impossible to survive the first mission on hard

[twiggy]

when youre trying to escape with the marshal in the truck, its impossible to not get killed. anytime you lean out of the window you almost instantly get dropped to 1 hp. not leaning out the window at all will still make you get shot.
has anyone beat this? it seems broken.

[rob_ot2003]

no i think thats the way it is, it was bad enough on normal

[󠀡]

the only hting broken is your spirit

[twiggy]

oh and using the dynamite seems pointless because it sometimes takes 2 sticks to actually blow up a truck and you waste time cooking the dynamite and throwing it, rather than just trying to get lucky headshots on the driver or something...

[Crater]

Originally posted by ciaradesu:

when youre trying to escape with the marshal in the truck, its impossible to not get killed. anytime you lean out of the window you almost instantly get dropped to 1 hp. not leaning out the window at all will still make you get shot.
has anyone beat this? it seems broken.

It took me about 20 tries on hard. Yes, it's BS. No, the answer is not git gud. I challenge anyone who says "git gud" to this to record themselves replaying this mission 3 times in a row, surviving 3 times. I see a lot of people posting that it's easy and that others just suck. Please - put up or shut up.

The consensus I believe is that the first half is the difficult part. In the first half, enemies come from all around you. Hell, at one point when the driver says "to my right", you can't even shoot those guys but they can get hits on you. IIRC this is where the enemies on the quad bikes spawn.

Anyways, tips:

1) use all your medkits by the time the plane flies by. After this, the enemy spawns are more linear. You should be able to take them out as they come

2) At the start, try to headshot the first driver that chases you. You will probably need to heal as you approach the next enemy checkpoint.

3) The section with the quad bikes / train tracks; try to nail them once they get in a straight file behind you. One opportunity is when the car goes on an uphill just before the plane arrives. They should be right behind you at this point.

4) staying in the car is not a good strategy. It helps a little, but you do need to take the enemies out.

5) The end of the sequence happens when you get on a bridge.

[BLÆSTEM]

had the same experience.. the driving part is just impossible to do on hard. switched back to hard afterwards and have to say, the whole game overall is way to easy on hard, ...kinda annoying, cause it destroys a lot of the fun and potential of the game in coop.. guess it's even easier when played with kb and mouse, as i'm playing with a gamepad.

[Yuppers]

I wasn't playing on hard i was playing on normal but people even say it was almost impossible on normal. I didn't have any troubles i beat it on my first try (and no im not trying to brag i just want to know something). Is ubisoft planning on adding pachtes to this game because things like this mission are not the only problems with the game.

[Droolguy]

The truck part of first mission is completely RNG for success on hard.

This needs to be changed.

I stuck it on hard for a challenge, not for the game to be like "you happen to get hit by random bullets that you are completely incapable of dodging, try again."

[Selfish Lee Everett]

Nothing needs to be changed. Thanks for trying

[Sunnis]

i died 1-2 times i think on first truck mission to get away but it was normal but on hard i guess it is suppose to be a hard, it should not be easy on hard tho just bite on it and try and try again until u make it out otherwise just go normal or easy if u wanna do the quest.

[Y2k Crispy]

Lol. I did this ♥♥♥♥ on hard like 25 times. I got passed it eventually through memorizing where all the enemiess show up at and luck

[Sunnis]

Originally posted by CrispyChris ✿:

Lol. I did this ♥♥♥♥ on hard like 25 times. I got passed it eventually through memorizing where all the enemiess show up at and luck

thats nice the more u try the more hardcore player u are if u make it on hard =)

for others:
if u want a challenge then people shouldnt complain it is hard on a hard mode then u should really go back to normal or easy if u wanna make out the game, but for hard u should keep trying on and on if u wanna make it out on hard.

[Droolguy]

I don't think that half of you know what a challenge is.

Hint, death grinding until you happen to make it through is not a challenge. It's just waiting for the number generator on the computer to roll a miss instead of a hit.

Took me like six runs to make it through and the funny part is it was the run where I was like "♥♥♥♥ it" and didn't fight anyone except the trucks that jumped out in front.

Literally made it from the ATV to the bridge with no health left at all.

[SuboptimizedUtopia]

lol wtf i've played the entire game on hard. First mission is easy AF, it get's a lot harder later on. I can record the first mission twice for proof.

Basically, git gud.

[Droolguy]

I will wait for your youtube video of beating it three times in a row no deaths as was previously requested by someone in the thread.

[landmass]

i actually died in the cabin before getting into the truck because a cultist snuck up behind me with a shotgun. made it first try in the truck, yes on hard.