- Estimated trophy difficulty: 5/10 (personal opinion) (Platinum Difficulty Rating)
- Offline trophies: 51 (34, 15, 1, 1)
- Online trophies: 0
- Approximate amount of time to Platinum: 25hrs+ (depending on your luck with the gun drops and general skill with shumps) (Estimated Time to Platinum)
- Minimum number of playthroughs: 8 - 1 playthrough of the story on each of the 6 difficulties, 1 playthrough of the 6 Extra Missions, plus 1 Clean-Up playthrough.
- Number of missable trophies: None, because Sortie select is available at all times and the Extra Missions can be replayed via their own menu after it unlocks.
- Glitched trophies: None but the description for the Seen it All trophy is very misleading.
- Does difficulty affect trophies?: Yes, you must finish the game on all 7 difficulties (the Extra Missions have their own preset "Hell" difficulty).
- Do trophies stack?: The difficulty trophies don't stack but the NA, EU and JP lists each have their own Platinum.
- Do cheat codes disable trophies?: No cheats available.
- Additional peripherals required?: No
Introduction:
Earth Defense Force 4.1: Wing Diver The Shooter is a spin-off from Earth Defense Force 4.1 and developed by "Clouds" and "Giga Rensya" instead of Sandlot but unlike its older brothers, this game is a bullet hell Shump that sees you take control of Pale 7 (the leader of the Wing Divers) and try to thwart the latest attempt by the alien hordes to destroy Humanity and take over the planet. Compared to the other EDF games, Wing Diver the Shooter is much easier and shorter so shouldn't give you too many problems.
Trophy wise, there is very little that will test your patience but it pays to grind out some armour and farm for better guns before tackling the harder/more annoying ones. Instead of taking nearly 1,000hrs to like the other EDF games do, this one will only take you approx 25hrs to complete (though this does depend on how quickly you manage to find all the weapons and grind out enough armour to survive the harder difficulties). Do note that none of the trophies will pop until you reach the Summary screen at the end of the relevant missions. For simplicity's sake, the Story related trophies will only have a walkthrough for the respective bosses and the more general tips will be added to the respective "No Deaths" trophies. Since the differences between each difficulty are relatively small and the core content barely changes, I'll only be listing the important changes when it comes to the story related Hard, Hardest and Inferno trophies.
Note: The game background saves whenever you finish a Mission and reach the Summary screen but to prevent any possible save file issues, make sure you quit back to the Title Screen via the "Return to Title" button at the bottom of the main menu (just hold / until you reach it).
Glitch notes:
- There is a rare glitch that can strike during Mission 5, which causes part of the scenery to collapse and completely block your view during the Shoot Up Time sequence. If this happens, all you can do is retry the Mission from the beginning.
- This game is built on the Unity Engine, thus you can expect random performance issues.
Walkthrough:
You will only have Easy, Normal and Hard available when you first start the game and whilst you could theoretically jump straight into Hard, I don't recommend it because you will be grossly underpowered and probably die within seconds so start on Easy and work your way up. Hardest will unlock after you finish the game on Hard and Inferno will unlock after you finish the game on Hardest but the Extra Missions won't unlock until you finish the game on all 6 difficulties, thus having to be done last. I will give out weapon recommendations where necessary but for the most part, it's up to you which ones you feel work best. You can tell when you have completed a Mission, because a star will appear in the relevant slot in a box in the bottom right-hand corner of the Mission description box (the Hell version only has the 1 slot): LINK
Step 1: Finish the game on Easy, Normal and Hard, plus grind out 50% of the weapons and earn 200 Armor
How long this Step takes to complete will depend entirely on your luck with the Weapon drops, your skill with surviving each mission and how much Armor you manage to collect whilst you're at it. Anything you collect during any given mission, won't be saved if you die or quit the game/return to the main menu. Getting 200 Armor will come naturally but you will have to grind out a lot more than that to survive the higher difficulties so try to earn as much as possible during this Step.
Trophies earned during this Step:
Training Wings - Easy
Through the Dark - Easy
They Can Fly?! - Easy
Search & Destroy- Easy
Clear the Skies - Easy
For Humanity - Easy
Training Wings - Normal
Through the Dark - Normal
They Can Fly?! - Normal
Search & Destroy- Normal
Clear the Skies - Normal
For Humanity - Normal
Training Wings - Hard
Through the Dark - Hard
They Can Fly?! - Hard
Search & Destroy- Hard
Clear the Skies - Hard
For Humanity - Hard
Getting Tough
How Can You Still Fly?!
Weapon Hobbyist
Weapon Collector
You might also earn Combo Creator if you're able to keep your combo going but don't worry if you don't, because you will be dedicating your Clean-Up run to get both of the combo trophies.
Step 2: Finish the game on Hardest
You have to finish the game on Hard, before Hardest will become available. Try to earn as much Armor as possible during this Step, because you will need it for the next one.
Trophies earned during this Step:
Training Wings - Hardest
Through the Dark - Hardest
They Can Fly?! - Hardest
Search & Destroy- Hardest
Clear the Skies - Hardest
For Humanity - Hardest
Step 3: Finish the game on Inferno and earn 80% of the weapons
You have to finish the game on Hardest, before Inferno will become available. Inferno is no joke and you will die a lot but don't get frustrated, just learn the appearance and attack patterns of each enemy so you know when to Dodge and when you can hide. Try to earn as much Armor as possible during this Step, because you will need it for the next one.
Trophies earned during this Step:
Training Wings - Inferno
Through the Dark - Inferno
They Can Fly?! - Inferno
Search & Destroy- Inferno
Clear the Skies - Inferno
For Humanity - Inferno
Weapon Enthusiast
Step 4: Finish the game on all 6 initial difficulties without dying
This is the second hardest thing you will do in the entire game but it's nothing you can't beat once you have farmed over 1,500 Armor and have the right weapons equipped. You will more than likely need to practice each Mission several times before you nail it, but I have provided tips and written walkthroughs for each Mission so read those if you get stuck.
Trophies earned during this Step:
For Humanity - Inferno
Just Getting Started
Normal? No Problem!
Hero of Hard Mode
What Do You Mean It Gets Harder?!
Aerial Ace
Step 5: Finish the Extra Missions and do so without dying, whilst also earning the last few weapons you will be missing
The "Extra Missions" Menu won't appear until after you have completed the game on Inferno. You are going to need at least 2,500 Armor before being able to Survive the Extra Missions so grind that out if you don't already have that amount by this point. You will also need some high level weapons so see Seen it All for some recommendations as to which ones you should be using.
Trophies earned during this Step:
Extra Mission 1
Extra Mission 2
Extra Mission 3
Extra Mission 4
Extra Mission 5
Extra Mission 6
Seen it All
Weapon Master
Step 6: Clean-Up
You are on the home stretch now and should only have Combo Creator , Combo Expert and the Platinum left to get so do them now, along with any other trophies you don't have.
Trophies earned during this Step:
Combo Creator
Combo Expert
Platinum