Official GR:AW Gameplay Thread

Sagalout · 12 Mar 2006 at 20:11

has anyone actually been hit by that helicopter? I had it chasing me all round the castle, with bullets hitting all around me like an episode of the A-Team with none actually hitting me.

davewhite04 · 12 Mar 2006 at 20:33

Sagalout said:
has anyone actually been hit by that helicopter? I had it chasing me all round the castle, with bullets hitting all around me like an episode of the A-Team with none actually hitting me.

lol, I didn't die and I ran all over the place like a mad man before I discovered the exit!

Ol!ver · 12 Mar 2006 at 21:40

Swinehog said:
after you blown up the 3 vehicles and head towards the castle and up the slope on the castle there is a ammo replenish which takes your health back up one level near the top towards the back.

Where exactly?

davewhite04 · 12 Mar 2006 at 21:48

Ol!ver said:
Where exactly?

There's an alchove about two of maybe three ramps up, there should be an indicator on you map showing a icon for "ammo".

Boogle · 12 Mar 2006 at 21:50

Completed it on normal, damn good game tbh

The last few missions where you set up your team just right is amazing, the enemy getting a barrage of bullets from two sides is just too much fun for words

/points at helicopter 'take it out'. BOOM.

I think there is just one big tip (other than using your support wisely), and that is to never, ever, ever pick up a sniper rifle. I was using a G36 for almost an entire mission because I 'needed' the sniper rifle for about 3 kills (if that).

turtle3 · 12 Mar 2006 at 22:06

had my first go tonight and impressed by the gameplay and visuals but is it only me who finds it way too slow movement wise? To turn your field of view left to right 180, takes an absolute age. by the time you turn around to shoot the guy behind you he has time for a cup of tea and a fag,lol,

Maybe because ive been playing bf2 on pc a lot lately and a 180 turn on that is instantanious, you could spin round about 20 times before the ghost recon bloke turns once, I just hope I can get used to it

Boogle · 12 Mar 2006 at 22:15

turtle3 said:
had my first go tonight and impressed by the gameplay and visuals but is it only me who finds it way too slow movement wise? To turn your field of view left to right 180, takes an absolute age. by the time you turn around to shoot the guy behind you he has time for a cup of tea and a fag,lol,

If you need to do a quick 180 your tactics are wrong

The enemy should only be in front of you, and you should only fire from cover

One mission had NO cover at one point tho, so it was firing from prone through the scope time :\

Edit: Sorry, at one point you will have enemies behind you, infront of you, and beside of you... at 3 different elevations. I found covering one angle myself, and my team covering the opposite angle worked best.

turtle3 · 12 Mar 2006 at 22:36

Boogle said:
If you need to do a quick 180 your tactics are wrong The enemy should only be in front of you, and you should only fire from cover

Yeah I only played an hour or so tonight to check it out and I was just larking about really just to see how the gameplay movement was, I kinda like to just go round shooting things as well as teammates on my first play to see what kind of interaction the game gives, liked the way the glass panes crash down when you shoot em

in fact I did like the game very much just seems way too slow to me

FeFiDoh · 12 Mar 2006 at 23:36

bodybag said:
Well Im on the mission where I have to take out the scrambling pods or whatever they are called...

Its very difficult, Im getting killed everytime!!!!!

I will try again later....The enemy soldiers see me for miles.........

If u aint done it heres some tips as this took me ages on hard!

NV On and equip pistol go forwards from the save point and over the path kneel towards the top take out the 1 guard at the top of the small hill near path and the one down in the ditch hiding by the tree. Run to the RIGHT and u can get in a spot where ull have a gap between a tree and the medi tent take out that guard and run to the back of the tent. 3 Remaining guards at 1st scramble thing will hide at other end but stupidly stick heads out pick the 3 of em off and go blow up the 1st APC thing. Then head half way down between the apc and the edge of the level and kneel, go forwards just over the path and smoke gren in front of u, use the sniper rifle and look towards the other apc ull pick up the other guards. Shoot them in the cover of ya own smoke

Watch for the guard on the guard tower and theres one on the floor around it. Pretty much it

Ol!ver · 12 Mar 2006 at 23:54

davewhite04 said:
There's an alchove about two of maybe three ramps up, there should be an indicator on you map showing a icon for "ammo".

Reckon this is a different level then, doesn't add up to where I am

McManicMan · 13 Mar 2006 at 08:54

R5Rich said:
If u aint done it heres some tips as this took me ages on hard!

NV On and equip pistol go forwards from the save point and over the path kneel towards the top take out the 1 guard at the top of the small hill near path and the one down in the ditch hiding by the tree. Run to the RIGHT and u can get in a spot where ull have a gap between a tree and the medi tent take out that guard and run to the back of the tent. 3 Remaining guards at 1st scramble thing will hide at other end but stupidly stick heads out pick the 3 of em off and go blow up the 1st APC thing. Then head half way down between the apc and the edge of the level and kneel, go forwards just over the path and smoke gren in front of u, use the sniper rifle and look towards the other apc ull pick up the other guards. Shoot them in the cover of ya own smoke Watch for the guard on the guard tower and theres one on the floor around it. Pretty much it

i did this level totally opposite, lol. From checkpoint i went left towards crashed helicopter, took outguard in tower and in flat position took out all surrounding guards, blow up 1st APC, then headed towards middle in flat position and took out center APC and guards then whilst still flat creep over to righthand APC (youy'll be comming from behind) and took out scramble scanner, then guards then blow last ACP.

I've not used a smoke grenade yet on any level and only a few grenades for a few stubbon guards or a group of them

Cuchulain · 13 Mar 2006 at 10:47

I must be getting old, I bought this game on Saturday and managed to keep selecting "Missions" instead of "New Game" and did the tutorial 6 times! When I finally got to the first mission, I sniped a couple of dudes then the intercom thingywhatsit said I had to abort the mission, looked on the tactical map and the waypoint (whatever it's called) seemed to be right in enemy territory, so I stood there wondering what I was supposed to be doing and 3 enemies poke their heads round the corner of the wall I was hiding behind and killed me

Is it just me that finds this game hard? I never got to grips with the first Ghost Recon either (always ended up getting killed within a couple of minutes of starting the game). Anyone have any tips?

Ol!ver · 13 Mar 2006 at 10:52

Ol!ver said:
Reckon this is a different level then, doesn't add up to where I am

Nevermind, it's further into the level. All done now

Balders · 13 Mar 2006 at 10:56

Tips would be:

Figure out how to use your team mates...send them ahead of you, don't try to play it as a one-man FPS....it's not

Secondly, take everything a bit slower than perhaps you already are...don't run around the side of a wall if you haven't already had a sneaky peek around it.

The AI is pretty sharp and a damn good shot, so make the best of cover (ie don't walk around in the open, always stick near to some form of cover).

Hope this helps!

McManicMan · 13 Mar 2006 at 12:38

I let my kid have ago at the weekend, 1st thing he did was run down the streets as if he was rambo, and promptly got shot. He couldn't figure out why he had to go from wall to wall as he is too used to run and gun type games, it was amusing to watch.

rug · 13 Mar 2006 at 17:33

I'm stuck on the outside destroyed embassy bit, got there with fairly low energy and keep getting taken out. What's the best approach for this?

McDaniel · 13 Mar 2006 at 17:37

rug said:
I'm stuck on the outside destroyed embassy bit, got there with fairly low energy and keep getting taken out. What's the best approach for this?

I ordered my boys to the small wall just infront of where u reach the VIP, then i laid down and covered just the left flank, as soon as the first APC came i just shot the Gunner by laying down you can see the tip off his head.

Just continued to cover, waited for 2nd APC and shot gunner. As soon as chopper arrive stood behind a wall and just highlighted enemeies and got chopper to clean up.

Was bloody hard though, cos 1 shot and i died!

FeFiDoh · 13 Mar 2006 at 17:53

i did the same with my men but i went to the small wall with fene on at the ftont right and hid behind that let my guys cover the front and i took out the right hand side as loads come that way. When 1st apc arrives i dart back to where my men are and take out the gunner and blow it up then stay their until chopper arrives

Balders · 14 Mar 2006 at 08:10

Typical, after trying that mission at least 10 times over the weekend, I did it first time last night!

Now have just got to the stage of being handed a anti-sniper rifle on the night mission...wish there were more hours in the day to play it!!

FeFiDoh · 14 Mar 2006 at 20:10

Just completed it on hard

took some effor that last effort so many attempts but last go flew thru it! dunno why i found it so hard b4 hand lol

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