hell's
bells...and whistles
So besides your pitchfork, what tools are you going to use take your Satan-spawn
ex-buddies out? Well, when it comes to weaponry, 3D Realms is preparing some very
inventive twists for the Blood arsenal.
The most recently completed weapon is the napalm
cannon. Lobbing out fireballs of the sticky, flammable stuff, the cannon can set foes
aflame and do concussion damage in a wider area. For a pocket-powered, more personal blast
of heat, you can use a can of aerosol hair spray and a lighter for a flamethrower straight
from beauty school hell.
And since you are
in the realm of the supernatural, why not conjure up a little damage? Grab a voodoo doll
and a needle and stick it to those nasty creatures. But not all weapons work
equally--while effective on all the dread inhabitants, bad mojo works best on zombies and
other undead freaks.
Tolkien said that black magic always comes back to
hurt the user, a warning you might want to keep in mind when wielding the multipurpose
Hellstaff.
As a long-range weapon, the staff fires blasts of
ectoplasm capable of killing and/or paralyzing opponents. If used as a close-range weapon,
this bad boy can suck the soul out of an opponent faster than a Hello, Larry rerun.
Stolen souls replenish the staff's ectoplasm supply, and that's important; if the staff is
fired without any ectoplasm, your own health will be used to supply the charge.
Other weapons include a cool-looking Tommy gun,
the now de rigueur shotgun, and flares, which can be used to signal friend or foe,
and can also melt the armor off your bothersome opponents.