Hi there, newly discovered this game. I'm having difficulty in the first area vs the hyenas. Random mobs i'm ok with. but once i get to the sign with the atoms on it and get attacked by 5 of them.... i just die and game over. tried a few times, went elsewhere. got lost. ran out of resources. died.
help? what am i not getting
There are a few things to keep in mind with combat:
1. You have a healing ability when not in combat that doesn't require items (just a little energy, which refills eventually). If you aren't, use it. Not using it will lead to using too many items to heal out of combat, which means you won't have them when you need them IN combat. Healing items, especially hamburgers, are for IN combat ideally.
2. Timing in combat matters. When you recharge your special, when you use your special, when you use items, etc.
3. The general strategy, which is especially important in larger fights, is crowd control: You have to get the number of enemies you're fighting down as quickly as possible, or you'll lose the momentum of the battle. Be sure you go into a big fight with health and energy topped. Once you're fighting, do the special as much as you can, and keep track of where it's landing. Firing off a regular attack at an enemy you already know is weakened is faster than recharge + special again, so it sometimes makes sense to do this first before recharging, because that's one less enemy in the fight going forward.
4. Think of your HP bar as a timer. Don't heal too soon, and obviously don't wait too long. Should be down around 15-10% or so. Use the high healing items, hamburgers, not the smaller ones, if you use the small ones in combat you'll probably get fucked in the time game.
Battles are effectively juggling all these elements: Do as much damage as quickly as you can before having to heal or recharge.
Also to clarify for anyone else reading this: this is a question on GutterTrash, not this first game. The strats are similar, but there are fewer large enemy groups in CS1.
