XGC KNIGHT XI
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After the short communication with Anya, head outside and stick to the lighted areas while you take on the locusts. It may appear that there’s no way to cross the middle ground here, but there are indeed a pair of propane tanks hidden behind the chests of drawers in no-man’s land. Shoot them, then either throw a grenade in the emergence hole (it’s in the middle of the far street, if you can’t see it), or just kill off the locusts until it fills in on itself.
Move down the nearby street, checking for propane tanks behind cars, until you come to a broader thoroughfare. As Dom points out, it’ll be dark almost everywhere, but luckily, there’s a spotlight that’s powered up on one of the nearby building. Before heading off to it, though, note the Cogtags that appear off in the darkness nearby. You can’t get them yet, but you’ll be able to do so soon. Get up to the spotlight and aim it at Dom until he makes it to the building on the far side of the street. He’ll be able to turn the Chinese lights on, which will let you cross yourself, but first, aim the spotlight back at the Cogtags, then run outside and grab them. Wretches will attack on your way down, so keep your chainsaw revving while you move out.
After bypassing the next emergence hole, you’ll meet up with a drunken fool who promises to run the lights for you while you move down the street. Seems like an awful burden to place on a dude you barely know.
Dark Labyrinth
Start making your way through the house, avoiding any particularly dark areas. You’ll come to what seems like a dead end, with a dresser blocking the doorway. You can’t move the dresser, but you can shoot it till it blows up real good. Do so and move on. It won’t be too much longer before you make it through the house and hit the street again. Use your view key to take an eye on the pushable car down the way. You won’t actually be able to push it, though; if you shoot the tanks in its rear seat, it’ll blow up and start rolling on its own, so get after it; it’ll roll down the street, all the way to the gas station.
Powder Keg
Speak to Chap in the gas station to get your orders: you have to hit the fuel pump in order to gas up the Junker. Doing so is easy; surviving the locust counterattack is a bit less so. You’re going to face three waves here, one of locusts, one of a boomer and wretcheds, and another one of locusts. It’s generally best to just stay inside the gas station while these attacks are going on, especially for the wretcheds; you can focus your Lancer on the front door and blast them as they come in to get you. Lack of mobility isn’t much of an issue here, but you’ll want to move outside to take down the boomer, assuming Chap doesn’t do it for you; his magnum is awful strong, it seems.
Burnt Rubber
Time to take control of Laverne for a ride through the night streets. Kryll are out in force, so you’ll have to use the Junker’s UV turret to fight them off. In single-player mode, you have to switch from the driver’s seat to the turret by hitting X, then using the right-click mode to fire; right-trigger will make you go forward when you’re actually behind the wheel.
Keep in mind that the kryll will occasionally come from behind of you, and do so almost exclusively after you get past the off-road excursion area. Just hit the switch button, rotate around quickly, and fire your UV lamp. It requires about as much charging time as it does firing time, but it flips on and off pretty quickly, and it doesn’t take long to fry your targets, so get the job done. If you sit still for too long, the kryll will fly right into the damn car and start bugging you! Make a couple of quick 360s with the UV lamp when this happens, then switch back to driving mode and move on a bit before turning around and firing at them as they follow you.
Last Stand
There’s one heck of a fight coming up here. Get up close to the Stranded bulwark and do what you can to help out. On Casual difficulty, getting into the Troika and getting all Denny Blaze on the asses of the locusts in the area. Otherwise, there are a couple of sniper rifles in the area, which will let you sit back, pop heads, and hopefully duck behind cover before anyone makes you. You should be close enough to hit most of the enemies without bothering to zoom in.
After taking out a couple dozen locusts, a trio of boomers will appear underneath the facility through an emergence hole. You can take them out the hard way if you wish, but if you look up at the wall, you’ll notice a huge fuel tank that rolls along and starts dripping fuel. Shoot out the wall beneath it to reveal some propane tanks; if you shoot them, you’ll cause the larger tank to drop down and onto the boomers, finishing them off right away.
Move down the nearby street, checking for propane tanks behind cars, until you come to a broader thoroughfare. As Dom points out, it’ll be dark almost everywhere, but luckily, there’s a spotlight that’s powered up on one of the nearby building. Before heading off to it, though, note the Cogtags that appear off in the darkness nearby. You can’t get them yet, but you’ll be able to do so soon. Get up to the spotlight and aim it at Dom until he makes it to the building on the far side of the street. He’ll be able to turn the Chinese lights on, which will let you cross yourself, but first, aim the spotlight back at the Cogtags, then run outside and grab them. Wretches will attack on your way down, so keep your chainsaw revving while you move out.
After bypassing the next emergence hole, you’ll meet up with a drunken fool who promises to run the lights for you while you move down the street. Seems like an awful burden to place on a dude you barely know.
Dark Labyrinth
Start making your way through the house, avoiding any particularly dark areas. You’ll come to what seems like a dead end, with a dresser blocking the doorway. You can’t move the dresser, but you can shoot it till it blows up real good. Do so and move on. It won’t be too much longer before you make it through the house and hit the street again. Use your view key to take an eye on the pushable car down the way. You won’t actually be able to push it, though; if you shoot the tanks in its rear seat, it’ll blow up and start rolling on its own, so get after it; it’ll roll down the street, all the way to the gas station.
Powder Keg
Speak to Chap in the gas station to get your orders: you have to hit the fuel pump in order to gas up the Junker. Doing so is easy; surviving the locust counterattack is a bit less so. You’re going to face three waves here, one of locusts, one of a boomer and wretcheds, and another one of locusts. It’s generally best to just stay inside the gas station while these attacks are going on, especially for the wretcheds; you can focus your Lancer on the front door and blast them as they come in to get you. Lack of mobility isn’t much of an issue here, but you’ll want to move outside to take down the boomer, assuming Chap doesn’t do it for you; his magnum is awful strong, it seems.
Burnt Rubber
Time to take control of Laverne for a ride through the night streets. Kryll are out in force, so you’ll have to use the Junker’s UV turret to fight them off. In single-player mode, you have to switch from the driver’s seat to the turret by hitting X, then using the right-click mode to fire; right-trigger will make you go forward when you’re actually behind the wheel.
Keep in mind that the kryll will occasionally come from behind of you, and do so almost exclusively after you get past the off-road excursion area. Just hit the switch button, rotate around quickly, and fire your UV lamp. It requires about as much charging time as it does firing time, but it flips on and off pretty quickly, and it doesn’t take long to fry your targets, so get the job done. If you sit still for too long, the kryll will fly right into the damn car and start bugging you! Make a couple of quick 360s with the UV lamp when this happens, then switch back to driving mode and move on a bit before turning around and firing at them as they follow you.
Last Stand
There’s one heck of a fight coming up here. Get up close to the Stranded bulwark and do what you can to help out. On Casual difficulty, getting into the Troika and getting all Denny Blaze on the asses of the locusts in the area. Otherwise, there are a couple of sniper rifles in the area, which will let you sit back, pop heads, and hopefully duck behind cover before anyone makes you. You should be close enough to hit most of the enemies without bothering to zoom in.
After taking out a couple dozen locusts, a trio of boomers will appear underneath the facility through an emergence hole. You can take them out the hard way if you wish, but if you look up at the wall, you’ll notice a huge fuel tank that rolls along and starts dripping fuel. Shoot out the wall beneath it to reveal some propane tanks; if you shoot them, you’ll cause the larger tank to drop down and onto the boomers, finishing them off right away.