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Mission 07
We are attacked by a group of ticks right away
We can use only ranged weapons, but this can't stop us
We continue N, killing more ticks
and some mudcrabs
There's a junction with two paths going up and one going underground
Hardon scouts the upper left path. It leads to the ledges with corpses from the initial fight
The upper right path is guarded by mudcrabs
There's a valley filled with shootable thingies further to the north
There's also an underground tunnel (the 3rd path from before). Except shooting thingies, it's empty.
Or maybe not...
Hardon shoots the green explosives down, he and Garf pick them up
Let's continue down the valley
Shootable thinigies = enemies to blow up. No exceptions:
Another (fake) junction ahead
We kill the spider, Jack scouts the left path. There's another momma there
Plus a bunch of mudcrabs. Jack calls for reinforcements
Another junction
Left path leads underground. There are some invisible spiders there
But it's a dead end. We are at the bottom of a deep pit. Western wall is covered by mortar thingies
We go back to the junction - check out all these beautiful textures:
Left path leads to a familiar place. But we're at the top this time.
We cross the muck-covered ledge carefully, one popamoler at a time
Finally, all units are on the other side
Again, we have two paths available: upper one (right) and lower one (middle)
Let's take the upper one. This choice pays off pretty fast
If we have taken the lower path, the aliens would rape us from above for sure. More texture goodness:
We can't continue without blowing this crystal barrier up
The blue explosives are nearby, protected by pumpkin thingies
We pick two of them, blow the barrier up
and continue N, finding the all-time-favorite part of any 3d game: a jumping puzzle!
These round condom-like platforms launch anybody that steps on them into the air
The area ahead consist of small rooms that can be accessed only by air, with 2-3 jump platforms in each room. We have to cross it, using trial and motherfucking error. Hardon acts as scout.
After way too many fuckups (some platforms lead back to the start), Hardon reaches the other side
Since he lost most of his health, I've decided to load a savegame and try from the scratch. The problem is, I forgot to de-select all units. Result - lulz:
To my surprise, all units followed Hardon perfectly, ending on the other side.
Well, if only the AI was so effective near lava pits...
The path splits again after this point
There are three corridors, but all of them lead to the same area
Some beetles later, we blow up the boulder
And... Fuck, did I really had to mention lava pits...?
Some mudcrabs attack us, but it's nothing serious
More lava...
Finally, some incline! New aliens attack us - electricity-shooting scorpions!
Electricity skill is quite powerful. I've carelessly continued ahead, and enemies raped Hardon immediately (beetles, ticks, scorpions)
Let's try again. We kill some scorpions and learn electricity (since I've saved genes all this time, there are no penalties)
Biowhore with electrodes growing out of her back (and some strange thingies growing on her blue bum):
Let's kill them!
There is only one tick there. When killed, he drops a strange green disc. Garf picks it up.
Hardon continues forward, only to find
His death (I fell down from the cliff while taking a screenshot)
Retry!
Hardon dies raped by ticks during the fight with scorpions
Retry!
Well, the final part looks more or less like this. There's a shitload of aliens on the ledges above lava, so if we don't end up killed by aliens, there's always a high possibility of falling into a lava when jumping from one ledge to another...
Retry!
My favorite moment: Hardon and Biowhore fall into lava, dropping their explosives
One second later:
Retry!
Many s later, I finally decide to apply some tactics for a change. One popamoler acts as bait, other units kill enemies one by one.
We reach the exit finally. There are some closed doors there.
Doors open when Garf moves close. It's raep time!
There's a huge hole inside, spawning new aliens
We kill all of them
And finally:
We drop to the bottom of the hole avoiding the jump platforms
And reach the underground entrance, ending this mission
Stats:
Our team at the beginning of Mission 08:
We are attacked by a group of ticks right away
We can use only ranged weapons, but this can't stop us
We continue N, killing more ticks
and some mudcrabs
There's a junction with two paths going up and one going underground
Hardon scouts the upper left path. It leads to the ledges with corpses from the initial fight
The upper right path is guarded by mudcrabs
There's a valley filled with shootable thingies further to the north
There's also an underground tunnel (the 3rd path from before). Except shooting thingies, it's empty.
Or maybe not...
Hardon shoots the green explosives down, he and Garf pick them up
Let's continue down the valley
Shootable thinigies = enemies to blow up. No exceptions:
Another (fake) junction ahead
We kill the spider, Jack scouts the left path. There's another momma there
Plus a bunch of mudcrabs. Jack calls for reinforcements
Another junction
Left path leads underground. There are some invisible spiders there
But it's a dead end. We are at the bottom of a deep pit. Western wall is covered by mortar thingies
We go back to the junction - check out all these beautiful textures:
Left path leads to a familiar place. But we're at the top this time.
We cross the muck-covered ledge carefully, one popamoler at a time
Finally, all units are on the other side
Again, we have two paths available: upper one (right) and lower one (middle)
Let's take the upper one. This choice pays off pretty fast
If we have taken the lower path, the aliens would rape us from above for sure. More texture goodness:
We can't continue without blowing this crystal barrier up
The blue explosives are nearby, protected by pumpkin thingies
We pick two of them, blow the barrier up
and continue N, finding the all-time-favorite part of any 3d game: a jumping puzzle!
These round condom-like platforms launch anybody that steps on them into the air
The area ahead consist of small rooms that can be accessed only by air, with 2-3 jump platforms in each room. We have to cross it, using trial and motherfucking error. Hardon acts as scout.
After way too many fuckups (some platforms lead back to the start), Hardon reaches the other side
Since he lost most of his health, I've decided to load a savegame and try from the scratch. The problem is, I forgot to de-select all units. Result - lulz:
To my surprise, all units followed Hardon perfectly, ending on the other side.
Well, if only the AI was so effective near lava pits...
The path splits again after this point
There are three corridors, but all of them lead to the same area
Some beetles later, we blow up the boulder
And... Fuck, did I really had to mention lava pits...?
Some mudcrabs attack us, but it's nothing serious
More lava...
Finally, some incline! New aliens attack us - electricity-shooting scorpions!
Electricity skill is quite powerful. I've carelessly continued ahead, and enemies raped Hardon immediately (beetles, ticks, scorpions)
Let's try again. We kill some scorpions and learn electricity (since I've saved genes all this time, there are no penalties)
Biowhore with electrodes growing out of her back (and some strange thingies growing on her blue bum):
Let's kill them!
There is only one tick there. When killed, he drops a strange green disc. Garf picks it up.
Hardon continues forward, only to find
His death (I fell down from the cliff while taking a screenshot)
Retry!
Hardon dies raped by ticks during the fight with scorpions
Retry!
Well, the final part looks more or less like this. There's a shitload of aliens on the ledges above lava, so if we don't end up killed by aliens, there's always a high possibility of falling into a lava when jumping from one ledge to another...
Retry!
My favorite moment: Hardon and Biowhore fall into lava, dropping their explosives
One second later:
Retry!
Many
s later, I finally decide to apply some tactics for a change. One popamoler acts as bait, other units kill enemies one by one.
We reach the exit finally. There are some closed doors there.
Doors open when Garf moves close. It's raep time!
There's a huge hole inside, spawning new aliens
We kill all of them
And finally:
We drop to the bottom of the hole avoiding the jump platforms
And reach the underground entrance, ending this mission
Stats:
Our team at the beginning of Mission 08:
