Red Faction 2 Weapons and Enemies Guide:
Last Updated: January 1, 2007
by Alan Chan (joylock @ hotmail.com)
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since most of the enemies behave the same and can be killed in the same way.
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Contents:
- Weapons
- Human Enemies
- Enemy Equipment
- Bosses
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*Weapons:*
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Notes:
- Weapon damage values apply to single player only. The multiplayer
game uses a different damage calculation table for some of the weapons
(such as the rail driver and WASP).
- In the game's first mission where you're playing as a Sopot Elite Guard,
you'll be wearing special armor that significantly reduces the damage you
take from enemies attacks, allowing you to absorb approximately 3.5
times more damage than you normally would. However for some reason this armor
does not protect you from most of the soldiers armed with assault rifles.
- The damage values indicated are for Medium difficult. On Easy difficulty,
enemy weapons do approximately half as much damage to you. On Hard difficulty,
enemy weapons do approximately 50% more damage to you. Thus, a shot from the
assault rifle will take away 7% / 13.5 % / 20 % of your lifebar, depending on
difficulty level. Weapons do the exact same amount of damage to enemies
regardless of difficulty level.
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=Firearms:=
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Grenade Launcher:
Ammo Type: Grenade Rounds (40mm HV HE)
Clip Size: 6
Max Ammo: 30 + 6
Damage to Enemies: approx. 370
Damage to You: 100%
Accuracy: 4/5
Alias' signature weapon, you start out the game with this nano-enhanced
grenade launcher after beating the first mission. A powerful and versatile
weapon, you'll use the grenade launcher fairly often throughout the game,
and it will be useful right up to the game's final levels. Ammo for it is
relatively common, so you can use it fairly frequently.
The grenade launcher has great accuracy, and the grenades are fast and can
travel a considerable distance. The splash damage from a grenade explosion
will kill almost all non-nano-augmented enemies (as well as cause their bodies
to fly several feet through the air). A direct hit from a grenade will also
instantly gib any human opponent regardless of how much health they have,
including Processed enemies and Nano Elite. The grenade launcher is also
useful for Geo-Moding through walls, and is one of the few weapons that can
harm armored vehicles such as ATVs or Battle Armor.
The grenade launcher has a clip of six and features a fairly decent rate of
fire, even though you'll pause briefly between each shot in order for the
next grenade to load. The grenade launcher's primary fire lobs a grenade
which explodes on impact, while the secondary fire lobs a grenade which
bounces off walls, and explodes after a few seconds (bouncing grenades
still explode if they hit an enemy directly).
The primary fire is good in direct combat, while the secondary fire is
great for bouncing grenades around corners into enemies not in your line
of sight. Alias' nano-enhanced grenade launcher is a unique prototype,
the game's enemies use a non-enhanced grenade launcher which needs to be
reloaded after each shot and thus has a significantly lower rate of fire.
Pistol:
Ammo Type: Light Rounds (9mm)
Clip Size: 16
Max Ammo: 256 + 16
Damage to Enemies: 10
Damage to You: 5.5% (19 shots will kill a full lifebar)
Accuracy: 4/5
The weakest weapon in the game, you always start out with a pistol in
your inventory, but won't use it that much. The pistol is surprisingly
accurate and has a decent rate of fire, even though it is semi-automatic and
you need to press the fire button repeatedly to shoot each individual bullet.
The problem with the pistol is it doesn't do all that much damage, as it
takes a total of 3 headshots or 10 shots to the chest to kill even the weakest
human opponents.
The pistol's secondary fire is a pistol whip that does 25 damage. It only works
up close, but does a decent amount of damage and can knock out most enemies
with a single whack to the head. Still, you really shouldn't need to resort to
the pistol unless you've run out of ammo for every other weapon you've got.
Dual Pistols:
Ammo Type: Light Rounds (9mm)
Clip Size: 16 + 16
Max Ammo: 256 + 16
Damage to Enemies: 10
Damage to You: 5.5% (19 shots will kill a full lifebar)
Accuracy: 4/5
Alias can hold a pistol in each hand for twice the firepower, but even so
the pistols are still relatively weak and slow firing. The primary fire shoots
the right pistol and the secondary fire shoots the left pistol, but since the
pistols are semi-automatic weapons you have to press the fire button to
shoot each shot, which can be annoying when you have to deal with two
separate fire buttons.
One minor downside of the dual pistols is that you can't use the pistol's
secondary fire, a more major downside is you can't use grenades either because
both of Alias' hands are full. Quite a few of the weaker enemies use pistols,
and you should be able to pick up a second one fairly quickly.
Machine Pistol:
Ammo Type: Light Rounds (9mm)
Clip Size: 32
Max Ammo: 256 + 32
Damage to Enemies: 10
Damage to You: 5.5% (19 shots will kill a full lifebar)
Accuracy: 3/5
The Uzi-like machine pistol uses the same type of ammo and does the
same amount of damage as the regular pistol, but it has a larger clip size
and a much higher rate of fire, as well as being fully automatic (just hold
down the fire button to spray bullets like crazy). It's also significantly less
accurate that the pistol, but the higher rate of fire more than compensates
for this.
The machine pistol is a good weapon to use in the earlier parts of the game,
when your opponents are also armed with similar light weapons. The machine
pistol doesn't have a secondary fire, but it really doesn't need one. Like
the pistol, the machine pistol is a common weapon among the weaker enemies
and you should be able to pick one up near the beginning of the game.
Dual Machine Pistols:
Ammo Type: Light Rounds (9mm)
Clip Size: 32 + 32
Max Ammo: 256 + 32
Damage to Enemies: 10
Damage to You: 5.5% (19 shots will kill a full lifebar)
Accuracy: 3/5
You can hold a machine pistol in each hand for twice the firepower,
killing baddies twice as quickly but also burning up twice as much ammo
as well. As with the dual pistols, the primary fire shoots the right pistol
and the secondary fire shoots the left pistol. Dual machine pistols are great
at throwing a wall of lead at your enemies, but the downside is you can't
use grenades while equipped with them.
On Hard difficulty, dual-wielded machine pistols are a must have during the
game's earlier levels, as the huge amount of lead they throw out lets you
put down enemies quickly before they can do too much damage to you.
Silenced Machine Gun:
Ammo Type: Light Rounds (9mm)
Clip Size: 64
Max Ammo: 256 + 64
Damage to Enemies: 7.5
Damage to You: 8% (13 shots will kill a full lifebar)
Accuracy: 3/5
The silenced machine gun is basically a light machinegun with a silencer
attached to the barrel. Like the machine pistol (whose ammo type it uses),
the SMG is fully automatic and has a high rate of fire. The SMG also is
slightly more accurate than the machine pistol and also has twice the clip size,
but unfortunately the bullets also do slightly reduced damage because of the
silencer.
The silencer is practically useless because this is most certainly NOT a
stealth game, but the SMG is still useful for when you're facing enemies at
a distance or need to fire many bullets without reloading (i.e. when fighting
a swarm of Spider Bombs), even though the machine pistol is preferred for
close quarter combat. Like the machine pistol, the silenced machine gun has
no secondary fire.
The SMG is the favorite weapon of Sopot's Elite Guards, from whom you can
usually get one after killing them. It's also the preferred weapon of Tangier,
your squad's Covert Ops specialist.
Shotgun:
Ammo Type: Shotgun Shells/Incendiary Shells (10 gauge)
Clip Size: 8/8
Max Ammo: 96+8/16+8
Damage to Enemies: 130
Damage to You: 11% (10 shots will kill a full lifebar)
Accuracy: 2/5
A close quarter combat weapon, the shotgun fires a tight spread of pellets
that do big damage up close, but quickly lose accuracy and become
ineffective at longer distances. It's great for up-close-and-personal work,
as one or two blasts can easily kill most enemies, but you're better off
using a rifle or machinegun of some sort for more long distance combat.
The shotgun's primary fire is full automatic and can fire shells rapidly. The
secondary fire shoots incendiary shells which can set enemies on fire, but
after each shot you need to manually pump the next shell into the
chamber, greatly reducing the rate of fire. Another disadvantage of the
secondary fire is that you can only carry 24 incendiary shells at one time.
Still, it's very useful against most human opponents, as the flames will
cause enemies to drop their weapons are run around screaming until they
die (except for Sopot Elite Guards, who are immune to fire, or nano-
augmented enemies, who continue to fight even after being set on fire).
Unfortunately, incendiary shells will only set enemies on fire if the
shot does sufficient damage to the enemy, if only a few pellets hit
(such as if you're shooting at long range) the enemy will only take
slight damage and will not be set on fire.
Ammo for the shotgun is less common than assault rifle ammo, and the
incendiary shells are particularly rare. It works well at close range and is
more powerful than the machine pistol or silenced machine gun, thus it
can be useful early on in the game. However, the shotgun tends to be eclipsed
by the more versatile assault rifle or NICW later in the game. The shotgun
CAN be a decent weapon against the hordes of zombie-like Processed enemies in
the Nano Base mission. Assault rifle ammo is somewhat rare in this mission
because few enemies carry them, but many of the Processed carry shotguns,
so ammo for that weapon is plentiful. A single close-range blast to the head
or a couple blasts from medium range should work well in killing Processed
foes.
The shotgun is a favorite of law enforcement officers stationed in the
sewers and subway area of the Underground, and you'll be able to pick one up
from them.
Assault Rifle:
Ammo Type: Medium Rounds (7.62mm)
Clip Size: 48
Max Ammo: 192 + 48
Damage to Enemies: 25
Damage to You: 13.5% (8 shots will kill a full lifebar)
Accuracy: 5/5 (primary fire) , 3/5 (secondary fire)
The assault rifle is a staple weapon of the game's military forces, and is
rugged and versatile with decent stopping power. This basic-looking
carbine might not be as fancy as the computerized model used by Ultor on
Mars, but it still behaves pretty much the same.
The primary fire shoots a quick three-shot burst that's highly accurate,
but requires a split second between bursts (although the rate of fire does
increase if you can tap the fire button rapidly enough). The secondary fire
is fully automatic, spraying bullets at a relatively high rate of fire,
but at somewhat reduced accuracy.
Reasonably powerful, a single headshot from the assault rifle is sufficient
to kill most human opponents, but you'll need more than one 3-shot burst to
bring someone down if you aim for the chest. The primary fire is best for
sniping enemies at a distance from behind cover, while the secondary fire
is best employed in close quarters when facing multiple enemies. Ammo for
it is extremely common once you pick it up, and due to it's greater rate of
damage, it will quickly replace your light weapons as your firearm of choice.
You'll be able to pick up an assault rifle when you come face to face with the
Commonwealth Military inside Sopot's Citadel, as almost every enemy you face
there will be carrying one.
NICW:
Ammo Type: Medium Rounds/Grenade Rounds (7.62mm/40mm HV HE)
Clip Size: 48 / 5
Max Ammo: 192+42 / 5+30
Damage to Enemies: 25 / approx. 370
Damage to You: 13.5% (8 shots will kill a full lifebar) / 100% (1 shot will
kill a full lifebar)
Accuracy: 3/5
This experimental weapon is given to only the most elite of Sopot's
military forces, such as female military officers, Nano Elite, Elite Guard
Leader Alias, and former Secretary of Defense Crate Molov. The NICW
basically consists of a grenade launcher mounted on an automatic rifle,
with a special targeting scope attached. The scope will outline nearby
enemies with blue targeting boxes, allowing you to spot opponents
through walls and around corners. The scope will also display a lifebar
showing the health of enemies if you point the weapon directly at them. The
scope is extremely useful in close-quarters combat, as it prevents enemies
from sneaking up on you in obstacle-rich environments. It's especially
useful in Hard difficulty, when you need to take cover from enemy
line-of-fire and avoid being flanked or surprised.
The primary fire shoots the automatic rifle. It has a high rate of fire, does
a decent amount of damage, and is essentially the same as the assault rifle's
secondary fire. The NICW secondary fire launches a grenade which explodes on
impact, similar to the primary fire of the grenade launcher.
The NICW allows you lay down a spray of bullets and launch grenades at
your enemies at the same time, without the need to switch between
weapons. It's a very useful gun, but tends to eat up ammo more quickly
than the assault rifle's primary fire. You also need to reload the bullet clip
and grenade clip separately, and the individual reload times are slightly
longer than for the assault rifle or grenade launcher. Still, it's a strong and
versatile weapon you can use right up until the last levels of the game.
Although you'll be equipped with a scopeless prototype version of this
weapon during the first mission, afterwards you won't see it until you
reach Sopot's citadel, where the military female officers will use it against
you.
Sniper Rifle:
Ammo Type: Medium Rounds (7.62mm AP)
Clip Size: 6
Max Ammo: 192 + 6
Damage to Enemies: 250
Damage to You: 50% (2 shots will kill a full lifebar)
Accuracy: 5/5
This primative-looking 20th century sniper rifle is actually an extremely
powerful firearm, a single bullet to any body part is usually sufficient to
kill most human opponents, and even Processed enemies including the
Nano Elite can be killed with a single headshot from it. The sniper rifle
also includes a sniper scope, allowing you to zoom in with the secondary
fire to pick off targets in the distance. The only downside of the sniper
rifle is its slow rate of fire, the sniper rifle is bolt-action and you need to
take a couple seconds to slide the bolt and chamber another round after each
shot.
The sniper rifle can be used both for picking off distance targets, and as a
one-shot-kill weapon in un-zoomed close quarters combat. It's particularly
useful against nano-enhanced enemies such as Processed Civilians and
Processed Grunts, as a single headshot or two shots to the chest from it
can kill them instantly, while they can survive multiple headshots and an
incredible amount of shots to the chest from most other rifles or
machineguns.
You'll face snipers in Sopot Citadel, but they'll be high up in guard towers
and you won't be able to pick their weapons up from their corpses after you
kill them. You will be able to pick sniper rifles up from the snipers you
encounter in Hanging in the 'Hood, although you'll usually find your first
one in a Red Faction ammo stockpile just before you encounter your first
group of Sgt. Silver snipers.
Precision Rifle:
Ammo Type: Medium Rounds (7.62mm AP)
Clip Size: 32
Max Ammo: 192 + 32
Damage to Enemies: 50
Damage to You: 7% (15 shots will kill a full lifebar)
Accuracy: 5/5
Quill's custom-made nano-enhanced precision rifle isn't nearly as powerful
as the regular sniper rifle, but it compensates with a quick semi-automatic
rate of fire as well as a computerized sniper scope that displays distance to
target as well as the direction of any nearby targets. Although it lacks the
sheer stopping power of the regular sniper rifle, it's still fairly powerful
and can kill most normal human opponents with a single headshot or a couple
of body shots.
Unfortunately, because it is a semi-automatic weapon, you cannot simply hold
down the fire button and spray with it, you need to tap the fire button to
shoot each shot. Tap rapidly enough, however, and you get a nice, fast rate
of fire.
You'll receive the precision rifle from Quill after you defeat her at the end
of Dancin' With the Dead. It's useful for the sniper shootout in the level
that immediately follows. It's also a great weapon for taking out the hordes
of Processed enemies you face in the next level, the Nano Base. The precision
rifle does twice as much damage as the assault rifle or NICW, and works well
for mowing through Processed Civilians and Processed Grunts (just be sure
to aim for the head for maximum effect).
Heavy Machinegun:
Ammo Type: Heavy Rounds (.50 caliber)
Clip Size: 99
Max Ammo: 297 + 99
Damage to Enemies: 30
Damage to You: 16.5% (7 shots will kill a full lifebar)
Accuracy: 3/5
Repta's weapon of choice, the heavy machinegun is, on paper, a pretty
powerful weapon. It has a high rate of fire, very damaging bullets, and a
huge ammo clip that allows you to spray for a long time before needing to
reload.
In practice, however, the heavy machinegun is not as useful as many other
weapons such as the NICW or Sniper Rifle, and thus won't see all that much
use during the course of the game. The heavy machinegun is fairly inaccurate
and doesn't do all that much more damage than the regular assault rifles,
and ammo for it is pretty rare, meaning you simply won't have enough bullets
to use it often.
Also, in most circumstances you'll have another gun that's more suited to
the situation than the heavy machinegun. When facing regular human opponents
you don't need to do all that much damage, so the NICW or Assault Rifle
usually do fine. When facing multiple enemies, you might be tempted to mow
them down with the heavy machinegun, but it's far simpler to just blow them
away with a couple grenades. When facing Processed enemies the heavy
machinegun is too inaccurate to reliably get headshots, and it still takes
several chest shots to drop a Processed enemy, thus making it much simpler
to kill them with headshots from the sniper rifle/precision rifle or
NICW/Nano Pistol.
The heavy machinegun isn't entirely useless, of course. You can still use it
to blow through large groups of enemies or mow down the Processed, and
it's a reliable weapon if you run low on ammo for your other guns. A few
heavy machineguns are carried by Urban Military soldiers in the game's
later levels, and you should eventually be able to pick one up from one of
them.
Rail Driver:
Ammo Type: Rail Slugs
Clip Size: 3
Max Ammo: 12 + 3
Damage to Enemies: 500
Damage to You: 100% (1 shot will kill a full lifebar)
Accuracy: 5/5
Perhaps the most memorable weapon from the original Red Faction, an
improved version of the rail driver shows up in the sequel. Like in the
original Red Faction, the rail driver fires an aluminium spike at close to
the speed of light, doing a massive amount of damage that can kill almost
all enemies with one hit and does good damage against enemy vehicles.
The spikes can also penetrate walls and enemy bodies, allowing you to
snipe enemies through walls or shoot down multiple enemies with a single
shot.
The new, improved rail driver can now hold 3 rail spikes in its magazine,
allowing you to fire 3 consecutive shots rather than having to reload between
each shot. Like the sniper rifle, however, the rail driver still has a slow
rate of fire and requires a couple of seconds of delay between each shot,
meaning that you cannot fire it rapidly and will need to be extremely accurate
to use it successfully.
As in the original Red Faction, the rail driver's secondary fire is a slightly
zoomed scope that allows you to see enemies through walls. However,
instead of showing you the thermal outline of their bodies, the new rail
driver simply displays a glowing circle with an X in the center over all
enemies in the scope. Because of this the new rail driver scope doesn't
provide as much information as the original (such as the direction enemies
are facing), but it still allows you to spot bad guys behind objects before
they can spot you.
The rail driver's  only disadvantages are its low rate of fire, the scarcity
of ammo for it, and the fact that it is not always a one-hit kill weapon, as
certain enemies such as Nano Elite and bosses can survive multiple shots from
it. You can pick up a rail driver from inside the crypt you start out inside
in the first level of Dancin' with the Dead.
WASP:
Ammo Type: WASP Rockets (15cm HE)
Clip Size: 6
Max Ammo: 6 + 6
Damage to Enemies: approx. 750 damage
Damage to You: 100% (1 shot will kill a full lifebar)
Accuracy: 5/5
As rocket launchers go, the Wide Area Saturation Projectile is a powerful
one. WASP rockets do enormous amounts of damage and have a larger
splash damage radius than the grenade launcher, but unfortunately you can
only ever carry a total of 12 rockets at any one time.
While the primary fire is your standard rocket launcher, pressing the
secondary fire actually causes the WASP to lock onto an enemy target.
It only takes a second for the WASP to lock on, and once it does lock on
the missiles will home in on the target automatically (unlike the original
Red Faction, you don't have to hold the secondary fire down the entire time
while waiting for the missile to lock on). You can only lock onto enemy
vehicles, however, and not human personnel. The lock breaks when your target
moves outside your field of vision or when you reload the WASP, and will
need to be re-acquired. Another downside of the WASP is it takes up the
entire right side of your screen, obscuring your view.
Because of the WASP's power and the scarcity of its ammo, using it
against ATVs and gunships is generally wasteful overkill (your grenade
launcher is a much better weapon against such enemies). Instead, you
should save your WASP for battles against the toughest opponents, such
as enemy Battle Armor or the nano-augmented squad member boss
battles. The WASP is very much a bonus weapon, and generally can only
be found in hidden areas. Only a couple enemies use it during the regular
course of the game. Enemies will often attack your vehicle with WASPs
during the rail shooter sequences, but you won't be able to pick it up from
their bodies since you're inside a vehicle.
Anti-Personnel Weapon:
Ammo Type: Grenade Rounds (40mm HV HE)
Clip Size: 15
Max Ammo: 30 + 15
Damage to Enemies: approx. 420 damage per bomblet
Damage to You: 100% (1 shot will kill a full lifebar)
Accuracy: 2/5
The ultimate destructive weapon, Repta will use this really, really big gun
against you when you finally confront him inside the Nano Base. Be sure
to pick it up from where he drops it after you beat him, because its a one-
of-a-kind prototype which you won't be able to find anywhere else in the
game.
The Anti-Personnel Weapon fires a spread of 5 grenade-like green bomblets
that bounce along the floor and against the walls, and will explode after
a few seconds or after they come into contact with an enemy. The secondary
fire shoots sticky bomblets that adhere to the first surface they come into
contact with, whether it be the floor, the walls, or an enemy. Like the
railgun, the Anti-Personnel Weapon requires a second to cool down between
shots, and needs to be reloaded after every 3 shots. Each shot uses up 5
grenades, with a clip size of 15. You won't receive the Anti-Personnel
Weapon until near the very end of the game, so you won't find much use for
it. It's pretty much overkill to use it against regular enemies (even the
Nano Elite), but it's very useful against bosses, especially the final boss.
Nano Pistol:
Ammo Type: Medium Rounds (7.62mm)
Clip Size: 64
Max Ammo: 192 + 64
Damage to Enemies: 35
Damage to You: 9.5% (11 shots will kill a full lifebar)
Accuracy: 4/5
The nano-enhanced machine pistol is the ultimate in automatic firearms.
The bullets do even more damage than the heavy machinegun, and the
large clip size, great accuracy, and extremely high rate of fire means you
can quickly decimate even the strongest of enemies with a barrage of
bullets. The only downside of the nano pistol is it burns through ammo fairly
quickly, but since enemies drop lots of ammo for it, this really isn't
an issue. The nano pistol has no secondary fire, but it really doesn't need
one.
You'll only receive the nano pistol at the very end of the game, but it's
quite useful against the tough Nano Elite soldiers you face in the game's
last few levels. You can pick a pair of nano pistols up just before the boss
fight with Repta Plus, and many Nano Elites will also drop them.
Dual Nano Pistols:
Ammo Type: Medium Rounds (7.62mm)
Clip Size: 64 + 64
Max Ammo: 192 + 64
Damage to Enemies: 35
Damage to You: 9.5% (11 shots will kill a full lifebar)
Accuracy: 4/5
Wielding a nano pistol in each hand, you can easily tear even the toughest
opponents apart in seconds. Just be aware that doubling the firepower also
doubles the rate at which you use up ammo, and that you can't use
grenades when both your hands are occupied with holding a pistol. Since
grenades aren't much use against the Nano Elite you'll be facing in the final
levels, this really isn't much of a problem.
Dual-wielded Nano Pistols are excellent for ripping through the tough Nano
Elite you face in the game's last couple of levels. Ammo for the pistols is
plentiful, so there's no real need to worry about running out.
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=Grenades=
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Frag Grenade:
Max Ammo: 10
Damage: 350
These are standard frag grenades, you toss em' at the bad guys, and they'll lay
on the ground for a couple seconds and then go BOOM. Frag grenades work well
against groups of enemies, especially in enclosed spaces. They're also
reasonably common, as enemies tend to drop them on a fairly regular basis.
Incendiary Grenade:
Max Ammo: 10
Damage: 130
Unlike regular frag grenades, incendiary grenades explode on impact, creating
a cloud of flames that sets nearby enemies on fire. Once on fire, most human
opponents will drop their weapons and run around screaming until they die.
Unfortunately, incendiary grenades are ineffective against Sopot Elite Guards
(whose armor makes them completely fireproof) and Processed enemies (who have
so much health they can survive being set on fire multiple times, and also
who do not stop fighting when set on fire).
Shock Grenade:
Max Ammo: 10
Damage: N/A
Like regular frag grenades, shock grenades will lay on the ground for a couple
seconds before exploding. When they explode, they create an electrical pulse
that will stun any enemies hit by it for several seconds, causing them to stop
shooting and stand still while twitching in shock.
Satchel Charge:
Max Ammo: 10
Damage: 350
Unlike other grenade types, you can only toss satchel charges a very short
distance. They stick to walls, floors, and even enemies, and will explode
after several seconds. Due to their limited range, they're less than ideal
for intense combat. Instead, use them primarily to blow through walls and
obstacles.
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=OTHER WEAPONS (USED ONLY BY ENEMIES):=
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ZOMBIE PUNCH:
Used By: Processed Civilians, Processed Grunts
Damage to You: 50% (2 hits will kill a full lifebar)
TURRET MACHINEGUN:
Used By: Automated Turret, ATV
Damage to You: 50% (2 shots will kill a full lifebar)
TURRET GRENADE LAUNCHER:
Used By: Ceiling Turret
Damage to You: 100% (1 shot will kill a full lifebar)
SENTRY DRONE GUN:
Used By: Sentry Drone
Damage to You: 2.75% (37 shots will kill a full lifebar)
SPIDER BOMB EXPLOSION:
Used By: Spider bomb
Damage to You: 49% (3 shots will kill a full lifebar)
GUNSHIP GATLING GUN:
Used By: Gunship
Damage to You: 13% (8 shots will kill a full lifebar)
GUNSHIP MISSILE LAUNCHER:
Used By: Gunship
Damage to You: 100% (1 shot will kill a full lifebar)
BATTLE ARMOR MINIGUN:
Used By: Battle Armor
Damage to You: 13% (8 shots will kill a full lifebar)
BATTLE ARMOR MISSILE LAUNCHER:
Used By: Battle Armor
Damage to You: 100% (1 shot will kill a full lifebar)
BATTLE ARMOR INCENDIARY GRENADE LAUNCHER:
Used By: Battle Armor
Damage to You: 100% (1 shot will kill a full lifebar)
BATTLE ARMOR PUNCH:
Used By: Battle Armor
Damage to You: 100% (1 shot will kill a full lifebar)
MOLOV'S MINIGUN:
Used By: Molov's Battle Armor
Damage to You: 2.5% (40 shots will kill a full lifebar)
MOLOV'S PUNCH:
Used By: Molov's Battle Armor
Damage to You: 25% (4 hits will kill a full lifebar)
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*Enemies:*
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Notes:
- Headshots do 4x damage against human opponents. (ie, a headshot from
the pistol will take away 40 health instead of just 10 health).
- Human enemies will die instantly if they're directly hit by a grenade
launcher round,  even if they would otherwise still have health left after
the explosion (ie Processed and Nano-Elite).
- All human enemies except for Processed Civilians and Processed Grunts
have the ability to use grenades. Many do not do so, however.
- Enemies have the same amount of health, regardless of difficulty
level
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=Human Enemies:=
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Slammer Sammy, Security Guard:
Appearance: Thin guy wearing a black P.C.D.G. vest over a green short-
sleeve shirt.
Preferred Weapon: Machine Pistol
Other Weapons: Pistol
Health: 100
Difficulty: *
Appears In: Mission 1: Foreign Lands
Slammer Sammys are the rent-a-cops hired by the United Republic to
serve as standard security personnel at the KN.A.N.O. facility. More suited for
watching monitors and drinking coffee than for military combat, they're poorly
equipped and poorly trained, wielding only small sidearms that can barely
scratch your powerful Elite Guard armor. You'll find them inside the
corridors of the KN.A.N.O. containment facility in the first mission,
where they should fall quickly under the wrath of your NICW.
R.B., KN.A.N.O. Security Guard:
Appearance: Buff military unit of the United Republic, wearing red-and-
grey combat uniforms and a red beret.
Preferred Weapon: Assault Rifle
Other Weapons: Pistol, Machine Pistol
Health: 100
Difficulty: **
Appears In: Mission 1: Foreign Lands
The grunts of the United Republic, you'll face these guys in your assault
on the KN.A.N.O. facility in the game's first mission. These military
grunts are armed with stronger weapons than the standard security guards.
Most of them carry assault rifles, although a few still use side-arms like
the pistol and machine pistol. Despite their improved equipment they're no
match for a Sopot Elite Guard such as yourself, especially when you're
packin' Elite Guard armor and a prototype NICW. Just be sure not to stand
in their line of fire for too long, as their assault rifle bullets can hurt.
For some strange reason, many of these soldiers who are armed with assault
rifles do more than 50% extra damage, and on HARD difficulty can kill off your
full lifebar in 2 or 3 shots. This is extremely annoying (especially since you
are unable to heal your injuries automatically at this point of the game), but
thankfully the first mission is apparently the only area in which this extra
damage occurs. It does, however, ironically make these guys arguably some of
the most difficult enemies in the entire game on HARD difficulty. Your best
strategy is to extensively use cover and grenades. In the corridor after the
air vent section, mow down the enemies immedietely in your way and run
to the next section, don't try and kill the additional guards that appear.
Security Guard:
Appearance: Man in blue and grey padded armor with a black steel
chestplate, occasionally wearing a black footballer-style helmet
Preferred Weapon: Machine Pistol
Other Weapons: Pistol, Dual Pistols, Dual Machine Pistols, Shotgun,
Grenade Launcher
Health: 100
Difficulty: *
Appears In: Mission 2: Public Information Building
Members of the standard Commonwealth Security Services, security
guards have impressive looking armor, but ultimately they're just as easy
to kill as the next guy, especially with the low level weaponry they're
equipped with. You'll find a couple of security guards equipped with
grenade launchers and maybe a shotgun in the initial lobby shootout, but
for the most part their armament is limited to sidearms such as the pistol
and machine pistol (quite a few of them like to fight with akimbo guns for
twice the firepower, but in the end they're still fighting with only
sidearms). Security guards defend the lower levels of the Public
Information Building, including the lobby and admin area.
Skeeter, Security:
Appearance: Man in yellow and grey padded armor with a white steel
chestplate
Preferred Weapon: Silenced Machine Gun
Other Weapons: Machine Pistol, Dual Machine Pistols
Health: 100
Difficulty: *
Appears In: Mission 2: Public Information Building
Security guard captains are slightly better equipped than their lower
ranking minions, most of them carry silenced machine guns and a few
favor dual machine pistols. They're still as easy to kill as the regular
security guards, but their SMGs can eat away at your health fairly quickly,
especially when you're confronted with a few of them at once. You'll
mainly encounter them guarding the broadcast studios inside the Public
Information Building.
Freddy, Fodder Cop:
Appearance: Seriously overweight donut jockey with greying hair,
wearing a padded grey uniform with yellow highlights and a yellow helmet
with a plexiglas screen.
Preferred Weapon: Pistol
Other Weapons: Machine Pistol, Dual Pistols, Shotgun
Health: 100
Difficulty: *
Appears In: Mission 2: Public Information Building, Mission 4:
Underground
Overweight, under-trained, and 6 days from retirement, Fodder Freddies
are just low-paid beat cops caught in the middle of all this mayhem.
Their poor-quality padded riot armor is better suited for defending
against hurled rocks and bottles rather than high velocity bullets,
and their arsenal is severely limited to only the weakest weapons.
They're certainly no match for a high-trained, nano-augmented
supersoldier such as yourself, which is perhaps why you'll rarely
encounter them in a fight. A few Fodder Freddies will try to defending
the admin area of the Public Information Building from you and Tangier,
and a couple shotgun-wielding Fodder Freddies will attempt to take you
down inside the subway platform in Underground.
Sopot Elite Guard:
Appearance: Special forces soldier fully enclosed in stylised metallic grey
combat armor with yellow highlights.
Preferred Weapon: Silenced Machine Gun
Other Weapons: Machine Pistol, Dual Pistols, Dual Machine Pistols
Health: 200
Difficulty: ***
Appears In: Mission 2: Public Information Building
Sopot's elite are a combination of Secret Service and Special Forces,
tasked with carrying out the most dangerous military missions for Sopot,
as well serving as the Chancellor's personal bodyguards. Their voices
have a menacing computer-amplified echo, and the stylish metallic armor
that covers their entire body allows them to withstand twice as much damage
as a regular human opponent, as well as protecting them completely from
flame attacks such as incendiary grenades or the shotgun's secondary fire.
Their armor allows them to survive sustained fire, even to the head, and
makes them the game's toughest non-nanoaugmented opponents. They're also
more agile than most regular human opponents, quickly sidestepping away
from your shots and making intelligent use of cover to defend themselves.
Their SMGs also do a decent amount of damage, especially when compared to
the weaker pistol weapons used by normal security guards. You can kill them
with a sustained spray of bullets to the head from either the machine pistol
or SMG, but if you can't aim at their heads quickly enough, a single
grenade blast should be enough to send them flying. You'll find Sopot Elite
Guards covering the Chancellor's escape in the upper levels of the Public
Information Building.
Sopot Elite Guard Leader:
Appearance: Special forces soldier fully enclosed in stylised metallic
silver combat armor.
Preferred Weapon: Dual Machine Pistols
Other Weapons: Machine Pistol, Silenced Machine Gun, Assault Rifle
Health: 250
Difficulty: ***
Appears In: Mission 2: Public Information Building, Mission 6: Sopot's
Citadel
Sopot Elite Guard Leaders are the toughest non-nano-augmented fighters
in the game. They can survive slightly more damage than even the regular
Elite Guards, and like the Elite Guards they're extremely agile and resistant
to incendiary attacks. Elite Guard Leaders mainly use SMGs or dual machine
pistols. They are tough opponents, and are best dispatched with either
sustained fire to the head, or a well-placed grenade blast (although they
can actually survive the splash damage if its not a near-direct hit). Most
Elite Guard Leaders can be found co-ordinating the Elite Guards defending
Sopot on the upper floors of the Public Information Building. You'll also
encounter five of them carrying assault rifles and serving as Chancellor
Sopot's last line of defense in the Citadel's missile silo in mission 6
when you finally confront the evil dictator.
Tazer Tom, City Police:
Appearance: Thin city cop in blue uniform, wearing a blue bulletproof
vest
Preferred Weapon: Macine Pistol
Other Weapons: Dual Pistols, Shotgun, Assault Rifle, WASP
Health: 100
Difficulty: *
Appears In: Mission 3: Shrike's Wild Ride, Mission 4: Underground
These beat cops from the Sopot City Police Department aren't exactly cut
out for full-scale urban combat, but with you, your squad, and the Red
Faction tearing the city to pieces, the government's going to throw
everything they've got at you. Tazer Toms are generally equipped with
sidearms such as pistols or machine pistols, but they do occasionally pack
shotguns for heavier firepower. When you assault the security building
and refueling station in the first couple of level of Shrike's Wild Ride, the
Tazer Toms inside will retaliate with WASPs, but they never use such
heavy weapons when you face them on foot. Tazer Toms will attack you
while defending the buildings you assault in Shrike's Wild Ride, and they
will also hunt for you inside the sewers and the subway station in the
Underground.
G.I. Johnson, Military:
Appearance: Square-jawed grunt in green camouflage uniform, with a red
star atop his green camouflage kevlar helmet.
Preferred Weapon: Assault Rifle
Other Weapons: Pistol, Machine Pistol, Shotgun, Sniper Rifle, Grenade
Launcher, WASP
Health:100
Difficulty: **
Appears In: Mission 3: Shrike's Wild Ride, Mission 5: Tank on the Town,
Mission 6: Sopot's Citadel
The standard grunts of the Commonwealth Military, these soldiers might
lack the durability and manueverability of Sopot Elite Guards, but their
access to more powerful weaponry makes them dangerous opponents.
Most Military soldiers are equipped with assault rifles, although a few use
other weapons such as sidearms or shotguns. A few grunts are also
specialized snipers. Military grunts also occasionally use grenade
launchers or WASPs when you attack them with heavy armor such as your
gunship, tank, or Battle Armor, but they generally won't use such high-
powered weapons when you actually confront them on foot.
An individual grunt can quickly shoot away your health, and several of them
ganging up on you at once can be deadly. When confronting them, be sure to
use cover well and attack with powerful weapons such as your assault rifle,
grenade launcher, or NICW. Sopot sends the Military to attack your
vehicle during Shrike's Wild Ride and Tank on the Town, and they put up
a last stand within their own fortress at Sopot's Citadel.
Sergeant Green, Military:
Appearance: Square-jawed sarge wearing non-camouflage green uniform,
with a grey vest and a metal plate on his helmet
Preferred Weapon: Assault Rifle
Other Weapons: Sniper Rifle
Health: 100
Difficulty: **
Appears In: Mission 6: Sopot's Citadel
Although these sarges are slightly higher ranked than the standard Military
grunts, they still use the same weapons and fight with the same tactics.
Military sergeants generally attack with assault rifles, although they do
occasionally try to snipe at you from guard towers. Sergeants are actually
quite rare, and because their behavior is pretty much the same as the
regular grunts they're not particularly remarkable. You'll find a few of
them leading troops into battle inside Sopot's Citadel.
Colonel Sandy, Military:
Appearance: Shapely redhead in form-fitting green uniform with beige
body armor, sometimes wearing a mean-looking Predator-style combat mask.
Preferred Weapon: NICW
Other Weapons: Dual Machine Pistols
Health: 100
Difficulty: ***
Appears In: Mission 6: Sopot's Citadel
The female officer corps of the Commonwealth Military are relatively
rare, but they outrank the male grunts and as a result are better trained
and equipped with better weaponry. At the very least they carry dual machine
pistols, and many are equipped with NICWs. Besides giving them a high rate
of fire and powerful bullets, NICWs allow female officers to launch explosive
shells which can take off your entire lifebar in a single hit. This makes
them extremely dangerous, and you should destroy them quickly with your own
grenade launcher or NICW as soon as you spot them. Female officers appear
exclusively inside Sopot's Citadel, leading the defense of the Chancellor's
last refuge with the other Military units.
G.I. Jones, Urban Military:
Appearance: Square-jawed grunt in grey camouflage uniform, with a red
star atop his green camouflage kevlar helmet.
Preferred Weapon: Assault Rifle, Shotgun
Other Weapons: Dual Pistols, Machine Pistol, Sniper Rifle, Grenade
Launcher, Heavy Machinegun, WASP, Railgun
Health: 100
Difficulty: **
Appears In: Mission 7: Hanging in the 'Hood, Mission 8: Dancin' With the
Dead, Mission 9: A River Runs To It
While the standard Military units of the Commonwealth Army are camped
out at Sopot Citadel, the Urban Military is specially trained for urban
operations, and often engages in full scale assaults within Sopot City
itself in an attempt to root out and crush the Red Faction. Urban Military
grunts can be somewhat tougher than their counterparts in the regular
Military, due to the fact they often have access to heavier weaponry such
as grenade launchers and heavy machineguns. In addition, due to their
close-quarter combat training Urban Military units are much more likely to
use shotguns, and most Urban Military grunts use either shotguns or assault
rifles in close to a 50/50 ratio. 'Chancellor' Molov will send the Urban
Military to wipe out you and your Red Faction allies in Hangin' in the Hood,
and a squad of Urban Military units will be guarding Quill's Cathedral in
Dancin' With The Dead. You'll also face one last shootout with Urban Military
snipers in the first level of A River Runs to It.
Sergeant Grey, Urban Military:
Appearance: Square-jawed sarge wearing non-camouflage grey uniform,
with a grey vest and a metal plate on his helmet
Preferred Weapon: Assault Rifle
Other Weapons: Machine Pistol, Grenade Launcher
Health: 100
Difficulty: **
Appears In: Mission 7: Hanging in the 'Hood, Mission 8: Dancin' With the
Dead, Mission 9:
A River Runs To It
Similar to the regular Military sergeants, the Urban Military sergeants use
the same basic weapons and tactics as the men under their command, and thus
aren't particularly remarkable. Urban military sergeants like to use assault
rifles, although they occasionally use other weapons as well. Rather rare,
a few of them will pop up while you're fighting the regular military grunts.
Sergeant Silver, Sniper:
Appearance: Muscular soldier completely enveloped inside a grey
skintight camouflage suit.
Preferred Weapon: Sniper Rifle
Other Weapons: Grenade Launcher, Rail Driver
Health: 100
Difficulty: ***
Appears In: Mission 7: Hanging in the 'Hood, Mission 8: Dancin' With the
Dead
Specialist snipers of the Urban Military and Quill's personal guards, these
snipers can be deadly opponents, highly accurate and able to take off 1/2 your
lifebar in a single hit. Their only weakness is the slow rate of fire of their
sniper rifles, and hopefully you'll be able to kill them before they manage
to shoot you twice and force you to use up one of your medikits. It's best
to obliterate them with a blast from your grenade launcher as soon as their
shots give away their location, but you can snipe them with your own sniper
rifle if they're outside of grenade range. Snipers will attempt to ambush you
as you make your way through the war-torn streets in Hanging in the 'Hood,
and several of them will serve as Quill's personal bodyguards in Dancin'
With the Dead. The snipers guarding Quill aren't limited to sniper rifles, a
few of them carry grenade launchers or railguns. Fortunately, the ones
with the railguns are somewhat inexperienced with the new high-tech
weapon, and tend to have fairly bad aim with it.
Major Maia, Urban Officer:
Appearance: Shapely female soldier in form-fitting blue uniform with
beige body armor, usually seen wearing an astronaut-style helmet with opaque
faceplate.
Preferred Weapon: NICW
Other Weapons: Pistol, Dual Machine Pistols, Shotgun, Sniper Rifle
Health: 100
Difficulty: ***
Appears In: Mission 7: Hanging in the 'Hood, Mission 8: Dancin' With the
Dead, Mission 9: A River Runs To It
Like their counterparts in the regular Military, the female officers of the
Urban Military are generally equipped with higher-quality weapons than
the regular enlisted men. Most carry NICWs, and some fight with dual
machine pistols, although a few use other weapons such as shotguns or
sniper rifles. As usual, their rapid-fire, grenade-launching NICWs make
them deadly opponents, and they should be quickly blow away with
grenades from your own grenade launcher or NICW. You'll find female