Walkthrough, achievements and song titles

This is my walkthrough and achievement guide for the video game that needs no introduction. Allow me to introduce VCB: Why City, also known as VVars of Central Bands in simpler times and DOKA 2 in an October 20, 2018 update. The developer restored the good name VCB: Why City, however the DOKA 2 update caused problems with Steam and led to the game being delisted. The developer's solution was to reissue a new version called VCB: Why City 4k and as far as I can tell VCB: Why City (Beta Version) and VCB: Why City 4k are currently identical, however the developer has hinted at future updates in the 4k forums. This guide works for both versions of the game. You did a good thing playing this.

Controls

On-foot

• WASD moves Vano and steers his vehicles.
  
• Left Shift allows Vano to run.
  
• Right click is held to aim weapons.
  
• Left click fires while Vano is aiming.
  
• Wheel scrolling toggles between guns.

Driving

• R while driving toggles between the radio stations ♥♥♥♥♥♥ Radio and Suck FM or no music.
  
• C while driving allows you to freely control the camera with the mouse.
  
• Enter while driving causes Vano's vehicle to respawn.

General

• Esc pauses the game.
  
• Space skips cutscenes.

Characters

These are the characters who appear in VCB: Why City, along with a little rundown of their deals.

• Vano: The main character who has returned to Why City after being gone for some time.
  
• Mikhan: One of Vano's longtime friends who helps reaccustom him to Why City. Runs the local newspaper Kir-news and an adult film studio.
  
• Kirill: Another friend of Vano and Mikhan. Runs the game studio Talentplace from his home.
  
• Karina: An Italian erotic livestreamer and Anton's ex-girlfriend.
  
• Timan: Manages a kebab chain in Why City.
  
• MC ♥♥♥♥♥♥: A rapper who has set up shop in Why City to film music videos.
  
• Anton: A blogger who controls the majority of Why City to the chagrin of Mikhan, Kirill and Karina who are tired of living under his thumb.
  
• Yuri Khovansky: Host of the YouTube series Kebab-patrol with a wild personal life.

Walkthrough

These are the ten main missions in VCB: Why City and the achievements they unlock.

Why City

For the first mission, simply drive from checkpoint to checkpoint as Mikhan and Kirill catch Vano up to speed on what he has been missing in Why City.

• Unlocks achievement Thirst for adventure.

The Capture of Territory

Head to the schoolyard and kill all of the Alcauses. Easy-peasy.

Saving Karina

Another straight-forward mission! Just drive to Karina's house and use your Uzi to mow down a few waves of thugs.

• Unlocks achievement Heh-hay!

The Kebab Delivery

In this mission you need to deliver kebabs to each checkpoint while racing against the clock using Timan's car. This car slips and slides all over the place, making this the most difficult of the driving countdown missions you will do. If you have trouble completing it, just move on and come back to it later! The silver lining is that each delivery adds sixteen seconds to your timer, which is much more lenient than the other missions like it - then again you have further to drive. After all deliveries are made, a group of thugs will need to be killed to finish the mission.

• Unlocks achievement Kebab delivery.

Bad Reviews

Drive to the apartment complex. Take your shotgun from room to room, killing everyone you see and rewriting their game reviews on all nine computers in the apartment. Just make sure the coast is clear of enemies before you begin rewriting any reviews because you won't be able to defend yourself.

• Unlocks achievement Wizard.

The Equipment for Recording Voices

Drive to the bathhouse and meet MC ♥♥♥♥♥♥. After a cutscene you will return to Mikhan's studio. Drive back to the bathhouse and you will switch over to ♥♥♥♥♥♥'s tour bus. Same as in the previous mission, drive through the various checkpoints on your way back to Mikhan's studio. Each checkpoint again adds six seconds to the timer, however the bus moves much slower than Vano's car.

• Unlocks achievement Bathhouse.

An Evening with Karina

From Karina's balcony, kill of Anton's forces below while paying attention to Karina's health bar. Some enemies also carry RPGs so take care of them as soon as possible. You'll start with a submachine gun but will likely have to switch weapons when your ammo runs out. Eventually Karina will run to safety and you will join the remaining enemies on the street. Your SMG will be fully loaded again so use it to finish off the rest of Anton's gang.

• Unlocks achievement Saviour.

The Crooked Blogger

Aim for each checkpoint and quickly race against the clock again. Each checkpoint adds six seconds to the timer. Simply reach Mikhan's studio before the countdown reaches zero to pass this mission.

• Unlocks achievement Dodger.

A Spring Forest

From the bathhouse, drive to the wooded park. Waves of enemies will try to rush the stage while MC ♥♥♥♥♥♥ films his music video. Kill them while looking out for ♥♥♥♥♥♥'s health bar.

• Unlocks achievement Great art.

Great Court

When you leave Vano's house, the checkpoint will at first be marking City Court. Wait a moment for MC ♥♥♥♥♥♥ to call you and the checkpoint will change to the auto body shop. Drive there and collect ♥♥♥♥♥♥'s RPG launcher. Now proceed to City Court and face off against Anton. He will stand over the building's entrance firing RPGs down at you while infinite waves of men attack you from the street and behind buildings. Quickly empty your RPG launcher on Anton before too many thugs get close to you, then clear out as many as you feel comfortable with and go back to unloading your ammo on Anton. You can stand under him and deal heavy damage with the shotgun and SMG. After maybe a couple of tries, Anton will be defeated and you'll have cleared the main campaign!

• Unlocks achievement Invincible.

The Ballad of Drunk Khovanksy storyline contains three missions and no achievements.

Kebab - patrol

Collect the eight empty beer bottles scattered in the parking lot and adjacent park, killing any thugs along the way. You don't have to kill everybody in this mission - just collect the bottles.

At the Bar

From Khovansky's place, drive to the liquor store. Your vision will begin to blur but just bear with it. Next you must make your way to Mikhan's studio, while your vision blurs further and begins to bounce back and forth. Piloting the bus shouldn't be too tricky yet though. After that checkpoint, your visuals turn the city black and white and continue to bounce on your way to picking up Kirill. At this point, you have to drive the bus to Timan's shop while your vision devolves into an undulating mess. Drive slow and watch your minimap. Crashing into a car, a building or even a tree during this part of the mission could take minutes to recover from. Next make your way to Karina's house, while the vision takes on some crazy lighting effects. Lastly, head to the bathhouse. The last visual effects you have to put up with are the most difficult but the drive this time is short.

Release

When you begin, Khovansky will already be rushing on you. Run to the left and do laps around the apartment looking for guns to pick up. Over time more special guns will pop up for you. Anytime you can gain a little distance, turn back and unload on Khovansky. The Uzi, shotgun and SMG will knock his health down quickly. Once Khovansky is killed, you've beat the expansion!

The winter 2017 update contains one side mission and an achievement.

Winter Is Coming

In this mission you are given 300 seconds to run down all snowmen in Why City.

• Unlocks achievement Winter Is Coming.

The Halloween 2018 update contains one new mode and no achievements.

Entrails

In this mode accessed from the main menu, you are given 10 minutes to tear the guts from a corpse's abdomen. An arrow will continually change direction each time you swipe away entrails. Keep flicking the mouse in the direction of the arrow to score the most points!

Achievements

• Pioneer: Unlocks when you first start playing.
  
• Driver: Pass 10 checkpoints while driving. You'll get this during the first mission.
  
• Thirst for adventure: Complete the first mission.
  
• Hellish Hospital: Unlocks when you fail a mission for the first time.
  
• A novice assassin: Kill 20 enemies. You'll probably get this during "Saving Karina" or the previous mission.
  
• Puposeful: Drive through 25 checkpoints. You'll get this during one of the several race against the clock missions.
  
• Heh-hay!: Complete the "Saving Karina" mission.
  
• Kebab delivery: Complete the "Kebab Delivery" mission.
  
• Wizard: Complete the "Bad Reviews" mission.
  
• Bathhouse: Complete the "Equipment for Recording Voices" mission.
  
• Saviour: Complete the "An Evening with Karina" mission.
  
• Destroyer: Kill 100 enemies. See Annihilator and Mad below.
  
• Dodger: Complete the "Crooked Blogger" mission.
  
• Great art: Complete the "A Spring Forest" mission.
  
• Invincible: Complete the "Great Court" mission.
  
• Rueful: Unlocked by failing 10 missions. Some levels are trickier so you may earn this without seeking it out.
  
• Racer: Drive through 100 checkpoints. Keep restarting the first mission, "The Equipment for Recording Voices" or "The Crooked Blogger" over and over until you unlock this one.
  
• Winter Is Coming: Smash 16 snowmen with your car.
  
• Annihilator: Kill 250 enemies. A good level to keep replaying is "Great Court" because the enemies are infinite here and you have plenty of guns to handle them.
  
• Mad: Kill 500 enemies. Just keep playing "Great Court" or any of the other shooting missions until this one pops too.
  
• Desperate: Unlocked by failing 100 missions. Throw on a movie and replay Yuri Khovansky's final mission "Release" over and over.

Trading cards

There are five trading cards to collect for VCB: Why City and they unlock the badge tiers Beginning, Gaining experience, Stand from knees, Problem solving and Leader, each rewarding you with 100 XP.

• Karina: 1 of 5, Series 1
  
• Anton: 2 of 5, Series 1
  
• MC POX: 3 of 5, Series 1
  
• Shawarmaster: 4 of 5, Series 1
  
• FBI_05: 5 of 5, Series 1

Soundtrack

This list is missing some songs that play on the radio stations.

• MC ПОХ - Банька (heard during "The Equipment for Recording Voices" and on ♥♥♥♥♥♥ Radio)
  
• MC ПОХ - Весенний лес (heard during "The Equipment for Recording Voices", "A Spring Forest" and on ♥♥♥♥♥♥ Radio)
  
• МС ХОВАНСКИЙ - Батя в Здании (heard during "At the Bar" and "Release")

The developers also credit Night Crawler, Tolik and Vertex Studio for the game's other music.