At each juncture the monitor will stop slightly ahead and wait for you to kill the Flood and catch up to him. Careful as you reach the 'windows' in the floor as you would fall to your death if you misstep here. Head to the right (notice the arrows on the floor go right) taking down Flood as you go. Once the monitor returns follow him through the now opened door. Turn around and get your shotgun ready, as you'll be fighting another mob of flood coming from the vents. But, no need to start yawning yet this won't be boring at all. Unfortunately, this means you're stuck here waiting.
This happens several times during this level so get used to it. When you get to the door in the center of this area the monitor informs you the security doors are locked an he will go access the override to open them. Follow the monitor to the right taking out Flood as you go. As you approach another mob of combat forms attack. Come back out and head through the portal into the center room.įollow the room around to the left to reach another portal heading out. Follow it up to the top (a fairly short distance actually) and pick up the Black Eye Skull. Once you're on the pillar jump into the right vent and turn on your flashlight. You'll want to face away from the opening we head through later and grenade jump onto the pillar closest to the two vents here. Once they are down (the music will stop) and you have the weapons and ammo you want head over to the two short pillars at the end and stand between them. Take out your shotgun and put it to good use. Grenade blasts make them explode after landing (slightly delayed) but the shotgun blast will cause them to explode on impact (much faster and more precise) so back up as you shoot to avoid the resulting explosion.Ī bit further up you'll run into a mob of the combat forms shooting at you. You can also preemptively 'blow' the bulbous forms by shooting them with a shotgun blast or hitting them with a grenade blast. They occasionally reanimate downed combat forms and if a single squid catches you while your shield is down it's 'lights out' so back away from them and shoot (I suggest the assault rifle for this). Their biggest threat is that explosion but careful not to underestimate the danger of the squids themselves. These 'pregnant' bulbous things walk up to you, lay down and explode with force releasing more squids.
You'll need to take out some squids and we are introduced to a new kind of flood. Follow him towards the other end of this first area. The monitor seems awfully pleased with himself and keeps forgetting you're even there as he continually says 'Oh! Hello!' throughout the level. You start off with a shotgun and the magnum both with very little ammo.