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Groping The Map: Pauper’s Drop, Part 3.

“… a whole city tuggin’ at the same dollar bill.” Annotated Walkthrough, 2: Officially designated simply ‘Pumps’ the area known to all as Skid Row, has become the Market district of Pauper’s Drop where what little it’s denizens have is bartered and traded for something just a little better. In order to gain access to […]

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Groping The Map: Pauper’s Drop, Part 2.

“There ain’t a side of the tracks more wrong than under ’em.” Annotated Walkthrough, 1: Stepping onto the platform at the start of the level one thing is immediately clear, this place is dirty. Compared to the luxuriant excess of the Adonis, or the manufactured joviality of Ryan Amusements, Pauper’s Drop feels old, decrepit. Designed […]

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Groping The Map: Pauper’s Drop, Part 1.

“And now you come swanning into my neighbourhood looking for me? Wrong turn, tin daddy.” This first instalment of Groping The Map will be presented in multiple parts, running over theĀ  next several weeks: Introduction. Annotated Walkthrough, 1: Diner and Downtown. Annotated Walkthrough, 2: Market. Annotated Walkthrough, 3: Sinclair Deluxe. Combat in The Drop: Encounter […]