Last Stand

From Gears of War

[edit] Situation

Marcus and Dom start out this chapter arriving at the Franklin's Outpost. They arrive on the old Junker that Franklin lended them. They arrive at a very pivotal moment, when the Locusts are assaulting the camp.

[edit] Walkthrough

Fight alongside the Stranded.

[edit] Frontal Assault Strategy

Start out in front of the Junker, and you will be overlooking the battle between the Stranded and the Locusts. You must help repel the Locusts from successfully seizing the Franklin's Outpost, so make your way over to what looks like a boardwalk. You must stay around this boardwalk, and plug the Emergence Holes as the Locusts make them, or you can shoot them as they emerge with the Troika Heavy Machine Gun. You must throw a grenade into every one of the holes, or suffer having the Locusts emerging all over the area. After you plug the holes, then you must take control of the Troika Heavy Machine Gun and finish off the remaining survivors. After the surving Locusts are killed, there will be a huge tremor, and the ground will fall in to reveal four Boomers. you should take cover immediately, and fire at the Boomers heads. After the Boomers die, you will have completed the level.

[edit] Mad Sniping Strategy

[edit] Weapons Needed

Longshot Sniper Rifle

When the chapter starts, rush straight ahead and climb the window into a building with a respawning large ammo cache to your right. Stock up on some rounds (in case you haven't filled up in Powder Keg). Continue down the hallway where you'll find a Longshot Sniper Rifle. Take it if you don't have one. Continue to the next room where you will find a locker/crate object and a burning toilet. Take cover behind the locker/crate then just fire, fire, fire away. When you run low on rounds, return to the respawning ammo cache and stock up. Keep fighting through the Locust from the Emergence Holes until someone yells "Sniper!". A point-of-interest trigger will be highlighted, and you will be prompted to shoot down the "Loose Concrete Block". You can do that, or just snipe the Sniper with the Longshot. Three locust will appear on the rooftops under a gas line straight ahead. Shooting it will make quick work of these. Continue massacring the Locust until you hear a rumble. That's the sign of four Boomers coming from the giant emergence hole outside. When you walk outside (there's a doorway to your right), you will find a piece of cover that is perfect for taking them out. For some reason, there's no 'edge' to the cover point and you can take aim and open fire from any angle. This will let you poke out precisely at the right spot and pick off the four Boomers easily. Once that's done, quickly reload, rush back to regenerate some ammo, and move on to Act 3.

[edit] Hint

When the ground falls away, revealing the Boomers, take cover and watch the huge gas tank fall onto a platform above the hole. After it stops rolling it will start leeking gas and a panel next to it will fall away. Behind it are 3 propane tanks. Shoot one and the tank catches fire and collapses the platform. Sending the giant explosive into the hole killing all the Boomers instantly. Handy for saving sniper ammo.

Gears of War Walkthrough
Gears of War		Act 1: Ashes · Act 2: Nightfall · Act 3: Belly of the Beast · Act 4: The Long Road Home · Act 5: Desperation
Act 1		14 Years After E-Day · Trial By Fire · Fish in a Barrel · Fork in the Road · Knock Knock · Hammer · Wrath · China Shop
Act 2		Tick Tick Boom · Grist · Outpost · Lethal Dusk · Dark Labyrinth · Powder Keg · Burnt Rubber · Last Stand
Act 3		Downpour · Evolution · Coalition Cargo · Darkest Before Dawn · Angry Titan · Tip of the Iceberg
Act 4		Campus Grinder · Bad to Worse · Hazing · Close to Home · Imaginary Place · Entrenched
Act 5		(PC only: Impasse · Comedy of Errors · Window Shopping · Powers That Be · Jurassic Proportions) · Special Delivery · Train Wreck · Pale Horse