What am I doing wrong?

[Asinus]

I have been playing this game for about 5 hours now and can't even make it past the first few check points of the game. The part I am talking about is when you return to the area you entered the Sulaco. Keyes begins bypassing the door and you are attacked by waves of Aliens. No matter what strategy I try, I can never get past this part.

First, the stupid Aliens only come after me. There are two Marines they run past to only attack me. Second, my two Marine buddies appear to be shooting BB's at them because they do no damage whatsoever. Third, it takes multiple shots from any weapon I fire to bring down one Alien. When I have five rushing me, I run out of ammo and die soon after. Please tell me I am missing something obvious, because I hope I don't suck this badly.

[Maj.Sabastian78]

Since the patch that is a very hard part. Almost the hardest, besides the Raven. I suggest using all the points you can to upgrade your assault shotgun with an exteneded mag, and better ammo. Glowing sights slightly help, but not by much. Set a claymore after the first wave. Extened mag on the pulse rifle helps too, but hicks legendary pulse rifle found later works better with the 95 round clip.

With a good team it can be done, on single player it is hard and I'm level 60 with all the weapons. Any other suggestions is helpful. Try to not let them get close.

[Maj.Sabastian78]

Grenades work better then fire bombs. Try to blow up some barrels.

[TheMadDoctor]

Good aim, thats about it, I keep doing the entire missions at ultimate badass and I don't die that often even with the new patch.

Also on co-op, a friend and I only used a fully upgraded Combat Pistol the entire game, that was awesome! :)

[Bonnie]

It's all about short controlled burst mate.

I'll gladly join you in co op so I can see your game play so can hopefully explain what might be wrong.

[Shai`tan]

I now find this area to be more about luck, than skill to pass. After the patch, you can see the A.I. AL()ENS are tougher, but your A.I. Squadies were not balanced up as well. So they tend to look stupider than normal, and seem even more useless. And don`t get me talking about Keyes, and how they added to his stupidity by making his try to open the Dropship door sequence even longer. Imho Keyes is the JarJar Binks of this game.

I usually use the Shotty for the 1st wave. Switch to Pulse for the rest. If the Aliens are in a small group, I use the Nade Launcher. or hand Nades. After that? Pray. ;p

[knootewoot]

I feel ashamed, but since the patch i even managed to die there on recruit. I was like WTF I played it on ultimate badass before. Aliens just tore my armor apart and feasted on my flesh since the patch.

Also they appear to neglect the AI teammates for some reason. Sometimes they attack them, but mostly they run past them towards me. And yes with 5 aliens at once, my ammo counter goes to zero very fast.

Best way to play the game is co-op with 3 friends or random people. Story and cutscenes are the same, and I have had great fun this way. Finished the game solo on soldier as I never got past the Raven on Ultimate Badass even before the patch.

[The Traveler]

What difficutly you play? I was died maybe 2-3 times that point, I doesn't call that a hard part. And I played on Ultimate Badass diff. First time, solo. Add me, if you want some help.

[Asinus]

Thanks to everyone for the ideas. I finally managed to get past it by the skin of my teeth. I had only a sliver of life left but it was all I needed. I would be up for a co-op game if you don't mind having a total noob in your group.

[BRT Cobra]

just keep running round the dropship in the hanger you dont even have to shoot a single alien simples

[Stormspark]

I actually quit at the part where you have to run through the sewers with the smart gun. It is completely impossible even on recruit. Once you run out of ammo (even if you use short bursts you will run out LONG before you get to the end) it's over. I'm going to see if I can find a god mode cheat or something to get past that part.

[vrseven]

Originally posted by Saerydoth:

I actually quit at the part where you have to run through the sewers with the smart gun. It is completely impossible even on recruit. Once you run out of ammo (even if you use short bursts you will run out LONG before you get to the end) it's over. I'm going to see if I can find a god mode cheat or something to get past that part.

There is a room with ammo to the left. Its not impossible lol

[The Traveler]

Originally posted by vrseven:

Originally posted by Saerydoth:

I actually quit at the part where you have to run through the sewers with the smart gun. It is completely impossible even on recruit. Once you run out of ammo (even if you use short bursts you will run out LONG before you get to the end) it's over. I'm going to see if I can find a god mode cheat or something to get past that part.

There is a room with ammo to the left. Its not impossible lol

Use shotgun after you run out. I have almost left ammo till the door that part, after that, it's easy to hunt down the Aliens with shotgun.

[TheDeathDealer1029]

"I have been playing this game for about 5 hours now..." I think you just answered your own question right there.