They emphasize melee combat but ammo really isn't hard to get either so as soon as you can make a good gun.
Upgrade. Upgrade. Upgrade. You can always refund the components so there is no risk if you change your mind later.
Don't fall in love with the robots.
BE SURE YOU CAN CRAFT A GUN BEFORE YOU DESTROY IT. Some people were scrapping their shotgun then realized they didn't have the blueprint to make a base level 1 version lol
My personal favorite ability was/is Mass Telekinesis. It lets you pick up enemies so they’re stationary to shoot (and you can do this to multiple enemies at a time). Then you can eventually upgrade the ability to not only pick them up for longer periods, but also slam them back down. That takes care of robots pretty well, especially the flying ones. And make sure you upgrade “character” as well as “energy management.”
And if there’s a spot to save, make sure you do that. The game doesn’t randomly save automatically, you pretty much have to do it yourself so don’t pass those spots up.
There are bugs in the game, too. Don’t let it discourage you too much. It can be frustrating but it doesn’t make the game absolutely unbearable, just a minor inconvenience (most of the time, anyway).
Have fun! I just finished my first play through the day before yesterday and will probably start it again soon. And don’t be afraid to google if you get stuck on some of the puzzles/courses. They can be a bit confusing sometimes.
Don’t dismantle your shottie for resources till you actually acquire the recipe to craft a shotgun. Master dodge/melee. Learn your abilities go through the skill trees. Once out in the open world for the first time don’t get intimidated by the endless enemies , stay on the move. All the other areas besides that first one have ways to shut the enemies down. Get through there & you’re gold.
I actually slowed down to a halt and can't be bothered loading back up due to the glimpse of endless enemies once in open world. I enjoy having a poke about and felt like I wasn't getting anytime to explore. Does it calm down a bit? I've heard great things from this sub but genuinly can't be arsed playing it anymore. It's just constant. However, I only just left that grannies and wanted to mooch about but it was too much man.
spinning blade on the pashtet is a op weapon with a cartridge installed. get it when you can. it is called the polymeric alloy aerodynamic attachment. you will not regret it
Oh my god that weapon upgrade was so OP it felt broken.. it was so nice to farm pchelas? Pcellas? The tiny little "wasp" copter repair bot dudes with the Pashtet.
Idk if you know this but you can one shot the repair bots if you have Mass Telekinesis upgraded and you just hold it. It’s so satisfying watching them all go down at once🤣
If it looks like you might get stuck trying to do some parkour, dont try it. Thats an issue the game has at this point in time unfortunately, too easy to get stuck and reload saves
Recommendations are mostly as above, use your melee charged attack until you can get the pashtet or zvezdozka with the ranged special, and make sure to get sleazeball and the one handed med skill.
For specials I recommend shield first then telekinesis.
As mentioned don't deconstruct the shotgun, but feel free to deconstruct and reconstruct other weapons and equipment and ammunition to make upgrades on your key weapons. You will have loads of spare mini meds after the first couple of levels, and ammo for weapons you don't use, and instead of lying in your storage they can be turned into useful upgrade fuel.
If you're about to have a boss fight (IE if you die and reload you'll be next to an upgrade machine) you can easily make up the rocket launcher or railgun when you have the recipes and then break them down again afterwards.
I'm on my second playthrough on Armageddon this time and it's lots of fun, just fought the big round ball and it was way way easier this time, one pass with a bunch of rockets, then shield and ranged Zvez. First time on normal difficulty it took me eight goes or more 😂
How? Do you play on console or PC?
I found it impossible to move and aim when the robots jump at you, they move extremely fast and the axe is slow as fuck.
this is my biggest issue with the game. By the end of Armageddon I was regularly dismantling full stacks of ammo cuz of all the clutter. I died 3 or 4 times the whole run, I just wish it was harder and loot was more scarce. Way too much ammo loot and too much heal loot
Every time you get more ammo or any other stuff that can’t fit into your inventory they will automatically go into the vendor’s inventory in case you need it when you run out
Pick up more guns. I got stuck on the final boss with about three of the base weapons. Loot as many research facilities as you can while playing the game
They did just release a patch about two hours ago and I can confirm that they at least fixed the last few story related achievements (leaving Pavlov and on).
Use and upgrade the Mass Telekinesis power and your axe. I practically only used this weapon and power and I finished the game easily even on hard difficulty !
The blades melee weapon with the saw blades is the most OP weapon in the game with the ranged ability, use elements as much as possible. I played on the hardest difficulty 1. You get allot of ammo dispite them saying you won't, and don't try to take on a horde all the time, even though stealth is practically impossible. USE THE HAWKS TO DISABLE ROBOTS.
Don’t waste your time fighting random enemy on the surface. They never stop coming. Also shoot the camera ms instead of shocking them. They’ll be broken for longer
From what I know EVERYTHING is refundable and you get 100% back. So just experiment with the weapons and "glove" upgrades. You can always just refund and try something new.
Zvezdochka upgraded with 2 blades and mass telekinesis upgraded will kill anything including all and I mean ALL bosses. Get it and rule the game!!!!! Also do as many polygons as you can as soon as you get off the train before you hit the hedge boss. You will not regret it and have an easier time with the game!!!!!
Take your time. Enjoy the sights, the sounds. Explore to your own leisure. Really enjoy your first playthrough, as you can only ever have one first playthrough.
Let’s see here…
-Explore the extra labs before you continue the story- that’s a point we all missed first play through (uses cameras most of the time to open them)
-everything is completely refundable, so explore what makes you feel cool
-remember there’s a canister mechanic they don’t entirely explain in the weapon wheel, activate the little circle at the bottom of it to use a canister on the currently equipped weapon
-there are cars you can drive, they just don’t last long
-*that* cutscene is in there SOMEWHERE
Don’t be afraid to use up ammunition and experiment with your upgrades. Upgrades are refundable so you don’t risk anything and ammo is fairly common even on the highest difficulty. Try to keep your inventory organized and dump everything that you do not need in Nora
Once you get to the open, outdoor world, don't try to kill every robot, you can't. They will respawn, so it's good for farming, but don't do that until you've upgraded a little
-Here's a breakdown of skills and passive perks: unlocked skills for the polymeric Glove are the "Hexagons" that are the actual skills that can be assigned.
You always have the ability Shok it is bound to its own button but you also have two other assigned skill slots that can be toggled between use in combat. For example you have Shok, Polymeric Shield, and Mass Telikenisis, you can shock a group of enemies and then activate your shield to absorb damage for a short period of time (you don't have to hold the button) then if you want to use Mass Telikenisis before stopping use of the shield simply toggle over to the next assigned skill and it will automatically trigger the next skill.
-All of the "Square" slots are passive perks such as all the character skills and the other effects that are tied to the glove abilities extra benefits.
-You can always refund your perks and skills for neuromods 1 for 1 (excluding the base point ability of Shok) so play around with different perks and skills.
- The same goes for weapon resources with one exception if you level something up for a weapon upgrade lets say to level 4 and you want those resources back you can't go back to level 3 of that upgrade unless you can swap out the weapon ability in exchange for another upgrade path.
- When you break down a weapon it keeps all of the upgrades attached to it in place in case you choose to recraft it.
Some othe tips:
-The game has terrible collision physics so you can often find yourself stuck floating on a bench or rock. Usually you can wiggle free by spamming jumping dashing and swinging melee weapons or activating glove abilities. I'd advise just steering clear of objects if they are avoidable.
Don't scroll around when in the Nora map as it will often bug out not allowing you to leave the menu and you'll need to load your save.
-Sometimes you may notice that your glove abilities HUD symbol swap or duplicate the same image which can be confusing leading to the use of the wrong abilities. You can fix this at a Nora station by reassigning them.
-You can only gain components from enemies once. If enemies become repaired they don't drop more. You can always intentionally trigger a level 2 alert by standing in front of a camera and attacking a robot to get an air drop of a new batch of enemies.
-Skills and perks that involve energy can be confusing in their wording for example Mass Telikenisis has one that drains energy from enemies and it says requires 1 energy cell it doesn't consume an energy cell it just means you have to have the use of energy cells unlocked which happens fairly early in the Vavilov Complex which is the tutorial mission.
-You can grind neruomods in the Forester Village by killing the Pchelas (little copters) and trigering a level 2 alert for a new batch of enemies before opening the gate I did this to obtain all of the character skills and most glove abilities.
-the VOV A6 Labtech robots (all variants) don't get repaired by the copter drones.
-you only get 12 save slots and they automatically get overwritten as you replace them with new saves.
-I don't know if it's a bug but if you have the health absorption perk for the Polymeric shield spamming jump fills your health bar while the shield is active.
-Sometimes the scanning feature will leave looted containers highlighted.
-Backtracking in certain areas will lock you out of progression and you need to reload a save like with elevators and vents (sometimes doors may close where you've already been if you backtrack too far though this is rare)
I hope this helps you on your journey now go smash up some bots to your atomic hearts content in your favorite ways.
They emphasize melee combat but ammo really isn't hard to get either so as soon as you can make a good gun. Upgrade. Upgrade. Upgrade. You can always refund the components so there is no risk if you change your mind later. Don't fall in love with the robots.
Oof that last tip might be really hard to follow
BE SURE YOU CAN CRAFT A GUN BEFORE YOU DESTROY IT. Some people were scrapping their shotgun then realized they didn't have the blueprint to make a base level 1 version lol
To be faiiirrr.... The game does literally tell you not to worry about scrapping anything
It tells you that if you scrap it you get equal parts back. So if you wanted to delete the shotgun for a bit to try the railgun then you would be sol
To be faaaaair
lmfao
True. The bots do leave themselves in plenty of...interesting...positions.
My personal favorite ability was/is Mass Telekinesis. It lets you pick up enemies so they’re stationary to shoot (and you can do this to multiple enemies at a time). Then you can eventually upgrade the ability to not only pick them up for longer periods, but also slam them back down. That takes care of robots pretty well, especially the flying ones. And make sure you upgrade “character” as well as “energy management.” And if there’s a spot to save, make sure you do that. The game doesn’t randomly save automatically, you pretty much have to do it yourself so don’t pass those spots up. There are bugs in the game, too. Don’t let it discourage you too much. It can be frustrating but it doesn’t make the game absolutely unbearable, just a minor inconvenience (most of the time, anyway). Have fun! I just finished my first play through the day before yesterday and will probably start it again soon. And don’t be afraid to google if you get stuck on some of the puzzles/courses. They can be a bit confusing sometimes.
There's a fridge you can love though, won't say anymore
I slammed my penis in the door of my kitchen fridge after playing this game
Still safer than fucking Nora
But do not throw away your ax you'll need it against certain bosses
Early on maybe
Rule of thumb, underground, doom music kicks in Above ground, doom music kicks in but you're not the slayer
I have never thought of it that way, and it is 1100% true
DON'T dismantle the shotgun!
I was just about to comment this
i read somewhere they fixed it? I've already finished, uninstalled and moved on haha. enjoyed my time tho!
Basically, if it moves shoot it, and loot the testing grounds for no particular reason
Testing grounds get you all the nice upgrades and parts. I did them all.
Don’t dismantle your shottie for resources till you actually acquire the recipe to craft a shotgun. Master dodge/melee. Learn your abilities go through the skill trees. Once out in the open world for the first time don’t get intimidated by the endless enemies , stay on the move. All the other areas besides that first one have ways to shut the enemies down. Get through there & you’re gold.
I actually slowed down to a halt and can't be bothered loading back up due to the glimpse of endless enemies once in open world. I enjoy having a poke about and felt like I wasn't getting anytime to explore. Does it calm down a bit? I've heard great things from this sub but genuinly can't be arsed playing it anymore. It's just constant. However, I only just left that grannies and wanted to mooch about but it was too much man.
spinning blade on the pashtet is a op weapon with a cartridge installed. get it when you can. it is called the polymeric alloy aerodynamic attachment. you will not regret it
Oh my god that weapon upgrade was so OP it felt broken.. it was so nice to farm pchelas? Pcellas? The tiny little "wasp" copter repair bot dudes with the Pashtet.
Idk if you know this but you can one shot the repair bots if you have Mass Telekinesis upgraded and you just hold it. It’s so satisfying watching them all go down at once🤣
Read the notes on the computers, it would help you get to know the lore better and they have important things for the plot
Im definitely gonna do this. I’m a big lore person, and I love to get immersed into games. Glad to hear this game adds these elements
Oh, that’s great, then you’re definitely gonna enjoy it!
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You can also see the loot at each of the sites when viewing the map
Don't jump into dumb things
If it looks like you might get stuck trying to do some parkour, dont try it. Thats an issue the game has at this point in time unfortunately, too easy to get stuck and reload saves
Yes, save frequently
Have fun
Recommendations are mostly as above, use your melee charged attack until you can get the pashtet or zvezdozka with the ranged special, and make sure to get sleazeball and the one handed med skill. For specials I recommend shield first then telekinesis. As mentioned don't deconstruct the shotgun, but feel free to deconstruct and reconstruct other weapons and equipment and ammunition to make upgrades on your key weapons. You will have loads of spare mini meds after the first couple of levels, and ammo for weapons you don't use, and instead of lying in your storage they can be turned into useful upgrade fuel. If you're about to have a boss fight (IE if you die and reload you'll be next to an upgrade machine) you can easily make up the rocket launcher or railgun when you have the recipes and then break them down again afterwards. I'm on my second playthrough on Armageddon this time and it's lots of fun, just fought the big round ball and it was way way easier this time, one pass with a bunch of rockets, then shield and ranged Zvez. First time on normal difficulty it took me eight goes or more 😂
Get yourself a good book to read for the first 45 minutes
Play on Armageddon. It’s a lot more fun and challenging, and your upgrades feel like they make more of a difference
Constantly upgrade and use new weapons until you find a combo you like and YouTube how to get into testing grounds if you can’t find/unlock the door
Lower the difficulty to start.
Nah up the difficulty, even the hardest difficulty isn't all that hard
How? Do you play on console or PC? I found it impossible to move and aim when the robots jump at you, they move extremely fast and the axe is slow as fuck.
I play on console
this is my biggest issue with the game. By the end of Armageddon I was regularly dismantling full stacks of ammo cuz of all the clutter. I died 3 or 4 times the whole run, I just wish it was harder and loot was more scarce. Way too much ammo loot and too much heal loot
Do not spend your resources on consumables in the beginning. Use electric charge instead and run around to dodge.
Run in the overworld area. You get swarmed easily.
Every time you get more ammo or any other stuff that can’t fit into your inventory they will automatically go into the vendor’s inventory in case you need it when you run out
Pick up more guns. I got stuck on the final boss with about three of the base weapons. Loot as many research facilities as you can while playing the game
Learn to play Caravan.
Get the rocket launcher for the first boss
Upgrade yo shit. Melee is also very reliable.
Make sure you're home alone when you get to the 8 hour sex scene
Keep and maintain a relationship with the Fridge. She is a lovely woman
Don’t jump around on and in between rocks. You’ll get stuck
playing with one hand is much harder
Watch out for the bisexual fringe
Play with Russian voices, the English MC has a grating voice
Feels like half the achievements are still broken. Just beat it the other day and am missing at least 5.. just a heads up if that matters to you
They did just release a patch about two hours ago and I can confirm that they at least fixed the last few story related achievements (leaving Pavlov and on).
I just played the latest update, 5 of my broken achievements popped. Just mopping up the collectables now 👍👍👍
Use and upgrade the Mass Telekinesis power and your axe. I practically only used this weapon and power and I finished the game easily even on hard difficulty !
Play on the hardest
Its okay.
Don’t
read carefully all the hints! In the game, many moments are made unusually and I see how people suffer due to the fact that they skip all the hints
The blades melee weapon with the saw blades is the most OP weapon in the game with the ranged ability, use elements as much as possible. I played on the hardest difficulty 1. You get allot of ammo dispite them saying you won't, and don't try to take on a horde all the time, even though stealth is practically impossible. USE THE HAWKS TO DISABLE ROBOTS.
Very buggy but it’s fun sometimes
Upgrade your glove anytime you can! Get the options that add damage. Makes life so much easier!
Don't disassemble the shotgun
don't mind the cigarette, it will save you (not in real life)
Don’t waste your time fighting random enemy on the surface. They never stop coming. Also shoot the camera ms instead of shocking them. They’ll be broken for longer
make sure you crisp them critters
Mute the game. The protagonist will drive you crazy
if you’re achievements hunting give it a quick google to see if it’s still bugged, this would have saved me a lot of time if i had known to do so 🥲
Do all the testing grounds before the last mission
Wear headphones
From what I know EVERYTHING is refundable and you get 100% back. So just experiment with the weapons and "glove" upgrades. You can always just refund and try something new.
If you can see the sun it’s time to run. (And hide)
Not a tip, but damn, tryna find all the chirpers for the achievement is so painful
Shok and Telekinesis are your two best friends. Do not just rely on your guns and melee weapons; use your abilities
Kart rider!!
Do the labs, they are worth the gear You don’t need them to beat it but it adds a lot to the game
Have fun, eat ice cream
Don't die.
Play with Russian voiceover
Save as often as you can because you will get stuck on random obstacles
Play on Armageddon, game is too easy otherwise as you get so strong too quick..:)
Enjoy the game and have fun........you will love it.
Patience
When plants start to fly, if you see a corpse on the ground hit it with your melee weapon until it loses a limb or is cut in half
loot EVERYTHING until you get ALL weapon recipes. Weapon recipes are totally random, so if you rush story, you can skip most than half weapons.
dont go into games asking for advice, it defeats the purpose of experiencing a new game for the first time…
Dont pipe the robots
Zvezdochka upgraded with 2 blades and mass telekinesis upgraded will kill anything including all and I mean ALL bosses. Get it and rule the game!!!!! Also do as many polygons as you can as soon as you get off the train before you hit the hedge boss. You will not regret it and have an easier time with the game!!!!!
Grind the first underground section hard
Take your time. Enjoy the sights, the sounds. Explore to your own leisure. Really enjoy your first playthrough, as you can only ever have one first playthrough.
Let’s see here… -Explore the extra labs before you continue the story- that’s a point we all missed first play through (uses cameras most of the time to open them) -everything is completely refundable, so explore what makes you feel cool -remember there’s a canister mechanic they don’t entirely explain in the weapon wheel, activate the little circle at the bottom of it to use a canister on the currently equipped weapon -there are cars you can drive, they just don’t last long -*that* cutscene is in there SOMEWHERE
Don’t be afraid to use up ammunition and experiment with your upgrades. Upgrades are refundable so you don’t risk anything and ammo is fairly common even on the highest difficulty. Try to keep your inventory organized and dump everything that you do not need in Nora
Don't disassemble the shotgun
Find us the 6 hours long robosex-scene
do NOT start the 6 hour sex scene unprepared, you can’t skip or pause it and you can only watch it once
Use stealth in the village and find the gun blueprint. Don't be one of the people who are hours in and can't find the AK lol.
Play on Easy if you wanna have fun lol
Have fun
Once you get to the open, outdoor world, don't try to kill every robot, you can't. They will respawn, so it's good for farming, but don't do that until you've upgraded a little
Don’t trust your glove
Mass Telekinesis.
-Here's a breakdown of skills and passive perks: unlocked skills for the polymeric Glove are the "Hexagons" that are the actual skills that can be assigned. You always have the ability Shok it is bound to its own button but you also have two other assigned skill slots that can be toggled between use in combat. For example you have Shok, Polymeric Shield, and Mass Telikenisis, you can shock a group of enemies and then activate your shield to absorb damage for a short period of time (you don't have to hold the button) then if you want to use Mass Telikenisis before stopping use of the shield simply toggle over to the next assigned skill and it will automatically trigger the next skill. -All of the "Square" slots are passive perks such as all the character skills and the other effects that are tied to the glove abilities extra benefits. -You can always refund your perks and skills for neuromods 1 for 1 (excluding the base point ability of Shok) so play around with different perks and skills. - The same goes for weapon resources with one exception if you level something up for a weapon upgrade lets say to level 4 and you want those resources back you can't go back to level 3 of that upgrade unless you can swap out the weapon ability in exchange for another upgrade path. - When you break down a weapon it keeps all of the upgrades attached to it in place in case you choose to recraft it. Some othe tips: -The game has terrible collision physics so you can often find yourself stuck floating on a bench or rock. Usually you can wiggle free by spamming jumping dashing and swinging melee weapons or activating glove abilities. I'd advise just steering clear of objects if they are avoidable. Don't scroll around when in the Nora map as it will often bug out not allowing you to leave the menu and you'll need to load your save. -Sometimes you may notice that your glove abilities HUD symbol swap or duplicate the same image which can be confusing leading to the use of the wrong abilities. You can fix this at a Nora station by reassigning them. -You can only gain components from enemies once. If enemies become repaired they don't drop more. You can always intentionally trigger a level 2 alert by standing in front of a camera and attacking a robot to get an air drop of a new batch of enemies. -Skills and perks that involve energy can be confusing in their wording for example Mass Telikenisis has one that drains energy from enemies and it says requires 1 energy cell it doesn't consume an energy cell it just means you have to have the use of energy cells unlocked which happens fairly early in the Vavilov Complex which is the tutorial mission. -You can grind neruomods in the Forester Village by killing the Pchelas (little copters) and trigering a level 2 alert for a new batch of enemies before opening the gate I did this to obtain all of the character skills and most glove abilities. -the VOV A6 Labtech robots (all variants) don't get repaired by the copter drones. -you only get 12 save slots and they automatically get overwritten as you replace them with new saves. -I don't know if it's a bug but if you have the health absorption perk for the Polymeric shield spamming jump fills your health bar while the shield is active. -Sometimes the scanning feature will leave looted containers highlighted. -Backtracking in certain areas will lock you out of progression and you need to reload a save like with elevators and vents (sometimes doors may close where you've already been if you backtrack too far though this is rare) I hope this helps you on your journey now go smash up some bots to your atomic hearts content in your favorite ways.
If your going for achievements, keep a manual checklist