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Have you heard of something called SCP? The fictional SCP Foundation aims to find, contain, and secure anomalous objects and entities. This project, expanding with the support of numerous users on the internet, deals with quite interesting anomalous objects and beings. If you’re intrigued, thenLobotomy Corporation, a game with the same theme, is perfect for you.
Your mission is entirely about management, and while trying to keep them under control, you also need to produce a type of energy called Enkephalin. However, given these unknown and mysterious anomalies, this is definitely a challenging task. How about starting by reading some beginner tips first before starting this hard journey?
Abnormality Info Unlocking Order Matters
While working on abnormalities, your agents will produce Enkephalin, which is the energy resource you need to complete the day you are playing. As work progress continues and you succeed, you will produce Positive Enkephalin. With these, you canunlock information about the abnormality you are working on.
If you are working on an abnormality for the first time, most information about them will be locked.
If you unlock the information in the following order, you’ll follow a path with fewer surprises and reduce risks:
Abnormality Escape Information
If you unlock the information randomly, many problems await you. For example, if you unlock Abnormality Escape Information first and leave Abnormality Work Favor for last, your agents will produce less energy due to poor work results andwill be at risk of Death or Panic.
Never Forget The Abnormality Management Tips
Unlocking the Management Tips section of an Abnormality is extremely important, as it willdetermine your approach to them.If you don’t play according to these management tips,failure is inevitable.
Management Tips can consist of several parts, andif you don’t unlock all of them,they may seem meaningless or only appear to be useful. For example, the management tips for an abnormality called Fairy Festival are as follows:
As you may see, you need toconsider the management tips as a whole.In the above example, if you send your agent to work with another Abnormality besides the Fairy Festival that day, they will die as a result.
Remember that each Abnormality has its own similar rules, and you mustadjust your gameplay accordingly.
Make A Habit Of Using The Pause Button
Learning to use the pause button effectively is beneficial and very important. By using it, you can have more controlduring encounters with Ordeals and Abnormalities escaping from containment, which you will face in the later days of the game.
When sending your units to deal with entities that threaten your facility, don’t forget to pause the game occasionally. This way, you canfrequently check their HP and SP values.By recalling your agents in critical condition, you can prevent disastrous scenarios.
Sinceit will be difficult to monitor everything as your facility grows, making it a habit to check the status of your agents and Abnormalities will be to your advantage.
Don’t Be Afraid To Reset The Game
When you first start the game, you’ll find yourself surrounded by Abnormalities you know nothing about. As your facility continues to grow, the number of Abnormalities you contain will also increase.
At a certain point, you are bound to encounter a disaster scenario. In this case, you always have the option to replay that day. However, if you don’t think you can change anything, the most logical choice is toreset the game and start again from the first day.
This shouldn’t discourage you; on the contrary, it’s quite beneficial. If you start again from the first day, the information you’ve gathered about the Abnormalitieswon’t disappear or reset.
You’ll be able to develop more informed and foresighted strategies starting from the first day. This way, among the three Abnormality options presented to you before each day,there will be ones you are familiarwith and since they are no longer unknown,they will pose minimal threat to you.
If you think you may recover from a bad day, replaying that day might be better than starting from the first day. Remember,the E.G.O equipment you give to your agents is lostwith them if they die.
Strategically Equip Your Agents With E.G.O Gear
Before each day, don’t forget to equip your new agents with E.G.O gear. Thecontained Abnormalities in each team’s areashould be the determining factor in choosing that team’s E.G.O gear. For example, if all or at least two of the three Abnormalities deal White damage, you should choose an E.G.O Suit that is resistant to that damage type.
Similarly, if you have Abnormalities that can escape,don’t forget to check their Escape Information section.Based on this information, equip your agents with E.G.O Weapons that have a higher damage output against those specific Abnormalities.
It is not a good idea to equip all your agents in a team withonly Red or Pale weapons.If one of your agents goes into panic, you can only heal their SP with White or Black damage. Keeping this in mind will help you prevent agent loss.
Moreover, when selecting weapons or suits,checking their Details section will also benefit you.This way, you may use them to their full potential. For example, a weapon named Penitence grants plus two Justice to the wielder, it has a five percent chance to restore 10 SP on the attack. Giving this to an agent without checking would deprive you of this bonus.
Don’t Be Wasteful With Your LOB Points
At the end of each day, you will earn LOB points. You can use these to recruit new agents for your facility. Additionally, you canincrease the starting statsof the agents you hire using these points.
However, it is important not to be too wasteful when doing this. If you end up with insufficient LOB points,you might be caught unprepared for some Abnormalities, so it’s crucial to keep some points in reserve.
For example, when interacting with the Abnormality called Bloodbath, Level One Fortitude and Temperance stats will not be effective. Therefore, to enhance the starting stats of the agents you hire and tocreate agents suitable for specific Abnormalities, you need to be economical with your LOB points.
Learn The Behavior Of Ordeals
Although Ordeals are similar to Abnormalities, you will encounter them for the first timestarting from the sixth day.Their difference is that they cannot be contained, and you have to fight them. If you don’t, a good and peaceful day will not be awaiting you.
Learning thebehavior patterns of Ordeals will be to your advantageand will help you deal with them more easily. Here is some information about a few Ordeals you might encounter in the early stages of the game:
Violet Dawn
While fighting Ordeals, don’t forget tofrequently pause the game and pull back unitswith low health or sanity from the battle.
You never want to be caught unprepared for bad events. Therefore, you should alwayskeep your agents ready.The first thing you should follow in this regard is the Qliphoth Gauge located in the upper left corner of the screen.
For example, if the Qliphoth Gauge isabout to fill up and trigger an Ordealas soon as you send an agent to a containment room, make sure all your other agents are idle andnot in other containment roomsbefore this happens. This way, when the Ordeals arrive, you can quickly respond and send your agents as a group to combat them.
If the scenario were the opposite and most of your agents were in containment rooms, theOrdeals could create quite problematic situations for you.
In another scenario, if you have an agent working in a containment room andyou are sure that agent will panic, you need to be prepared for this situation as well. By sending other agentswith White or Black damage-dealing weaponsto the area outside that containment room in advance, you may save your agent from a panic state.
Don’t Have to End The Day Immediately
When you’ve collected the necessary Enkephalin to finish the day,you don’t have to end it immediately.you’re able to turn this into an opportunity. You have practically infinite time tofarm for E.G.O gifts, which are rarely obtained from Abnormalities.
While doing this, you’re able to also unlock all the information about the Abnormalities andincrease your stock of E.G.O equipment.However, you must remain cautious. Escaping Abnormalities and Ordeals can still cause trouble and ruin your day.
