by Warrick on Thu Sep 02, 2004 16:59
Hey guys...registered because I've been reading the walkthrough after each area I clear to see if I have anything to add. I do. I don't know if this is the best place but it does have a big SPOILER warning on top so hope nobody take offence.
When fighting the first big boss (the spider thingy) the trick to winning that fight that I found wasn't mentioned in the walkthrough (or at least I didn't see it). Everything that she hurls at you is aimed at head height. By crouching you can duck it and avoid all damage. You still need to shoot her and avoid the close combat but it's a lot easier to live.
In hell where you have that room right before the supercharger backpack thingy (see below) and that dude with rockets for arms spawns after the gates go down. Well, I was somewhat low on ammo so I just ran past him to pick up the ammo first and the floor fell out and moved me on. Didn't even have to kill him. Oops.
When in hell and you can pick up the supercharger thing that allows you to kill everything with one punch, I ran around and spawned all the big baddies and punched the DeathKnight (?) first. It's a lot easier to shoot the imps after the fact.
When fighting Sarge there are two tricks I learned. First, use your assault rifle for the firt part. Shoot the BFG shots right away when they are still beside Sarge, they do lots of damage to him. After about 3 shots one of the side doors opens up. Go hide in there and keep the AR up. Once Sarge is out of view and going to drive in front of you pull out the rocket launcher and shoot him (they don't even have to be direct hits - I ended up killing him with splash damage off the pillars, I couldn't even see Sarge when he died). Switch back to the rifle if Sarge gets some distance on you because he'll BFG again.
Anyways, just thought I'd add that. Hope this helps someone.