Something that could have been extremely frustrating...
When I completed Abe's Oddysee for the first time, I got to the Slog Kennels in Zulag 4 and pulled the lever that open the door to The Boardroom.
I then went back through the door and realised that I didn't kill the slig that was guarding the door when I first got to the Slog Kennels. Every time I would go through the door then die, then respawn back in the Slog Kennels. So I was trapped in the Slog Kennels... :confused: Luckily though, I didn't save it so I just re-loaded the game from the start of Zulag 4. I would have been so p***ed off if I had saved it while I was trapped in the Slog Kennels as I would have had to do the game again. (Which I would have found very difficult back then) :) Did this happen to anyone else? I am interested to know. Here is a picture of the screen that I am talking about. |
Yes, this has happened to me, and I didn't have such a recent save. It's one of the easiest unwinnable situations to find yourself in.
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Seriously!?!?
It's not unwinnable... This slig won't follow you into the previous screen, so go back and forth quickly a few times. 1st time in screen: touch BOOM machine if you don't already have a grenade, then run out. 2nd time: sneak back over and pickup the grenade, then get back out. 3rd time: squat and quickly throw a grenade, then roll out 4th time: roll back in just in time to watch the slig get toasted. (You have to be on the screen when the grenade explodes, or the slig will still be there.) |
I think you're misunderstanding what he was saying - he said he went through the door without killing the slig so when he came back the slig was still there. And when you're on that side of the screen it's impossible to run back to the left screen before you get shot.
One thing I'm curious about is, how did you manage to get through the door in the first place without being shot? I don't think I've ever done it before. I vaguely remember something like this happening to me once, but I think that may have been something to do with using a certain TAB button |
Ew I hate when stuff like that happens. Endless death loops. So annoying! D: ..But yeah, how did you manage to get past the slig in the first place? I suppose it's not impossible, but..
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I get it now, but once again: HOW/WHY didn't you kill the slig the first time??? |
I love the TAB button...
That's never happened to me before, because I've never made it past the Slig without getting shot. |
I suppose you could possible run and time it just right so the slig faces towards you, then has to turn again before shooting you. I don't recall how trigger happy that slig is, though...
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I think what happened was that I had a mudokon following me and the slig failed to shoot me between when I entered the screen and when I got to the middle of the screen (where the slig was). When I was almost at the door, the slig must have tried to shoot me but the mudokon acted as a meat-shield and protected me as I went through the door. :)
I am not 100% sure that happened, but it was most likely. |
Can you not get bombs from the area that the door leads to with the slogs? Maybe its possible to get out of it
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There are bombs you can throw that come from the slog area, but the slig kills you within a couple of seconds of you entering the screen from the slog area, so killing the slig with grenades is not possible.
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You can throw a bomb so it will land next to the Slig and continue counting down. The Slig won't notice it. The trouble is he'll start shooting before the grenade explodes, so you have to go back through the door. And if memory serves me correctly, once you go through the door, you can hear the grenade explode, it will knock Abe to his feet, but the Slig will have magically been protected from the blast.
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Ok, but surely the slig would shoot you before you throw the bomb?
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I shot your mom before she threw my bomb. ;)
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