Grunts versus Flood
Posted January 7th 2007
Here's some innocent fun for Grunt fans. As you start the level, go straight ahead and kill the Flood form chasing the Grunt, then go left and stand near the active camouflage, waiting for a checkpoint. When it comes, get cloaked and head along to the four grunty fools around the corner. They should be standing around, not yet noticed by the Flood down the corridor. Usually they'll start firing at a few spores, which then attracts the main Flood; but you can also get things going by lobbing a grenade down the corridor or firing a few shots into the air. Enjoy watching them fight the Flood. Revert for another round. Repeat as desired.
High comedy
The fighting can be quite hilarious. One of the funniest things is seeing Grunts get blasted by a shotgun. Blam! They also get nibbled a lot by spores. But often the Grunts come out on top and you hear amusing lines. You'll probably hear "We are the champions", and I also heard another rare line (in fact I'd never heard it before), "Who's next?". On Heroic I heard "Yeah, nice job guys, cold fusion on me!", which I think was another one I'd never heard before.
The Grunts do a lot of diving about to avoid their own grenades, which they throw at anything that moves, including spores. In one particularly amusing incident, a Grunt threw a grenade which tagged an incoming spore and exploded beneath the Grunt a few moments later, blowing him up through the hole in the ceiling never to be seen again. Neat trick!
Occasionally a Grunt may toddle up to the end of the corridor when things look clear; but he may regret it, in view of what might still be around the corner. One guy went up there and got blown sky high when a carrier form waddled out and settled down for a nice pop at point blank range. Boom!
All in all, I've had a whole lot of fun watching these four brothers Grunt, and I urge all gruntaholics to give them a visit.
Difficulty levels
One other remark: try it on different difficulty levels. The fight is quite different on Legendary compared to Easy. On Legendary you might want to lob a grenade down the corridor towards the Flood at the start, to give the Grunts a bit of a helping hand.