Your health bar
appears in the upper left, your ammo
supply in the top middle, and your
special ability loading bar in the top
right.
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After a series of enemy waves, you will notice that the H.E.S. Arena will change your enviroments between Forest Realm, Snow Realm, and Desert Realm. Lakes and sand dunes will slow you down while ice will increase your speed. Rocks can be a source of defense but are also destructable. Types of Weapons available to pick up in the “W” box… Shotgun, Flame Thrower, Bazooka, Triple Barrel Pistol, Laser Blaster, Black Hole Generator (BHG), RPG, Saw Launcher, Electrical Discharge Rifle, Freeze Cannon, NanoHoard Swarm Fan, and a Galdius.
Power
Ups:
Enemies that are killed off yeild virtual credits. Some enemies are worth more credits than others. The less common the enemy that appears in the arena, the more credit its worth. After each wave of enemies, H.E.S. will award 1 skill point to each active player in the arena that completed the wave. 2 skill points will be awarded for the player that has most credits. Skill Tree: After several waves, the skill tree screen will appear. Each player will have a chance to use their skill points to upgrade their profile. Categories to upgrade include Speed, Health, Power, and... Bosses: The H.E.S. will periodically generate difficult bosses battles in order to prevent the players from pushing deeper into the network gates. When a boss battle manifests in the arena, a gate will appear. Players will enter the gate and be transported to a special arena that leads farther into the H.E.S. mainframe. ABACUS is aware of your progress and as it perceives your threat, will continue to raise the H.E.S. arena difficulty in order to see you de-commissioned. ABACUS is not aware of the polymorphic virus that the players have laced into their characters. If you can pass through enough network gates, you will force ABACUS to confront you in a virtual battle which will decide whether or not the technological singularity will push humanity to extinction. |
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