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Contents
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1) Legal Crap [LGAL]
2) Update Version [UPDT]
3) Quick Intro to myself [INME]
4) Quick Intro to the guide [INGD]
5) Basic Game Info [BASE]
5a. Important notes before getting started [NOTE]
6) Individual Enemy Strategies and Info: Jill [JENMY]
6a. Zombie [JZOM]
6b. Level 1 Boss [JLV1]
6c. Crows [JCro]
6d. Level 2 boss [JLV2]
6e. Hunter [JHUN]
6f. Level 3 boss [JLV3]
6g. Feral Mutt [JDOG]
6h. Yawn [JYWN]
7) Level Settings and Max Score Strategies: Jill [JLEVL]
7a. Level 1 [JLE1]
7b. Level 2 [JLE2]
7c. Level 3 [JLE3]
7d. Level 4 [JLE4]
7e. Level 5 [JLE5]
8) Individual Enemy Strategies and Info: Chris [CENMY]
8a. Zombie [CZOM]
8b. Level 1 Boss [CLV1]
8c. Crows [CCRO]
8d. Level 2 Boss [CLV2]
8e. Hunter [CHUN]
8f. Level 3 Boss [CLV3]
8g. Feral Mutt [CDOG]
8h. Yawn [CYWN]
9) Level Settings and Max Score Strategies: Chris [CLEVL]
9a. Level 1 [CLE1]
9b. Level 2 [CLE2]
9c. Level 2 [CLE3]
9d. Level 4 [CLE4]
9e. Level 5 [CLE5]
10) Contact
11) My Thanks
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1) Legal Crap [LGAL]
I don't know the legal rules so I'm going to ask nicely: Please
don't use this without my permission. I highly doubt you will
but if you absolutely have to have guide just send me an
email, unless you've given me reason not to like you I wont
hesitate to let you use it. With that said currently the only
place this is being hosted is on gamefaqs.com. If you see it
being used elsewhere please send me an email so that I may
contact the website's owner.
Currently these sites have my permission to use this guide:
Gamefaqs.com
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2) Update Version [UPDT]
First Version (7/22/06-7/23/06):
Wrote sections 1-7, corrected some errors I made, double-
checked my monster health sections, Put up notices in
sections 8 and 9.
Wrote sections 10 and 11, added quick reference tags to each
subsection. Fixed the margins and submitted to gamefaqs for
approval.
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the tag
Second Version (7/24/06 - 7/25/06)
Completed Section 8 and 9. Guide is now
complete unless I can find things wrong
with the information I've put in and the
only updates will be to add reader strategies
and change info. I pushed myself to finish this version as fast as
possible as the first version was rejected for being incomplete.
Changed enemy info on the zombie.
Turns out you -can- crit them during their
bile preparation. Corrected a few basic spelling errors.
Still doubt I have them all. I've added as much as I can
think of to the guide. Resubmitted to gamefaqs for approval.
Third Version (7/27/06)
Not even an update really, just adding neoseeker.com
to the permission list.
NOTE: I will no longer treat each website added as
it's own update. Instead I will simply add them to
the growing list as I've recieved a few emails about
using my guides.
Fourth Version (7/29/06)
Thanks to the high alertness of reader Jesus Núñez "Morning Musuko"
we now have an effective way of getting those ever important
critical hits on Yawn. Check his section and the Final Level
section on both characters for the effective way to teach this
snake how pain feels.
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3) Quick Intro to myself [INME]
First and most importantly thank you for taking the time to
read my guide and thank you especially for reading this part.
This is my first guide and I figured I would try something
small and easy to write about. I also noticed that the RE:DS
page on gamefaqs didn't have a Master of Knifing guide so I
decided I'd write about that. You may notice that I have a
tendency to capitalize a few words that shouldn't be
capitalized or put spaces where spaces shouldn't be. It's a bad
habit I can't manage to shake and I hope it doesn't bother you
too much. Finally reading this you may realize that I have a
sort of casual way about my writing. From all the guides I've
read I've found that if you try and act like the reader's friend
or crack a joke or two the guide is much more enjoyable to
read. Once again let me thank you for reading this and I hope
it helps you with any problems you may have.
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4) Quick Intro to the guide [INGD]
The guide doesn't yet have a system that I plan on using but
generally the layout should be pretty self explanatory, with
the label of the information coming before the information
itself. My goal is for the guide to be easy to read so as such
I'm going to write as I go and repeat patterns. When I update
this later if I find that a certain way is easier on the reader
that's the format I'll switch to. Send me any ideas you have
for making this more user friendly. I'll add you to the credits
Things I assume in this guide:
You've played the main game before and have done a few of
the knife battles that take place.
You know how to perform a combo (if you don't just practice
swiping left then right, or up then down. Never the same way
twice in a row)
You know how to perform a critical hit on at least zombies
(But you'll be much better off if you can do it to hunters too)
You can sweep multiple enemies (If you don't, just let two
enemies get near you then swipe the stylus across them both)
You don't mind the occasional dry joke (I try to make the
reading more enjoyable)
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5) Basic Game Info [INFO]
If you're at all familiar with the Resident Evil series this
game may very well remind you of the Mercenaries from
RE3 and RE4. If you're new to the series, a quick background
for you: Since RE2 every RE game has had some sort of
special mini game you would unlock for beating the game. In
RE2 it was called 4th survivor, in RE3 and RE4 it's the
Mercenaries, in RE: Code Veronica it's the battle game. As
far as I know the only games to affect the main game by your
performance (IE Unlock a special weapon) is RE3 and RE4's
Mercenaries. All the others are just for fun and this is no
different. The only thing you'll gain by playing this game is
time wasted having fun, bragging rights, and a few characters
unlockable for multi-card play.
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5a. Important Notes Before Beginning [NOTE]
- Most important: If this is your first time playing start with Chris.
Now I know that must sound stupid, as starting to play with the hard
character will mess you up. However if you learn to play with Jill you
will become to used to her attack patterns and thus will have a tougher
time adapting to Chris's higher scoring potential game later.
- You can perform a slash combo by slashing one way, then another way,
then another way. For example: Left, Right, Down. Or Down, right, Up.
Pretty much anything as long as its not the same thing twice.
- I accidentally noted a few times in this guide that there is no way to
critical while a zombie is using it's bile attack. Turns out I was wrong,
you can perform a critical hit on it while it's head is cocked left.
- It's recommended that you have played a few of the knife fights in the
main game. Even though you unlock Master of Knifing by beating the main
game, you may have borrowed this from a friend, or it may have been a
while since you played. Just get used to getting critical hits on at
least the zombies as that'll be necessary for at least a decent score
(and it won't hurt your chances of surviving).
- There is no way to heal, the only way to get back health is to finish
the level and move onto the next (which can make the final fight a
serious pain).
- Sometimes getting a critical hit on a crow will send it flying into
other things (like zombies, slowing them down. Or other crows, killing
them.) If this happens you will get another critical hit added to your
combo meter and something good will happen for you.
- The best way to get a high score in most levels is to go for the
critical hit. The only exceptions to this is the final level where
critical hits are few and far between, and the first level, where
you want to try and get a huge combo meter built up for the end game
bonus.
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6) Individual Enemy Strategies and Info: Jill [JENMY]
Here I'm going to list all the enemies (in the order they
appear), the number of hits it takes to kill them in each way,
and their attacks, and the best way to kill them. The
information here is for Jill's version of the game as I've
found (right before I was about to finish and submit this too)
that the games differ.
Zombie: The basic enemy of any RE game [JZOM]
Appears in:
Level 1,2,3,4
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Attacks:
Spit Bile (Low dmg)
Bite (Low/Mid dmg)
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Hits to kill:
Stab: 5
Slash: 3
Critical: 1
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Strategy: If you're just looking for the kill then go slash
happy swiping left and right to get combos and when they
start to fall get in a few stabs to assure the kill and raise your
combo meter.
If you're aiming for score then wait until he throws his head
back a bit then tap him and your character should perform a
quick slash and say something along the lines of "Hyah!". If
this happens you've scored a critical hit, your Score Bonus
goes up by about .80% and the zombie is dead! (:D)
How to crit: When they throw their head back prepare to
slash and attack just as he moves his head forward.
Update: Turns out that in order to perform a critical during a
zombies bile attack, all you need to do is slash them when
their head is facing left.
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Level 1 Naked Boss Zombie: The boss of level 1 [JLV1]
Appears in:
Guess...
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Attacks :
Spit Bile (Low/Mid dmg)
Bite: (Low dmg)
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Hits to kill:
Stab: 38 (Give or take, I accidentally got a slash in and I may
have added an extra hit to that)
Slash: 28 (Again, give or take...this guy was a serious pain to
count the hits on)
Critical: 3 (This one I'm sure of)
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Strategy: If you want the kill just go for crits. If you want
score then go for a major combo meter.
Crows: You know those annoying sounds you here in the
painting room..? [JCRO]
Appears in:
Level 2,3
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Attacks:
Peck (Low dmg)
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Hits to kill:
Stab/Slash: 1 (They're basically the same thing with crows)
Critical: 1
Get hit by another crow you sent flying from a crit: 1 (As far
as I know this only happens in the start of level 3 if you crit
the first crow)
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Strategy: To get the critical on these guys listen for the sound
of their caw and the flapping wings. As soon as you hear it
just tap them, as the slash takes too long, and they'll be sent
flying, slowing down zombies they hit on their way.
If you just want a kill just hit them when the get close.
How to crit: Attack when you hear cawing and flapping
Attacks:
Slash (Medium dmg)
Double slash (Medium dmg/Instant kill if you're in Orange or
Red)
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Hits to kill:
Stab: Cant kill with just stabs (Stabbing wont stop his attacks
and you can only take so much before he gets you)
Slash: 12
Critical: 3
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Strategy: Most important thing to note about this guy: He has
3 ranges he'll use: Far, Medium, and right in front of you.
If he's in the middle and he rolls his head and shrieks then
leaps, BE READY TO COUNTER (when it looks like he's
about to hit you slash up, if done right you won't be hit and
he'll get hit by a crit). He's going for the double slash, which
is the decapitation move in the main game. Even if you aren't
low enough to be decaped it'll still deal a good amount of
damage.
For the kill just slash at him to prevent his attacks and stab
him when he's stunned. For the score go for the crits as usual.
How to crit: When the hunter throws its arm back like it's
about to pitch a baseball, prepare. When he starts to move his
hand forward (the very instant) slash him to send him flying)
Hunter: The name implies they're badass. The name implies
right. [JHUN]
Appears in:
Level 3,4
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Attacks:
Slash (Low/Med)
Double Slash (Medium dmg/Instant kill if Orange or below)
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Hits to kill:
Stab: 11
Slash: 3 to 6 (Some would die in 3 and some would just back
up and take another 3)
Critical: 1
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Strategy: Just about the same as the level 2 boss but easier to
kill. Just go for the crit all around as it prevents damage and
will add to a decent score.
Level 3 Boss Forest Speyer Zombie: One Dangerous Zombie
(Points if you got the reference) [JLV3]
Appears in:
Out of jokes...Level 3
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Attacks:
Spit Bile (Low Dmg)
Bite (Low/Med dmg)
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Hits to Kill
Stab: 29
Slash: 23 or 24
Critical: 3
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Strategy: For the kill just keep stabbing and slashing
alternating and slash when he's about to attack to set him off.
For a high score nail him with the 3 possible crits. This is a
lot nicer if you have a high crit build up from earlier in the
level (especially those two crows that will keep your hit
meter alive while you're waiting for Mr. Forest to shamble on
over).
Feral Mutt: I considered making a joke here about people
who eat dogs but thought better of it [JDOG]
Appears:
Level 4
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Attacks:
Jumping quick bite (Low dmg)
Latch on to your arm (Low dmg)
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Hits to kill:
Stab/Slash/Critical: 1 (They're all the same, if you score a hit
it's a guaranteed crit [I'm a poet and I didn't even know it])
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Strategy: Just slash at them as they jump for you. I've had
cases where the dog's feet hadn't even left the ground and I
still hit.
Hits to kill:
Stab: Its possible to only stab this guy. Possible...however
hard. VERY VERY hard. And becuase of this I'm not going
to sit for hours and repeatedly fight through the levels to
solely poke this guy to death and only to accidentally slash or
crit him a few times. Just know it takes a lot.
Slash: It's highly unlikely you will -only- slash this guy.
Even if you aren't trying chances are you'll score at least 2
criticals by mistake. Therefore counting the hits you need to
stun him as criticals (because only criticals will stun him)
you need to slash him 58 times with 3 criticals.
Criticals: Like the slashes, its highly unlikely you will only
use crits and like stabs I'm not going to play through for
hours just to die because its damn near impossible to crit
him every single time. But I managed to get 10 crits and 13
accidental slashes and he still hadn't done his injured little
fall so we can assume it takes quite some damage.
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Strategy: Most important for those trying for a high score:
Avoid taking damage here as much as humanly possible. I've
found that a HUGE deal of the total damage I take in this
game comes from this fight. Also try for crits. As I said
above it's very hard to know exactly when to do it but if you
can you can end the fight a lot faster giving you a higher
score.
UPDATE: Adept Player Jesus Núñez "Morning Musuko" wrote me an email
with the following strategyon getting critical hits on Yawn. It's very
accurate as I tested itand found that it works like a charm. I reccomend
following his words on this one as he did what I couldn't.
Morning Musuko wrote:
"I was playing with Chris the mini game, and when I reached the Snake I thought
"oh man here we go again... I don't even know how to pull out the criticals..."
right? But then I noted something And I think this is the EXACT way to
get all the criticals you want till the snake is gone:
When it attacks you, it will attack you from three possible directions
which are Left, Center and Right.
Now, to do the critical do this:
if it attacks you from the left then do a right-to-left slash
(of course you have to time it right but it is not that strict)
if it attacks you from the right then do a left-to-right slash
and
if it attacks you from the center, do an uppercut slash
(going up slash)
With this technique criticals are easier to obtain;
I even dare to say this is THE strategy..."
For those simply trying to beat it, just slash him as he comes
near you and if you get a crit perform as many slash combos
as you can on his underbelly.
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7) Level Settings and Max score strategies: Jill [JLEVL]
Here I'm going to outline each level, where it takes place, the
things you'll be facing, and best ways to get a good score. As
above this information applies to Jill's version of this.
Level 1: The Mansion Cradle to Grave puzzle room [JLE1]
Enemies: Zombies (7)
Boss: Naked Zombie
Ways to survive: If you need help making it through here you
should go back to the main game and practice a bit more.
Anyway just keep slashing at em. They fall. You win.
Score Strategy: This is the only level where I've found it to
be more beneficial score wise to go stab and slash crazy. The
idea behind it is this: At the end of the game it totals up your
score giving you bonuses for being fast, getting high max
combo meters, good accuracy and minimal damage being taken.
Well in the game it's much more beneficial to use crits
leaving you with a max combo meter of 25 or 30 at best. This only
results in about a 10,000-point bonus in the end. However in
this level it's possible to get upwards of 80 hits in a single
combo meter by just repeatedly slashing your enemies and stabbing
them while they're stunned. I even accidentally scored a crit on
the boss and still managed an 82 combo.
Two BIG rules for using that strategy:
1) While stabbing enemies, if the zombie throws his head
back SLASH HIM QUICKLY. If he bites you, you lose the
combo meter and a stab won't stop his attack unless it's the 5th stab
to him in succession.
2) On the boss as soon as his back is within stabbing range as
he gets up START STABBING. If you manage to stab him
enough he will be stunned again by you're stabbing and
won't be able to advance quickly enough to interrupt your
poking flurry.
Also, while I've never seen it happen in this level, Zombies
will occasionally spit bile. You'll be able to tell when a
zombie's doing this because he delays when throws his head
back longer than he usually will and is too far back to bite
you. To counter this either quickly pull off a slash combo or
(as I prefer to do) blow into the mic (bottom left corner of the
old DS, between the 2 screens on the Lite) as he spits the bile
and it'll blow back at him damaging him and any zombies in
the area! Also for every zombie hit you get one hit added to
your current combo meter.
UPDATE: Turns out you can infact pull off a critical on
zombies spitting bile. All you have to do is slash them while
their head is cocked left and it counts for a critical.
Sorry for the confusion.
By doing this you lose about 5,000 points in overall score but
gain QUITE A BIT in the long run.
Level 2: The Mansion "burst through window" dogs hallway
[JLE2]
Enemies: Crows (7), Zombies (9)
Boss: Hunter with more health
Ways to survive: The crow zombie combos may throw you a
bit but its not that hard, just perform sweeping slashes that
will hit all close foes at once.
Score Strategy: I hate this level. Not for it's difficulty..for the
fact that a zombie takes forever to shamble his dead ass down
a hallway (enough to kill even a critical hit combo)
and they throw enemies that have differently timed attacks at
you simultaneously. The zombies and the crows must share
some sort of friendship as a few times in this level they will
both rush you but attack at different times, screwing with
your critical combos, because if you hit them both, only one
gets a crit and if you only hit one, the other will attack you.
To counter this, I've found a formula that takes a little luck
and some serious speed. If the zombie is getting ready to
attack and the crow is just mindlessly fluttering near him,
poke the zombie and then very quickly poke the crow. With a
little luck you should have a crit combo still standing. If the
game hates you then you got hit.
On the opposite end of that, if the crow is attacking but the
zombie's sorta reeling, or shambling or staring, then poke the
crow and get ready to crit the zombie. However if there isn't
enough time to poke them both, perform a slash that will
attack the crow first then hit the zombie.
The other thing to watch out for is a bile zombie.
Occasionally there will be a zombie who decides he's not
hungry but instead wishes to ruin your combo and your
freshly washed clothes by spitting bile on you. You can
counter his bile with a blow into the microphone but it will
count as a normal hit and ruin any crit combo you have
going. Sucks I know but there's no way around it.
UPDATE: The above paragraph is INCORRECT! I discovered
(by mistake) that by slashing a zombie who's preparing
a bile attack while his head is cocked left, will score
you a critical hit and save your breath and combo.
For the boss just get crits off and if he leaps strike him just
before he gets you.
Level 3: The Courtyard Area with a stupid amount of Baby
Spiders (Facing the way you enter from the mansion) [JLE3]
Enemies: Crows (6), Zombies (7), Hunters (2)
Boss: Forest "I have grenades strapped to me and can run
faster than the other zombies in REmake" Speyer as a zombie
Ways to survive: Its very helpful to crit those crows. If you're
lucky critting one crow will kill the other and slow an
advancing zombie down. When the hunter/zombie combo
team comes at you just perform slashing sweep combos to hit
them both and keep them both stunned. When Speyer brings
his pathetic zombie self in just treat him like a zombie with
lots of health. Slashes will keep him at bay while 5 stabs will
stun him and leave him open to attacks. You shouldn't have
too much trouble but if you do try to go for crits on him.
Score Strategy: Keeping up the crit combo is a bit easier than
the beginning of level 2 but still should keep you on your
toes. Crit the two crows that come at you, hoping that one
doesn't kill the other as you can crit them both to score hits
on the zombie that's advancing. Crit all the zombies until the
Zombie hunter team comes on you. These two are like the
crows and zombies from the last level but more annoying. It's
not really possible to crit them both without taking a hit so to
avoid damage and at least keep the combo up, slash at the
one that's attacking first (usually the hunter) and have the
sweep hit the other one after hitting the attacker. From there
life should be somewhat simple, just keep critting the
zombies that show up, nail the lone hunter, get the last
two crows to keep the meter up while Forest drags his feet
over to you and take him down with 3 crits. After killing him,
pause the game and go into your backyard and pretend to spit
in his grave because this man is sheer evil (for those of you
who have played One Dangerous Zombie in REmake on the
'Cube you know how I feel).
Level 4: The courtyard area with the flopping shark
(seriously, did that thing fall from the sky?) facing the area
you first arrive from [JLE4]
Enemies: Zombies (5), Hunters (6), Fine Eastern Cuisine
(Feral dogs) (3)
Boss: None really...unless you wanna count the 2 naked
zombies or the feral mutts
Ways to survive: By this time I hope you've gotten used to
critting hunters because doing so makes this level VERY
easy to get out of. Just crit the hunters that come lone and
swipe the hunter/zombie teams that show up. If you can't crit
hunters...well....then slash until you cant slash no more and
try to avoid being hit by attacks.
Score Strategy: Here, the dual attack teams come
often...more often than a good combo meter will allow for.
Therefore just avoid damage the best you can, and when the
two naked zombies pop up, try to just be sure and get crits on
them, otherwise your meter will fade away as the mutt sits
there and howls at you. Just try and avoid damage here to
keep your end game bonus high.
Level 5: Area 42 (The place where you fight plant 42 and
Yawn for the last time in Rebirth mode) [JLE5]
Monsters: Yawn (The one and only)
Boss: Take a wild guess
Ways to survive: There's only way one to make it out of here
alive, slash Yawn as he's about to strike you. If you don't get
him there, he'll get you, and the only way to damage him
other than getting his under belly after a crit is to get a quick
slash or stab when his mouth is open...not nearly enough to
kill him before he kills you.
Score Strategy: The best way to boost your score is to try for
a crit, open up with a bunch of slashes and get him when he
opens his mouth. This way you kill him fast and get a good
score for your time. Also do your best to avoid damage as I
find that most of the damage I take comes from this fight and
you can benefit greatly from keeping the damage count low.
UPDATE: Adept Player Jesus Núñez "Morning Musuko" wrote me an email with a
strategy that shouldhelp you nail criticals on Yawn with much more ease than
the paragraphI wrote above. I've tested this method and it works like a charm.
Props to him for doing what I couldn't
Morning Musuko wrote:
"I was playing with Chris the mini game, and when I reached the Snake I thought
"oh man here we go again... I don't even know how to pull out the criticals..."
right? But then I noted something And I think this is the EXACT way to
get all the criticals you want till the snake is gone:
When it attacks you, it will attack you from three possible directions
which are Left, Center and Right.
Now, to do the critical do this:
if it attacks you from the left then do a right-to-left slash
(of course you have to time it right but it is not that strict)
if it attacks you from the right then do a left-to-right slash
and
if it attacks you from the center, do an uppercut slash
(going up slash)
With this technique criticals are easier to obtain;
I even dare to say this is THE strategy..."
Conclusion: Didn't get the score you like? Just try again. As
you get more used to the pattern and start getting comfortable
with the enemy format you'll find you'll be getting better
combos and better scores the more you play.
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8) Individual Enemy info and Strategies: Chris [CENMY]
This section will be very much the same as Jill's with
adjustments for enemy HP and if I find that a certain strategy
works better with Chris I'll use that one instead.
Hits to kill:
Stab: 12
Slash: 6
Critical: 1
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Strategy:
Hack n Slash for basic survival and go for crits if you want a
high score.
How to crit: Slash him as he moves his head forward after
cocking it back
Update: Turns out you can crit a zombie while it's doing its bile attack,
just slash it while it's head is cocked to the left.
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Level 1 Boss Naked Zombie: The boss of Level 1 [CLV1]
Appears in:
3 guesses, first 2 don't count
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Attacks:
Same as zombies
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Hits to kill:
Stab: 40
Slash: 27
Critical: 4
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Strategy:
Treat him like a zombie with a lot of hp. If you want to just
kill him then go for crits. If you want a high score then hack
n slash like crazy. As I explained in Jill's section if you slash
this guy to death he can net you a very high max combo.
How to crit: Same as zombie
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Crow: Annoying and feathery, the perfect hat! [CCRO]
Hits to kill:
Stab/Slash/Critical: 1 (All pretty much the same thing, 'cept
you have to time the crits so that the attack comes after the flapping and
cawing)
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Strategy: Poke it with the stylus. You win.
How to crit: Attack it when it caws and flaps its wings.
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Level 2 boss Hunter: The boss of level 2 [CLV2]
Appears in:
Read the text 3 lines above
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Attacks:
Slash (Low/Med dmg)
Double Slash (Med dmg/Instant kill if you're in Orange
Caution or below)
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Hits to kill:
Stab: Cant kill with only stabs. As a matter of fact I
recommend not even using the stab. It's just not fast enough
and doesn't stop his advance.
Slash: 14
Critical: 4
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Strategy: If you just want to kill it just slash it to stop
its attacks and crit if you get the chance. If you're going
for a high score wait for the crits. If it goes for the double
slash leap attack then swipe up just before it gets you you'll
send it flying.
How to crit: When its slashing wait until it starts moving
towards you then get a shot off on it. If it's doing its leap
then swipe at it just before it gets you (stabbing is also
possible but I believe its easier to slash...may just be me)
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Hunter: The hunter is always dominant to it's prey.
Bad news...you're the prey. [CHUN]
Appears in:
Level 3,4
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Attacks
Same as Level 2 boss
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Hits to kill:
Stab: 12
Slash: 6
Critical: 1
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Strategy: I find that these guys rarely come alone and that critting both
enemies will be hard if not impossible. So my advice here is to crit the hunter
if it's the first attacker, otherwise just swipe to crit the first attacker and
delay the hunters attack. Serious pain and a big disruption to critical combos.
How to crit: Same as the Level 2 boss, just slash as
he slashes and swipe before he is able to get
you when he leaps.
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Level 3 Boss Forest "I cant fight off birds with a
damn grenade launcher" Speyer
(I hold great contempt for this man)
Appears in:
Level 8 times 3 plus 3 divided by 9
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Attacks:
Typical zombie, he likes using bile more than the average zombie though
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Hits to kill:
Stab: 37
Slash: 25
Critical: 4
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Strategy: As usual, if you want the kill just hack n slash, if you want the
score then go for crits.
How to crit: Like a zombie
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Feral dog: Eat it before it eats you *rimshot* [CDOG]
Appears in:
Level 4
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Attacks:
Quick bite (Low dmg)
Latch onto your arm (Low/Med0
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Hits to kill:
Stab/Slash/Critical: 1 (They're all the same.
You don't even need to time your crits for these guys,
just hit em.)
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Strategy: Attack them after they leap. Enjoy their yelp.
How to crit: Just hit them
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Final Boss Level Yawn: Trying to imitate Barry Bonds,
this snake took excessive amounts of steroids! [CLV5]
Appears in:
If you break your leg in a race what place do you get? Add the word level to
your answer.
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Hits to kill:
Stab: Not possible to kill with only slashes.
Like the level 2 boss a stab won't stop his attacks and
you get very few chances to attack him other than his lunge
and opening his mouth unless you get a critical so
-only- stabbing is not possible.
Slash: Give or take a few, 57 with about 3 crits. It's
rather hard not to score a crit or two because attacking
him during his triple lunge will sometimes result in a
crit (even if by mistake) and the crows will get in the
way on occasion which made it hard for me to keep exact
counts. But it's close enough to accurate for government work.
Critical: As it's HIGHLY unlikely that you will only
score criticals I'm not going to bother trying to do
crits only with this guy. Even trying to get criticals
you will get at least 2 or 3 slashes and if you don't
slash while he's stunned from criticals then you are
either trying to only get criticals (which would be
beyond my reasoning as its not even that challenging
until this particular level) or are just lazy. Call
me a slacker but it's just not worth it to collect this data.
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Strategy: This is probably the biggest difference
in the two character's Versions, next to maybe the
dogs in level 4. Aside from having annoying little
crows that will come out and assist him, in the time
it took Chris to retrace Jill's footsteps, Yawn
learned a new trick. The triple slash attack doesn't
deal as much damage as it appears to however it will
only be interrupted if you score a critical while he's
performing it. Otherwise you need to slash quickly to
keep up with him to prevent damage.
UPDATE: Adept Player Jesus Núñez "Morning Musuko" wrote me an email
with the following strategyon getting critical hits on Yawn.
It's very accurate as I tested it and found that it works like a charm.
I reccomend following his words on this one as he did what I couldn't.
Morning Musuko wrote:
"I was playing with Chris the mini game, and when I reached the Snake I thought
"oh man here we go again... I don't even know how to pull out the criticals..."
right? But then I noted something And I think this is the EXACT way to
get all the criticals you want till the snake is gone:
When it attacks you, it will attack you from three possible directions
which are Left, Center and Right.
Now, to do the critical do this:
if it attacks you from the left then do a right-to-left slash
(of course you have to time it right but it is not that strict)
if it attacks you from the right then do a left-to-right slash
and
if it attacks you from the center, do an uppercut slash
(going up slash)
With this technique criticals are easier to obtain;
I even dare to say this is THE strategy..."
To stay alive there are a few things to note:
- Be careful when attacking crows, as attacking at the
wrong timing could cause you to still be recovering from
the last swipe when Yawn strikes, making it impossible to prevent damage.
- If you score a critical hit on the crows
they will be sent flying into Yawn, stunning
him for about half a second.
- It is very hard to score critical hits on Yawn himself,
but not impossible. To score one try attacking a little
bit later than you would if you were to try a normal slash.
If you get hit, try slashing a bit earlier. If you still
get the normal slash, trying going a bit later. It may take
some practice but if you score a crit you will be able to
really open up on him and get some damage in.
- Use Yawn opening his mouth as a good way to develop a
rhythm in countering his attacks. For example: When he
opens his mouth, do a double slash combo (there isn't
enough time for a triple), then after he closes it,
be prepared to swipe at him to prevent his lunge. After
some practice you'll discover that the timing can be
achieved more easily if you've practiced it a bit.
- While Yawn is stunned from a critical hit, a good
way to kill to birds (or a bird and a snake with a
knife in this case) is to perform a sweeping swipe
that will hit any crows that come to attack you while
you are beating on a defenseless Yawn.
-Finally, and probably most importantly, you're first
two priorities should be to A) Prevent taking damage
as it will effect your end game bonus and B) End the
fight as quickly as possible by scoring criticals as
frequently as you can so that you may get a decent bonus
from the end game time bonus.
How to crit: This guy is by far the most annoying
monster to get a critical on in this game. To nail
one slash at him while he's lunging but do it just
a tad later than a normal slash. That's really the
only way to explain it without you having played the
game yourself.
Conclusion: Didn't like the score you got? No shock
if this is one of you're first few times playing
that's no shock. If you've played as Jill, you're
used to less enemies and less damage taken from hits.
As a result you are probably still getting used to having
to change your attack styles for the different patterns
of enemies. Because of this I believe that those of you
who became accustomed to her game first will have more
trouble than those you of you who went straight to Chris.
As a result I'm going to put at the top that I recommend
people learn how to play as Chris first so they will be
used to being rushed by enemies and the attack patterns,
and that if that gives them too much trouble they switch
to Jill.
In all, the key to getting a better score is
to keep your cool, and keep practicing.
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9) Level Settings and Max Score Strategies: Chris [CLEVL]
Again, this section will be pretty much
the same except for the differences of
Chris's version and Jill's versions. I
will put the level settings, the enemy
numbers and types, and best strategies for
the two ways of playing: For survival, or
for score.
Level 1: The mansion "cradle to grave" painting puzzle room [CLE1]
Enemies: Zombies (8)
Boss: Naked Zombie
Ways to survive: A bit harder than Jill's version but
hardly. Just keep slashing away as it's harder to crit
each and every zombie than it is to just repeatedly
interrupt the attacks and keep slashing.
Score strategy: First rule of this level: NO CRITS!
If you want a really good score I strongly advise
you refrain from using criticals as much as possible.
That being said I also recommend you avoid being hit at all costs.
I say this because I've found you cannot only score
more than you otherwise using criticals, but you can
get a HUGE benefit by getting a large combo from slashing
and stabbing every enemy and not breaking the combo once
through out the level. I've been able to get 102 and this
was even with an accidental critical hit on the boss (if
you read the Jill guide, your answer: Yes I do that a lot).
The high combo will result in an incredible bonus in the
end of the game.
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Level 2: The mansion "burst through the windows" dogs' hallway [CLE2]
Enemies:
Crows (14)
Zombies (14)
Boss: Extra Strength Hunter
Ways to survive: I think by now if you've played this
game a bit you should see a pattern developing.
Slash enemies to interrupt their attacks and get a
critical in if you can. With the hunter just slash
to interrupt his attacks and if he leaps at you,
swipe him just before he makes contact.
Score strategy: The best way to build up a decent
score here is to build up a high critical combo.
Its very likely that at one point or another a
set of crows will either get a hit in on you or
you'll get a non crit hit on them and your crit
combo meter will be gone. However after that set
of birds is gone you have a few chances to make up
for that with easy kills on the zombies. Then just
finish off the hunter with nothing but criticals
and watch your score jump.
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Level 3: The courtyard with the stupid
amount of baby spiders [CLE3]
Ways to survive: Well looks like Mr. Level 2
boss has some cousins. Lucky for you they
aren't nearly as strong. They only take a few
slashes and if they're attacking with a group
simply (what else) do a sweep. You shouldn't
have too much trouble and the boss is a chump.
If he spits bile just blow into the mic to send
it back at him or slash him when his head is
cocked to the left to interrupt and critical him.
Score strategy: While there are many dual teams of
hunters and zombies or crows and crows in this level,
they can thankfully be taken out with an up down slash
combo. Up the first attack then down the second. Note
that you don't want to use the second slash in the combo
right away. I've found that for some reason, you can wait
until the second enemy begins attacking before complete the
combo and the slash activation time will still be the same
as if you had kept the slash combo up.
Example: Two enemies come at you at two different times.
Enemy one begins to attack, you swipe up to counter with
a critical hit. You notice that enemy two hasn't started
it's attack yet, so you wait. Then you see it attacking
and slash down. The slash takes the same amount of time
it would if you had slashed down right after the first
slash as opposed to having to wait for the slash to
activate as if you had just started a combo.
Anyway just crit your way to the final boss and if you
see a zombie getting ready to spit bile at you, simple
slash him when his head is cocked to the left. The final
boss is a joke and you just need to treat him like a normal
zombie with more hp. Simple enough.
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Level 4: The courtyard area with a randomly flopping shark [CLE4]
Ways to survive: If you're good at getting critical
hits here you're golden. Most of the hunters come
lone so all you have to do is get them with criticals.
The first dog zombie team can be interrupted by slashing
at the dog and swiping right to get the zombie at the same time.
Just time it so that you'll get the dog and the
zombie should be stunned. When the dual naked zombies
show up just treat them like any other dual team in the
game and when the final pack of dogs comes, simply perform
a slash combo on them (that is slash up to hit one dog
the down to hit the other). If you're still having trouble
send me an email telling me where you're stuck and
I'll lend a hand if I can.
Score Strategy: This is the critical hit promised land.
With the exception of the first two hunters
(which can be taken care of by slashing both then
critting each one separately) the first few hunters
just come sprinting at you thinking you're an easy
target (or perhaps you're wearing pig guts on your
clothes?) and will make themselves easy targets to
critical hits. After some easy hunter killing a
team of a dog and a zombie will come to
confront you. At first (and second and third)
glance it may seem impossible to score
the critical on both enemies. However, if
you time the attack so you -just- squeeze the hit
on the zombie as he's preparing to attack you and
you swipe from the dog to the zombie you may get
the critical. The timing required is amazing and
I've only done it a few times but it is possible.
The only other trouble this level should show you
as far as ruining a combo goes is the team of naked
zombies. With luck one will prepare a bite while the
other prepares a bile. If this happens simply slash
up at the biter and back down at bile man (or vice
versa on the directions, as long as it's a combo
and its not side to side). If it doesn't and one
backs up while the other attacks (extremely unlikely)
then you're in luck and all you need to do is crit both
of them. If neither of these happens and they both go
for the bite then just swipe them both if they attack
at the same time to get 2 crits. If they're biting at
different times, well, then...you're screwed. Sorry :\
When the pack of dogs rolls around simply slash
combo vertically on them so that you can hit them
both without getting hit and at the last two dogs
just do a horizontal slash and you'll get
them both at the same time.
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Final Level: The residence (or guardhouse,
call it what you will) Area 42
(where you fight plant 42) [CLE5]
Monsters:
Crows (oo, they'll keep coming until you kill Yawn)
Boss: Yawn
Ways to survive: If you haven't played the
game too much before, it's very possible that
you will die here. With the mix of the crows and
yawn's combos coming at you the damage can add
up quick. So one of the most important things to
keep in mind here is, if you see Yawn preparing an
attack, and there is a crow getting ready to attack
you, ignore the crow and stop Yawn. The crow is a
mere bug bite compared to the damage Yawn can
inflict on you. If it's possible nail both at
once, but don't over extend yourself. If you
can't get them both, just focus on Yawn and
get the bird after Yawn's (hopefully failed) attack.
Also keep an eye out for Yawn's triple lunge attack.
You'll notice that before he does it, he leans back
further than he usually does and will wait a second
longer than usual before striking. If you can, block
it, then swipe at him in the opposite direction, then
you wilusually have to follow up with a slash up. Unless
you score a critical hit during his combo, he will not be
interrupted during it. However, luckily it seems the triple
strike is only about as strong as a zombie bite altogether.
The last and best piece of advice I can offer for survival
is if you get the hang of scoring critical hits on this guy
(something I still can't do consistently) use them as often
as you can. Scoring a critical will not only stun him but will
allow you to open up on his exposed underbelly with about 14
slashes. Major damage and it will speed up the fight considerably
giving you less to worry about.
Score Strategy: Two big things detrimental to your
score in this level: Time, and health loss.
To prevent taking too much time, try and get a critical
on Yawn every chance you get. To score a critical, simply
wait a little longer than you usually would and slash or
stab him -right- before he gets you. It will definitely
take a few tries and I'm sure that you'll get hit the first
few times, but once you get it down you'll be getting them
more often than you won't (unless you're like me and the part
of your brain related to timing is broken). Getting a
critical will allow you to open up on his underbelly
(and if you're reading the whole guide you've probably
heard that phrase about 2000 times by now)
UPDATE: Adept Player Jesus Núñez "Morning Musuko" wrote me an email
with the following strategyon getting critical hits on Yawn. It's
very accurate as I tested it and found that it works like a charm.
I reccomend following his words on this one as he did what I couldn't.
Morning Musuko wrote:
"I was playing with Chris the mini game, and when I reached the
Snake I thought "oh man here we go again... I don't even know
how to pull out the criticals..." right? But then I noted something
And I think this is the EXACT way to get all the criticals you want
till the snake is gone:
When it attacks you, it will attack you from three possible directions
which are Left, Center and Right.
Now, to do the critical do this:
if it attacks you from the left then do a right-to-left slash
(of course you have to time it right but it is not that strict)
if it attacks you from the right then do a left-to-right slash
and
if it attacks you from the center, do an uppercut slash
(going up slash)
With this technique criticals are easier to obtain;
I even dare to say this is THE strategy..."
To prevent taking too much damage simply slash Yawn
before he can hit you. If you get him correctly
you'll send him back a bit and his attack will fail.
If you're lucky or you timed it well you'll also score
a critical hit and he'll be stunned. When you see Yawn
take a second longer than usual to lunge and you and throw
himself back a bit more, he's preparing for a triple attack.
To counter it slash at him in the direction he comes from,
then follow up with a swipe in the opposite direction, then
finish it with a swipe upward. If timed and executed correctly
you will interrupt each attack in his combo and with a little
luck you'll interrupt it all together with a critical.
See Chris's yawn section for a few
more ways to take down this behemoth ([CLV5])
Conclusion: Didn't like the score you got?
No shock if this is one of you're first few
times playing the game or as Christ. If you've
played as Jill, you're used to less enemies
and less damage taken from hits. As a result
you are probably still getting used to having
to change your attack styles for the different
patterns of enemies. Because of this I believe
that those of you who became accustomed to her
game first will have more trouble than those you
of you who went straight to Chris. As a result I'm
going to put at the top that I recommend people learn
how to play as Chris first so they will be used to
being rushed by enemies and the attack patterns, and
that if that gives them too much trouble
they switch to Jill.
In all, the key to getting a better
score is to keep your cool, and keep
practicing.
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11) My thanks
I sincerely thank you for taking the time to read my
FAQ/Guide on RE:DS's "Master of Knifing". I put a lot of
work into this (or at least what I consider work) and this is
the first guide I've ever written.
As such the fact that someone may come to GameFAQs and
read what I write, take it in, and apply it to their gaming is
somewhat exciting to me and I feel I must give you my
gratitude for giving me such a pleasure.
So from the humble author of this guide, as a long time
gamer, long time game helper, and first time guide writer, I
thank you, and hope you will someday read another guide
that I've sit down to write. In the mean time, watch your back
for those nasty biohazardous zombies, and take care.
