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This level had a whole lot of changes, most of them for the worst... The tripod guns, the things that looked so cool in the beta pictures we saw, were all taken out! Why? It would have been fun to mow down stuff with a tripod machine gun.
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Yes, here is one now. A tripod machine gun, which didn't make it into the final version of the game. But why? They look pretty cool. And they already have a guy that mans the gun. Now, all that's on those little tables are things that activate the alarm. I would have much rather have had a tripod gun.
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Here are the spots I have found where the machine guns have been removed. Hold on a sec for them to load... The pictures on the right were taken by me.
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Why would the guns have been taken out? When IGN 64 played an earlier version of the game, they played this level, and had no problems using the tripod guns. Did they make the game too easy? I mean, it isn't that hard to shoot guys when you are behind sand bags with a huge machine gun. Did it slow the game down a lot? Or did they just have no use? In order go get there, you would have to clear out all of the guys, meaning there would be nothing left to shoot at, leaving you with a lot of firepower to waste. Maybe it just wasn't practical to have these big guns here. Another possibility is that it made it too hard for you to complete the mission with guys firing these things at you. You would have to get pretty close to be able to aim over the sand bags, meanwhile, they guy is blasting away at you. It could have been an objective, "Destroy all tripod guns," or something similar. Who knows?
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Here is something amazing. One of the gun turrets in action. This is from a quick streaming video, where Bond runs across the bridge, goes up to this gun, and takes over it. He then shoots a guy with it. This thing fires fast! It also has a really cool sound effect when it is shooting. To watch that movie, click here. If you have a cable modem or DSL, click here instead.
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Only thing different here is that they decided to remove some of the crap leaning against the side of the building. I thought that all of the junk looked pretty cool. Everything else is the same, those two guards are still there, and that one even still has a crossbow.
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The plane has remained virtually unchanged. Except for one small factor. Where is the door? How were you planned to get into the plane, when the door isn't open? Was it on the other side? or did you merely have to go near the plane to finish the mission? Quite a mystery.