Theater

Penthouse

Clear the roof, then start heading downstairs, clearing out this massive penthouse apartment room by room. For the most part, the enemies won't know you're coming, so feel free to go quiet and attempt to avoid any large ambushes, if you like. Alternately, you can go heavy with a machinegun and sweep through all of the enemies in your path. This is especially helpful just after you reach the first supply boxes; the windows nearby are perfect for killing off the next dozen or so opponents, as they'll all spawn and rush into the room after you start taking people out.

Eventually you'll hit a rappel point. Your goal here should be to hit the rappel and breach into the lower room as quickly as possible; any dilly-dallying will get you killed, as there are plenty of enemies in the room below. You may want to send your team into the windows first before heading in yourself.

Rappelling is fun, but dangerous. Let your team breach in before you do.

After the second rappel, you'll see the lights get cut. Start being a bit more cautious here; you can start using silencers to sneak up on your foes, as they usually won't come through the doors here to check on their teammates. Scout thoroughly with your snakecam and be sure to stick to the corners. Eventually you'll reach a corner suite with rappel points, as well as a staircase. It's probably better to go through the door, but you can always tell your teammates to breach and clear while you bust through a window on the opposite side of the room if you want to feel like a pro.

You'll eventually lose contact with Echo Team as explosions rip through one of the buildings here. Fast rope down the side of the building and go loud to deal with the enemies there; there's no sense in subtlety when fighting in these large rooms. As you approach the bar with the two turrets in it, keep in mind that you can access a kitchen area through the bar. It's not on your map, but will let you flank around to the side of the large room ahead of you and enter through two doors if you like.

Casino

Go quiet at the beginning of this level, and you should be able to headshot the first few enemies without drawing too much attention. When you reach the open-air casino area, though, go loud and start shooting crap up. It's not feasible to make a front-on assault; split off to the left or right and find cover in the bathrooms. That'll let you get behind a planter and get a bead on the sniper up above before clearing out the rest of the area.

Go loud in the casino here; it'll be a firefight no matter what.

When you reach the gamerooms, it's probably best to just stay loud and draw the enemies to you with noise. You can use your thermal goggles here to highlight enemies, if you wish, but the torrent of gunfire will probably be enough to tell you where they are. Proceed cautiously; there are two turret gunners in the far northern corners of the area to contend with.

Center Stage

Eliminate the soldiers near the SWAT team members, then head upwards towards the ticket booth. Eliminate the other soldiers nearby, then head into the security room's general area. Be prepared to tell your teammates to drop smoke in the hallway here, to obscure the view of the turret gunners nearby.

Use smoke to obscure the vision of these turret gunners before pressing on.

When you breach the security room (chuck a grenade through the window to clear out stragglers), order your team to hack the computer, then get on the turret here and reload it. Two waves of enemies will come, but you'll be well capable of mowing them down with the turret.

Your goal now is to assault the theater and shut down the bomb before it goes off. The enemies in the theater will trip the countdown if they see you coming, but luckily for you, it's relatively easy to kill them all without anyone noticing. At the outfit station, grab a SR-25 SD sniper rifle. It's silenced, so you'll be able to pop heads from a distance without making any noise. Start by killing the guard on the catwalks, then start picking targets out on the ground below you. The guard in the balcony should go down first, followed by the soldiers walking among the seats, and eventually finishing up with the soldier standing by the bomb itself.

You may want to have your teammates queued up at one of the fast ropes while you snipe away; if alarms are raised, you'll be able to tell them to drop right away and go hot to remove any remaining foes. Get them to the bomb ASAP to disarm it in this case.

If you're quiet, you can snipe everyone in the theater and have an easy time disarming the bomb.

Head through the hallway nearby to reach the equipment cases. Although it's easy to miss the two doors here, look around for both entrances to the next room and plan accordingly. One of the doors will have a shielded enemy in front of it, so a breach and clear there will help eliminate him immediately. The rest of the room is pretty populated, so don't be afraid to chuck a grenade into it and see what happens.

The next set of two doors that you reach will feature the hostages. Use your snake cam here; it would appear that the surviving SWAT team member is alive and attempting to negotiate. For whatever reason, the terrorists are letting him stand up and walk around. You'll face a game over if he dies, so use a flash and clear maneuver, then open the door near you and fire while crouching. Fire upwards at the enemies, since the SWAT person crouches; that will hopefully keep you firing above his head. With the hostages free, move out onto the band performance area and use the drum platform as cover while you counterattack the ambush here. A short hike from there will lead you to the last part of the level.

Extraction

No need to be quiet here, except perhaps for the first group of enemies. Stick to the corners as you head up the stairs, and you'll see them come out a doorway. You're pretty close to a refit box, so feel free to use whatever grenades you have.

Extraction's a messy business, so go loud!

When you hit the refit box, you'll have one major firefight to get through. There are two doors leading out onto the rooftops, but both you and your teammates should head out through the door near the refit boxes. Tag the turret gunner and shielded foe to your left before stacking up, then set your team to assault mode and nab a machinegun or assault rifle for yourself. Breach and clear, and your team should take down the turret gunner and the shieldbearer, allowing you all to set up behind the airconditioning units on the roof to take down the two dozen or so enemies that will start to come your way. There are two turrets set up on the far side of the roof, so stay behind cover, start chucking grenade at the nearby enemies, and let your teammates do the hard work here. When the coast is clear, head out to the helicopter and land.

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