Rurik Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 (edited) While the overall difficulty of the game isn't hard, it did have some frustrating moments (e.g. the heliocarrier mission). I found an easy way to get through the missions while still receiving the achievement. The key is that the game only checks your difficulty when you complete the level to denote what level you placed at. 1) For the troublesome levels, play through on easy. 2) When you are in the last stage of the game (received last checkpoint), press Start and Save Checkpoint. 3) Press Start and Return to HQ 4) Press Start and change difficulty to formidable 5) Press Start to save difficulty 6) Quit to Title Screen 7) From Title, continue the campaign and load the last checkpoint You will then start on the last checkpoint as formidable. I just tried this on missions 7 and 8 and did receive the achievement. On mission 7 I progressed to the grid area on easy. I came back as formidable and took out the turrets and hacked the three computers to finish it. On mission 8 I played as Easy until the very last War Machine stage where you shoot the head. I quick and came back as formidable, destroyed the head, and received my Normal and Formidable achievements. Edited March 5, 2012 by Rurik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazmaster1 Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 i can confirm this method works, i did it for most of the levels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzamaro Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Thanks, I'll give it a try. I only need a few achievements and beating the game the on formiable is one of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L4D II JoK3r Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 anyway to pre-determine where the checkpoints are? or will i learn after my easy play through? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L4D II JoK3r Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 Bravo it works [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAEA1KzDynI]Golf Clap Sound Effect - YouTube[/ame] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
douch-bag Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 OHH YEAHHHHHHH....Thanks man last lvl was kickin my ass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reytrill Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 let me see if i got this right and please correct me if im wrong 1. i can play each level on easy then at the last checkpoint save last checkpoint quit to main title and change the difficulty to formidable and complete it and do that for all levels? 2.play the whole game on easy then finish the last level on formidable someone out there please help me understand this i really want this achievement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iG Bones Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 let me see if i got this right and please correct me if im wrong 1. i can play each level on easy then at the last checkpoint save last checkpoint quit to main title and change the difficulty to formidable and complete it and do that for all levels? 2.play the whole game on easy then finish the last level on formidable someone out there please help me understand this i really want this achievement Number 1 is the correct one. Thanks for this, made the last level very easy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheshireMulisha Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 Cheers for this - level 7 was giving me loads of grief on formidable but this just made it simple Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earth Djinn Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Awesome tip! I'm so glad I didn't have to do some of these levels on Formidable, since you can die way too quickly and it just isn't fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craiglionheart Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 This. Is. Awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphan Rane Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 Played levels 1-7 on formidable and was just about to give up on 130 G when I saw this tip. I can confirm it definitely works. Took me 10 mins from start to finish on level 8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xEndriux Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 Thanks. This helped a lot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zax ARYAN Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 While the overall difficulty of the game isn't hard, it did have some frustrating moments (e.g. the heliocarrier mission). I found an easy way to get through the missions while still receiving the achievement. The key is that the game only checks your difficulty when you complete the level to denote what level you placed at. 1) For the troublesome levels, play through on easy. 2) When you are in the last stage of the game (received last checkpoint), press Start and Save Checkpoint. 3) Press Start and Return to HQ 4) Press Start and change difficulty to formidable 5) Press Start to save difficulty 6) Quit to Title Screen 7) From Title, continue the campaign and load the last checkpoint You will then start on the last checkpoint as formidable. I just tried this on missions 7 and 8 and did receive the achievement. On mission 7 I progressed to the grid area on easy. I came back as formidable and took out the turrets and hacked the three computers to finish it. On mission 8 I played as Easy until the very last War Machine stage where you shoot the head. I quick and came back as formidable, destroyed the head, and received my Normal and Formidable achievements. I agree heliocarrier mission was kind of retarded. Thanks for the tip this is the only one I've left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banej Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 anyway to pre-determine where the checkpoints are? or will i learn after my easy play through? Stage 1 - When you take control of War Machine Stage 2 - After you exit the ships bridge, defeat the Armigar and then walk past him through the door. This is the last checkpoint. Stage 3 - When fighting against Crimson Dynamo Stage 4 - When fighting against the Proteon Stage 5 - When protecting the plane for the second time Stage 6 - When the Armigar is around 30% health Stage 7 - When you have to disable GreenGrid Stage 8 - The fifth section, when War Machine has to take the head shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vz Skyline Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Thank you a lot for this very useful tip ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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