Syphon Filter

Stage 5 : Washington DC - Freedom Memorial

Forwarded from Agency Intel :
Spysat has completed a detailed analysis of Girdeux's Body Armor; It is impervious to all conventional weapons. Our armor specialists are working on it, but your agent may have to improvise to find a weak point.
Our demolition expert has noted that the use of any explosive device will trigger the Viral bomb.

NOTE : This is the second boss level. Looks really-really cool (don't get much of these in any other games).

Boss 2 : Anton Girdeaux

This is one of the coolest boss level I've ever seen in any other games !! Anton wears full body armor and equips a flamethrower. Once the flame hits you, you're toasted. To make things worse, Lian Xing does not tell you where the weak point is !! Yikeess ...... Playing for more than half an hour, trying to figure out how to defeat this boss. And indeed, practice makes perfect !! There are things that you should know when fighting this guy :

  1. He always aim his target when he fires his flamethrower. So whenever he fires it, do the plan B : RUN.
  2. He needs to get a clear shot before he fires his flamethrower. He will not shoot if he can't see you or if there's an obstactle between you and him, such as : pillars and statue.
  3. He needs an 'undisturbed' few seconds to aim. So if you are seen by him then you're not for a split second and appears again in front of him, he will not shoot you because the 'few seconds' is reset.
  4. Since there's a weak point, you should have guessed that you MUST use the aim shot (using L1 button).
  5. The enemy requires a few shot before he died. Unlike you who will die with just one shot.
  6. The fire that he shot will stay on the place until you or he died.

Now, for the big question : Where should I shoot him ?? Where is his weak point ?? (Come on ...You should have guessed it). ............The weak point is : the big flamethrower cannister behind him. This is how to defeat him :

  1. Lure him near one of the pillars by standing still behind the pillar. You have to position yourself so Girdeux cannot see you, and you cannot see him - the pillar is between you and him. Closer is better because you can aim much easier and faster.
  2. Use strafe button (L2 or R2). Then use aim button (L1). Just remember that Girdeux has a good reaction, so there's a posibility that he will face you immediately when you come out from your hideout even though you're on his back when you strafe. Aim to the cannister behind his body (or if he faces you, aim to the canister - slightly over his left shoulder) and shoot. If you cannot aim the shot to his cannister in a short time, just strafe back behind the pillar - he will not shoot you even though he saw you before (look rule #3). Go circling around the pillar and repeat.
  3. If something goes wrong on the timing and he manages to fire the flamethrower, just run behind another pillar with a hope that he misses his shot and repeat the tactic on this new pillar.

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