Items
Harry finds numerous items to aid – or afflict – him in his quest through ScumCo. His primary weapon is a staple gun, which can be refilled by packs of staples lying around the offices. Later on, two other versions of the staple gun are acquired – the B.A.D.A.S.S. (Bi-Angular Directional Accelerated Staple System), which fires in randomly spread directions in front of Harry or can be charged for a full-spread blast; and the shrapnel stapler. Both require different staple packs from the regular staple gun.
Harry also can find soda cans, most often obtained by kicking broken soda machines. They cannot be consumed, as they are too shaken up, but can instead be used as grenades of a sort.
Donuts and coffee abound in the offices, basements, and labs of ScumCo, and moving Harry near any of them replenishes his "comfort," or health. Water coolers and soda machines also can be found around the areas, but soda machines are indestructible, used for dispensing soda cans, and Harry detests water – blowing one up while too close to it will drop Harry's comfort substantially. (When Harry's comfort level drops to zero, he disappears in a spectacularly fiery explosion!)
Keys come in three colors and are used to unlock doors of the same. However, papers can also sometimes be picked up and taken to incinerators, which awards points to the player, unlike regular doors.
Office plants and toxic barrels are also quite common, and can be pushed around. They can be used to great effect if placed directly in the path of a mail cart, causing large explosions (and killing the mail cart operator). Ramps, both movable and not, allow Harry to jump great distances.
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