Moving through the town | General advices SR: Gat out of Hell Guide
Last update: 11 May 2016
Don't steal cars. During the game, you will need to drive a vehicle only one time. There aren't many of them too choose from, you can't store them and this time there is no way to tuning them. Thanks to the sprint and flying you will get to any place on the map much quicker than with a car and thanks to the upgrades your character quickly becomes more resistant than any vehicle. Ignore them, unless they are a part of the task or they are shooting at you.
Watch out for passing vehicles. From the garbage truck flaming barrels fall out, ambulances are having a habit of driving through the pedestrians, some civilian cars are on fire for no particular reason and the armored vehicle has a turret. Every vehicle is a potential threat to you. Because of that, at the beginning of the game make a few laps through the city and observe the behavior of different vehicles. Check, what they do when you are being sought and how they behave after being attacked by you. It is important since some of them might be an obstacle during the missions. It is stupid to die during a mission simply because you haven't paid attention to an ambulance trying to ride through you.
Watch out for lightning. In the Hell from time to time a lightning will struck a random place. They can hit you or the vehicle you're driving as well. You can't do anything about it, so just keep that threat in mind.
Learn to fly. Flying is the most comfortable way of transporting in Gat out of Hell, far more efficient than Super Sprint. During the Flight arcane tutorial carefully read all instructions and try to remember as much as possible. After the tutorial, immediately start training. Learn how to gain speed, check for how long can you fly up and make few slaloms between the buildings. At first it might be troublesome, but you should quickly learn all techniques of this Arcane. Thanks to this power, the whole city will be open for you to explore. You will be able to quickly gain Soul Clusters as well, which more often are placed on walls, flying islands and roofs. With enough practice, you will be able to fly through whole city without the need to land.
When flying, bounce from the buildings. When flying, try to bounce from the nearest building. You should see that the amount of XXX, additional swings of your wings, has been recovered. You don't need to run on the wall, the single bounce will be enough. It works similar with bouncing from the earth, but doing it without landing requires some practice.
Use sprint only if you don't have other choice. Super Sprint ability allows you to quickly travel through the city, but it is limited only to the ground. Meanwhile, many collectibles can be found on the walls, roofs and flying islands. After learning all the nuances of flying you will be able to travel much quicker and be able to reach places to which you can't get by running. Flying is more useful when running away as well, for it allows you to reach places where demons can't go. For that reason, use Super Sprint at the beginning of the game, but later try to mostly fly. You will quickly see the difference, especially when you will learn that sprint can roll over cars and increase your Notoriety level. Flying doesn't do that, it will save you the trouble with the demons.
If you want to take over a car, watch out with running. If you bought the Unstoppable upgrade for Super Sprint Arcane, then when running to a car you will most likely roll it over. Or throw it from the bridge to lava. If you want to sit inside it, pass it, stop in front of it and then try to steal it. It is especially advised in case of motorcycles and civil cars. Armored vehicles will either stand in one place and shoot at you or ride to fast to roll them over by accident.
When flying, watch for lava waterfalls. Unexpectedly, contact with it can hurt you. But it won't make you lose control of your character. To be hurt, you must fly in the middle of waterfall. If you just touch it with a wing, nothing will happen.
Avoid rockets. A direct hit will take a lot of your hit points and make you lose control. Learn to avoid projectiles as fast as possible (Maneuvers, one of Flight upgrades). Better do it before reaching level 5 of Satan's Wrath, when the Spires that shoots rockets become active.
Killing the Archduke will reset your notoriety level. The demon shows only after reaching the maximum level of Notoriety, after killing enough of lesser demons. Sometimes it is more profitable to fight demons, kill the strongest of them and enjoy the lack of authority interest in you than to run through the city and wait for the Notoriety to fall down.
If you don't know what to do, look at the map or into the Quest Log. In both those places you will find all information needed about important places, missions and rewards for them. Make a habit from regularly checking both those places. Thanks to that, you will be never lost in the game.
Make aerial stunts. In the game you can make so called Barnstorming, a flight under bridges, arches or roofs without walls. There are a few dozens of places in the city. They are not marked on the map, but you will find them while collecting the Soul Clusters, making Activities or during simple exploration of the city. Generally, if you can fly under something, you should do it. Those actions are rewarded and required for completing one of the additional tasks.