Sneak Preview: Darkwatch
Walkthrough 1: The Wrong Train

From the Darkwatch Official Strategy Guide
published by BradyGames

INITIAL OBJECTIVE
Tonight's robbery is going to make you a rich man. Fight your way to the treasure car and blow open the safe.

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Figure 1: This level introduces you to Jericho Cross. The first half of the level is a tutorial to familiarize you with the controls and your environment. As the game's opening cutscene ends, you find yourself on the eve of your biggest train heist. You begin the level in one of the train's cargo cars.

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Figure 2: Walk forward to the door at the end of the car. To the left of the door are two revolvers. Ordinarily, you only need to touch a weapon to pick it up. But, you have full ammo for your revolver, so ignore them for now.
When you walk up to the door, you can see that it is locked. Use your melee attack to break the lock and open the door.

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Figure 3: The next car holds several cannons that are being shipped to the Darkwatch stronghold. The barrels of the cannon are at head height, which means that you need to duck under them to proceed. Move under the two cannons here, then run through the door into the next car.

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Figure 4: The third car holds more artillery bound for the train's final destination. In this case, turret barrels block your way. Jump over the barrels to bypass them. Ignore the dead bodies on the ground and head through the door to the next car.

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Figure 5: This car is empty except for a half-eaten horse, which neighs eerily as you walk past it. To the right of the door, just past the stable car, are two more revolvers.

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Figure 6: In the next car, you get your first taste of action. It's a giant refrigerator car with frozen carcasses hanging from the ceiling. At the opposite end of it is a Reaper, feasting on the body of a Darkwatch Regulator. Don't rush into the car, or the Reaper will get up and charge you. Set your aim and start shooting at it from afar. Once you hit it, it runs up to attack. You need to hit the Reaper several times to kill it; if it gets close, use your melee attacks to finish it off.

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Figure 7: There is a Blood Canteen lying next to the dead Regulator's body. Pick it up to replenish any health you lost while fighting the Reaper. Go to the next car. Inside, you see two Reapers hacking apart a Darkwatch Regulator. Start firing as soon as you enter. This way, you have a chance to kill at least one before they reach you. You won't be able to survive concentrated attacks from both of them. If they get too close, use your melee attacks to finish them off.

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Figure 8: Once both Reapers have been killed, a dying Regulator walks through the door from the next car. Just before he collapses to the ground, he gives you his weapon: a Redeemer. This particular gun is quite an upgrade from the pistol that you have been using up to this point.

 

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