MEDALS Collection

[MAKAIMURA]

Hi there,

I need help (or perfect advice)about 2 horribles medals:

- 800 enemies down
- no shot down in one game

For the first, I kill around 700 enemies.

The second medal is my worst nightmare, the 12th stageis to me a curse place.

I want unlock the helmet's avatar, please heeeeeeelp

[JimmyPlacid]

800 kills:
The key is to have as many stars as possible. So the lesser you die, the more enemies will appear in the stages. This video(and the other two parts of it) is really helpfull to learn where exactly to use climax:

YouTube- AfterBurner Climax (1/3)

YouTube- AfterBurner Climax (1/3)

My kill stats:
After stage 5: 333
After 10th stage: 625
Total (including stage 14 and 15): 811
(i was going left at stage 4 and from there on i always choose the right option)
So there is no trick or glitch...just try to kill everything and try to stay alive as long as possible and the sooner or later you will get this medal.

No shot downs:
Dont kill any enemy so you dont earn any stars. Therefore you will have the easiest version of all the stages.
In stage 12 i flew half circles all the way. (right-->bottom-->left...and back: left-->bottom-->right) Do those half circles slowy with your left stick so you can still react on those bomb clouds(or whatever they re called). When the red rockets appear speed up with RT (i think you already know this).
But in the end its all about beeing lucky. I got to stage 12 with 9% armor (got stupidly hit by the choppers at the end of stage 11 and even collided with the walls trying to evade their rockets) and did not get hit till the end of stage 13. So i got the medal with pure luck.

[MAKAIMURA]

Thanks for help,

So I've to work harder......

[JimmyPlacid]

Yes...in other words the requirement for this medal is a no death run.

[mrbonelly]

is it just me or the EX options can't be activated for Score Attack?

[jmannx]

Originally Posted by mrbonelly

is it just me or the EX options can't be activated for Score Attack?

Nope, can't be activated. Would be nice of course.

[flyestsquire]

Hi, is it easier getting the 800 shoot downs holding the brake or should we go for the burners?

Also whats is the best strategy to get the 300 climax mode kills.

[Jon Mcloud]

you can fly through the first 3 stages without shooting anyone. but there is this one guy who's missle you cannot dodge... you HAVE TO KILL HIM or he WILL hit you. I've tried everything. banking ahead of time and at the last second, barrel rolling ahead of time and at the last second. and changing course like mad at all speeds "barrel rolling can confuse some missles but don't rely on it too much. but never worked on this guy yet."

the reason you can't dodge it is because he don't shoot till he is point blank range from your face. there is 1 in every stage after stage 3. (not including stages where you fly through canyons and such. only in free flight areas!) they are actually very easy to spot. when they show up, they start barrel rolling non-stop and charge strait at you. they are purple in color (at least on my tv) and if you try to change course, well they will change too. so they get in your face no matter what and they never fire until they are 1 inch from you. other than that one jet, everything else is easily dodged through banking and boosting.

Also if all that isn't specific enough, his missle has purple/blue smoke too. as where everyone else has yellow or red.

If you do know a way to simply dodge the missle, i'd like to know.........

[mrbonelly]

I haven't started this game yet, still in research/preparation state. For the Not Shot Downs, it has to be down in one sitting? or can you stop, turn off your console, then continue where you left off?


Thanks

[Jon Mcloud]

It has to be done in 1 sitting. If you ever played "Starfox 64"? same thing. short game where you do missions and choose your path and can make a runthrough of the game in 10-20 minutes depending on how fast you like to go.

If you're playing it for the achievements, you have nothing to worry about. the achievements are pure cake. its only 1 avatar award that is hard to get.

[mrbonelly]

Originally Posted by Jon Mcloud

It has to be done in 1 sitting. If you ever played "Starfox 64"? same thing. short game where you do missions and choose your path and can make a runthrough of the game in 10-20 minutes depending on how fast you like to go.

If you're playing it for the achievements, you have nothing to worry about. the achievements are pure cake. its only 1 avatar award that is hard to get.

Thanks for the info, i actually got the 200gs in about 1.5hrs and that's because i was fooling around w/score attack first.

Originally Posted by JimmyPlacid

No shot downs:
Dont kill any enemy so you dont earn any stars. Therefore you will have the easiest version of all the stages.
In stage 12 i flew half circles all the way. (right-->bottom-->left...and back: left-->bottom-->right) Do those half circles slowy with your left stick so you can still react on those bomb clouds(or whatever they re called). When the red rockets appear speed up with RT (i think you already know this).
But in the end its all about beeing lucky. I got to stage 12 with 9% armor (got stupidly hit by the choppers at the end of stage 11 and even collided with the walls trying to evade their rockets) and did not get hit till the end of stage 13. So i got the medal with pure luck.

Does crashing on mountains count as shot downs too?