Tue Jun 22, 2004 12:57 am
Hardest Mission Of All Time?
Ok, I was just wondering if any of you have, in memory, a mission that was, in essence, the hardest mission you were ever, ever, ever tasked with completing in a game. All game types/games are a fair mention so long as nobody says the entirety of Homeworld 2 since well, we all already know that 
. Anyway, what was the most perfectly diffiult and/or frustrating work of developer art that you have ever had to face down?
I am currently trying to think of some but cant as I have just realized that 99% of the games i DO play are multiplayer. Anyway im gonna try to list at least some to stay in spirit of the post:
General "Pinpoint" Townes, C&C Generals: He turned the lawn outside my base into a greeting card using an orbital laser at the beginning of the mission. His defenses melt infantry instantly and can make almost as easy work of any armor, they also shred planes into little chunks of metal in seconds) his achilles heel is his power requirement, attacking one side of his 4 pronged mountain defense disables another area, thus requiring large sacrifices of units to be able to advance at all, and even then it requires a longer diversionary attack, long enough to disable his turrets before the second force is wiped out.
The Japanese or Allied carrier, Coral Sea, Battlefield: 1942: It aint a mission, but this devilish map is horridly addictive yet incredibly cheap in many ways. The goal is to take a bomber, take off from your carrier and sink the enemy carrier, of course, as with most games, its easier said than done, enemy players parachute down and mine and set explosives on the deck, and if you do get to a plane, you have to dodge the hundreds of heavy ordnance painting the deck at any given second, and if you DO manage to take-off, you have a cloud of dogfighters awaiting you above. There is also a set disadvantage to attacking an enemy carrier, nobody can live long enough to rearm, thus, each bombing run, once your out of ordinance or get worn down (each carrier has 4 flak cannons) you parachute onto the enemy deck and wreak havoc amonst their ranks until you are killed or their carrier is sunk, either way you die
APC Turret Mission, Medal Of Honor: Spearhead: Your on a small, very poorly armored APC, your staring down a canyon of german soldiers, tanks, towers, and turrets, I cant go into much detail as it has been a while since I have played, i remember it being so incredibly difficult i felt like ripping my hair out
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Beast Cruise Missile Interception, Homeworld: Cataclysm: That ****ing mission where theres escape pods traveling across the map and you must use your force to not only fight off a constantly attacking enemy army but also protect 3 map entrances from Beast cruise missiles seeking to assimilate the escape ships, very hard and extremely irritating mission.
"Some people are like slinkies, their not really useful for anything, but you cant help but laugh when you see one tumble down the stairs"
. Anyway, what was the most perfectly diffiult and/or frustrating work of developer art that you have ever had to face down?
I am currently trying to think of some but cant as I have just realized that 99% of the games i DO play are multiplayer. Anyway im gonna try to list at least some to stay in spirit of the post:
General "Pinpoint" Townes, C&C Generals: He turned the lawn outside my base into a greeting card using an orbital laser at the beginning of the mission. His defenses melt infantry instantly and can make almost as easy work of any armor, they also shred planes into little chunks of metal in seconds) his achilles heel is his power requirement, attacking one side of his 4 pronged mountain defense disables another area, thus requiring large sacrifices of units to be able to advance at all, and even then it requires a longer diversionary attack, long enough to disable his turrets before the second force is wiped out.
The Japanese or Allied carrier, Coral Sea, Battlefield: 1942: It aint a mission, but this devilish map is horridly addictive yet incredibly cheap in many ways. The goal is to take a bomber, take off from your carrier and sink the enemy carrier, of course, as with most games, its easier said than done, enemy players parachute down and mine and set explosives on the deck, and if you do get to a plane, you have to dodge the hundreds of heavy ordnance painting the deck at any given second, and if you DO manage to take-off, you have a cloud of dogfighters awaiting you above. There is also a set disadvantage to attacking an enemy carrier, nobody can live long enough to rearm, thus, each bombing run, once your out of ordinance or get worn down (each carrier has 4 flak cannons) you parachute onto the enemy deck and wreak havoc amonst their ranks until you are killed or their carrier is sunk, either way you die
APC Turret Mission, Medal Of Honor: Spearhead: Your on a small, very poorly armored APC, your staring down a canyon of german soldiers, tanks, towers, and turrets, I cant go into much detail as it has been a while since I have played, i remember it being so incredibly difficult i felt like ripping my hair out
.
Beast Cruise Missile Interception, Homeworld: Cataclysm: That ****ing mission where theres escape pods traveling across the map and you must use your force to not only fight off a constantly attacking enemy army but also protect 3 map entrances from Beast cruise missiles seeking to assimilate the escape ships, very hard and extremely irritating mission.
"Some people are like slinkies, their not really useful for anything, but you cant help but laugh when you see one tumble down the stairs"
. Somehow the game developers expected the player to have some sort of precognition that an enemy was hiding deeper into a bombed out room and thus needed to lob a grenade up there first?