooden parting to ensure that there isn?t an enemy lurking behind there and run into the next room.
Fourth Room/Corridor
If you?ve got this far and things have gone well, there shouldn?t be any enemies in the immediate area where the flash bangs are located, so get ready for a stun, run n? gun on our final push to the VIP. Grab the flash bangs and toss one into the room, there are normally about five or six enemies here and one particular culprit standing in the left corner, but once the flash bang has been tossed and gone off, arm your shotgun for anyone stupid enough to get in your way and run like the wind, immediately toss another towards the back of the corridor, which hopefully should stun the two terrorists lurking round the corner (and possibly yourself, partially). Run towards the double-doors and they?ll pop open with the terrorist holding the VIP hostage.
Final Shot
If you made it to this point, the adrenalin is (probably) pumping and you?ve nearly done it! You?ve got three seconds to do this part, but it?s all moving in slow motion, so you?ve actually got a little more time to compose yourself than you think have. Keep your gun poised just to the left head-side, because at around the two-second mark, the terrorist will leave a headshot opening for you. Drop him, then all you need to do then is wait for your teammate to wander up, plant the C4 on the door, move away and let him blow it up and then jump out the plane.
This was how I done it after a ridiculous amount of attempts. Stun n? Run FTW!!!
So, would I have bothered to put myself through this if there wasn?t an achievement attached to it? Honest answer; probably not. I?m not an achievement whore as such, since I don?t get enjoyment from playing any old **** for points. I do, however, enjoy the bite-size, fun, challenging achievements, such as Mile High for example. If it?s a game I?m really enjoying then often, I?ll play through it and try to rinse as much as I can out of it.
Unless of course, it?s the Streets of Rage 2 800,000 point achievement, which I did give up on, since I couldn?t be arsed to play it through from the beginning again.
Oh well.
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