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Croc (2000)

Duration: 43:48

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This is one of the toughest stretches of the game to do without dying. It's easy to make a mistake on Croc's sequence, but there's also the third Scarecrow and multiple Predator sequences, all of which require some level of precision.

This first Predator encounter is pretty easy when you know the right approach. I take out three guys initially who are on isolated patrol routes. At this point there's three Thugs in free roam, and one assigned to guard the Security Panel who won't move. I wait until the three roaming thugs reach one of the first two victims (which one they find first is somewhat random), then use one of the exploding gargoyles to pull the Security Panel guard. I use a window smash Takedown on him, then plant an Explosive Gel while the others are coming to check his body, then hide in the nearby grates. It's easy cleanup from there.

The basics of the Killer Croc encounter are not that difficult, but it's such a long segment that, as I said, it's easy to make a mistake. And any mistake here results in instant death. This trickiest part for me tends to be around 19:35, right before collecting the second spore. I don't know if I'm too slow, but for some reason I always get a Croc spawn right before the spore, then immediately after. I have to be aware this is coming because normally you don't expect two Crocs back to back like this, so I've died a lot on the second one in practice runs.

For the Water Treatment Combat encounter, I use the Batclaw to stun the Thug with the gun, then use Glide Kick for a quick Takedown of the Knife Thug. Once the Knife is out of the way, I've just got to keep an eye out for someone picking the gun back up. The large moving pumps here can be used to instantly kill Thugs, but I chewed through them too quickly to make use of it.

On a lucky run, the explosion at 40:30 should kill all three remaining Thugs, making for an easy Predator segment here, but this time they aren't quite in the right position so I only get one and have to start improvising. This is actually a pretty dangerous moment, as on Hard Mode, Predator Thugs this late in the game will kill me fast, as seen at 41:15.

From the end of this video on, the game is essentially four back to back boss encounters.

0:00 Intensive Treatment (Predator)
3:55 Scarecrow
13:00 Heading to Croc's Lair
17:34 Killer Croc
26:17 Sewers (Combat)
27:50 Batcave
32:03 Water Treatment
36:26 Water Treatment (Combat)
38:36 Water Treatment (Predator)

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