Overview
- Estimated achievement difficulty: 6/10 (Based on how quickly you pick up the controls).
- Offline: 12 [1000]
- Online: 0
- Approximate amount of time to 1000: 25-30 hours
- Minimum number of playthroughs needed: 2 playthroughs (Professional difficulty is unlocked after normal playthrough) + Ada's campaign (unlocked after beating the game).
- Number of missable achievements: Three: "Do Not Shoot the Water!," "A Terrifying Assassin," "What Are They Worth?"
- Do cheat codes disable achievements?: No Cheats
- Does difficulty affect achievements?: Yes
- Glitchy achievements: None
- Unobtainable achievements: None
- Extra equipment needed?: None
Introduction:
It's back! Resident Evil 4, ported to all kinds of consoles, is now on the Xbox 360. Leon Kennedy is as prepared as ever to protect Ashley, fight the evils of the Umbrella Corporation, and save the world. One of the most important things to note is that the controls are initially awkward. Though the game has been ported to the 360, the controls remain from the original consoles. These can be changed in the settings menu.
Playthrough #1:
Play through the campaign on normal (not that you have a choice) and you will net the following:
Chapter 1-1: "It Begins With a Ring"
Chapter 1-3: "Do Not Shoot the Water!" *MISSABLE*
Chapter 2-1: "A Rock and a Hard Place," "Secure the Ballistics"
Chapter 2-3: "A Bloodline Severed"
Chapter 4-1: "A Terrifying Assassin" *MISSABLE*
Chapter 4-4: "The Castellan Falls"
Chapter 5-3: "The Ties That Bind"
Chapter 6-1: "We're Going Home"
You're probably also going to want to use this playthrough for the achievement "What Are They Worth?"
Ada's campaign:
After you beat the game, you will unlock Ada's campaign. By completing it, you will net "The S Stands for Stylish!!"
Playthrough #2:
This time, play the story on Professional (unlocked after Playthrough #1. This will probably be the most time-consuming part of the game. Take advantage of your new costumes, take it slow, and things should be fine. Upon completion, you will receive "A Heart of Steel." Here are three huge pointers to help you along during your Professional playthrough:
- Ashley is immune to all damage. There are VERY few ways to actually kill Ashley while she is in the armor and all of these are through exploits of in game sequences. I believe one of these is leaving her to be killed by the moving drill machine in Chapter 3 or 4 (I can't recall which), but I may be wrong, it is possible she might actually just be pushed forward by the machine (like physically through the gate). No enemy can hurt her and that's what counts in Professional. This includes El Gigante that attempt to pick her up and squeeze the life out of her, no damage will befall her.
- The suit of armor that she's wearing is EXTREMELY heavy. One of the main problems in the main game is when Ganados constantly try to carry her off, well this isn't possible anymore (especially during the sequence where you have to snipe Ganados going after her in the Castle). As soon as any ganado picks her up, they'll fall flat on their ass and drop Ashley immediately. In fact, you can stand back and watch as two Ganados constantly try to pick her up only to fail every time.
- You do not have to bother healing her, at all, this means that all health items you have on you can be saved for Leon only. This will help especially considering how few hits it takes to kill Leon in Professeional. In fact, you can virtually ignore her aside from puzzles. No longer do you have to hide her from enemies, worry if some are going after her...in fact, she acts as a strategic way to LURE enemies in so you can pick them off with your knife.
Conclusion:
And that's it! Just like that, you've netted your 1000 and added a cassic game to your completion list. Run now, Ashley needs saving!
[XBA would like to thank BadWolfTommie & TVthepunisher for this Roadmap]