(spoilers) ME2 Insanity mode, epic fail
Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2010 6:38 pm
Finally playing ME2 360 on Insanity (apologies to purists but I need that last achievement so viewers of my Xbox Live profile can see I'm a die-hard fan of the series 
) . Trying to recruit Tali, made it to the final battle and I can get past the first few waves of geth and the hunters, but the colossus' rate of fire is ever so slightly faster than the warm-up time on the Cain so I can't get a shot in before it kills me. Any other weapon, geth reinforcements keep spawning and eventually overwhelm my squad (set to watch my back while I grind the colossus down) and flank me. Dead again. So does anybody know if the geth respawn infinitely, or can I just keep killing them until they run out and then attack the colossus? Other strategy suggestions would also be welcome. Or, since the Reaper IFF mission is already unlocked, can I just bail on recruiting Tali and continue the main mission without her?
EDIT: Finally managed to kill it with two changes in strategy and some luck: I set Miranda at the bottom of the ramp to avoid being flanked, and set Garrus behind cover at the top of the ramp to help with the all the respawning Geth troopers & hunters (which as far as I can tell, are infinite). And I used the Collector particle beam, which let me pop out of cover and lay down continuous fire between the Colossus shots which eventually took it down.
) . Trying to recruit Tali, made it to the final battle and I can get past the first few waves of geth and the hunters, but the colossus' rate of fire is ever so slightly faster than the warm-up time on the Cain so I can't get a shot in before it kills me. Any other weapon, geth reinforcements keep spawning and eventually overwhelm my squad (set to watch my back while I grind the colossus down) and flank me. Dead again. So does anybody know if the geth respawn infinitely, or can I just keep killing them until they run out and then attack the colossus? Other strategy suggestions would also be welcome. Or, since the Reaper IFF mission is already unlocked, can I just bail on recruiting Tali and continue the main mission without her?EDIT: Finally managed to kill it with two changes in strategy and some luck: I set Miranda at the bottom of the ramp to avoid being flanked, and set Garrus behind cover at the top of the ramp to help with the all the respawning Geth troopers & hunters (which as far as I can tell, are infinite). And I used the Collector particle beam, which let me pop out of cover and lay down continuous fire between the Colossus shots which eventually took it down.