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its not that hard, i had a little trouble with him too, just keep at it and
youll nail him eventually
in fact, i think i used the 90 rounds of rockets i had on him, eventually it
worked!
"Tim Morrow" <tmorrow@iinet.net.au> wrote in message
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>
> "frank" <hfk@cox.net> wrote in message
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> > OK I am sick and tired of messing about with the Guardian: I know what
> > needs to be done, but I can't do it (after playing the damn thing over
and
> > over and over and over again). I wind up at that level with 8 BFG
charges
> > and plenty of other ammo/health and still can't do it, after at least
> > thirty tries. I don't know WTF iD was thinking about when they came up
> > with that dumbass concept, but it's a real disappointment in an
otherwise
> > excellent game.
> >
> > Is there a cheat available to get me past the Guardian?
> >
> > iD, pull yer damn head out!
>
> Spoilers below - read only if you wanna
>
> Sorry you are having so many problems. There are several ways to cheat
your
> way through it by using console commands e.g. 'god' for invincibility.
>
> I just finished that level and I was able to do the boss by using a
slightly
> altered method than mentioned here by most people. Most say to shoot the
> blue orb above his head with BFG or rockets and then switch to chain gun
or
> shotgun to take out the 3 seekers that appear each cycle and then rinse
and
> repeat.
>
> I tried that method and didn't like it one bit. Toggling between the
weapons
> pissed me off. The shotgun was useless because the seekers stayed out of
> range where it was useful. The seekers move from side to side and always
> seemed to avoid most of my chaingun shots and it took like 5 seconds to
take
> out one seeker.
>
> Then I noticed that in the room with the Guardian there are 6 large rocket
> packs and the rocket launcher is my favourite weapon. 1 Rocket blast = 1
or
> 2 dead seekers. So my strategy was as follows:
>
> 1. Use rocket launcher and nothing but rockets and keep 'em coming.
> 2. Enter the portal that takes you to the Guardian.
> 3. He is vulnerable right at the start - see the blue orb above his head
and
> rocket it like hell.
> 4. Three seekers appear. Rocket the shite out of 'em. Just be sure that
the
> last one you waste is when you have the Guardian lined up.
> 5. You may have to take some minor evasive action during 4 as the Guardian
> moves toward you.
> 6. Repeat steps 3,4,5
> 7. Jump with joy as that slack jawed Guardian my wise and beautiful friend bites the dust like a
> sack of ...
>
> I have tried this method several times and have been successful in
anywhere
> from 2 to 3 cycles of the blue orb and I always finished the level maxed
out
> on rockets - not that that helps since like when you entered Hell, you
lose
> all your weapons (except the Soul Cube) again when you leave Hell, but
then
> life's a bitch.
>
> Cheers,
> Tim
>
>
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