____ __ __ /\ _`\ /\ \__ /\ \ \ \ \/\_\ ___ _ __ _ __ __ __ _____\ \ ,_\ __ \_\ \ \ \ \/_/_ / __`\/\`'__\\`'__\\ \/\ \/\ '__`\ \ \/ /'__`\ /'_` \ \ \ \L\ \\ \L\ \ \ \/\ \ \/\ \ \_\ \ \ \L\ \ \ \_/\ __//\ \L\ \ \ \____/ \____/\ \_\ \ \_\ \ \____/\ \ ,__/\ \__\ \____\ \___,_\ \/___/ \/___/ \/_/ \/_/ \/___/ \ \ \/ \/__/\/____/\/__,_ / \ \_\ \/_/ ____ ______ _____ /\ _`\ /\ _ \/\ __`\ \ \ \L\_\ \ \L\ \ \ \/\ \ \ \ _\/\ \ __ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \/ \ \ \/\ \ \ \\'\\ \ \_\ \ \_\ \_\ \___\_\ \/_/ \/_/\/_/\/__//_/ Version 1.0 =================== Corrupted FAQ Index =================== (111) What is Corrupted? (AAA) Basic Controls (BBB) Important Skills/Tips (CCC) Secret Chests (DDD) Boss Guide (EEE) Surivial Mode Mulitplayer Guide (FFF) Credits ==================== ==================== What is Corrupted? (111) ==================== Corrupted is an Xbox Live Indie Game (XBLIG - pronounced eggblig?) released by OnlyLuck Interactive Jan 2011. It's concept was to take dual stick controls and use them into to melee combat to the player can attack in any direction without having to have their character turn to face that way first. Also, allowing the player to instantly switch between melee and ranged since the left trigger augments the right thumbstick to make it ranged attack. Corrupted has a 12 level campiagn mode where players fight their way through levels and gather gold that can be used to upgrade their characters. The goal of the campaign mode is to make your way to castles to find princesses for the mysterious Hood Fiend. Who gains power by doing something with the princesses... Corrupted also contains two Arena modes: Survival and Rush. In Survival you see how long you can last against increasing strong waves of enemies. In Rush you attempt to pervent any of the villages from making it past the barricade on the right side of the level. Note: The in game help system is pretty good and explains controls and skills stuff in this FAQ. ==================== Basic Controls (AAA) ==================== Move Character - Left Thumbstick Melee Attack - Right Thumbstick Ranged Attack - Hold Left Trigger and Right Thumbstick Infernal Shield (Block) - Right Trigger Cyclone Super Attack - Right Bumper Barrage Super Attack - Letf Bumper Use Health Stone - A Button Turn on/off Inferno - B Button Turn on/off Frost - X Button Rez Player - Y Button Pause Game - Start Button Skip Cutscene - Back Button Attacking Note: When attacking it is best keep the Right Thumbstick held in the direction instead of tapping it, especially for Ranged combat! Inferno and Frost Note: This skill is gained at the end of the Tutorial on level one. Having Inferno or Frost turned on drains your Corruption Bar (the purple one under your red health bar), but you can turn it off when not using it. Corruption is gained by killing enemies or by the Focus skill (see Focus under Important Skills/Tips for more info) ==================== Important Skills/Tips (BBB) ==================== ------------------- Super Attacks ------------------- A super attack is made available when you land enough ranged or melee on enemies and you fill your Super Attack Meter, the yellow vertical meter beside your player portriat. The number of hits can be reduced by increasing your Combat Mutliper which is the number below the Super Attack Meter. The Combat Multipler is increase by landing ranged or melee hits on the enemies and not getting hit yourself. If you get hit your Combat Mulitpler will go back to 1X. The maximum is 10X which will allow you to get a Super attack in like very few hits. ----------- Focus ----------- This is the most important skill in the game! Buy one level of it right away since it is cheap and it will allow you to carry another health stone. It grants the ability to hold extra health stones at levels 3 and 5. For a maximum of 4 health stone slots. Focus will also let you transfer you Inferno and Frost effects to other near by players. Plus it allows you to heal anyone in your Focus radius if you use a healthstone. You can hold the A button down to display your Focus Ring, once the A button is released then the health stone will be used. This allows you to ensure everyone is in range to be healed. Additionally Focus will allow you to start will a partially full Corruption Bar (see below for amount) and will increase the amount of Corruption you can carry. Level 1 - 20% Level 2 - 40% Level 3 - 60% Level 4 - 80% Level 5 - 100% ---------------------- Infernal Shield ---------------------- I know, I know blocking is for wimps... Seriously though, if you want be a melee build in Corrupted you better have a good idea how to block. For the end game it is a good idea for ranged builds to have a level or two of it as well. Increasing your Infernal Shield skill with increase the amount of damage you absorb (up to 85% for last rank) and also increase your movement speed while blocking. Blocking Tip: When surrounded hold Right Trigger to block. Push the Right Thumbstick in the direction you want to attack in and then release the Right Trigger. This will allow you to attack instantly out after the block. This is how you break out of crowds of enemeies! ---------------------- Frenzy ---------------------- Frenzy increases your movement speed! Must have for rangers and nice for meleee. Absolute must in mutliplayer to get that gold before the other guy! ---------------------- Server Bonds ---------------------- Decreases the movement pentally while shooting arrows. This coupled with Frenzy will allow rangers to move at high speeds while shooting allowing them the stay safely away from enemies. Rangered builds main source of damage should be the Barrage Super Attack. Being able to stay alway from enemies will allows you to keep your combat multipler high and quickly build up Super Attacks. ---------------------- Frost and Inferno ---------------------- Leveling up Frost and Infenro allows increase both the effect and decreases the amount of focus used per second. Having one of these skills increased is a must for the last couple levels. Either will give you a nice crowd control method. ==================== Secret Chests (CCC) ==================== Every level has at least one secert chest. In multiplayer each player gets gold from a chest so it doesn't matter who picks it up. Some of the harder chest to find are: Level 4 Red Steel Castle - At the end of the first hallway on the right hand wall there is a part of the wall that has some cracks on it. This section of wall can be broken by melee attacks to reveal a secret area that contains a chest. Look for similar wall sections in the other castles there are probably others one like it. Level 10 Nightmare Island - After complete the level and when the success message is displayed go to the left below the castle enterance way and follow the dirt patch along the walk. At the end of it you can walk out over the green water to the left for a ways and then head down on the water to a secert island with a house on it that contains a chest. ==================== Boss Guide (DDD) ==================== ---------------------------------------- Level 12 End It All - Hooded Fiend ---------------------------------------- Stage One - The Fiend will teleport from pillar to pillar shooting ice and fire all the directions. Watch what direction he shoots first and then attack from that locaction. Don't spend much time on the trash mobs focus on the Fiend. Get the Fiend down to about 45% health to get move to stage two. Stage Two - The Fiend will teleport to the center of the level with a shield up and can't be damaged. You have to hold out for a couple minutes against enemies that he is summoning. If you have used health there is a hidden health stone under some trees in the top right corner of the map. It is a good idea to save any Super attacks build up in this here for stage three. Using a lot of Frost or Inferno for crowd control is the key. Stage Three - The Fiend will come of the shield and start attacking you from the ground. He will will teleport back to the pillars and shoot again, but much quicker and then teleport back to the ground again. Build up Super attacks on the trash and smoke him with them. Keep the trash controled with Inferno or Frost. ======================================== Surivial Mode Mulitplayer Guide (EEE) ======================================== The key to surviving with mutlipley player is working as a team. It is best to have one a mix of melee and ranged characters and everyone have Focus maxed out. Cycle through how is using Corruption powers. Only one player should ever have a Corruption power going at a time and the other players should be within there Focus Ring to get the effect. Make sure everyone is getting the benifits of the heal stones that drop at the end of each round. Bunkering down in a corner with the melee players protecting the ranged ones is a great way to make last the longest. The melee players need to intercept the melee enemies and make sure they don't make it to the ranged guys. The ranged guys should be keeping an eye out for archers and getting them first if possible as they will hinder the melee players while try are trying to pick up the incoming melee enemies. ==================== Credits (FFF) ==================== Author - Paul Donald OnlyLuck Interactive Lead (and one and only) Programmer www.onlyluck.ca Games FAQ ID OnlyLuck77 Feel free to copy, distribute, modify, repost this FAQ as you see fit! 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