Achievement Guide

[pacokorn77]

Originally Posted by bawj

not much help with all those missing squares

I have a link to the map Joystiq made with all items listed, and not just '?' marks, but letters to signify what pickup is what. It's in the guide.

Originally Posted by ll LeXaN ll

You should make a note on the completionist that the pulse gun IS missable and you need to pick it up before you go down and the building explodes. Also you can get infinite ammo for your weapons when you pick up all the packs so you can have that before you reach level 30-40.

You say the Pulse Gun/Intertial Element is missable, but then you say you need to pick it up. Can you clarify?

Reaching those levels will allow you to gain infinite ammo for those weapons throughout your entire Shadow Complex career. You just need to get the item in the game to enable the infinite ammo.


[EDIT] Oh, and I'm nearly out of room for my guide. I've had to slim down MANY achievements on the second post, so if it looks like I omitted some crucial info, let me know and I'll try to edit it accordingly.

[phatmuther]

Originally Posted by pacokorn77

Your last collectible will be during the final boss fight, which is the final grenade expansion. You might be able to earn it beforehand, but as of right now, you must go into the final boss fight to earn this achievement. The game does not save after you've beaten the game, so obtaining the grenade expansion won't do anything for you other than a refill and give you the achievement, if you have everything else.

I got all 30 grenade upgrades before I did the final boss fight. Dont exactly know how I did it, but you can do it.

[DinnerandaShow]

Why does everyone say you can only get the final grenade expansion once you start the final boss fight? When I went through to get 100% it was to the left of the house on the lake. (I had just gotten the scuba mask so I could just swim down and get it.) I got 100% before I even got to the boss so now I can just run around anywhere I want exept for the exploding room.

[pacokorn77]

Originally Posted by DinnerandaShow

Why does everyone say you can only get the final grenade expansion once you start the final boss fight? When I went through to get 100% it was to the left of the house on the lake. (I had just gotten the scuba mask so I could just swim down and get it.) I got 100% before I even got to the boss so now I can just run around anywhere I want exept for the exploding room.

Seeing as the grenade expansion shows up during the fight, I figured the expansion was hiding underneath the airship. I'll update. Thank you so much.

[DJEYBLACK]

wow man nice guide

[pacokorn77]

Thanks.

I believe I have everything for this guide, so I'm considering this finished, and I'm submitting it to be "The Guide" for the game.

[ll LeXaN ll]

Originally Posted by pacokorn77

You say the Pulse Gun/Intertial Element is missable, but then you say you need to pick it up. Can you clarify?

It's missable because if you don't pick it up before you go down to the room that explodes on you there is no way of getting back in that area to get it. I finished the game with 99% items and had to start a new game because I couldn't get back in that area. Not really that big of deal since you have to play the game multiple times anyways to get everything, just trying to let others know about it.

[pacokorn77]

Gotcha.

Well, just letting everyone know, I submitted both the Road Map and Achievement Guide off for approval, and, if everything goes accordingly, it'll be up on the site shortly.

And please, rate my guide appropriately. I know this guide doesn't deserve a 1/5 stars, and I have a pretty good idea who gave it the only rating...

[mjemec]

Something about that exploding room you should note:

Originally Posted by mjemec

People are making a bit too much fuss about the exploding room. The cut scene won't trigger if you just go into the room. You have to get to the top of the control bridge in order to trigger the cut scene which then makes the room explode.

[pacokorn77]

Yea, I actually noticed that. But I really don't understand what the big problem is. The game points you to the Inertial Element before sending you downstairs to the dome room. I even got all the squares in that room uncovered before heading out while it was exploding.

[My Big Boss]

Nevermind...

[pacokorn77]

bump

just trying to keep the guide near the top until the inevitable sticky

[iNf3Rn0 Lan]

Bump, good achievement guide is good and needs to be on first page.

[pacokorn77]

Nice. Thanks.

So far, it's been roughly 4 days, and I'm starting to get worried. Their thread for submissions say "if we don't accept it, we won't let you know," which pretty much sucks.

Anyone - who has submitted a guide and has had it published - know what the "normal" waiting period is? I don't want to jump the gun and post it it again, or even give it another go-over and make any possible revisions when I might not need to.

[EDIT] Added another YouTube video (my own) that adds onto the XP trick, and takes your multiplier to the MAX (10x). Hello achievement!

[GonePostal77]

This guide is great, thanks.

[FearOfTomorrow]

I found an easy way to get exp. Posted here by me: http://forums.xbox.com/28810556/ShowPost.aspx

[pacokorn77]

It just occurred to me that the Walkin' on Water achievement IS missable; if it's not obtained before the game points you to the final boss fight, you will have to start all over again!!

I've updated the guide to reflect this.

[Ingles]

Originally Posted by bawj

not much help with all those missing squares

Perhaps this will help you a lot more. It's the interactive Shadow Complex map.

http://www.jackpattillo.com/shadowcomplex/

It's been very helpful for myself.

[RadiantViper]

Originally Posted by pacokorn77

Yea, I actually noticed that. But I really don't understand what the big problem is. The game points you to the Inertial Element before sending you downstairs to the dome room. I even got all the squares in that room uncovered before heading out while it was exploding.

Some people didn't use the blue line/item indicator. Without it that item is easily missable.

[rabies]

Sheesh, why did I have to go all the way to page 3 to get the decent roadmap/achievement guide for this game? This really should be up top. If the original author reads this, he should PM a mod and ask that this be stickied.