TimeSplitters 2 Arcade League FAQ
By Skyrax (
[email protected])
v0.3
-Why write an Arcade League FAQ?
This is my second time writing a FAQ. I am writing this one because
people have lots of questions when they get stuck in an objective, so I
hope to at least solve some of those problems.
-What is Arcade League?
Arcade League is a set of challenges split into several sections. There
are three leagues: Amateur, Honorary, and Elite. As you complete one
league, you are granted access to the next.
Each league is divided into a minimum of 5 sections, which contain
three challenges. These challenges range from a simple deathmatch to an
all-out assault on a heavily guarded enemy base with rockets and killer
robots. Most challenges are timed in some manner.
To obtain all rewards for a level, you must get a GOLD in the match. If
you get a Silver you will only get some of the rewards, or in a few
cases, nothing at all. Bronze gives you nothing, except in a few
instances extra Arcade Modes and unlocks the next challenge in a set.
Hence to unlock characters and levels you must get a Silver (but a Gold
gives all).
-Why play Arcade League?
Because it is the only way to unlock quite a few characters, stages and
cheats for the multiplayer modes, not to mention training you for the
story modes, which are quite well done by the way.
-What are Platinums?
Although not officially mentioned, Platinum awards are awards given to
those who surpass the gold medal requirements by a fairly large margin.
These margins vary, especially in the Challenge mode of the game (not
covered in this FAQ). As we have not obtained EVERY Platinum medal, a
few of these Platinums are approximate calculations based on ones
received and the basic difference between medal times.
-Cool, so I got a Platinum. What do I get?
As of now, you unlock nothing that we know of. You will get everything
that you would get if you got a gold, but nothing else we know of.
Other than a feeling of acknowledgement of your skills.
*Update: you do get NOTHING for collecting all Platinums. Just that
sense of self-accomplishment.
-Format
The format I will use is as follows:
-Challenge Name
Requirements:
Bronze:
Silver:
Gold:
Character to be used
Strategy for playing the match
Rewards for completion.
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************AMATEUR LEAGUE************
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The first league available to you when you start, Amateur League
contains missions that are relatively simple but designed to prepare
you for the harder leagues. Some missions are slightly hard, but only
because of the somewhat vague nature of the objectives...
There are 15 challenges divided into five sections.
-Beginners Series
-Mode Madness
-It's a Blast
-Too Hot to Handle
-Team Series A
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A.BEGINNER'S SERIES
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Three challenges that are essentially deathmatches with a time limit.
Meant for you to cut your teeth on.
-Adios Amigos-
Everyone was enjoying a siesta at the mission until that dirty
dog Hector Baboso decided to liven things up. Now everyone's at each
other's throats! Make 10 kills within 10 minutes for a trophy!
Location: Mexican Mission
Mode Type: Deathmatch
Requirements:
Bronze: 10 kills
Silver: 10 kills in 5 min 0.0 sec
Gold: 10 kills in 3 min 0.0 sec
Platinum: 10 kills in 1 min 0.0 sec
Character: Elijah Jones
Strategy: This is a simple deathmatch set in the Mexican Mission.
Elijah's greatest strength is in his accuracy, so most of your shots
will hit if you're a good mid-range sniper. The bots' AI is sadly
lacking, and you have a wide variety of weapons. The Plasma Rifle is a
good choice. You have the option of running about the level, but it can
be easy to get lost, so keep your patrol to the large courtyard and the
adjoining rooms. Most of your enemies will come there looking for a
kill, so take 'em out.
Rewards: Hector Baboso and lean Molly as playable characters.
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-Casualty:
Dr. Peabody left the morgue door open and now zombies are running
loose all over the Hospital. Visiting time starts in 10 minutes -try to
kill 15 of the living dead before then.
Location: Hospital
Mode Type: Deathmatch
Requirements:
Bronze: 15 kills
Silver: 15 kills in 5 min 30.0 sec
Gold: 15 kills in 3 min 30.0 sec
Platinum: 15 kills in 1 min 0.0 sec
Character: Dr. Peabody
Strategy: The Hospital, while having a few large areas (the chapel, and
some operating rooms), it is mostly a lot of corridors. Grab what
weapons are available and shoot to kill. The bots shouldn't post too
much trouble. There are a few health packs scattered about the
operating rooms, and one in a toilet.
Rewards: Dr. Peabody character, Crypt Zombie character unlocked for
play.
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-Top Shot:
Prove your authority to the young cadets during combat training!
Everyone has 6 lives each, but lose them all, and you'll be out of the
military for good!
Location: Hangar
Mode Type: Elimination
Requirements:
Bronze: 1st
Silver: 1st in 4 min 0.0 sec
Gold: 1st in 3 min 0.0 sec
Platinum: 1st in 1 min 10.0 sec
Character: Sergeant Shock
Strategy: The other bots will attack each other, but you take top
priority over any one else in their minds. Use the flamethrower at the
beginning to set everyone ablaze. As they set each other ablaze, they
will die off, thinning out the pack. Grab the Soviet and some grenades
if you can, and head to the airplane itself. It's a wide open room, and
there is some armor between the airplane's tires. Stay here and
eliminate all who enter. Their aim is lousy at distances, so if they
approach from a blind angle their shots usually miss and give you a
warning. This is the hardest mission of all the levels in Arcade League
to obtain a Platinum on. I kid you not.
Rewards: Sergeant Shock character, Hangar level, and Elimination Arcade
Mode unlocked for play.
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B.MODE MADNESS
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Three more challenges covering a variety of gameplay modes.
-Chastity Chased:
Chastity is honing her combat skills in a simulated shootout against
Sadako at the compound. Virtual health regenerates so you should hold
back if you're wounded. The same applies to Sadako, so persevere to
score kills.
Location: Compound
Mode Type: Regeneration
Requirements:
Bronze: 10 kills
Silver: 10 kills in 4 min 0.0 sec
Gold: 10 kills in 3 min 0.0 sec
Platinum: 10 kills in 1 min 30.0 sec
Character: Chastity
Strategy: This is a one-on-one match. Sadako is a wimp, and tends to
run until she finds a decent weapon. From the start, pick up either the
Lasergun or the Plasma rifle. The Sci-fi Handgun is too weak to deal
any real damage. When you get Sadako in your sights, use the Plasma
rifle to deal out a few shots, and then a grenade. If your aim is dead-
on, the grenade will stick to her, killing her outright if she escapes
you. If you use, Laser gun, activate alternate fire (the shield) and
just lay into her until she drops, but it takes longer and if she is
sent behind a wall she will run. Lather, rinse and repeat. If you find
yourself turned around, use the radar to seek her out. If you press
your advantage and never let up, she will die without so much as
touching you.
Rewards: Regeneration Arcade mode unlocked for play.
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-Shrinking from the Cold:
The Time Portal has caused spacetime anomalies around the Dam.
People have been shrinking! Lt. Frost, Nikolai and Sgt. Shivers have
spiced up guard duty by making a game out of it. Remember, you won't
win if there's anyone bigger than you!
Location: Siberian Dam
Mode Type: Shrink
Requirements:
Bronze: 10 kills
Silver: 10 kills in 4 min 30 sec
Gold: 10 kills in 3 min 0.0 sec
Platinum: 10 kills in 1 min 30.0 sec
Character: Lt.Frost
Strategy: If you have it set to "On" in Preferences, go an switch it
off now: Auto-Lookahead (when you start moving the camera automatically
centers your view) is not your friend. At the start of the round,
everyone is the same, but as you start to kill them, they will get
REALLY small and will be impossible to hit unless you look down at
them. As you will be spending a lot of time looking down, having your
view shift up when you move is not a healthy option. Use the Soviets
and grenades liberally: the Shotgun is good if they are at close range
Rewards: Shrink Arcade Mode unlocked for play. Nikolai and Shivers tend
to get really wrapped up when fighting each other, so toss a grenade or
shoot them both to get easy kills.
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-Scrap Metal:
UltraNet headquarters want this ChassisBot disposed of as quickly
as possible. Although not heavily armored, it is very agile, so be
careful! Power drained from the ChassisBot will refresh your EnviroSuit
batteries -don't let them run down!
Location: Scrapyard
Mode Type: Vampire
Requirements:
Bronze: 10 kills
Silver: 10 kills in 4 min 0.0 sec
Gold: 10 kills in 3 min 0.0 sec
Platinum: 10 kills in 1 min 30.0 sec
Character: Female Trooper
Strategy: It's a standard one-on-one deathmatch, but you have an extra
energy meter at the top of the screen. If the meter drains completely
at any point in time you will instantly die, so keep killing that bot.
ChassisBot is fast, but since it wants to kill you, it will come to you
once in a while. Use whatever weapons you wish to extract your kills
and come out on top!
Rewards: ChassisBot character and Scrapyard level unlocked for play.
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C.IT'S A BLAST
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These challenges are highlighted by their explosive weapons.
-Night Shift:
It's night shift at the factory, and the Machinist is having a
nap. Time to play! Inject some enthusiasm into the other workers before
he wakes up. Your health is replenished by damage inflicted so keep up
a good hit rate to stay alive!
Location: Robot Factory
Mode Type: Leech
Requirements:
Bronze: 1st
Silver: 1st and 15 kills
Gold: 1st and 25 kills
Platinum: 1st and 50 kills
Character: R-109
Strategy: A deathmatch, but instead of that red bar on top of the
screen you have no health powerups in the level: to gain health you
will have to kill everyone else. R-109's stamina is excellent, so it
can take a blast or two and still come out on top. Find a good spot
where you can see a wide area and plug away. Remember to ALWAYS watch
your back: the last thing you want is to be killed by a SentryBot with
a rocket launcher while you were engrossed with another one.
Rewards: SentryBot character and Leech Arcade Mode unlocked for play.
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-Spoils of War:
Kills count for nothing in this game, only rewards left behind by
the dead contenders are worth collecting. Be the first to collect 25
points!
Location: Ice Station
Mode Type: Thief
Requirements:
Bronze: 25 points
Silver: 25 points in 6 min 0.0 sec
Gold: 25 points in 4 min 30.0 sec
Platinum: 25 points in 3 min 0.0 sec
Character: Sgt. Cortez
Strategy: As the description says, you can kill a hundred people in
this level, but if you don't collect the coins they drop, it's all for
naught. Remember to always look for the coin a dead person drops, even
yours (if you respawn close enough). The bots also pick up coins but
sometimes they get distracted and leave whole piles of coins (I once
saw a whopping 14 coins lying next to each other!) alone. Pick them up!
It could mean the difference between a gold and a silver...
Rewards: Meezor Mox character and Thief Arcade Mode unlocked for play.
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-Demolition Derby:
There's nothing like high explosives for reducing ChassisBots to
chassis bits. The game lasts 4 minutes... make sure you come out on top!
Location: Scrapyard
Mode Type: Deathmatch
Requirements:
Bronze: 1st
Silver: 1st and 15 kills
Gold: 1st and 25 kills
Platinum: 1st and 45 kills
Character: R-109
Strategy: Another deathmatch, same rules apply. You only get explosive
weapons, so you can't take too much damage before dying. However, they
can't hit you if you're moving, so stay mobile. The match will be over
before you know it.
Rewards: Male Trooper, Female Trooper characters, Robot Factory level,
and Vampire Arcade Mode unlocked for play.
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D.TOO HOT TO HANDLE
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Three challenges based off of one gameplay mode: Virus.
-Monkey Immolation:
Those pesky pyromaniac primates have been juggling torches with
disastrous results! The game ends when everyone is set on fire...so avoid
those frantic furry flamers!
Location: Mexican Mission
Mode Type: Virus
Requirements:
Bronze: Survive for 0 min 30.0 sec
Silver: Survive for 1 min 0.0 sec
Gold: Survive for 2 min 0.0 sec
Platinum: Survive for 3 min 0.0 sec
Character: Venus Starr
Strategy: This level is a little creepy, with the flaming monkeys
running at you screaming and everything. From the start, head to the
large courtyard. This is the only place where you will be able to see
the monkeys easily. If you stay in the corridors, you could turn a
corner and BAM! Game Over. In the courtyard, go to the building with
the ladder and climb to the roof, and stand facing the main building.
If you see a flaming monkey come out, wait for it to climb the ladder
(you will see the flames coming up), then take off at full speed (NEVER
EVER stop) until you reach the fountain and pick up the speed power up.
From there, run in a large circle round the courtyard (hug the walls as
you run between the buildings, and go up the ladder, and back to the
fountain. Pick up the speed powerup as it appears, and use the radar so
you always know the monkeys' relative positions. Keep running in this
large circle, and you will survive till the limit. You only get one
chance, so make it last.
Rewards: Crispin character, Flame Tag Arcade Mode unlocked for play.
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-Disco Inferno:
Lady Jane is busy strutting her stuff in the nightclub, and the
dance floor is heating up...literally! Avoid the night fever for as long
as possible!
Location: Nightclub
Mode Type: Virus
Requirements:
Bronze: Survive for 0 min 30.0 sec
Silver: Survive for 1 min 0.0 sec
Gold: Survive for 2 min 0.0 sec
Platinum: Survive for 3 min 0.0 sec
Character: Lady Jane
Strategy: There is no area as large as the Mexican Mission courtyard
here, so you have to know the layout of this level (play a few times so
you know it). Your chances are directly linked to how far apart your
and the flamer spawn (if he spawns next to you, restart). Just stay the
heck away from everybody and go to places like the stairs outside the
buildings. This is a good place to keep the flamers busy. Let them
follow, and then jump down as far as you can go. Go up and repeat until
victory is yours.
Rewards: Louie Bignose character, Lt. Wild character unlocked for play.
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-Burns Department:
You might want to keep away from the other patients in the
hospital. There's a nasty hot fever going around... you wouldn't want to
catch it!
Location: Hospital
Mode Type: Virus
Requirements:
Bronze: Survive for 1 min 0.0 sec
Silver: Survive for 1 min 30.0 sec
Gold: Survive for 2 min 0.0 sec
Platinum: Survive for 3 min 0.0 sec
Character: Viola
Strategy: The previous characters you controlled weren't the fastest
characters on the block, but now you have Viola, a speedy little
sprite. The Hospital has so many ways around that it is hard to pick
any one route. The flamers know this too, so You have to thin on your
toes. If you can get to a spot where no-one has got to yet and wait
(like the room overlooking the chapel) you can wait a few valuable
seconds before they find you. This level has a longer time limit than
the previous ones, but it is also thankfully the last one like this you
will have to tackle in the League. Persevere!
Rewards: Undead Priest character, Nightclub level, Virus Arcade Mode
unlocked for play.
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E.TEAM SERIES A
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Three challenges designed to test how well you work in a team. My
favorite type of challenge.
-Club Soda:
Slick Tommy and Jimmy Needles just knocked over your drink, and
they're refusing to buy another! Teach them some manners and score 20
kills before they do. Braces and Marco will back you up.
Location: Nightclub
Mode Type: Team Deathmatch
Requirements:
Bronze: 20 kills
Silver: 20 kills in 4 min 0.0 sec
Gold: 20 kills in 3 min 0.0 sec
Platinum: 20 kills in 1 min 30.0 sec
Character: Louie Bignose
Strategy: A team deathmatch, but this time you actually have people
fighting with you! Let Braces and Marco do their stuff, and you just go
rack up the kills. Jimmy and Slick don't fare too well in any category,
so you shouldn't have too much to worry about. The kills are cumulative
i.e the whole team contributes to the totals.
Rewards: Slick Tommy character, Jimmy Needles character unlocked for
play.
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-Station Stand:
A squad of SentryBots are attempting to take over the Ice Station
asteroid. Team up with the Space Troopers to secure critical locations
and repel the attack.
Location: Ice Station
Mode Type: Zones
Requirements:
Bronze: 1000 points
Silver: 1000 points in 5 min 30 sec
Gold: 1000 points in 4 min 30 sec
Platinum: 1000 points in 3 min 30.0 sec
Character: Female Trooper
Strategy: There are four zones in the area. They are marked by glowing
circles on the ground. If you run over it, you mark the territory as
your won. However, the enemy can do the same thing. The meter at the
top of the screen shows how many zones you control (you are red). There
is also another meter that indicates time till the next tally. When the
meter is completely one color, it will add a score to that color's side
based on how m any zones you control. So, if you control all four zones
when the meter fills, you get substantially more points than if you had
only one. Kill the SentryBots and make sure you tag every zone you
find. Don't spend your time guarding just one zone: your friends also
tag zones but SentryBots have superior stamina and will overpower them
without your help.
Rewards: Lt. Shade character, Zones Arcade Mode unlocked for play.
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-Men in Grey:
A bunch of suits have been seen near the Training Grounds
blockhouse. They've put in some computers and it looks like they might
be starting a dotcom consultancy business. Hit them hard before they
try to float the company and pocket the cash!
Location: Training Grounds
Mode Type: Assault
Requirements:
Bronze: 10 min 0.0 sec
Silver: 6 min 0.0 sec
Gold: 3 min 30.0 sec
Platinum: 1 min 15.0 sec
Character: Private Grass
Strategy: You have to infiltrate the enemy base and destroy their
computers. Along the way you must complete two objectives: reach the
waterfall AND destroy the enemy fuel supplies. Don't rely on your
partner for help: she may destroy an auto-gun or two at the start, but
she is mainly there to draw fire from you. She will not destroy
computers or barrels- only you can. Do not waste time killing the bots,
unless they are in your way. You have to kill them at the start to move
on, but once you reach the waterfall, you should rarely be killing the
bots.
From the start, pick up the homing launcher under the ramp, then head
to the next room. Turn right and climb up the brown ramp, picking up
the extra homing launcher on the way. On the roof, go out to the right
and destroy the auto-gun in the distance. Once that is done, head down
and destroy the remaining two auto-guns and then make your way to the
waterfall. After you make the checkpoint, go up the hill, strafing to
avoid auto-gun fire. Stick to the left as you pass the auto gun, then
turn and destroy it from the back (auto-guns face only one way). Now
you must destroy the fuel supplies. There are two in the main yard, one
at the far wall (near an entrance to the enemy base), one on the inside
of a building on the left, one upstairs the demolished building on the
right. Grab the armor on that floor and then drop off to find the last
barrel. After you destroy it, you can now go and destroy the enemy
computer. If you can find one, take a Plasma rifle and enter the enemy
base. Shoot grenades at EVERY computer, including the monitors.
Everything must be wrecked before the level will end. If you run out of
grenades, use the Minigun with alternate fire on (auto-spin), and
failing that, the Soviet. The Assault Is only useful for killing suits
at close range.
To get a gold, you MUST have reached the waterfall by 1 min 30 sec
tops. You MUST have destroyed all barrels by 2 min 30 sec tops. If you
take longer than that to reach any point, restart. It will take you a
while to get into the enemy base if you are killed so you need as much
time as possible.
Rewards: Honorary League, Accountant character, Lawyer character,
Assault Arcade Mode, and Training Grounds level unlocked for play.
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************HONORARY LEAGUE************
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More missions to test your gunning skills. The missions here are
overall a lot tougher than Amateur League (what did you expect?) but if
you've practiced the Amateur League and got all golds (or better yet,
platinums!) then you're well equipped to participate.
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F.MAXIMUS
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In case you didn't know, this is a test of your skill sunder the
Gladiator mode of play.
-Cold Corpse Caper:
After dark, the freaks crawl off their slabs and prowl the
Hospital morgue. Cyberfairy has dropped in to sprinkle some hot lead
pixie dust and send them back to sleep!
Location: Hospital
Mode Type: Gladiator
Requirements:
Bronze: 1st overall
Silver: 1st with 10 kills
Gold: 1st with 15 kills
Platinum: 1st with 35 kills
Character: Cyberfairy
Strategy: Essentially, ONLY the Gladiator's kills count. You can kill
other people and stuff, but your score will not go up. For that, you
must find and kill the Gladiator. Then you become the Gladiator. The
Gladiator is marked on the map by a blue dot, and visually he/she/it
looks like they are covered in a gold mist (it can be a little
unsettling to see it at first). Cyberfairy can't take that much damage,
but she is fast. Find the Gladiator and kill him, then find a good
weapon and head to a room where you can see every exit with ease. Kill
everyone who comes for you (and they will, since they want to score
too). This mission shouldn't be too hard if you're adept at gunning.
Rewards: Cyberfairy character and Gargoyle character unlocked for play.
-Killer Queen:
"...the monkey wasn't too happy but the lion said he was glad he
ate her!"
Ha ha ha! The Jungle Queen is sick of what passes for humor round these
parts. Crack some heads and wipe those silly smiles off their faces.
Location: Aztec Jungle: Exterior
Mode Type: Gladiator
Requirements:
Bronze: 15 kills
Silver: 15 kills in 4 min 0.0 sec
Gold: 15 kills in 3 min 0.0 sec
Platinum: 15 kills in 1 min 30.0 sec
Character: Jungle Queen
Strategy: Gladiator, but you have to kill a certain amount of people
before time runs out! There is some armor at the end of an alcove
across the rope bridge. Get it. Most of the bots run around in the area
with all the poles and the tunnels thereabout. Patrol that area for the
most kill opportunities...
Rewards: Leo Krupps character unlocked for play.
-R-109 Beta:
The latest run of R-109 prototypes is being combat tested. The
most lethal unit will receive a command firmware upgrade. Demonstrate
that you are the best.
Location: Ice Station
Mode Type: Gladiator
Requirements:
Bronze: 15 kills and 1st overall
Silver: 25 kills
Gold: 40 kills
Platinum: 45 kills
Character: R-109
Strategy: The last of the Gladiator missions. It is also one of the
hardest to get a decent score on. The only weapons you have are
explosive rockets and homing launchers! So one good hit and you have to
find the Gladiator again. To get a good score, head into the tunnels.
There is a three-way "T" intersection that has a spawn point for a
Homing Launcher, grab it and stay there. Monitor all three paths using
your radar so that you get the first shot on approaching enemies, and
just take 'em out. They'll flock to you, so don't get excited and leave
the area, you need to keep getting those Homing Launchers so you can
nail enemies around the corners of the tunnel.
If the enemies don't spawn close enough, or take their time meandering
around the level before coming to you, there's really nothing you can
do about it except for leaving your position... but that affects the
strategy at hand. Keep at it and you'll get platinum with minimal
effort, and a lot less stress than running across the whole level
trying to make your kill count in time.
Rewards: Ufopia Arcade Level, Gladiator Arcade Mode unlocked for play.
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G.ELIMINATION SERIES
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Two missions based on Elimination. You know the drill. The last is
Monkey Assistant.
-Baking for the Taking:
Chef's baked up nine delicious gingerbread fortune cookies. Looks
like he used too much raising agent - they're running away!
Location: Chinese Restaraunt
Mode Type: Elimination
Requirements:
Bronze: 1st overall
Silver: 1st in 4 min 0.0 sec
Gold: 1st in 3 min 0.0 sec
Platinum: 1st in 2 min 0.0 sec
Character: Chinese Chef
Strategy: You get Miniguns for this level. There are lots of
Gingerbread Men, and their combined firepower will put you down for
good fairly fast. The key here is to camp and let them come to you.
Good places are in the basement (the large room with the health
powerup) and in the kitchen (farthest corner from all the doors). The
basement is better because it has a handy Minigun spawn point close by,
and the health powerup. The Gingerbreads also only spawn from the
direction of the stairs, meaning they only come in that way. Sit there
and mow down any of them that come in.
Rewards: Chinese Chef character, Gingerbread Man character unlocked for
play.
-Brace Yourself:
It had to happen. Braces just caught Louis Bignose and Jimmy
Needles badmouthing him in front of Big Tony. Doity rats! Now they're
gonna pay, see?
Location: Nightclub
Mode Type: Elimination
Requirements:
Bronze: 1st overall
Silver: 1st in 2 min 30.0 sec
Gold: 1st in 1 min 45.0 sec
Platinum: 1st in 1 min 30.0 sec
Character: Braces
Strategy: Like the Chinese Restaurant, the easiest way to win this is
to camp and let them come to you. Several places allow for this. There
is an area with a lot of walls with glass windows and weird hallways
(the entrance to the club if you play Chicago in Story mode). There is
a weapon spawn there. Shoot them as they come.
Rewards: Braces character unlocked for play.
-Starship Whoopers:
Hank, R-109, and Gretel II are helping Candi learn advanced
combat techniques. During the lesson, prototype space monkeys will be
beamed in to help the weakest player. Never a dull day in the Academy!
Location: Scrapyard
Mode Type: Monkey Assistant
Requirements:
Bronze: 1st
Silver: 1st and 15 kills
Gold: 1st and 25 kills
Platinum: 1st and 30 kills
Character: Candi Skyler
Strategy: Starts out as a basic deathmatch, but after a certain point,
the player with the lowest score gets a number of monkeys packing the
strongest heat in the level will beam in and help to even the score.
Once they kill the leading player or are killed themselves they will
leave the match for a short while. And every kill they make goes to the
lowest player's score.
This battle is not in your favor (when are they ever meant to be?) so
make sure you are skilled at using rockets to kill. Basic Rockets work
best with splash damage, so aim them down at the ground for best
results. Grab Homing Launchers when you can find them and kill as many
as you can, since they home in, splash isn't as critical. You want to
be the 1st overall, so you don't want monkeys helping you. And don't
count on killing monkeys to help boost your score: they don't count.
Focus on the real bots for kills.
Rewards: Monkey Assistant Arcade Mode unlocked for play.
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H.BURNS 'N' BANGS
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Liberal use of Flamethrowers (Burns) and Rockets (Bangs) mark these
challenges.
-Chinese Burns:
The Chinese Chef insists on only the freshest ingredients. Looks
like he got more than he bargained for with the latest air freighted
shipment of Calamari - they leapt straight out of the pan and are now
trying to flambe him!
Location: Chinese Restaurant
Mode Type: Team Deathmatch
Requirements:
Bronze: 20 kills
Silver: 20 kills in 2 min 30.0 sec
Gold: 20 kills in 2 min 0.0 sec
Platinum: 20 kills in 1 min 30.0 sec
Character: Chinese Chef
Strategy: You get Flamethrowers and no way to put yourself out (except
if you run into the pond), so try not to get burnt. Their range seems
to be a little shorter than yours, so try to run and fry at the same
time. Camping can help but it doesn't always work. And if you ARE set
ablaze, set as many Calamari as you can ablaze before you put it out.
That way, they die too, and you get the kills.
Alternate strategy: Stick to the pond and kill there. However, you may
or may not get a Platinum that way, depending on how long the Calamari
take getting there.
Rewards: Calamari character unlocked for play.
-Snow Business:
All the children love a Snowman...well, nearly all the children.
The Machinist and his twisted siblings like nothing better than
torching their chilly chums. Frosty's nose isn't just shiny - it's
dripping with gasoline! Anyone got a match?
Location: Ice Station
Mode Type: Team Deathmatch
Requirements:
Bronze: 20 kills
Silver: 20 kills in 3 min 15.0 sec
Gold: 20 kills in 2 min 30.0 sec
Platinum: 20 kills in 1 min 45.0 sec
Character: Machinist
Strategy: More Flamethrower fun. This is tougher than the Chinese one
because Machinist, despite the fact that he is a machine (and they
shouldn't catch fire - then again, he was human) can catch fire, and he
burns FAST. I cannot stress how fast your character will die if he
catches on fire. Your flamethrower range is a little bit longer than
theirs, but try to stick them from the sides, so they don't get you.
And if you catch on fire, set another Snowman on fire before you die.
Friendly fire is on, so don't set your teammate on fire!
Rewards: Snowman character unlocked for play.
-Rocket Man:
Sergio loves to visit the Streets at night! He relishes the feel
of the cold snowy air gusting through his loincloth as he scampers up
and down. But most of all he loves to show off with his rocket launcher
in front of the lovely ladies...
Location: Streets
Mode Type: Team Deathmatch
Requirements:
Bronze: 40 kills
Silver: 40 kills in 2 min 0.0 sec
Gold: 40 kills in 1 min 30.0 sec
Platinum: 40 kills in 1 min 5.0 sec
Character: Sergio
Strategy: This mission can be delightfully easy or a complete nightmare
depending on how the bots approach you. You only have rockets for this
one too. If you can get a Homing Launcher, then take the battle to the
Streets. If not, grab a Rocket launcher and camp in one of the lit
stairwells (which are narrower than the dark ones). Aim at the door and
shoot all who try to get in. If one or two get on the stairs, shot them
but focus on the door. You will get the kills in time, but getting a
Platinum seems to be more luck than skill.
Rewards: Venus Starr character unlocked for play.
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I.OUTNUMBERED BUT NEVER OUTPUNNED!
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Pffft. You're always outnumbered in these Leagues. But these bots are a
little tougher than those you've faced thus far...
-Someone Has Got To Pay:
Big Tony's been having some discrete hair transplant work done
down at the Hospital. But in an anesthetic-induced daze he thinks that
some giant ducks are after his new thatch to feather their nests! Help
him out by whacking dem malicious mallards.
Location: Hospital
Mode Type: Team Deathmatch
Requirements:
Bronze: 40 kills
Silver: 50 kills
Gold: 60 kills
Platinum: 70 kills
Character: Big Tony
Strategy: Just you and a whole lotta ducks. To survive this freakish
acid trip, head to the balcony overlooking the chapel. There is a
Shotgun x2 spawn there. Only one way in. Sit facing the door and blast
anything that comes in. Pick up ammo as needed. If they kill you, go
back there. Lather, rinse, and repeat. Do NOT go around chasing ducks.
Shotguns will rip out large chunks of your health very fast, and they
love to surround you.
Rewards: Duckman Drake character unlocked for play.
-Time to Split:
Krayola thought her tattoos and piercings were pretty freaky
until the Scourge Splitters turned up at the compound. Show them that
there's more to it than just looking hard...
Location: Compound
Mode Type: Team Deathmatch
Requirements:
Bronze: 15 kills
Silver: 15 kills in 3 min 0.0 sec
Gold: 15 kills in 2 min 30.0 sec
Platinum: 15 kills in 2 min 0.0 sec
Character: Krayola
Strategy: You versus two Scourge Splitters. These guys have very high
stamina, and their weapons do way more damage than yours. Lots of
containers for them to hide behind, and they always attack from two
directions. What to do, what to do...
Head into one of the buildings with a SBP90 x2 spawn point and one door
going out. Sit there and wait for the Splitters to cram the doorway.
Then mow them down. They will spawn and come back. Repeat until the
medal is yours.
Rewards: Barby Gimp character, Scourge Splitter character unlocked for
play.
-Can't Handle This:
Welcome to Hatchet Sal's cheese-induced nightmare. Well, at least
we know what Big Tony's left-hand man looks like. Just goes to show, if
you mutilate people for a living you've got to expect to lose some
sleep...
Location: Nightclub
Mode Type: Team Deathmatch
Requirements:
Bronze: 40 kills
Silver: 40 kills in 3 min 30.0 sec
Gold: 40 kills in 3 min 0.0 sec
Platinum: 40 kills in 2 min 30.0 sec
Character: Hatchet Sal
Strategy: It would have been more of a nightmare if the wall were
psychedelic and the guns were ducks that sounded like kazoos when you
shot them, but hey, I didn't make the game. ^_^ The Handymen possess
superior weapons right from the spawn (their weapons fire faster and
later they all seem to have Tommyguns) and they almost always attack in
a pack. You will NOT win if you go up against any of them with a
pistol. Never. While you plug away at one, another comes behind and
caps you. Head to the Tommygun x2 point discussed earlier in the Brace
Yourself Scenario (Elimination Series, Honorary League). Sit there and
shoot all that enter.
This mission is hard if you run around trying to chase them down. It
very rarely ever works. Remember that.
Rewards: Chasm Arcade Level, Handyman character, Hatchet Sal character
unlocked for play.
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J.TEAM SERIES B
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More team-based mayhem, including another Assault level for your
storming pleasure.
-Hack a Hacker:
Sadako's gang have been selling warez down at the Compound. It's
time for the anti-piracy riot squad to instigate a crackdown. They made
20 illegal copies - so kill them 20 times!
Location: Compound
Mode Type: Team Deathmatch
Requirements:
Bronze: 20 kills
Silver: 20 kills in 1 min 40.0 sec
Gold: 20 kills in 1 min 20.0 sec
Platinum: 20 kills in 1 min 0.0 sec
Character: Riot Officer
Strategy: You get some Riot Officers in your group to help you out. As
usual, let your teammates do their stuff and you work on racking up the
kills. Move around for this one. As there are more targets overall, if
you camp you will not get the required kills in time.
Rewards: Krayola character, Milkbaby character unlocked for play.
-Rice Cracker Rush:
Ghost and a crack team of pacifist Monks are taking on the Riot
Squad in a running Streets battle for some bags of munchies. The Monks
are riding a heady sugar rush after a rice cracker binge and are pretty
wired. So much for non-violent protest!
Location: Streets
Mode Type: Capture the Bag
Requirements:
Bronze: 5
Silver: 5 in 5 m in 0.0 sec
Gold: 5 in 4 min 0.0 sec
Platinum:
Character: Ghost
Strategy: Your teammates will not capture the bag. Ever. They will
guard their side and secure their bag if they can, but they will never
venture into the enemy base and grab the bag. EVER. So you and you
alone must get their bag and return to score.
From the start, grab the cloak powerup and and head through the
building to the left. Grab the armor and find your way to the enemy
side at maximum speed (if you follow the street you'll get there). Grab
the bag and return to the base post haste. Do NOT fire at anyone or
anything until you score the bag (exception below). Once you score, go
back and repeat (the cloak powerup takes a while to respawn so just go
normally and get it). Use lots of sidesteps to avoid gunfire.
However, if the enemy gets your bag, you must kill him and return the
bag. You CANNOT score if the enemy has your bag, and he can't either.
If he returns to base you are in a whole lot of trouble. He will NOT
come back to kill you, but he will remain directly on the score spot,
idly sitting there. You must venture BACK, carrying the enemy bag and
kill the guy to claim your bag. More often than not, this results in
your getting killed first, leaving your bag free for a quick score. To
avoid this, remember that the enemy team never carries the bag through
the streets, but through the buildings. Find their route and stop them
accordingly.
*slight correction: It does seem that your teammates do occasionally
get the bag, but they usually get shot before they get back to base
with it.
Rewards: Riot Officer character, The Master character unlocked for
play.
-Superfly Lady:
Khallos is hoping to escape in his evil leer jet - but typically
he has forgotten to fuel it up. If Kitten can just manage to beat off
the henchmen and blow their barrels then his evil flight plans will be
foiled once again...
Location:
Mode Type:
Requirements:
Bronze: 6 min 0.0 sec
Silver: 3 min 0.0 sec
Gold: 2 min 0.0 sec
Platinum: 1 min 30.0 sec
Character: Kitten Celeste
Strategy: You must destroy all the sentry guns on the main floor, then
activate the hangar door, then destroy all the fuel barrels in the main
hangar.
From the start, destroy the two hanging guns with your double pistols,
and then grab the Soviet guns where the hanging guns were. Toss a
grenade or two at the ground gun straight ahead, then grenade the two
ground guns guarding the door.
Once you pass through the door, get around the gun on the crate and
destroy it from the back (it can't turn that far round). Then destroy
the ground guns with grenades. Get behind the two hanging guns and
shoot them from the back. Once you destroy those, you should have
completed that objective. Your new objective will flash on screen:
"Open Hangar Door."
To open the door, from where you destroyed the last guns, head up the
stairs on the right. Grab the Lasergun and head to the balcony. On the
right wall, you will see a switch. Activate it and the objective is
complete. Drop through the hole in the floor and head back to the
stairs. Enter the new door on the right.
Now you must destroy 3 fuel barrels. They are all located between the
tires of the plane. If you can't see them, then go behind the tires to
see them. Shoot them all to end the mission.
Rewards: Elite League, Hangar Assault Level unlocked for play.
ELITE LEAGUE
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The final run of challenges in Arcade League. They are annoying, tough,
hard, and designed to have you pulling your hair out if you can't solve
'em. You ready?
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K. ONE SHOT THRILLS
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Three missions, all exercises in hit and run tactics.
-Babes in the Woods:
Harry Tipper, alone in the Aztec Jungle, with a bunch of
gorgeous young ladies... with his reputation? Has no one thought of the
consequences? Just keep your bow in hand Tipper, and don't be getting
shrunk just so you can look up their skirts!
Location: Aztec Ruins Exterior
Mode Type: Shrink
Requirements:
Bronze: Place 1st
Silver: 15 kills and 1st
Gold: 20 kills and 1st
Platinum: 25 kills and 1st
Character: Harry Tipper
Strategy: You versus a whole lotta Jo-Beth Caseys (the younger sister
of Mary-Beth Casey, the cheerleader from that infernal Mansion level in
TS1). One hit will kill any character in this level, including you.
Getting armor means nothing, if you get hit anywhere Tipper's dead.
Make sure your shots are always the first off and you'll survive. The
Aztec level is very confusing with its narrow corridors, and if you're
surrounded it can be annoying. More often than not, luck plays a high
factor in surviving, as you may spawn near an unarmed enemy, or you may
spawn right in the middle of a firefight. If you see two or three of
them fighting each other, kill them quickly! And as you kill a lot of
them, they begin to shrink, making them harder to hit, so Auto-
Lookahead is a bad idea here.
Rewards: Jo-Beth character unlocked for play.
-Double Bill:
Big Tony thought he was on to a winner when he booked the
King and the Beetles to play a gig at the famous Chasm club. Imagine
his surprise when these jokers showed up! And paid in advance! Needless
to say, Tony wants his money back.
Location: Chasm
Mode Type: Thief
Requirements:
Bronze: 20
Silver: 20 in 4 min 30.0 sec
Gold: 20 in 3 min 30.0 sec
Platinum: 20 in 2 min 30.0 sec
Character: Big Tony
Strategy: Thief rules apply: Pick up all the tokens dropped by dead
guys, yours included if you find 'em. You get shotguns as the main
weapon here, so spread damage is good. Remember, one shot kills. Try
keeping to the bridges. The bots tend to run across them a lot, so you
should be able to pick several in a short while. The bots also tend to
leave coins lying around, so keep an eye open for those.
Rewards: Beetleman character and The Impersonator character unlocked
for play.
- Nikki Jinki Bricky:
Nikki and Jinki have taken over the Chinese restaurant. But
it is haunted by the restless spirits who hit themselves on the head
with bricks while trying to master the Brick Flung High challenge from
the original TimeSplitters! Help your sister lay their souls to rest!
Location: Chinese Restaurant
Mode Type: Team Deathmatch
Requirements:
Bronze: 20 kills
Silver: 20 kills in 2 min 30.0 sec
Gold: 20 kills in 2 min 0.0 sec
Platinum: 20 kills in 1 min 30.0 sec
Character: Nikki
Strategy: Your sister can be an ace assassin or an absolute idiot
depending on how the computer plays her, but rest assured that she will
handle her own problems. You, on the other hand, have a lot of Crypt
Zombies to handle. Your success depends a lot on your ability to use
the bricks dual modes of fire. Do not stand in one spot: the zombies
have spent eons mastering bricks and know how to ricochet them at you.
Strafe and use the primary to deal with close range zombies. Secondary
tackles those further zombies. Luck also plays a critical role.
Sometimes you will barley find a zombie to kill, other times there will
be so many that they will overwhelm you. A very good spot to fight
zombies is in the kitchen basement: there is a brick refresh spot there
and the zombies will only approach from the stairs. Unless they were
running around down there for some reason.
Rewards: Nikki character, Jinki character unlocked for play.
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L. DUEL MEANING
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A series of one-on-one bouts with enemies who have notoriously greater
stamina than usual.
-If I'm Ugly - You Smell!
Mikey told Jared that his center parting made him look like a
water buffalo so then Jared told Mikey that he looked like one. There's
only one way to settle a difference of opinion out West- a good ol'
shootout! Yeehaw! Get yer guns!
Location: Mexican Mission
Mode Type: Deathmatch
Requirements:
Bronze: 1st
Silver: 1st and 3 lives
Gold: 1st and 4 lives
Platinum: 1st and 5 lives
Character: Jared Slim
Strategy: You start out in the courtyard. Mikey takes on average about
4-5 shots to go down, and you only take about 3, so he has a
significant advantage. He tends to go after the double pistols, so if
you can find some before he does, then kill him. If not, then you must
kill him and obtain his weapons. If you can do it, then he will die a
lot faster. This mission isn't too tough, but getting through it
without dying once can be annoying. Mikey must be killed a total of 5
times before the mission ends.
Rewards: Mikey Two-guns character, Jared Slim character unlocked for
play.
-Golem Guru
Two years have passed down at the Site and the building still
isn't finished! The reason? A mass of discarded hardcore ahs come to
life and chased all of the builders away. Only the lightning reflexes
and guile of the Master can finally lay the Golem to rest.
Location: The Site
Mode Type: Deathmatch
Requirements:
Bronze: 1st
Silver: 1st and 3 lives
Gold: 1st and 4 lives
Platinum: 1st and 5 lives
Character: The Master
Strategy: You get an assortment of weapons from Shotguns to Grenade
Launchers to both normal and homing Rockets. To put it simply: you WILL
NOT win if you attempt to go head to head with the Golem. He has
stamina that puts even the dreaded Splitters to shame. The Master has
next to nothing in terms of health, and three shotgun shots will do him
in. If you get set on fire, there is no way to put it out, so it serves
you to pick up the Grenade launchers so the Golem can't use them. The
Golem can't be set on fire. Don't try to fight him in the open, he can
easily dodge your shots if he wants to. He does, however, tend to stand
in front of you when he reloads, leaving him open.
To tackle this stony customer, obtain the homing launcher on the
scaffolding on the second floor (take the stairs up the second floor
and go the scaffolding on the left. You will see the launcher there.
Maneuver there and get it). On your way down, grab the normal rocket
launcher under the stairs and by the sewer entrance. Enter the sewers
and go to an intersection. When the Golem tries to approach, let him
have two bursts of secondary rocket fire (either homing or normal). If
all rockets are dead on, the Golem should drop instantly. If you need
it, grab some more ammo or health and then return to the sewers. If you
master this technique, you should get a Platinum in no time.
Rewards: Fat Characters cheat, Kypriss character unlocked for play.
-Golden Thighs
Kitten Celeste is pretty miffed 'cause Harry Tipper has been
spending rather too much time in the company of the Jungle Queen.
Kitten says too many muscles look bad on a lady and her tan's fake
anyway. So it looks like it's a catfight at the Dam!
Location: Siberia
Mode Type: Deathmatch
Requirements:
Bronze: 5 kills
Silver: 5 kills in 2 min 30.0 sec
Gold: 5 kills in 2 min 0.0 sec
Platinum: 5 kills in 1 min 30.0 sec
Character: Kitten Celeste
Strategy: You don't get the benefit of rockets or sewers or anything
like that here. Grab the Soviets w/ grenades and lure her into entering
a building while you're outside. When she does enter, shoot grenades
through the windows to kill her. She has more health than you, so
straight up fighting will not win.
Rewards: High Priest character, Aztec Warrior character unlocked for
play.
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M. FRANTIC SERIES
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Three matches played at the "Frantic" setting of Arcade mode. That
means they are really fast!
-Hangar Hat's Off!:
The Henchmen think they're hard enough to beat a Special Forces'
Team in a shootout down at the old Hangar. They need to be taught a
lesson. Professional soldiers don't prance around dressed like bananas
- and baseball caps and IR goggles are so 90's...
Location: Hangar
Mode Type: Team Deathmatch
Requirements:
Bronze: 30 kills
Silver: 30 kills in 2 m in 0.0 sec
Gold: 30 kills in 1 min 30.0 sec
Platinum: 30 kills in 1 min 15.0 sec
Character: Sgt. Shock
Strategy: This is similar to Top Shot, but you have more people to help
you. Simply put, you can't expect to get a platinum without your
teammates' help. You can go around and hunt the Henchmen down. But you
will waste needless time as they tend to spawn mainly around the main
hangar itself. Stick to that area and th adjoining rooms to score as
many kills as possible. The Lasergun is one of the best weapons for
this scenario, as the thread lasers can sometimes kill in one shot and
it has the handy shield secondary function. If luck is on your side,
you will see lots of henchmen in time to score that gold (or plat).
Rewards: Henchman character, Dark Henchman character unlocked for play.
-Can't Please Everyone:
The Hospital needs redecorating. The Maidens like the idea of a
cheerful red but the Priests are dead set on blue. Test out your color
schemes in key rooms to see what would be best.
Location: Hospital
Mode Type: Zones
Requirements:
Bronze: 800
Silver: 800 in 4 min 0.0 sec
Gold: 800 in 3 min 0.0 sec
Platinum: 800 in 2 min 30.0 sec
Character: Maiden
Strategy: Zone rules apply here. Secure as many zones as long as
possible to maximize points. The maiden isn't designed to take damage,
and if you get in a firefight with a Priest she will more than likely
die first. However, her speed advantage over the Priests will help you
score more zones on average. Tempting though it may be, unless you know
this level by heart and can get from zone to zone with no problem,
guard two or three zones rather than try to secure every one. Your
fellow Maidens will secure zones and fight as well, but their behaviour
can be annoying erratic.
Rewards: Maiden character, Changeling character unlocked for play.
-Big Top Blowout:
There's been unrest at the Circus since Stumpy hammered a tent
peg up Mr. Giggles' nose as part of last night's show. Mischief has
cracked open a case of Homing Rocket Launchers and now it's every freak
for themselves!
Location: Circus
Mode Type: Deathmatch
Requirements:
Bronze: 1st
Silver: 1st and 25 kills
Gold: 1st and 35 kills
Platinum: 1st and 45 kills
Character: Ringmistress
Strategy: You and a whole lot of clowns in a circus. With Homing
Launchers. The Circus level is divided into three big tents, which is
where most of the action will be. The outside areas and the stables do
get some play, but not nearly as much as the tents. Always check the
tents for fighting clowns and take them out first. Try not to stay in
the open, and if you see a missile coming for you, hug the walls so the
missile detonates on it. You may take damage but it beats dying
instantly. These guys are fast, much faster than you have previously
seen in any deathmatches (but what do you expect from a Frantic
setting?).
Rewards: Mister Giggles character, Stumpy character unlocked for play.
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N. TEAM SERIES C
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More team-based goodness, with one that will especially drive you nuts.
-Bags of Fun:
When Cortez and Hart aren't knocking seven bells out of the
TimeSplitters they like to invite them over to the Ice Station for a
friendly game of capture the bag. The TimeSplitters are inclined to
take it a bit too seriously...
Location: Ice Station
Mode Type: Capture the Bag
Requirements:
Bronze: 3 bags better
Silver: 5 bags better
Gold: 7 bags better
Platinum: 10 bags better
Character: Corporal Hart
Strategy: This level is hard. Very hard. And it also has a glitch that
may infuriate you beyond belief. So be very careful when attempting
this one. Cortez will defend the base and capture the bag every so
often, but the Splitters are so many and so well armed that it will be
rare he gets the chance to do anything but defend. So you're the
designated attacker. Fro eth start, go out the right side of the tower
and grab the rocket launcher and speed power-up. Make your way to their
base (the platform with no ice at the edge of the level) and grab their
bag. Once you make it to your base (the cap point is at the top of your
base, so go up the stairs), head left and grab the speed power-up and
half-armor on the outside as you head to their bag. Once you cap the
bag, go and get the rocket launcher, and repeat. If you see anyone with
your bag, kill them with rockets and return your bag. Pronto. If they
should get back to base you'll have to do it again with the bag in
hand. Waste of time and could lead to you losing a point. Your score
must be at least 3 bags better than theirs to move on. And on a final
note, to avoid getting any glitches, avoid scoring when time expires.
Rewards: Big Hands Cheat, Slow Deaths Cheat, Ringmistress character
unlocked for play.
-They're Not Pets!:
Mr. Giggles and Stumpy ordered a bunch of Baby Drones 'Splitters
off the Internet. When they arrived they bit the Bear's nose and ripped
off Lola's costume. The Ringmistress is not pleased - she wants rid of
them! Watch out for the Bear though, he's pretty mad.
Location: Circus
Mode Type: Team Deathmatch
Requirements:
Bronze: 1st
Silver: 1st and 30 kills
Gold: 1st and 40 kills
Platinum: 1st and 55 kills
Character: Mister Giggles
Strategy: Stumpy and Giggles versus a bunch of Baby Drone Splitters and
one really ticked off Bear. You have to score 40 kills before anyone
else does, and Stumpy won't be doing that well at first. Grab whatever
weapons you can and do what comes naturally. The bear is a tad stronger
than the Baby Drones, so be careful when fighting him. He's a wild
card: he may fight you, or he may fight the Baby Drones. But his kills
are his own.
Rewards: Bear character, Baby Drone character unlocked for play.
-Nice Threads:
United only by a passion for dressing up in silly costumes, R-107
and Leo Krupps join forces to storm the Scrapyard Control Room. It's a
death-defying assault against the SentryBots - but watch out for those
thread lasers Leo! Oops, too late...
Location: Scrapyard
Mode Type: Assault
Requirements:
Bronze: 15 min 0.0 sec
Silver: 10 min 0.0 sec
Gold: 5 min 0.0 sec
Platinum: 2 min 13.0 sec
Character: R-107
Strategy: This is going to be the most frustrating level in the game if
you try to do it the obvious way: destroy everything. Unlike Men In
Gray and Superfly Lady, Nice Threads does not require that you destroy
objects to move on: you must simply get to a different point every
time. However, that is easier said than done. In my experience, you are
on your own: Leo may be your partner, but all he does is draw fire. He
seems more content back flipping and chasing SentryBots than actually
doing any real assaulting.
From the start, you are given your first objective: Breach the Airlock.
Move left and obtain the Lasergun. From there, move all the way to the
right of the level and move forward. There are several SentryBots
(heavily armored and packing Sci-Fi Autorifles with grenades) and
autoguns (which shoot fully-charged thread lasers all the time) which
will be aiming to stop you cold. When you are about halfway to the
door, either run like hell with the secondary fire of the Lasergun
(shield) or equip the shield and shoot out the autoguns. If you dally
either way, your guy will die and you have to start al over again. Do
not bother attacking the SentryBots.
Once you make it into the first door, run into the next room and go to
the door on the right. You will get a message saying that the Airlock
Breach is successful. Henceforth, until you complete your next
objective you will respawn here, not out in the yard (so no more thread
lasers!)
Go as fast as you can down the hall, and strafe past the first laser
turret with your shield up to avoid taking damage. When you get to the
large square room with all the laser turrets, strafe past (with your
shield up) each of the open sections that expose you to a shot from the
turrets. Getting this part down may take a few tries, you'll have to
learn the sweet spot for positioning your shield so that it sbsorbs the
thread lasers. You may get hit a few times, but not enough to warrant
any hesitation on your part, keep moving down and around this room.
When you come to the corner that leads into the cooling tank area,
strafe in and out of the doorway once to trigger the rocket turret
directly in front of you to fire..... and miss. As soon as it misses,
run around that corner, stick to the far right side of the walkway so
that the other rockets it fires miss too, and take the second right.
Run forward and up the stairs, down the hall, grab the shield and
proceed forward to trigger the second objective's completion.
***** If you die before triggering the second checkpoint, or if you
encounter any Sentry Bots which have respawned in front of you,
restart. If you make it up to this point without any bot
confrontations, and without losing a life, you will be free to die a
few times while trying to get the last leg of this level completed.
When you enter the room with the two rocket turrets (one in front of
you and one behind you), dodge right and then left to get through
without getting blasted. Continue through, when you get to the part
with the long grate walkway that "T's" off at the end, go to the right.
The turret to the left (which will be behind you when you turn right
into the hallway) will begin firing at you, either strafe left and
right as you're running forward, or let it hit you in the back to push
you along faster if you still have a lot of health.
The next room has two turrets, one up and to the right, and one up and
to the left. As soon as you get into this room, run forward and strafe
right top to avoid getting hit, get around the middle section and enter
the door straight ahead of you (on the same wall that the turrets are
mounted on).
When you see a branch of the hallway that turns dark blue in color
(same as the cooling tank room) and see stairs on the right, going up,
take them and then take the left immediately after. There will be
another small set of stairs to the right with a laser turret mounted up
above them, take those stairs while strafing left to avoid dying from
the thread laser and head left down the little dead-end to the control
room to trigger the level's completion.
This level can be done in less than 1:30.0, as one can die 4 or 5 times
after completing the second objective, so there's definitely room to
improve.
Rewards: Scrapyard Assault Level unlocked for play
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O. SINCEREST FORM OF FLATTERY
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The final set of missions. Can you guess what they're based on?
-Aztec the Dino Hunter:
Aztec Warrior just loves to hunt dinosaurs! The Aztec Priest has
tried to convince him otherwise by explaining all of the ethical and
ecological reasons which make it a morally questionable activity. Aztec
Warrior ignores him, he says that the Priest's just a cerebral bore...
Location:
Mode Type:
Requirements:
Bronze: 45 kills
Silver: 60 kills
Gold: 70 kills
Platinum: 90 kills
Character: Aztec Warrior
Strategy: Turok the Dinosaur Hunter, if you didn't get it. You have to
score a massive amount of kills before time is up, and most annoying of
all, you don't get the benefit of an on screen score display. To get a
good score you must consistently kill dinosaurs without a break: if not
you may finish the level only to find that you are one or two short of
that elusive medal. Tha key is not to get lost in the level. Find the
intersections that are heavily trafficked (like that area with the pond
and the long bridge) and kill everything that moves. And try not t o
get your character killed: time lost means kills lost.
Rewards: Dinosaur character unlocked for play.
-Half Death:
The Scientist have been experimenting with reactor cores and
anomalous materials with the usual results - a trans-dimensional rift
with aliens running amok. The marines have been sent in to shoot
anything that moves. That includes you, Dr. Peabody!
Location: Hangar
Mode Type: Team Deathmatch
Requirements:
Bronze: 20 kills
Silver: 20 kills in 3 min 0.0 sec
Gold: 20 kills in 2 min 30.0 sec
Platinum: 20 kills in 2 min 0.0 sec
Character: Dr. Peabody
Strategy: There is no way you couldn't have guessed this if you even
looked at an FPS. No way. But for those who don't know, it's Half Life.
You have the aliens, the marines and you. Well, technically there is
another scientist on your teams, but he plays like a moron and only
serves to help raise the other teams' scores. In essence, you alone
must score 20 kills against greater odds than ever. Use the explosive
power of the Autorifle and the Soviets to decimate packs of marines,
and never let any teams get more than 5 kills ahead of you, or it may
be impossible to gain the lead again.
Rewards: Drone Splitter character unlocked for play.
-Dread Fraction:
The miners of the Ulcer Corp. are dying of a strange Pox and the
company executives are running a cynical sweepstakes on the mortarlity
figures - "Guess the Dread Fraction". The miners with the Pox are
revolting, none more so than Jebediah Crump!
Location: Chasm
Mode Type: Team Deathmatch
Requirements:
Bronze: 20 kills
Silver: 20 kills in 4 min 30.0 sec
Gold: 20 kills in 3 min 0.0 sec
Platinum: 20 kills in 2 min 0.0 sec
Character: Jebediah Crump
Strategy: Red Faction. Get it? It's just you and about 8 Space Troopers
in the Chasm. These guys possess amazing stamina and you do not. The
only way to get through this level is not to get lost. Find the Flame
thrower, Rocket launcher and SBP-90 x2 locations as soon as you can:
these are your best bet to complete the level. You can choose to go the
safe route by burning the Troops, then shooting them till they die, or
you can hide in a corner and bombard them with rockets or machinegun
fire as they blunder into view. Either way, it's not going to be easy.
It may take you several tries to get it right, but if you can
consistently get headshots the matches will go faster. Just don't run
around chasing them or you may get trapped in a corridor on both sides
getting plugged by rocket fire.
Rewards: Small Heads cheat, Jebediah Crump character unlocked for play.
Congratulations! You have just completed Arcade League!
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Credits
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Thanks go to these people for their help with this FAQ!
-Psycold, Wulf2k and Majic2002 for a lot of help determining Platinum
times and Psycold's strategy for completing R-109 Beta and especially
Nice Threads.
-Ryan Fritsch for his tips on finishing Monkey Immolation and Disco
Inferno with time to spare.
-Sermad for his detailed tips on the game.
-The countless people who kept emailing me with tips and ideas, and
gettingf me to finally complete this FAQ. Sorry about that.
-GameFaqs and SPOnG for being the best hosts they can be.
-All the hundreds of people who emailed me telling me what a dolt I was
for not putting Platinums in there right away (hey, I needed more info
before I put them in there!).
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