Chapter 1-1: Civilian Checkpoint

Don't worry about the villagers, they're not zombies…yet. Follow the road to the Corner Pyamy Butchery and enter through the side-door, on the right. You'll find the man you're looking for inside. After speaking with him, open the suitcase on the counter and retrieve the two pistols inside (one for each of you). Equip the pistol, then break open the wooden container on the table, just right of the exit (always use your knife to break containers) for some gold. Check the two clipboards on the adjacent table for some basic info regarding health and controls, then exit through the nearby door.

Outside, bust open the barrel in the left corner, then head down the stairs. You'll spot four crows surrounding a dog--shoot the far right crow to earn some cash, then enter the nearby building and continue through the door. Bust open a couple of boxes and barrels just past the animal carcus for money and a Green Herb, then check the note on the left counter, if so inclined. You'll find another Green Herb on the shelf, just before exiting through the far door.

Back outside, climb the staircase and enter the door to spot a poor villager having something rammed down his throat. Get ready, because as soon as that cutscene ends, he's going to going to make a break right for you. Either step aside or immediately shoot him in the leg twice to knock him down, then run up and stomp him, or knife him to death to conserve bullets. Continue through the door, grab the ammo from the bookshelf, then jump through the window.

Upon landing, head down the right alley, which triggers a horde of zombies who'll chase you. Don't even bother fighting them as they simply keep coming (plus they don't drop any items)--instead, turn around (remember your quick-turn!) and run into the building dead-ahead for safety. After barricading yourself inside, grab the Red Herb from the shelf near the door, then a Grenade from the shelf in the far corner. Now check out the far door and kick it the same time as your partner to knock it down. Check the shelf inside for ammo, then bust open a trio of barrels for money and ammo.. Now hop down the hole and head to the ladder on the far side. After climbing the ladder, grab the two boxes of ammo and the Green Herb from the shelves before exiting.

Follow the trail down to the house, but make sure to grab the Green Herb and ammo from the shelf before entering. As you enter the house, you'll watch a cutscene showing an execution--eww. Even worse, the zombies are coming for you next! Your first task should be to push both bookshelves so they block the window and door (to save time, direct Sheva to push one of them)--this will slow down the zombies from entering the house. Now that you've slowed them down for a bit, quickly explore the home to find five packs of ammo and some money hidden amongst the boxes, barrels, and vegetable piles, and check the drawer beneath the TV. Now that you're fully loaded, it's time to focus on taking down those zombies.

So here's the deal: You have to hold down the house for about 2 minutes and 20 seconds, at which point the executioner will break through the chain link fence outside, allowing you to escape--as such it doesn't really matter how many zombies you kill, so long as you keep them off your back. Before the zombies break through your bookshelf defense, you can target the ones by the blocked door through the window--stand by the far left of the window and aim right to target the few who may already be at the door. Try to keep an eye on the other bookshelf--as soon as they break through, you should focus on preventing them from coming through that window. An easy way to do this is to simply stand directly in front of the window and continually slash with your knife--there's nothing they can do (we're evil, we know)!

At the two-minute mark, a cutscene will play showing various zombies dropping through a hole in the ceiling, and even more will flood in through the main entrance--this is your cue that it's time to leave. Jump out the window (or through the door) and get ready to make a break for it as soon as the executioner breaks down the chain link fence. Now while you have free reign at this point, so do the zombies, and there's a lot of them. Like before, this is a time-based affair, and you're going to have to stay alive for the next 4 minutes and 20 seconds--do that and you're golden!

The easiest way to stay alive is to simply run to the far side, wait for the zombies to approach, then dart past them, back to the other side. Simply repeat this over and over until 4 minutes elapses. Oh, and make sure to set Sheva to "cover" you, so that she remains close at all times and (hopefully) stays out of trouble. Of course, you may have to shoot a zombie or two if they get in your way, otherwise just keep on the move, back and forth, until the four minutes elapse.

Once four minutes elapse, Kirk will swoop in with his helicopter and take everyone out for and open the far gate for you. What a guy! (Never mind what the hell he was doing all this time.) Now that the area's completely clear, explore the town for any items you may have missed, such as the Green Herb on the small rooftop you can jump to by climbing the central staircase, as well as a pair of Grenades on the top level of the home you were initially in, accessible via a staircase on the right side.

When ready, continue through the exploded gate, check the house on the right for a barrel containing a Green Herb, then follow the path around a building to the exit door. But before you head through, drop into the nearby hole to find a barrel containing some Gold.