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F.E.A.R. Hints
How should I handle this situation?
1 of 10: Quicksave right before you approach the elevators, then notice in what order they arrive. (It's always the same.)
2 of 10: The first elevator has just one Replica in it, so you can blow him away with the shotgun easily without having to use any SlowMo time.
3 of 10: The second elevator to arrive (left of the first one) lets out two troops, so you'll probably want to use a little SlowMo on them.
4 of 10: As soon as they're dead, turn off SlowMo and go for the elevator just to the right of the first one that arrived. Two troops will be in it, so repeat the SlowMo-and-shoot routine on them.
5 of 10: That's it for the first set of three elevators, so look to the other three for the next Replicas to arrive in.
6 of 10: Run for the farthest (rightmost) elevator first, since one Replica will be coming out of that one next.
7 of 10: Then you'd better retreat quickly to the other side of the area and hide in a corner to get some SlowMo time back because the next elevator to arrive (the leftmost of the second set) will have a regular Replica and a Heavy Armor in it.
8 of 10: TIP: It sometimes works to run into the elevator that the last Replica came out of and wait in it for your SlowMo to recharge. If you get there fast enough, the other Replica and Heavy Armor won't see you. However, if the Heavy Armor appears in the doorway, you'll have very little room to maneuver, so you'll have to use what SlowMo time you have and keep hitting it in the faceplate with shotgun blasts and pressing the Use Medkit key when your health gets low.
9 of 10: TIP: Before you get close enough to the elevators for the Replicas to start arriving, get to where you can toss some remote bombs and/or prox grenades to where they'll land on the floor right in front of the elevator that you know the Heavy Armor will be coming up in. That way it'll be blown up or at least severely damaged before you have to fight it.
10 of 10: Thankfully, the last elevator to arrive (the middle one in the second set) only has the guys in it that you're supposed to escort. No shooting required.
