COD2 - Noooooo!! (silo level)

[IceBus]

Well, I finally cleared the last of the German houses, and was doing fine on top of the silo. Next thing, it says Checkpoint reached, and a mortar lands right next to me... I've got 3 seconds to get off the tower before it explodes and can't do that thanks to the soldier on the ladder... So now I'm going to have to replay this horrible horrible mission from the very beginning on veteran

I hate the quicksave system

 

[Manlove is my forte]

Well, I finally cleared the last of the German houses, and was doing fine on top of the silo. Next thing, it says Checkpoint reached, and a mortar lands right next to me... I've got 3 seconds to get off the tower before it explodes and can't do that thanks to the soldier on the ladder... So now I'm going to have to replay this horrible horrible mission from the very beginning on veteran

I hate the quicksave system

Can you not let go of the ladder, fall past the soldier and then grab the ladder before breaking every bone on the ground blow?

I am assuming that you have cleared all the mortar teams and this is the one remaining mortar caught mid-air.

If you are only half way through the level then I feel your pain.

 

[IceBus]

Can you not let go of the ladder, fall past the soldier and then grab the ladder before breaking every bone on the ground blow?

I am assuming that you have cleared all the mortar teams and this is the one remaining mortar caught mid-air.

If you are only half way through the level then I feel your pain.

I'm at the point when it says 'Reinforcements in 1:49...' and the mortar was launched right before I killed the team. I've only got 3 seconds and one of the other soldiers is sitting at the top of the ladder, so I can't get past him before the mortar goes off

 

[Manlove is my forte]

I'm at the point when it says 'Reinforcements in 1:49...' and the mortar was launched right before I killed the team. I've only got 3 seconds and one of the other soldiers is sitting at the top of the ladder, so I can't get past him before the mortar goes off

Life sucks.

I had a few dodgy saves like that, but the mortar one was 3 sec before they launched 3 at me (and I had 4 bullets in the clip). I soon figured out the best way to handle that problem.

The worst was on the last level I had a checkpoint right at the end with 3 enemy soldiers right behind me. I had to do a fast 180 spin and empty my clip into all of them to stop them shooting then shoot them individually to kill them off.

 

[The Mad One]

I had one of these too on the last level I decided to sit on the big cannon in the square where it checked pointed then 2 seconds later a tank came round the corner and blew it up. So i had 2 seconds to run from and tank and avoid the splash damage from the exploding cannon, i did it just by running straight at the tank unfortunatly there was a nice group of nazis behind it to greet me.

 

[suarve]

I had more trouble with the last levels in d-day and hill 400 (now that is hard on veteran) tbh. I have heard a lot of people say this level is hard on vet. but tbh i really didn't find it too hard - and i'm no god at this game definately. I decided the snipe everything to death, especially the mg42 gunners in the windows and throw loads of grenades in the latter houses (lots of extra grenades to pick up from killed nmys and you get another sniper rifle on top of the silo).

I wouldn't recommend following a guide as it spoils some of the best moments of the game (if played on vet of course), but if you're becoming especially angry at being killed in the same place over and over, this is one of the best guides i have seen.

As for the dodgey saves, i think everyone can empathise with you there. Will never forget "the battle for pointe du hoc" from the d-day missions. After about 3 hours of playing that level on vet i managed to get most of the way back across the field, was feeling pretty pleased with myself thinking this mission has to end soon and got ambushed. Yep, you guiessed it, just before i die autosave flashes up. I gave up on doing that level on vet, playing it on Hardened instead and cleared it in half the time.

On a side note, i have just spilled a pint of cranberry juice all over myself

 

[suarve]

I had one of these too on the last level I decided to sit on the big cannon in the square where it checked pointed then 2 seconds later a tank came round the corner and blew it up. So i had 2 seconds to run from and tank and avoid the splash damage from the exploding cannon, i did it just by running straight at the tank unfortunatly there was a nice group of nazis behind it to greet me.

There you can destroy the 2 tiger tanks without moving from the same spot. If you imagine the house where you enter the square, go to the top top level hand side corner (lots of rubble there) and wait (lying down). Both tanks will simply pass you by, allowing you to plant the bombs very very easily. Of course you have the supress the 1st atatck wave wave and a few nmy soliders coming from the north too. Saying that, i really did enjoy playing the last level.