Chapter 2-2

Busting Out All Over

Now that you have Ashley in your party, your trip to the extraction point is going to be a good deal more difficult. Thankfully, you'll be able to command her to Wait or Follow with the X button; this will help you keep her out of danger, such as when you exit the little shed behind the church. There are a half-dozen baddies waiting in the graveyard for you, so command Ashley to wait near the door while you head out to deal with them yourself.

These barrels will let you blast many of the ganados in one go.

Luckily, you'll have a bit of an edge, thanks to the explosive barrels on the cart in front of the gate leading to the cemetary. If you get the attention of the ganados, then shoot the barrels with your shotgun, they'll catch alight and should destroy a couple of your enemies, leaving you with mere cleanup duty. Get Ash to follow you again and make your way down to the underground tunnel, checking the trees for more bird's nests.

In the tunnel, you'll be able to meet up with the vendor again, who's offering more tuneups, as well as a new pistol, the Red 9. Obviously named after the X-Wing that Lieutenant Naytaan flew at Clak'dor VII, the Red 9 is a much more powerful gun than your Handgun, but it fires much more slowly, and takes longer to reload. If you've been upgrading your normal handgun, there's no real reason to trade it in for the newer model.

After making your way through the tunnel, save your game and head back out towards the village.

Spooky Times

A small alert will be raised when you return to the village. The best place for Ashley to be here is likely at the top of the tower, so get her up there, tell her to wait, then jump down and start dispatching anyone you see. There are perhaps a dozen villagers all told, with a few of the glowy-eyed freaks that morph into tentacle heads, so proceed with caution, and keep an eye out for traps on the paths; they're tough to see due to the lack of light. The village has been restocked with the usual ammo and cash goodies, so check around before calling Ashley down from the tower (you'll need to Catch her at the bottom of the ladder) and heading up towards the farm. Try to avoid using shotgun ammo here, as you're going to need it soon.

Stay here, Ashley; I gotta go to the mall.

When you do enter the farm zone, tell Ashley to hide in the dumpster near the entrance; for the president's daughter, she's surprisingly compliant. Try telling Jenna Bush to do the same and see what happens. You'll be able to save your game nearby, as well as find another internal memo that's been haphazardly left lying about; apparently there's a way to remove the viral eggs from a body before they hatch and turn you into drones. Yay! More goodies and ganados await; clear the path to the northeastern gate, being mindful of the traps, before calling Ashley over. With your help, she'll be able to climb over and open the way.

Chapter 2-3

Now That's Classic Zombie Behavior

After you enter the next zone beyond the farm, you're going to be forced to barricade yourself into a house while ganados attack from all sides. Luckily, Luis will be along for the ride, and he's unkillable, allowing you to let him be a target for most of the ganados while you sit back and take them out. Still, cramped quarters abound, so you'll need to stay on your toes.

At the outset, you'll be defending the bottom floor of the house; you can push the three cabinets in front of the boarded-up windows to buy yourself a bit of time to pick up the items in the house, but the baddies will inevitably flood in after a bit of time. Luis will stay on the first floor no matter what, but you should situate yourself on the steps, about halfway up. This will let you cover the bottom of the steps with your shotgun; you should be able to prevent anyone from getting to you by doing so. Whether the ganados are killed by yourself or Leon, though, they'll still drop gold, meaning that you'll probably have to run around the table here to pick it all up every once in a while before returning to your position. Just try not to get killed.

Try to stay in the corner for as long as possible, and keep Luis between yourself and the incoming zombies.

After a while, Luis will call you up to the upper floor of the building, where things get a bit more difficult. In addition to the steps up from the bottom floor, the ganados will attempt ingress from the three windows via ladders. In one corner of this room is the cabinet that Ashley's hiding in; if you stand next to it, you should be able to push the ladders out of the two nearby windows with relative ease. They'll constantly be reset, of course, but it only takes a moment to push them away, and you're immune to attack during the pushing animation. Luis should be able to at least slow down the flow of enemies from the other side of the room while you do this, but you will need to occasionally send a shotgun blast or two that way to help him out.

As with the first little melee in the village at the beginning of the game, you'll be saved by the bell here, as the ganados will just up and run after a bit. Luis will run off as well.