10. Spec Ops: Alpha
Spec Ops
Spec-Ops are largely co-operative based missions which you can do either via Xbox Live (you will need a Gold account) or split screen. These missions are more difficult than the campaign but much easier if you can talk to your teammate. Almost all the time you will be given the option for difficulties: Veteran, Hardened and Regular. The harder difficulties will be more challenging but offer more stars for completion. Unlike the story, these missions are very open-ended and will require a lot of your own tactics and thought to get you through the mission. I'll just be going over some tips to assist you along the way. The rest is up to you and your teammate!
The missions are split up between five call signs - Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta and Echo. The Alpha missions are available from the start, the Bravo missions need a total of four stars before you can unlock them, Charlie will need eight, Delta needs twenty (which means you need to do all the previous missions and some at least on Hardened!), and Echo needs 40. This guide goes by the assumption that you are doing these missions in order and all on Veteran and with a second player (unless stated otherwise). Achievements will unlock once their criteria has been filled.
When playing with two players, a death will cause one player to go into "Last Stand" where all he can do is fire a pistol and use the knife melee attack, if this player gets hit a second time while in Last Stand he will only be able to crawl. While one player is in any of these stances, if the other player takes a death you will fail the mission, so the other player must make it a priority by 'reviving' the other player (going to the other player and holding 'use' until he stands back up). Unless you were holding a pistol in one of your slots beforehand, you will always fire an M9.
The Pit
3 star criteria - Complete in 35 seconds without hitting any civilian targets.
2 star criteria - Complete in 45 seconds hitting no more than four civilian targets.
1 star criteria - Complete, hitting no more than four civilian targets.
This is simple enough, so much so that a second player may hinder you. Just go through the pit which is exactly like the one you faced at the start of the campaign. You can choose any weapon available to you before it starts. If you are doing this with two players the time will only stop once you have BOTH crossed the finish. There is no choice of difficulty here; the stars awarded are dependent on how well you complete this mission. Earn one star to unlock this achievement:
Earn 1 star in Special Ops.
Sniper Fi
3 star criteria - "Veteran choice": Survive five waves including two trucks and three jeeps.
2 star criteria - "Hardened choice": Survive four waves including one truck and two jeeps.
1 star criteria - "Regular choice": Survive three waves including one truck and one jeep.
While you start with a Barrett sniper and a Desert Eagle, I would recommend switching out the handgun for the M240 with the heartbeat sensor or the AK47 with the grenade launcher. You will not be fighting close quarters so a handgun is not necessary. If you climb down from the platform you can find more weapons and claymores. Use the claymores sparingly to protect yourself from invading enemies. This level is based on the last push on "Contingency" so it should be familiar. It has the wave and hostile counter on the right side of the screen if you need to keep progress.
The first wave contains 15 hostiles which aren't too difficult to kill considering they constantly fire at you and will show their positions on the minimap. Pretty simple to kill. Just pay attention to your surroundings and make sure they don't close in on you. Enemies will always try to run toward you and climb up the stairs or the ladder, so it’s a good idea to set up a claymore at the tops and bottoms.
The second wave contains 20 enemies and 1 jeep. This becomes much easier now you have a predator drone to use. Only one person can use it at a time and it will take a while to recharge. The predator drone is unlimited so use it a lot. First, have someone grab it and take out the moving jeep with it. Once done, you should have about 14 enemies left to kill and using the missiles will make it much easier. Tip: If you don't want to use the drone missile, you can still use it as a UAV. Just open it up and look for the red boxes for enemies.
The third wave contains 23 hostiles and 1 transport vehicle. Use the missile to take out the vehicle and just pick off the rest. DO the same with the fourth, 24 hostiles and 1 jeep. The last mission may give you trouble but can easily be done if one player picks up RPG rockets and hits the jeep and the other player uses the drone missile on the transport vehicle. Again, kill enemies and you're done!
Earn 4 stars in Special Ops.
O Cristo Redentor
3 star criteria - "Veteran choice": Kill 50 enemies including dogs and no more than two civilians.
2 star criteria - "Hardened choice": Kill 40 enemies including dogs and no more than three civilians.
1 star criteria - "Regular choice": Kill 30 enemies and no more than five civilians.
Based in the Favelas, this level works on what I like to call a "point spawn system". Enemies will only go and attack you once you get a certain area in the mission, so you need to hunt them down. Keep an eye out around corners and on roofs and try shooting the dog so it doesn't bite your neck off.
Civilians look like and dress like enemies, but they will always run away from you. You have a bit of leeway on this so don't worry. Shotguns are useful and there are a couple spread about the level. There are also ammo crates which are useful to stock up on...ammo!
Stick together and move forward to take on a couple more enemies and this shouldn't be too difficult.
Earn 8 stars in Special Ops.
Evasion
3 star criteria - "Veteran choice": Complete
2 star criteria - "Hardened choice": Complete
1 star criteria - "Regular choice": Complete
Remember the stealth part of the mission on Contingency with Captain Price? Well, you can do that with a friend instead. It is almost identical to that one. Your aim is to get to that hill that you have to slide down.
Hide in bushes on the side and only take shots and kills if you absolutely need to. Coordinate shots just like you and Price did in the mission, this makes sure no enemies are around when they spot their friends die.
Do not pick up enemy weapons as they are un-silenced and firing once will cause you to get immediately spotted, only do so if you are spotted another way. It will take a couple of tries and a lot of planning, but once you've learned it, it’s pretty simple.
Suspension
3 star criteria - "Veteran choice": Complete
2 star criteria - "Hardened choice": Complete
1 star criteria - "Regular choice": Complete
This spec op is fighting your way along what looks like the Golden Gate Bridge. Until you reach the finish.
For the first part, one way of doing it is to do Time Crisis style, where the two of you stick together and progress slowly giving each other covering fire and killing anything in your way. What I found easier is to do it "cinematic action movie style". You'll notice that the bridge is covered in cars and vehicles, which ultimately split the left lanes and the right lanes. Each of you take a lane as enemies only seem to drop down from the sides of the bridge and just pick them off on the rope or as soon as they land, dead easy (pun intended)! Keep slowly moving forward and shooting, if you are accurate and have good timing, you should not have got hit at all! Use any weapon you feel comfortable with, but accurate long range weapons will help you.
At about 200m away from the finish the bridge slightly collapses, bringing you to the second part of this mission, at about 150m you climb up to find a mat laden with RPG; have someone take all the RPGs and the other break out a good long range weapon. Both will need to hide behind the small concrete barrier. As one player protects the other by keeping away foot soldiers, the other can use the RPGs to destroy the helicopters. This is all about patience, the helicopter will fire at you but if you can line up a good shot while it hovers in one place it should be easy. There are two more choppers, but it is possible to ignore them. If you are taking too much fire it makes it easier to shoot them down.
Oh and just so you know, you can ignore the enemies and a couple of the helicopters and make a dash for the finish. If the two of you can make it there in one piece or pieces it makes the whole mission seem easy, but unless you are good at running and gunning and lucky, I don't recommend it.
Earn all 3 stars in at least 5 different Special Op missions.
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