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So, I've platinumed this game a few days ago, it was such a relief! But most of my frustration came by the fact that the guide isn't quite "complete" or "updated" as it should be.

I'm sorry, I mean no disrespect for the author, in fact I thank him a lot for its hard work, I just don't know how to say it. The point of this post is that, if you happened to have bought this miserable catastrophe of a game and want that hard-as-nails (P), there're some tips that you should see:

(Game structure spoilers follows, but not story related ones)

 

-First of all, there're three missable trophies, not one as the guide say. The other two are "Digital Man", and "Aces High".

*The reason why Digital Man is missable is because, once you clear the story (either sides, it doesn't matter) at least one of the faction challenges gets locked. The guide says that after a China mission you'll lose an UP challenge, BUT IT DOESN'T SAY that if you complete the story allied with the AN, you'll lose a PLAV challenge (Jungle Cruisse).

This last bit of info is vital, for two reasons: One, is most recommendable to work with the AN because their missions are easier than China's (however you should start the China mission first to get the "We'll Burn the Sky" trophy, as the guide states, and then load a previous save). The second reason is about the PLAV challenge and I'll talk about it later.

*The other trophy, Aces High is a (highly) missable trophy because you have to capture alive ALL and EVERY SINGLE ONE of the HVTs that you find. This includes those that are mission related. There're a total of 55 HVTs, including the last one, which you will capture through a cutscene if you captured the rest of the targets. Apparently, as some users stated long ago, this cutscene is the trigger of the trophy, meaning it will pop shortly after it.

So, how do we know when we capture a HVT alive? It's actually simple: all you have to do is melee him once (O button), hand-cuff and take him to the helicopter (REMEMBER: be at least neutral with the opposite faction, otherwise you will not get the helicopter to escort him out). You'll get the full reward and that's it.

It doesn't matter if the chopper blew up a second after that, as long as you recieved the cash you're clean. So don't stress over this one too much, you have more than enough with just trying to get to him before their teammates kill him, I'm not kidding on this one.

One last point on this trophy: the HVT's won't call their HQs to inform about you attacking them, unlike the regular soldiers, so it's advisable to take down the last ones first. That way you can keep your reputation with that faction and capture the Target.

 

-The online trophies are known to be very glitchy and will most likely cause you some trouble, especialy "Damage, Inc." and "Nothin' But a Good Time". The problem with this two is that people tried different methods and none of them worked, despite fullfilling the requeriments. However, there're two methods that helped out a lot of people, including myself:

*For the first trophy, you need a save of the last mission, doesn't matter which side. You'll have a one-use Nuke that, if wasted, makes the mission fail. The trick is to use this Nuke in a coop game, thus making you "fail" the mission. After you restart you will get another nuke and you've to do it again until the trophy pop. With this method, BOTH of you will get the trophy (probably not at the same time because of the glitch, so just keep trying)

*For the second trophy, you need a save with the secondary mission "Jungle Cruise" unlocked (like I said before). Take one of the regular boats with your partner and go trough the normal course until you get to the mines. Then, start shooting them until you get the trophy. You'll have to redo the mision 3-4 times but it's ok since the stats carries over. Again, just keep on it, you'll get it soon. Your parner won't get the trophy with you though, and you'll have to do another session for him.

In both cases, I was the host and I played with the same partner, however due to disconnection problems all of the online trophies were done on several sessions, so it isn't necesary to do it in a single coop session. Just remember to save often if you're not the host.

On a side note, the other coop trophy, the race one, can be done at one of Eva's race challenges. In a coop game two cars will spawn, but ultimately all that matters is who gets to the end. However the other player should use the other car as "backup", since there's a huge chance that the first one will break at some point due to the difficulty of the race.

 

-There's also the Millionare and Billionare trophies, which I haven't had any issues but many people had, so pay atention. What I did is play connected to the servers all the time, limiting the coop to friends only just to be safe, and for grinding I used the Ewan's challenge, which has an incredible beneficious glitch that makes the payout of the challenge bigger each time you play it. I remember that it went as far as 33 Million Dolars! However, it's quite rare apparently, but the challenge itself is pretty easy and is the best way to farm money post-game.

 

In a nutshell:

Don't kill any HVT's and beware of the story related ones;

Have at least 2 saves: one before the last mission, and one in the last mission, for both of the coop trophies;

Always play connected to the servers and avoid going coop during your main story;

Whenever the guide isn't clear as what to do, search in the forums;

And good f*cking luck on this trip to hell. If you come back with the Platinum, you sure deserve some recognition for your nerves of steel and balls of fire. It sure isn't Vanquish platinum, but you wouldn't change it for nothing, not after all the suffering you went through.

 

If you've any question, you can send me a PM or just ask it right here. Just to take into consideration: I've platinumed this a long time ago, so I don't remember everything.

 

EDIT: made some arrangements so it's more easy on the reading. I hope this proves more useful now.

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(On a side note, the other coop trophy, the race one, must be done at one of Eva's race challenges. In a coop game two cars will spawn, but ultimately all that matters is who gets to the end, so the other player may use the other car as "backup", since there's a huge chance that the other one will break at some point)

i have done "Wheels of Steel" in boat race, the task was given by pirates :D

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i have done "Wheels of Steel" in boat race, the task was given by pirates :D

 

Awesome, the more ways you have the better, thanks for sharing that info

 

Looking at my "tips" now, I realise that it's a mess and that no beginner, even with enough free time, would read it, but I'm too lazy to modify it now :sorry: . I hope they find out sooner than later about this.

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