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Also please realize that I am not hiding cheats or any other information, i.e. everything I know about Messiah is in this guide. If you see any mistakes, or have anything that you want to add please email me! I will, of course, give you full credit for your addition, and be eternally grateful to you. Before emailing me with a question, be sure to check out the Frequently Asked Questions section. _______________ .--------------------========= N O T E S =========-------------------------. | ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ | | The most recent version of this FAQ can be found at: | | http://www.gamefaqs.com/ | | | | If you are a webmaster and wish to post this on your web page, please email | | me first. And if you do post this FAQ on your site, please make an attempt | | to keep it up to date. There is nothing worse than getting emails from | | people who saw an old version asking about things that are already in the | | newer versions. Well, maybe there are worse things, but it IS annoying! | | | | Want to try the Demo before buying? Here it is: | | | | http://messiahworld.telefragged.com/files/messiah.exe | | | | This FAQ looks best in Courier New at about 9 points. | '--------------------=================================-------------------------' ___________________ What's New in 0.41: ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ - Added the Cheat Section to the Appendix Still to Do: Finish the Walkthrough, Fill in the Weaponry and People Appendices, Anything else! For a complete Version History, check out the Final Words Section at the end of the FAQ. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Table of Contents: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- i. Introduction ii. The Fine Art of the Possession iii. Combat iv. General Strategies Walkthrough 1. Shipping Sector 2. Old Town 3. The Outskirts 4. The Sewers 5. The Laboratory 6. Warehouse Frequently Asked Questions Appendices A. Weaponry B. People (whom Bob can Possess) C. Cheats Final Words... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- i. Introduction -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Earth has changed. It smells bad and looks worse than it smells. The law has a new doctrine of moral and physical brutality, inspired by a new regime of money, technology, and myth. The leaders of the Earth no longer care about the people; Even knowledge and personality are just a dollar symbol away. Life is a cheap commodity, and after hundreds of years the people have sadly adopted this philosophy as their religion and government. "Science breathes a new life in this world. Computers crackle their optical and biological nerves to serve their creators, unlocking the world's mysteries. All of this new information is pumped directly in the minds of the dictators they serve giving them superhuman intellect. Here they are born into a new state of mind and life. "Give me mankind's greatest thoughts and I will crush them." These words spoken from Earth's new leader, informally known as Father Prime. These minds no longer serve the people; people that they could design and manufacture themselves. Like those given too much power, they serve only themselves by seeking knowledge obetyond science itself, into scientific myth. It is in this new study that they focus their greatest energies. The quest has driven them deep into the universe and beyond, leading to the undeniable proof of the existence of Heaven, God, and Hell. Which one do you think they want to try to control first? Hence our story. "Somewhere on the dark side of the moon is a facility built by the Fathers. There, they've constructed a portal leading to Hell and to Satan himself. The Fathers have theorized that God is too pwerful and won't easily be bargained with therefore leaving Satan who should prove an easier subject to aquatint with and to study. If you can control Satan, you can control God; or so they postulate. They also ponder the following. If you can control both Heaven and Hell where does that put you? Just like anything scientific, immortal beings also are bound by the laws of the universe, those laws that God has made for himself. These laws are the weakness that the Fathers intend to exploit. "Of course God knows of the Father's intentions. God's defense is conceived and put forth... "Bob. "Bob is taken to Earth and given a soul, and has not a clue about what is really going on. God's creations -- the infinity of the universe, life and souls -- those are the tools God has been using since the beginning of time and his gift of a soul, usually devoid in angels, is all he needs to give Bob. This is how God works... The Fathers know that God plans destiny. What God doesn't know is tat the Fathers know through their technology what God has destined, thus making it easy for them to work out their own strategy and plan for God's destiny. "This leaves Bob in an unfamiliar world. His only defense is that not only does he have a human soul, but he is also an angel and a spirit. This state allows him to enter the organic bodies of the living and control them. Destiny is planned, for only God knows your true fate, including Bob's. "Bob will serve God's need, conveyed through his given soul. Despite God's guidance, Bob follows his own path, directed by his freewill and assisted by his soul. God plans to acquire knowledge about the Fathers; knowledge that they have learned to keep secret from Him. Little does God know that his plan has already been anticipated by the Fathers who have taken steps to guide Bob's destiny towards their own goals. So God is doomed to lose to a new order of life, and we all know you can't change destiny...right? "Right Bob? "We shall see..." -- From the Messiah Manual, Prologue, Pg. 3 Mini-Review: ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ -- to be completed later! -- System Requirements: ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Windows 95/98 DirectX 7.0a Required (You MUST have DirectX 7 or the game won't run) Pentium II 233 3D Accelerator Card 64MB RAM Microsoft Direct Sound Compliant Sound Card Microsoft Compatible Mouse Keyboard Installation Space Required - 600MB RECOMMENDED SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Pentium II 300 PCI or AGP 3D Accelerator Card with 16MB RAM Try to have about 300MB free on your hard drive when playing the game. Close ALL OTHER PROGRAMS before running Messiah. To speed up your disk access speed, do a disk defragment after installing the game (Click on Start->Programs->Accessories->System Tools-> Disk Defragmenter) Play the game using 16 bit color mode selected in the OPTIONS->VIDEO menu... You will generally find an overall performance improvement on nearly every video card. Remember to un-install the Messiah DEMO before installing the FULL MESSIAH game. Some information in these first few sections somewhat overlaps what is in the Messiah Game Manual. If you have thoroughly read the manual, you may not even need to read these sections at all, though there are some useful tips here. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ii. The Fine Art of the Possession -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Most of Messiah revolves around Bob's ability to possess mere mortals, and make them do what he needs to get done. That doesn't make it an EASY thing to pull off, plus, when you De-possess, the previous occupant of the body tends to get angry at you for some reason. The Basics: ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ To possess someone you must jump into their back. Accomplishing this without them killing you is the trick. The best way to do this is to make sure you aren't noticed to begin with. So, first find the person you wish to possess, then watch them for a moment to see what they're up to. You would be in the most advantageous position if you could get them to walk away from you with their back to you. Once their back is to you, make your move and possess them. The actual act of possession isn't that difficult, do a quick little jump into their back, and the game is pretty forgiving by letting you in fairly easily. Note: Where you can possess a body from depends on the difficulty setting in your game. If you set it to "Disciple" (easy) then you can possess them from anywhere, "Prophet" (normal) can do it anywhere from the back, and "Messiah" (hard) can only do it from a small patch in the back. For the purposes of this section, I say you have to go in the back, but that really depends on how you set your game! Wouldn't it be great if it was always that easy? Well, it isn't! There are two wrinkles to throw into this mix: One, you have to switch to new people in order to get to certain places (such as you need to get through a Door that only a Commander can open), and Two, when you depossess someone they tend to attack you. Which means that the body you start out in, isn't the body you will end out in. Depossessing without getting killed: Some people when depossessed don't do anything bad to Bob, they merely go back to what they were doing. However... some people (those who are likely to not like Bob anyway, such as Cops) will lash out at you. Note: Not everyone will attack Bob, for example, a Welder will just be a little curious. But a Cop will attack. Of course, just because they aren't attacking doesn't make what they are doing any better. Say you need to possess someone, and they notice you and keep looking at you trying to figure you out. Hard to possess them then. Simply hide somewhere until the excitement wears off, and the person goes back to what they were doing. Then set up another possession, and try not to be seen this time. People who have just been possessed tend to act unkindly towards poor little Bob, usually trying to kill him. Even if you possess a new body, they will still be attacking you, despite the fact that you are hiding in a new body, proabably because they saw you go in. Note: When you first possess someone, others in the area can see this, and may react with deadly force! So the moment you depossess someone (by using the BACKSPACE key usually), you have a second or two that they are disoriented. Use that time effectively to possess someone else! This is best done by optimally placing yourself before you depossess. Sneak up behind your Mark, depossess, and run into the new guy. Of course your old guy may still hate you and could try to kill you, but you're now in a body and can take a hit or two. So here are some ideas on keeping the old body from being a threat: - Before depossessing jump off a somewhat high ledge and break its legs. Once that is done, depossess and it can't harm you as it can't walk any more. - Doors make great barriers, so open a door, depossess and go through. The door closes, and it won't follow you. - Get the body killed, and Bob will pop out relatively unharmed. Of course, if you get yourself in a gunfight, Bob will pop out in a hail of bullets and might get quickly killed that way. You could try dropping off a higher ledge, or exploding something. (DO NOT DO THIS on the hardest level!) Before taking any FINAL MEASURES (i.e. killing) be absolutely sure that you won't need that body anymore. Don't want to kill it to find out that you needed it for something! For a list of the bodies that Bob can possess go down to Appendix B. People (whom Bob can Possess). Tip: If you need to enter a Hostile Person who is already alerted to your presence, try this out: Run straight at them, and under their legs. Then while you are under there, jump, and press back a little to get possess them. Tip: When you enter a person while Bob is injured, Bob siphons off as much of their life as he needs to get back to 100. This is a great feature to keep Bob alive, just hop into a new body, but not so great if it hurts the host body too much. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- iii. Combat -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Combat in Messiah varies wildly depending on who Bob happens to be inhabiting at that moment. Bob can't actually fight himself (he can certainly pretend to though), so you have to depend on the body that you are in for your fighting skills. Note: A human in "Combat Mode" is a suspicious looking guy, others will tend to be more likely to shoot him, than if you aren't in Combat Mode. So unless you are already under attack (or know that you need to kill someone) don't enter combat mode. To enter Combat Mode press the Fire button once (usually the SPACE key or the left mouse button) and to exit Combat Mode press the Action button once (which is usually the ENTER key). Note: Bob himself has no fighting skills, although he does a great impersonation! (He makes his hand into a gun, and says "bang", but this is useless!) So unless you're in a Body, don't bother with it. Unarmed Combat: ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ There are three ways to attack someone without any weapons, punch, kick, and choke. By far the most useful of these is the Choke. This is done by sneaking up behind someone, pressing and holding the attack button. If done right, you choke them, keep holding it and they'll die. Armed Combat: ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Guns, obviously, and not much to say about it. Cops have a Sniper Mode (press + to zoom in and - to zoom out, or use your mouse wheel) which can be used to do a one shot kill. Aim at the poor soul, and wait for the Skull icon to appear. You can get the skull icon outside of sniper mode as well, but usually not. Also, always trade up in weaponry. If you have a Pump Gun, take the Machine Gun, and so forth. There are some points in the game where you really need (as much as you NEED anything in this game) one specific weapon, and that will be noted in the walkthrough. Bob Combat: ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Bob can't really fight himself, but he can do some really neat tricks. There is the old Possession trick. When fighting superior numbers you are going to get your body killed (unless you have superious weaponry), so don't bother keeping it alive (unless you are on the hard level and Bob dies when his host body dies), once the body is dead, jump Bob immediately into the Body of the nearest person. Possession is quite easy to accomplish when done in a crowd of people, even if they're hostile. Just jump into the crowd, and you're almost guaranteed to land in someone. Once you're in the new body, try to waste some of the rest of the crowd, but don't worry if you don't. Once this body gets killed, go to the next, and so forth. Try to minimize Bob's time outside of a body, if you can, as he is extremely vulnerable this way. Tip: If you can, try to keep one enemy undamaged to be your FINAL body, the one that you will take to the next area if you can. This strategy is pretty much the only one you have to deal with large numbers of enemies when you can't seem to shoot your way out of it. It also is surprisingly difficult to pull off, and may take several attempts. So make sure that you have a Save Game somewhere nearby, and if you lose, or win but not well enough (a very wounded body is near useless) reload and try again. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- iv. General Strategies -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note: These are just my ideas, but I think they work well! Don't be Rambo! ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Most of Messiah is getting around without having to kill everything that moves. This isn't Quake. You should try to get past people without shooting them. This is a fairly sound idea as the enemies tend to have pretty good aim, and fairly decent weapons. And unless you are in a really good body, you won't be able to withstand much punishment. So normally what I do is sneak around. Possess a body, and hide in it until you have a good reason to switch bodies. Let them Kill each other ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Cops and Chots don't mix, so if you find yourself being attacked by one, and the other is also present, let them fight it out. A slight change to this is if you are in the body of a Cop (or a Chot) and you see a Chot, you depossess, and let them fight it out while you find some place to hide. Then you find the winner and possess. Flying ŻŻŻŻŻŻ Bob can't really Fly, he falls with style. To do a Higher Jump, press the Jump button, then hit it repeatedly to get more air. This is useful when you have to get up to something, but not terribly useful if you need to go across to something. Which brings us to the Long Jump. Run, Jump, and keep Flapping until you reach your goal. Keep in mind that you won't get very far doing this, and may need to find another way to get across to your goal. Finally there is Gliding, which is to Jump, and hold down the jump key. This is best when you need to slowly descend from a high point to a low point. Save Often! ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Not only should you save often so as to avoid an untimely demise, but you should save strategically as well. By this I mean that when you first start a level, create a LEVEL SAVE. This save you keep no matter what. Save this in the very bottom slot. If you really screw up on the level and need to restart, you'll always have your LEVEL SAVE. Keep this save as long as you like. At the top of the Saves have your Default Saves. Rotate among the top three or four slots. So the first time use the top slot, then the second slot, then the third, then back to the first. This way if you screw up a little, you can go back a little, rather than simply restarting the level. Also I would make the saves something like this. For your level saves, name them "Level 1" or "Level 2" or whatever. Then on your rotating regular saves do it like this "Level 1 - Got a gun 1" or "Level 1 - Killing Goons 2" Notice that I number the rotating saves. This allows you to know instantly which was the last save made. (although the game does add a time to each save, I find this more convenient) Another really good motivation for saving often is that the game will often crash without warning. ================================================================================ WALKTHROUGH ================================================================================ Some things to remember about this walkthrough. First, there is no auto map in the game, nor is there a compass. That means that I can't say "go north" and know that you know what I mean. What I can do is to say "go right", but this depends on you having already followed the walkthrough up to that point. To help with this I'm going to try to mention Landmarks as often as possible, to help keep everyone on the same page. So I might say "go right, and forward to the big door" or something similar. This is a sequential walkthrough (i.e. "Do this, then do that"), and is full of spoilers, if this bothers you, read no further! Levels end when you fight a BIG BATTLE or have something otherwise climactic happen. There aren't really any "levels" in the game, these are completely made up. I just end them when you seem to have accomplished something. Finally if this walkthrough is incomplete, check http://www.gamefaqs.com to see if there is a newer (i.e. complete) version out. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Shipping Sector -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note: At various places in this area you will be given "tutorial help", when you find an object, it tells you what to do with it. This can be quite helpful. Body: Light Cop Choose your difficulty, watch the beginning movie, and off we go! You will find yourself already possessing the body of a Light Cop. Play around with the controls a little until you feel comfortable to go on. Be sure to try out the Sniper feature (using the + and - keys). You can't actually sniper anyone yet as you don't have a gun. There is a locked door behind you that you can't open until you possess a Commander. Walk forward towards the horizontal red bars, they lock a door. Turn around. On your right side will be a set of crates shaped somewhat like stairs, jump up them (CTRL). Here there is a tall thin box, press your ACTION key (ENTER), and it will activate the self destruct on it. Run forward around the box, and down to the ground, then run all the way to the door and wait for the explosion. Return and pick up your Gun (ENTER). To get some extra ammo for your gun, stand a ways away from the other Box Crate here (not the small crates, the BIG one), and shoot it once with your gun. It will explode (which is why you stood far away from it!) and reveal the ammo. Standing facing the Locked Door (the one with the lasers in front of it) turn right, go forward, right again, and up the stairs. On the stairs you will get a message to press F5, do it to get a mysterious message: "You have come! If it's true, then my prayers have been answered. You are the one... You will set this planet free of its tyranny... And I will help you. I am in a dark place... But I can see through your eyes and the eyes of others. I will do my best to guide you by sharing what I know, and what I steal from the minds of the weak. "As a mortal you must learn how to survive in this world. Become comfortable with your new surroundings... I will contact you soon and move you in the right direction. "You must trust me... The past has seen me at the pinnacle of this world's power. But I have been cast down and great evil has taken my place..." Finish going up the stairs and onto the bridge. There is a moving cigarette vending machine here, (stop to listen to it, it's very funny, the Stinger at the bottom of the FAQ has some of what it says) ignore it. Past that is a welder working on some boxes. Walk up to the boxes and press ENTER, quickly back away, and the boxes will blow up revealing the door behind. The blown crate also leaves some AMMO, go get it. Go up to the door and open with ENTER. Note: The blast also kills the Welder, causing him to drop his welding torch (see Appendix A. Weaponry). Don't bother getting this weapon, as your gun is much better. To your right is a sealed room, that you can't get into until you get a Radiation Worker, and to your left is a passage. Down the passage a ways is another Light Cop. As long as your weapon isn't drawn, you can run/walk past the Cop and he won't care, after all you're -- for all he knows -- a Cop too. Past this Light Cop the passage continues (there are also stairs up, but we can't go there yet) to the left. Note: This Cop represents a good opportunity to practice killing people! Drop your weapon behind the crates here, then walk behind the guard. When you get close to him, press the WEAPON FIRE to enter Combat Mode and press and HOLD the WEAPON FIRE button to choke the Cop to death. Of course, save before trying this. Why do this? Practice! There will be times where you will need this skill, may as well learn it here. For best results, after you succeed at it, reload and try to do it again. Don't forget to retrieve your gun (not the Cops) after doing it, though. Tip: If the Cop turns around to talk to you (commenting about having to look for a Baby), stop, wait, then take a step back. Wait for him to turn back around then walk up to him again. Holding down SHIFT and walking helps reduce noise which could turn him around. Tip: Choking people in this fashion is a SILENT DEATH, in that it won't bring the guards in the area dashing towards you guns blazing. If you had shot and killed the Cop, then they would have. Go past the cop, then turn left. Go down the stairs, and you will see a sign that says "Navigational Control". Turn left to see a scientist at a console. Behind that scientist is another scientist hiding in the background. Here's where things could get sticky. What we need to do is to ditch the Light Cop, and get into this Scientist. But if the Light Cop sees the Possession take place, he'll open fire. So go behind the barrels to where the scientist is hiding. You want to be on the dark side of the scientist by the wall (rather than out in the open). Save it here. Now face the Light Cop away from the Scientist (point him at the wall, or anywhere else), and depossess (BACKSPACE). Now quickly go over and into the scientist (to possess, if you forget, you jump into the person's back, so walk up to him and press CTRL). If it works, you won't get shot! Tip: Since you're ditching a Body, disarm him first! This is a prudent measure since he becomes hostile the second you leave him. (Well... after his disorientation wears off) Body: Scientist If you want, go back to the other scientist, who wants you to take over for him at the console. Do so, and press ENTER by it. Alarms sound, and guards rush in guns blazing... at the OTHER scientist! Don't ask why, just be glad. Note: In case you're wondering, the door behind the scientists leads back to the first room, but we've been there, and don't need to go back. Go back to the first Light Cop we saw, more specifically to the stairs by him that I told you to ignore, well this time go up them. Tip: Although the guard you killed here still has his gun, don't be tempted to take it. Guards don't see anything wrong when a Light Cop (possessed by you) walks by them, but they start firing (eventually) if they see a scientist walk by them armed. Follow this walkway past a couple guards. At the end of the walkway is a locked door. Step on the pad in front of the door to open it. Note: If you managed to get your scientists killed off, there is another way to open this door. Shoot the crates by the door for a large explosion which takes out the doors lock allowing you to get through. Or you can get through with just Bob. Notice how the top of the forcefield is green while the rest is red? Have Bob climb the crates and flap his way through the green part. I would heavily NOT recommend these methods as they are quite hazardous to your health! Note: Although it says "Laser Deactivated for 5 Secs", it only means that if you don't go through the door. If you just stand there, in 5 secs it reactivates. If you go through it stays out forever. If it does reactivate just step on it again. To your right is a bright green door, that is the Barracks. Inside you can find a Yellow Weapons Dispenser at the far end. That gives you a neato Flamethrower (see Appendix A. Weaponry). Don't get it yet, as a Scientist you'll get shot if you take it. At the end of the room is a scientist standing by another console, called ACCESS CONTROL. Use it (ENTER) to unlock Gate 4. Return to where you got the Scientist body, and once down the stairs turn right and open Gate 4. At the top of the next door is the word STERILIZE. Wait here and be sterilized, once that's done, you will be given access to the next door. Go to it and open it (ENTER). When you enter the tunnel, you will be given another briefing (F5): "A mad inhuman dictator known as Father Prime is at the nucleus of the great shadow that hangs over us. "Do whatever it takes to get to him. He controls the people from his technology center near the entrance to the main city. You can access the center from the laboratory that feeds it. I can lead you there, Bob. But you must stay hidden... Use the darkness and hide in the skin of others. The people of this world have no faith and they will fear you and attack you. They are misdirected by years of oppression. You must help them despite themselves and see to the demise of Father Prime... or he will see that the Planet consumes itself." You can't get into the tunnel, so follow the path to the right. Here there is a door (Gate 5) and some stairs to the right of that. The stairs are barred by lasers, but you can get around that by using the crates to the right. On the top crate is a Machine Gun (Appendix A. Weaponry), but avoid it if you are still a scientist. Now jump from here onto the stairs. Go up the stairs and down the passage. There is a gate here that opens and closes. Go through. There is a Light Cop here on a balcony. Walk the scientist to the left side of the balcony, facing away from the cop. Then depossess, and jump into the Cop. Body: Light Cop Now here's where things get tricky (which means that you MUST save here). To the left of the balcony is a ledge that we need to get to, but there's no way to make that jump. But Bob could fly there. So here's what we do. Position the Cop on the rail, and have him jump off slightly to the left, (he'll fall to his death below, otherwise he'd shoot you here) now with Bob flap your wings (CTRL) over to the ledge. If you miss it, there are some smaller ledges below it that you can jump onto to climb up. Careful of the steam, though. Body: Bob You'll be overlooking another drop into a large room with some fans in it. Drop into the room, flapping occasionally to keep from getting squished. The game gives you a hint about the fans (that they help you fly higher). Drop all the way to the floor. This is a fairly standard puzzle (I saw one similar in Drakan). Step onto the middle floorplate, and press ENTER. Then go to the right floorplate, and press ENTER twice. What does this do? Moves the Fans into a climbing position, which will allow Bob to fly higher! Now climb the ledges in the room to where you can see the lowest fan. Jump over the fan, keep yourself directly over the fan and flap your way up to where you are as high as you can get, then fly over to the second fan, and so on until you reach the top. Here there are some Radiation Workers, possess one. Body: Radiation Worker This room has 4 floorplates. Step on each one, and press ENTER to reactivate each console. Once that's done the power will be restred and the room will turn Blue. (The room is kinda divided in two halves, with each half having 2 consoles) Careful not to fall back down or your Radiation Worker will die. Note: One of the Radiation Workers has a big set of Tongs, which can be used to pick up the Radioactive Thingie (it's floating by one of the consoles). If you take this thing outside of this room, it will slowly kill anyone not in a radiation suit. Find the door marked "Exit", and open it with ENTER. This is an elevator. Walk over to the console in here, and press and hold ENTER and DOWN to get the elevator moving down to the basement. Eventually the elevator will stop, open the door, and notice the pool of... goo. Head right towards the EXIT sign, and open the door that is just to the left of the sign. Go through the door into a small passage. Open the next door and enter the room. There's a tank... thing here along with some Medium Cops. Work your way around to the right, and to the center with the tank. Depossess your current body, and take over the Worker. Note: If you go near the Medium Cops they'll shoot you, despite being in the Radiation Worker's body. Note: If the Worker wanders off, don't worry, he'll come back to the center. Remember that we don't want the Guards to see the possession. Body: Worker Now walk (or run) past the guards. They'll turn towards you, but won't fire. If you watched the worker work on his own, he often comes over here to fix things. Wait for the guards to turn their backs again, then depossess and possess the Commander. Body: Commander Quick couple things, go to the ACCESS CONTROL and press ENTER to unlock Gate 5. Then step on the floor panel (it's red) to the right to see a transmission telling you to do something. Note: The Commander has a Secondary Weapon (press C instead of SPACE to use the Grenades), which if you want, you can use against the two Guards here. Throw the grenades at them, then collect the Machine Gun. This isn't necessary if you still have that Machine Gun back on the crates. (in the tunnel by the other side of Gate 5) So, now go around the walkway around the tank to Gate 5, open it, and get another briefing: "Century old strife continues between Father Prime's police force and the underground sewer dwellers known as the Chots. When Father Prime assumed power, a group of separatist dwellers took to the underground to resist his tyranny. Since the Chots dropped from mainstream society they have been clashing with Father Prime's troops in an effort to overthrow him. They are an ally of your cause, but will not recognize you as such. Fear them... 100 years of living underground has changed them... to something other than human... "They fight with little provocation. They eat their own. Their goal is no longer visible in their poisoned minds, only the means by which they set out to accomplish it so many years ago. You will meet them soon. Convince a Commander to return to Gate 2..." Get the machine gun if you left it here. Go back through Gate 4, get sterilized again, then through to Navigation Control (where the Scientists were). Note: If you want, go back to the Barracks to get the Flamethrower. It's up the stairs, right, then up the next stairs, all the way down, and into the next room, then right into the Barracks. Go to the end of the Barracks onto the yellow floor pad, press ENTER, and get the Flamethrower. Go through Gate 3 to get to the room you started in. Now we can open the locked door that we passed by earlier, since you are now a Commander. This is the Gate 2 that was mentioned in your briefing. Save it here, and then open the door. Also I would ARM (press SPACE once) before opening. Once Gate 2 is opened, you will be attacked by Chots! These mean buggers will take you down quick, so make sure to duck for cover as quick as possible. Tip: This battle can be very tough, and could be over in a second if you do it wrong. Here's what I would do. As soon as you touch the floor panel to open the door, throw the first grenade (press C), then back away from the door to close it. Then open the door again, and throw another grenade. Now walk forward and clear out any survivors. This could take a few attempts to get right (i.e. survive!) Inside the new room to the right is another Chot with a Harpoon Gun. Run behind the Large Crate, and from there jump to the smaller crate behind it. From where you now stand, this Chot can't hit you. Throw your grenades at him to kill him. Once he is dead, the real fun begins, as two waves of Chots descend upon you! These guys are pretty nasty, so you may as well give up any hope of keeping the Commander alive. What I did was fought with one body till it was toast, then jumped to the next one and fought with it. There are some neat weapons in here such as the Harpoon Gun, the Maimer, and a Bazooka! Once all the Chots are dead, the big doors that the Harpoon Gunner was blocking can be opened, and this level is completed! "Presently, Chots are invading Old Town. Prime's forces have evoked martial law and riot gates block many routes through the city. Bypass the gates and reach the outskirts by travelling through the inner network of labs and officer quarters that connect to the outer streets." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Old Town -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Body: Chot, or Commander whichever survived First thing's first, if you are in a Chot, let's ditch that body and get a Riot Cop. So, turn left, and go down the way. The Riot Cops are behind the boxes by the door. Get next to them, and ditch the Chot, then immediately get into one of the Cop's, and let him get killed, then get into the last Cop. Body: Riot Cop Note: You might want to get aquainted with the skills of the Riot Cop here, he's different from the other people we've been so far. When he crouches, (press D) he uses a shield to protect him from weapons, but he can't actually use guns, he fights hand to hand only. We're on the "left" end of the street, go down the "right" end. There is a Domina behind a shield, but she shouldn't shoot you as a Riot Cop. As you get closer, a cutscene interupts as some Chots appear in the area. Use the Riot Cops shield to keep them from hitting you, then beat them to a pulp. You'd be surprised how easy this can be. Tip: If you can keep close to the Domina behind the Shield, she'll help you by shooting at the Chots. Note: In case you are wondering what that flying droid is doing, it's vaporizing the dead bodies. Now, in front of the Domina is a Crate with a hand print on it, go up and press ENTER. Back off and let it explode. Now go forward and let her kill the Riot Cop, once that's done, possess her. Body: Domina (or Riot Cop, or Chot, or Light Cop) Note: There are a great many ways to proceed in this part of the game. One thing to try would be to jump into the hole that the Chots came out of, and possess a rat there. Then go back to where the Riot Cops were and walk under the forcefield. It doesn't keep rats out. Or if you have the Bazooka you can blast the forcefield to pieces. Of course, you will get attacked that way. The way I do it just seems to be more fun. Now on the right side is a lift, jump onto it and press ENTER. At the top of the lift, turn right, and there will be a console. Use the console and you will be in a Gun Turret. Use the Turret to blast any enemies you see around, and then blast the barrier in front of the stairs. Press ENTER again to get out of the turret, and go back down the lift. Now run across the alley, and go right up the stairs. There is a Light Cop here. If you need to, steal his body. To the right is a door, open it and go through to get another briefing: "You are finding much resistence in your travels, I see. I'm sorry this has been difficult but you must prevail. Father Prime has betrayed his loyal subjects by making them the subjects of scientific experiments. For decades he has been scooping up the population for genetic manipulations. The creation of new biological products that defy description have given him power and knowledge that you can't imagine. "Just before you arrived, Bob, the Father's need for living human tissue had increased drastically for some reason. As the city's dwellers disappear, the cannibalistic Chots are now more driven by hunger as their main food supply is dwindling. The increased violence it has spawned will hinder your travel." Welcome to the Meat Grinder! Ahead and to your right is a console (which I call the "first console"), and straight ahead of you is the actual grinder itself. What we need to do here is to fill the meat grinder. You need to drop in 4 people into the Grinder. Don't ask. So start with the body you came in with, then possess the worker and throw him in. Now have Bob go up the stairs, then around the narrow pathway towards the scientists above the grinder. Possess the scientist at the console, and have him use the console (ENTER) to drop the other scientist into the grinder. And if necessary drop this scientist in as well. Here I waited for another Scientist to arrive, and then possessed him. Use the console again, and this time you drop through the floor. Since the grinder is now stopped, you don't die. Body: Scientist Go to the first console, and use it. This causes a barrel to rise out and go to the lift, and up. Climb up the stairs with your Scientist, and have him jump onto the barrel. This is easiest to do if you jump on the little metal bar that faces back out into the room. Now turn towards the left door (marked "incinerator") and to the left of that is a small ledge. Here's what to do. Have the Scientist jump, and in mid-air depossess, and have Bob flap his wings to get onto the ledge. You will likely be hanging on by your fingers, and have to pull yourself up. Body: Bob Walk along the ledge to a small switch, press it (ENTER) for the door to open, for seven seconds. Go inside (don't bother getting the Scientist back). Note: You can probably figure this out, but avoid the flames here, as they will kill you very quickly! Welcome to the incinerator! Jump onto the barrels, and from there onto the pipe. From here look back across the room to the small pipe. Now, jump, and FLAP over to that pipe. Turn around, now jump and FLAP to the ledge located just above the first pipe. On this ledge, jump and FLAP as high as you can get, then fly over to the next platform (located just to the left of you). Walk to the end of the pipe, jump and flap over to the next pipe. Repeat. Now jump and flap over to the area just above a previous pipe, there will be a ledge here for you to get on. Now below you is a narrow bridge over some killer water, so jump off and glide down careful to land on the bridge. Go down the bridge to a doorway on your left. Once you get there, it automatically opens and lets you in. On the left wall is a small ledge, follow it until it ends. Now look down over the ledge, and you will see a glass walkway beneath you, float down to it. You are now perfectly positioned in the room to plan whatever you want to do, I'd recommend possessing the Light Cop in the corner of the room, and going from there. Note: To kill the Medium Cop, there is a button right below his platform. Near where the Medium Cop was is a Lift, press the button to use it. Note: There are two buttons near the lift, the one we want to use is on a metal bar actually on the lift, as opposed to the other button which is on the wall. Ride the lift up, and open the door. There are two rats in here, possess one of them. Body: Rat While in the Rat we are in First Person perspective. Go into the tunnel, and follow it until you are given an overhead perspective. Welcome to the sewer (not sure what you would call this as it doesn't transport waste, it transports body parts). Note: The "water" here rises and lowers, and if you touch it, you die. Go over to the skeletal hand, and cross it (make sure that the "water" is low enough!), then follow the "land" until you reach the skeleton, cross that, and head for the next skeleton, cross that, then get over into the next rat tunnel. Go through this until you reach a ledge in a room. Wait for the Chot down there to not be paying attention, then depossess, and jump down and possess him. Body: Chot Jump onto the box and press ENTER to blow it to pieces. Get the grenades. Now you have access to a hole, jump out it and use the helicopter feature to float to safety. (press CTRL and hold CTRL!) You'll be in a similar room, jump out of it and into a warzone! Note: Right by where you exit is a powerless lift. This'll be important later. Chots and Cops are fighting it out here, so be sure to have your weapon put away, or everyone will fire at you. Just let them kill each other, that's what they're good at. To your right are a bunch of Light Cops, so we want to go left. At the end of the street there is a forcefield on your right that is blocking access to some stairs. This is our goal, however, the way to deactivate the field is in the Cop held territory. What I would do is wait for a few cops to rush into Chot territory, and find some cover. Let your "allies" kill them, and try to get better weaponry, such as a Machine Gun. Now rush into the Cop area, shooting anyone you find, but there should be only one or two since the others rushed over to attack. Take a left, and a right when the street ends. There is a plate of glass here that says "Do not break", well... Break it! Inside is a console, use it. Go back into Chot territory, and back to the Stairs, which are now accessible. Go up the stairs, but stay clear of the Plasma Door, a Cop in there can shoot at you. Toss a grenade at the boxes here, and back away to blow them to bits. Then strafe in, aiming at the door, and shoot the Cop. Jump onto the barrels, and from there jump across and into the room. Go down the little hall (notice the Anti-Bob message on the viewscreen) and press the button. Note: There are two weapon dispensers back in the room the Cop was in. One has a mere machine gun, while the other has a Bazooka! Go back, and press the button by the Door to open it and let yourself out. Head back to the Lift that I pointed out earlier, now it works, so get on it and use the button. Once up, go through the door and get another briefing: "Father Prime is meddling with fire... He and his 'scientists' are meddling in realms where they have no business. The experiments they have been conducting on the dark side of the moon will be their undoing. I can assure you there will be a reckoning... They have no idea what they have unleashed in their search for power. It is too late for them. Bob, but perhaps you.... and I... can put things right." Welcome to the Commander Console Room. There are two consoles here, both of which are to be used by Commanders only. And a staircase to the right leads to a door that can only be opened by Commanders. Anyway. Ahead and to the right of the consoles is a stack of boxes underneath a grate. Toss a grenade onto the boxes to blow out the grate. Then jump up the boxes and into the hole where the grate was. Tip: Leave your weapon in the Console room. You'll be coming back, but your current Body won't be! Note: If you lost your Body, then have Bob get up to the long rectangular box to the left of the Vent, then press ENTER on it to blow it. Now, get over to the platform (don't fall down!) and go to the end of it. In the middle of the platform is a grate, toss a grenade onto it to blow it out. Drop down, and get the Pak Gun here, you'll need it. If you need to, shoot out some glass here. Then jump out, and hold jump to glide down to the pipes below. Body: Commander Here you'll see the Commander taking a shower. To the left of that is the door. Wait for it to open, then go inside. Drop your weapon, and let the Commander kill the Chot, then possess the Commander. Once that's done, get the Gun. Tip: If you can destroy the locker by the "man" vidscreen you can deactivate the red forcefield and get a Bazooka. The only real way to do that would be to go into the next room, and possess the Commander with the Machine Gun, then go shoot it. However, that way you would have to kill at least 3 Commanders. Go into the next room. There are 3 Commanders here looking at a Big Blob thing on a vidscreen. Ignore the stairs, and go through the Big Door back to the Commander Console Room. There are two choices here, Offense (left) and Defense (right). Offense is a Bot that hovers near you and shoots when you shoot, Defense is a Bot that will attack nearby enemies. I'd take the Defense one. Go back to the Three Commanders, and take the Left Stairs up, and out. Here turn left, and go down the street. Note: You MUST keep a Commander alive in order to open the door! If you lose this one, go back and get another. Of course, once that's done, you might have to kill the others. Go through the right door, and down to the Console where you activate another Gun Turret. This time, the Guards notice you and will fire on you (when you get hit you will see a message like "75% Hull left"), take out the supports under the Yellow Shielded platforms to destroy those, then take out any of those ships. Once that's done aim at the force field near you and destroy it. Get out of the turret, and go down the walkway to the next door, and in. There is a Heavy and a Medium Cop here. If you are wounded, you should consider switching to one of them, but be prepared to fight. Or you could just shoot the crates and kill them that way, but you don't get a body to possess that way. Tip: I would definately try to get into that heavy cop, and here's how I would do it. Do a quick "back to back" swap into the body of the Medium Cop, and then wait for the Commander to go away. Now quickly swap into the Heavy Cop, and hope for the best. Another way to do it is to choke the Medium Cop, then let the Commander get killed, and get into the Heavy Cop. A brief message will disply on a vid screen before you get another briefing: "I have an idea that will even the odds with Father Prime, perhaps even put them in your favor! "The Chots have captured the power generator in Old Town. You are going to need to reclaim that power if this plan is to be successful. "Locate it... I will contact you again shortly...." Body: Heavy Cop (Or Commander, Or Medium Cop) We're now right before the end of the level, and like the last one, this one ends with a large Chot fight. Go to Access Control, and use the panel to unlock the Door. Take cover behind the barrels, and take out the some odd 5 Chots that attack you here. Once they're toast, hit one of the explosive crates on the wall to blast it to bits. Pick up any grenades you want, and go through. Here is the toughest battle in the game thus far. Rush up to the crates here to avoid getting shot. Don't rush out, whatever you do! Do a quick strafe all the way to the left, to try to get the Bazooka Chot to fire on the Shielded Machine Gun Chot. (Where we're hiding is a small nook in the wall) Now switch to Sniper Mode, and scan around for the Bazooka Chot. Fire if you got a shot, if not, sneak out a little to the right, and fire. Once he's dead, switch out of Sniper mode and duck behind the crates again. Now sneak along the left side of the crates, aiming slightly right, peek out and fire if you see the Chot. It shouldn't take long to kill him. Now get close to the ramp, and throw some grenades to take care of this shielded Chot. The final Bazooka Chot is hiding behind those last few crates, so sneak up on him, keeping the crates between you and him. If you're lucky, he'll shoot himself! Before going through the big doors, I'd be sure to grab some of the weapons that the Chots had, specifically the Bazooka, you'll need some soon. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. The Outskirts -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Body: Heavy Cop (or Chot, or Medium Cop or Commander) Head down the alleyway, keeping yourself covered behind the debris in the street. Take out any Chots you find. The street turns to the left, but just before that is a Door with a green pad in front of it. Inside a Cop step on the pad to open the door. If you aren't in a Cop, when you step on it some cops will rush you, get into one of them. Note: There will be a couple more Chots just past the turn. If you need some weapons, they have a Bazooka. Also past that is a Harpoon Gun, which you get by pushing a barrel into place. Of course, you have to survive the Bazooka Chot first. Open the door by stepping on the pad, and go in the door. Go down the stairs and into the Red Room with the welder. Drop your weapon here. Continue into the next room, and then turn right into the elevator. Use the console (ENTER + UP to get it to go up). The elevator will stick. Depossess and have Bob pop out. Get into a Light Cop if you can. Body: Welder Go back to the Welder and switch bodies, being careful not to be seen by the Light Cop as you depossess. Now go back to the elevator, go below it, and there will be a panel with smoke coming out of it. Go to it and press ENTER to repair the elevator. Now get back out. There is a small button on the wall to the left of the elevator to call the elevator back to this level. Be sure to take your weapon that you left here before you go. Body: Light Cop (or Heavy Cop, or Welder) Get on the elevator and have it go up again. Once the elevator reaches its goal, it will be very damaged, in other words, you can't go back. Turn right and go down a ways. There are two ways to go here. Go right first to find a Medium Cop standing by a locked door and a forcefield. Do a quick body swap to get a better cop with a better weapon, then go back and go down the other path. Note: Why take this Medium Cop? He doesn't turn to face you! Also keep this place in mind, we will be back later. It leads to the Lab. Body: Medium Cop Down the left path you'll find a door, open it. Step through and you'll see a light cop with a Bazooka, and further on are some more cops. As you arrive, Chots will attack. Just let the Cops take care of it. Go up the stairs. Here you'll see another set of stairs, and a door to the left. Go in the door, and use the elevator to go down. Once at the bottom open the door into the Tank Garage. There is a Medium Cop here with a Machine Gun. Open the big Doors here to enter the mean streets. We're in a round end of the street, head down the street, turn right, up the stairs and in the door. There's a weapon dispenser here that has a Maimer, Harpoon Gun, and a Flamethrower. I'd take the Harpoon Gun, it's fun. Go back to the garage we came in from (it's the one that DOESN'T have stairs in it), and go back up the elevator. Now go up these stairs here, and follow it along, killing the Chots you find along the way. At the end of the platform, you can look down and see the next passage. Have the Cop fall to his death, and possess one of the Chots down there. Body: Chot Get the Cop's weapon, kill any foes around, and then jump up onto the small ledge. You're looking down on a series of ramps down into the Sewer. It may be possible to take your weapon with you, but my Chot always broke his legs on this, so, depossess and go down the ramp. You'll find another Chot at the bottom on guard duty, possess him. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. The Sewers -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Body: Chot Welcome to the sewers! Dash down this passage a ways until you get to a Chot guarded locked door. Continue along to find another Chot guarded door, but this one isn't locked. Go inside. You will be spotted by a Cop, who opens fire. Tip: Back into the passage, and get the Chots to take out the cops for you. Once they're dead, go out onto the metal walkway. Note: Ahead of you are two locked doors, one underneath the stairs, and another above them. So, turn right on the walkway, and follow it. Be sure not to fall off, or you might die. At the end of the walkway, which has fallen into the sewer below, is a Chot. Kill him. The easy way to do that is to get right behind him, and knock him into the sewer. Now take a note of where the next section of walkway is, now jump as close as you can, depossess dropping this Chot into the sewer, and FLAP over to it with Bob. Tip: That way is a little tough. There are two barrels in the sewer that you can use. Jump your Chot to the first barrel, depossess over the water, and have Bob flap down to the barrel, then jump and FLAP over to the next barrel near the next section of walkway, and finally jump and flap up to the walkway. Body: Bob You are now on the next section of walkway. Be careful here as the walkway is not always steady, it might fall into the sewer at any moment, so be prepared for a takeoff. Follow the passage until you reach a turning point. To the left is a locked door, and to the right is a yellow forcefield. Notice that a cop has fallen into it, and is blocking the lowest laser. Crouch (press D once) and crawl under. There is a console just to your left that will turn off the forcefield. Walk into the room, and watch as one of the Chots here is eating a Cop. Two Chots will attack you, possess one and kill the other (or possess one let him get killed, then possess the other). Step on the yellow pad in the middle of the room. Use the Console to restore power to the Outskirts. Now we just have to get back to the Lab. Body: Chot Ok, now go out of the Power Room, and across to the door that was locked before. Open it and go across the walkway here to another door, open it and go through. We've just come out of the door we passed by earlier, so go right to get back to the first walkway. This time instead of turning right, go forward. Here's the stairs again, now go through the door under the stairs, and follow the ramps downward, and keep going until you come across a Chot Behemoth. Watch as it beats a Light Cop silly. Do a quick body switch, avoid the Dwarf Chots, and get back out. Body: Chot Behemoth Go up the stairs, and through the door. You'll be back out on the streets in the middle of a warzone between Chots and Cops. But with the Behemoth you can beat just about anything, so run around pounding the peons who are all now beneath you. Turn left and continue down the street. Turn right and go through the big doors here. You are now in Chot territory, so you won't have to fight. Run down the alley, turn right. At the end of this alley is a Door that is guarded by a Medium Cop with a Bazooka. Use the running strafe to try to dodge his attacks, to get within killing range. Once past him, open the door. Body: Bob The door only opens a very small amount, which is just about large enough for Bob to walk under. Quickly run to the left and behind some boxes, now wait for a Cop to come near and possess him. If you're lucky, they won't notice, but you probably won't be lucky. Body: Medium Cop Regardless of how many cops you died in here, you want to enter the left of the two doors here, and once in there, go up the stairs. We'll be back at the Lab. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. The Laboratory -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Body: Medium Cop Fire at the panel behind the forcefield to disable the forcefield. Walk through to get another briefing: "Now go to the Laboratory Control Center and activate Prime's experiment. Gain control of the fearsome entity you will spawn... the culmination of his genetic research... and take it to the maintenance elevator leading to the main city. "How very poetic it will be to see his favorite abomination turned against him." Turn right, and go through the door into the elevator. Press ENTER + Up to get to the Laboratory level. Once there, you will notice that the door sticks before opening completely. Yep, Bob must go in alone. Body: Bob Depossess and go into the lab. Directly ahead of you is a door marked "Laboratory", which is where the Fleshy Behemoths are. But we don't want to go there just yet. Take a right, and go down the passage. There will be a door to your right, that you can't open yet, but keep it in mind. A little further down the passage are a couple of scientists, possess one. Body: Scientist Continue down the passage. There will be a blue forcefield ahead, but just keep running, it will deactivate as you get close (because you're a scientist). Immediately on your right will be another scientist working at some consoles. Step on the pressure plate, and use the console to initialize the Behemoth creation thingy. Run around to the Laboratory Door, and open it. A security door will prevent you from entering, but the Behemoth will bash that down quickly. As soon as he is out, depossess the scientist (who gets his head bashed in by the Behemoth) and possess the Behemoth. Body: Fleshy Behemoth As soon as you are in the Behemoth you are given a briefing: "You have done very well, my savior. You are nearing the end of the journey. Go face the demon with your head held high. Be not afraid... You are the one!" Go along the right path to the door that we passed by earlier. Have the Behemoth step on the floor plate, and a cutscene will take over. Note: If you can't hear what's going on (I couldn't the first time) make sure to have the SECOND disk in. You can only put this disk in at the Main Menu by doing an Alt Tab, getting the first disk out, then putting the second in. If you can't hear what's going on, here's the gist of it: - Satan manipulated you into taking out Father Prime so that he could have free reign over the Earth. (He was the Voice that kept talking to you) - God doesn't seem to care what happens on Earth, and orders Bob back to Heaven. - Bob refuses to give in to God's pressures ("Later Creator!") and runs off. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Warehouse -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Body: Bob When you reach the top of the lift, Satan taunts you with another message: "So, you're coming for me, are you... Well, I must say, this is very brave of you to continue on. Certainly someone of your questionable ethics should not be eager to meet his judgment. You have turned your back on your Father... So do not count on him to keep you from the bowels of Hell when you die... And you will die... As for when will be determined by your stupidity." ================================================================================ Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) ================================================================================ .----------------------------------------------------------------------------. | Q: I'm getting killed! Got any life-saving cheats for me? | | | | A: Nope! As far as I know, there ARE no cheats to this game. That | | doesn't mean that there aren't any, just that I don't know of any. | | But the second I find some, they'll be put in the FAQ! | '----------------------------------------------------------------------------' .----------------------------------------------------------------------------. | Q: My game won't run! When I try to load, I see some weird looking | | screens, but nothing resembling the game! | | | | A: The problem could be that you are running the game under a GeForce | | card, which Messiah does not currently support. My advice? Find an | | older video card, and replace your wonderful new card with the older | | one. Sucks, don't it? | | | | There is a Beta Driver that you can download to try to get the game to | | work. You can find it here: | | http://www.3dchipset.com/beta/nvidia/win9x.asp | '----------------------------------------------------------------------------' .----------------------------------------------------------------------------. | Q: I don't hear any music or sound while the Intro is playing, how can I | | fix this? | | | | A: When the game loads up to the main menu (Play Game, Options, etc.), do | | an ALT-TAB to get to windows. Now, take out Disk One, and put in Disk | | Two. Hold down SHIFT while doing this so that your CD Player won't | | start running. Then ALT-TAB back to the game and play as normal. | | | | Note: Shiny recommends that you do this anyway, as the second disk is | | the music disk. | '----------------------------------------------------------------------------' .----------------------------------------------------------------------------. | Q: I have some bizarre and obscure technical problem.... | | | | A: I have no idea how to fix technical problems, such as the game not | | running or the game crashing. Try looking at Shinys' Official Messiah | | Troubleshooting Website: | | http://www.messiah.com/troubleshooting.htm | '----------------------------------------------------------------------------' .----------------------------------------------------------------------------. | Q: I have another question not covered in this FAQ... | | | | A: Then by all means, email me with it! | | manymoose@hotmail.com | '----------------------------------------------------------------------------' .----------------------------------------------------------------------------. | Q: I have a question about another game... | | | | A: Unless it's one that I have written a FAQ for (see the Shameless Self | | Promotion in the Final Words... section), then don't bother! Chances | | are that I can't give you a satisfactory answer. | '----------------------------------------------------------------------------' ================================================================================ Appendices ================================================================================ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A. Weaponry -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bazooka Bone Saw Flamethrower Harpoon Gun Machine Gun Maimer Maser Pak Gun Pump Gun Welder's Torch Secondary Weapons Concussion Grenade Distortion Grenade Grenade Jumping Betty Stick 'Em Grenade -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- B. People (whom Bob can Possess) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Armored Behemoth Barman Beast Chot Bouncer Chot Commander Dancer Domina Dwarf Chot Dweller Fleshy Behemoth Heavy Cop Light Cop Medic Medium Cop Pimp Daddy Prime Prostitute Radiation Worker Rat Riot Cop Scientist Sub Girl Waitress Welder Worker -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- C. Cheats -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Press [Esc] during game play, then type one of the following codes at a constant pace to activate the corresponding cheat function. Effect Code Bob is invincible ucantkillme Disable invincibility fleshnblood AI disabled braindead AI enabled einstein AI vision disabled icantsee AI vision enabled icanseeu Camera is fixed freezecam Camera is free thawcam End current game toohardforme Character wireframe enabled charwireon Character wireframe disabled charwireoff World wireframe enabled worldwireon World wireframe disabled worldwireoff Polygon count enabled onpolycount Polygon count disabled offpolycount Spawn Armored Behemoth mynightmare Spawn Barman bestfriend Spawn Bazooka voodooextreme Spawn Bazooka bigbang Spawn Behemoth onsteroids Spawn Bouncer letmein Spawn Buzzsaw buzzbuzz Spawn Chot 1 smellyguy Spawn Chot 2 nohygiene Spawn Chot 3 idontdance Spawn Chot 4 scumbucket Spawn Chot Behemoth smellysteroids Spawn Chot Dwarf chotling Spawn Companion Bot keepmecompany Spawn Dancer 1 bustamove Spawn Dancer 2 cutarug Spawn DJ mixalot Spawn Domina incharge Spawn Female Dweller 1 janeplain Spawn Female Dweller 2 jillplain Spawn Flamethrower lightmeup Spawn Fungirl fungirl Spawn Grenades softwarebuys Spawn Grenades getsome Spawn Gun Commander guncmndr Spawn Harpoon Gun stickaround Spawn Heavy Cop hcop Spawn Hung specialguy Spawn Light Cop lcop Spawn Machinegun rapidfire Spawn Maimer slicendice Spawn Male Dweller 1 averagejoe Spawn Male Dweller 2 averagejack Spawn Male Dweller 3 averagejohn Spawn Maser coolfx Spawn Medic heydoc Spawn Medium Cop mcop Spawn Offensive Bot addedfirepower Spawn Pak Gun cooloff Spawn Pimp Daddy tophat Spawn Prost 1 workit Spawn Prost 2 mansdream Spawn Pumpgun boomstick Spawn Radiation Worker glowstick Spawn Rat varmint Spawn Riot Cop rcop Spawn Scientist egghead Spawn Subgirl 1 femfatale Spawn Subgirl 2 nastyone Spawn Waitress bringmeadrink Spawn Weapon Ammo gamespot Spawn Weapon Ammo illbeback Spawn Welder cantseemyface Spawn Welding Torch weldme Spawn Worker workinman ================================================================================ Final Words... ================================================================================ _________________ Online Resources: ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ http://www.messiah.com/ -- The Official Messiah Page http://www.interplay.com/ -- The Creator's page http://www.gamefaqs.com/ -- GameFAQs, the best FAQs site on the Net! http://messiahworld.telefragged.com/ -- The first Messiah Fan site http://www.messiahnation.com/ -- Messiah Nation ASCII Art created using the ASCII Art Maker by LTS (freeware) You can possibly (doubtfully) find it at http://www.download.com/ This FAQ was written entirely using the GWD Text Editor: (shareware) http://www.gwdsoft.com/ _________________________ Shameless Self Promotion: ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ I have also written FAQs for: NES: Disney Adventures in the Magic Kingdom Final Fantasy -- Magic FAQ The Legend of Zelda SNES: Aerobiz Aerobiz Supersonic Utopia: Creation of a Nation Genesis: Starflight PSX: Thousand Arms PC: Baldur's Gate & Tales of the Sword Coast -- Walkthrough -- NPC List Colonization -- the Single Colony Strategy Guide -- the Cheat Guide Drakan: Order of the Flame Dungeon Hack Master of Magic (revision) Pharaoh Rollercoaster Tycoon Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri The Sims Ultima 4: Quest of the Avatar Ultima 7: The Black Gate Ultima 7 Part 2: Serpent Isle Ultima Underworld -- Keyboard Commands Ultima Underworld II -- Keyboard Commands -- Spell List All of my FAQs can be found at: http://www.gamefaqs.com/ Questions? Comments? Mistakes? Wondering if you are in the Matrix? Email me about it! Email: manymoose@hotmail.com Email Policy: If you are going to email me about this game, please put Messiah as the subject. Also please realize that I am not hiding cheats or any other information, i.e. everything I know about Messiah is in this guide. ________________ Version History: ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Preliminary Version 0.4 (4-4-00, 78k) Preliminary Version 0.41 (4-5-00, 83k) Added the Cheats Section to the Appendix ________ Stinger: ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ "Cigarettes! Smoking is Cool! First one's free! Come on buddy, come get some! The Surgeon General is a fool!" ________________________________________________________________________________ ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ This Document is Copyright 2000 by Dan Simpson Messiah is Copyright 2000 by Interplay and/or Shiny I am not affiliated with Shiny, Interplay, or anyone who had anything to do with the creation of this game. This FAQ may be posted on any site so long as NOTHING IS CHANGED and you EMAIL ME telling me that you are posting it. You may not charge for, or in any way profit from this FAQ.