Vampyr - Pandora's Box Quest & Secret Vault Puzzle Walkthrough

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This is a walkthrough post for "Pandora's Box", a fascinating and complicated quest in Vampyr . It spans through several main missions and is connected with a subsequent brilliant puzzle that opens a secret vault which, in turn, rewards you with a cool weapon, a special collectible and an achievement. Main mission "Unnatural Selection" : after you find your way via the sewers to reach the Temple Church area but before you go to meet Aloysius Dawson, run around the perimeter of the church to locate an underground passage. At the end of this passage, an Indian fortune teller, Usher Talltree, will be sitting surrounded by curios, doing his magic. Talk to him to get one important hint for Aloysius Dawson, and also have him offer you his quest, Pandora's Box, to find his stolen notebook. If you have enough money, you can ask him to "read the cards" and every time you do this, he will give you hints on several residents. I skipped this part, since it is
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Resident Evil 6 - Professional - Handgun Only Challenge


What was I thinking when I started a Handun Only challenge on Professional difficulty of Resident Evil 6? I have absolutely no clue. It is not that the game is not doable overall in this insane mode, it is that all you are doing is shooting like mad anything that moves around you. But OK, all is well when it comes to standard enemies - even bosses go down at some point when shot enough times. What about choppers, though? Yes, I took the choppers down with handguns. Not only it was nearly paranoid, it was also ridiculous. Hitting a helicopter with a handgun makes your weapon feel like a peashooter, to say the least.

The worst part is the chopper on the roof while playing as Chris. It takes ages for the helicopter to even start catching fire; and when it does, it takes what feels like centuries to go down in flames. And then there is the chopper outside the floating restaurant, which shoots missiles like there's no tomorrow. Don't even get me started on that one. Thankfully, things are much better when you play with Piers, because his handgun can transform into an automatic gun, which makes the whole process far easier and quicker. The rooftop chopper with Jake in his campaign isn't half as bad, because the helicopter can be shot down by Chris while you are just helping out by shooting from the safety of your lone rooftops. Additionally Sherry's handgun when you play as her is similar to Piers's weapon, as the amazing Triple Shot can shoot three bullets at the same time, therefore each shot is way stronger than that of a standard handgun.

Of course I used the infinite ammo skill. Hardcore gamers may not like this, but it is a perk offered by the game. Not to mention that without infinite ammo, you can barely go past one chapter and a half.

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