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Shadow Complex Achievement Guide
Guide By: iKiddo, Fizzmatix
There are 12 achievements with a total of 200 points.


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Overview
- Estimated achievement difficulty: 6/10
- Offline: 12 (200)
- Online: 0 (0)
- Approximate amount of time to 200: 15-20 hours
- Minimum number of playthroughs needed: 2
- Number of missable achievements: 0
- Glitched achievements: None
- Do cheat codes disable achievements?: No cheats
- Does difficulty affect achievements?: No

Introduction
Welcome to the world of Shadow Complex.

First things first, the reason for the amount of playthroughs is because of the leveling up. You are allowed to carry your stats over to a new game, and early play testing (IGN) has revealed it will take many playthroughs. Also, the item collection achievements has you complete the game with 100% items collected (Completionist), the other is 13% or less (Minimalist).

Finding all the collectables without a map will be long and tedious. Beating the Proving Grounds challenge maps can take a while, depending on your competency with the game. Simply beating the game can take ~6-8 hours. Considering the size of this game, it’ll take a while to span the entire map, which is – roughly – 3 times the size of Super Metroid’s map.

Step 1: First Run
Play the game; simple enough. You can earn between 8-9 achievements (160-180) in your first playthrough, depending if you get all collectibles or not.Difficulty doesn’t affect achievements, so play on Casual. You will be able to get all the combat-related achievements. Achievements you will not unlock are: Proven Grounds, Minimalist and Serious Complex. I do not recommend you go for the Minimalist achievement on your first playthrough.

Step 2: Proven Grounds
Once the game is completed, go for Proven Grounds (think Bionic Commando: Rearmed). Simply put, going for the Proving Grounds at the start is "not advised." Simply, you don't know how the game works yet. You can go straight for this after the initial playthrough, or…

Step 3: Minimalist
Go for Minimalist, the 13% run. Do NOT go out of your way to collect items. Again, difficulty will not affect, so use Casual.

Step 4: Mopping Up
Go for Serious Complex; this will take you awhile. You can continue your game after beating the final boss; simply click Campaign and Continue. You start off right where you left off before the final boss. Just make sure you go left instead of right. You can start a new game with your existing level, experience and bonuses. Your entire inventory will be reset.

If you didn’t earn all the combat achievements in your first playthrough, go for it again. Play on Hardcore or higher once you've gotten the hang of it, as the higher difficulties net you an XP bonus for the higher difficulties.

Conclusion
This game should not be difficult in reaching a full 200. The only places I can see there being difficulty will be reaching level 50 and completing all of the Proving Ground challenges.

[x360a would like to thank pacokorn77 for this Road Map]



Let's Get Punchy15
Melee 5 soldiers 
To Melee press the button when close enough to an enemy. Do this 5 times for the achievement.
Bomba Punter20
Punt 20 Bombas 
To punt a Bomba press while close to them to pull off a melee hit. There are plenty to do this on so just keep repeating it until you get the achievement.
My Head A-splode20
Get 50 headshots 
Just aim for the head and repeat this 50 times. To aim a headshot use the and aim the laser towards the enemies head, headshots are always 1 shot kills. This will probably come naturally without trying but if you want to get it out the way, just pay attention to where you are aiming.
Make 'Em Scream20
Get 100 soldiers to scream 
This is more luck based than anything but there are a few things you can do to encourage a soldier to scream. While wearing the the power suit and pulling a melee kill, shooting barrels near your enemies and kicking a Bomba towards your enemies. You can also throw grenades but this is more of a trial and error achievement, you should be able to earn it by the end of the game.
To Kill a Blackbird15
Destroy the helicopter attacking the vice president 

You will start out playing as a different character, you will be wearing the super suit so this shouldn't be to difficult. As you progress you will come to a street where you see the chopper in the background, hit the a few times to fire missiles at the chopper.

Look Out!5
Kill a soldier with a Bomba 
Bombas are walking mines, you will come across them on a regular basis. For this achievement all you have to do is blow up a Bomba next to a soldier. See the video in "To Kill a Blackbird" for the best location to earn this early in the game.
Walkin' on Water5
Make it from one end of the lake to the other in hyperspeed 

Before you can do this you will need the friction dampers which you will collect as part of your progression. You will know when you're in the right area as you will see a lake with a house in the middle. A chopper will attack you around the house, build up speed by holding , you may be able to stop in the middle with the house to build up further speed. Once you hit the edge of the land jump while at full speed to sail across the lake.

Hero50
Complete the game on any difficulty setting 
There are a few things that may help while progressing through the game:
  • Go for 100% on your first run.
  • Make sure that you heal at every save room. Save rooms are rooms with a star logo on them via the map.
  • The game is not long or hard. Just take your time and aim for weak spots that the game tells you about.
  • Stealth > Guns Blazing
Completionist20
Complete the game with 100% of the items (8) 

I suggest you do this on you first playthrough, you need to find every item in a single run so be sure to follow the map closely. Make sure you pick up the rifle and shotgun before the "exploding room" as you can't go back. You will also need to go back once you hit other requirements to collect other items.

View this Map for locations

If you are having issues finding all the collectibles you can use this website for a more advanced look with videos to find each one.

Collectible Video Guide

Minimalist10
Complete the game with less than 13% of items (5) 
Be very careful while progressing through the game and only pick up compulsory items as you work your way through. There is no need to take your time so try to work your way through at a steady pace and only collect the following items which are required
  • Main Armor (4 pieces)
  • Weapons (excluding rifle/shotgun)
  • One gold bar
  • Weapon Addons
Minimalist Strategy Guide
Proven Grounds10
Complete the three challenge packs in the Proving Grounds 

Some of these challenges will test your pattience so take your time and keep replaying them until you find a good technique to complete the challenges.

There are 21 challenges for you to complete, some are harder than others, this video may be useful for anyone who is stuck on the following challenges; Come On, Let's Jump; Soft Jump; Wall Jumper; Fire in the Hole; Above the Pain; Wind Hook; Speedy Von Speeds Alot; and Such Great Heights.

If you need help a certain challenge use the the I'm Stuck challenge thread for pointers and tips regarding the challenge you may be stuck on.
Serious Complex10
Level up to experience level 50 (4) 
You will need to play through the game at least two times fully and then progress onto your third to earn enough XP. Once you start your third playthrough you can either play the whole game again or keep reloading at a save point to harvest kills and XP.

Gold weapons will give you double XP and playing on the harder difficulties will give you more XP. If you do not have the gold weapons you will need to collect all the gold bars. You can either progress at your own leisure or find a good area to kill enemies.

 
 
 
Game Info
Developer:
EPIC Games

Publisher:
Microsoft Game Studios

Genre / Subgenre:
Action / Adventure

Release:

US: August 19, 2009

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