Indeed, the atmosphere is pretty good.
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Astral troublemakers in my bureau! Let's Play B.A.T. - Done!
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torpid
Liturgist
Intelligence of 7! Our character really is pretty dumb 
The need to eat and the pickpocketing sound potentially annoying, without adding much to the game; how does it work out in practice?
I agree that the art is pretty good, and the split screen is interesting. Overall it's like they wanted to give the game the feel of a comic book. The speech bubbles too.
Serious Business.
He kinda looks like Radisshu (the non-fabulous pictures of Radisshu).
The need to eat and the pickpocketing sound potentially annoying, without adding much to the game; how does it work out in practice?I agree that the art is pretty good, and the split screen is interesting. Overall it's like they wanted to give the game the feel of a comic book. The speech bubbles too.
He kinda looks like Radisshu (the non-fabulous pictures of Radisshu).
torpid said:Intelligence of 7! Our character really is pretty dumb
From what I've seen so far, all that, including the intelligence level, is just fluff. I'm getting that Whale's Voyage feeling all over again. Reflexes and energy matter, yes, the rest of the attributes... not so much. This is an action-adventure game, not an RPG, but a pretty nice one at that.
CHAPTER 2: IN DA CLUB
The Kradokid told me to bring plenty of cash, so I thought I should cash my card.
I went to the hotel to get some sleep then, and after I woke up, I was feeling hungry as hell.
Apparently sushi isn't exactly nutritious. Should've went for a burger this time as well.
Thanks to our B.O.B. having been programmed to display status messages, the game informs us Killy's starving for some real food.
Killy's only got 330 calories left, and death from starvation seems nigh. So we hurry to the Mecafood Center, grab a burger, and watch the calorie meter go up to 1130.
Phew. That was close.
The only way to earn money around here is, of course, to play a stupid mini-game.
The game wants you to memorize the order in which the shapes, of which there are 8 in total, rapidly appear on the screen. The only way to advance past the initial levels is, of course, to reduce the DosBox cycles to something below 100, as well as prepare a pen and a piece of paper.
The level 1 bet is 5 credits, but it grows as you beat more levels. I make it to level 10, and then quit the mini-game out of boredom. Killy's 400 credits richer now.
The hunger started getting me again, so I decided to buy some food at the chin merchant's. Steak and chips sounded like the safest option.
Next time I entered the Arcade, a manly woman -- or was it a womanly man -- approached me. With the power of cycles at my disposal, I agreed to his (?) terms without a second thought.Killy's perception failed him this time. That gambling creature is definitely a tranny.
Our opponent reaches level 6, which means we must reach level 7 to beat him.
Which is exactly what we do.
From what I've gathered, "Use Sloan as a guide" is definitely the best option.
And so that creep started following me around...
You can also buy drugs from wandering Stickrobs, but I don't think that serves any real purpose.
I bought the inhalers out of curiosity, but no way I'd really inhale those things.
This is the first randomly wandering cop we meet. We ask him about Vrangor, as well as about Merigo:
Oh, and about the city, too:
Fair enough.
Entering the local night club costs Killy 50 krells.
The cursor turns into a heart as we hover it over the ladies in here.
I got my first "heart" option here. "Ah hell, I'll go for it," thought I, expecting a wild pleasure cruise, no less.
Instead, they made me play a goddamn dance mini-game!
Filling the heart-o-meter to the top brings us no tangible result at the moment. Not even a kiss or a sex scene or anything.
I hurried to the museum to meet the mysterious Kradokid. To my surprise, it was no trap.
His price was a mere hundred krells. Truth be told, I expected something a bit more... exorbitant.
The Kradokid told me he saw Merigo at a private club last night.
He also handed me a pass card. Perfect.
Still, it was the dance mini-game that was keeping me intrigued. It must've had some purpose.Given that time is a major factor in this game, we experiment by entering the night club at different times of day and night. And finally that pays off.
Lydia appears, wanting to have a dance with Killy. I guess this game doesn't have a Charisma check, after all.
My heart went all a-pumping as I danced with Lydia. I had reach, and she had... flexibility.
The girl could prove useful, and I agreed to take her along for a ride.
And so I built a party of three: both Sloan and Lydia were now accompanying me. My influence grew.
It was now time to pay a visit to Xifo and deal with Merigo.
Hmm, no sign of Merigo here. Let's explore around a bit more...
Merigo suddenly appeared out of nowhere. Apparently, he intended to surprise me, but my reflexes were too superior for him to handle.
"You'll never stop Vrangor ! He'll kill you all !!"
With one bastard dead, only one more remained.
Those ears!
Well, the Codex is, ahem, oldschool.
Kz3r0 said:
Well, the Codex is, ahem, oldschool.
torpid
Liturgist
Crooked Bee said:
Dancing minigames to woo the ladies -- Bioware doesn't have anything on B.A.T.
Whoever said this game was hard is a pussy. In fact, it's one of the easier adventure games I've played.
My Killy has low intelligence and therefore talks too much.
CHAPTER 3: THIS IS THE END
Searching Merigo's corpse lands us an electronic key. I think it's going to be important... somehow.
And the above screenshot was captured specifically for spekkio.
The Galaxy is the local cinema...
...but it doesn't seem to have any real purpose.
The apothecary can not only sell medicine, but also heal our injuries.
The wonder of wonders, indeed.
And the Kortakis Building, the most important-looking one around here, is inaccessible to us for now.
The guard stops us as we try to access the airlock.
But Sloan comes to the rescue.
Those companions of mine weren't completely worthless, after all.
We can rent a drag in here.
What a sad, sad story.
The drag hirer wanted 5900 krells. I didn't have that much money and so had to refuse the offer.
Lydia, however, intervenes and tells us to call Crisa Kortakis.
The phone is located at the all too familiar hangar.
Accepting video link...
We get two options, Get information or Make an appointment:
We make an appointment, of course.
And back to the Kortakis building we go.
The guard lets us through this time.
I took the elevator to the top floor...
...only to observe a sight I'll never forget.
Now that's a mug.
We request Vrangor's arrest!
Fair enough. Give us some credits, then!
Looks like we're richer now, yay.
Crisa hands Lydia a jewel. This will by no means be important later.
With Crisa Kortakis' help, I now had 3525 credits on my card and could afford renting a drag.
First, however, I discovered that the ruins were now accessible to me, thanks no doubt to the electronic key I got off Merigo's body.
The undercity maintenance corridors. Swell.
On the next screen, we can choose to ride a maintenance vehicle. Our task is to reach the other end of the maze. The maze is quite treacherous, and I stumbled into a dead end/trap room on my way, but that was probably due to a bug or something. I even mapped the maze, by the way, but am too lazy to post the map; I doubt anyone here needs it.
Finally we reach the evaporation chamber. And it looks like... there are people living here! Basement dwellers, no doubt.
We pass by the basement dwellers' houses.
And even get to chat with the basement dwellers themselves! Poor things.
More red-eyed basement dwellers!
We make it to what seems like a dead end.
Thankfully, Lydia comes to the rescue again.
We insert the jewel into the hole, and the passage opens.
Searching the ground reveals an access card. From what I've gathered, the only purpose of that card is to give us the name of the station we're looking for: Epsilon, which will be helpful soon.
Back at the airlock, we access the technicians' room with the help of the very first access card we found.
And find the access code to the Epsilon station. Neat!
(We also write down the access codes to the Beta and Lambda stations, but those seem to be of no use in this game.)
We pay for the drag.
I had a vehicle now. Vrangor didn't have long to live.
Riding a drag is a pretty simplistic business.
You just head for the red dot on the radar, and that's it.
That must be the Epsilon station, so we...
...crash into it.
Good thing we wrote down that access code earlier.
Left, left, right, right, left, right, right, right. And the way is open.
As we enter the room, Vrangor suddenly attacks!
Again, my reflexes proved to be quite superior. Mission accomplished.
Wait what?
...
Oh, like, fuck yeah!
lightbane said:Also, "your" Killy has already spoken more lines in 2 updates than half of the Blame manga
My Killy has low intelligence and therefore talks too much.
CHAPTER 3: THIS IS THE END
Searching Merigo's corpse lands us an electronic key. I think it's going to be important... somehow.
And the above screenshot was captured specifically for spekkio.
The Galaxy is the local cinema...
...but it doesn't seem to have any real purpose.
The apothecary can not only sell medicine, but also heal our injuries.
The wonder of wonders, indeed.
And the Kortakis Building, the most important-looking one around here, is inaccessible to us for now.
The guard stops us as we try to access the airlock.
But Sloan comes to the rescue.
Those companions of mine weren't completely worthless, after all.
We can rent a drag in here.
What a sad, sad story.
The drag hirer wanted 5900 krells. I didn't have that much money and so had to refuse the offer.
Lydia, however, intervenes and tells us to call Crisa Kortakis.
The phone is located at the all too familiar hangar.
Accepting video link...
We get two options, Get information or Make an appointment:
We make an appointment, of course.
And back to the Kortakis building we go.
The guard lets us through this time.
I took the elevator to the top floor...
...only to observe a sight I'll never forget.
Now that's a mug.
We request Vrangor's arrest!
Fair enough. Give us some credits, then!
Looks like we're richer now, yay.
Crisa hands Lydia a jewel. This will by no means be important later.
With Crisa Kortakis' help, I now had 3525 credits on my card and could afford renting a drag.
First, however, I discovered that the ruins were now accessible to me, thanks no doubt to the electronic key I got off Merigo's body.
The undercity maintenance corridors. Swell.
On the next screen, we can choose to ride a maintenance vehicle. Our task is to reach the other end of the maze. The maze is quite treacherous, and I stumbled into a dead end/trap room on my way, but that was probably due to a bug or something. I even mapped the maze, by the way, but am too lazy to post the map; I doubt anyone here needs it.
Finally we reach the evaporation chamber. And it looks like... there are people living here! Basement dwellers, no doubt.
We pass by the basement dwellers' houses.
And even get to chat with the basement dwellers themselves! Poor things.
More red-eyed basement dwellers!
We make it to what seems like a dead end.
Thankfully, Lydia comes to the rescue again.
We insert the jewel into the hole, and the passage opens.
Searching the ground reveals an access card. From what I've gathered, the only purpose of that card is to give us the name of the station we're looking for: Epsilon, which will be helpful soon.
Back at the airlock, we access the technicians' room with the help of the very first access card we found.
And find the access code to the Epsilon station. Neat!
(We also write down the access codes to the Beta and Lambda stations, but those seem to be of no use in this game.)
We pay for the drag.
I had a vehicle now. Vrangor didn't have long to live.
Riding a drag is a pretty simplistic business.
You just head for the red dot on the radar, and that's it.
That must be the Epsilon station, so we...
...crash into it.
Good thing we wrote down that access code earlier.
Left, left, right, right, left, right, right, right. And the way is open.
As we enter the room, Vrangor suddenly attacks!
Again, my reflexes proved to be quite superior. Mission accomplished.
Wait what?
...
Oh, like, fuck yeah!
indeedTrash said:
Sceptic said:
SCO said:
Three pussies detected ITT.
Trash
Pointing and laughing.
Yeah, try playing it without manual and/or walkthrough.
Trash said:
Butthurt detected.
Sheesh, guys, I was just kiddin' around. I don't consult walkthroughs; walkthroughs are for pussies. As for playing a game without a manual -- I won't even comment on that.You've probably never beaten a Sierra adventure game by yourself.
This game is piss easy in comparison. All it took to crack this game open was a few reloads, and after I had established the correct timing for all major events, it was an extremely easy ride. Timing is the only factor somewhat complicating things. Even the need to eat and drink isn't that annoying; just carry a couple of burgers with you and drink from the fountain, and you're fine. Also, I'm pretty sure this game can be beaten in a couple of hours in a speedrun.Sceptic said:
I'm not even sure that part is necessary tbh. You can probably just write down the access codes to all the stations and then randomly wander around in a drag until you find the one you need, bypassing the maze entirely.
dextermorgan
Arcane
This is awesome, any way to get a screenie without the talk-box?
dextermorgan said:
Sure, anything for ya.
Ain't she a beauty.
dextermorgan
Arcane
Crooked Bee said:
That she is. :DCrooked Bee said:
torpid
Liturgist
trololololo
Pretty underwhelming.
It ain't over till the fat lady sings --
Oh, ok then.
Still, good job owning it up
Pretty underwhelming.
Crooked Bee said:
It ain't over till the fat lady sings --
Oh, ok then.
Still, good job owning it up
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