Episode 12 – Fire! Fire! Fire!
Short of diving straight into you if you’re walking in the tar and firing a mouth-laser at you, both of which are easy to dodge, the whale doesn’t have a lot of menacing attacks. So, you should be safe to just keep gathering weapons and firing away without abandon–it’ll be obvious when you need to move.
When its health gets down to about a third, the whale will dive into the tar and swim around the tar quite quickly with its fin exposed. It’s a lot easier to pile on consistent damage during this phase by using an assault rifle instead of rockets, so I’d recommend stocking up on a couple of those before climbing on top of the nearest building to fire away.
It’ll return to flight mode from time to time, giving you a chance to use some more explosive firepower if you need to.
Once he’s done, you’re done too! All that’s left to do is enter the city and reach the objective marker–not the Distribution Centre, but the Isolation Ward through the ruined town where you first delivered morphine to the President at the beginning of the game. Check your map if you’re confused.
Before you do that though, you might want to go get a snack, use the bathroom, and get comfy. There are some long cutscenes coming up at the end of this episode and throughout the next. Have you been enjoying this wild ride with us? Well then be sure to join us for the Episode 13 walkthrough.