Metal Max Returns (Part 7)

     I still haven't finished it, but I did get further.  Once again, I had to take an extended break to be Dad.  That's pretty much how it's going to be for me every other week.

     Anyway...

     Where was I?  Oh yeah, Eden.  A town south of Sol over some mountains that's made up of railroad cars and abandoned track.  Really not much to see here, just resupply, etc.  I thought there would be more to it, but no.  (It reminded me of a Nomad Camp from the game Wasteland.  In fact, a lot of this game has elements that remind me of Wasteland.)

     To the south was another tunnel in which I found some more useful stuff (I think) and also this guy:

     Once again, in tanks against an armored foe + piercing shells = easy win.  No much of a problem.  The whole tunnel system was sort of easy and linear, and opened up on the other side to a large radio tower on a small island.

     The radio tower was kind of cool.  It seemed like a diversion away from the endless enemy encounters, featuring things like a robot that offered for you to play some sort of game to win a prize, jukeboxes that you could use to change the music, and one floor of  the tower had a series of automated wax celebrity exhibits.  Yes, seriously.

A famous gymnast..

Also -

Michael Jackson, with Romeo and Juliet in the background.

     To get to the top floor I had to figure out some sort of puzzle that involved pushing a lady in front of a wax Dracula, and rescuing a wax Marilyn Monroe for some guy who was squatting in a back room.  C'mon dude, she's wax.

     On the top floor were several elderly people that had walled themselves off from the world and asked simple things concerning life outside the tower.  I also managed to get access to a large laser system that I'm guessing is launched from a satellite.  It was added to my PDA computer-thing, I have no idea how to use it, every time I try it tells me I can't use it wherever I am.  Still sounds cool though.

     I went back to the desert area, hoping to find more of the slow walker turtle guys, and discovered a building to the east walled off in trees, forcing me to enter on foot.  It was like an abandoned factory with several conveyor belts, one of which dropped me several floors down through a chute.  (The game seems to have no falling damage.)  At the bottom, I got attacked by this guy:

     I'm guessing that I was supposed to find this guy earlier on, as I rocked his ass.  Two of my guys were equipped with Bazookas, and the soldier girl was equipped with some ridiculous pair of rocket-propelled boxing gloves.  He was done in a few rounds.  I explored my way back out, found a few more cool things, and went back to the tanks.

     Completely forgetting that I now had the code to open Hell's Gate, I hit up Canabelle next, the town surrounded by water, and bothered all the townsfolk hoping to get a better picture of the buildings to the north.  Someone did tell me that there was another tank up there somewhere, but the real talk of the town was that some kid named Henry sure did like to set fires.  Also, some other kid sure liked to beat him up.  Whatever, dude.  I wanted that tank.

     The buildings to the north were a pain in the ass.  (Or rather, one was.  There are 2 buildings, one of which was walled off.)  I was getting attacked like every 10 seconds and it just became super tedious, I found myself running from more than half the shit due to not wanting to be bothered.  I was able to find sleeping zombie soldiers, and some cool new armor, some kind of tomato gun for the tanks, and, oh yeah, another tank.  It took awhile to find it, and since I had to find it on foot, I had to juggle tanks to be able to get them all back to town.  (I have a tank in tow at all times.  See, the tanks have a computer system that you can turn on to have them assist when unmanned.  In this case I have a backup tank with an "ambush" system activated, and it helps in combat.  It's also helpful for carrying heavy tank equipment that you find.)

The white tank is the new one

      There was an exit just past where I found the new tank that led to the second building.  Inside was a robot, and a scientist guy that offered to make me some kind of weapon if I brought him some lenses.  I hope I did not pass any, I did find one, but that was a while back..  Shit.

     Meanwhile, back in Canabelle, all hell was breaking loose.  Several people were standing about, looking to the east.  While I was away, the forest was set on fire.  The pyro kid Henry claimed it wasn't him, but the bully kid wasn't having it, vowing to beat him up.  I went to investigate, and sure enough...

     I was able to put the fire out by using something called a "hydro pot".  Some sort of device that shoots into the air and makes it rain.  Removing the forest here made a clear path to the beginning city, and also uncovered another warehouse.

     And that's where I took a break.  I sure hope I'm reaching the end soon.  The stats for my character seem to indicate that I only have 3 more "boss guys" to kill.  I know one of them is that guy with the guitar.  We'll see.

HuckleCat