Zombies. ARG - by c130
c130 on 15/5/2007 at 18:32
I love zombies but they scare the shit out of me. And it looks like most levels in T1 will have them (though to be fair I'm only on level 3 now...)
Someone, give me some ideas of making the zombies a bit less scary, or I probably won't finish the game. :erm:
(I played T3 first, last year, and LOVED it. But only up to the Shalebridge Cradle. I spent a month working up the nerve to beat that level. Now I'm on my second run through and I'm too chicken to get past the Abysmal Gale.
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Gingerbread Man on 15/5/2007 at 19:10
The Bonehoard is (predictably) chock full o' zombies. There are also two other missions later on with substantial zombie presence. The best way to deal with zombies is to not bother dealing with them unless you absolutely have to. They're slow, they're stupid, and it's really easy to stay out of their striking range.
You could use up all your cash on Holy Water etc if you're determined to fight them, but flash bombs are way less expensive and have the added advantage of being able to take out several at once if you play around with the undead buggers a while and get a bunch of them standing around together. Usually two solid flash bomb hits will take care of a zombie problem.
There are worse things than goofy old zombies to be worried about later on, anyway.
Shoshin on 15/5/2007 at 20:00
Well, the zombies are slow and pretty stupid, so it's easy to run away from them if you get caught by them.
Alternately, you could (as GBM points out) explode them with holy water (takes a couple hits), use flashbombs on them, or hit them with a fire arrow. Personally, I take an almost perverse pleasure in exploding the zombies. Whoever did the sound design on that was a frickin' genius. The meaty explosion sound is perfect.
BrokenArts on 15/5/2007 at 20:16
Fire arrow enema on a zombie = love.
ganac on 15/5/2007 at 22:01
As long as they are far from any walking areas, a backstab will only knock them out, but at least they will be out of the way.
Haunts, there is a different problem.
imperialreign on 15/5/2007 at 22:24
no lie on that . . . fire arrows and mines work good on groups of zombie, if you can round them all up together; but if you're trying not to let the rest of the level know you're there, flash bombs are the best
I never liked the 30sec given with the holy water, and having to use water arrows; this was always more of a last resort for me
c130 on 15/5/2007 at 22:39
Hahahahaha. I met my first Haunt ten mins ago. I'd just found a holy water font and had 9 seconds left, and was charging around trying to find zombies to exterminate. Ran into a closed-off room, saw a red body, screamed silently and fired with 2 seconds to spare, just when I heard it groan. Got hit in the head with a disembodied foot. :rolleyes: Most satisfying kick to the head I've had yet though. :D
Btw can Haunt bodyparts harm Garrett? I ran over the bits and pieces while looking for something to steal, and heard him groan.
Vigil on 15/5/2007 at 23:06
I hate to break it to you, but that's not a Haunt; it's a regular zombie in Hammerite garb. You won't meet haunts until further along in the game.
c130 on 15/5/2007 at 23:10
Gimme burricks over zombies in Halloween costumes any day. :devil:
R Soul on 15/5/2007 at 23:28
try to imagine the zombies and haunts in their underpants
