Stop Marchenko Before He Blows Up the Towers
Objectives
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Go north and enter the exhibition area |
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Defeat Marchenko |
Overview
Whenever you start on this mission, a bomb timer begins. After 10 minutes, you won’t be able to save the bomb without either having the Bomb Jammer from “Confronting the Bomb-Maker” or using a kill switch.
So you can avoid these extra difficulties, there are tips for dramatically cutting down on your time in this section.
In any event, you start off by running to the northern side of Level 1. There used to be a gate blocking access to the exhibition hall, but it’s been raised. Rush toward the series of doors ahead, and then watch a cutscene as Jensen arrives.
Marchenko is in the hall with multiple traps, drones, robots, and his variety of augmentations. Whether you want to spare him or not, it’s time for a fight. When it ends, you move on to “Protecting the Future,” unless you’ve completed that already. If you have, the game ends soon afterward.
CombatBoss FightMarchenko Stay low and head left. Jump up and onto the staircase to the upper part of the area, and move forward toward a series of large crates. Move them and sneak into a computer room (it also has duct access if you take a longer route, around the northern side). Hack or use a Multi-Tool on the security computer and disable the only camera in the room. Then, turn on Friendly Fire for the robots because they’ll end up hurting Marchenko and the drones. Use ranged weapons from the upper tier to kill off any remaining drones during the confusion, and then wait for Marchenko to come up to you. The turrets make him dangerous to fight in the middle of the room, so it’s to your advantage to fight him upstairs.  With Marchenko weakened and alone, he’ll be easy pickings. Use Smart Vision to track him, and either lure him toward a robot or wait for him to get heavily engaged by one. That’s the time to strike! Employ all of your offensive augs to gain an advantage here. There’s no need to save many stims or Biocells, so use what you have and fire Shotgun blasts and grenades into Marchenko. He soaks up a huge amount of damage, but he doesn’t get to fire back much. The incoming attacks stagger him, and having a robot buddy makes this even easier to pull off. Search him after he falls--he’s carrying a Praxis Kit. |
StealthWhy have a long and protected fight when so many people’s lives are on the line? Don’t do it. Instead, stay hidden at the front of the exhibition hall. Marchenko fires blindly toward you, but he doesn’t know exactly where you are. Let him get closer. When he’s within shooting range, use your Tesla augmentation to stun him. Charge forward, use a Takedown, and then search him for loot. EMP Grenades also work, but they’re harder to hit him with, so the Tesla aug is superior. That’s it. The big guy goes down like a ton of bricks if you land that stun + Takedown combo. He should have been more careful.  |