Chapters/Missions

Welcome back, class. Today's lesson teaches you about the differences between Chapters and Missions. It's very important to note the difference between the two, especially if you will be using the Walkthrough or if you're planning to complete the entire game 100%. This lesson will also teach you of the multiple paths throughout the game; as you may already know, Vanguard Bandits has 5 different endings to seek out!

Umm, sir? We're soldiers.

What the hell are you talking about?

We're soldiers. We don't get to make nifty choices like that; we're stuck serving the military, doomed to a fate of getting our asses kicked, our ATAC stolen...

Our necks broken by femme fatales, our bodies bruised and flogged by our superiors, our intelligence insulted by Devlin..

But we chose this fate! They may kick our ass, but they'll never kick our spirit!

How inspiring; and at the same time, sickeningly pathetic.

Chapters and Missions

The entire game of Vanguard Bandits spans 20 Chapters. Chapters are basically a combination of a story scene, then a preperation screen to save and adjust your team, and finally a battle. Missions, on the other hand, are a little different. There are 56 missions in the game, spread between the three main "branches" of the game; the Kingdom, Empire and Ruin branches. Chapters are made up of missions, and the missions you get depend on the branch you take in the game, or the decisions you make.

For example, at the end of Chapter 5, you have a decision to make which will lead you to either Mission 6 or 7. From there, when you reach Chapter 7, you may end up on Mission 8 or 9. Don't let the number of the mission make you think you're skipping ahead far into the game, because the numbers on the missions do not represent how far into the game they are; that's what Chapters are for. If you are confused, the Mission Chart is an excellent place to look to help you understand what all this means.

So, basically;

Now, for information on the "branches" in the game.