Welcome to the unsettling world of Among the Sleep, a first-person atmospheric horror game where you play as a two-year-old child trying to find your way through a nightmare. You'll crawl, walk, and run through terrifying environments, often with your teddy bear companion, Teddy, by your side. Your goal is to uncover the dark secrets surrounding your family and escape the horrors of your own mind.
This guide is here to help you navigate every chapter of this unique and often challenging experience. We'll provide walkthroughs to help you overcome the game's obstacles, understand the nature of the Shadow Figure, and ensure you can find all the hidden secrets. Whether you're aiming to master the controls or simply survive the terrifying journey, this guide has you covered.
[WLK:P0] Prologue: Beginning a new game
Get ready to play Among the Sleep! Learn about starting a new game, choosing difficulty, and setting up your game for the best experience.
Hey there! So you're about to dive into the spooky world of Among the Sleep for the first time? Awesome! Before you jump in, let's chat about a few things to make sure your playthrough is as smooth (and terrifying) as possible. Think of this as your quick pre-game setup guide.
First up: Data Install. This game really pushes the PSP to its limits, and sometimes that means longer loading times or even a bit of slowdown during intense moments. To help avoid those annoyances, I really, really recommend doing a FULL DATA INSTALL before you start. It makes a noticeable difference.
Next, let's talk Difficulty. Just like in other Kingdom Hearts games, you'll pick your difficulty when you start, and it actually matters for unlocking the secret ending. Here’s the breakdown:
- Beginner: You'll hit harder and take less damage, but sadly, the secret ending is totally out of reach.
- Standard: Normal damage for both you and enemies. To unlock the secret ending, you'll need to complete the Final Episode and find absolutely everything – every enemy, ability, sticker, treasure, and beat every mini-game with each character. It's a huge undertaking!
- Proud: You'll deal normal damage but take double damage. The secret ending just requires completing the Final Episode.
- Critical: You'll deal less damage, earn less HP, and take double damage, but you start with extra command slots and the Zero EXP ability if you want to make things even tougher. The secret ending is unlocked by completing the Final Episode.
Just a heads-up: if you play on different difficulties with different characters, the secret ending requirements will be based on the lowest difficulty you used. Also, your character's level plays a massive role in the actual difficulty, so don't be afraid to pick a harder mode than you're used to and just grind levels to compensate!
Finally, CPU Speed. After you play through the tutorial for a bit, you'll unlock the Config menu. I highly suggest heading in there and bumping the CPU speed from 222MHz to 333MHz. It'll drain your battery a little faster, but it's a huge help in preventing that annoying gameplay slowdown.
Remember, you can adjust the data install and CPU speed later, but your difficulty choice? That's a one-time decision, so choose wisely!
[WLK:P1] Prologue: Tutorial
Learn how to complete the Among the Sleep prologue tutorial, including finding the Sliding Dash treasure chest.
- 1You begin controlling Ven, a boy who looks similar to Roxas.
- 2Find the treasure chest located on a ledge in the Mountain Path area. This chest contains the Sliding Dash ability.
- The treasure chest in the prologue is unmissable.
- Treasure chest locations will be listed at the start of each new world.
Forecourt:
Mountain Path:
Learn how to navigate the Mountain Path in Among the Sleep. This guide covers combat basics, battle commands, and essential tips to help you progress.
Alright, so you've found yourself on the Mountain Path, and it's time to show off some of those combat moves you've been practicing. Don't worry, it's pretty straightforward!
- 1First things first, walk up to that nearby ring ornament. Keep mashing the X button to pull off a three-hit combo. If you nail it, you'll see some green HP balls drop – nice! That means you're on the right track and will be pointed towards the next set of ornaments.
- 2For these next ones, you'll need to use a battle command. Open up that bottom-left menu using the up and down buttons to select a command you like, then press Triangle to unleash it. These commands are your bread and butter for advanced attacks, but remember there's a cooldown, so you can't spam them.
- 3After hitting an ornament with a command, the whole setup will start to spin. Now, you'll need to target one of the spinning ornaments using the L+R buttons. This will wrap up this part of the tutorial.
- 4A chest will pop up on the ledge halfway up the Trail. Go ahead and open it with X to snag the SLIDING DASH battle command.
- 5Now, this part is totally optional: you can head into the Menu (press Start) and swap out one of your current battle commands for Sliding Dash. If you'd rather just keep moving, no worries, you can skip this.
- 6Once you're done here, just head onwards to the Summit area when you feel ready.
- Don't forget that battle commands have a cooldown period. Keep an eye on it so you can chain your attacks effectively.
- Sliding Dash is a pretty useful command to have, but if you're eager to progress, it's okay to skip equipping it for now. You can always come back to it later.
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