Swing them sticks Trophy in Dead Island

  • Swing them sticks

     

    Kill 150 enemies using Analog Fighting controls.

    How to unlock Swing them sticks

    For this trophy you need to change to the Analog Fighting Controls, this is done in the control menu which found via the pause menu. Simply change it from "Digital" to "Analog". Analog Fighting Controls mean you now have to hold down and move in the direction you want to swing. Say Harry wanted to do a swing from left to right, he'd move the to the left then swing it to the right while holding . We found it almost impossible to fight like this using melee weapons, the only way we were getting kills was if the zombie was lying on the floor and they weren't in groups. This is why it's recommended to use the Analog Fighting controls early on in the game. Zombies are also much easier to kill early on in the game since they're weaker. The only kills that count towards this trophy, are ones made with Melee weapons so don't bother using the following (credit to nimrod for this info):

    • Kicks
    • Guns
    • Environmental
    • Head-Jumps

    As with every trophy, you can check your progress in the "Extras" => "Trophies" part of the pause menu.

    Note: The controls for the PS4 version are slightly different, as you swing your weapon to the right with the button rather than .

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  • Seems like it'd be quite difficult, but in the hour I spent walking around just trying to get the feel for it I managed to do it, so it was quite easy in the end.
  • Another trick is to kill zombies while driving. All hit and run kills count towards this if you have Analog activated on the options menu. Pretty easier this way if you don't want the challenge.
  • Nevermind that ^^^^ It used to work but seems like it was fixed so driving doesn't count.
  • So how do I do this? When is the guide coming out man!!!
  • I got this trophy by joining a low levelled player's game (I was at level 52), all of the zombies dies in a single hit, so just run around and knock those zombies around.
  • If you have trouble with this one, you can stand on a car where the zombies can't hurt you and just swing wildly on the analog until they die. I did that for the first half until I got the hang of it enough to do the rest with an new character. I stood on a car to get the 10 headshot kills as well. Ha, took like 40 bullets though...
  • this is how i play the game, i just started this way, when i tried played digital, i never could get the feel down! analog is much funner in my opinion!
  • This trophy is way too fun to be cheating on it. I did it in like an hour while doing quests in Moresby.
  • i need ananog controls?
  • *analog lols
  • Just got this trophy using this trick. It worked for me and a buddy of mine when we were goofing around. We were starting off a game and had analog set. Get a truck in the resort and drive around and find a zombie. Get out of the truck and club it a couple of times. We didn't have to kill it. Get back in the truck and hold L1. Make sure you are holding L1 when you drive over the zombies and the kills should count toward the trophy. Do not get out of the truck. You don't have to do this with a friend. It unlocked for me after he got disconnected and I kept going for a while. Drive around and run them over. You should stop every so often to make sure it is registering toward your progress. This was done post-patch. Don't know if anyone else knows about this yet but I haven't seen it posted.

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