ground in an Up/Down motion.
The trick is to find 2 tentacles 2 of those types of tentacles that thumb
Up/Down and stand between them since they do not hit sideways, they would not
touch you.
One such position is directly where the pool with the circular ring of stone
surrounding it, meets that platform with the large door above it. That gap
between the pool with the circular ring of stone surrounding it and the platform
with the large door above it is where you need to stand.
Face the large door above the platform and treat that direction as "North", then
you would stand on the North edge of the pool with the circular ring of stone
surrounding it.
Note: Is not necessary to stand ON the circular ring of stone surrounding the
pool, just beside that will do.
So when the Octopus boss is ducking back down into the pool with the circular
ring of stone surrounding it, Run and stand in position. When he comes out, test
and see if he can hit you. Try and get the position right it shouldn't be too
difficult to pull off.
Once you've determined that he can't touch you, take out your staff and take
your time whacking him to death.
Once he's dead, a stalactite will fall to the ground providing you the means to
climb on top of it up to the large door above the platform.
(cutscene-Octopus Boss dies, stalactite hit is the ground)
This is the last stage. So grab all the healing herbs you can get here. I
recommend healing to full BEFORE entering this door so that you will start with
full health every time you do the next stage.
To the left side of the platform with the large door above, you should notice a
stone block formed by the fallen stalactite. Climb up this and climb up the
platform and enter through the large door when you're absolutely ready.
(cutscene- one side of the door opens and you enter the large door)
Last stage
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(cutscene- you enter an elevator and exit to find your fiancé in the same
frogman-making tank)
(cutscene- ice tiger blocks your way, Arok announces your presence)
Now what did I mean by, "...so that you will start with full health EVERY TIME
you do the next stage."? Well to tell you the truth, this final stage is very
difficult to pull off. You most likely won't be able to complete this stage
every time. It depends largely on your luck and your skill (in maneuvering your
char).
Now for the rules:
RULE#1: You CANNOT do anything to the machine to release your fiancé at this
stage. In fact, this is "done" in the end game cinematic and not manually done
by you.
RULE#2: You need to kill Arok BEFORE the "mutagen" from the upper portion of the
tank reaches where your fiancé is. Otherwise, stage failed.
RULE#3: Arok will mostly cast ice-tigers just BEHIND you all the time. Hitting
it once with your staff will get rid of the ice-tiger. So DO NOT waste time
repeatedly pressing Ctrl and cycling through all the combat moves with your
staff. You don't have the time.
RULE#4: This is important to note. Arok is INVULNERABLE when he casts out an ice-
tiger to attack you. So DO NOT waste time whacking him when there is an ice-
tiger hitting you from behind, he takes no damage when the ice-tiger is around.
You will also notice that he goes transparent after the ice-tiger appears. The
only thing you can do at this point is Back Hop and swing once at the ice-tiger
to get rid of it.
RULE#5: Arok can only teleport to 5 different locations. The 4 corners o the
room and the middle (where he originally started from).
The basic rule here is SPEED (working against time). Do everything as fast as
possible with very little delay.
For example:
-Always Run (not walk) to your target.
-Instead of turning 180 degrees around to hit an ice-tiger, Back Hop (Down
Arrow+[Spacebar]) so that you land behind the ice-tiger (which is normally
behind you all the time) and hit it ONCE ONLY. DO NOT cycle through all your
staff attack combos. That will waste a lot of time!
This stage is all about SPEED and AGILITY. This no doubt has all the puzzle-
solving gamers stumped. It is all about combat in this stage and avoiding blows.
Your main target is Arok. Once he's dead, you win the game.
Strategy
The main idea is to catch Arok at his most vulnerable and then beat the crap out
of him. To do this, you need to get him a bit cocky.
The way he fights is this, if you run up to him, and he get to cast an ice-tiger
behind you before you hit him, then he turns invulnerable (transparent) and the
ice-tiger will be clawing you from the back doing minimal damage.
When you kill the ice-tiger, he will just teleport away to one of 5 locations in
the room.
You should then quickly swing around and see where he is appearing next. Then
run there and try to land a hit. If you do land a hit on him before he casts his
ice-tiger, he will swing his snake-staff horizontally and knock you down on the
floor on your back. You might think, "Hmmm...that was a stupid thing to do...".
BUT WAIT! This IS the way!!
Well not exactly getting knocked down on the floor bit. If you get knocked down,
Arok will just teleport away and you'll take a long time to get up from it. This
long wait might cause you to lose this stage.
"So how am I supposed to stay on my feet?"
Well if you haven't noticed so far, I have mentioned a maneuver a few times
before that is vital to finishing this stage.
The Back Hop.
Without doing this maneuver it is impossible to finish this stage on time.
Combat Maneuvers
Okay let me explain the technical details to finishing this stage.
At the beginning, don't waste time taking out your staff yet. Just run straight
for Arok (the mage guy) then take out your staff once you reach him. He should
at this point teleport to one of the other locations.
Note: This is to prevent him casting his first ice-tiger to delay you further.
Swing (fast turn, hold SHIFT + Left/right arrow keys) and look around you and
see which of the other locations is he appearing. You should have a keen eye for
spotting him.
Then waste no time and race towards him. If he manages to cast his ice-tiger
then hit it once to get rid of it. Use Back Hop if the tiger is behind you. The
sooner the ice-tiger is gone, the sooner Arok will teleport and reappear for you
to hit him again.
Damaging Arok
If you managed to reach him before he can cast his ice-tiger, then quickly hit
him ONCE ONLY. Then IMMEDIATELY Back Hop (Down Arrow+[Spacebar]). He will swipe
horizontally with his snake-staff and miss you (hopefully). Then he will try to
be cocky and gesture with his right hand, "Come, Come" (Just like in the second
room when you first entered). RUN forward and beat the crap out of him!
(pressing Ctrl repeatedly) When you're hitting him, he will "dematerialize" into
a bunch of spiders. Whack these bunch of spiders. You will find that Arok takes
major damage from this! Ah hah! After Arok has fully "re-materialized" back, he
will teleport way. All this time you can continually do damage to him so keep
pressing Ctrl!
Just repeat doing this to him and he should die from it.
The trick is to be able to reach him after he has teleported somewhere else. You
must be able to spot him, run after him, hit him once, back away, run towards
him and continually hit him even in spider form.
After Arok dies, the game is won!
(cutscene- free fiancé, machine blows up along with Arok)
The starting and ending cinematic is the only thing that is different from
Guilliam and Anna. The in-between ones are more or less the same. The only other
difference is the weapon#3. Guilliam gets a sling (leather strap) and Anna gets
a slingshot (hand held Y-shaped catapult)
Come to think of it...what ever happened to that old guy with the white hair and
beard?
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