American McGee's Alice - Part 3

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Level 32: Water Logged

This level is full of water, and your goal will be to make it
fuller.  There are several pipe lids attached to bobbers
throughout the level. Raising the water level will raise the
bobbers and open the lids, granting you access to the pipes. There
aren't even any enemies on this level besides Snarks.

Walk through the hallway to your right, then dive into the water
and swim straight ahead, killing Snarks as you go. Swim under the
floor to a small section in the back of the room that opens up to
dry land. Climb out of the water, then climb up the ledges and
jump on the small metal platform hanging form the ceiling.

This will raise the water level in the room, raising one of the
bobbers and granting you access to the pipe. Swim down it, through
the holes in the grating, and through the tunnel. Pass through the
bubbles to regain breath, and be wary of the turbines that can
suck you in and chop you up.

Swim up the long pipe to another room with another metal platform
hanging from the ceiling. Jump on it just like before, and find
the new pipe that this opens (straight ahead, beyond the first
one). Swim down and through the pipes, making sure to go for the
bubbles when you need them and avoiding the fans.  At the end of
the pipe, you'll have to pass through a broken turbine, so be
careful.

Once out of the pipe, climb up and activate the last platform to
flood the room some more. Run through the structure in the middle
of the room and dive down into the water after grabbing the large
Sanity Shard. Swim out to the first room, then into the last pipe
and through the portal.

Level 33: Labarynthine Revenge

Oh, joy. More mazes. This level will contain lots of enemies of
various types, plus another maze. But this time it's a maze of
machine pieces, levers, and gears that you'll have to navigate
through. There will be a lot of tricky jumping involved at this
point, so best to save often.

Start off by turning around and riding down the gear pieces to the
bottom area with the lava and machine pieces. Ride the moving
piece around to the gear in the middle of the poop, then jump from
there to the far ledge. Keep jumping along the gear teeth until
you come to a hallway leading inside the castle.

You will then come to a large turbine being driven by steam coming
up out of the floor. Run to the top of the ramp and time your
movement across the turbine face to get to the hallway on the
other side.

Follow the hallway and jump through the holes in the two massive
gears blocking your path, being careful not to get blown off the
side of the walkway by the steam blasts. Continue to follow the
hallways, fighting enemies as you go, until you pass a great
water-powered machine and a whirlpool. Going out the nearby door
takes you to a small hedge maze, where you must fight more foes.

This is a good time to use the Dead Time Watch to bypass a lot of
needless battles. Use the Watch and run through the pathway,
following it until you go back inside.

When you come back inside, you'll find your path blocked by two
giant gears and some steam blasts. This is tricky, but you have to
walk between the teeth of the gears as they come down onto the
walkway, timing your movements so you avoid the steam blasts.

After you've made it past this, continue following the hallways
until you come to a room with a lava floor and a giant gear
rotating in the middle. The trick here is to jump onto the gear,
then jump onto the nearby steam blasts to ride them up to the
upper levels. Make sure to take out the Boojum first, else you'll
get knocked into the lava.

Once at the upper ledge, kill the enemies, then ride the steam
vents up to the next rotating gear. From there, jump to the
hallway on your right. Follow this hall until you come to yet
another giant gear mechanism. Jump onto the horizontal gear, then
stand on one of its teeth to ride it around to the other side of
the wall. Kill the Card Guard quickly, then jump onto the platform
and go through the doorway.

You should now find yourself back in the outside hedge maze area.
Follow the path until you come to a courtyard with a statue of the
Cheshire Cat and two great, heart-shaped blades blocking your
path. Time your movements to run through the hallway while
avoiding the blades, then follow the hallways.

The next challenge you'll come to is another set of steam vents
leading up to a balcony high overhead. Ride them up, just like you
normally do.

At the top, follow the hallway and squirm through some more gears.
The exit is just beyond.

Level 34: Machinations

More gears! This is another straight-forward, yet potentially
difficult level. You have to jump onto the various machine parts
and ride them up to the next machine part, and ride that to the
next, to the next, to the next, and so on.

One tip I do have for this level is to remember to use your
Deadtime Watch when the gears are lined up correctly for a jump.
This will make the jump much easier, especially the crazy ones
where you have to jump to a rope from a moving platform.

Other than this, there's no big secret to beating this level. Look
for ways to ride gears up, and save often. Again, if you really
can't stand this sort of thing, check out the cheats section on
how to get past it pain-free.

At the end of this level, ready your Blunderbuss! You'll want it
to immediately be available at the beginning of the next.

Chapter 9: Queensland

This is it. You're making your assault on the Queen's final
stronghold, with the aid of your allies. This chapter starts with
an epic battle between the Gripphon and the Jabberwock.
Unfortunately the Gripphon ultimately isn't a match for the beast,
and falls.

Level 35: Royal Rage

This level starts off with a bang as you must battle the
Jabberwock again. This time he's not pulling any punches, and he's
even tougher to beat despite the lack of one of his eyes. He can
attack with fire and eye beam attack in addition to his
devastating melee attacks. Even worse, he often takes to the air
and attacks from above, making him harder to hit.

Start off by nailing the sucker with a Blunderbuss, then running
for meta essence. After the Blunderbuss, use the Jacks o' Death
and the Jabberwock Eye Staff combination against this monstrosity,
and remember to keep moving. Meta essence is scarce here, so make
every bit count. Avoid attacking the Jabberwock while he's in the
air, and instead run from his fire attacks. When he's on the
ground, hit him hard. Once you injure him enough, he won't be able
to fly any more.

Again, there's no "secret" to beating the Jabberwock; just keep
pounding away, and use the Jacks/Staff combination. It's tough,
but it's definitely possible.

Once you're done, say goodbye to Griffon and go through the Castle
gates.

Level 36: Battle Royale

A major battle boils all around you, but your opponent is clear:
you must find the Queen of Hearts and defeat her. There will be a
lot of really tough spots in this level, with Card Guards
attacking with powerful projectiles from ledges overhead. Don't be
afraid to use the Dead Time Watch to get through the tricky parts.

Run along the pathway and take out the large group of Card Guards
that comes out to greet you. An alternate-fire Jackbomb combined
with the Jabberwock Eye Staff is effective.

Continue to run along the path, fighting enemies as you go. Use
the Blunderbuss to take out large groups of Card Guards, and scoop
up all the meta essence they leave behind. Eventually you'll come
to a green rock cave. Go through to reach the next level.

Level 37: Ascension

More battling against the elite of the Queen's guard in an attempt
to breach her castle walls. For the most part, this level involves
running along ramparts and buttresses, finding your way into the
castle walls. It's very linear, and there are only a couple of
tricky parts.

Again, don't hesitate to use your Dead Time Watch to freeze the
action if a particular obstacle is giving you trouble.

At the start of the level, run along the path and jump over the
lava pit. Climb the rocks in front of you, then circle around the
narrow ledge to a shelf guarded by two Heart Card Guards.  Dispose
of them, then run up the nearby buttress (you may want to use your
Dead Time Watch to keep a Card Guard from overhead from knocking
you off the ledge).

Continue climbing up the buttresses until you reach the top.
Behind one of the supporting beams, there will be a tunnel
consisting of the red fleshy material (yuck!). Drop down into it
and follow it.

The path eventually takes you back outside with a bunch of Fire
Imps. Kill them, then follow the narrow stone ledge around to
another buttress. Climb it, then jump across to the ledge on the
other side. Follow the ledge to the left, then go through another
tunnel guarded by a Jabberspawn and a couple of Boojums.

Follow this tunnel through several enemies, and up to a series of
steam jets. Ride the jets up as high as you can, then climb your
way out of the tunnel. You will find yourself overlooking the
drawbridge to the Queen of Hearts' castle. Drop on down, clear out
the opposition, and march on in.

The inside of the gates will contain several Card Guards, as well
as some Grasshopper Tea. Grab the Grasshopper as soon as you can,
and run for the rest of the level. Make your way towards the back
of the area and find the elevator that takes you to the next
level.

Level 38: Castle Keep

You will start off in the Queen's foyer. Clear the area of Card
Guards, then walk through the large doors ahead. This will place
you in a room with three portraits (The Hatter, the Tweedles, and
the Jabberwock) in a sunken pit with a lever on a balcony above
it. There is also a mirror in front of the portraits.

When you pull a lever, the mirror rotates to face one of the
portraits. The reflection in the mirror, however, shows a card
suit instead of the portrait. These suits correspond to doors that
are outside in the main foyer area. The combinations are as
follows:

Tweedle: Clubs
Jabberwock: Diamonds
Hatter: Spades

What you want to do in this area is pull the lever so that the
mirror faces one of the portraits, then go back out into the
foyer, ride the air stream up to the balcony, and go through the
corresponding door (look for the card suits above the doors).
Once inside, you will see three portraits. Throw your knife into
the one that you left the mirror facing to shatter it. If you
knife the wrong one, you'll be teleported back to the foyer and
have to fight more Guards.

Repeat this process for all three portraits. Once you have done
this, the door behind the switch will open and you will be able to
go through. The Cheshire Cat will give you part of an important
message, then leave you. You must now face the Red Queen alone.

Level 39: Heart of Darkness

Walk forward and approach the Queen's Throne. She'll reveal
herself, then begin to attack. This is a tricky battle, but there
are a few things that you can do to make it easier.

The Queen can attack in a number of ways, including missiles, beam
attacks, underground tentacle and an annoying ability to draw you
to her self so that she can rend you apart. Each one of these
attacks has a unique sound effect associated with it, so pay
attention. The one that you must learn is the sound associated
with her ability to pull you to herself.

To beat the Queen, nail her immediately with the Blunderbuss, then
run for cover behind one of the farthest two pillars in the back
of the room. These will provide you with cover from most of her
attacks, and will allow you to replenish your meta essence.
However, it will not protect you from her ability to draw you to
her and rip you apart. To avoid this, you will need to listen for
the sound that comes a second before this attack, and run to the
other pillar when you hear it.

Continue to dart from pillar to pillar in this manner,
replenishing your meta essence until you can hit her with the
Blunderbuss again. Repeat until she dies. Save often!

However, the Queen won't really be defeated this first time
around. She'll survive your attacks, and taunt you a bit before
changing form again...

Level 40: Heart of Darness, Part 2

Woah, this is going to be difficult. The new Queen is the toughest
fight in the whole game, and there's no little tricks that you can
use to make it easy. She can attack in a number of devastating
ways, and can easily knock you off your small ledge to your death
below.

The best way to kill her is to use the Blunderbuss right off the
bat, and then spend the rest of your time running (and jumping)
for the large Sanity Shards that flank her. Once you have enough
meta essence, hit her again with the Blunderbuss.  Repeat until
she's dead, and remember to save often!

If you don't have the Blunderbuss yet, you can find it on a low
ledge next to one of the larger ones nearby. Even if you already
have it, grabbing it again will completely recharge your meta
essence, allowing you to get another shot in.

Once the Queen is dead, Alice's mind is whole again, in this world
and in the real world. She is finally well again, and able to put
her inner demons to rest. The last we see of her is her leaving
the Asylum gates, smiling and with a kitten tucked under her arm.

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