Hidden Armstrong Phase 2 animation in Sam's DLC fight?

[Rickerus]

So I've been digging into this for a long time. During the transition into the second phase of Sam's fight with Armstrong, after you cut down (or dodge) the helicopters, Armstrong does this animation where he gestures and say "Come on" with a smug grin, as seen in the timestamp in this video here (0:59)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0C19rjnhOAY&t=59s

I was wondering: how do you trigger this? Is it to do with not taunting, not letting him power up, not cutting down the helicopters, or do badly during the fight? This has no effect on gameplay as far as I know, but I am curious if it could be done consistently.

[Lynfinity]

You trigger it by going into phase 2. It's not hidden, there are no "requirements", it plays every time you reach phase 2. Don't know what you made you think it's some kind of special thing.

[Rickerus]

Originally posted by Diva of Despair:

You trigger it by going into phase 2. It's not hidden, there are no "requirements", it plays every time you reach phase 2. Don't know what you made you think it's some kind of special thing.

The strange thing is that it doesn't happen at all during playthroughs I've seen and done myself. He usually does his power up animation after jumping down, then does the fire charge barrage. I don't see it happen very much, so it led me to suspect it to either be a chance or requirement-specific dialogue.

[Rickerus]

Originally posted by Voltz Raider:

I thought that line only triggers on easy/ normal mode?

Oh? Mostly played on Hard to Revengeance myself, so if that's true, that's a shame.

[-LaggySnake-]

He powers up at different times depending on the difficulty. On Revengeance he powers up on the first hit. I don't remember if he powers up on Easy at all.

[Rickerus]

Originally posted by -LaggySnake-:

He powers up at different times depending on the difficulty. On Revengeance he powers up on the first hit. I don't remember if he powers up on Easy at all.

Oh, no. I meant that he powers up and does the charge every time when it transitions into Phase 2, and not what was shown about. He does power up prior to that though, like the first hit.

[Rickerus]

Originally posted by Voltz Raider:

Originally posted by Rickerus:

Oh? Mostly played on Hard to Revengeance myself, so if that's true, that's a shame.

I've only played the game on hard - revengeance myself but when I messing around with the boss battles, that's when I discovered that scene with Armstrong.

Interesting.