The Spoony Experiment

Let’s Play SWAT 4 – Mission #11: I Die A Lot

by Spoony on August 5, 2009 · View Comments

A crazed militia seizes the top floors of a major hotel and plants explosives all over the place! It’s the SWAT team’s deadliest mission yet! Will Lieutenant Spoony be up to the challenge? Or did the title spoil it for you?

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Kevin November 29, 2009 at 12:12 am

If you use C2 on the bathrooom door it will “incapacitate” the suspect without penalties.

Tobias Perschon November 30, 2009 at 9:50 am

omg, I saw your keyboard and looked in front of me and thought, “ok same keyboard”…
then I recognised your mouse and thought, “damn I have the same gear as you”
so I started looking what else you might have and oh shit you also have the same logitech webcam on your monitor ;)

love your stuff, keep it up :)

zingzangspillip December 4, 2009 at 5:29 am

Love your SWAT 4 reviews, Spoony! Easily my favourite reviews of yours.

So, what are the chances of more? Is the game simply too infuriating?

Matt December 12, 2009 at 1:03 pm

I guess about 20 deaths but 59 is a lot more than I thought there would be. Thank god I never got the game.

melgar December 13, 2009 at 5:45 am

spoony where are the rest of the missions?

FloodEater December 13, 2009 at 8:53 am

Mt.Threshold and Medical Center? I guess they are too hard for Spoony. Will take at least 100 times for him to get through :)

Paul December 13, 2009 at 11:33 pm

You must have forgotten about the breaching charges Spoony… Great video nonetheless.

melgar December 15, 2009 at 6:03 am

I really loved these review and i bought the game myself and i kinda liked swat4 its not like all the other shooters ive played good job spoony

prestokey December 16, 2009 at 5:06 pm

Has spoony forgotten this series? I love this one, it is my second favorite of his lets plays, the first being phantasmagoria. It has been two months since a new one. Either way, it was still hilarious.

Sensiblar Erecton December 19, 2009 at 4:41 am

I wouldn’t keep playing either.

TheColdRutabaga January 2, 2010 at 5:20 pm

<rant value = “boring”>

While I love watching SpoonyRunning and gunning, in this game it's simply stupid. I know it's frustrating having to move so
f*cking slow to keep your aim, but anyone who's tried it in real life knows that it's virtually impossible to have decent accuracy.

Using the tactical (read boring) method I got through this level on the third try, and without losing any squad members.

The lower floor is very forgiving since the enemies don't move around that much.
Taking out the few that are usually wandering about the corridor is first priority. After that it's simply a matter of playing it silent and use the wand and flashbangs. Using the wands to watch around corners is extremely useful here.

On the top floor there is no time for wands, but rushing isn't necessary. Simply order your squad to disable the bombs whenever you spot one, walk slowly to keep your aim and you should be fine.

To top off the tips: Always let your squad do the restraining. It may not be much faster (unless you have multiple unrestrained people in an area) but you don't leave your tender neck and fragile head unprotected for wandering suspects.

</rant>

Zeebraas January 10, 2010 at 3:22 pm

Sir, You not in my way

steelmeal January 18, 2010 at 10:43 pm

Awesome Let's play can't wait for the next two missions.

If you switch the M4 or any Gun that fires bullets to FMJ rounds you can kill the armoured terrorists faster and shoot through doors

ghostROM January 31, 2010 at 2:48 am

About the bathrooms — if you mirror under the door to check if he is there, he cant open the door, and if he is there, place your own C2 charge. The door doesn't have to be locked, and it will either stun, incapacitate, or kill the guy inside without docking your points.

ghostROM January 31, 2010 at 7:48 am

About the bathrooms — if you mirror under the door to check if he is there, he cant open the door, and if he is there, place your own C2 charge. The door doesn't have to be locked, and it will either stun, incapacitate, or kill the guy inside without docking your points.

JR14 February 28, 2010 at 2:49 am

dear spoony i know what you mean i hate this lvl i still cant get past it. do you have any suggestions how not to die. ps thx for doing these swat reviews now i have his game its alot of fun. pps i love attempt number 49 DIEDIE F*CK YOU GUYS TOO!

JR14 February 28, 2010 at 2:49 am

dear spoony i know what you mean i hate this lvl i still cant get past it. do you have any suggestions how not to die. ps thx for doing these swat reviews now i have his game its alot of fun. pps i love attempt number 49 DIEDIE F*CK YOU GUYS TOO!

JR14 February 28, 2010 at 2:53 am

shut up dude maby your a prodige but this level is friggen hard! its taken me almost 10 tries already and i still havent beaten it

djfusion March 2, 2010 at 6:13 pm

for the guy in the bathroom maybe if you shoot first but with a taser gun it would work

The_Hyphenator April 13, 2010 at 7:39 am

Maybe the programmers were attempting to accurately simulate what it's like to go into a combat situation with a team of idiots. That's about the only explanation I can come up with for the piss-poor ally AI, other than programmer laziness and/or incompetence. And I thought X-Men Legends was annoying without human co-op. Yeesh!

bandersnatch84 May 10, 2010 at 4:08 pm

Just beat this mission today. You should definitely start on the stairwell instead of in the elevator. Wedge the door to the bottom floor so no one sneaks up on you and do the bomb diffusal section first since it's the hardest. Even though the briefing says they are wearing masks, they aren't wearing gas masks so I pepper balled most of them. As for the guy in the bathroom, don't breach into the room. Instead pick the lock so he isn't alerted and then tell your men to stack up in front of the bathroom, get in front of the door and crouch. Wait for the reticle to get really small and tell them to breach and clear. Right when the door opens pepper ball the guy in the face.

SisyphusFalls May 11, 2010 at 8:46 pm

The one advantage to the Rainbow Six series – If you get shot, you become the next team member in line. We used to make fun of my dad when he'd get shifted back to the female team members. That high voice was never very becoming.

Congrats on making it through, Spoony. What a nonsensefest.

SisyphusFalls May 11, 2010 at 8:47 pm

Heck, sometimes I'd turn in a dark hallway and my guys would scare me and I'd mow them all down on accident. What fun, eh?

Cameron June 17, 2010 at 12:52 am

i am going to guess 21 on screen and only god knows off lol

Remy Rizzo June 24, 2010 at 8:45 pm

dug in like ticks

Aaron Kerr July 8, 2010 at 5:13 pm

I don't know why it's so much fun to watch you play this game but it is.

Paul Dennis July 13, 2010 at 12:51 am

I guessed about 25 but crap, 59 is alot.

I would've given up on that game after 20 deaths.

TheKcritic July 13, 2010 at 2:35 pm

what song did u use

David Mason July 16, 2010 at 1:59 am

Couldn't you try throw the door open and spray him with Pepper spray.

Gabriel Silvestre July 17, 2010 at 5:40 am

think ur koobut did u play res 4?

HanukkaHarry July 20, 2010 at 8:17 am

I'm currently trying to beat this level (I always get taken out by the last few guys with single shots), but the easiest way to take the downstairs bathrooms is to blast them open with C2. This will incapacitate the guys inside long enough for you to whip out your tazer to take them down. They'll usually go to surrender after the C2 goes off, but you can always taze them to make sure they don't go for a faux-surrender.

To be honest though, the Russian level has been the hardest for me so far, I died like twice as many times as you did on that level, and I'm on the verge of beating this level on only 5 or 6 tries.

C William Cardno July 20, 2010 at 5:07 pm

The problem with the C2 method are the guys who open the doors the second you enter the room and start picking off your team. I have never been able to beat this single player though, so I applaud both you and spoony right off the bat. The team AI here is so pointless that you guys pretty much soloed this damn level with a few walking shields protecting you from instant death. I haven't been able to do it without my LAN buddies who rock at counterstrike assuming squad roles with me. lol

HanukkaHarry July 20, 2010 at 5:31 pm

Hm, in the 12 or so times it took me to beat this level I never had a bathroom guy (who had the door closed) come out as soon as we entered the room. He only shot at us after we opened the bathroom door, and I was able to circumvent this with the C2.

My basic strategy for the rooms was to bang and clear if I saw someone inside with the wand. After that was clear (I'd rarely lose a guy in the room) I'd C2 the door open, and 99% of the time the guy would go to surrender. I never gave him a chance to faux-surrender because I'd taze him before he could recover.

I always lost my guys on the top floor. The funny part is that on the try where I finally nailed it, I had 3 of my guys going into the last balcony-area, but they all got taken out by 1 guy. I flashed him and took him out.

Ironically, the area where I lost the most of my guys (usually) was the “Employees Only” area at the top of the staircase, across from the door that takes you into the main area of the second floor. When you open the door there's a long hall that leads into a larger area, which is a complete deathtrap for your team because the (usually) 2 guys that are in there hide behind the pillar, so I'd usually lose at least 1, usually 2 guys. Only once did I clear that room unscathed.

demonfist July 24, 2010 at 9:15 am

actually the guy in the bathroom is very easy, because you just have to pick the taser, position yourself in front of the door and yell “police, hands up!”. He will hear you through the door and mostly open it in order to attack you, but because now you're the one who aims at the door, he won't have any chance ^^
Of course this will work only if you enter quietly with the picklock

Cuefrogger August 7, 2010 at 6:21 pm

27

Cuefrogger August 7, 2010 at 6:21 pm

Holy Sh**!

Gabriel Marquez August 12, 2010 at 6:24 pm

I think it would have been better if he used a GB36s instead of the Colt M4A1 Carbine

Gabriel Marquez August 12, 2010 at 6:25 pm

just search “beverly hills cop II soundtrack” on google or something

Gabriel Marquez August 13, 2010 at 1:24 am

I think it would have been better if he used a GB36s instead of the Colt M4A1 Carbine

Gabriel Marquez August 13, 2010 at 1:25 am

just search “beverly hills cop II soundtrack” on google or something

Anonymous August 16, 2010 at 12:27 pm

Either the G36 or the .45 SMG would be good with FMJ, not HP ammunition and you should have tried going in silent on the guy in the bathroom, have your men stare at the door while you open it from the side, not standing in the middle of the doorway then throwing a stinger, or you could break the door with C2 charges and run away then blow them up. Then mr.bathroom would probably run out so that you could shoot him in the ass or toss a grenade in there

Anonymous August 16, 2010 at 12:32 pm

G36 or .45 SMG would be good with FMJ, not HP ammunition. As for the guy in the bathroom you could try to go in silently then have your guys stare at the door and open the door from the side, not standing in the middle or the doorway then toss a grenade in there. The other method is going in silently once again and plant C2 on the door then run away and detonate, that would either make mr.bathroom run out of there or it would make it possible for you to toss a grenade in there.

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