Overview:
- Estimated trophy difficulty: 10/10 (Estimated Difficulty)
- Offline trophies: 33 (12, 16, 4, 1)
- Online trophies: 0
- Approximate amount of time to platinum: 5-10+ Hours *Depending On Skill* (Estimated Time)
- Minimum number of playthroughs: 4 Story, 4 Arcade, 1 Challenge
- Number of missable trophies: 0 (Stage Select)
- Glitched trophies: None
- Does difficulty affect trophies?: Yes
- Do trophies stack?: NA/EU have separate lists. Difficulty does NOT stack
- Do cheat codes disable trophies?: None
- Additional peripherals required?: No
Introduction:
BLEED is a 2D platform shooter title in an old school mashup of many different classic games with some newer elements added in as well. You play a girl who wants to become the next great hero in the world and figures the best way to so is to defeat all the previous heroes of the world. She's not the only one who has the same idea, as someone else is trying to beat you to it and will do anything to stop you from achieving your goal. It is a very fun title that will definitely test your skills.
Trophy-wise, all of them are for beating the game in the different difficulties, the bosses with a certain grade and some secret stage related ones. Some of them are on the easier side, but I believe that some of them give the game the true meaning of what a 10/10 difficulty is, mainly in the arcade mode ones.
General Gameplay Information/Tips:
General Fighting/Upgrade Tips - One of the main things you are going to want to do early on during your play is upgrade your health & your energy for your bullet time (this is what I call the slowing down function in the game and refer to it as this throughout the entire guide). Also pick up the Turbo Charger as well as this will be a big boost to you for some later challenges. Bullet time in general is going to be your best friend in the game and you will want to master it as soon as you can as it will help you get out of sticky situations and also do extra damage to enemies by slowing everything down for you. Jump dashing is the other thing that is a big part, especially when combined with the bullet time as you can weave between tight attacks and get away from things you normally would not be able to normally.
Weapon wise you can pick them up whenever as I really only used the default duel pistols for most the game to begin with and rarely used the secondary weapon. The shotgun and laser rifle are nice ones to have if you want to pick one up as the shotgun does heavier damage when upclose and the laser rifle will pass through shields of certain enemies (but it is harder to hit with as you have to be more precise). After beating the game on Easy Mode you unlock the homing missles and the normal duel pistols and them became my normal layout for weapons for 90% of the game. You can switch your weapons at anytime pausing the game with the button and selecting to change weapons.
Story Mode - Story mode is the main part of the game. There are 4 different difficulties with the main differences between them being the addition of extra enemies, slightly more difficult versions of them & the speed at which the mini-bosses/bosses attack and the intensity of their attacks (IE more rockets, lasers, etc). The nice thing about story mode is that there are checkpoints throughout the stages and you have unlimited, so you can always keep trying until you beat it.
Since you have to defeat the game on all 4 difficulty levels, I'd suggest playing on easy the first time through to get a feel for the game. Once you beat it on easy, you can go back and play the stages on whatever difficulty you wish at whatever time you want (they do not need to be beat in order, just all finished in one difficulty in the end for their respectful trophies), so if there is a stage you are struggling on in one difficulty, you can just move to the next one and come back to that one later.
Arcade Mode - Arcade Mode is basically story mode, but instead of exiting out between stages, you just start the next one immediately until you beat the game, but your health does not recharge between stages and you only get ONE life to complete them all. The best advice I can give to you for this is that I would complete all the stages on every difficulty in Story Mode first to prepare yourself for this one. If there is a stage you are struggling on, then keep replaying it until it's not as much an issue anymore. I would highly advise having a full bullet time gauge & the turbo booster before even attempting it as that is going to help you out a lot in avoiding damage all around.
S-Ranking Mini-Bosses/Bosses - You can view your current ranking in the upper right corner of the screen. To get an S-Ranking on a mini-boss/boss, you must alternate your attacks and use your dashing/bullet time to gain style points. The easiest way to attack with one weapon for a little bit, then switch to another for some more damage and then repeat the process while using your dashing/bullet time to avoid attacks. If you get hit during the battle, your ranking will go down, sometimes all the way to nothing meaning you will have to build it back up again (and depending on the point in the battle, it might not be possible if the enemy is too low on health).
When going for the S-Rankings, it is advisable to play the game on easy mode so that there attacks are easier to avoid and they are generally easier to defeat as well. You MUST get S-Rank while playing in Story Mode or Arcade Mode only. Challenge Mode will not unlock the trophies for you, but it is a good place to practice against certain mini-bosses/bosses. Another good tip for getting the S-Rankings is to max out your bullet time gauge and get the turbo charger.
Walkthrough:
Step 1 - Play through Story Mode On Easy
Select Story Mode from the main menu and playthrough the entire game on Easy difficulty. During this run you will want to just be getting a feel for the game, controls, stage layouts and bosses. Feel free to go after any of the S-Ranked Boss, Secret or Miscellaneous trophies during this run if you wish.
By the end of this step you will have obtained:
- Story Clear: Easy
Step 2 - Play through Story Mode on Normal, Hard and Very Hard
Now that you have a taste of the game, it's time to play through it on the harder difficulties. Unfortunately, you have to play through it on each of the other difficulties as they do not stack if you beat one higher. You do not have to beat the stages in order, so if you are struggling with one stage in a difficulty, you can move on to the next and come back to it later as the trophies will pop once you have beaten each stage on said difficulty overall. You can also attempt any of the other trophies mentioned in the first step.
By the end of this step you will have obtained:
- Story Clear: Normal
- Story Clear: Hard
- Story Clear: Very Hard
Step 3 - Beat Three Bosses At Once In Challenge Mode
Since you've battled all the bosses four times at increasingly difficult levels, now is the time to try to beat three of them at once. Thankfully you can take on their easy counterparts to make this easier on yourself as it's going to be tough taking out three at a time as it is. My suggestion is to fight three Gubbys as it seems to be the easiest battle.
This step will get you:
- Challenge Mode Champion
Step 4 - Clean Up Any Remaining Trophies Outside Of The Arcade Related Ones
Now is the time to go after all those extra trophies I mentioned in Step 1 if you are missing them. Play through all the different stages again and make sure to get S-Ranks on all the mini-bosses and bosses, as well as all the secrets you need to accomplish in each one. Also make sure to find the pit in The Blob's stage, listen to poetry in The Idiot stage and reflect a reflected bullet while fighting The Rival.
By the end of this step you will have obtained:
- Intrepid Explorer
- Quiet Contemplation
- Excessively Stylish
- S-Rank: Battalion
- S-Rank: Bubble Core
- S-Rank: Bunny Rockette
- S-Rank: Chopper Core
- S-Rank: Dragon Heart
- S-Rank: Gibby & Stu
- S-Rank: Guppy
- S-Rank: Laser Bots
- S-Rank: Mantis Core
- S-Rank: Mirror Core
- S-Rank: Rival
- S-Rank: Spider Core
- S-Rank: White Mk II
- Secret Mission 01: Gate Crasher
- Secret Mission 02: Anti-Omelette
- Secret Mission 03: Lil' Mama
- Secret Mission 04: Speed Demon
- Secret Mission 05: Preferred Polarity
- Secret Mission 06: Clean Shoes
- Secret Mission 07: Perfect Pacifist
Step 5 - Play through Arcade Mode On Easy, Normal, Hard and Very Hard
Arcade Mode is the entire game played straight through with no breaks in between stages, no health recovery at all and with only one life. That's right, you have to beat the entire game without dying on all four difficulties. Good luck. These are the trophies that makes this game insanely difficult.
By the end of this step you will have obtained:
- Arcade Clear: Easy
- Arcade Clear: Normal
- Arcade Clear: Hard
- Arcade Clear: Very Hard
- Platinum
[PST would like to thank OnceFallen for this Roadmap]