The Burbs is the third zone of the game and takes place entirely underground with suburb like environments, with plenty of open spaces and corridors. HOME requires you to beat The Burbs by reaching Athena. The bombs you need to find and lay to clear the way are on a countdown timer with a misleading sound que for detonation, keep an eye on the lights on the side to know when to throw the explosive away.Infected Gluttons are also found in the Black Canyon, these creatures have acid blood but are also weaker than the average glutton, try to avoid headshots or blowing these up to not spew damaging acid all over the ground.They absorb a ton of damage and deal ground slams if they get too close, so save your secondary shots/ grenade/ rocket launchers to take them out quickly. Bricks are giant reptilian like bipedal creature which try to disguise their appearance by hiding inside the rocks you can see around on the ground, though you can tell which ones they are inside by the size and shape of the rock being much taller.They are also very resilient able to absorb damage except on their heads, always try to go for headshots to take them out in an instant. Harvesters are able to output a lot of damage very quickly with their slicers and run slightly faster than you can and can do a short leap to close distance, though they can be juked by strafing around them while they perform the leap.Harvesters and Bricks are devastating melee enemies which can only appear in this zone, along with acid pools for environmental hazards and more verticality than Icarus as well as more open spaces can make getting good footing can be just as intense as fighting. The Black Canyon is the second zone of the game and is a step up in difficulty compared to Icarus. If you get a modification you don't like you can scrap it at benches to restore your weapon and for extra scrap.ĬAN'T GET ENOUGH OF YOU, BABY requires you to beat Black Canyon by reaching The Burbs. Weapon modification stations are the most common in Icarus, starting in Icarus is really beneficial for these.Keep an eye on the ceilings and walls, stalkers are commonly found clinging to these and will try to drop on top of you to deal damage and then chase you down to deal even more.

There are also armoured gluttons who protect their heads from a single hit before going down, you can take them down quicker by aiming for their legs/ body. Gluttons are standard enemies you'll see everywhere in the game who love to chase you down and melee you to death, they go down with a single headshot from anything and are not particularly strong by them selves but can be dangerous in swarms.If needed you can lure enemies into narrow corridors and pick them off as they come in, make sure you are ready to handle the enemies or have an escape plan though, getting cornered due to overconfidence is a easy way to lose a ton of hp or even die.Icarus is the most enclosed area in the game, with plenty of narrow corridors and ship fires around the place, weapons that work well in close quarters are that much more effective here.The Icarus is the first zone of the game and is relatively easy going compared to the rest of it, but you can still get cornered and whittled down so you still need to play relatively well for this. WALKIN' ON THE SUN requires you to beat Icarus by reaching the Black Canyon.

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