Stronghold Assault is the first storyline mission in Chapter 4.
The Mission[]
Intro[]
Algie and Pete are in the library. Algie is explaining to Pete that the Nerds won't let him join their clique because they find him weird. Jimmy walks in, ignoring Pete, and asks Algie for help taking down the Jocks, but Algie suddenly turns unfriendly. He compares Jimmy to a bouncer and says the Nerds are above helping people like him.
After Algie leaves, Pete advises Jimmy to bring the Nerds back in line by taking on their leader, Earnest. Jimmy leaves to do so before Pete asks if he can go with him for once.
Walkthrough[]
Jimmy has to find Earnest. Fatty and Cornelius are outside the library. Jimmy asks them for Earnest's whereabouts, but they instead start attacking him as they refuse to tell him. Fatty spills the beans once Jimmy beats him up, saying Earnest is at the observatory.
The path to the observatory is beside the library, guarded by a door that operates with a keycode. Thad is guarding it and will attack Jimmy on sight, but he gives up the keycode after taking a single punch. Jimmy then enters the keycode to open the door.
Behind the door is a grassy area, where Jimmy follows the path to the observatory. Along the path, he will find the Nerds hiding behind trees, rocks, and on top of hills, firing at him with firecrackers, stink bombs and bottle rocket launchers. He fights his way through them and finally comes to the observatory gate.
Earnest shows up on top of the gate, having rigged up a rapid-fire potato machine gun, with which he fires at Jimmy. The Nerds also appear on the ground and fire at Jimmy. In order to avoid Earnest's shots and the Nerds' attacks, Jimmy can make use of the rocks and pillars in front of the gate. Aside from that, he has to shoot out the transformer located beside the gun, which apparently makes it run. Once he does, Earnest retreats inside the observatory and locks the door.
Jimmy gets to the top of the gate and takes control of the potato cannon, using it to break down the doors of the observatory. The Nerds will appear through the windows and on the roof of the observatory, firing firecrackers and bottle rockets at him. The door has a life bar as in a boss fight. Once the bar is empty, the door flies open and the next mission starts automatically as Jimmy runs into the observatory.
Glitches[]
The game isn't prepared for the possibility that Jimmy may bring a bicycle to the route leading to the observatory. If a bicycle is used to travel to the observatory before Earnest has finished making his threats, the potato gun will be unmanned and it is possible for Jimmy to use it to break the doors. Once broken, the doors can be walked through, but the building itself is inaccessible. Switching to Jimmy's view beyond the entrance reveals a very modest version of the building's interior that is blocked by an invisible wall.
The mission can be continued normally if Jimmy backtracks and lets Earnest speak the rest of his threats before returning to the potato gun. Earnest will be using the potato gun normally, and disabling the gun ends the mission immediately, since the doors are already broken.
Trivia[]
- Thad tells Jimmy that the code to the lock is 1138. This is a reference to George Lucas' signature Easter egg.
- It is possible to skip the fight with Fatty by going straight to Thad.
- It is possible to make Jimmy say an unused quote in this mission if the player goes quickly to Thad. The quote can be heard here.
- Algie claims to be angry at Jimmy because he called him pee stain, except it was Gary who called him that twice in the mission Defend Bucky.
Video Walkthroughs[]
