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P H A S E  <  /                                                          [PH01]
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WEST MANSION - Front Lobby
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Rick Taylor will start out in Berserker mode from the beginning of the game
when the player is first given control of him.  The background will always be
displayed with a bluish tint while Rick is in Berserker mode.  A total of five
Foot Soldiers (small lizard demons with spikes on their body) will attack from
the start.  Rick cannot be hurt while in Berserker mode so the Foot Soldiers
are pretty much Rick's bitches at the moment.  They will help a player to learn
Rick's basic moves while in berserker mode.
Tapping the light attack button (X/S) several times in a row will make Rick
perform a combo and tapping the heavy attack button (Y/T) will make him perform
a ground pound, which can be charged.  Press the grab button (B/O) to grab an
enemy and kill it.  Hold the sprint button (RT/R1) to run.  Rick can jump (A/X)
into the air and perform attacks by pressing light or heavy attack also.
Rick will gain the blood of all of the Foot Soldiers that are defeated.  He can
use that blood later to power up from the Extra Skills menu.  The Extra Skills
menu cannot be pulled up until after phase 1 is finished.
Kill the Foot Soldiers until a cutscene plays.
The blood from all the carnage that just took place will be all over the floors
of the front lobby as control is given back to the player.  Jennifer will
scream off in the distance. Press D-pad Up to activate the Mask Eye when
prompted.  The mask eye ability will allow a player to see the next area to
move on to during gameplay.  The view will highlight a door upstairs.
Run up the right set of stairs.  Rick will be able to destroy several breakable
objects such as small tables and vases along the way to his destination.  They
will not hold anything for the moment.  Eventually the Terror Mask will speak
with Rick.  Run toward the closed door on the far side of the second floor
walkway and it will open once Rick steps near it.
A checkpoint will occur once a player steps onto the dark stairway behind the
door.  Rick will return to the last checkpoint reached if he dies has to
continue.  The game offers multiple continues.
-- CHECKPOINT! --
WEST MANSION - Dark Hallway
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The wooden walls to the left will break as Rick moves up the stairs.  Foot
Soldiers will move by the windows at the top of the stairs and the door at the
end will open as Jennifer screams once Rick approaches the door.
WEST MANSION - Guest Room
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Two Foot Soldiers will bust through the windows on the right side of the next
room.  The game will go through combat descriptions for the battles that take
place in the room.  Tap the X/S button to perform light attacks and tap the Y/T
button to perform heavy attacks.  With default skills, Rick can perform four
light attacks in a row for a combination attack.  He can perform two heavy
punches in a row and charge each heavy punch for extra damage.  When an enemy
glows yellow, that is the enemy that is currently targeted - this will occur
during charge moves.
Whenever an enemy glows red, Rick can grab that enemy with the grab button
(B/O) and perform a splatter kill.  Splatterkills will allow Rick to earn extra
blood from killing the enemy.  Rick will enter one of several animations to
begin a splatterkill and the left thumbstick/analog directions on the screen
must be held in order to complete the splatterkill.  If the splatterkill is not
completed, the enemy will knock Rick off and recharge its health a bit.  Rick
will have to weaken the enemy some more in order to have a chance to try
another splatterkill.
A player will gain an achievement/trophy for performing one splatterkill and
others for performing more splatterkills as the game progresses.
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-- The Business of Killing
Perform 1 Splatterkill.
-- South of Hell
Perform 75 Splatterkills.
-- Vigorous Vengeance
Perform 150 Splatterkills.
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The combo Light, Light, charge Heavy, charge Heavy seems to work very well for
Foot Soldiers that are grouped.  The Light hits will stun surrounding Foot
Soldiers and set them up for the charged Heavy attacks which will damage them.
Rick can also grab one of them and a player can hold the heavy button while
facing another Foot Soldier to make Rick kick the grabbed Foot Soldier toward
the others for extra damage.
Rick will begin to have wounds on his body that will show his bones if enemies
hit him.  If Rick ever gets low in life, he will have to use his Splatter
Siphon to absorb the blood of his enemies in order to regain his life.  Press
the Mask Moves Modifier button (LT/L1) + Grab button (B/O) to activate the
splatter siphon.  A splatter siphon will take one unit from the necro gauge.
The necro gauge will constantly refill with each kill however so he should have
plenty by the time he needs it for now.
NOTE: Rick must be at about 25% health to get the tutorial message for the
splattersiphon.  He must get this tutorial message in order to perform it for
the first time during this battle.
NOTE 2: Rick can use splatter siphon to regenerate even when enemies are not
around.  He will gain less health while enemies are not around since there is
not as much blood to absorb however.
By performing the Splatter Siphon, a player will gain an achievement/trophy:
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-- Flesh Re-animation!
Regenerate with Splatter Siphon
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Finish off the remaining Foot Soldiers in the room then the battle will end and
the next door will open.  Search the room for the first **GRAMOPHONE (1/12)**
to the left where Rick first entered the room.  Press the grab button while
standing near it to play it.  Exit the room by stepping through the opposite
door.
-- CHECKPOINT! --
WEST MANSION - Hallway with Stairs
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The door will close behind Rick as he steps into the hall ahead.  Move ahead
and collect **JEN'S PHOTO (1/4)** to the right of the left staircase up ahead.
A cutscene will take place after Rick grabs the photo.  It turns out that his
girlfriend is the type of person that will leave behind torn-apart nude photos
of herself for her lover to find.  Must. Find. Jen.
Move down the stairs off to the left then step into the room through the
doorway at the bottom after the door opens.
WEST MANSION - Living Room
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Dr. West has Jennifer in his clutches up ahead.  Move further into the room and
a cutscene will play.  The wall where Dr. West and Jennifer were will seal off
and a fire will spring up in front of it.  Deadmen will crawl down the walls
and attack after the cutscene.  These enemies can group up on Rick quite a bit.
They all have long fingernails that they will slice Rick with.
Rick can kill Deadmen very easily with a single grab.  If he stands near two
Deadmen when the grab button is pressed, he will pick them both up.  One grab
will make Rick grab each one by the head then slam it to the ground and kill
them instantly in a nice splatter of blood!  A few punches will also kill any
of the Deadmen off.
After finishing off the Deadmen, Rick will have to exit the room by stepping
through the door on the right side.  He can't follow Dr. West and Jennifer for
now.
-- CHECKPOINT! --
WEST MANSION - Dark Hallway 2
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The camera will eventually switch and show Dr. West through the hole in the
wall ahead.  Move up the stairs to the right.  The door at the top of the
stairs will close.  The Terror Mask will tell Rick to break through.  Any time
that an object has a shiny appearance (a glint), Rick can interact with it in
some way.  Stand in front of the door so that the button prompt appears then
press the grab button to kick the door open.
WEST MANSION - Room with Fireplace
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Run over to the shiny weapon that is sticking in the piece of the Corrupted
body that is on the floor then press D-pad down to pick up the 2x4 weapon.  A
cutscene will trigger that will show Foot Soldiers as they enter the room while
some animal heads on the wall mounts begin to laugh.  Hmm, a 2x4 and a group of
enemies that could be splatted across the wall with it - what would Rick do?
Rick can perform a combination of two light swings while holding the 2x4.  Each
hit will likely splat a Foot Soldier into the wall.  Rick can also perform a
heavy attack swing that can be charged for greater damage.
A player will easily get the following achievement/trophy for splatting an
enemy against a wall during this battle.  All it takes is just a light attack
swing then the enemy must hit a wall:
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-- You Got Red on You
Splat an enemy on a wall with a weapon.
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The current room can be a bit dangerous since it is so small.  Be sure to watch
Rick's health closely and perform his splatter siphon to regain health quickly
when needed.  The fireplace will eventually go out after a certain amount of
Foot Soldiers have been killed.  The heads hanging on the wall mounts will stop
laughing and the wall behind the fireplace will open.  Quickly run through the
secret opening in the wall when it opens.
If Rick takes too long, the opening will close and the fire will start back up.
He will have to fight more Foot Soldiers to make it open again.  There is
nothing that can be gained from fighting tons of Foot Soldiers in the current
room. Rick will stop receiving blood eventually.  It will still flow into his
body, but he won't be able to farm blood in this room since the blood counter
will stop increasing eventually.
NOTE: Rick can pick up Foot Soldiers with the grab button then kick them into
the fireplace with a heavy attack to instantly kill them.  He can knock them
into the fireplace with normal attacks as well.
-- CHECKPOINT! --
WEST MANSION - Hidden Corridor
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The Terror Mask will speak to Rick and tell him about its need for blood when
Rick steps into the hidden corridor behind the fireplace.  Walk past the pages
on the floor then move up the stairs. Some laughing can be heard in the hallway
with windows up ahead.
As Rick approaches the windows, Deadmen will burst through them and attack.
Several more Deadmen will enter the hall from the other end.  Grab them and
slam them into the floor.  Run to the other end of the hall after the battle
then punch the crates in front of the door down the stairs.
Boreworms hide in some of the crates in front of the green door.  Rick can walk
or run over these worms in order to gain extra blood.  Kick through the green
door to enter the next area.
NOTE: Boreworms will be found in several different breakable objects from now
on, so be sure to break everything that Rick can break in order to find them
and stomp on them to gain extra blood.
There is an achievement/trophy associated with stepping on Boreworms also.
This one will come in time:
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-- Boreworm Massacre
Stomp on 1000 Boreworms.
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WEST MANSION - Library
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Jennifer will scream in the distance once Rick enters the library.  Walk over
toward the right side of the wall and listen to the **GRAMOPHONE (2/12)**.
Kick through the next door.  A cutscene will play after Rick kicks through the
next door.
WEST MANSION - Experiment Area
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There are four large test tubes in the room that Rick will land in.  Rick will
only have his right arm and his left arm will by lying on the floor after the
cutscene.  Pick up his left arm by pressing D-pad down while standing over it.
Yeah, Rick can hit enemies upside the head with his own severed arm!
A player will gain an achievement/trophy for killing an enemy with Rick's
severed arm:
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-- Morbid Dismemberment
Kill an enemy with your own dismembered arm.
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Rick's arm will regenerate eventually.  Enemies will eventually be able to
severe one of Rick's arms through their attacks.  Rick cannot use both arms for
attacking while an arm is severed, so his normal attacks are very limited at
that point.
NOTE: Rick can use necro moves when an arm is cut off.  The moment that he
performs a necro move such as splatter siphon, his arm will immediately
regenerate.  Be sure to keep this in mind!
The door behind Rick is sealed with a mask seal when he gets close to it.
These type of seals means that there is something to be done in the current
room - it is usually a fight to defeat a certain amount of enemies or some sort
of mechanism that needs to be interacted with it.
Break open all the crates in the current room and crush the boreworms inside
then enter room through the open doorway directly ahead.  Pick up **JEN'S PHOTO
(2/4)** from off the floor in the middle of the room and play the **GRAMOPHONE
(3/12)** further in the room and to the right.
Reenter the room with the four large test tubes then walk through the doorway
in between them.  Whenever Rick steps near the 2x4 weapon in the next room, a
group of Deadmen will crawl down the walls in the room and attack him.  Listen
to the **GRAMOPHONE (4/12)** on the cabinet against the far wall after the
battle.
Reenter the room with test tubes after listening to the gramophone.  A cutscene
will play and a new type of Deadman (Experimental Deadman) will bust through
the test tubes in the prior area.  If Rick still has the 2x4 then these new
enemies can be splatted against the walls just as easily as the last few
Deadmen.  If not, hit them with light attack combinations or a light, light,
charge heavy, charge heavy combination.
These new type of Deadmen with pants are more aggressive than normal Deadmen,
making them more dangerous in groups.  They have a move where they will dash
toward Rick then grab him and choke him - shake the left thumstick/analog to
escape the choke.  Rick can perform a new type of splatter kill where he will
rip off the arms of his enemy while fighting Experimental Deadmen.  If he pulls
off the arms, pick up one of the severed arms and use it as a weapon like a
2x4.
Rick can gain a few achievements/trophies from killing an enemy with an enemy's
severed arm:
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-- See you at the Party
Kill an enemy with an enemy's arm.
-- None More Dead
Get 150 kills with enemy arms.
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The door that was sealed with a mask seal will now be unlocked, so kick through
the door to open it.
-- CHECKPOINT! --
WEST MANSION - Twisting Corridor
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Move up the ramp and move around the corners at the top.  Go up the stairs
ahead then enter the room at the top.  There is a segment of the floor that
glows green in the room at the top of the stairs.  Rick will have to jump then
perform a heavy attack to slam through the breakable floor with the green glow.
Before breaking the weak floor, pick up **JEN'S PHOTO (3/4)** from under the
books on the floor to the left of the glowing floor.  Break all of the
breakable objects in the room to stomp on a few Boreworms.
WEST MANSION - Sacrificial Chamber
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Rick will fall into a chamber with an eye engraving on a wall (blood cipher)
overlooking a circular metal platform up ahead.  This chamber requires blood in
order to activate the blood cipher on the wall ahead.  Fortunately, several
Deadmen will attack Rick.  A few Experimental Deadmen will attack as well.
While killing off the Experimental Deadmen, try to perform a splatterkill when
they glow red to make Rick rip off their arms.  The Experimental Deadmen arms
can be used as weapons to quickly defeat the rest of the Deadmen.
Defeat all the enemies to power the blood cipher with the eye up ahead.  Walk
toward the eye when it opens then press the grab button to punch the eye.  A
staircase that leads downward will be revealed after punching the eye.  Move
down the stairs and move into the next room as the door at the bottom opens.
-- CHECKPOINT --
WEST MANSION - Prison Chamber
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Once Rick steps onto the metal floor in the room, Experimental Deadmen will
attack.  Grab the 2x4 in the middle of the room to make the battle much easier.
There are only a few Experimental Deadmen.  Break open the crates and barrels
and stomp on the boreworms inside for extra blood then enter the open cell on
the right side of the room and collect **JEN'S PHOTO (4/4)**.  Walk through the
big open doorway afterward then move down the stairs.  A cutscene will trigger
at the bottom of the stairs.
A player should get the following achievement/trophy if all 4 pieces of Jen's
photo were collected:
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-- Jen Smells of Rot... of the Grave
Re-assemble one of Jen's sexy photos.
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-- CHECKPOINT! --
WEST MANSION - Chamber
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A few Foot Soldiers and Experimental Deadmen will attack in the chamber.  Many
Foot Soldiers and Experimental Deadmen will continue to spawn as the first few
are defeated.  Be sure to use Rick's evasion roll to quickly roll away from
crowds.  Only stand and block if Rick gets surrounded.
-- CHECKPOINT! --
Eventually a new enemy will enter the chamber through the big door ahead.
Boss - Teratoid
Alright, this is the bastard that severed Rick's arm earlier.  Rick's got some
bones to pick with this guy, and Rick's gonna' tear'em off as he picks them.
Attacks:
Tentacle Slap
Dashing Ram
Punch and two Tentacle Slaps
Roar Counter
The Teratoids's main attack is to slap forward with his tentacle.  He might
dash forward and ram every now and then, but he won't perform his ram often.
The best way to damage him is to run toward him and perform any type of attack
combination.  About five light attacks will be sufficient or a player could use
a light, light, charge heavy, charge heavy combo to damage him a bit faster.
If the Teratoid ever tries to hit Rick during Rick's attacks, roll to the side
immediately to avoid damage.
Rick needs to roll away from the Teratoid after about five attacks.  The
Teratoid will try to perform a counter attack if Rick tries to hit him anymore
after that.  He will yell while standing in place and this move will
immediately cancel any attack that Rick tries to perform and knock Rick away
from the Teratoid.  Sometimes the Teratoid will dash and ram after five attack
also - sprint or roll to the side to avoid the ram.  Once the Teratoid begins
to blink red, approach him and press the grab button to perform a splatterkill
to him.
The splatterkill for a Teratoid is always a random button press followed by
holding both thumbsticks/analogs upward.  Rick can pick up the Teratoid's head
afterward, but there are no more enemies for this phase and he won't keep the
head for the next phase, so it doesn't do much good to grab it.
The Skill Upgrade menu will appear for the first time after this boss battle.
Rick's moves and many other skills can be upgraded by using blood to purchase
them from this menu.  It's a good idea to purchase the following skills as soon
as you can:
Ram
Health +25%
Crowd Surf
Uppercut Overdrive
A player can get the following achievements/trophies from buying skills:
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-- Hunger Pangs
Purchase a skill.
-- Blood Lust
Unlock 25 skills.
-- Lust for After Life
Unlock all skills.
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The ram will be needed to single out a certain enemy from a crowd in the coming
stages.  It's a good idea to upgrade the health bar at least once for right
now.  Crowd Surf is good for crowd control and the Uppercut Overdrive is
overall good for single enemies - Rick can also gain an achievement/trophy for
performing the Uppercut Overdrive on an enemy.  Now that the Skill Upgrade menu
has been shown, a player can pull it up at any time from now on by pressing the
Back/Select button.
Move through the doorway ahead to trigger a cutscene that will end this phase.
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P H A S E  |__                                                          [PH02]
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WEST MANSION - Stairway
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An Experimental Deadman will bust out of the left wall and attack while Rick
moves down the stairs ahead.  Rick can anticipate his arrival then run back up
the stairs as he moves out and then attack him once he stops.  Kick through the
door at the bottom.
WEST MANSION - Blood Offering Chamber
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The Terror Mask will point out the two blood ciphers on the wall to the right
as Rick enters the next room.  Rick will have to feed them blood in order to
exit this room.  Along the left and right walls there are Experimental Deadmen
trapped inside of test tubes and a valve hand is in between each of them.  Walk
over to each valve handle and rotate it with the grab button.  It's best to
rotate the right valve handle first to get a photo behind the door near it.
After rotating the valve handle on the right wall, the big gate across from
Rick will open and several Experimental Deadmen will attack.  Use this chance
to try out Rick's ram.  Sprint into the Deadmen with the Sprint button then
press the Heavy attack button to ram them.  This move is really good for
singling out enemies in a crowd.  Remember that the yellow glowing enemy is the
one that is currently targeted.  Rick can target other enemies if he faces
different directions while ramming.
Rick can also use the "No Head Room" (light, charge heavy) if the Uppercut
Overdrive was bought to easily kill off normal Experimental Deadman in one
sequence.  Rick can grab an Experimental Deadman while it falls after it is
knocked up, so a player can hit a an Experimental Deadman with a light, charge
heavy, grab combination and kill it instantly.  The only flaw with this is that
its single kill only for the most part.
NOTE: Try to fight all of the Deadmen while in the room that they spawn from.
Run into the room as soon as the door opens.  The symbol for the correct blood
cipher to hit will be in a few places along the floor in the spawning room and
throughout the chamber, but Rick must splatter blood over it in order to see
it.  The symbol will be different per playthrough.
**JEN'S PHOTO (1/4)** is in the right corner of the room with the Deadmen after
rotating the right valve handle.  Punch through all the barrels and crates and
stomp on the boreworms inside of them.  Both of the blood cipher's eyes will
open when Rick enters the middle area after fighting one set of Experimental
Deadmen.
Punch the cipher eye with the symbol that is displayed on the ground in blood
to make a stairway form in the middle area.  Rick will descend into a new area.
WEST MANSION - Basement
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Rick will fall into the basement below the Mansion.  The basement area is much
like a 2-D Splatterhouse stage.  The camera will show a side view of Rick as he
moves ahead (to the right).
Move over to the left and break the crate then stomp on the boreworms.  Pick up
the shiny meat cleaver sticking out of the back of the dead creature on the
floor.  It's time to do some dirty work, Rick-o!
NOTE: Keep in mind that Rick can sprint with the sprint button while moving
through these 2-D areas.
Hit the Deadman as it runs toward Rick further ahead then jump and hit the
wooden crate that is suspended on the ceiling and stomp the boreworms that fall
out - hit the suspended crate with a jumping heavy attack.  Keep moving further
to the right and chop and punch through the Deadmen along the way.  Rick can
face upward to hit the Deadmen that race toward him from the background up
ahead.  Rick's meat cleaver will eventually break.
Punch through the Deadmen further to the right then knock down the boarded up
area with crates behind it with a few punches to open the way forward.
Rick will have to make some timed jumps/sprints/rolls to get over a few spiked
floors up ahead.  Run over the spiked floors when the spikes sink into the
floor.  Rick will have to perform a roll to move up under the suspended cage up
ahead with the Fetus inside of it.  Rick will eventually reach some stairs.
Move up the stairs and punch through the wooden barricade at the top.
Spiked balls hooked to chains will be swinging over gaps up ahead.  Time a jump
to leap over the gap whenever the spiked ball is in the background or
foreground to make it by each one safely.
NOTE: Don't just suddenly press forward + jump while standing near a gap.  Rick
will likely fall if you do that.  Hold forward for at least a second prior to
pressing the jump button to make Rick jump further.
Roll up under the suspended cage and prepare to punch through the next wave of
Deadmen as they charge toward Rick.  Move down the stairs and leap over the
gaps with the lava - hold the sprint button and do a jump to make it over the
lava gaps.  Rick doesn't have to sprint, but he will just barely make it with a
normal jump.  Remember to hold forward for a bit then tap the jump button to
keep from falling in on accident.  Punch through the Deadmen on the way up the
stairs then punch through some more at the top of the stairs.
Use some timed jumps/sprints/rolls to get past the spiked floors further ahead.
Beware the Deadmen that will charge at Rick from the left side of the screen
while trying to move over them.  Rick will eventually reach an area with caged
doors that have hands sticking out of them.  More Deadmen will attack and Rick
will have to move by some more spiked floors further ahead.  Punch through the
wooden barricades on the other side of the spiked floors then fall to the next
area.
WEST MANSION - Basement Prison Corridor
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The game will switch back to a viewpoint behind Rick for the remainder of this
phase.  Punch the crates and barrels up ahead and stomp through the boreworms.
Step through the opening in the wall at the end of the corridor.
WEST MANSION - Basement Holding Area 1
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Punch the crates and barrels in the room then walk over to one of the gate
doors on either side of the room.  Foot Soldiers are grazing on human remains
behind each door.  Rick must shed enough blood in this room to make skeletons
with spikes on their mouth lower from both sides of the locked door ahead then
impale the Foot Soldiers on the spikes to open the door.
Use the grab button to lift up the door on each side of the room then kill the
Foot Soldiers.  A player will have to hold up on both thumbsticks/analogs to
push up the door after pressing the grab button.  Punch through the barrels and
crates in each room.  In the left room, **JEN'S PHOTO (2/4)** is underneath a
left crate in the back of the room.
While fighting the second set of Foot Soldiers in the opposite room, a skeleton
head with a spike sticking out of its mouth will move down from above the door
to the left of the locked door in the middle room once enough blood has been
shed.  Grab a Foot Soldier with the grab button and aim him toward the spike
and kick him with the heavy attack button to impale him on the spike.
A player will get the following achievement/trophy for impaling a Foot Soldier
in this area:
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-- Bad Taste
Impale an enemy on a spike.
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Another skull with a spike in its mouth will move down from the right side of
the door eventually.  Kick another Foot Soldier toward the new spike.  The door
in the middle room will open after another Foot Soldier has been impaled.
Enter the dark corridor through the new doorway.
WEST MANSION - Basement Dark Corridor
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Pick up the meat cleaver on the way down the corridor.  Bust open the wooden
crates along the sides of the corridors then run through the door at the end
after it opens.
WEST MANSION - Basement Holding Area 2
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Rick will enter another area with a locked door that has two skull heads above
it on each side.  A Teratoid along with two Foot Soldiers will attack once the
door to the right opens in this room.  The Teratoid can make surrounding
enemies more aggressive by yelling while they are surrounding him.  This will
make the Foot Soldiers glow a purple color and they will attack more
aggressively.
Try to kill the Foot Soldiers first since they are weaker than the Teratoid.
Kill the Foot Soldiers with the meat cleaver then use charged heavy attacks to
damage the Teratoid.  Rick can also pick up severed heads from the Foot
Soldiers and toss them at the Teratoid to damage him really badly (charge the
heavy button to throw while holding a severed head).  Punch through the crates
and barrels in the room where the Teratoid was.
Walk over to the door on the other side and open it then kill the Foot Soldiers
inside.  Rick will find a 2x4 in the next room.  Keep killing Foot Soldiers to
make the skull heads drop from the sides of the door.  Pick up the Foot
Soldiers with the grab button and toss them at the spikes on the skull heads
when they lower.
These skull heads will stay up higher than the skull heads in the other room.
A player must grab a Foot Soldier then angle it up perfectly with the spike
before pressing the heavy attack button to toss the Foot Soldier upwards and
impale it on each spike.  If Rick is not properly facing the spike then he will
simply kick the Foot Soldier away.
The door in the middle will open after two Foot Soldiers have been impaled.
Move down the corridor ahead and break through the wooden crates and barrels
along the way.  An Experimental Deadman will attack at the end of the corridor
but he shouldn't be that big of a deal by himself.  Run into the next room as
the door opens.
WEST MANSION - Basement Holding Area 3
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The doorway ahead is locked and the camera will show a lever that is behind the
door on the right side of the area.  Lift open the door on the right then bash
through the crates and Deadmen will attack.  There is metal pipe in the back of
the area that Rick can use to help fight off the Deadmen easier.  Walk through
the opening in the wall then pull the lever down using the grab button.  Four
spikes will move out of the circular metal pieces surrounding the door in the
middle room.  Lucky for Rick, a few Foot Soldiers will fall in the middle room.
NOTE: All of the Deadmen in the area must be killed before Rick can interact
with the lever.
Grab and toss a Foot Soldier at each of the spikes along the sides of the
locked door.  There are four spikes altogether.  When Rick runs out of Foot
Soldiers, open the left door to bring out some more Foot Soldiers.  The door in
the middle will open once four Foot Soldiers have been impaled and all Foot
Soldiers have been defeated.  Move into the next area.
WEST MANSION - Stairway Corridor
--------------------------------
Rick will move by a spiked ball with a chain attached to it on the way up the
stairs.  The spiked doorway at the top will open up, so step through it for a
cutscene.
WEST MANSION - Haunted Hallway
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Punch all the breakable objects in this hallway for some extra boreworms.  The
mask will begin to speak to Rick during a cutscene eventually.  Run up the
stairs and pick up the meat cleaver at the top then kick open the next set of
doors.
WEST MANSION - Dark Room
------------------------
When Rick kicks open the doors, Jennifer will be standing in the middle of the
room with her back turned.  Move toward her to activate a cutscene.
The room will change into a much "brighter" display of color and several
Deadmen will attack.  Slice through the first wave of Deadmen with the meat
cleaver then another wave of Deadmen and Experimental Deadmen will attack
afterwards.  Kill them all off and eventually the room will switch back to its
normal look.  Enter the hallway through the open doors ahead.
WEST MANSION - Picture Hallway
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Jen- er, the smartass Terror Mask will call out to Rick as he enters the next
hallway. Kick through the door at the end then step inside.
WEST MANSION - Bedroom
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A few Deadmen will be chowing down on something on the bed in the bedroom.  The
crate on the right side of the room can be bust open to reveal a 2x4 that could
come in handy here.  Deadmen will swarm the bedroom.  Constantly grab them and
Rick will kill them all instantly and gain invincibility from the mob.
Activate the GRAMOPHONE (5/12) near the entrance to the bedroom after the
battle.  Move down the long hallway to the side of the bedroom.
WEST MANSION - Secret Corridor
------------------------------
A new enemy will fall down near the end of the corridor then charge Rick.  This
enemy is a new form of Deadman.  It is the Glowing Deadman and it can be a real
ass in a group of Deadmen.  This enemy is only slightly more powerful than a
standard Deadman, but it can easily chop off Rick's arms, which makes it a real
obstacle in a crowd if not taken down quickly.
Spring toward the Glowing Deadman and hit it with a heavy 2x4 attack if Rick
still has the 2x4.  If not, ram the Glowing Deadman after performing a sprint
then hit it with heavy attacks.  It's best to hit these Corrupted before they
have a chance to attack Rick and possibly severe an arm.  If one of them ever
severs an arm, immediately perform a splatter siphon to stun them and make
Rick's arm grow back.  Destroy all the wooden crates at the very end of the
hall to reveal Boreworms.  Step through the opening off to the left.
Run to the end of the next hallway then jump into the air and slam the pressure
platform in the middle of the floor with a mid-air heavy attack.  Jump and hit
the button with a heavy attack.  This will open a door in the hallway behind
Rick but it will also activate some spiked crusher traps.  Time a run to
quickly run by each crusher (use the sprint).
Step through the opening at the end that is now open then run by the next set
of crushers around the right corner.  At the end of the hall, a group of
Deadmen will attack from around the left corner.  Paint the walls red with
their blood then move up the stairs and step through the opening in the wall at
the top of the stairs.
WEST MANSION - Children's Room
------------------------------
The door directly ahead is blocked with a mask seal.  Activate the **GRAMOPHONE
(6/12)** on the right side of the room then kick through the double doors to
the right of the gramophone.  Kill all the Deadmen in the room behind the door
then activate the other **GRAMOPHONE (7/12)** inside of that room.
Kick open the door on the other side of gramophone 6.  A glowing Deadman is
behind the door.  Rush at him with a ram then hit him with heavy attacks.  Pick
up **JEN'S PHOTO (3/4)** in the back of the room.
Step back into the main room and the seal on the door to the right should be
broken if all Corrupted in the room have been defeated.  Kick through the door
and enter the hallway behind it.
-- CHECKPOINT! --
WEST MANSION - Hallway
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A few Deadmen will attack then a Glowing Deadman will attack with a few other
normal Deadmen.  Be sure to ram the Glowing Deadman to keep him from attacking
when Rick moves up to him.  Run to the door at the end of the hall then kick it
open.
WEST MANSION - Upside-down Room
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Rick will have to fall into the next room.  Rick will fall to the ceiling of
the room and have to walk across the ceiling.  A wave of Foot Soldiers will
attack in this room.  Be extra careful when the second wave of Foot Soldiers
appears since a Glowing Deadman will be along with them.  Use the ram to hit
the Glowing Deadman then kill it first to keep it from severing an arm.  If it
severes an arm, do a splatter siphon immediately to get Rick's arm back. After
the enemies have been defeated, the door on the opposite side of the room will
open.
-- CHECKPOINT! --
WEST MANSION - Long Hallway
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A total of three Glowing Deadmen will move through the door at the other end of
the hall as Rick runs to the other end.  A piece of furniture will fly toward
them from the side and kill all three of them though.  Run to the other end of
the hall then move into the open hallway to the left.
Stay against either side of the wall (left or right) and move ahead to avoid
the furniture that will slide down the center of the corridor.  Rick will have
to move to the center of the corridor while moving past a pillar, but do it
quickly.  The second piece has another piece directly behind it so don't move
too quickly.
Step into the big area with the doors on each side then collect **JEN'S PHOTO
(4/4)** from off the right side of the floor.
Run into the corridor ahead and keep to one side like before.  Step into the
next big area and wait for the two cabinets to fly down the hall then move
further ahead.  The door at the end of the hall will open as Rick steps toward
it.
-- CHECKPOINT! --
WEST MANSION - Doll Room
------------------------
Move toward the doll in the chair at the end of the hall to trigger a cutscene
that will lead into a boss fight.
Boss - Golem Monster
Attacks:
Funiture Toss
Clock Hand Smash
Double Arm Smash
Two Strikes and Left Arm Smash
Left Foot Smash
Left Hand Shots
From the start of the fight, the Golem monster will have furniture flying
around it as gusts of wind keep the furniture in mid-air.  The furniture will
spin in place then the Golem will make it fly toward Rick piece by piece until
all of it is gone.  Run to the sides and sprint right as each piece begins to
fly toward Rick to avoid it.  A player will have to constantly change
directions while stepping away from the furniture.
The Golem has several physical attacks that it will do once the furniture is
all gone.  Rick will have to constantly run to the side then quickly sprint to
avoid its attack and then hit the Golem while it is stunned.  It will stay
stunned for the longest after its clock hand smash and two strike followed by a
left arm smash.  The Golem will lean over with either the right or left arm
stuck to the ground.  Rick can use that time to hit the Golem from any portion
of the body.
A player will really have to keep an eye on the Golem and respond quickly with
a sprint at the slightest change in movement when it prepares to attack.
Staying too close to the Golem can cause Rick to get hit by the feet of the
Golem and it does have a foot crush with its left foot, so stay near its feet,
but don't touch them.  The double arm smash where the Golem raises both of its
arms and makes them fly toward the floor in front of it takes the quickest
movement to avoid.  Sprint out of the way very quickly when it raises both
arms.  While close to the Golem, sometimes it will point its left hand toward
the floor underneath it and fire two shots toward the ground to create a
shockwave in front of it - Rick will have to run away from up underneath it to
avoid this move.
Whenever the Golem sinks either of its arms into the ground, run up to it and
attack it with light or heavy attacks.  Use the splatter siphon whenever Rick
needs more health.  A player can actually use the splatter siphon for quick
invincibility from the Golem's attacks if needed.  The necro meter will
constantly recharge as Rick attacks, so don't worry about conserving it.
When all of its health is gone, the Golem will break the floor and fall to the
floor below.  Rick will follow behind it.  Prepare to tap a random button as
Rick starts to pound on the Golem's upper portion with a board.  The inner
portion of the Golem will be revealed as Rick pounds on it and tears it apart
from the top.  The Golem will fall to the floor even further down and Rick will
fall along with it.
-- CHECKPOINT --
The Golem will get stuck in the portion of the floor at the very back of the
bottom floor.  The fight will begin again and its health meter will be
displayed once again.
Attacks:
Double Arm Smash
Double Arm Extend Strike
Clock Hand Smash
The Golem will keep its double arm smash while it remains in the background,
but it will send both arms toward the wall in the back of Rick when it attacks.
Quickly sprint or roll to the side as it prepares to extend both of its arms.
The Golem will also perform a slap to the right with both arms.  Its right arm
will move across the area where Rick is so he will have to perform a timed jump
to avoid that arm.  Rick will have to jump a little bit before the second arm
slap to avoid it.  The timing can be very tricky.
Rick should stay about mid-distance from the Golem for this fight.  Don't stay
too far away or Rick will have a greater chance of getting hit easily and he
won't have time to move up to the Golem when it is stunned.  Don't stay too
close or the attacks will be harder to avoid since Rick will be so close.
The Golem will eventually hit the side of the floor near it with its right arm
and sink its clock hand into the floor.  When it does this, run up to it and
hit it with light or heavy attacks to damage it - it's really best to ram
toward it then start hitting it.  The mask will always yell out "Watch the
clock" before the Golem performs its clock hand smash.  Like during the last
battle, Rick's necro gauge will constantly be recharged as he hits the doll, so
use splatter siphon to gain extra health when needed.
Rick will have to bring down the Golem's health gauge a total of two times.
Prepare to press the random button as Rick jumps to the head of the Golem and
begins to tear open its head.
-- CHECKPOINT --
The Golem will knock away the rest of the floor then Rick will fall to the very
bottom floor along with the Golem.  The Golem will have furniture flying around
it once again.  The Golem fights the exact same as in the first portion of the
battle now.
Attacks:
Funiture Toss
Clock Hand Smash
Double Arm Smash
Two Strikes and Left Arm Smash
Left Foot Smash
Left Hand Shots
Clock Hand Strikes
Dodge the furniture by sprinting to one of the sides as it flies toward Rick
and it will begin to attack with arm swings and foot stomps like before.  The
Golem will recover from its attacks much faster this time though.  It will also
do a new attack.  Sometimes it will swing its clock hand in front of it twice.
This move can be avoided by sprinting or rolling to its side right as it
performs the move.
Like before, Rick will have to hit the Golem whenever it performs either of its
attacks where its clock hand or left hand gets stuck in the ground.  A player
will have to move away from the Golem faster when it recovers this time since
it will recover faster.  A cutscene will trigger once the Golem's health gauge
has been depleted once again.
Prepare to press the Berserker mode button when the button prompt appears after
the Golem raises its foot to stomp on Rick (LB/R2).  Press the random button
that appears when Rick catches the Golem's left foot in his grip while it tries
to crush him.  Tap the random button that appears when Rick grabs the Golem's
left arm and slams the arm into the chest.  As Rick starts to tear the head
portion, the clock hand will try to knock him off.  Hold up on both the left
and right thumbsticks/analogs to keep Rick's balance.
A player will gain the following achievement/trophy for finishing this phase:
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-- The Berserker
Complete Phase 2: The Doll that Bled.
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A player will also unlock the Berserker skill in the upgrades menu now that
Phase 2 is completed.  It's a real good idea to purchase the following for the
next phase:
Necro Bar +1
Health +25%
Tear you to Pieces
Tear you to Pieces isn't all that important, but with that grab, Rick can
instantly kill any enemy by just grabbing it one time.  He can grab it once
then a player can tap the grab button again to tear off the enemy's arm.  It's
a very nice move to have for annoying enemies that simply won't die easily.
Rick can also use the enemy arm as a weapon for a few attacks.
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CORRUPTED CITY - Junkyard
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Rick will start this phase in a junkyard in some other time period.  Break the
objects in the immediate area and grab the lead pipe behind the breakable
dumpster.  There is a new enemy that is standing still and staring at Rick up
ahead.  It most likely wants to have one of Rick's Nikes stuck up its ass so
let's not disappoint it.
Walk toward the creature and it will move further ahead then turn back around
and stare at Rick.  Move closer to it and a cutscene will activate.  Four more
creatures will hop out and join the other.  These creatures are known as
Morlocks.
Morlocks try to keep their distance from Rick as much as they can.  They rarely
rush in and attack.  They mainly try to surround Rick then perform a jump
attack.  They will jump out of sight then a red targeting cursor will appear
below Rick and they will try to hop on his back and claw him.  It's important
to keep your finger near the roll button while fighting them so Rick can
quickly roll out of the way whenever a Morlock targets the floor below him.
Rick can also sprint to avoid a Morlock leap attack, but the roll is much
better.
To fight them off, use Rick's ram to knock them down or hit them with sprinting
heavy lead pipe attacks (if Rick grabbed the pipe earlier).  Morlocks are not
really powerful, but they can get annoying when trying to chase them down.  Use
Rick's ram if you ever have problems catching one.  Rick can kill one easily
with a light, charge heavy, grab combination if the Uppercut Overdrive has been
unlocked - this is a good method to kill singles, but keep in mind they can
jump away from the uppercut easily.
Another group of Morlocks will attack from back in the beginning area after the
first few are defeated.  One final Morlock will fall out of a nearby crate as
it tilts over to the side.  That crate is the next area to go to.  Pick up
**JEN'S PHOTO (1/4)** from the area behind the stack of crates where the first
Morlock was leading Rick to.
Find the crate that the last Morlock fell out of.  It's right near some burning
debris that has a sign above it.  The crate has a pink "X" symbol inside of it.
Move up into the crate and run across the top of the crates above.  The camera
will show a sparking console up ahead.  Keep moving across the crates to reach
the console.  Press the grab button near the console to destroy it and the
overhead crane will lower a suspended crate to form a bridge that leads across
some crates and to a staircase.
Move across the crates then fall to the staircase.  Step inside the open crate
then destroy all the breakable objects while moving up the stairs inside.  The
door at the top will open as Rick steps near it.
-- CHECKPOINT! --
CORRUPTED CITY - Trap Area
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Fall down to the lower area below and a cutscene will trigger.  A big grinder
will appear behind Rick and the game will showcase him from the side for
another 2-D platforming area.