Heavy Lifting Trophy in Aliens: Colonial Marines

  • Heavy Lifting

     

    Defeat the Raven in under 1:10 on Soldier difficulty or higher

    How to unlock Heavy Lifting

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    At the end of the fifth chapter, The Raven, you will have to defeat the menacing enemy that has been pursuing you throughout the entire level by using the Power Loader. It is highly recommended that you try for this trophy on Soldier difficulty (not Recruit) as the 1:10 time limit is rather strict.

    You will need to use the Power Loader to damage the Raven whilst also fending off waves of regular Xenomorphs. Because of this, it's suggested that you have at least one other person with you to take the heat off of the player who's using the Power Loader. Unfortunately there's no in-game indicator showing the amount of time you have used, so it is highly recommended that you use a stopwatch and time it yourself. If you reach the limit, then restart the checkpoint. As of the 1.04 Patch, this trophy is is effectively impossible to unlock if playing alone due to the trophy difficulty being upped to excessive levels. Due to this problem, there are 2 recommended ways of getting the trophy:

    Method 1: Co-Op

    After some field testing, my co-op partner came up with a successful tactic for defeating the Raven within the allotted time. Full credit goes to Grenadier_12 for this tactic:

    My trick was to "jab" using until the Raven was safely cornered, and then use "slash" () to weaken it. If you use the slash out in the open, the Raven tends to block, headbutt and run. Trapping her in the corner usually eliminates the "run" part and buys you some time. Make sure that you don't "panic slash" if the Raven jumps away, as your Power Loader will turn around thus losing precious time. Any co-op partner will have to hold off on shooting the Raven and only focus on the regular Xenomorphs. Any hit on the Power Loader, tends to do damage to it and make things more difficult.

    Method 2: Play without the patch installed

    This is the way that most people will go about obtaining this trophy and do it, go into the Game Data Utility and delete the file containing the patches (you can tell which one it is by highlighting the files and pressing . If you see v1.05 appear under "version", then you have the correct file). Once you have deleted the patch, disable your internet by unticking the "Allow Internet Connection" box in your PS3's Network Tab (Settings => Networking) then boot up the game and get your trophy. After getting the trophy, you can safely reinstall the patch and carry on with your day.

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  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-lyusjJwJk Location: Mission 5 - The Raven Make sure to start this mission on Soldier difficulty! Raven is an Alien boss at the very end of mission 5. You will have to defeat him by using the powerloader. Use L1 for quick punches. Try to force him into a corner and keep punching very quickly. Sometimes the boss attacks you or runs away. The time is relatively short for this trophy so it might take a few tries. Be aware that the missions ends as soon as the boss is dead. Pause the game when you do automatically jump out of the powerloader and if nothing pops up reload the checkpoint. You might also want to make a backup of your save game so that you can try it again without replaying the entire mission.
  • I want to start by saying PowerPyx is a life safer when it comes to hard to find collectibles, but here is my advice for this trophy. I used R1 to get the trophy. I tried the L1 way my first 10 tries lol. R1 has a further reach and it b**ch slaps the alien backwards. I used this to get him in a corner and jack him up. Then I pushed the home button while the end scene played. If Reid started talking I quit the game and reloaded the mission, this only took me 2 tries as opposed to the other way. Anyway, watch PowerPyx's video and you'll know when the trophy pops.
  • Ok, so I was lucky enough to get this trophy before the patch, unfortunatly a friend of mine wasn't so lucky and he was struggling to get the trophy on his own, I offered to help in trying to get it in co-op, after a hour I realised for some reason the patch has made this trophy impossible to do, the raven takes way to many hits in the time your meant to kill him in. So I had a think and I've thought of a easier method to get this trophy, basically go to your game data utility folder on the ps3 xmb and delete the game data for aliens colonial marines it should be the file that is 2711MB, this deletes the patch basically, you shouldnt need to delete the additional content data and definatly dont delete you save game data. Once you've done that load up aliens colonial marines and when
  • Once you've done that load up aliens colonial marines and when the game asks you if you want to update the game press cancel, this will skip the patch and then install the main game data without and of the patchs. Load up the raven level and play through to the boss and beat him in the set time. I've personnally tried this and beat him on my first try, I even made several mistakes during the fight and got a final time of 1:07, I used L1 to jab him into the corner and then R1 to keep him in the corner. My friend has also tried this method and now has the trophy. The only thing you cant do is try this trophy co-op, you shouldnt need to without the patch, but as you wont have the patch it will log you out of the psn. I hope this helps anyone who is struggling with this trophy and if you
  • The only thing you cant do is try this trophy co-op, you shouldnt need to without the patch, but as you wont have the patch it will log you out of the psn. I hope this helps anyone who is struggling with this trophy and if you have success with this method please post on here saying so.
  • No need to drop the patch, the above works great! I moved along the edge of the storage container until it triggered the voices then went back to the hole in the wall you enter through, moved a little out of it until the raven was near then unloaded on it. When it was mostly green I went back to the container, dropped down and went into the gate, got into the loader and after a couple whacks I killed it.

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