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River Of Souls

You start out in front of a pen, and inside is a Styracosaurus (large creature that resembles a Triceratops). Climb on...now this is a weapon of mass destruction. Remember, you can fire the gun on the side using R.Turn left, and follow that path until you find a bunch of buildings. All of the enemies will be walking around casually, then when they see you, run around, screaming, with their arms flopping in the air. Turn right, and go through the buildings. Follow the path there and you will find your first Gun Emplacement. Quickly take it out, then the gate behind it will drop. Go through...

Either go through the tunnel or blast the wall for a detour (you can tell which walls are fake because they are lighter and have an outline on them). Either way you'll end up in the same place. To lower this gate you'll need to blast the missile launcher that is above on the building, you can just see it. You'll need to use your missiles...when it's gone, the gate will lower. Blow away that gun eplacement. Turn right and follow that path. Blow away those two guns and continue. Blow away the missile launcher on the nearby building to get the gate to lower.

Ignore the missile launchers and just blow away the logs and run as fast as you can up the hill. After going through a long tunnel, you'll reach a band of trigger happy Endtrails. Quickly take them out before they sap your health, then continue. Blow away the two nearby missile turrets to lower the bridge. Across from it, blast the two gun emplacements (the side gun works well here). Follow the path, cross the bridge, blow up the logs, and quickly go past the missile turrtes. Behind the buildings is a tunnel, follow it, running over Raptoids, then take out the two missile turrets at the end, then cross the bridge. Park yourself in the pen, you will automatically dismount the Styracosaurus. Climb the nearby ladder, save at the Ship, and go through the Warp.

Take out the two friendly Endtrails. Look across the would-be- bridge...see those two, strange objects on the wall? This is, believe it or not, a switch. Hit the round object sticking out of the long one and it will be activated. Shoot both and the bridge will lower. After crossing the bridge, go to your extreme right to find a barrel against a wall. Blow it up and there will be a path behind it. Climb the ladder, then use your Tek Bow to look across the chasm. See that barrel? Blow that up and it will open up a new path over there. Jump down, then climb the ladder. Besides getting a TON of power-ups, you'll receive the War Blade. Continue. Kill the annoying idiots known as Compys, then search for powerups. After that, go through the tunnel on the right. Kill all of the enemies. You'll spot a fortress with a switch on the wall, hit the switch to make it lower. Go left or right, it doesn't matter. At the end, in an aclove, is a Warp.

This area is circular, and infested with enemies. Explore and you should find a Key. Go through the tunnel that is near here. It will have a path of Gold Life Force going into it, and there should be a wall on the RIGHT. If not, that's the wrong one, look for another one. Ok, this area is a lot like the previous one. You will find a switch under a barrel, this will open a nearby door. Go through the hallways here, you will eventually find a switch on the wall. Shoot the circular part, like before, and a lare bridge will lower, allowing you to cross a nasty green water pit (which will kill you instantly if you fall in). On the otherside, besides two Raptoids waiting in ambush, is a Warp.

To your right is a Ship, so if you want to save, save. This is another circular area. Go eitherleft or right, it doesn't matter. You'll eventually stumble upon an Endtrail guarding a ladder. Take him out, then climb the ladder, naturally. At the top, run through the tunnel and you will come upon a large area that you saw in the intro to this level. Go up the large, golden path, the one where the Raptor is. Go to the locked door, and follow the path to your left. At the end of the walkway is an Endtrail guarding a switch. The switch will open up a series of doors under your feet. Drop down. If you dropped to an area with a Raptor in a door, go to the other one, it should have an Endtrail AND a Raptor. Take care of them, then go through the tunnel. Here's your first encounter with your spiders. Up the path you'll find a Locked Warp Machine. Hit the nearby switch. It won't un-lock it, but it will open the barred doors that are on the fountains. Go back and collect the two Gate Keys, they arer in small acloves inside the fountains.

Walk up to the big door. Near it are two large slabs of stone with a hole in each. Walk up to them and the Gate Keys will be automatically placed in. You'll hear a bunch of mechanical noises, then after a few seconds, the gate will open up. Out come two Endtrails, so be prepared. Go to your left and hit that switch, it will open the door right there. Inside is the switch that will un-lock the Warp Portal Machine, it's ontop of some crates. Once it's un-locked, return to it.

Again, it's fake, and you'll have to battle bloodthirsty Guardians and Alien Gunners. Remember, there are several acloves with health and ammo that respawn every few seconds, so be sure to stock up. After the first wave is gone, go through the paths that are to the left and right of where you entered. Kill the guardians there, then climb the ladder behind it's dead corpse to find a switch. Hit them both, it will un-lock another door. BE SURE NOT TO FALL IN THE LAVA! Unlike the original, it means instant death. After some more bloodshed, another piece of the Nuke is yours.

Go back to the room that is behind the big door. Dive into the fountain, and as quickly as you can, swim to the bottom and activate the switch, then come back up. Go through the newly opened door. Collect the ammo, then jump in the Warp.

Explore around, you'll find that the Endtrails are having a party. Blow their stupid brains out before they have anytime to attack. Near here is a switch, hit that and go through the door. After a long series of tunnels and switches, you'll find a new area where you can jump across and acquire the Mag 60, an upgrade for your Pistol. Return to the Endtrail party grounds. One of the barrels here will blow a hole in the wall. Follow it. Hit the switch on the wall with a single bullet to lower the bridge. Hit the switch in the tunnel to open that door. Go right, through the little alley, across the bridge, and hit that switch. Turn around and that door will open. Destroy the Endtrail, then hit the switch.

Near the entrance to this area is a ramp, go up it to discover a large, open door. Once you enter, the door will shut and lock itself. This is the first Soul Gate. UnDeads will start coming out of the ground. To make yourself invincible, turn off the blood on the options menu. Now, they can't hurt you, since they can't toss blood! Shoot at the Soul Gate until it blows up (about 20 Shot Gun shells). There is respawning ammo in the room, so stock up before leaving. As you exit (same door you came in), look on the right for an open door. If it's shut, you came in the wrong door to this area, so go back to the Endtrail Party place and blow up a barrel to find the correct path here. Once you get through, go left or right, it doesn't matter. At the end is a lot of ammo, plus a Warp.

Go forward and clear out the area. You're probably wondering how to get up to where the Endtrails were...simple...there are thin paths near the entrance that will allow you to get up there. The Endtrail path on the right has a tunnel. At the very top is a switch that will lower a door, letting loose some Raptoids. Take them out, and follow the LONG trench. There's not much here, just a bunch of angry Endtrails to take out. At the end, go left, up the fountains. In the clearing, there is an Endtrail direcly across from you and one to the left of when you enter, so be careful. Hit the two switches on the wall and the central pillar will rise, allowing you access to another Warp.

Now, from now on, listen very carefully to what this says, as you can REALLY screw yourself up if you don't go to the right areas at the right time. Go up the ladder and when at the top, go through the tunnel that is to your right. Follow it and you will find two paths, follow the one with the Golden Lift Force. Dive into the fountain. Swim down, then turn LEFT and follow that path to a room. Go up the ramps into the upstairs area. The doors will shut and spiders will flood the room. Kill them, grab the goodies, and shoot the strange symbol on the wall opposite of the arrows. Now go through the door on the right to find that a new door has opened. You can tell from the brand new Endtrail. Follow the path, turn right at the first turn, and just follow that trail. After some water, you'll be in a an area with a gate. Go through them and into the Warp.

Get the flashlight so you can see, then follow the hallway. Get up against the gate, then turn around. Turn off the blood in the options menu so the UnDead can't hurt you. Kill them, then the gate will open. You'll find another gate. Turn the corner and kill the Flame Undead. Climb the ladder that is behind him. Slash all of the nasty spiders, and drop down into the main room. After killing all of the UnDead, the first Sister of Despair will come down. Defeat her. There are several respawning items to help you along. When you're done, exit the room and go through the same Warp that brought you here.

Backtrack. Remember when I told you to go LEFT? Well, this time go RIGHT. You'll find a central pillar with several blocks. Push them in, then climb the ladder on the nearby platform. Go across the bridge, through the hallways, across another bridge, more hallways, and through the Warp.

Fall down into the new area and kill all the Raptors. Make your way through, then go through the hallway. Another bunch of entrails will be here. Just keep going forward. In the second Endtrail area, one of the barrels will reveal a secret area. Explore behind it and you'll find a Tek Bow before a cliff that goes down. Shoot the block in the aclove across the way to activate a gate in another area. That area is right below you. Drop down and go through it. When you have the chance, go right, right. Hit the switch, it will open the exit to these tunnels. In the next area, go right at the first turn and go through the gate, into the Warp.

Kill all of the Undeads and Flame Undeads (don't forget to turn the blood off in the options menu!) to get the Sister of Despair to come out, along with some more UnDeads. There are respawning Blue Healths behind the tomb, and respawning ammo caches near where you entered. After she is dead, stock up and go through the warp that is in the tomb.

Exploring the rest of the area, you'll find the Tranquilizer Gun. After finding that, drop down to the area where the grate was and return to the Endtrail Pary place. Near the barrel where you entered this area is a hall, go in here, obviously. Turn right at the first area, then go left into a room with a lot of pools. One of them has a tunnel, follow it to the bottom and then go up, here you will find the last key. Go back, then go forward. Kill the Endtrail there and hit the switch to open a door you passed. Kill the Endtrails to open the door and continue. Go left at the next turn to find a Warp.

Now we're in an area with a locked Warp Portal Machine. Past it is a bridge, go over it and into the next area. Behind some crates is the switch that opens it! But, ignore it when it opens, we'll be coming back to that soon. In the hallway behind it, go left the first chance you get. There is a Ship here, so you can FINALLY save. Keep going and fall down the long hole. Make your way through the spider infested halls. Kill all the Endtrails here, one will be guarding the Sacred Eagle Feather you need. In this area is a large ramp that goes up to a Portal, hop on in...

This graveyeard is A LOT more complicated than any of the others. Ok, first, go right and kill all of the Flame UnDeads there. This will un- lock the first gate. Kill all the Flame UnDeads here, this will open up the little houses. Hit the switch inside each to open the second gate. Kill all the Flame UnDeads and hit all the switches to open up the third gate. This is the area where you'll put the keys you find. To the extreme right and left are paths that lead to switches, hit them both to un-lock houses in the previous area. Go inside and kill the Flame UnDeads, they are guarding two Grave Keys. Get them both and come back to the area with the two switches. Put the keys in the blocks and a bridge will form across the deadly water. Now, kill the third Sister of Despair (mission B accomplished). Go behind where it used to be for some items, if you want. Return to the Warp that took you here and use it to exit.

Get the Eagle Feather if you haven't, then go down the door on the right. Kill the Endtrail that is guarding the door so it opens, but dont't go in. Instead, go left, and you should see a temple with an Endtrail on either side. Kill them both, the temple will un-lock, revealing a key. Now, collect it and hit the switch. Go back to where I told you to ignore, up the ramp, kill the dinos. Go through the door, then destroy the Soul Gate. Pretty easy if you ask me, but no one did, so I'll shutup now (mission A accomplished). Now, return to the area with the portal that led to the third Sister of Despair. behind it is a ledge, jump over it to find the area with the used-to-be-locked Warp Portal Machine. Go inside.

Now that you have the Sacred Eagle Feather, you can offer it to the gods. They'll reward you with the Leap of Faith Tailsman. Collect it, then exit.

Go past the nearby bridge and keep going. Go into the tunnel there, near where you activate the Warp Portal Machine. Instead of going left, keep going. You'll be high above the previous area. Look to your right and down, jump down there and hit the switch. It will open up the exit, right under your nose. Go in there and jump through the exit

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