Slitterhead offers lots of ways to hone your playstyle and play how you want, but you will need to acquire different Rarities to make that happen, which doesn’t happen for quite some time. Fortunately, the Black Payback mission will finally grant you access to a second Rarity upon completion.
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Whether or not Alex will be your cup of tea is up to you, but this will kick start the acquisition of Rarities, meaning many more are just in reach. The good news here is that this mission is relatively short, allowing you to get in and get out with a new member for your roster!
Starting Black Payback In Slitterhead
Black Payback is the fourth mission in Slitterhead, where you will unlock your first additional Rarity, giving you a new, unique gameplay style to mess around with in future missions. This will also allow you to bring along a Companion, essentially enabling you to have two Rarities in the same mission from now on.
Investigate Accident
This mission begins with Julee walking toward the markets on the main street, heading toward the destination of the accident. Once you gain control of her, run straight through the markets until you find a crowd of people.
Whenever you reach the crowd gathering near the wrecked bike, you must possess a bystander across the street to get closer to the accident. From here, you can walk up to the motorcycle and examine it, triggering a brief cutscene. After checking the wreck out, you can follow a blood trail.
Follow The Blood Trail
Following the blood trail will lead you into a back alley, leading you further and further in, ultimately resulting in several encounters with Slitterheads, so be prepared. There will be lots of them, but it shouldn’t be too challenging, as they are the lesser variants of them for the most part.
Defeat The Slitterheads
And here we have our first encounter with a Slitterhead, having you fight a worm-like one and several smaller ones. This encounter isn’t going to pose too much of a threat; just use your heavy attacks and Skills, and it will be taken care of in no time. Don’t forget to switch to other civilians if you’re low on health, and keep the offensive up!
Continue Following The Blood Trail
With the first group of Slitterheads taken care of, begin following the blood trail again, which will lead you up a ramped road, through a small plaza area, and down a set of stairs leading to the city’s back streets. Continue following the blood until you reach another group of Slitterheads.
Defeat The Slitterheads, Part Two
Julee should be back for this encounter, so jump to her and be prepared to fight a proper Slitterhead. While it will be a tad tougher than the previous fight, you should know how to deal with this type of Slitterhead by now. Parry its attacks, use Sonic Claws, and activate Revive All if needed. There will also be small Slitterheads nearby. Focus them first, as they can climb onto some civilians and turn into full Slitterheads.
Surprise, there’s a second wave of Slitterheads that roll in after you defeat this wave. Fortunately, it’s a lesser Slitterhead, and you should be able to make quick work of it with Julee. Again, focus on the small ones first, and then lay into the big one with all you have to eliminate it swiftly!
Finish Following The Blood Trail
Continue to follow the blood trail after defeating the waves of Slitterheads to find several Military Vehicles on the main street. From here, take the stairs up to the overpass that overlooks the main street to find an injured Alex knelt over in pain by the wall.
Possess Alex to unlock a new Rarity, giving you access to his unique Blood Skills. You will instantly be thrown into a mini tutorial mode. Use this time to familiarize yourself with his abilities and general gameplay style. It’s a lot different than Julee’s, so pay attention!
Defeat Greater Blue-Ringed Octopus Slitterhead
Completing the tutorial will have the Greater Blue-Ringed Octopus Slitterhead spawn in, allowing you to showcase what you just learned. While Julee will eventually spawn in, we recommend only using Alex here to get used to his unique Skills and playstyle.
Utilize his Blood Well Skill to draw the Slitterhead into a specific spot and hold it there, allowing you to charge up his Blood Blast Skill and deliver a devastating shotgun blast to it, dealing substantial damage. You can also switch to other civilians and use the Time Bomb Skill before switching to someone else to avoid dying, causing massive damage.
Don’t forget you can heal by holding R1/RB, allowing you to absorb blood off the ground, replenishing your health alongside it. Use all these tools to get the best of the Greater Blue-Ringed Octopus and defeat it in the blink of an eye. Seriously, Alex does A LOT of damage!
Black Payback Rewards
Clearing Black Playback will not only unlock Alex for you but will also net you a whopping 18 Skill Tokens to spend on either Julee or Alex. However, keep in mind that these Skill Tokens are shared between Rarities, so choose wisely who to spend them on.
Finally, exhaust every single option that’s available in the ‘Talk’ menu upon completing the mission, as that is how you will unlock the following missions and even some more Rarities in the future!
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