Tip of the Spear - Roadblocks | Tip of the Spear Gears of War 2 Guide

Last update: 11 May 2016

Roadblocks

It's time to travel on your own legs. Your mission is to defend the platform on its way to the placing zone. The winter landscape resembles our Alps, but somewhere, between the lovely demolished houses, lingers the enemy. On you left you will find a door through which you will pass by kicking it three times (the X button).

There is a counter between the room and the stairs leading up. Jump over it and take the Jacinto Sentinel Newspaper from the 1st floor. After that, go down.

Before you exit the building, you will have to deal with some Tickers. These are small creatures with bombs mounted on their backs. They're extremely dangerous in direct contact, but there is a way of getting rid of them without wasting precious ammo. You just have to let them run close to you and jump to a safe spot when you see fire on their backs. Get rid of all the Tickers so the platform can move forward and cross the street. When a wooden barrier will block your way cut it with a Lancer.

After another fight with some Tickers you should find yourself at the end of the street. The proper road is the one on the left, but if you go right you'll find the Memorial Inscription. After getting on the proper route, you will find out that the rest of your squad is under fire. Take cover by running to the wall in the front.

Eliminate every enemy except the one using the Troika on the left. To get rid of him, you will have to wait for the reinforcements. Once the terrain is clear enter the building in front of you.

There you will find the Truck Driver's Note. Exit the building and go to the tunnel with the rest of your squad.

Clear the tunnel of the Tickers. It's a great occasion to make progress in getting the achievement of killing 30 of them.

When the road will be blocked by wrecked cars, you will find two doors on the left. One of the will be right before the stairs leading to the second one. Go through it and you will find the COG Tag CSID: 595506-GK8C6-9A.

On the very end of the tunnel a Reaver will block your way. Kill the pilot first and then get rid of the creature. Before you lies a part of the city, which is under mortar fire. For the first time, you will have the possibility to choose a path and the team will have to split up. You can choose the road leading through the hotel or the rooftops.

Rooftops

Kill the Locust in the buildings. When you cross the first resistance point, you should see a ladder.

Go up and kill the Locust controlling the mortar, which will be helpful in clearing the path for the squad on the other side of the road. Target the roof which you must destroy and wait for the meter to show around 12. Let go of the trigger and watch a rain of missiles fall on the hotel.

Go down and wait for Jack to open the door. Deal with the rest of the Locust and take the mortar. After a while you will get a message about an incoming Brumak. Target the tunnel's exit and wait for the creature to show up. Then let the mortar's missiles do the job.

Hotel

Deal with the Locust and go to the door on the opposite side of the roof. Wait for the second team to open you a route with the mortar and go forward.

Kill the locust in the room with the four columns and get rid of the mortar crew and their escort on the next roof. Afterwards take one of the mortars and aim at the tunnel on the other side. Once a Brumak shows up, shoot at the maximum range. If the salvo won't be enough, shoot once more, while correcting the distance.