Convention

South Hall

You start on the roof of the building here, with the option of either rapelling down the side of the building or entering through a doorway. The doorway's the safer bet. Head down the steps, go through the doorway, and stop while looking over the railing in front of it. That'll let you fire downwards on the enemies that will be appearing from the steps below you. Shoot everything you can, then head down the steps to reach the bottom floor.

Yep, looks just like a convention center.

Around the corner, you'll find the south hall itself, a morass of exhibits. It's basically like having a gunfight at an old E3, if you remember what those were like. There are a bunch of terrorists in the center of the hall, as well as in the opposite corner, so stick to the walls! Keep your back against a wall as much as possible to avoid giving the terrorists opportunities to sneak up on you. We preferred to enter and hug the right wall as you come into the hall; there's plenty of cover along there for you to use as you pick off enemies. Be sure that your teammates are in assault mode, too. There are a few shotgun-wielding soldiers in the far corner of the hall, so be sure to have your teammates move first if you assault that portion of the area.

Move through the next set of hallways until you manage to scale the large stairwell leading upward. You'll have to move down one more hallway to move on; be sure to pick cover that will actually deflect bullets! The thin standing displays look comfy, but they're very penetrable.

Exhibition

There's a fairly tough challenge here at the beginning, as you have two doors to clear, both of which lead out onto a loading dock where a number of soldiers are waiting, in addition to a turret gunner and a sniper far across the platform. You'll probably want to perform a smoke and clear on one of the doorways and use the smoke as cover. You can snipe out the sniper with even an SMG, so long as it has a reflex scope. The turret gunner will be a bit more trouble. You may want to send your soldiers off to one side while you sneak around the other way and try to snipe the gunner out of the turret.

Entering this building from up high will let you more easily kill the inhabitants.

After searching the van, head up the stairway nearby and enter the warehouse via the second floor. The soldiers here will use incendiary grenades, which are less likely to hit you if you stay up top, and there are also some shielded opponents, who are easier to kill if you stand above them. The third room will be the most difficult of the three to take on from the top, as there's little cover, but there is a metal plate near the door that can be used as cover.

You'll eventually come to the security offices, where there are two doors. One of them will have a pair of soldiers chatting away right nearby, so breach and clear until the security office is secure, then hack into the security cameras to try and locate your wayward security chief.

Silent Mode!

At this point you'll be asked to put your suppressors on and start going through in silent mode. Use snake cams to mark your targets and attempt to open the first door here while the patrol is walking away from you. It might help to move in front of your team at this point and attempt to get headshots on unsuspecting foes whenever possible. You can, as prompted, use thermal scans to pinpoint your enemies before they're aware of your position. Knowing the direction of their movement will help you approach while they're facing away and take them by surprise.

You can wait here to ambush the counterattack if you're confident of living through it.

After you sneak through the hall, you'll find the room where your hostage is being held. It helps to go in through the upper doors, as you'll be able to see the terrorists and tag the two standing closest to the hostage before ordering a flash and clear. When the hostage is free from imminent danger, you can tell one of your soldiers to disarm the bomb around his neck. While he does that, prepare for the counterattack, which will start from the upper doors. There isn't a lot of cover to work with here, so we liked to move up the stairs and sit in the corner near one of the doors and wait for the first wave to appear. Gun them down, use grenades to plow through enemies at the far door, and if you survive the first wave, you should be fine to clear out the rest of your foes.

After this, you'll have to fight your way backwards through the exhibitions to reach the North Hall. It's difficult, especially since the curtains here don't really give you much cover to work with. Set your team to assault mode, though, and keep them in front of you to let them mow down most of the enemies before you can even spot them.

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