[TIPS] 'A' Ranking Videos

[RoutineX]

B SMO0TH posted videos on how to get 'A' rankings on Kameo at http://forums.xbox.com/1691138/ShowPost.aspx

There are some good tips as well in the post, but if you want to jump straight on to the videos, get them here:
(Jan 26: All links working with ok speed, about 300kb/s)

Thorn's Castle:
http://rapidshare.de/files/10553424/thorn_castle.wmv.html

Forgotten Forest:
http://rapidshare.de/files/10560593/forgotten_forest_2.wmv.html

Snow Temple:
http://rapidshare.de/files/10625593/snow_temple_1.wmv.html

Water Temple:
http://rapidshare.de/files/10237627/water_temple.wmv.html

Thorn’s Pass:
http://rapidshare.de/files/10618395/Thorn_s_Pass.wmv.html

Thorn’s Airship:
http://rapidshare.de/files/10488820/air_ship.wmv.html

[Minty]

their pretty cool. wicked soundtracks ;D

[Extra Terrestrial]

I still cannot access the videos as I continously get the same message after I wait until the countdown ends:

Download-session invalid. Please click here.

Possible reasons:

Download-session expired. Direct-links last a few minutes for free users and a few days for premium-users.
You requested this download-session from a different IP than yours. If you use AOL, try a different browser.

It is seriously annoying me now and I am honestly suggesting if someone could do me a wonderful favour and download the 'Forgotten Forest' video for me (or even if you have saved the video itself) and send it to me via e-mail, which can be discussed via a PM please.

Thanks to whoever helps.

[PaleGringo]

I'd offer to, but I don't think there's any way I can upload messages that are close to 100MB.

[g4m3r7ag]

i'll try and reupload them all to filefront, probably wont be done until tomorrow

[Minty]

if need be i can host them on my site, but wont be till tomoz

[Extra Terrestrial]

Wow!

Thanks for your time and effort guys! I appreciate this sort of help when it comes to online communities and shows that this place does have a very good one too. I only want 'Forgotten Forest' most of all and perhaps the Snow and Water temple but if you feel the need to upload all 6 levels, then I am sure other people would be very happy.

Excellent stuff!

:)

[Alive741]

I actually downloaded one, tried to watch it and it was all messed up. The screen went black but you could hear Kameo fighting, then it ended very very early.

It's was Thorns' Castle...I dunno if it was just my laptop screwing up or what..

[Extra Terrestrial]

I do not want to sound impatient and come across as a rude person, but have any of you contributors (Minty and g4m3r7ag) to host the videos up on another webpage done the videos yet? I tried the rapidshare links again and I still get the same message appearing at the end of the download.

Thanks.

[Minty]

nope, but ill download it now and then start uploading

just uploading the forgotten forest now- big file tho lol

[Minty]

Right cleick, save as! (http://www.mintysworld.co.uk/gallery/videos/forgotten_forest_2.wmv)

[Extra Terrestrial]

:)

Thank you very much for your hard work and effort Minty, I really do appreciate your help.

The best I got is a 'C' yet I did my absolute best and rarely got hit with 10 'Brutals', 115 'Carnages' and 50-odd 'Frenzies' - the groan I let out when I saw 'C' appear was the most heart-achingly one I have experience in my life. I just simply want to get the hardest out of the way first before evening attemping the Water and Snow Temple.

Apparently you need 15,000,000 points to get an 'A' rank(!)

Anyway Minty, cheers!

[Minty]

if aanyone needs any others, let me know

[Extra Terrestrial]

if aanyone needs any others, let me know


Like I said, I would appreciate the Forgotten Forest as well as the Water and Snow Temple after I (hopefully) complete the Forgotten Forest on an 'A' rank. If you could uphost them just like you did with your current link to the video - that would be superb.

Take your time by the way, there is no rush!

[RoutineX]

Hi,have you tried the links on the first post for the water temple?
I forgot to download it, so I just downloaded it from there. No problems here :)

[Minty]

im downloading them all now. well 1 every 72 minutes. gaaaay

[Nukeshell]

I've got the snow temple downloaded, if you still need it I could possibly upload it somewhere. (If I know how...)

[Minty]

Right, here we go. All are right click, save as

Thorns Castle (http://www.mintysworld.co.uk/gallery/videos/thorn_castle.wmv)

Forgotten Forest (http://www.mintysworld.co.uk/gallery/videos/forgotten_forest_2.wmv)

Snow Temple (http://www.mintysworld.co.uk/gallery/videos/snow_temple_1.wmv)

Water Temple (http://www.mintysworld.co.uk/gallery/videos/water_temple.wmv)


just uploading the other 2 as well, will edit when done

[g4m3r7ag]

you know you have two water temples right, thanks for doing this minty

[Nukeshell]

That's because the Water Temple is the second hardest after the Forgotten Forest :P I kept losing my Brutal at the Big Fire Warriors. >:(

[g4m3r7ag]

if you look at the location of the link though its the exact same video, not to different ones

[Nukeshell]

I think he accidently paste is twice.

[Minty]

yeah, accidental post. will rempve one lol :D

[DaveWilma07]

Im going to attempt to get some A grades myself soon, as I have completed the game 100% now. Which of the levels is easiest to get your first "A" ?

[Extra Terrestrial]

Im going to attempt to get some A grades myself soon, as I have completed the game 100% now. Which of the levels is easiest to get your first "A" ?


In my personal opinion, the order of the easiest to the hardest are:

Thorn's Castle (Easy peasy)
Thorn's Airship (The last two generations on the wings of the airship has hard due to the twin flying ships in once confined area)
Thorn's Pass (If you fall in the lava ONCE, you will have to start the whole level all over again!)

Now it gets harder(!)

Snow Temple (If either of the Yetis die, then you will have to start the level all over again - quite simple to get a lot of points though)
Water Temple (The fire warriors will give you a lot of problems unless you know what you are doing and which elemental warrior to use)
Forgotten Forest (Frustrating, hard and quite dull - you need buckets of patience to do this stage)

I hope I helped Dave!

[Nukeshell]

It's not so hard to defend the Yetis, just use Ash with Wildfire or 40 Below with his Spinning move.

[Extra Terrestrial]

It's not so hard to defend the Yetis, just use Ash with Wildfire or 40 Below with his Spinning move.


True, but the second Yeti proves to be quite tough if you do not know what you are doing, especially the archers and the jumping ice-spiders and spinning ice-trolls. Actually, I thought the Water Temple was much easier than the Snow Temple because the amount of points that you can gain in the Fire Warrior arenas is silly!

I still stand by my list of difficulity, especially now that I have finally got the difficult to achieve 1000/1000 gamer-points status for Kameo! Just check out my gamer-tag for proof. I thought it was diificult but you have no excuse to complete the Thorn's Castle stage and perhaps both Thorn's Pass and Airship as you have the full arsenal of Elemental Warriors to use.

:D

[Nukeshell]

It took me 2 tries before I finished Water Temple because the first time I lost 20 brutals at the second Fire Warriors. And I made it the first try on the Snow Temple.

[DaveWilma07]

Thanks for the tips Extra Terrestrial... I will attempt Thorn's Castle first I think. I'll let you know how I get on!

[Nukeshell]

Al Thorn levels are easy so you can better start at those.

[PaleGringo]

Congrats on the 1000/1000, ET.

I came across something last night that may be useful to somebody. I was working through the Co-op with a blank second controller last night on Thorn's Airship and lo and behold, when I finished the level, I got an A ranking even though the other dummy comntroller did nothing but get spanked.

What happened? The baddies would flock to the character that isn't moving and in a weak form and then I, with clarity and grace, could dispatch them in larger groups unabated.

It DID NOT give the scoring in the Score Attack modes, but it DID unlock the A ranking achievement for the level. I wonder if I can use that process on other levels with similar success...

[Minty]

so to clarify, you got the Co-Op points and the A-level ranking achievemenst???

[PaleGringo]

Exactly. Both achievements unlocked at the same time.

But it may be worth checking out that new thread I made up, Minty...

[Minty]

just seen it now ;D ;D

[Nukeshell]

Why didn't you found it out earlier, took me 2 days to get an A-ranking on Forgotten Forest.

[doadea]

Im going to attempt to get some A grades myself soon, as I have completed the game 100% now. Which of the levels is easiest to get your first "A" ?


In my personal opinion, the order of the easiest to the hardest are:

Thorn's Castle (Easy peasy)
Thorn's Airship (The last two generations on the wings of the airship has hard due to the twin flying ships in once confined area)
Thorn's Pass (If you fall in the lava ONCE, you will have to start the whole level all over again!)

Now it gets harder(!)

Snow Temple (If either of the Yetis die, then you will have to start the level all over again - quite simple to get a lot of points though)
Water Temple (The fire warriors will give you a lot of problems unless you know what you are doing and which elemental warrior to use)
Forgotten Forest (Frustrating, hard and quite dull - you need buckets of patience to do this stage)

I hope I helped Dave!


I found Thorn's Airship even easier than Thorn's Castle. I had like 100 million on Thorn's Airship. I tired Forgotten Forest and I can't even get into focus much less get an A on this level...friggin hard.

[DaveWilma07]

Attempted to get an A grade on 'Thorns Castle' for the first time yesterday and got a B and 12mil points. Not bad for my first attempt.

Tell me, are frenzies worth more than brutals? (apologies if this has already been discussed)

[ianc125]

its still hard even with the videos

[doadea]

Attempted to get an A grade on 'Thorns Castle' for the first time yesterday and got a B and 12mil points. Not bad for my first attempt.

Tell me, are frenzies worth more than brutals? (apologies if this has already been discussed)


Yes frenzies are worth more than brutals....And another thing...once you get your points for your A, you can play the rest of the level like normal.

[ianc125]

yes i have to get better at using frenzies and that special mode the guys go in to

[Nukeshell]

Attempted to get an A grade on 'Thorns Castle' for the first time yesterday and got a B and 12mil points. Not bad for my first attempt.

Tell me, are frenzies worth more than brutals? (apologies if this has already been discussed)


Yes frenzies are worth more than brutals....And another thing...once you get your points for your A, you can play the rest of the level like normal.

Wrong! Brutals are worth much more to get your Points multiplied! I had like 70 Frenzies and 100 Carnages but 0 Brutals on Forgotten Forest and I didn't make it. Next time I tryed I had 30 Brutals and 40 Frenzies and I made it with 4 million more than necessary.

[DaveWilma07]

Second attempt at Thorns Castle and I managed an A with 5 mil points to spare :)
I find, particularly on Thorns Castle, that frenzies are key to getting the points required.

[doadea]

Wrong! Brutals are worth much more to get your Points multiplied! I had like 70 Frenzies and 100 Carnages but 0 Brutals on Forgotten Forest and I didn't make it. Next time I tryed I had 30 Brutals and 40 Frenzies and I made it with 4 million more than necessary.


How can you have more frenzies than brutals? You get a brutal everytime you get a frenzy I thought. I know for a fact I have never had more frenzies than brutals. Maybe I am wrong, but I thought that when you get a frenzy you get all three at the same time.

[DaveWilma07]

You only get brutals after dispatching an ememy a specifically gruesome way, like for instance throwing them off cliffs or throwing them on spikes, or a prickly vine etc etc.

Frenzies are obtained by destroying multiple enemies in a very short time. (well thats what it says in the manual, and Ive noticed this too whilst ive been playing the game)

[doadea]

You only get brutals after dispatching an ememy a specifically gruesome way, like for instance throwing them off cliffs or throwing them on spikes, or a prickly vine etc etc.

Frenzies are obtained by destroying multiple enemies in a very short time. (well thats what it says in the manual, and Ive noticed this too whilst ive been playing the game)


Yes, I agree with this....however, I think that to kill multiple ememies in a short time, you have to dispatch them in a way that you would also get a brutal....therefore giving you a brutal everytime you get a frenzy.

[Nukeshell]

You only get brutals after dispatching an ememy a specifically gruesome way, like for instance throwing them off cliffs or throwing them on spikes, or a prickly vine etc etc.

Frenzies are obtained by destroying multiple enemies in a very short time. (well thats what it says in the manual, and Ive noticed this too whilst ive been playing the game)


Yes, I agree with this....however, I think that to kill multiple ememies in a short time, you have to dispatch them in a way that you would also get a brutal....therefore giving you a brutal everytime you get a frenzy.

Tryed Forgotten Forest yet? You won't get a Brutal for every Troll!

[DaveWilma07]

You only get brutals after dispatching an ememy a specifically gruesome way, like for instance throwing them off cliffs or throwing them on spikes, or a prickly vine etc etc.

Frenzies are obtained by destroying multiple enemies in a very short time. (well thats what it says in the manual, and Ive noticed this too whilst ive been playing the game)


Yes, I agree with this....however, I think that to kill multiple ememies in a short time, you have to dispatch them in a way that you would also get a brutal....therefore giving you a brutal everytime you get a frenzy.


You can get frenzies by gaining focus. I found the best way to do this on Thorns Castle was to use Major Ruins cyclone. Once you cyclone and run over a few trolls you gain focus which slows time down and allows you to get tons of frenzies and points. Hope this helps.

[DaveWilma07]

... and Ive not tried Forgotten Forest yet Nuke... Im not looking forward to it, lol. Rumor has it, its the most difficult one to get A grade on.

[ianc125]

i think so since i cant remeber alot of enemies in that level

[doadea]

... and Ive not tried Forgotten Forest yet Nuke... Im not looking forward to it, lol. Rumor has it, its the most difficult one to get A grade on.


I have tried it...forgotten forest that is....i can't even get into focus on this level....much less get an A on this level. You only have rubble and pummel weed at your disposal. I think the trick it to go VERY slow. And this is from someone who has aced thorns castle, airship and pass.

[PaleGringo]

... and Ive not tried Forgotten Forest yet Nuke... Im not looking forward to it, lol. Rumor has it, its the most difficult one to get A grade on.


I have tried it...forgotten forest that is....i can't even get into focus on this level....much less get an A on this level. You only have rubble and pummel weed at your disposal. I think the trick it to go VERY slow.  And this is from someone who has aced thorns castle, airship and pass.


Have no fear, bro.

I used the method from the site I mentioned in this thread:

http://xbox360achievements.org/forums/index.php/topic,438.0.html

... And I was able to get Forgotten Forest on the first go-around (AFTER having read that, before, I got like 212,000). The trick is to get your multipliers higher before you get to the part with all the doom Trolls where the razor shells normally are. Requires some backtracking, but easy points.

[ianc125]

yah i think it is going to take me awhile

[DaveWilma07]

slow it is then! lol. Can't you get brutals by using Weedkiller on the trolls? (of course you'd have to enhance Mr Pummells skills)

[Nukeshell]

Yes you can get Brutals with Weedkiller, but now there are only a few Trolls it will be hard to get enough Brutals.

And the easiest way to get in Focus is using Pummel Weed's LT and RT to get a combo.

And yes, because there are only a few Trolls it becomes the most difficult level.

BTW: It's Rubble instead of Major Ruin you can use in this level.

[DaveWilma07]

Just got A grade on Water Temple with 129 million points. Landed 62nd position on the all-time leaderboard :)
That just leaves me with Forgotten Forest to do now. I specifically left this level till last ;D

[Nukeshell]

Me too, keep the hardest for the last :P

[Alive741]

Did anyone reupload the last 2 videos? I can't download them from that horrid site..

[Nukeshell]

Well someone uploaded all the videos. Give me a few and I get the link in here.

[Alive741]

I found Minty's post with the ones he reupped...but he didn't have Thorn's Airship on it..I think I'm gonna do this one next.

[Minty]

ah yeah, i forgot to add that. ill sort it in the am

[Alive741]

You might want to just create a new thread with them posted in the first post to make things easier for other users.

[Minty]

yeah i will do dude. ill speak to routine to get it stickied etc and the other one deleted

[g4m3r7ag]

just pm me the links minty when its all said and done, ill sticky and delete or whatever

[Minty]

cool, will do mate. wont be till i get home tomoz morning tho

[Alive741]

Okay, another question. Does anyone know why (randomly) when I go into Warrior Focus, I only get 1 or 2 doom trolls? I know there is a finite number, and I know I need a high multiplier... but I still only get a couple. Randomly. And then I get more. Any ideas?

[DaveWilma07]

Okay, another question. Does anyone know why (randomly) when I go into Warrior Focus, I only get 1 or 2 doom trolls? I know there is a finite number, and I know I need a high multiplier... but I still only get a couple. Randomly. And then I get more. Any ideas?


I've heard the more carnage points youve got, and the more trolls youve destroyed, the more doomed trolls you can defeat in focus mode.

[Nukeshell]

Okay, another question.  Does anyone know why (randomly) when I go into Warrior Focus, I only get 1 or 2 doom trolls? I know there is a finite number, and I know I need a high multiplier... but I still only get a couple.  Randomly.  And then I get more.  Any ideas?

0-10 Carnage = 1 Doom Troll
10-20 Carnage = 2 Doon Trolls
20-30 Carnage = 4 Doom Trolls
30-40 Carnage = 6 Doom Trolls
Etc.

You get Carnages by killing trolls, doesn't matter how.