Chapter 4: Munich
The first thing to do once you land is go get your bag! Yep, that's right, BAG is back in your party, and he's whatever level he was when you last used him. Hopefully it's not too low, or the OKTOBERFESTERS will kill him in one hit.
You need to call Olivia with the phone, but you don't have any small change. You'll have to fight the,
COFFEE STAND MAEDCHEN
HP: 100
MP: 29
Watch out for her "poured scalding hot espresso attack"! Just have BAG use DEFENSE CURL over and over, because there's no way he's going to help in this battle.
Now go make your phone call to Olivia. She'll meet you in the BOBURGER restaurant at the HAUPTBAHNHOF. Now you have to get a ticket to the HAUPTBAHNHOFF. You'll have to fight the
TICKETAUTOMAT
HP: 500
MP: 300
Yeah, the ticket machine is pretty tough. Lots of HP, but fortunately no big attacks. In addition, a TICKETASSISTENTIN will join you as a NPC (non-playable character) for this battle. She will deal some damage (but mostly she's just there as an homage to the real-life girl that helped Eric buy his ticket).
after that, you'll have to fight a bunch of Spanish tourists on the platform, because they don't know how to use their tickets. Knock 'em down.
On the train, you'll fight OKTOBERFESTERS, OKTOBERFESTERGIRLS, SPANISH TOURIST, ASIAN TOURIST, ASIAN TOURIST W/ CAMERA, and TICKETCHECKER. You can talk with an Asian man and woman at the middle of the train, and they'll give you some information. You can also talk to Juergen, who will tell you where to buy Lederhosen.
Once you're at the Hauptbahnhof, you'll have to fight your way to the BOBURGER restaurant. You can buy stuff to eat her and recover HP, but it's pretty expensive. At the BOBURGER, you'll meet OLIVIA, your friend from college. She will join your party as OLVA. She will have the GREEK MYTHOLOGY book and let you read it on the train. This increases your max MP by 1.
You take the train to OLVA's apartment. You can recover all your HP and MP, because OLVA has a lot of food to eat! Sadly, BAG, will leave your party now, and will stay in the apartment. OLVA says that you guys need to go grocery shopping to get stuff for tonight's dinner. Looks like a classic, meaningless yet lovable RPG sub-plot.
On the walk to the grocery store, you'll get attacked by DEUTSCHBIKER or DEUTSCHAUTO if you go in the bike or car lanes. There are some DEUTSCHSMOKERS who can poison you with their smoke attack, so avoid that if possible. There are also MEGADEUTSCHBABYCARRIAGES which are very high tech. Look at their stats:
MEGADEUTSCHBABYCARRIAGE
HP: 140
MP: 112
SPELLS: Firebal 1, Firebal 2, Hellblast, Healspell 1
Yeah. You'll have to - of course - go to multiple grocery stores because not everything is in one store. When you get back to the apartment, OLVA will start making dinner. It's a family recipe, so she says that it has to be done a certain way and you are a guest so just go out and enjoy Munich. OLVA will leave your party, but you can use her BIKE.
This is probably the best part of the game. Your speed and attack stats are increased with the bike. You can't use your normal weapon, but who cares? The bike ramming attack is awesome. Also, the bike will take all damage in battle. It has 300 HP and can only normally be healed with DEUTSCHBIKEPOLISH, which is expensive. Fortunately, there's a glitch in the game, and if you select a healing item while in battle (like a "DEUTSCHMEAT") and use it on yourself, it will heal the bike.
You should definitely make sure you are equipped with NORTHFACESHELL, because it gets cold, and if you didn't bring it, you'll catch a cold and take damage. You have a total of 20 minutes to go wherever you want. There are lots of items in Munich that you can get. The bookstore downtown is 5 stories tall, and some of the books can be equipped as weapons or armor.
There is an optional boss by the bridge. It's near the DEUTSCHMUSEUM, and it's an old boat propeller on display.
OLDBOATPROPELLER
HP: 555
MP: 0
There is also a group of German girls doing a photo shoot for the Munich tourist ministry.
When the 20 minutes is up, you have to ride back to OLVA's apartment. You will have all HP and MP restored with the meal. Cool! Now it's time to go to Oktoberfest. Olivia wants to take pictures of at least 10 crazy things. In addition, OLVA has her DIRNDL equipped, which makes her immune to attacks from OKTOBERFESTERS. That's all great, but it just means all the attacks will land on you.
Be careful when you go into the BIERHALLs. You might wind up fighting 10 OKTOBERFESTERS at a time. But the final boss before you leave Oktoberfest is a doozy. You'll find it on the ground outside the final Bierhall.
BOSS: BAYERNBARF
HP: 330
MP: 200
SPELLS: Poison 1, Firebal 2, Sludgebomb,
+OKTOBERFESTER x2
+OKTOBERFESTERGIRL
Watch out. The BAYERNBARF can use Sludgebomb on itself to heal HP! It will do this the turn after it uses its "BAYERNBARF tore into you!" attack. Take out its cohorts first and then just pile on the attacks.
Sonntag, 2. Oktober 2011
Chapter 3: Madrid
The chapter in Madrid is pretty short. Don't mess anything up. There are some bad guys, but not too many (it's Spain, after all). You have to wait in line for customs and passport checks. While in line, you will meet MARI who is from Bolivia and she will join your party. There are some bad guys in line, like this goon:
SWISS/NORWEGIAN/ICELANDIC GUY WHO DOESN'T REALIZE THAT SWISS CITIZENS SHOULD GO IN THE EU LINE
HP: 50
MP: 0
There are a surprising number of these guys. Just keep using MARI's "MAGIA OSCURA" spell and they'll go down quickly. Don't worry about burning through her MP, she leaves your party soon anyway. But first! You have to make your way through the line, which is one of those classic unnecessarily, unrealistically long RPG "pseudo dungeons." Then you fight a mini-boss, because the guard gets annoyed that your passport picture looks so old (TRUTH: this is a big exaggeration. All he did in real life was raise his eyebrows 5mm)
SPANISH BORDER GUARD
HP: 125
MP: 10
At first glance this guy doesn't look too bad, but unfortunately he has the dreaded "call for help" spell. He only has enough for one spell, but that's enough, because he always calls one of his clone friends, which will then call another SPANISH BORDER GUARD, and then another! Your only hope to stop the chain is to focus all your attacks on the Border Guards that still have full MP and then hope that they use another attack (like the oasis "do nothing" attack "SPN BRD GRD RAISED HIS EYEBROWS!").
Once you've beaten this boss, MARI will leave your party. But that's okay. Up next is just a bunch of standard RPG fare: take lots of elevators, go along a lot of paths, find your terminal, fight grumpy travelers everywhere. Once you find your terminal, there will be a group of 5 SPANIARD HOOLIGANS that you have to fight, but they're so easy that we won't even put it up here.
SWISS/NORWEGIAN/ICELANDIC GUY WHO DOESN'T REALIZE THAT SWISS CITIZENS SHOULD GO IN THE EU LINE
HP: 50
MP: 0
There are a surprising number of these guys. Just keep using MARI's "MAGIA OSCURA" spell and they'll go down quickly. Don't worry about burning through her MP, she leaves your party soon anyway. But first! You have to make your way through the line, which is one of those classic unnecessarily, unrealistically long RPG "pseudo dungeons." Then you fight a mini-boss, because the guard gets annoyed that your passport picture looks so old (TRUTH: this is a big exaggeration. All he did in real life was raise his eyebrows 5mm)
SPANISH BORDER GUARD
HP: 125
MP: 10
At first glance this guy doesn't look too bad, but unfortunately he has the dreaded "call for help" spell. He only has enough for one spell, but that's enough, because he always calls one of his clone friends, which will then call another SPANISH BORDER GUARD, and then another! Your only hope to stop the chain is to focus all your attacks on the Border Guards that still have full MP and then hope that they use another attack (like the oasis "do nothing" attack "SPN BRD GRD RAISED HIS EYEBROWS!").
Once you've beaten this boss, MARI will leave your party. But that's okay. Up next is just a bunch of standard RPG fare: take lots of elevators, go along a lot of paths, find your terminal, fight grumpy travelers everywhere. Once you find your terminal, there will be a group of 5 SPANIARD HOOLIGANS that you have to fight, but they're so easy that we won't even put it up here.
Freitag, 23. September 2011
Chapter 2: Plane to Spain
After the terrifying first chapter, "Boston Driving" you're finally at Boston airport. As you enter the airport, the first thing you'll notice is that you have 3 other people in your party: MOM, BOSS, and BAG. Each has unique stats and abilities that you should become familiar with (see "CHARACTER STATS index p233), even though they're not in your party for much longer. You should definitely use the time you have with the three of them to level up a little. You can fight "VALET PARKER", "AIRPORT CART", and "GRUMPY TRAVELLER" throughout the international terminal.
Once you're level 4 or so, you should enter the ticket line area. MOM and BOSS have to leave your party, so make sure they're not holding any important items when they leave (you can give any amount of items to BAG, but remember that BAG can only have 9 items when he gets checked [or else he's "too heavy"]). For this reason, use healing items liberally. In line, you have to fight 3 groups of 3 GRUMPY TRAVELLER in a row, so be careful (a good time for liberal use of healing items like "NH WATER", "HOMEMADE CHOC MUFFIN", "PATS PEAK APPLE"). At the end of the line is an optional boss battle. If BAG has over 9 items, then you have to fight. If not, you can fight the boss anyway if you keep talking to him over and over (10 times).
[Picture]
IBERIA EMPLOYEE: This bag
too heavy indeed! We do the
allowing it no!
BOSS: IBERIA EMPLOYEE
HP: 89
MP: 25
SPELL: Scanner Beam L1, Hair gel spray
After the boss battle, BAG has to leave your party. That's okay. Make your way to the security area, and for God's sake stay AWAY from the rampaging AIRPORT CARTs. There's no way you can beat them without MOM's HUG spell. In the security area there are tons of GRUMPY TRAVELLER and SECURITY GRUNT. In addition, there is another additional optional boss fight in this area. If you have the PLASTIC KNIFE, or TOOTHPASTE, or NH WATER in your items, you will set off an alarm. This is one that you may want to avoid.
BOSS: SECURITY SERGEANT
HP: 101
MP: 0
ADDITIONAL ENEMIES: SECURITY GRUNT x2
If you want to carry the PLASTIC KNIFE or any other items, you can fight all 5 X-RAY SCANNER and disable them, then walk through without any trouble. This takes some work, but hey, the PLASTIC KNIFE is a great weapon (+5 ATK).
X-RAY SCANNER
HP: 32
MP: 50
SPELL: Scanner Beam L1, PK Flash L1
Once you're past security, you should go find your gate. You'll fight some more innane bad guys. You should then look for an outlet so you can charge your computer. All of them have people using them, so you'll have to fight somebody! No avoiding a fight.
Once you find an outlet and charge your computer, WALKER will appear. She will appear and join your party as a non-playable character. Go around and fight some baddies and get some items. Get on the plane. Walker leaves your party once you board the plane.
[Picture]
WALKER: Hi Eric! I not seen not
since after the high school you!
The plane is a fun place to be. There are tons of bad guys to fight. Go find your seat as soon as you can, because if you talk to the person next to you, they will join your party. It's PATTY. She says she's a marathon runner, which explains why her SPD stat is so high. Go fight some GRUMPY TRAVELLERS but not too many or you'll cause a disturbance. Come back to your seat at any time to rest and sleep and recharge HP and MP, or to get free items from the flight attendants.
Before you land, there's one more Boss battle, and that's the...
BOSS: EU IMMIGRATION FORM
HP: 140
MP: 40
Once you beat the boss, the plane lands, and it's onto the next chapter...
Once you're level 4 or so, you should enter the ticket line area. MOM and BOSS have to leave your party, so make sure they're not holding any important items when they leave (you can give any amount of items to BAG, but remember that BAG can only have 9 items when he gets checked [or else he's "too heavy"]). For this reason, use healing items liberally. In line, you have to fight 3 groups of 3 GRUMPY TRAVELLER in a row, so be careful (a good time for liberal use of healing items like "NH WATER", "HOMEMADE CHOC MUFFIN", "PATS PEAK APPLE"). At the end of the line is an optional boss battle. If BAG has over 9 items, then you have to fight. If not, you can fight the boss anyway if you keep talking to him over and over (10 times).
[Picture]
IBERIA EMPLOYEE: This bag
too heavy indeed! We do the
allowing it no!
BOSS: IBERIA EMPLOYEE
HP: 89
MP: 25
SPELL: Scanner Beam L1, Hair gel spray
After the boss battle, BAG has to leave your party. That's okay. Make your way to the security area, and for God's sake stay AWAY from the rampaging AIRPORT CARTs. There's no way you can beat them without MOM's HUG spell. In the security area there are tons of GRUMPY TRAVELLER and SECURITY GRUNT. In addition, there is another additional optional boss fight in this area. If you have the PLASTIC KNIFE, or TOOTHPASTE, or NH WATER in your items, you will set off an alarm. This is one that you may want to avoid.
BOSS: SECURITY SERGEANT
HP: 101
MP: 0
ADDITIONAL ENEMIES: SECURITY GRUNT x2
If you want to carry the PLASTIC KNIFE or any other items, you can fight all 5 X-RAY SCANNER and disable them, then walk through without any trouble. This takes some work, but hey, the PLASTIC KNIFE is a great weapon (+5 ATK).
X-RAY SCANNER
HP: 32
MP: 50
SPELL: Scanner Beam L1, PK Flash L1
Once you're past security, you should go find your gate. You'll fight some more innane bad guys. You should then look for an outlet so you can charge your computer. All of them have people using them, so you'll have to fight somebody! No avoiding a fight.
Once you find an outlet and charge your computer, WALKER will appear. She will appear and join your party as a non-playable character. Go around and fight some baddies and get some items. Get on the plane. Walker leaves your party once you board the plane.
[Picture]
WALKER: Hi Eric! I not seen not
since after the high school you!
The plane is a fun place to be. There are tons of bad guys to fight. Go find your seat as soon as you can, because if you talk to the person next to you, they will join your party. It's PATTY. She says she's a marathon runner, which explains why her SPD stat is so high. Go fight some GRUMPY TRAVELLERS but not too many or you'll cause a disturbance. Come back to your seat at any time to rest and sleep and recharge HP and MP, or to get free items from the flight attendants.
Before you land, there's one more Boss battle, and that's the...
BOSS: EU IMMIGRATION FORM
HP: 140
MP: 40
Once you beat the boss, the plane lands, and it's onto the next chapter...
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