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![]() ![]() Three of them aren't that bad, but the fourth is a cannon similar to the Pirate Captain's (takes certain amount of individual hits, One-Hit Kill on whoever it shoots) except that it targets a random champion instead of the front-most one, making it even more frustrating if it takes out your primary attacker. The Liar's Night event "Pirate's Night" has the drunken sailor who appears in every non-boss area with one of four abilities.Not only do they need to take a good number of individual hits before going down, they'll also One-Hit Kill your entire front-most row should it reach your party before disappearing, and more than one can appear at a time. The Specters in The Haunted Jungle variant.The variant Durable Deep is especially bad with this where every enemy in the level has armored hit-based HP. ![]() This means that you cannot rely on your buffers to grind them down at higher levels, as only your DPS will be able to do so, turning a slow-attacking but powerful DPS into a liability. These not only require a number of individual hits to go down, said hits will only register if they deal over a certain amount of damage threshold. Demonic Spiders: Certain Variants have enemies that have hit-based HP or can instantly kill units, or sometimes both.In the later tiers, Jarlaxle reigns supreme as the best champion in the "Increase Assault Party Damage" category, due to being a Core Champion and therefore easier to iLevel. Paultin is a common sight in the earlier Trials of Mount Tiamat tiers, due to being one of the best Champions for increasing the amount of Scales of Tiamat you get, while also being weak enough that not having him available for a week isn't going to matter for most players.Compounded with "Feast or Famine" upgrade (extra buff from tagged slots adjacent to Shaka, regardless of being filled correctly or not) and a choice whether to add tagged slots or reroll the random slots, he requires to fiddle with your formation every mission reset to get the most optimal buff, if not the maximum, and not rely on saved formations. The more champions placed in an appropriate slot, the more buff you can get. A new champ from The Running event, he introduced a gameplay mechanic called "A Celestial Puzzle" where four random slots are tagged with a random tag ranging from gender (non-binary count as either), party role, and/or race. Shaka seems to be an attempt to avert, or at least downplay this.Eventually it became clear that it didn't matter how much a champion's specialization was buffed if none of the more vocal players ever realized the buffs were there, and champion paths were gradually symmetrized during updates. ![]() Including the players who were writing the guides new players were following to catch up. This got ironed out for a very simple reason: almost no players actually were keeping close enough track of the upgrades they were clicking on to notice the differences were there.
27 In 2009, the oceanarium introduced a shark nursery to showcase its success in breeding several shark species, such as bamboo and leopard sharks. 25 The pink dolphins, added to the Dolphin Lagoon in 1999, produced the world’s first pink dolphin calf to be born in captivity three years later, 26 followed by a second calf in 2008. 24 In 1992, the oceanarium’s first baby stingray was born. ![]() Shortly before its opening, for instance, one of its leopard sharks had laid a batch of eggs. 23Īside from being a showcase for marine life, UWS was also a breeding ground for various marine species. One of the camp highlights was the opportunity to sleep under the aquarium’s tunnel, right beneath the sea creatures. “Living in the Ocean”, an overnight camp at the oceanarium, was introduced in an effort to share more about the oceans and marine wildlife. Its workshops, talks and worksheets were well received by schools and teachers. UWS had established itself as an educational hub on marine life since its opening in 1991. 20Īlso popular were an interactive pool where visitors could touch starfishes, baby turtles, hermit crabs and corals and a rock pool containing clownfish and mudskippers. 19 After the lease expired in 2009, a new dolphin lagoon was built next to the oceanarium and opened on 2 July 2010. The Dolphin Lagoon, another key attraction, was first launched in 1999 and was originally located at Central Beach. 17 The oceanarium also added to its collection by rescuing wildlife in the waters around Singapore, such as a baby dugong found off Pulau Ubin in 1998. 16 Most of them were acquired from farms in Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, Australia and the Maldives, while some, such as sharks, were captured by the oceanarium’s divers or bought from local fishermen. The tank held creatures like sharks, stingrays and groupers that were native to the waters off Indonesia, the Maldives and the South China Sea. From the moving walkway, visitors had a close-up view of the oceanarium’s marine life. Made of acrylic panes measuring 6 cm in thickness, the tunnel meandered through an enormous tank holding a variety of marine species in over 3 million litres of filtered sea water. The main attraction was a moving walkway enclosed by an 80-metre underwater tunnel. UWS showcased 2,500 specimens of marine life from 250 species, drawn from around the region. 12 The opening of UWS caused visitorship to VKA to fall significantly, and the latter closed by the end of May 1991. 11 It welcomed its millionth visitor in December 1991. 10 The new attraction was an immediate hit with visitors to Singapore as well as residents, drawing an average of 3,000 visitors on weekdays and 8,000 on weekends. ![]() ![]() 9 The planning and construction of the oceanarium had taken more than two years and the opening was to coincide with the nation’s silver jubilee. ![]() 8 Costing over S$20 million, UWS finally opened its doors on. The oceanarium project was introduced in 1988, with a scheduled date of completion of 1989. 6 Subsequently, the government established a joint venture with Underwater World International (a subsidiary of the Western Australia Development Corporation) and New Zealand company, Marinescape Corporation, to build and operate the new attraction. In August 1983, the SDC invited proposals for an oceanarium to be built on a three-hectare site on Sentosa. A request to relocate VKA was raised to the MND in 1981. At the time, the only similar attraction in Singapore was Van Kleef Aquarium (VKA). 4Īlthough the idea was not taken up, the Sentosa Development Corporation (SDC) became interested in building an oceanarium as part of plans to attract more visitors to Sentosa. The idea of an oceanarium or marine park was proposed as early as 1978, when the operators of Ocean Park in Hong Kong submitted a proposal to the Ministry of National Development (MND) to build an oceanarium where visitors could observe marine animals in their natural habitat. 1 Its key features included the Dolphin Lagoon housing endangered pink Indo-Pacific humpbacked dolphins, 2 and an 80-metre moving walkway through an observation tunnel offering a panoramic view of the oceanarium’s marine creatures and corals. Considered Asia’s largest tropical oceanarium when it opened in 1991, UWS was one of Singapore’s popular tourist attractions. Underwater World Singapore (UWS) was an oceanarium located at 80 Siloso Road on the island of Sentosa. ![]() Defeat Diamond Block league boss Mitko Vasilev.Defeat Graveyard Shift league boss La Catrina.Defeat Hazard Company league boss Holtzman.Defeat Silver Six league boss 'Gallo' Rivera.Defeat Free Ember Militia league boss Faith Jones.Defeat Riot Club league boss Big Sister.Defeat Noise Bomb league boss Aki Kimura.This takes some practice.Ĭomplete the following tasks to unlock PlayStation 4 trophy rewards. The "Eject Button" Jump is especially difficult because you have to hit top speed while going against traffic and squeezing through a narrow spot to hit the ramp. These will increase your airtime, and you should get it above 9 or even close to 10. A good car to use is the Porsche Panamera Turbo with the Offroad build. The "Eject Button" Jump challenge is one of the hardest jumps in the game, and requires a car that is made for jumping and some practice and luck with the ramp. Getting 3 stars on "Eject Button" Jump challenge.You can get approximately 2,880,000 REP and 619,980 credits per hour using this method. It also immediately puts you back at the start of the event. The event only takes three minutes to complete, including loading times and transition screens (with a fully upgraded car). It gives 31,000 credits (if you sell the Speed card), 144,000 REP, and a Speed card. It becomes unlocked during the final act, at the end of the game. Keep replaying the "Hyperspace Circuit" race. You can get approximately 3,600,000 REP and 510,000 credits per hour using this method. Each time you finish the drift trial, you will get approximately 12,000 credits (17,000 credits if you sell the Speed card), 120,000 REP, and a Speed card. This event can be completed in 90 seconds, and since it is a circle, you finish at the start and can instantly replay it. ![]() It is the perfect farming spot for money, REP, and Speed cards. It becomes unlocked early in the game, when you do drift trials for the first time. The fastest event in the game is the "Drifting The Block" drift trial. ![]() Since all events give almost identical rewards regardless of the difficulty, just keep repeatedly completing the shortest events. To get a lot of money, REP, and Speed cards quickly, complete short events. Assembling one Derelict car unlocks the "One Man's Trash" trophy, and upgrading it to Performance Level 399 unlocks the "Another Man's Treasure" trophy. None of the Derelict car parts are missable, but they will not spawn until you have defeated the corresponding league boss. It is recommended you choose a different category for each unique car. After restoring a Derelict car, you can also choose which category you want it to be (Race, Drag, Drift, Runner, or Offroad). After upgrading a Derelict car to Performance Level 300, it unlocks a Super Build for more extreme visual customization. The Derelict cars are special because they can be upgraded to the maximum level without the level caps normal cars have. You normally would have to look at the in-game map and compare it with the drawing, but the videos below show all the Derelict part locations. It shows a drawing with outlines of the streets where the Derelict parts are located. In the map menu, select the "Derelict" tab to view the clues. After defeating a league boss, you will get clues for the five Derelict car part locations of a certain car. Each Derelict car requires you to have defeated a different league boss. 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When all of the targets are shot, an Extra Large Armor will spawn.ġ) In the first room, there is a large gorilla head statue on the right side of the building. The first one is located on a building to the left, the second is located on a building very far to the right, the third is located on a building to the right of the entrance to the third area, the fourth one is located by turning right from where you exited the depot, and the final one is found on the right side of the actual depot building. ![]() All of them must be shot to activate the secret. Use it, and the water under the grate will recede long enough for you to jump in and grab the Treasure Chest inside it.Ħ) After grabbing the RAPTOR Sniper Rifle, several targets will appear in the area that contains the ammo depot you were just in. Blow up the grate with a Rocket, then go to the right of the red curtain just past the grate. Pick them up.ĥ) As soon as you enter the ammo depot in the third section, turn left and you'll see a grate. Shoot the plank, and the rocket ammo will fall. You'll see two Rocket ammo pickups being suspended by a wooden plank. Shoot it, and a Large Health will be spawned.Ĥ) When you enter the third area, look to the left of the large building/ammo depot. A few seconds later, a large boxing glove will appear out of a nearby building and kill him in one hit.ģ) Walk along the left side of the second area until you see a chicken on top of a building to your right. Press the switch and a large Zombie Stockbroker will spawn. On the right side of this angle is a awing made out of grass. If they start falling when you jump on them thanks to the crappy physics, try to stack the crates so that they recreate the original configuration as best as possible.Ģ) In the second area, there is a right angle-shaped area in the middle of it. On the left side of the building are some crates stacked so that you can jump on them and reach the Serious Bomb. Soon, you will run into a building that has a Serious Bomb on it's roof. A few Primitives will spawn.ġ) As soon as you spawn into the level, starting walking along the right-most buildings. Grab the banana by holding F, then walk up to the Gorilla mouth statue to the left of the bridge exit and toss the banana in it. Look behind the rocks and you will find a banana. The raft will float to the island, where you can pick up the Serious Bomb.ĥ) Once on the right side of the river past the bridge, look right. Shoot the string keeping the raft tied to the rocks, then shoot the raft. Use it.Ĥ) Look to the left side of the middle island and you will see a raft with a Serious Bomb on it near some rocks. Walk up to the bush and press Use.ģ) On the right side of the middle island, there is a switch. Once there, go to the left wall and walk along it until you see a bush with what appears to be two Simbas having “a good time”. Press use on it, and you will activate the Farting Secret.Ģ) Reach the part of the left side of the river that has a bridge to the middle island. Go inside the house, and you'll find bean soup. A hint for it's location is that a few Primitives spawn near it. Remember to Like/Favorite if you found any of this guide helpful to you!Īdded a whole sleugh of new guides to the (Other Secret Guides) section.ġ) While on the left side of the river, look for a hut near the middle of the left side. No cheats were used during gameplay and difficulty is Normal.Ĭredit to: Game FAQs [Serious Sam Wiki [and galleyuk for the information. If any if the images are too small for you to see, click one one and it will enlarge itself to fullscreen. Please wait while all of the images render themselves, thank you. I only listed the secrets of what I found in order, so please, enjoy this drastically long compliation of every one of the 92(?) secrets! You can help by posting comments at the bottom of this page, suggest that on how you might've gotten the secret, or what you think I should fix/add on to this. Though each secret is not 100% legit, because others can find other routes and skilled tactics on how to get there faster. The new screenshots will help give an easier explaination of what the secrets look like and you can probably find the rendered location by yourself. This guide will help explain of what hidden objects there are through out all 42 Campaign levels. This is the complete guide of Serious Sam 2 secrets. ![]() Welcome to (possibly) the biggest, legit guide there is on Steam. ![]() If you would like to update to a new version, simply download the new stretchly AppImage. 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They may have different fillings and will usually be served with different sides-ground beans, cabbage salad, tortilla chips, fries, etc. Some places will give you a choice between one large burrito or several small ones. Sometimes, you will find grilled burritos, but I think they can be a little dry and chewy. BURRITOSĪ Tico burrito is a deep fried (and deeply fried) envelope or packet of wheat tortilla with a stuffing of beans, meat, cheese, chicken, etc. If you are not a big ketchup and mayo fan, you should stipulate that you would like your salsas on the side rather than slathered all over your tacos in the kitchen. Some bars offer fried mini tacos using corn tortillas-at times jokingly referred to as cartuchos, cartridges. These hard tacos are commonly fried along with the filling and may sport additional toppings of ground beans, chimichurri, cheese, sour cream or salad. Most are made with the tortilla completely rolled around the contents. They can hold anything in the way of meat, chicken, fish, cheese, beans, etc. Tico tacos are hard tacos and are generally made with a wheat flour tortilla. Overall, soft tacos are the order of the day in Mexico. Flautas (flutes) in Mexico are fried hard tacos, sometimes called tacos dorados, golden tacos. ![]() Most tacos served in Mexico are soft tacos, a soft warm corn tortilla filled with meat and usually spiced with onion, cilantro, and salsa picante. However, if you like, please feel free to call it pico de gallo. Persnickety squabbles aside, chimichurri is the more common name in Costa Rica for the salsa made of diced tomatoes, onions, etc. I counter that I have been eating pico de gallo in Mexico for almost fifty years and I have never tasted it without hot chile, often quite a bit-no picante, no pico de gallo. One purist friend of mine insists chimichurri can only refer to the Argentine green steak sauce and pico de gallo is what is served in Tico restaurants. The confusion arises from the fact that chimichurri is an Argentine steak sauce made from finely chopped or processed fresh parsley and oregano, garlic, red pepper, olive oil, and vinegar. Costa Rican chimichurri is at least chopped tomatoes, usually with minced onion, often with cilantro and lime juice, but pretty much never with hot peppers. Pico de gallo is made from chopped tomatoes, minced onion, cilantro (culantro in Costa Rica), lime juice, and chile peppers (commonly jalapeños or serranos). Chimichurri is Tico pico de gallo, sort of-opinions vary. The term gives rise to some discussion in Costa Rica. I have always subscribed to the theory it refers to the chicken feed-like texture and appearance of the mix. Pico de gallo (also known in Mexico as salsa casera, salsa cruda, salsa bandera, etc.) translates literally as rooster’s beak, although there are different explanations of the reasoning behind the name. The challenge and joy of grazing around Costa Rica is to explore, eat, and learn.įollowing are some examples of Tico-Mex that warrant some discussion: PICO DE GALLO The key to eating this way is to understand every place is different-a taco in one place is not the same as a taco across the street. I think the best places to experience Tico food, including Tico-Mex, are the countless small bar-restaurant hole-in-the-wall establishments found all over the country (not Gringo-geared tourist eateries-they emulate US style food). Tico-Mex cooking is a separate style of food, and one well worth exploring for what it is: different, but yummy. Additionally, many are accustomed to Tex-Mex, an entirely legitimate cuisine in the US, but not the world standard for Mexican cooking. I explain that Tico-Mex dishes are not the same as Gringo-Mex, and neither is equivalent to Mexican-Mexican cooking. I often have Gringo friends visiting Costa Rica tell me the Mexican food here isn’t real or authentic, like it is back in Wherever, USA. Costa Rica is no exception and, as in other countries, Ticos have adapted comida mexicana to local tastes. Tacos, burritos, nachos, refried beans (an unfortunate mistranslation we will never get back: it should be well fried beans), pico de gallo, and many other Mexican dishes are found the world over. Mexican cuisine is one of the great culinary influences in the world today, along with Chinese, Italian, and others. ![]() Take the game's version of Mars for instance it starts off as an incredibly realized cool version of the red planet. I lost count of how many times the game seemed to be going down the right path only to seemingly get lazy on the way there and end up disappointing. That's really the theme with The Technomancer, missed opportunities. There is a morality system here but it never really manifests itself beyond the game letting you know that it's there. Most of what you do is built on if you have the right amount of combat experience to take on a mission or if you think you should take on a certain mission from a certain faction based on their standing in the world. The disappointing aspect of this is that there's little to no character building throughout the entire experience. There are some very cool ideas put into place here and there's no black or white in terms of who's good and who is evil. ![]() In truth, the story of The Technomancer is the real star here. If you didn't play it (don't worry, I didn't), here's the rundown you're on Mars and you play as Zachariah, a new Technomancer (think a Jedi but with more brooding and tons of cyberpunk) caught in the middle of a war for water between corporations and the people. You likely wouldn't know it but The Technomancer is technically a semi-sequel to the developer's little known 2013 game Mars: War Logs. If the game were $30 cheaper than it's asking price it may be worth a look, but with so many games on the market that do everything The Technomancer tries to do so much better, there really isn't much reason to play. While there are some interesting ideas here, The Technomancer fails to deliver much more often than it succeeds and the result is incredibly underwhelming. It promises a huge open world that your actions and allegiances will shape. It promises action, intrigue and romance. While The Technomancer, the new sci-fi action RPG from developer Spiders, most well known for games like Bound by Flame and Of Orcs and Men never received AAA hype on the level of games like Call of Duty, it's unquestionably the studio's highest profile game to date. 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