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Overview:

Estimated achievement difficulty: 3/10

Offline: 20 [200:gsicon:]

Online: 0 [0:gsicon:] See note

Approximate time: 8-10 Hours

Minimum number of playthroughs needed: 1 plus some extra grinding

Missable achievements: No [Level Select]

Does difficulty affect Achievements: No

Unobtainable/glitched Achievements: No but some have incomplete descriptions

Extra equipment needed?: Nokia WP8 only

 

Introduction

More than a year after its iOS and Android release Mass Effect Infiltrator finally works it’s was onto WP8. For the moment it's a Nokia exclusive but should reach other WP8 phones around November 2013. The WP version however gives no benefits in Mass Effect 3, it is purely stand alone and won’t give you war assets. The game itself is one of the better phone shooters and is quite fun if you’re a Mass Effect fan but it is rather expensive coming in at $6.99/€6.99/£5.49.

 

Note: Arsenic 17 spotted a minor issue with the achievements not popping when offline, but simply connecting to Live fixes it as the achievements will pop up without having to re-earn them as soon as you connect to Live. You can see his post here.

 

Step 1 – First playthrough.

The game has two achievements related to the two different endings but thankfully they will not take two full playthroughs to get both of them. At the start of this playthrough pick which moral alinement you wish to take, Paragon or Renegade, once you do stick to taking the blue options for Paragon or red for Renegade. During this step you should be able to get most of the achievements short of some of the upgrade ones and the second ending.

 

Step 2 – Second Ending

Once you have your first playthrough out of the way you will need to change your alinement to get the second ending. Thankfully after an update you no longer have to delete the game and start again and you don't need a second playthrough. See the descriptions for 'Saviour' and 'Everybody Dies' for details.

 

Step 3 – Extra Mission.

There is an extra side story mission with an achievement tied to it. This can be done at any time but is best done after the first playthrough so you know how the game plays. See the guide for some tips.

 

Step 4 – Ranks

There are four achievements tied to getting 3 star ratings in missions. The descriptions say you have to get them in 15 missions but in fact you need to get them in 15 missions without exiting the game! See the guide for more details.

 

Step 5 – Clean Up

Once your done with all ranks you can grind out any more credits you need for the last of your upgrades.

 

 

Conclusion

Overall this game is pretty good and isn’t very hard, although some of the achievements can be awkward. There is some substantial content but whether it’s worth the cost depends on how much of a Mass Effect fan you are.

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Fashion Sense – 5:gsicon:

Alternate Body Armor and / or Helmet in any level at each Checkpoint

 

This can be gotten in the first mission. Simply go to the store and equip or remove your helmet after each checkpoint.

 

 

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Decked Out – 10:gsicon:

Unlock all equipment

 

You’ll need to buy all weapons, armour and helmets. The weapons will cost 4,500 credits, the armour 6,000 and the helmets 6,000 for a total of 16,500.

 

 

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Diversify To Survive – 10:gsicon:

You unlocked all skills

 

This requires buying the first level of all Abilities, Biotic and Melee Skills. See “Welcome To The Future” for more.

 

 

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Weapon Specialist – 10:gsicon:

Fully upgrade a weapon

 

The easiest weapon to do this with is the Assault Rifle, it’s also the most useful. This will cost 6,500 credits.

 

 

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I’ve got the power – 10:gsicon:

Fully upgrade a skill

 

See “Welcome To The future” for more.

 

 

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Upgrade all Abilities, Biotics and Melee skills

 

This is the grind! You’ll need to upgrade all Abilities, Biotics and Melee Skills fully. Upgrading weapons is not required.

 

You’ll need a total of 69,000 credits most of which you’ll get going for the other achievements. For grinding out the rest I suggest replaying the final boss fight. Once you know what you’re doing it takes about 60 seconds and gets you 1,800 credits.

 

 

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Incarceration – 10:gsicon:

Finish the Bonus missions

 

The bonus mission is probably the hardest part of the game. You have no Biotics or access to the store to upgrade, though you do still earn credits.

 

There are 6 long checkpoints in the missions and an Ogre mech at the end. The Ogre is a pain! Make good use of your shotgun and your cloak and keep at it. It took me about 20 minutes to beat it so it’s not too bad. Also don't worry about ratings as there is no real need to go for them so take your time and be careful when you need to be.

 

 

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Master Spy – 5:gsicon:

Obtain 30 pieces of Intel

 

This description is rather misleading, for this to pop you need to have 30 pieces of Intel at one time.

 

Any you have cashed in for credits do not count towards the achievement so don't cash any in until you have the achievement.

 

 

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Greed – 5:gsicon:

Collect 1000 credits from terminals/vaults

 

Once you reach the Cerberus base you’ll notice terminals and safes scattered around the walls. Most have 50 credits and some have 200 so it won’t take long to get this.

 

 

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Time is Money – 10:gsicon:

Obtain a 3 star rating for Time on 15 separate occasions

 

See “Field Veteran”

 

 

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Killer Movies – 10:gsicon:

Obtain a 3 star rating for Style 15 times

 

See “Field Veteran”

 

 

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Can’t Touch This – 10:gsicon:

Obtain a 3 star rating for Health 15 times

 

See “Field Veteran”

 

 

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Saviour – 10:gsicon:

Complete the Paragon ending

 

If you do this on your first playthrough just play through the game and always pick the Paragon choice when presented with it. If you went Renegade for just first run you will need to change it by making Paragon choices.

 

The best way to change your alinement is to load up the Medical Lab level and explore the side area's. Some of these have rooms with Cerberus scientists in them and when you open the door you're given the option to free them or kill them. If you're trying to go from Renegade to Paragon; free them, if you're going from Paragon to Renegade; kill them. You will need to run through the level a couple of times to fully change.

 

As you make these decisions you're biotic power will change colour from blue for Paragon to red for Renegade or red to blue. Once they have changed finish out the level and fight the last boss again. If you don't get the new ending simply run through the medical lab again and try then try the boss again. It took me 4 or 5 run throughs of the level to switch endings.

 

 

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Everyone Dies – 10:gsicon:

Complete the Renegade ending

 

If you do this on your first playthrough just play through the game and always pick the Renegade choice when presented with it. If you went Paragon for your first run you will need to change it by making Renegade choices.

 

See "Saviour" for how to do this.

 

 

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Tame the Beast – 5:gsicon:

Defeat X1

 

X1 is a giant Krogan boss encountered about two thirds of the way through. The achievement is story related and can’t be missed.

 

He has a few attacks but his main ones are a homing biotic attack and grenades. The best way I found to defeat him is to slide in circles until your cloak is charged then cloak and shoot him with your rifle.

 

After doing a certain amount of damage a weak point on his back is exposed, shoot that and then go back to sliding. After hitting the back a few times walls will come down and trap you with him. Don’t worry though as he will then ram through the walls freeing you.

 

At this stage you’ll have to hit the three circles on his chest to take down his shield, when it’s down do as much damage as you can before the shield goes back up, Salvo can be a lot of help here.

 

This isn’t hugely hard and if you need to you can go back to the level select and do some grinding to get some upgrades to make it easier.

 

 

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Expert Marksman – 5:gsicon:

Execute a chain kill of 5 or more enemies

 

When you kill an enemy you can target another one quickly and take them out too. Keep moving targets and you’ll get this soon enough. There are plenty of opportunities to do this later in the game and having your rifle upgraded will make it quite easy.

 

 

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Field Veteran – 15:gsicon:

Obtain 15 Veteran statuses after a Checkpoint.

 

Ok this one is a bit misleading. Getting 15 Veteran Statuses isn't enough you have to get all 15 without exiting the game.

 

The same goes for the achievements related to getting 3 stars on levels.

 

This may seem hard but once you've finished the game and have some upgrades the first 15 levels are quite easy and only take a small bit of practice.

 

The only bit you may have trouble with is the first Ogre Mech. For that use the Beam, with a couple of upgrades it eats through Ogre's.

 

One issue with this is the fact the game sometimes freezes at a medal screen and won't let you advance. When this happens you just have to try again, unfortunately it seems to be random and there's no way of knowing when it will happen.

 

Thanks to VVh1pCr3am and Arsenic 17 for the helping figure this one out.

 

 

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3 words Fa-Bu-Lous! – 15:gsicon:

Achieve a style rating of 30 or more in a single battle/checkpoint

 

You get style points for most kills, you get extra ones for chain kills, using a mix of biotics and weapons etc. You lose them if you keep using the same weapon in the same way. You'll get the hang of the system pretty quickly and you may get this without trying. The later parts of the game have lots of long battles which will make this easy.

 

 

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Exterminator – 10:gsicon:

Perform 25 headshots with the Sniper Rifle

 

Aiming with the sniper rifle takes a bit of timing but it’s easy to get the hang of. The Orcus mechs are great for this as they have big heads and low hit points.

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End Game – 20:gsicon:

Complete Game

 

Story related, simply beat the last boss and you’re done.

 

The boss is easy enough, a mix of the rifle and Salvo will take it out pretty quickly. Use cover when needed, cloak when you can and watch out for its charge attack.

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Good guide. Will help with understanding the game.

 

You could make a note about unlocking achievements offline. I havent noticed this behavior in any other game.

 

I unlocked two achievements while I did not have an active connect (you can tell because you go to the leaderboards from the pause menu and it says it cant reach Xbox live). The little colored banner pops up in game, but the green tile notifcation does not. Upon checking the achievements screen, the achievements are there as well, but do not show up in the Games Hub or on Xbox.com.

 

Later, upon having a connection, load up the game fresh (make sure you exited the game before by closing it) and the acheivements you unlocked offline will pop at the main menu of the game (green tile comes down for them all) and they will now stick to your profile.

 

Might want to add this?

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Good guide. Will help with understanding the game.

 

You could make a note about unlocking achievements offline. I havent noticed this behavior in any other game.

 

I unlocked two achievements while I did not have an active connect (you can tell because you go to the leaderboards from the pause menu and it says it cant reach Xbox live). The little colored banner pops up in game, but the green tile notifcation does not. Upon checking the achievements screen, the achievements are there as well, but do not show up in the Games Hub or on Xbox.com.

 

Later, upon having a connection, load up the game fresh (make sure you exited the game before by closing it) and the acheivements you unlocked offline will pop at the main menu of the game (green tile comes down for them all) and they will now stick to your profile.

 

Might want to add this?

 

Thanks for that, I added a note about it and a link to your post.

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I dont get it. I should have a couple achievements and I have none. What do you mean "connected to Live"?...i am connected to wi-fi the whole time

 

Did you check the achievement list. For my post, the achievement will be unlocked there and the banner for achievement pops up in game. If you just plain dont have any, that is another issue.

 

Hybrid, I have gotten some of the 15 checkpoint achievements definitely after going to the menu. They came after I finished the game, then got booted back to the menu, then reloaded the first level. some of the acheivements popped a few checkpoints in. Maybe you just cant exit the game? Not sure. Cant confirm this for all of them though.

 

Also, WOW does this game kill my battery. Worst I have ever experienced in a game. Fromm 100% to dead in 1 hour, 50 minutes.

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What a joke. I got to 12/15 veteran status in a row to start the game, then after i got veteran on the big mech, at the combat analysis screen, i was unable to push any of the fucking buttons. the more and more i play this game the more glitches come out. so pissed. thats an hour i wasted. besides that dreadful battery drain, even when plugged in, this game is making me mad.

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What a joke. I got to 12/15 veteran status in a row to start the game, then after i got veteran on the big mech, at the combat analysis screen, i was unable to push any of the fucking buttons. the more and more i play this game the more glitches come out. so pissed. thats an hour i wasted. besides that dreadful battery drain, even when plugged in, this game is making me mad.

 

Ouch! I've had problems with the continue button but I was always able to go to the store and fix it. I'll add a warning to the guide when I get to a PC.

 

As for the rankings my first time through I got 16 without exiting the game but I did exit to the menu. Again I'll update the guide based on your feed back.

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Ouch! I've had problems with the continue button but I was always able to go to the store and fix it. I'll add a warning to the guide when I get to a PC.

 

As for the rankings my first time through I got 16 without exiting the game but I did exit to the menu. Again I'll update the guide based on your feed back.

 

no need to update I am just providing my experience. The only time I have issues with continue button is when it is progression through showing your scores and I tap the screen to skip it. Then it freezes momentarily and then all or some of the buttons are sometimes unuseable. And as you mention going to the store sometimes works, but not that time.

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Out of interest, can anybody say when they got the "Greed" achievement? I am at the (first?) Ogre Mech and feel I should have picked up enough by now.

 

can't say for sure as it has been a long time, but I got that achievement third out of all.of them. I got it before battling X1 which was at the 2/3 point of campaign if I remember right. Wouldn't worry too much haven't seen it glitch for anyone

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Congratulations!

 

This Achievement Guide and Roadmap has been reviewed by Guide Team Staff member Corrupt x360a and has been published as the Official x360a.org Achievement Guide and Roadmap! The link to the Official Guide is here:

 

Official x360a.org Mass Effect: Infiltrator Achievement Guide and Roadmap

 

Please post any updates within the Update: Guides & Roadmaps thread.

Also, please check the Award Tracking: Guides & Roadmaps forum to make sure we are up to date.

You may request for those to be edited/updated within that forum as well.

 

We look forward to your future submissions!

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Having trouble getting the renegade ending. Have played the medical bay quite a few times selecting the renegade options (and then have done final battle afterwards each time). Will give it another try later...

hi, i have problem with the renehade achievement myself, replay médical bay with renegade choice and change my biotic power to red, replay the lastboss ans kill him: but no achievement unlocked, thanks

 

EDIT: play 3 more times medical bay with paragon choice folow by the last boss and the chevos pop up, thanks

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wow 15 veterans without exiting. Guess I need to stop playing 2-3 check points at a time. So can I exit to main menu at least to pick different chapters ? Suppose just replaying every checkpoint works til I get it. I quit to main menu after replay of level and then choose chapter select to skip the I between stuff

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Pretty much yeah.

 

You can do anything as long as the game is running, you have even use the windows key to go back to the start menu and use your phone for other things as long as the game keeps running in the background

 

Yeah, the problem is that sometimes the game will crash ramdonly :-(

 

I had to restart 4-5 times myself but I got it at last...

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