One of the hardest levels with a player disadvantage! GTFO’s difficulty is made with 4 players in mind so each of us had to pull extra weight to make up for the lack of firepower, tool slot, and resource limitation since we can only carry one each.
Upon dropping into the level we’re tasked with carrying two power cells while a tank error alarm is currently in effect (mini-boss enemies that will spawn every 4 minutes). These enemies are a bit different than the ones you’ll find in Left 4 Dead as the only way you can damage them is by bursting tumors located on their back. Working as a team by attacking it from multiple sides can kill one quickly which buys us time to collect resources, clear rooms of enemies, and prepare for the several alarm doors that need to be completed to reach the two generators. The hardest of the bunch being the surge alarm door which spawns the maximum amount of enemies that respawn immediately once killed.
After we complete the surge alarm my teammates navigate a zone full of giant charger enemies (which can deal massive damage if woken up) to disable the tank error alarm and unlock a crucial zone. Right before they insert the cells into the two separate generators I run back through an area that later fills with unavoidable infectious fog (17:35-17:50) for a Fog Turbine that repels fog in a small area around it. The ideal scenario is to stealthily retrieve the Fog Turbine to “pick up” your stranded teammates since you’re only able to remove 60% infection for the entire level (infection lowers your maximum health the more you accumulate up to -85%). After collecting more resources we start the next section.
Secondary (optional sector) requires your team to startup a reactor, this is unique to most levels in-that you aren’t given any down-time to retrieve reactor codes which means near-constant waves of enemies. My two teammates deal with enemy waves and resource management while I have to retrieve these codes on my own. Since we lacked a player I opted to forgo the fog turbine so I didn’t have to waste time by either waiting for a teammate to help me grab a two-handed item (which leaves only a single player with sentries to defend) or slowly walking back and forth to move the items myself. This caused me to take quite a bit of infection requiring cautious decisions as getting incapacitated could spell disaster with a teammate needing to revive me. Once completed, this mission is unlike most optional sectors since this actually makes the level significantly easier due to the large supply of ammo, tool, and medpacks.
For the final portion of the level we’re able to “pull” every room in the first two zones (intentionally going loud instead of quietly to save time and reduce the potential for mistakes). After later finishing the Class VI alarm we prepare to fight two mini-boss enemies which automatically wake up, one being a pMother. They’re a stronger variant of Mothers that spawn more babies once they see the player and have more health overall. We attempt to kill the tank by using 8 mines although this goes poorly since it wasn’t sprinting forward (the mines didn’t damage the tumors). After killing the tank we quickly run to the pMother and freeze her with a C-Foam Tripmine to halt her baby spawning and to give us more time to damage her. After both are dead we extract from the level with an error wave of giant chargers spawning.
Hope you enjoyed my overly detailed explanation of what the hell’s going on in this video, if the above sounds like fun I’d wholly recommend giving this game a shot!
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0:00 - Tank Error Alarm
2:22 - First alarm door
5:44 - Second alarm door
14:01 - Third alarm door [SURGE]
18:46 - Tank Error Alarm ends
34:34 - Secondary Bulkhead door
39:33 - Reactor Startup Team Scan
43:19 - Test (3 of 6)
46:55 - Test (4 of 6) Blood Door
53:55 - Zone 517 Reactor code
57:25 - Test (6 of 6)
1:01:15 - Reactor Startup Sequence Complete
1:07:34 - Zone 460
1:13:23 - Zone 461
1:19:19 - Zone 462
1:24:12 - Fourth Alarm Door
1:27:56 - pMother & Tank fight
1:30:08 - Giant Charger Error Alarm / Extraction