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I really don't know now. Maybe playing it on Normal until you get the hang of the controls, then starting over on Deadly is the way to go. Once you've got the first level down, you can crack through it a second time in about ten minutes.
It's best to stick with levelling up one or two characters, rather than trying to spread serum equally, as it's not possible to get everybody maxed out. Certain of them, once you get them to a certain level, gain a limb-specific lock-on. Level them up a bit more and this turns into a critical lock-on, which automatically targets the glowing wekpoints on basic Smiles. Note that it's different than the B-button lock, which simply spins your view around to the nearest Smile. This one, you have to have the aiming reticule pointing towards the Smile and press the left trigger - the scan button. So it and your aim will shift straight to the weakpoint.
Sounds like hand-holding, but it becomes essential in later stages on Deadly. When the screen's filled with Smiles, you get into a rhythm of scan, shoot, scan, shoot (if you're using Con, it's scan, shoot, fuck you, scan, shoot, fuck you).
Best characters to go for are Con and Dan. Con, as I said before, has the highest rate of fire and doesn't need to reload as often, which can be helpful if you're having trouble hitting weakpoints in one or two shots. Dan is the only personality that can kill Mother Smiles and Duplicators in one shot, which means that you often have no choice but to use him. I'd concentrate on getting these tow levelled up (Con, incidentally, gains the critical lock-on when he's at a lower level than Dan).
There's an upper limit on the amount of thick blood you can get converted into serum on any one level. Make sure you hit it, so that you know you're getting characters levelled as high as they can be.
Puzzles are more difficult on Deadly, as far as I can tell. The very first one, with the candles, requires a little bit more thought than it does on Normal. Not a huge amount, mind. Don't know about later ones, as I didn't do much on Normal. On Deadly, it costs blood just to get the first hint from the guy holding the red mask, whereas you get that for free on Normal. You can make the puzzles more difficult for yourself on Normal just by ignoring him, though. I did/would.
Not going to spoil the story for anybody. I'll just say that while I'm pretty sure I figured most of it out, the contents of the locked room still hurt my head. |
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