Phantom Crash - Strategy Guide (Page 02)

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XII.     My Review of Phantom Crash

The year is 2031 the place is Tokyo, Japan. After massive air pollution 
problems in Tokyo it is set as the new site for an extreme sport called 
Rumbling. In the Neglected Areas of Japan people battle to the end to win 
New Yen a new kind money used in the game and widely throughout the world. 
You enter into Rumbling as a newbie to become an Area Ranker or top of all 
the Wire Heads. This game is one of my favorites. You start off building your 
Scoobee (AKA Mech) from scratch. You can choose from 3 makes of Scoobees or 
you can purchase the parts separately and piece them together. There are tons 
of customization features and loads of different combinations for your Scoobee. 

Controls 9 

The controls in the game are simple enough to learn. The left analog stick 
controls your movement and the right analog stick controls your target. You 
can have up to 4 weapons on your Scoobee which are fired at will by the 
Left and Right shoulder buttons and X and Y buttons. The A button is used 
for jumping. Personally I feel that your jumping maneuverability is terrible 
and is hard to move where you want to go. You can even turn invisible at will 
by buying a few upgrades and pressing the B button. 

Gameplay 9 

There is so much to do in this game besides actually rumbling. There are only 
3 areas to play in with night and day variations. But there is much more than 
just Rumbling you can customize your Scoobee heavily which can go on for hours 
and hours as long as you have the money. Going through all of the customization 
options takes time and getting your Scoobee set up to your own personal favorite 
will take some time. 

Graphics 10 

Everything in the game is detailed extremely and looks great. You can find a 
couple problems with this and that but nothing major. Sometimes under heavy 
attack by about 3 other Scoobees you can find some slowdown and if you stand in 
some places the camera will start to jerk slightly. The explosions in the game 
look good as well as the lighting effects and the slight view of invisible 
Scoobees kicking up dust. 

Sound/Music 10 

The music in this game can only be compared to the music in the Jet Set Radio 
series. It is some of the best-unknown stuff you’ll ever hear. I presume that 
the music comes from Japan although I really have no idea. Also if you have 
the money you can purchase albums to listen to in the game. You can even 
arrange your own personal music play list in the order that you want. The 
explosions and sounds of your Scoobee doing natural stuff sounds great and 
sounds just how you’d think it should. 

Replayablity 9 

You can play multi-player with up to 4 people, which keeps the game fun. I 
have put many hours into this game about 25 and I’am not completely done with 
it yet. For me this game is extremely addictive because it has everything that 
I like in a great game with great music, mechs, and the anime type style. If 
you like that sort of stuff this game is definitely for you. 

Overall 8

This is a great game for the Xbox with an anime type feel to it. There are 
tons of customization options to do and the multi-player will keep you busy 
for a long time with a couple of friends. My only major complaint in the game 
is the large amount of seemingly useless conversations. Anyway with a little 
trick that is told in the instruction manual you can scream right past them. 

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XIII.    Hints

Here are hints from myself and various other people from gamefaqs and other
gaming sites. I hope you can find some of them useful.

*Hint 1*
Contributed By: CafFeENe

NEED AN EXTRA 20,000NY or more? The simplist little cheat in the world 
thats what i give you. If you are running low on cash and need some money
but aren't prepared enough to fight heres a tip to get money fast. Simply 
go into battle into either of the three arenas and destroy obstacles! 
Sounds silly? Try it! Depending on what level enemies you are with in the 
arena the more money you get such as:

100 to 1,000NY for D Rank opponents and 1,000 to 110,000NY for Master!!

Obstacles Include:
Cars (can be blown up TWICE EVEN!)
Trucks
Vans (CAN BE BLOWN UP TWICE)
Barrels
Cans
Signs (Only in Shinjuku and Aqualine)
Buses
and Two windows (Shinjuku on the Panasonic building)

This tip works best in Shibuya because of the massive amounts of barrels 
all over the place! There's a barrel pile in nearly every corner of 
the maze in there too!

*Hint 2*
There are even more ways to make easy money. All you need to do is purchase a
Laser Weapon for your Scoobee and head out to a Class D matchup. You can
easily defeat Class D contenders with a Laser to rack up insane amounts of
cash.

*Hint 3*
For an easy and FREE 1000NY each day all you have to do is go to the Town Map
screen and spin the right control stick in circles to get 1000NY free.

*Hint 4*
To skip the long and boring conversations that you've been through before
simply pull in on both shoulder buttons and click both of the control sticks
to skip the entire conversation. Extremely helpful if you didn't read the 
manual.

*Hint 5*
On Day 55 in Shibuya you can play a game with only Drones. You can make
millions upon millions of dollars here and you can never die. It's easy money
if you camp out at the drop locations to fill up your ammo, energy, and give
you some extra cash.

*Hint 6*
Contributions By: DukeAtreides and Link da zelda fan

Unique one of a kind weapons:
One that can be bought from Wild Machines AND the 'mech shops, and a rarer 
one that can only be bought in the 'mech shops on certain days.

--Type------Weapon------------Place------------Weapon----------Place------
 Aeron     Hedgehog      (Wild Machines)         ATC       (Scoobee Shops)
 Holy    Gatling Gun     (Wild Machines)      L50 Javelin  (Scoobee Shops)
 Photon  Sniper Rifle    (Wild Machines)       Red Lotus   (Scoobee Shops)

*Hint 7*
Contributed By: CoyDog

You can kill the yellow dropships in any of the three main arenas (haven't 
tried it in multiplayer) for 10,000 NY each. It seems like you have to be 
fairly close to them for the hits to count. I tried various weapons on my 
Holy and they all seem to work. Lasers and machineguns seem to work the best. 
Heavy cannons and missiles work as well but you have to be very precise and 
get a direct hit.

There are several good spots to wait for a good shot. In Shinjuku I jumped 
to the top of the "Ponasoaic" building. A dropship hovers right next to the 
building to make its drop (easy pickens). All of the dropships pass directly 
over this building on their way to any of the three drop zones. You can earn 
a lot of money fairly quickly by sniping them as they fly over. A new dropship
will come out almost immediately after the previous one is destroyed. Just 
be cautious while you're up there. Someone jumped up there with me while I 
wasn't looking and tried to knock me off the top. 

You can also jump onto the back of the dropship that hovers next to this 
building and ride it when it flies off. You may be able to use a melee weapon
on it while on its back but I haven't tried it.

In Shibuya you can pretty much hit the dropship from anywhere on the surface 
of the arena as it crosses throught he invisible barrier that surrounds the 
arena. If you time your shot right the dropship will fall down the hole all 
the way to the bottom. You can jump on its back and ride it all the way down. 
Hitting the dropships in this arena is the most dangerous as you leave 
yourself wide open. I recommend scanning the field frequently for opponents
while you wait.

In Aqua Line there are several good spots to snipe the dropships. One place
is to jump to the roofs above Gate 2. This is probably the easiest spot as
the dropship hovers very close and you can use the video screen above the 
gate as a shield while you wait. Another good spot is on the rooftops that 
overlook the drop zone near Gate 1. This spot is more dangerous as you're 
more open to attack. The third place is on the rooftops in the center of 
the arena close to the edge on the side furthest from the moored ship. You 
can hit the dropships from here as they pass over for more frequent kills. 
They're hardest to hit here so I'd go with a weapon that fires rapidly like
a laser or machinegun.

I haven't had any success bringing down one of the huge gray ships yet. You
may be able to hit it while riding on the back of the dropships in Shinjuku
as they pass fairly close to it but I haven't tried this yet.

*Hint 8*
Contributed By: Freqman

For 70+ kills enter Shinjuku, the first area, start at Gate 1, and 
immediately turn left, and get behind the 2 busses for a great hideout. 
I've used this every time, and always get more than 70 kills

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XIV.     Credits

    CafFeENe       - Hints for Easy Money!
  DukeAtreides     - Help with Unique Weapons!
Link da zelda fan  - Help with Unique Weapons!
    CoyDog         - Hints for Dropship Money!
   Freqman         - Hint for 70+Kills
    GameFaqs       - Having the best of everything
     Genki         - For the game
    Manual         - Musician List
  XtremeGundamX    - Writing this

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