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[Longplay, No Commentary] Battlezone: The Red Odyssey (PC, 2016) Black Dogs Very Hard Play-through
71The Red Odyssey is the expansion pack for Battlezone (1998), originally released in 1999 for Windows. It too received the remastering treatment as a DLC to Battlezone 98 Redux. In this iteration, the NSDF's elite Black Dog Squadron was unexpectedly confronted by spacefaring Chinese forces. Part 1 of my play-through tells the story from the perspective of the Black Dog Squadron (Campaign name: Dogs of War) in Very Hard difficulty.
In comparison to the base game, The Red Odyssey really ramped up the difficulty level by over 9000. It is now more imperative for players to know the scripted sequences and spawns by heart and take the appropriate actions in advance. There is little room for error and improvisation. Cheesy / desperate tactics will even be more necessary in this expansion. I have managed to avoid criticising the AI in the base game videos because they were at least still manageable, but the dumb AI at times made me extremely frustrated here when they actually undermine my otherwise good run. However, one positive thing that came out from this is, that I finally put in the effort to learn the more advanced controls and tactics in order to beat the game, so viewers can probably see more "high level" plays compared to that in my base game play-through.
Still, the final few missions were unbearable for someone who went in mostly blind. I have no idea how to nicely edit the hectic but mundane stuff. I hope the end product is not too much of a pain to watch. I apologise if you do find it that way, but I assure you that it is infinitely more painful to play through the whole game at Very Hard. Finishing the campaign without cheats itself is an achievement, in my opinion.
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Specific mission timestamps:
0:00:00 Opening
0:01:36 Mission 1: Close Target Wrecky
0:05:02 Mission 2: Hidden Enemy
0:12:06 Mission 3: Spilt Milk
0:29:20 Mission 4: Wolf In Sheep's Clothing
0:37:43 Mission 5: Achilles Heel
1:05:31 Mission 6: Blitzkrieg
1:22:55 Mission 7: Terra Incognita
1:40:19 Mission 8: Hook, Line, And Sinker
1:47:57 Mission 9: Grand Theft Portal
1:54:54 Mission 10: The Enemy Within
2:14:30 Mission 11: Stranded
2:44:37 Mission 12: Meanwhile, Back At The Ranch...
3:04:28 Mission 13: Frustrate Their Knavish Tricks
3:25:36 Mission 14: Lifeline
4:06:50 Mission 15: The Best Laid Plans
4:18:12 Ending + Credits
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