You can press right click to stab with them which can be unreliable if there are other enemies nearby as it may not kill in one hit.You can carry only five of these at a time and they are completely silent if they land and kill the victim.Throwing Knives have excellent penetration if you hold left click before releasing and you can never run out of these if you take the time to loot your victims.Equipped by equipping the Trench Knife first then pressing the knife equipping button again.First available for purchase in Riga and three freebies can be found in the Lost Tunnels on the left side on a wooden post right before turning to enter the area with alarm cans, a table in the room right before the first tripwire and on the body of the guard that Bourbon kills.Some flying tips and advice for the Throwing Knives: Very useful for stealth and increases your cool factor. The Throwing Knife functions differently from the Trench Knife since as it's name says, you well. The knife is surprisingly very loud and terrible for stealth when many enemies are in the vicinity of each other.Trying the knife on alerted humans is bad news as their attacks are ranged. As long as your movements are swift you can evade animals and kill them if you aim for their head.Right clicking with the knife does blunt damage with the handle of the weapon and is useful for smashing broken doors that will not open.If you hold left click you can attack faster.Here are some hard-cutting tips and advice with the knife: It has a fairly long melee range and is useful for conserving ammo if needed. The Trench Knife is your trusty buddy and one of the most helpful weapons and is always available. There are two kinds of knives to satisfy your melee needs and lust for placing sharp things into hostiles within hugging distance. Military Grade Rounds are a powerful alternative to Dirty Ammo and is used as currency to buy weapons and equipment from vendors and exchanged for other types of ammo. Just remember that despite having a pointed head in the icon, the projectiles themselves look more like giant needles instead. It is the most expensive type of ammunition, but you will never have to buy a single one if you take your time to search and loot. Spears can only be used by the Helsing, but shares attributes in common with Throwing Knives because they can be used again if you loot the spear off your brutalized target. Despite being the rarest type of ammo on the field, it is the cheapest in the exchange kiosks. Metal Balls are used as projectiles by the Tihar and Volt Driver. Shotgun Shells are fairly common, but also the second most expensive type of ammunition. 44 Magnum Bullets are fired by Revolvers and are at the middle in value and rarity.ĭirty Ammo is used by Primary Weapons and is the second cheapest ammunition and weakest damage wise, but plentiful on the field. These kiosks have an economy, meaning some ammunition are more expensive or cheap than others. You will also find exchange kiosks within the stations that allow you to buy and sell ammo.

In the metro, you will stumble upon different types of ammunition and all of them are only compatible with their respective type of weapon. A must have for every hardcore shoot 'em up and Tyrian fan.First things first! We must talk about the food for your mutant/bandit killing tools as ammunition is just as important as the weapon itself. It has everything that classy shoot 'em ups have. Tyrian 2000 is essentially a much larger version of Tyrian and it won't disappoint fans. Take the original Tyrian, increase its power-ups, levels, end-of-level bosses, secrets and playing modes and you've got Tyrian 2000. The game play is just as faithful as the rest of the game. Sound wise, it is also faithful to the original with excellent music and sound effects. Graphically, it will please fans of the original, with old-school 2d graphics used instead of going with the current trends and using 3d.

There are really no areas in this game that are lacking. The best news of all is that back in 2004, the game was made freeware by its developer, Jason Emery. Not only does it use the same excellent graphical style that the original Tyrian used, but it has over one hundred weapons and levels, including various secret levels and different playing modes. So does it live up to the Tyrian name? In short yes. Anyone who remembers the original Tyrian may also remember that some years after its release, an unofficial sequel, Tyrian 2000 was released as shareware.

Tyrian 2000 weapons guide