Level 5: Assault on the Control Room
P = has pictures, M = has one or more movies
Highlights
- Bridge descent guide - Get off the bridge all sorts of ways PM
- Seven extra Marines and a hog - Yes, you heard me; seven extra bozos! PM
- Mob battle in the first snowfield - Fantastic early battling in the snow.
- Stealing the platform Banshee - Get airborne early on. PM
- Cavern megabattle - Struggle over the underground bridge like never before. PM
- Elite fireworks - Send Elites shooting up like fireworks. Hilarious! PM
- Grunt fireworks - Give some grunty troopers an aerial jaunt. P
- Massed enemy fun - Tackle a big mob in various fun-filled ways.
- Spiral path megabattle - Fantastic battling against a flood of covies. PM
- Twin bridges megabattle - The biggest ding-dong in the whole darned game. PM
General fun
- Exploring the landing zone - A closer look at the arrival area.
- Grenade crazy Grunts - Non-stop throwing from critters up high. PM
- Caution: broken glass - Mischief and vandalism combined.
- Gold Elite challenge - Get chased by a nasty fellow with a sword.
- Descent trick at the first bridge - It's a long way down but you can make it! PM
- Rearranging the furniture - Move stuff around so the level plays differently.
- Inside raised Elite housings - Have fun from up in a few novel places.
- An extra Warthog - Want more wheels? P
- Marine-retaining Warthog - No more wandering passengers. P
- Two or three extra Marines and a hog - Get more help and an extra set of wheels. PM
- Johnson's hidden all-clear speech - Secret dialogue uncovered! M
- Marineless first snow battle - The first ground battle minus Marines. P
- Pelican Marines reprieve - Get some or all of the Pelican Marines.
- New toys in the first snow battle - Arrange some handy vehicles to use.
- Bellyflop marathon - Give a Grunt some hilarious enforced exercise.
- Playing 'Shark' at the first bridge - Comical sport with a Banshee.
- Warthog on the Shade plateau - Get a hog up high.
- Ghostly fun - Move some early enemy Ghosts for novel play.
- Fun with a stolen Banshee - Sometimes stealing is a good thing.
- Warthog joyriding - High-speed chaos in a hog. Floor it! PM
- Stunt driving off a Wraith - Launch your hog off a Wraith in various ways.
- Unseen intruder - Cloaked entry at the cavern.
- Mad Banshee in the cavern - Weird Banshee behaviour.
- Grunty fun with Shades - Move Shades around for some fun.
- Scorpion attack from behind - Novel combat with a tank.
- Right behind you - Follow an unsuspecting grunty critter a long way. PM
- Crazy-firing Grunts - These guys really like to shoot. PM
- Crazy-firing Elites - Wraiths and plasma rifles getting mighty toasty. PM
- Tunnel stealth challenge - Take out Grunts and Elites the quiet way.
- Sneaky dropship Ghost elimination - Clearing a few threats from distance.
- Teleporting in a Ghost - Go for a novel ride into covie ranks.
- Who stole my Wraith? - Moving somebody's shiny toy.
- Cloaked Elite chase - Live dangerously with a cloaked pursuer.
- Shooting gallery - Wreak havoc on an inviting line of sitting ducks.
- Banshee bouncing off a dropship - Have fun with some bouncy dynamics.
- Cloaked fun after the underpass - Evil deeds with active camouflage.
- Jackal surprise - Give a pair of Jackals a nasty shock or two.
- Grunty corridor fun - Play about with Grunts and Jackals in a corridor.
- Seventh room - Get the most out of the level's best room.
- Going up the spine - Just don't fall off!
- Prolonged grunty panic - Give a fin-backed fool the heebie-jeebies.
- Behind the door - Things to do when that big door raises.
- Banshee fun in the final area - Novel tactics using a Banshee.
- Hunter leading - Ideas for toying with the spiky fellows.
Minor fun
- Getting inside a rock - Use a Shade to get inside a rock.
- Grunt inside a Scorpion - Give a Grunt a steel overcoat.
- Running with Elites - Pick up a new jogging partner!
- Trapped Banshee - Get a Banshee pilot trapped.
- Spookiness in the lift - Failed attempt at raising a Ghost.