C o p y r i g h t (c) 2 0 0 3 - 2 0 0 4 b y piecemealcranky xxxxx xx xx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xx x xx xx xx xx xxx xx xx xx x xx xx xx xx xx x xx xx xx xx x xx xx x xx xxxxxx xx xx x xx xx x xx x xx xx xx x xxx xx xx x xxxxx xx xx xxxxxxx xxxxx xxx xxxxxxx xxxxx xxx xxx xxxxxx xxxxx xxx xxxx @@ @ @ @ xx xx xx xx xx x xx x x x @ @ @ @@ @@ @ xx xx xx xxxxxx xx x xx xxxxx x @ @@ @ @ @ @ @@@@ xx xx xx xx x x x x @ @@ @@@@ @@@@ @ @@ xx xx xx xxxxxx x xx xx x @@@@@@ @ @ @@ @ @ xxxxxxx @ @ [B o s s F A Q] Game: Twisted Metal: Black Platform: Sony Playstation II Author: piecemealcranky Date Created: December 14th 2003 E-mail: [email protected] Last Updated: 22nd of July 2004 Version: 2.0 Last Updated: 1st of February 2004 Did a checkup on certain words, grammars and minor mistakes. Also, added s new part 'Frequently Asked Questions' (check on the contents part below). One more major update - added some strategies from other great authors on how to defeat Minion & Warhawk. Thanks again to all the authors for their strategies. Still be doing some work on this FAQ, so no more updates until the end of this month. Next update is expected soon after February (or might be earlier). Last Updated: 1st of April 2004 What kind of update is this? It's late, isn't it? Yes, I'm late, so I apologize for this matter. I cannot start my computer to update this FAQ and I'll have to buy a new one. Thank god, I actually made it on this day. It took me exactly two months to finish this, so again, I'm sorry. As you can see, I did a major update this time. There might not be any updates soon, since this is quite enough for now, but if you'd like to request something new for this FAQ, anything at all, don't hesitate to e-mail me. There is now a new part (check contents) and there you can find even more information. I've also made this FAQ more readable, and better. I'm looking forward to make a new section about the controls for this game. I hope this can make you better in the game, and even be an expert player. I'd like to thank all the authors for their walkthrough and for the great tactics. Last Updated: 28th of April 2004 Well, well, an update even I didn't expect. I just added a contribution for Shadow's special this time, but still, I'm working on the controls. I just didn't have the exact and right time to do it, so nothing much for now. Credit goes out to Ryan Zariwney for the info, thanks. Give me around one ore month to finish the whole FAQ, but even now it's near completion. Although I have to admit that this FAQ will never be complete since I might receive more contributions in the future. Keep the contributions coming, I don't really mind, but please provide correct ones, because we don't want out readers to think that this FAQ gives out untested guides, strategies, or even info. This is all for now, and I'll see you people again in the next, final update. Last Updated: 22nd of July 2004 Ok, for your info, I've updated the Frequently Asked Questions part, for the Crazy 8's background music title. Check there for further info. Credit goes to Jay999 & Daniel Poole for the contributions. Not sure they're correct ones though, so don't ask me. This is the last version, and I'm not updating my guide any longer. Till next time, because I might update a few minor things. -C o n t e n t s- #1. About This FAQ #2. Legal Information #3. Weapon Pickups Information Part A - General Hints About The Game Part B - General Information About Weapons Weapons: * Environmental * Fire Missile * Gas Can * Homing Missile * Machine Gun * Power Missile * Reticle * Ricochet * Satellite * Zoomy Pickups: * Health Pickup * Machine Gun Upgrade * Repair Station * Turbo - Part C - General Information About Special Attacks * Axel * Brimstone * Crazy 8 * Darkside * Junkyard Dog * Manslaughter * Mr. Grimm * Outlaw * Roadkill * Shadow * Spectre * Sweet Tooth * Warthog * Yellow Jacket #4. Tips For Defeating Bosses: - Defeating Minion - Strategies From Other Authors - Defeating Warhawk - Strategies From Other Authors #5. Frequently Asked Questions #6. Special Thanks #1. A b o u t T h i s F A Q So, let's talk about this FAQ. I created this FAQ with no other intentions, but just to help the gamers out there to know more about the bosses and this game, and the tactics of course. Just like any other Twisted Metals, Twisted Metal Black was planned smoothly to give you frightening moments when battling the bosses, Minion, and Warhawk, the brand new character to Twisted Metal. If you check out any other Twisted metal, they definitely have bosses, and sometimes they even have more than two. Trust me, I've played every single one of them, and until now, I haven't seen any Twisted Metal without any boss. I hope you consider my guidance as an alternative to your success, so you CAN and you actually SHOULD use your own way. If you would like to give any suggestions to improve the strategies I used to defeat the bosses, please do so by sending me a mail (see above for my e-mail address). I definitely know that there are lots more strategies other gamers obtained and like I said, I used one of the many, many other plans to defeat the bosses, and I know yours might be even better. I did this way to let new players experience the new look FIRST before they can improve better and other advanced tactics. Please, before we begin, understand the two different things that have been listed in this FAQ. In Part C, a section where you can find it in the 'Weapon Pickups Information' part, is absolutely different than the one that is explained in the 'Tips For Defeating Bosses' section. I separated them because they're not similar in any parts. The Part C explains about each of the characters' special abilities and managing them against bosses. The Tips For Defeating Bosses section tells you a bit more about the bosses, and getting more into detail than the other one. I hope you're not confused, so please, read carefully, and you'll understand about these things, without even looking at this note in the first place. So, if you're used to the characters' special abilities, then you may skip the special description parts, and continue reading through the boss battle strategies section. However, if you're still new to this game, and this is your first time playing it, then just read the special description part and leave others. Then, you can just continue to the main part. As you scroll down, you should take your time reading carefully each step, if you don't know yet how to defeat the bosses. I also did some short words from my long elaboration, so expert players, please refer to that section. If you're an expert player, which you should know how to defeat them, I suggest that you just take some simple notes from the information. I also checked other great author's strategies and posted them here (which should help you out), so check their strategies as well. Don't go too seriously on them though, because I guarantee you can handle them once you get the hang of it. Well, good luck & happy reading! #2. L e g a l I n f o r m a t i o n Please remember this each time you're trying to steal my work: This part may contain some VERY SERIOUS information, so please pay attention: No part of this FAQ may be reproduced in any form, shape, or transmitted, in any ways, or any forms by any means (electronic, mechanical, recording, or otherwise) without prior permission from the author. This means no copying, no publishing, or any other illegal activities. This FAQ is posted only in GameFAQs and nowhere else. If other websites had taken this FAQ to theirs (a secured site), I won't mention them here. This FAQ copyright 2003 - 2004 by the author piecemealcranky. The author may agree or disagree with any suggestions given. Contact me as soon as possible for any inconveniences regarding this FAQ. E-mail me at: [email protected] #3. W e a p o n P i c k u p s I n f o r m a t i o n There are a lot of weapons, each one of them gives a different amount of damage, and yes, your special attack is also counted as a weapon. I will always recommend you to get used to these weapons before you begin each battle, no matter whom you're against with. This section will tell you all about the weapons in Twisted Metal: Black, including the amount of damage they will cause, how do they look like (description) what type of weapons preferred for battling each one of the bosses described before. There are Part A, Part B and Part C. Part A gives you hints and tips getting you weapons, and ways to fill them up. Part B explains about weapons, including their descriptions and damage they cause. Part C explains about each of characters' special attacks & their usefulness, damage they cause, and how to use them against bosses as well, everything in alphabetical order. **Part A** - General Hints About The Game Before all other explanations, this part tells you a bit more about how do you take care of your weapons, keeping them for bosses and other tips (read this first, it is recommended). Side Note: If anyone would like to contribute some hints about weapons, anything as long as it meets the topic, I would really appreciate it. You can also correct me about anything that you think is incorrect, I wouldn't mind. E-mail me ([email protected]) and of course, credit will be given. Don't worry about that. * Always check at the screen what type of weapons you've ran over, or picked up. This is somehow important to let you know exactly how do they look like, and what are their names, and to test out their functions. A lot of players don't really pay attention to these, and they all ended up rushing and finding weapons when they don't even know how do they look like in the game. * Make sure you collect weapons when beginning a battle. Sometimes enemies chase you around and you dodge them because you don't have weapons. When you start a level, quickly run for weapons. This is really important, and I mean, what will you do without these? You obviously couldn't just let your enemies chase you the whole time, and you'll get killed eventually. Bear this in mind. * Never fight or start one without weapons. This will lead you to the edge of a fire, and you don't want to fall. * Don't face your opponents when you run out of weapons. Use your turbo now, and hopefully you'll lose your enemy, well at least for a while. You should get health and weapons now. * When battling ordinary opponents, don't hesitate to use your special attack. There's no use of keeping it very long. Use it, and never waste it. It takes some time to be replenished, so it is a bad news if you happen to point and shoot it elsewhere, especially special attacks like Warthog's. * It is sometimes wise to keep weapons for future use. If you fight easy opponents first, you can save your special attacks for the hard ones like Manslaughter (he's inside nearly all the levels, and he has a good armor). * Remember, you can reach some high placed weapons by finding any ramps nearby. There should be a place where you can drive up and get the pickup. If not, turbo from anywhere you think you can reach. * Do you notice that arenas with bosses have lots of weapon pickups? Yes, this is because to help you in defeating them, easier. Well, nearly every battleground is full with weapons, but in boss stages there are added and generated faster. Don't always rely on your special attacks, and you don't always have to wait for them. While waiting, go around while running away collecting weapon pickups and using turbo if your opponents happen to chase you around. Then you should have more than enough to blow them up. * Remember, if you happen to run out of your health, check on your map for a '+' sign. That's a perfect spot for you to refill your health. Also, keep in mind that it will not last long, it will run out of its power eventually, so go find for it elsewhere. There should be at least two of that in a level. * Have you ever picked up a machine gun upgrade pickup before? Well, this is actually quite useful, to me I think. This pickup is not a weapon pickup, but simply an icon that upgrades your machine gun, to make it a bit more powerful than it was used to be (it turns to a white color). It helps a lot if you run out of weapons, and by picking up one of these, you can replace this as other weapons for a short period of time. Use this now, make sure you take care of it and never waste it, because it is quite powerful. Recommended for big opponents, because you can easily aim for them. * When you get chased like hell by an enemy, and if you have a full health, just turn around and face him. There's no use of running, and eventually you'll die by some silly mistakes. Make sure there aren't any more opponents while doing this though, because I guarantee that you'll definitely die. **Part B** - General Information About Weapons Now you've come to Part B. This part will give information about weapons, which covers parts like their description, their damage and those kinds of things. This is only an alternative way to know more about weapons, since they play a major role in the game. You can also find information about these as you advance and spend time in the game, and eventually you should know things that are related to this. I hope I don't miss anything, and if you spotted anything I missed, I expect you are generous enough to e-mail me (see above for my e-mail address). One more thing, please be informed that I don't include special attacks in this part because they are already explained in Part C (see below). You should refer there to know more about each of the characters' special and how they are useful for battling bosses. I'll list the weapons list first, in alphabetical order. I'll list pickups like the turbo pickup the last in the Secondary Pickups part, and not following in the same list. Weapon Pickups: Environmental: Damage: 4/6 Description: This pickup has different attacks in each of the levels you battle in. Some of them give out quite a lot of damage. There are no environment attacks in boss stages, so you can't use this attack when battling bosses, but it is ideal for normal enemies. Use it and a message will tell what type of attack you have started. Make sure enemies are in the area though, because you don't want to waste it. Make sure you're out of the perimeter as well, or you'll be killed too. It is also wise to know what type of environmental attack is in the available stages. Fire Missile: Damage: 3/6 Description: An orange pickup that homes in opponents, but not as good as the homing missile. It can be found entirely anywhere in a stage, and it gives out good impact on the enemies. Use this when battling bosses, along with you machine guns for better damage. It is ideal for Minion's switches (see the walkthrough section for Minion below). Gas Can: Damage: 3/6 Description: A yellow type of round can that when launched, it will fly over the player's vehicle followed by a red crosshair giving the player to control the vehicle together with the crosshair. Press the attack button again to drop it to the enemy when near crosshair. Homing Missile: Damage: 2/6 Description: It is purple and gives you 2 missiles for each pickup. It homes in opponents very well but it moves slower than the fire missiles. It doesn't give a lot of damage though, but it is good for bosses too, and can be really powerful if collected and shoot all of it, in one go. Machine Gun: Damage: 1/6 Description: You should be used to this weapon, even if you just bought this game a few hours ago. The Machine Gun have infinite weapons, but beware, it can overheat. Use this when battling opponents even Minion (Warhawk seems impossible). Use this together with your missiles (any type will do). There's also a machine gun upgrade pickup that upgrades your machine gun (see below for that pickup). Power Missile: Damage: 4/6 Description: A red pickup that gives out a good damage to the enemy. Very good if you happen to pick up this weapon, because it is powerful, but too bad it doesn't home in an opponent. This is also fine for Minion, but I don't think you'll be able to shoot at Warhawk though, unless if he's down, shooting at you. Reticle: Damage: 3/6 Description: When you select this weapon from inventory, you'll suddenly have a box, slightly smaller than your screen, appear along with a target marked 'X'. It is green, and on top of the box is written a number (5), and here is the way to use it. You have a few seconds to shoot the missiles to an enemy, as soon as you press the attack button. Once you press it, the timer will begin, 5 seconds counting, and you must have a target by that moment, or you'll be rushing to find an enemy. Make sure you're ready, and follow the enemy all the time. Once you press the attack button, the target will change it's colors, and finally turning to red, which means that you must let the missiles go now, otherwise you'll never make it. So, do that once the number at the top of your screen changes to 0 & the target changes red. You should now release 10 devastating missiles, and they give plenty much damage to the enemy. Remember that you can shoot it earlier if you're not confident that you can follow the timer. Don't wait to long though, because you'll backfire the weapon, causing the weapon to wear off by itself. Don't waste, just wait for a good opportunity and shoot your opponent. You'll get a bonus if you get all weapons to hit the enemy. Ricochet: Damage: 3/6 Description: A ricochet is also a purple pickup that bounces off a wall if it hits one. You must make an angle that once you release it, you must aim it to a wall or to someone. If you aim to a wall or anything similar before it hits an enemy, you'll get a Bank Shot Bonus (thanks to bloodstorm for this info). Satellite: Damage: 4/6 Description: A powerful type of weapon. It works a bit like the Gas Can, but slightly different. When you equip this weapon in your inventory, you will have a large crosshair on the ground in front of you. This is just like the Gas Can. Once you see this, get an enemy into the perimeter of that crosshair, and press the attack button. It will then change its color from green to red. Red means that you must shoot it now otherwise it will shoot on its own. So, press the attack button again and the satellite will fire some type of laser to the middle of the crosshair, which damage the enemy around its perimeter. Remember, if you don't shoot it quickly, it will shoot by its own, and if it happens to shoot by its own, let it and if you can, find an enemy nearby. It is recommended that you get ready before beginning the attack. Zoomy: Damage: 3/6 Description: When you fire, this weapon will release 10 missiles, which goes in a circle and homes in the enemy. Make sure you aim really well, because this weapon seems a bit hard to control. It always goes out fast and hits the walls always (other things too). Shoot the enemy either from behind or in front. Secondary Pickups: Health Pickup: This is one of the most important pickup overall. It helps you to recover some of your health. It gets generated randomly and sometimes fast. It is purple with an aid kit as the symbol. Machine Gun Upgrade: Well, it helps you when you're out of weapons, helping you by upgrading your machine gun, giving more damage when you shoot at opponents. It will also turn to a bright white color, so it's easier for you to notice. It carries 30 bullets so never waste it. You can carry up to a maximum of 60 bullets (thanks to bloodstorm for this info). You can see how much bullets are left or you've picked up at the right hand corner of the screen, and on top of the weapon icons. Repair Station: This is not a pickup, but I'll list it in here anyway. It's a small repair station to refill your life to the max, better than your health pickup. It cannot be generated back, so it will finish if you keep using it. You can find one in your map with a '+' sign, as explained in a section above. I don't really know a lot about this, so here's bloodstorm's own explanation: From bloodstorm: Repair stations completely refill your life energy. They show up on your radar as little white x's. The amount of times you can use the repair stations depends on the skill level you're playing on, and the number of repair stations in a level doesn't affect this number. On easy you can use the repair stations 4 times per level, on medium you can use them twice per level, and on hard you can only use them one time per level. Thanks to bloodstorm. Turbo: Well, this pickup is always important for a good run-up to a ramp to collect weapons or running away from opponents when you're at a greater risk to be killed. Basically, you can find this icon nearly anywhere, in nearly every level, and you can check your turbo meter at the bottom of the right side of the screen. This is also very useful when you're up against a boss, or running away from him. **Part C** - General Information About Special Attacks Well, final part in this section, Part C. This final part will explain to you about characters' special attacks (including secret characters), their information, damage their special attacks cause, and strategies for battling the bosses. In case you didn't know, I didn't place Minion in the list because his information is already given out in the next section, Tips For Defeating Bosses. Check there and you'll find more about him this part can explain. One more thing, to avoid confusions to happen, let me remind you that the first paragraph for the boss battle strategies will always start as Minion first, and the next paragraph will be Warhawk. Please look at them carefully, and remember this short note. Seen any mistakes here? E-mail me (check above for my e-mail address). I listed all the characters in alphabetical order, easier for you to scroll down and look for a character. I did this section basically to help you defeating the bosses easier by using any of the following characters, and their own way of killing them, because some of the characters' special attacks has no homing capabilities, so I'll give you tips on how to use them better, & wiser. So, here we go! Axel: Special Description: Axel attacks the opponent by some type of micro- shockwave. It will damage enemies in close range, anyone around his two-wheeled vehicle. Use this when a group of enemies are attacking you, it works fine. From bloodstorm: Axel also has a second special. If you press up three times while the special is selected, Axel will close up his vehicle for a few seconds so that it is one big wheel. You can then ram someone during this time to cause some damage. Thanks again to bloodstorm for this handy info. Damage: 5/10 Boss Battle Strategies: When fighting against Minion, you can NEVER use your special when his shield is not disabled yet, so keep it whenever possible. You will have the chance to use it after his shield is out, that's the best part. No problem for Minion, isn't it? Just drive fast to him, target, and attack! You should then hit him, and run back to the other side and repeat the same thing and use your weapons for more severe damage. If you can, make sure you attack with your special a bit closer so that it causes more damage. When battling against Warhawk using the special attack is a waste of time. You can't reach him, but I think you might have a chance if he's hovering on the ground & shooting at you. When he's doing that, try your luck. Get to him carefully and use your special attack. Make sure you've disabled his shield though, or you'll be shooting the air. You should hit him, at least a bit. If you think this method is too risky, then you might just save this special attack for the tankers, they still move on the ground, don't they? Brimstone: Special Description: When you equip Brimstone's special, a man will appear near the roof of Brimstone's vehicle. This guy has explosives around his body, and when you attack, Brimstone will then find the closest target he can get (although sometimes there are no targets) and launch that guy from his vehicle to the opponent's car, if you target any. It has some homing capabilities, just like the fire missile. If it reaches the enemy's vehicle, he will stand on the car's roof (or anything above the driver) & shout 'repent' and explodes his body, damaging the vehicle. It works better in a close range battle, but you may also fire his attack from far range too, but make sure you have an enemy in front, or it won't work (of course it won't work if the opponent is hundred yards away). Damage: 5/10 Boss Battle Strategies: Before you disable the switches, please, do not use your special attacks. I doubt it will work though, but you can try it for once and see if it works, or if it damages Minion's tank. If it doesn't work, then keep the rest and continue battling him. After disabling his switches, run back up to the first floor and stay there, firing any of your weapons, and equip your special. Once his near to you, fire him with your special attacks. You should've damaged him quite a lot by now, so it's easier for you to finish him off. Battling Warhawk will be a bit tougher than battling Minion, so watch out. You can try using your special attack for the tankers, or maybe Warhawk too. I'll always advice you to take your time and try your luck, because without luck, you can't win too, maybe sometimes. The most important thing - never miss, and never attack him while his shield is still active. So, when he is on the ground hovering and shooting, use your special attack here, quickly and then run away. Keep doing this and maybe you'll make it. On the other hand, if you're too scared to use this method though, you can just attack the tankers with your special, to kill them faster. Well, there's no need for you to keep special attacks by now, because you won't need them for next battles. Crazy 8: Special Description: Crazy 8's special attack works weird, if you actually go deeper about the case. Have you tried pressing the attack button repeatedly while having his special equipped? Yes, he can actually give more damage to the enemies if you press it a lot of times. Once you equip his special, some weird looking type of electric wiring metal surrounds his vehicle. Once you attack, Crazy 8 will then release an electric (maybe with some high voltage) and gives enemies a shock (pressing repeatedly increases the damage). You must really aim at one opponent only, because he cannot take more than one. The vehicle will find the closest target he can get to, and give a shock. I've also been told that if you press the directional button three times while having the weapon selected, it will form an increased amount of damage power (maximum) and the electric attack will come out at the direction of the key pad that you've pressed. This is very good for enemies in groups, because it attacks more than one. Be sure to get closer to the target to increase the percentage of you damaging enemies to the max. Damage: 6/10 Boss Battle Strategies: Well, to tell you the obvious thing when battling Minion, never use your special attack while Minion's shield is still active. It is quite difficult to use your special attack now, since the switches will be randomly damaged, so it is recommended that you keep it first. Deactivate the switches first. After you've done that with the missiles, use all of your specials now! Shoot and keep pressing it. Never let go the button. When you've finished your specials, stop. Get turbo, weapons, and your health. Then, wait for him to come to you. When he's approaching, he might be using his attack now, so turbo all the way to the opposite direction and turn with the hard turn (x button) and shoot all the things you've picked up now (when you're speeding to the other side, make sure that you don't crash to him, otherwise...). Give everything you've got, the weapons, the special attacks (if you have any while you're collecting the pickups then it's a good news), etc. Now, all you have to wait for is Crazy 8's middle movie. Fighting Warhawk with Crazy 8 wouldn't be easy, but at least it is not very confusing. You have two options: Try your luck using your special attacks with Warhawk or: Use them for the tankers. Recommended for the second choice. I'm not so sure that you can damage Warhawk while he's flying around you. It is quite a waste if you don't use them for the tankers, because they are perfect for your type of attack. Whatever you choose, just do it right. Focus and always watch your health. Don't look away while you're fighting them, because you might fall down the building. Finish Warhawk either with the missiles or your special. Any option will do. Darkside: Special Description: Darkside's special works very simple, & it's quite unique as well. When having this attack equipped in your inventory, you'll have to aim at an enemy, preferred to be the heavy and slow ones. Once you attack, the screen will turn into a blurry view, which now lets you control the vehicle in a very limited amount of time. When this occurs, quickly aim at the opponent, and ram him hard! You'll damage him quickly, and the screen will soon turn to the way it was. Remember, when you attack with Darkside's special, you will have some speed, which works extremely great if you ram an enemy into a wall or a concrete. Want to know more, read bloodstorm's explanation: When you activate Darkside's special, the screen will go blurry around the edges and Darkside will launch forward with a lot of speed. Your goal is to ram someone during this period. You can get damage bonuses if you ram them in a certain way. You get a T-slide bonus if you ram them with your side (start going at them and but turn sharply before you hit them while holding the sharp turn button). For a ramming bonus, ram them into a wall. Thanks to bloodstorm :) Damage: 7/10 Boss Battle Strategies: Well, had a tough time battling Minion with Darkside? I'll show you what this little girl has. She has ramming abilities, remember that. So, the trick is to ram Minion, it's obvious right? But, can you damage Minion with your ramming? Of course, but while his shield is active, nope. You'll have to deal with that first will normal weapons. After all that nonsense but fun battle, get far, really far from him. Now, charge down the stadium and use turbo if your engine has a group of bees stuck inside. Quickly press the special attack now! It works better if he's facing you. Now, as fast as the wind, turn back and use the remaining turbo. Finish it and get after the other turbo pickup, because you need turbo to get this trick working. Now, use that same method over & over again until he's dead. Remember to watch out for your health. He'll definitely use his special throughout the battle, so always remember this. Wave your hands, don't forget! Ok, had fun with Minion, now it's time to play a little game with Warhawk. Time to create a war against, well, Warhawk of course. Ok, when you start, there should only be three things inside your mind right now. One, you cannot ram Warhawk because he's flying. Two, you can only use your special attack for the tankers. Three, well, you should run now! Steady, aim, fire! Remember, it is a good motivation to you! You should get weapons to help you defeat the tankers easily. Get some space (not too far though because the arena is not very long and wide, so you might fall off), and shoot all the weapons now. Wait at the exact spot, when the tanker is disabled, watch for Warhawk. When he's flying around near the tanker, use your turbo, and when you are reaching the tanker, use your special now! You'll have a blurry vision, so it is very wise to aim before you go. Now, you should blow the tanker, and in the same time damaging Warhawk. Repeat this method and watch for health icons nearby. Junkyard Dog: Special Description: His attack works very similar to gas can, but a bit more powerful, and slightly faster. When you equip his special attack, a ball with spikes around it appears near somewhere around the back area of the vehicle. When you launch the ball, you'll have a crosshair too, but be warned, it's very fast, more difficult for you to aim to an enemy. Anyway, when it reaches the opponent, you must now press the attack button again, and it should drop at the spot you aimed the devastating thing to the enemy's vehicle, and it explodes a bit too. Damage: 6/10 Boss Battle Strategies: Time to make Minion pay for winning the previous contest, for nothing. Destroy his shield, using power missiles or fire missiles or whatever, until the shield is deactivated. When you finished doing all that crap, run for health first. Now, take Junkyard Dog to the upper level of the arena, and make a run around the battle area, collecting all the weapons in the same time. Make sure you keep an eye to the power missiles. If he's attacking you, use your turbo to help you easier. When you've made one round full, get down and ready your special attack. Aim, and let go. Hit him? Now, hit one more. Ok, when you explored the arena just now, have you collected the power missile I told you to? Now, run, using turbo and balance your vehicle. Ok, wait until your special generates, and when it appears at your inventory, shoot the special attack first. Make sure you aim properly though, because you don't want to miss this. Now, quickly shoot your power missiles! He should be dead by now, but if he's still breathing, make sure he stops right away! You know what to do next right... Warhawk would be a little harder with this character... But no worries, I have the strategy using this tough guy! Starting the battle, the rules are very simple. Quickly run for the weapons, get health if you damaged yourself in that process, and fill up your turbo meter, because his vehicle is a slow type, not a fast type. Ok, have you thought about reaching Warhawk with your special? I don't think you can really guess the answer, not even me, but it's a big risk if you decide to shoot him with your special from that far apart distance. If you do, you'll get your butt kicked fast, and you don't want that now do you? So, be prepared, and get a good aim, because you'll be shooting the tankers only, from a distance. Stay away at least an inch from one of the tankers, and fire your attack. You may either shoot the special attack first, and the weapons second, but I would recommend you shoot the weapons first, this way will allow you to kill the tankers easily, and that way damaging Warhawk's shield more. You must really have good timing, aim and distance to be able to win for this character. Manslaughter: Special Description: Manslaughter's special causes some good damage to the enemy. He releases some pile of flaming rocks from the back of his truck. It can either go front or back, causing some severe damage. It works better in a close range, but too close can make it go over the enemy, so watch out. It spreads out to thousand pieces of rocks, and it will surely hit the enemy if aimed properly. It's very effective for boss battles, since the bosses are huge. Damage: 7/10 Boss Battle Strategies: Ok, got used with Manslaughter's special attack yet? Well, you better be, because you must be really good in aiming to attack Minion. But, I wouldn't say it's tough, because his size is making your work 70% easier, and you must use your brains a bit for the rest. After destroying his shield, run back, get some space, estimate the range your attack will go, and fire. You should hit him, but if you wait till he comes too close, you'll miss the attack because you need some distance from the enemy to make his attack works. Repeat and watch your health. You might get lots of damage while waiting for Minion to come. He will most likely shoot you first before you shoot him, because you're the one that is waiting. So, always watch your health, get some space, and fire. You'll also have to get weapons to defeat him easier. Have I mentioned that fighting Warhawk is harder, and in other words, easier? It doesn't make sense, and so does this! Ok first, collect weapons to disable his shield, and health for your life. Now, get away from Warhawk, shoot him with some homing missiles, and use ordinary weapons against him. Since you can't use your special against him, you can only use it for the tankers, so save weapons and run from the tankers while collecting. After you had collected enough, shoot the tankers, & use your special while it is going to explode. Just wait till Warhawk pays a visit, and fire. It won't be tough, and after you've disabled his shield, it's up to you to kill him with ordinary weapons. I would always recommend you to get life after disabling it, cause you might be in quiet a bad shape. Mr. Grimm: Special Description: This freaky-looking guy has a devastating special attack, but one of the hardest to aim for. When equipped in the inventory, he will take something out from his vehicle, some sort of blade, which should be sharp & deadly. You'll have to aim very accurately, or you'll miss and waste it. It has no homing capabilities, so keep it and use it in close-range battles; it works easier, recommended, and guarantees to damage the opponents, and it explodes when hit and opponent. It will always go in a straight line. Damage: 9/10 Boss Battle Strategies: Mr. Grimm's special attack works well for Minion's switches, but it will be useless after disabling his shield. The fight always requires some special attacks, and if you finish everything, then you most probably die. So, use only one, that may be fine, but keep the rest and let the special attacks generate itself for the moment. Now, pick up weapons and drive along the first floor, collecting everything. Use turbo if Minion is chasing and shooting from behind, & remember, you can hardly dodge his attacks, but it is possible if you do it right. Anyway, after collecting enough pickups, get some range from him, and start shooting you weapons first, along with your machine gun for extra damage. Now, use your special attacks until they finish, and Minion should be dead. Be sure to let Minion stay in a straight line as your target, because you don't want to miss even a special or a power missile. So, aim properly & accurately. Ok, start as usual; collect weapons first. Now, you have no choice but to shoot the tankers only, and don't aim at Warhawk. It might work, but it is not recommended, because it is too risky. By choosing either one of the ways, prepare your weapons in your inventory. Now, shoot the tankers, change to your special attack, & wait until Warhawk comes close. Now, release your special. Repeat this for 2 to 3 times and Warhawk should be defeated. Remember to watch for your health and use turbo if necessary. Always shoot the tankers from a distance, and use the fire missile, it is recommended. You may use the homing missile, but you can only damage the tankers by a little. Outlaw: Special Description: Outlaw's special attack uses a machine gun, when equipped, he will stand out of his vehicle's roof (he's half standing), and start aiming at opponents around him. When you use his special weapon, he will start shooting at the opponents closest to him. He will change the target himself, and he will find the closest enemy and target him/her. From bloodstorm: When the special is selected, Agent Stone will be half out the top of his vehicle, holding a gun. When you press fire, he will shoot the gun at any opponents that are around. If you see a laser sight aimed at an opponent you can shoot missiles at them by tapping the fire button rapidly. Damage: 6/10 Boss Battle Strategies: Start the level by running and dodging Minion's attacks to you, and collect weapons while running. After that, use fire missiles to disable Minion's shield, and get some distance away from him. Now, use your special attack, and along with your machine gun for extra damage. If he's not dead yet, run away by using your turbo, and collect weapons, preferably the power missile or the fire missile. Shoot all the weapons and he'll be dead. But if you still have some special attacks, use it, but aim for Minion carefully. Since Outlaw's special is hard to use if the enemy is running or moving around, use them while Minion is facing you & while he's shooting his weapons. Ok, time to fight Warhawk. First, get weapons and ready them. When the tankers come, use your weapons. Remember to keep your special attacks, so when disabling Warhawk's shield always use your normal weapons, and always watch out for your health too. Anyway, after disabling Warhawk's shield, select the special in your inventory. When Warhawk comes to shoot you his hovering attack, use yours here. Make sure you use it while he's there, and if you can, try not to move too much. This will cause Outlaw's special to target at other directions, and this will be a waste of your special. So, use it carefully. After two special attacks are used, run for health. Repeat this until Warhawk is dead. Roadkill: Special Description: Roadkill's special is a bit odd and different. To make his special work right, press and hold the fire button until the lights in front of his vehicle light up, all of them, well, it depends on the player. When the attack button is released, he will let loose some missiles which has some homing capabilities. The player can choose how many missiles he/she wants. Example, if the player wants a quick attack to an enemy, the player will most probably choose a maximum of three missiles, so the player should hold the buttons until three lights are seen, and when released, it will let loose three missiles. Many missiles cause more damage, but it's pointless if you charge the attack when the only remaining enemy has a little health left, but it's totally up to you. Damage: 7/10 Boss Battle Strategies: This fight wouldn't be too difficult, because Roadkill's special works very good for boss battles. First, as usual, collect weapons and get them ready. Disable his shield, and after this, get some distance a way from Minion. Now, select your special in your inventory, and shoot them here. After about two shots, get away, and get health, because you might've gotten a lot of damage shooting Minion just now. Now, run for a while, giving opportunities for your special to re-generate. Ok, after running for a while, and dodging Minion's attacks, shoot all of your special attacks, along with your machine gun. Charge it up to the max. Make sure you have full health while doing this, because you'll encounter Minion, and he's sure to give you a big punch on the face. Ok, time to test Roadkill on Warhawk. You have two options (but actually, three to be exact), choose one of them. You can either kill Warhawk by shooting the tankers, which disables his shield and you can use weapons afterwards or, you can use normal weapons to disable his shield first, then use your missiles to finish him. Or if you don't know which one to choose, use this method. I'm using both options, so follow these simple steps for Roadkill. Use normal weapons to disable the tankers, then when Warhawk comes by, shoot the tankers with the special attack. Now, run for health, some weapons, and wait a few minutes for your special to generate. Now, use all you got, hopefully you picked up a lot of homing missiles, and use them, and when Warhawk hovers to shoot his special, use yours too. Shoot all you got, and he's down. Shadow: Special Description: Shadow releases a beam (purple) that goes straight and detonates when pressed the second time. It works in close and far range battles. But moderate range is recommended. Make sure the enemy is in front, and attack. It is released fairly fast, so use caution. If the enemy is far, make sure he is in a straight line, estimate when you're going to detonate it, and attack. This should be done in a flash, because the enemy might move to other directions, and you'll miss. It also penetrates through objects, but it is useless if you detonate it inside. From: Ryan Zariwney Second Special When driving around, and your icon is on Special (Duh...) Press Up, on the Directional Pad countless times. After around the third time, Raven will pop out from the top of the vehicle, and fire roughly shots from a Vulcan mounted to the seat that she rose up on. She aims at the nearest enemy, and also, that's a very speedy way of taking out Minion's Shield. It even says that Raven has a second special in the inst. book, so there it is. The attack has an okay damage rate, since it brought someone like Outlaw down to a yellow health rating, after opening up all at him. Thanks for adding this up. He also added that it seems impossible (or maybe so) to hit Warhawk with it. Damage: 6/10 Boss Battle Strategies: This is a good special when battling Minion. First, as usual, collect weapons while dodging Minion's attacks. Now, disable his shield with the weapons. After this, get health, and turbo. Do it quick. Get some distance away, aim and make sure Minion is in your target and in a straight line. Now, launch your special. About one second, press the button again to detonate it. Repeat this step three to four times. Make sure to run for health after two attacks are launched. Before we start, let me remind that you can't use you special during Warhawk's battle. Although it might work, it will give only a little impact & damage to him, so it's useless doing so. It is better to use them to the tankers. Anyway, collect weapons, especially fire & homing missiles, these weapons are very important for the upcoming battle. Use turbo if necessary. The tankers might be shooting you a bit, but dodge them if you can. But if you find one pestering you too much, use force, but make it quick. Now, use the normal method defeating Warhawk, shoot them with your special and disable them. Now, wait until Warhawk flies nearby, and destroy them to pieces and in the same time damaging Warhawk's shield. Now, use normal and remainder of your special to finish Warhawk off. Spectre: Special Description: Spectre's special attack has never changed, although the color is different from time to time, the ability of its missile to penetrate through objects remains. Yes, it goes through walls, concretes and of course objects, except vehicles. It is a bit similar to the fire missile, but it has better homing capabilities. Its color is same as the fire missile, but has the ability like the homing missile. Use it carefully, although the missile itself seeks enemies, it is always recommended for you to aim and check for nearby enemies first, and then let the missile loose. It goes fairly fast, but it will not cause a severe damage to the enemies. Damage: 5/10 Boss Battle Strategies: Collect weapons at the start of the level, but take your time, because you want to have lots of special attacks in this battle. As soon as you finish exploring the arena, get all of your weapons ready and destroy Minion's shield. Now, get away, at least two meters away, and start shooting your specials. You don't have to directly facing him while firing, because it has homing capabilities, but it is recommended if you shoot Minion while seeing him in your screen. Repeat these steps and remember to fill up your health. Do this the right way and you shall succeed. Also, try to use your machine gun for extra damage. Ok, now, you can kill Warhawk the easy way, finally. First, run back, collect weapons, and while doing that, the game automatically generates your special attacks. Ok, after going one whole circle, and of course dodging the tankers' attacks all the way till now, shoot your fire missile to them. Wait till Warhawk comes, and destroy the tanker and the same time damaging Warhawk's shield. Repeat this and you may use up to two special attacks but keep the rest for the battle coming ahead. Now, after disabling Warhawk's shield, use your specials while his doing his hovering attack. Shoot all you got, until your inventory is completely empty. Now, finish him anyway you like, but remember to watch for your health too, & don't get overjoyed. Sweet Tooth: Special Description: Sweet Tooth has one of the most devastating special attacks ever created. Once selected in your inventory, he will immediately transform his vehicle and readies his weapon. If the attack button is pressed, he will then launch a maximum of 20 missiles and you'll have to do the aiming yourself. Now, just target to an enemy, and launch the attack! He will make a laughing type of sound each time you use them. It is precious, and one of my favorite characters of all time. When he's on the transformation process, and if you change the inventory, he will change to the normal shape back. It's quite cool when he's transforming his vehicle. Damage: 9/10 Boss Battle Strategies: A battle against Minion should be a piece of cake with Sweet Tooth. At the start of the level, run for weapons, as usual. Now, select the fire missile, and destroy his shield. After that, recover your health, and get some distance away. Now, fire you special attack. Remember not to use your special when disabling Minion's shield, instead use it now. Anyway, make sure you face him and fire. You should let all the missiles hit him, so it's easier to finish him off, rather than waiting and collecting weapons or maybe you'll have to wait for your specials to regenerate. Stop and run for health if necessary. Repeat these steps and he should be dead in no time. When you start off the level, quickly run for weapons, and use you turbo if a tanker is on your tail. Now, finish the first tanker with normal weapons, and make sure you damage Warhawk by at least half (if it's not then repeat this again). Now get health. Then, ready your special attacks. Now, shoot the next tanker with your special. When it is disabled, destroy it and Warhawk's shield by using your special attack again. If you're quick, you'll destroy the tanker and Warhawk's shield the same time, plus the missiles might damage Warhawk after his shield is destroyed. If you have one more special left, you can use it when he's about to go down doing his attack. You'll get him by half, or sometimes more than a half, but try using your homing missiles for greater damage. Warthog: Special Description: Warthog's special is an orange laser attack. It looks similar to Minion's attack but Minion has further range and I think it is more powerful than Warthog's. When you use Warthog's special, it will shoot out a laser that is quite powerful but it will not aim for enemies, so you will have to aim yourself. Use his special wisely, and try to use it when battling bosses or to a group of enemies, it works great. However, it will not last long. It lasts about three seconds and it will be gone soon. Damage: 8/10 Boss Battles Strategies: Make sure you have lots of weapons after the start of the level. Go one round and get up to the first floor. Dodge Minion's attacks to you, and use your turbo. Now, disable his shield, use one of your specials, but keep the rest. It is recommended that you use the fire missiles; they're good for Minion's shield. Anyway, after you've destroyed his shield, get health and start looking for weapons again. Get turbo too, because it's easier for you to escape whenever you're chased by Minion. So, have all the weapons? It's time to destroy Minion. Get up to the first floor, and start shooting your specials. Keep shooting until you finish all of them. Now, use ordinary weapons against him. Keep shooting all you got. Try not to die even once, because you'll lose all the weapons. So, if you see your health is at stake, stop and run for the health icon, and use turbo. Repeat these steps and you'll win in no time. At the start of the level, get weapons, collect fire missiles, it is recommended. Now, use your fire missiles to the first tanker that comes by until it is disabled, and use your special once Warhawk is close. Now, repeat this until he's shield in destroyed. Now, get health, and refill your turbo. Collect weapons, especially homing missiles, and use them to destroy Warhawk. You cannot reach Warhawk because he's flying, but you can try when he's doing his hovering attack. It is very hard though, but if you use the other way instead, I guarantee it will work. Yellow Jacket: Special Description: Yellow Jackets' special is some sort of sharp needle type objects that shoots out from the bottom of the vehicle whenever it is released. It is very hard to aim for enemies, but when it hits something, it explodes, and gives out quite a good damage to the enemy. Use it in a crowd or when enemies are chasing or on your tail. Damage: 6/10 Boss Battle Strategies: When battling Minion, use your special when you're close to him. If you're far from him, the attack might not reach him. Anyway, when the level starts, collect weapons, and remember to get fire missiles. Use these missiles against Minion, to destroy his shield. Then, get health. Use turbo if Minion is shooting from or on your tail. You can try using your special here too, but concentrate on the game. Remember to collect weapons while running. After his shield is destroyed, use your specials against him, do it fast. If you're damaged badly, get weapons. Repeat these steps to pass on the game. When the battle starts, get weapons. Now, kill the first tanker with fire missiles, and damage Warhawk's shield. Then, get health, and turbo. Now, disable the next tanker, and destroy it with your special. Now, after Warhawk's shield is destroyed, use your fire missiles and some homing missiles to kill him. I don't think you can reach Warhawk with your special, but you may try, but I won't recommend it. #4. T i p s F o r D e f e a t i n g B o s s e s Side Note: You might want to refer to the section above, in Part C to know how your characters' special works, and then you can get to this section back. I recommend this because you should know how to manage your character well, whomever you're playing as, so it's easier for you to pass on in the game, without repeating the same level over and over again, & eventually you'll get bored, trust me. You can skip the parts where you battle the bosses though, because you won't be knowing that yet, until you reach this section. Remember, if you're unsure of anything about your character, you may check that part, and then you might be better. But, as I may understand, if you're new to Twisted Metal: Black, then, you should refer to this section first, or refer to the above section for the special descriptions the first, and scroll down here when you're done. Or maybe you can't get on with the above part, then it's fine. I can never force you, but I can always advice you. So, consider this as an important note. Anyway, let's get on. Part 1: Boss Stage 4 - Minion Found In Level: Minion's Stadium About The Boss: Ok, so you definitely know that this guy is a super big-sized guy right? If you don't know than you might as well guess that he is, but actually, he is, honestly, look at him. Don't worry, just keep your eyes wide open. It's time to show you're tougher than you look. Well, if you made your promise already than you might just don't break the promise. Let me tell you about him and his advantage. He is big, so he uses his size against you. His ramming, which sometimes he doesn't mean to ram you but he accidentally does it. If he rams you, you can get pretty bad damage, but I suggest that you don't try it out right now ok. So, make sure you stay away at least a meter from him whenever you start the battle. The second advantage is, his special attack. He has two, and one of them is a mixed attack. His first attack is his laser beam. This is his favorite attack, because he'll get himself as near to you as possible. He'll fire and when he does, the weapon on top of his tank will squirt some weird looking, orange type laser. This is why you shouldn't go near him, and believe me, it'll give tons of damage, which sometimes kills you instantly. His other attack is this fireball thing. If you're far away from him, he'll fire you some fireballs which follows you, just like a homing missile, but slower than that. He'll give about 7 to 8 shots (if I'm not mistaken) and he'll stop (sometimes its randomly chosen). This will also leave a big trouble, and you're now ready to die. His mixed attack is a bit funny. Like I mentioned, the laser beam comes out only if you're near him, so how if you run away from him when he started the laser attack already? Definitely, the laser can't go too far can it? So, if you run away when he is attacking you with his laser attack, he'll fire his fireballs, together with the laser, and that is why I called it a mixed attack. It's cool isn't it? Seeing this wonderful boss with so much weaponry attacks. Oh yeah, he also has a shield protector to protect him from attacks. Remember, his weapon on top of his vehicle aims at you wherever you are, so think about getting rid of it first will you (I'm just kidding). Defeating The Boss: Well, take it easy. Don't panic, we'll solve this calmly alright. Before anything, you must NEVER use your special attacks, at least for a while. Keep them first, just do it, trust me. You may use up to two special attacks, but please keep the rest. Now, your attention will go straight to it's shield which surrounds the vehicle. Do you notice the green switches? There are four green switches. They look weird don't they? Yep, time to destroy the shield. Here's the way. You must shoot each and every one of the switches in order to shut down the shield around Minion. You can try using your machine guns for the first time, but I recommend using the fire missile. It works great, but if you use the homing missile, it might be ok as well. But the homing missile does not really give a big impact on the switches, so fire missiles work perfect. Shooting the front switch is easy but you might get beaten up pretty bad by Minion, but don't worry. Fire, and quickly run to it's side. Then make a circle around him and fire him again. Do this repeatedly but ALWAYS watch out for your health. If it goes to half, then stop this quickly and run for the health icon. Again, fire one of his switches. I found out that the back switch seems tough, because often times he likes to face you and always turn his tank so you should be very fast on this. This might be tough for you, well sometimes for me too, but you'll have better advantage with fast and small vehicles. You must also collect weapons remember, so timing is the key. Your health, your weapons and the speed of your car are important things in order to defeat Minion. If your character's speed is low, than you just have to rely on your turbo. Make sure your turbo is full, or at least half full. So, once his shield is out, run from him a little while, then collect weapons to kill him. Ok, this is the tough and easy part. Sounds crazy huh? Well, it is crazy. Now, you should be completely full of health, weapons, and turbo. I always deal with these things in order to blow him up. Oh yeah, did you keep your special attacks? Well, now is the time to use them. Wait for him to come (if he doesn't go a bit nearer to him), and slowly fire your special attacks. If you're special attack is powerful, then you might as well killed him already. If he's not dead yet, do not continue shooting him but instead run away (turbo if you can) and wait in another spot. If he fires his special attack, quickly run to him but just touch him a bit and wait in the opposite direction you were just a moment ago. If he fires his fireballs, just run to him, but make a circle so that the fireballs hit him back. It is actually very hard and difficult, but if you can't then you might just have to let the fireballs hit you. Quickly get after the health icon. Then, don't waste this opportunity. Now, shoot out everything you have, until you have nothing left. Make sure you face him and he's not using his special attack. Then, you should've killed him. Congratulations, you just killed the first boss, Minion. Advance and remember the steps always. 8 Short Simple Steps Defeating Minion: 1. Keep all special attacks (use them if necessary). 2. Shoot all four panels. 3. Take out shield. 4. Watch out for health and take it whenever possible. 5. Do not approach too close. 6. Collect all pickups. 7. Wait in a safe spot to begin attack. 8. Use every weapons possible. Make sure every attack hits enemy. Strategies From Other Authors: Strategy From justg: Specific Strategies: In order to get rid of Minion's shields you must destroy each of the panels on each side of Minion. The front and side panels are easy enough, but the rear can cause some pain. Rear Panel Strategies: - Go invisible and let him move past you and the fire at the rear panel. - Be real fast and try to circle him by jumping off of one of the blocks into the arena while he is coming up a ramp. General Strategy: - Keep moving around the upper level of the stadium and reverse fire at him. Strategy From bloodstorm: Minion Strategy: This is the level where you'll fight Minion during story mode. When you start Minion has a shield that must be destroyed before you can hurt him. To destroy the shield, you have to destroy the four panels (front, rear, left, and right). To destroy the panels, you just have to hit Minion on the corresponding side (shoot him in the front to destroy the front panel, on the left side to destroy the left panel, etc.). The front panel will take the most hits, the left and right will take about the same amount of damage before dying, and the back panel can be destroyed with one homing missile (but it's the hardest to hit since Minion is usually facing you). I'd recommend using homing missiles, fire missiles, and the machine gun to destroy the panels, but you can use anything. After you destroy the forth panel, the shield will be destroyed and you can use your more powerful weapons to destroy him. To avoid taking too much damage, try to keep moving and don't let him get too close. His close range attack is very powerful, so if you want to get close I'd recommend using the shield and not staying close for very long. Strategy From D-Plus: Strategies for Beating Minion The best strategy for beating Minion is quiter simple. First, drive around and max out most of your weapons. Then start turning around Minion just dodging his attacks. When you come around, be ready with missiles and machine gun fire. You'll need to destroy all four panels of Minion's tanker (front, back and two sides) to deactivate his force field. After you do this, you then need to use the hit and run technique to wear his health down. After you beat him, you'll view your driver's middle movie. Strategy From KrayzieGuy86: Stage 4: Minion This guy is CHEAP. He has infinite specials and it's the most devastating special in the game!!! Minion has 4 panels controlling his shield. The front, left, right, and back. You must take them out in order to lower the shield. Well, at first you gotta go around the ring and collect as many weapons as you can. Then put up your shields and fire all you got at him. Continue doing so. It is very tough to get the back panel though. Thankfully, it is destroyed in at least 2 hits. You'll eventually get it. That's pretty much all ya gotta do. When his shield is down fire away and he'll be down for the count. Part 2: Boss Stage 8 - Warhawk Found In Level: Warhawk's Rooftop About The Boss: Final boss pal. There's no way but to fight. Let me tell you about this freaky guy. This is the first time I see a character using a helicopter as his vehicle. Relax alright. As far as I observed, he has nothing more like Minion but only one special attack. His special attack is a bit similar to the weapon we always use - zoomy. The only difference is that his special attack does not really come out all together. It comes out slowly and get you in a big trouble. He always use this weapon, trust me. He uses it all the time, but sometimes he use ordinary weapons. Since he's flying all around and stops at one spot, there's also another threat. The tankers. A bit similar to Minion, these tanker's special attacks are definitely Minion's special attack. You have to see it to believe it. They even look the same as Minion, but a bit short in length. Like I mentioned in the section above, these tankers carry laser beams and fireballs, so prepare to battle Minion and Warhawk at the same time. The tankers will never be demolished, well, they do explode and die but they will keep coming until Warhawk's shield is destroyed. This means that you're threatened by a group of crazy tankers, which will never be dead. Huh? This is crazy. Two against one, this is definitely not fair isn't it? We'll talk about that later. Now, like Minion, Warhawk has a shield too. The difference is that he has no switches. How the hell you shut down his shield (see below)? Anyway, when he stops, he face directly at you and he'll start shooting. Most of the time, he'll use his special attack, instead of using ordinary weapons. After he runs out of his first special attack, he'll fly off again and start doing the same thing. Then the tankers will come and shoot you. Seems like he has some sort of backup units don't you think? Forget about that. According to my own study, I think that Warhawk's shield is stronger than Minion's. This is because Minion's shield is depending on its switches, but Warhawk's shield is not depending on anything. No switches, no weak point or whatsoever. Al right then, let's find out how to defeat him. Defeating The Boss: Warhawk, weird name and freaky, right? He is freaky, just forget about him. Now, let's face it. You can't find the switches around Warhawk's body just like you found around Minion's car. How strange. Oh yeah, you must be good in judging your character too. See if your character's special attack is an aiming one or if it is not an aiming one. If it is an aiming one, that's a good news and you can use for both Warhawk and the tankers. If it's not, than your special attacks will be useless for Warhawk but it will still be useful for the tankers since the tankers don't fly right? Just wait for further instrauctions. Anyway, let's continue. He has no weak points on him. Well, he has one, but he's not really revealing it. First guess, shooting the shield with lots of weapons. Ok tried that way, it doesn't work. Then, how about the tankers? They do look strange and they explode quite powerful, don't you think? So, I'll reveal the secret to you. Here's the way. You have to be good in estimating things. So, you must guess where's Warhawk when he's flying above you. Once you found the spot he is, (usually near the place where the tankers jump out is a good place) quickly shoot the tanker and make sure that the tanker is already on the ground and not coming over al right. Got it? Remember to fire your machine guns along with your weapons to kill him easier. Ok now, once the tanker's life is out, they'll write on your screen 'Tanker Disabled' and now you have to wait until Warhawk is coming near and make sure he's at the perfect spot where you can blow up the tanker to damage Warhawk's shield. You can also try using your special attacks here if yours are not the aiming type. If yours are the ones which can home in an opponent, just keep it first and don't use them right now. Remember to fill your health first before doing this repeatedly. Doing this without taking your life is a BIG and MAJOR way to be killed. This is the only way. Well, maybe there are other ways but I don't know them. Anyway, once the screen shows these words 'Warhawk Shield Damaged', he's shield is still active but a bit crooked and not stable. If you really aim for his chopper accurately, then it may take about two or three times killing the tankers and to disable his shield. Remember, this is the second and final boss so he could not be a piece of cake. So, I gave you the way to destroy his shield. Now, how about defeating him after all that nonsense? So, you destroyed Warhawk's shield already? That was quick. Now, to kill him even quicker. After his shield has been destroyed, keep away and get into the square-shaped place that keeps the health icon. Get in and stay there for a moment. After he's attack in the middle landing place, use all your weapons. Did you keep your special attacks? If so, use them right now. Remember, your one MUST be the ones that can pursue the opponent. Use all of them and Warhawk's health now should be threatened. Use all of your weapons you have and hide in the square- shaped place again. Now, all you have to do is collect fire missiles and homing missiles and believe me, that's more than enough to kill him. His abilities are nothing without his shield, so don't be afraid. Do not approach when he is using his special attack, doing so may kill you. But instead, hide in the square shaped place first and wait until he's flying around and now shoot him until he dies. End of story. Say goodbye and wave your hands. Congratulations, you just defeated Warhawk, the best guy dealing with wars. 8 Short Simple Steps Defeating Warhawk: 1. Find weak point - tankers. 2. Make a smart guess of where Warhawk is - shoot the tankers. 3. Destroy the shield. 4. Quickly run for health and weapons. 5. Hide in the square shaped place with the health icon. 6. Use all of the special attacks if they're homing ones. 7. Hide and collect both of the fire & homing missiles together. 8. Attack when he's flying around. Hit him with collected weapons. Strategies From Other Authors: Strategy From justg: Specific Strategies: For starters this is not going to be easy... at all. First Part of Battle: Initially you will have to disable a few tankers, then, when WarHawk is close enough, you will need to actually destroy the tanker in order to damage WarHawk's Shield. After three or four successful damages the shield will be gone. - You are safe in the buildings from Warhawk, but not the tankers. - Be sure to disable the tankers near the center pad, else you may not damage Warhawk at all when you destroy the tankers. - Do not waste anytime on Warhawk until the shield is destroyed. Second Part of Battle: At this point all goes to hell. You no longer have to worry about the tankers, but Warhawk is on the war path. He will hover over the center pad and fire a barrage of missiles and bombs at you. He will then fly off, circle around, strafe after you and then repeat. - Stay inside a building when he is in the center, he cannot harm you. - When he leaves, you should also leave the building and make some pick-ups. - It would be beneficial, especially for the slower vehicles, to use shield When Warhawk is coming after you or you are out of the shelter. - Try to shoot homing missiles at him if you can determine where he is. This is best done after he passes you on a strafe and is returning to the center pad. He is not shooting at you and the missiles will actually hit him. - If you have a special that seeks its target or is thrown in the air, us it. - VERY BENEFICIAL: Pick up the Satellite Skill weapon! When he is returning to the center pad fire it with the target in the center of the pad. All missiles will hit him and it does a fair amount of damage. Plus, when you are that close it is easier to avoid his fire because you are immediately below him. NOTE: The target does not have to be on the pad the entire time, just when you want to shoot the weapon. Try starting it when he is coming back toward the center so it will be red when he gets there. Strategy From bloodstorm: Warhawk Strategy: To beat Warhawk, you must first destroy his shield. To do this you need to deactivate the tankers that come from a building in the background while they are near the center of the arena, and then blow them up when Warhawk is hovering in the center. After a few tankers are destroyed to damage his shield, you can attack Warhawk directly. You can hit him with fire missile, homing missiles, and the like, but what I find works well is to go to the center of the arena when he is hovering there and then shoot anything you have at the spiked pole he has at the front of his helicopter. Also, while you are relatively safe from Warhawk's attacks in the structures, he can destroy them if he hits them enough, so be careful. Use your shield a lot when you're not in the structures and be careful that he doesn't push you off of the building with his evil spike dealie. Strategy From D-Plus: Strategies for Beating Warhawk There's only one way to beat Warhawk and that way can get quite frustrating. First, when the battle begins, circle the roof collecting everything you can get your hands on. Then, a tanker will come into play. Attack it from a distance so it wont freeze or burn you. When it's disabled, wait for Warhawk to hover above it. When he does, blast the remains of the tanker. You will need to do this three times. After you do so, start circling the roof again this time collecting homing missiles. Use them (or a homing special attack) to attack Warhawk. You can use fire missiles but they are harder to aim. Some special attacks work real well such as Outlaw's Mounted Gunner and Spectre's Ghost Missile. After you do this, you will view your driver's ending movie. Strategy From KrayzieGuy86: Stage 8: Warhawk This battle is EASY. I can't stress how easy it is. When I first fought Warhawk with Roadkill I was like "Oh shit". I destroy the tankers and blow them up when Warhawk is directly above them. I shoot a few specials at him and he's a goner. It's soooo simple. Ask me, and I think they should've made Minion final boss. :D But seriously. To beat him: About a minute into the battle, Tankers that look like Minion will jump from a nearby building onto Warhawk's Rooftop. Destroy 'em and push them onto the helipad. Or, you can just leave them and wait for the red dot to get over the orange dot (on the radar) and fire at the tanker. Either way, it's simple. Continue doing so until the third time. OR if you're lucky, (as I was) the shields might be destroyed in 2 turns, rather than 3. Next, grab the Skill-Based Pick-Up and hope you get a Satellite. If so, when Warhawk gets above the helipad, fire the Satellite once, put up your shield and wait for the missiles to drop on him. This should take out about 50% of his health. Do this another time and Warhawk is toast. :) #5. F r e q u e n t l y A s k e d Q u e s t i o n s Well, this is the special section where I created it just for you, and your questions about this game I always bump with at the message boards. More questions MIGHT be answered soon, so be patient. Can I unlock Warhawk? No, you can't. There are rumors that Warhawk was actually a playable character, but the producers & directors changed it at the time it was near release. I don't know why, but some say that it was because Warhawk flies, and in Twisted Metal series, there never was a flying character, except in Twisted Metal 4, but that character was actually only hovering, not flying. So, the creators changed their mind and released it this way. What is the opera song playing as a background in Crazy 8's middle movie? Alright, here goes. I've been receiving a lot of name titles and I'm not sure these are correct ones. Since I don't give info on this matter, I would like to thank those people who gave me the info, with two different name titles. Which is which? You tell me. Luciano Pavorotti - I Pagliacci Thanks to Jay999 for this info (GameFAQs Message Board username) Vesti la Guibba (band not known/not told) Thanks to Daniel Poole for this info (e-mail) I found an icon that says 'Warhawk unlocked', but when I check at the characters section, I can't find it. What does it say that and where is Warhawk? The word was meant to mean that you've unlocked the Warhawk's Rooftop level, not him. Don't be confused, and don't have to worry about it. I got confused myself for the first time too, and I was shocked, but cool down, cause nobody unlocked anyone yet. What is the name of the song playing in the credits page? Paint It Black - Rolling Stones. Is there any news about the upcoming Twisted Metal? No, but as soon as it comes up, I will update this part and tell you about it. Your FAQ says that I must go here and hide, but instead, I died staying there? Why is this happening? This FAQ is just an alternative way to your succession. I will try to help you as hard as I can, and not 100%. So, the best thing is that you just take tips on how to defeat either bosses, and I do recommend doing your own way & style, because mainly, this FAQ is only giving you general and basic ways and tactics to defeat them. If you still couldn't win, read other strategies that has been listed in this FAQ, from other authors. Why is Minion smaller than the boss Minion? I asked this before in the message boards, and those guys said that they did that probably because they cannot fit him into most of the levels if they make him big as the original. This was also done for Twisted Metal: Small Brawl. My ass got kicked up pretty bad nearly all the time, even in easy difficulty. Is there any way to escape? Actually, when you're in the game, it's really hard to tell where the enemy goes, and what he'll do next. Sometimes you're really far from the enemies, but still you'll get a hit from some missiles flying by. These are all the challenges in the game, so it is really impossible to answer the question, unless if you use cheats, then you really won't experience the fun now, won't you? If you use cheats, then it's definitely not a big deal, everyone can cheat, and winning the game with cheats is pretty simple. I'm not trying to tell you not to try the cheats out, but it'll get boring once you advance through the game and seeing your life bar not decreasing, not even once. #6. S p e c i a l T h a n k s To The Great Authors' Strategies (listed in alphabetical order): bloodstorm - For both Warhawk & Minion guide. - For the Axel info. - For further info regarding the repair stations. - For telling me the machine gun upgrade's bullets round. - For the Darkside explanations. - And for the Outlaw's special info. D-Plus - For both Warhawk & Minion Strategies. Justg - For the easy guide for Minion & Warhawk. KrayzieGuy86 - For his strategy defeating Minion & Warhawk. Contributors: Daniel Poole - For the opera info Jay999 - Also for the opera info Ryan Zariwney - For the Shadow's second special info. Well, we reached the closing part of this FAQ, and here I'd like to give credits for those who helped me getting information for this FAQ. First, I'd like to thank the site tmalliance.com for their awesome Twisted Metal site. A lot of thank you to the creators of Twisted Metal Black for their awesome game. CJayC for keeping this site alive. Again, to all the authors for their strategies. You guys rock! And to you, for reading my FAQ! That's it for now, and I'll see you with more updates coming up with many more strategies from other people and my own observations. I'll still be checking for any urgent information that has to do with this FAQ. I'll welcome any suggestions and any complains, but with polite words are appreciated. My e-mail address (again) is: [email protected] Again, no part of this FAQ may be reproduced in any form, shape, or transmitted, in any ways, or any forms by any means (electronic, mechanical, recording, or otherwise) without prior permission from the author. This means no copying, no publishing, or any other illegal activities. This FAQ is posted only in GameFAQs and nowhere else. If other websites had taken this FAQ to theirs (a secured site), I won't mention them here. This FAQ copyright 2003 - 2004 by the author piecemealcranky. The author may agree or disagree with any suggestions given. 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