Eastward is an independent RPG action adventure, where you will live in an underground community that has learned to fear the outside world. Emanates a smooth and methodical rhythm, which gives off a very good experience, paying homage to the Classic JRPGs.
Also, Eastward is not a very complicated game, but it does have a fairly substantial part where it presents different concepts that you will want to use with advantage and take them into account for what may happen. If you want to delve into this John and Sam story, make the most of all around you to find treasures, save, heal and use the map properly, among other things.
Tips and Tricks for Eastward
Buy the treasure radar
The treasure radar is an object that will be available from the start of the game and it is very affordable, for only 50 salt (the currency of the game) you can buy it. This will be in the store Johnny’s Emporium at the top of the hill just above your caravan.
This object will allow you find the treasures much easier, since you will hear a beep that intensifies as you get closer, you can even identify it by a small icon that appears at the top of the screen, very similar to the coverage of a mobile phone. It is highly recommended to buy it because it is very useful, since the treasures are very well hidden.
Save the game
Saving the game is not in a typical way as if it were through a menu of options, but from some refrigerators that are spread all over the world. It is very important that you save frequently so as not to lose any progress, and because in the end, even if the game saves automatically, it never hurts make sure of your entire tour inside the game.
Check the map frequently
From the pause menu you have access to different options that are really important in the game, one of them is the map. The map is very useful, as it indicates the next objective, the part that you have not discovered yet and even some paths that you can visit to find treasures or to simply continue with your adventure.
Cook to heal you
Within Eastward there is a very simple and quite beneficial mechanic that is cooking. If you lack life, it is a essential tool To heal you. Buy some foods in stores, but it will always be much more efficient to cook them. The enemies themselves or a chest throughout the dungeons they will give ingredients that can be used perfectly to prepare recipes.
Let the enemies come to you and stun
It is possible that, if you go quietly down a corridor, a slug falls from the ceiling and begins to attack you, but it is best that when you see the shadows marked on the ground, stand back and wait for the enemies to come to you. You don’t have access to ranged weapons, which means that if you rush, they attack you and take unnecessary damage.
Another tip within the fighting is stun. Sam has an ability that allows him to immobilize enemies with a bubble, that can help you coordinate with John to attack with his jump jump or other weapon.
Use bombs strategically
Something highly recommended, I would say the most recommended, is dose the pumps well. You can have up to a total of 10 in your inventory, but it is true that, in various locations in the dungeons, you can be asked for bombs as an essential element to advance or to complete puzzles. You can not only place the pumps on the ground, it is also possible hit them very quickly so that they are launched much further.
Know the weak points of the bosses
The game is divided by a total of eight chapters. Between the different chapters you come across numerous bosses as you progress, in fact it doesn’t fit one boss per chapter, you can even run into up to three. The important thing is, that the game prepares you for it because there is usually a refrigerator to save or a fire to cook, what you already expect that what is behind the door is a boss or a mini boss. The point is that, it is very important to know your weak points to exploit them and take into account the pattern of your movement.