They're usually found guarding hostages, such as Aldus Bishop or Alice Wade.
Tactical Replicas are actually quite rare, you'll only face them in a few
encounters in the entire game. They are the best armored standard Replicas
(other than the Elites), but the difference isn't too dramatic.
Replica Sniper:
Appearance: Clone soldier wearing bluish-grey uniform and grey
hockey-style face mask.
Health: 130
Armor: 50
Weapons Used: Type-7 Particle Weapon (Damage: 100, Armor Penetration: 70%)
Other Attacks: Rifle Butt (Damage: 35, Armor Penetration: 0%)
Frag Grenades (Damage: 100, Armor Penetration: 25%)
OVERVIEW:
Replica snipers only appear in a single section of the game, towards
the end. You'll engage in a firefight against 10 of them
while crossing the rooftops of an abandoned tenament area. The
snipers are equipped with Type-7 particle weapons, and will fire at
you from the rooftops and windows of the nearby apartment buildings.
Interestingly, Snipers wear the exact same masks as Replica Elite. The
similarity ends there, however, as Snipers can't survive nearly as much
punishment as Elites can.
BEHAVIOR:
Because they're equipped with Type-7s, snipers do lots of damage
and can kill you quite quickly. Snipers are also tough because you'll
usually won't know where they are until they actually fire at you.
Fortunately, their aim isn't perfect (in fact it's surprisingly average),
and you can avoid many of their shots by taking cover in the right spot
and leaning around the corner to fire at them.
KILL STRATEGY:
It's best to use SloMo when fighting the snipers to make it easier for
you to hit them before they can hit you. You should also fight them by
counter-sniping them with your own sniper weapon. You really should
have a Type-7 particle weapon at this point in the game, and it works
great since it kills each sniper with one shot. If you don't have the
Type-7, there's a couple of them conveniently laying on the ground
just before the sniper fight.
Replica Elite Soldier:
Appearance: Clone soldier wearing black uniform and white hockey-style
face mask with glowing red eyes.
Health: 150
Armor: 100
Weapons Used: Assault Rifle (Damage: 20, Armor Penetration: 30%)
HV Penetrator (Damage: 25, Armor Penetration: 80%)
MP-50 Repeating Cannon (Damage: 40 + 40, AP: 30% + 50%)
Other Attacks: Rifle Butt (Damage: 35, Armor Penetration: 0%)
Frag Grenades (Damage: 100, Armor Penetration: 25%)
OVERVIEW:
Replica Elites are the only variant of standard Replica soldier
specifically mentioned by name in the game. They only show up at
the very end of the game, guarding the entrance to the Vault and
Alma's Sarcophagus.
Elites are tougher and more heavily armored than any of the previous
Replica soldiers you've faced. Their health and armor are comparable to
your own, and on extreme difficulty they have approximately the same level
of durability as you do. In fact, Elites can survive a direct hit from the
Type-7 particle weapon or MP-50 repeating cannon (although a second hit
will finish them off). Elites can even survive a direct hit from a frag
grenade, although the blast will usually stun them for a few seconds,
allowing you to finish them off with a quick burst of weapons fire.
A few Elites are even equipped with powerful MP-50 repeating cannons,
which pack a big punch and can shred you if you're not prepared. Be sure
to kill these guys quickly with your best weapon.
There are a total of 16 Replica Elites in the game, 4 of which
are carrying MP-50 Repeating Cannons.
BEHAVIOR:
Other than their heavier armor, Replica Elites have the same behavior
and use the same tactics as any other standard Replica soldier. They
can still be taken out using the same techniques you've been using
throughout the game, it just takes a few more shots to do the job.
Headshots are also very effective against them: an Elite can survive a
direct hit from the Type-7 particle weapon, but a headshot from that
weapon will kill them in one hit.
The Vault area where you fight the Elites consists largely of linear
corridors and very small rooms, so fighting them is actually relatively
quick and straightforward compared to the more dynamic shootouts
from earlier in the game.
KILL STRATEGY:
Despite their higher health and heavier armor, Elites are still
staggered by gunfire, which allows you to stun them with a rapid-fire
weapon such as the assault rifle or submachine gun.
As soon as you enter the Vault, you'll lose all your weapons, so
there's no point in conserving ammo and you can just to go all-out on
these guys with your best firepower.
Replica Heavy Armor Soldier:
Appearance: 7-foot tall soldier encased in heavy suit of metal plates,
with glowing blue eye lens.
Health: 800
Armor: 400
Weapons Used: HV Penetrator (Damage: 25, Armor Penetration: 80%)
Type-7 Particle Weapon (Damage: 100, Armor Penetration: 70%)
MOD-3 Rocket Launcher (Damage: 50 + 80, AP: 0 + 80%)
Other Attacks: Rifle Butt (Damage: 35, Armor Penetration: 0%)
OVERVIEW:
Heavy Armor soldiers are the heavy hitters of the Replica forces.
Encased in a heavy suit of metal armor, they can soak up
considerably more damage than a normal Replica soldier can. It takes
more than a full clip from most of your weapons to kill one. You'll face
Heavy Armors on a semi-regular basis, and a total of 15 of them
appear throughout the game.
BEHAVIOR:
Heavy Armors are usually found accompanying a squad of Replica
soldiers into battle. Unlike Replica soldiers, who use advanced tactics
and are highly manueverable, Heavy Armors tend to just plant
themselves in one spot and open fire on you. Instead of seeking
cover, they rely on their armor plating to protect them from your
bullets.
They are usually equipped with HV penetrators, but later in the game
you'll meet one carrying a Type-7 particle weapon, and one equipped
with a MOD-3 rocket launcher. Their high-end weaponry makes them
more dangerous than regular Replicas. The Type-7 particle weapon
and MOD-3 rocket launcher both pack a powerful punch and do lots
of damage to you. Of the two, the MOD-3 is by far the most dangerous,
due to it's high rate of fire and the fact it shoots 3 rockets per shot.
The HV penetrator does less raw damage, but is still dangerous because
it has a high armor penetration and most of the damage done will be
directly to your health, bypassing the protection of any armor you're
wearing.
Fortunately, their heavy armor also makes them considerably slower
than the regular Replica soldiers. Heavy Armors are unable to run and
are limited to a slow and steady walk. They also aren't particularly
manueverable, and tend to stay in a single area instead of running all
over the map like regular Replicas do. They also tend to be defensive,
generally blocking a corridor or area you need to go through, instead
of actively pursuing you.
KILL STRATEGY:
The best way to deal with Heavy Armors is to find cover and wait for
them to plant themselves in a single spot. Once they do, find a good
angle on them, lean around a corner, and fire at them. Use the corner
as cover to avoid the majority of their shots, and unload on them with
a good weapon. The shotgun works well at close-to-medium range (8
to 12 shots should be sufficient to kill one), and at further range good
accurate weapons such as the HV penetrator or ASP rifle are
preferable (about 25 shots from either will do the trick). In a pinch you
can use the assault rifle, but it'll take more than 50 bullets to kill them.
The absolute best weapon against Heavy Armors is the Type-7
particle weapon, which will bring down a Heavy Armor with 3
headshots or 6 shots to the body.
Heavy Armors don't move around a lot, so it's fairly easy to score headshots
on them, especially with SloMo on. If you somehow end up facing off against
a Heavy Armor at close range, 4 headshots from the shotgun will bring
it down rather quickly.
When fighting Heavy Armors, it's a good idea to kill off any Replica
soldiers accompanying them first before concentrating on the Heavy
Armor itself. You don't want Replicas sneaking up on you while you're
busy with the Heavy Armor.
Assassin:
Appearance: Ninja wearing black stealth suit, with oversized gloves
and power-pak on back.
Health: 200
Armor: 150
Weapons Used: Melee Punch (Damage: 35, Armor Penetration: 0%)
OVERVIEW:
These Ninja-like stealth soldiers are perhaps the coolest enemies in
the game, as well as the rarest. Although you'll be able to spot them
at several points in the game if you look carefully, you'll only actually
fight assassins in 2 levels, and there are only a total of 9 of
them throughout the entire game.
BEHAVIOR:
Assassins have very high speed and agility. They constantly run
around, can leap from level to level, and can escape by shimmying
into air-vents or even leaping into the ceiling. They can also
roll sideways to evade your shots, and can leap forward and run
on all four limbs for maximum speed. Finally, Assassins can cling to
walls while invisible, and will leap down and charge at you when you get
close.
Notably, they're also equipped with a stealth generator which renders
them almost invisible. There's a slight shimmer that gives their
invisibility cloak away (just like in the movie Predator), but it's much
less noticable than most other similar invisibility effects, especially
when they move around so quickly.
Assassins are limited to melee attacks, and use hit-and-run tactics.
They'll rush at you, punch you, then run away using their speed,
agility, and stealth field to escape from your line of sight. Then, when
you least expect it, they'll pop out and rush at you again. Like the
Trigens in Far Cry, Assassins have a much longer reach than they
appear to; an Assassin can punch you from several feet away.
Assassins are hard to spot until they're right on top of you; however,
they tend to disengage their invisibility just before they hit you, and
being shot will also disrupt their invisibility for several seconds. You
can also tell an Assassin is about to charge you because they make
an electrical buzzing sound before beginning an attack run.
KILL STRATEGY:
Assassins are quite tough to fight without SloMo. They are incredibly
fast, shooting them won't stun them or slow them down (although it
does make them visible), and they are somewhat tougher and more
heavily armored than standard Replica soldiers. However, with
SloMo, they become rather easy to kill. SloMo essentially cancels out
their speed advantage, and it also gives you more time to spot them
coming. The shotgun is an excellent weapon against Assassins, a
couple close-range blasts will blow them away. In combination with
SloMo, you can use the shotgun to take Assassins apart easily. Other
weapons also work on Assassins, provided that you're using SloMo to
increase your reaction time.
Kung-fu attacks are also surprisingly effective against Assassins. If
you see one coming at you, rush at it and hit it with a jump kick or
slide kick to kill the Assassin in one hit. This is probably the best
strategy to fight assassins if you're not using SloMo.
Shooting the environment to kick up a lot of dust also helps against
Assassins, as the clouds of dust cause the shimmering effect of their
stealth field to become highly visible.
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