The Mechanic's Request — Slitterhead Walkthrough

The game begins with you as a disembodied spirit in contemporary Hong Kong, with amnesia regarding your origins. You discover you have a strong animosity towards Slitterheads, monsters that possess humans and consume their brains.

Your primary method of combating Slitterheads is by possessing human bodies yourself. This allows you to fight back and protect humanity, albeit in a rather gruesome manner.

The core gameplay involves melee combat. Initially, it can feel overwhelming due to enemy attacks that can easily stun-lock you.

A key mechanic is the parry system, which allows you to deflect single attacks. However, this is often insufficient when facing multiple enemies.

The combat becomes more manageable when you utilize the ability to rapidly switch bodies. Possessing a new host grants a temporary buff, which is crucial for survival.

A significant part of the gameplay involves hunting down Slitterheads disguised as civilians. The game employs a 'sight-jacking' mechanic, similar to Siren, to help identify them.

However, the repetitive environments and a prominent visual effect that directly points to the Slitterhead often make the sight-jacking mechanic feel redundant.

The game is structured around missions, alternating between dialogue-heavy exposition with main characters and combat-focused excursions into urban environments.

These missions often involve chasing down targets or fighting specific enemy types, like the large praying mantis-like creatures.

The narrative introduces a time loop element to explain mission repetition, but the plot becomes convoluted, involving shifting alliances between humans and Slitterheads, parallel universes, and a generally chaotic storyline.

A central plot element involves 'Rarities,' characters with unique, upgradable superpowers that can be used during possession.

The game forces you to unlock optional characters, which are presented as optional but are required to progress the main story, leading to frustration as many have little impact on the plot.