Finished Wave 100 on Iron Brigade - Survival: Hospital (Solo)

Entry posted by Random Terrain March 8, 2013

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Update: As of February 28, 2020, I'm still playing this game on my Xbox 360 (or my sister's Xbox One). The main thing I don't like about Iron Brigade is that it only has three survival missions where you can play for 100 waves. I wish the makers of the game would let us play any of the missions in survival mode. I would especially like the Village (in the Pacific) and Mars Landing to have survival modes. Those are my two favorite normal missions, but they are too short. If I could play 100 waves in the Village and Mars Landing, I'd be the hap, hap, happiest person since Bing Crosby tap-danced with Danny bleeping Kaye.

I've been playing Iron Brigade on the Xbox 360 and finished all of the missions, including the Mars stuff, so I've been seeing how far I can get on the survival missions. At around 2:30 this morning, I got to level 100 on Survival: Hospital with the hospital health bar down to around 25 percent. I didn't know that the mission ended at 100. When you get to 100, the game tells you that it's the final wave. I read comments in forums about people getting to 100, but I didn't understand that you couldn't play beyond 100.

Since I'll probably forget, I'll post what I used in case I stop playing for a while and want to play again later:

Chassis:
Honeychurch Mk IV

Legs:
Speedy Biped Legs

Weapons:
Muerte Fiesta Numero 6
B0-7T6 The Hole Puncher

Emplacements:
Piercing Sniper Turret
Super Shredder Turret
Dampening Generator Mk III
Impeccable Collection Pod

After many attempts, I finally figured out that placing piercing sniper turrets in safe spots is only for the beginning of the game. Once the scrap starts rolling in, I can place piercing sniper turrets anywhere and it doesn't matter if they get destroyed because I can plop down more. The most important thing is keeping the hospital safe. When I stopped trying to protect my emplacements, the game got a lot easier. I'll go back to playing the two other survival missions now and see if I can get close to 100 on them. Maybe being less protective of emplacements will help me get farther.

Update (June 26/27, 2013)

I played this tonight and finished all 100 waves again, but this time it was a lot easier and more fun. Here's what I used this time:

Chassis:
Honeychurch Mk IV

Legs:
Speedy Biped Legs

Weapons:
Muerte Fiesta Numero 6
Muerte Fiesta Numero 6

Emplacements:
Piercing Sniper Turret
Super Shredder Turret
Dampening Generator Mk III
Impeccable Collection Pod

Looks like the only thing that is different is that I used another Muerte Fiesta Numero 6. Now that I'm used to it, Survival: Hospital (Solo) is hard without being too hard, so I think I'll do this mission whenever I'm in the mood to play this game.

Update (June 29, 2013)

Since posting on June 27, 2013, I beat Survival: Hospital (Solo) 4 or 5 times with two of the Muerte Fiesta Numero 6 shotguns. I wanted to see if I could beat it with two machine guns and I just did. Now I don't have to keep pressing the fire button. I can just hold it down for rapid-fire. Here's what I used this time:

Chassis:
Honeychurch Mk IV

Legs:
Speedy Biped Legs

Weapons:
The Perforator
The Perforator

Emplacements:
Piercing Sniper Turret
Super Shredder Turret
Dampening Generator Mk III
Impeccable Collection Pod

It's a little bit harder with The Perforator, but it's worth it so I can have rapid-fire.

Update (June 30, 2013)

Beat Survival: Hospital (Solo) a couple of times with The Perforator, then beat it using the L-2 "Faster Blaster" machine guns:

Chassis:
Honeychurch Mk IV

Legs:
Speedy Biped Legs

Weapons:
L-2 "Faster Blaster"
L-2 "Faster Blaster"

Emplacements:
Piercing Sniper Turret
Super Shredder Turret
Dampening Generator Mk III
Impeccable Collection Pod

Update (November 29, 2015)

I'm still playing this survival mission, but not as much as the one on Mars. I wish we had more than just 3 survival missions to play. I'd especially love 100 levels on the Trainyard, Village (with the 3 huts), Volcano, and Mars Landing.

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