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Alternate
Ending:
To get a different, longer ending movie, beat the game on "Legendary."
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Toro!
Toro!:
Don't back down from those huge mortar toting Hunters. Yes, they
are massive, and yes they are pretty darn hard to kill. But this
is what you do.Grab a few of those adhesive plasma grenades from
fallen foes. When a hunter charges you, run backwards facing the
brute and toss a few plasma grenades on the sucker. You need good
aim. The adhesive grenades will stick to the Hunter leaving no
way to remove them other than the inevitable explosion. BOOM!
Or... Hunters can be pretty damn annoying, but not to me. If you
can get a hunter you swing his shield at you, then when he's swinging,
strafe around to get behind him, and shoot him ONCE in that squishy
orange stuff in his back. If you hit him right, 1 shot will kill
him. 1 bullet, to kill a hunter. Easy stuff.
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Good
Pincushions:
When in possession of the alien Needler, you can do some devastating
damage. To maximize its effectiveness you should be a stone's
throw away from your target. Make sure as many needles hit your
assailant as possible. Since they explode shortly after impact,
you can cause an awesome chain reaction that is quite explosive
to the now charred enemy and anything else in close proximity
to your victim.
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Left
Wide Open:
If you're looking to to knock out the round shield wielded by
the mid-sized aliens, then grab one of their weapons and hold
the fire button down for a shot to charge. Now let it rip! It
will permanently disable the bastard's shield, leaving him completely
wide open.
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Pistol-Whip
It Good:
Never underestimate the power of a well-placed melee attack. Smacking
someone or something with the butt of your gun is great fun and
immensely effective. Enemies resistant to gunfire like the shield-wielding
Jackals are usually killed instantly when struck with the butt
of your gun!
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Bomb
Onboard:
Don't hesitate to stick a plasma grenade to any vehicle in the
game. Sabotage is great!
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Board
Them:
In the very beginning of the game when you are trying to escape
the Pillar of Autumn, you can find cloak devices and Overshields
(shields that double over your existing shield). When you locate
the area where the escape pods are, you should find a couple Covenant
boarding pods. This is how they have boarded your ship through
your empty escape pod airlocks. Within their boarding pods you
should find a few handy items.
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Best
Anti-Flood Weapon:
The combat shotgun is the best weapon when you fight the flood.
It'll take them dow in 1 or 2 shots. Forget the assault rifle
or the plasma weapons, the shotgun is the way to go.
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Flash
Flood:
When you encounter the race known as the Flood, turn your flashlight
on and point it at them. The large one will stop running and jumping
so that they are easier to shoot. But, if you raise your gun to
reload, turn away from them or take the light off of them in any
way, they will resume running around and try to kill you again.
Although the creatures infected by the flood stand still when
you point the flashlight at them, they may still shoot if they
have a gun, so kill them quickly.
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I See
You:
When on the last level, dont forget to stop by the armory and
pick up the supply of weaponry, it'll come in handy. When in the
armory there'll be some ivisible Flood trying to kill you. Shine
your flashlight around and you should be able to see them better.
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Overshields
Over There:
In the level "The Silent Cartographer" where you disable
the security systems, theres three overshields near a couple of
those purple barrel things. When you're about to enter the first
hallway into the security disabling room, before you even go in
the structure, turn left and there should be some purple container/barrel
things, with three overshields littered around them. Have fun!
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Banshees
& Shortcuts:
In the level where you charge the control room, the snow one,
you can hi-jack an enemy banshee. When your in the corridor and
it says "If I had a Super Weapon" in the bottom right
hand side, you can snipe down the covenant that will get into
the banshee. If you do snipe him down, make a break for the banshee
and hop in. Even if you don't get the Banshee, you can still skip
half the level by turning left as soon as you come out of the
door and falling off the bridge. The wall will break your fall,
so you don't get hurt, from there you can head up to the control
room and beat the level in no time.
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Get the
Drop on the Dropship:
When a drop ship unloads aliens, the next drop ship will hover
in the air. If you take your sniper rifle and zoom in on the sides
where the doors open, the targeting cursor will turn red. Fire
once or twice and the alien will plummet to the ground.
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Fireworks:
Through one plasma grenade in a wide open spot, then stick another
directly on top of it if you do this fast enough the first gernade
will launch the second and vuaola fireworks.
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Your
in My Seat:
When one of your computer controlled buddies is in a vehicle spot/seat
you want simply go over to that spot and press X. They will graciously
move.
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Infinite
Grenades:
To get infinite grenades, scorpion, and ghost in multiplayer-
Go to the multiplayer screen: go to edit game types: In that menu
you will have the option to make up your own game type.
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Lost
in Space:
In the first part of the game when escaping from the ship when
you reach the first escape pod area the first pod will leave.
After it has left you can jump though the window with the duck
jump ability. Then you will be stuck in space and you can't do
a thing.
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Leaving
So Soon:
On the 5th level (Assault on the control room) as soon as you
are droped out of the Pelican(dropship) press X and then you will
take back off in the pelican.
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Quick!
Duck!:
When going againts a ghost in a level, they can crush you and
then you are dead, but if you press your duck button when they
come at you they will go right over your head.
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Stay
on Target:
When using the plasma pistol, you can charge it and it will steer
slightly to seek out targets almost like the needler.
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A Little
is More Than Nothing:
In the maw, when there is the cutscene at the bridge of the pillar
of autumn, press A to skip the cutscene. Doing this will keep
a piece of glass to shield you, because in the cutscene, it is
destroyed.
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When
Warthogs Fly!:
Park a warthog in any open space near a cache of grenades. Stand
way back and shoot the explosives with anythng to detonate them
and enjoy.
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Where
Do You Think You're Going:
Here is a trick that is so easy but no one thinks about it. Put
a vehicle over a teleporter receiver. This is especially useful
in capture the flag mode.
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Eternal
Slumber
If you walk into a room and you notice that the Aliens are sleeping
do not shoot at them!!! Instead go into 'sneak mode.' In this
mode, pistol whipping a sleeping enemy will kill them instantly
without waking their friends!
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Get a
Banshee Early:
In the Assault on the Control Room level, get a rocket launcher
and a sniper rifle from the area near the flipped Warthog where
your men are fighting. Once you get to the Scorpion Tank, take
it through the cave. After the cave there will be a small hill.
Destroy the Wraith Tank from the top of the hill, and destroy
any enemies you can without leaving the hill. Next, get out of
the tank and turn around to your right. From here, if you look
up you should see a platform with a blinking light. Also: if you
pass the little pond where the wraith tank was, an elite guard
will jump in your Banshee, and it'll be lost. If you get on top
of the platform, use a sniper rifle to aim directely at the banshee
through the hanger. Take a rocket launcher without moving the
controls and shoot the rocket, which should flip the banshee.
When you know its flipped run to it. Now go to the hangar, kill
the elite, and claim your Banshee!
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