Last Train Home – Few Tips and Tricks for Guys Having Trouble

I just beat Novo-Nikolaevsk, probably around halfway point of the game and it’s fairly smooth sailing. I am playing on the difficulty the devs wanted you to play. The game does get harder later on but you get better and it becomes way easier. Just wanted to give a few pointers to guys having trouble on the “battle” maps.

Tips and Tricks

• Game prioritizes stealth over guns blazing. Ammo is scarce. Always always always enter silent mode and go for backstabs. Use rifleman to go for backstabs because even if you get spotted, you can charge enemies and get a quick kill without alerting anyone else as most of the enemies on the map are deaf.
• Hide in bushes / tall grass and slowly move up. You are invincible UNLIKE hiding behind half / full cover. There’s a save button too so you can save scum your way to victory.
• Use sniper class to expose the fog of war. Point your cursor on enemies to see their “detection cone.” Game is really laid back and even if you get spotted you got about 1-2 seconds to run away from their detection cone. Its the MGS ? equivalent phase. You can also use this to your advantage and get enemies to investigate away from their patrol routes if you haven’t unlocked the rock distraction perk yet.
• Use the sniper class rock distraction perk to break enemies away from their patrol routes.
• For missions recommending 8 men, bring 8 men and break them up into 2 squads of 4 (or 3 if you don’t have enough men). Always use a pincer movement on enemies from the flanks. Don’t attack from just one side. You’ll burn through too much ammo.
• Once you get good, you rarely get hurt and there’s plenty of health packs around the map so medic classes become kinda useless especially if you are save scumming. But until then bring at least 1 medic.
• Never rush machine gun nests. It won’t work. You might get lucky with a well placed grenade but a full frontal assault is a big no no. Armored machine gun cars are a different story… They can get destroyed due to small arms fire much easier.
• Focus on upgrading your 10 best guys. Don’t spread your promotions across everyone. Promote the 10 best and build upgrades for them in the workshop cart. They get way more powerful later on. You’ll want 2 of each class (sniper, machine gun, grenadier, medic, riflemen).