Completing game in one playthrough

[Roughdawg4]

Originally Posted by spookydonkey420

this game is too hard to do in one sane playthrough. now when i say it is hard, not out of challenge, but out of the fact that this game isn't complete. do two playthroughs. the snipers, the bloody snipers, they get instant kills on you on commando, which means this will happen often:

**when you die, you must get all collectibles, and worse still challenges, while the checkpoints only seem to get even further apart as the game goes on!**

i know im beating a dead horse cause its been said, but one more couldnt hurt

LOL man we all enjoy beating a horse now and again

[DarkHero2012]

Gonna pick this up and this ASAP!

[SinRG]

Like I said in the guide, I recommend two playthroughs. I did it in one and the game near damn killed me.

It wasn't tough because of the collectibles/challenges, and it wasn't tough because of Commando... it was tough because I was doing both at the same time. There's nothing more frustrating than swinging for a collectible, getting it, but then getting shot down by a sniper. I vividly remember this one level where there are oil rigs (?) and snipers on each one... and then there's a collectible right in the middle of the air above water and it requires you to latch onto a pipe to get it. That part alone took me an hour to do... I would kill everyone, go for the collectible, then die drowning. Or, I would get the collectible, then die from a sniper.

Two playthroughs = less aggravation.
One playthrough = "quicker," and a sense of satisfaction when it's all said and done.

[Roughdawg4]

Well fucking congrats on doing it on one playthrough, mad respect


Of course its more gratifying because I think 2 playthroughs is actually quicker than one playthrough. There is nothing worse than getting a really hard collectible or challenge to only die afterwards.

[SinRG]

Originally Posted by Roughdawg4

Well fucking congrats on doing it on one playthrough, mad respect


Of course its more gratifying because I think 2 playthroughs is actually quicker than one playthrough. There is nothing worse than getting a really hard collectible or challenge to only die afterwards.

Haha thanks. Two playthroughs is also a lot stressful and... it's potentially quicker than one playthrough.

Congrats on getting your Bionic Commando Platinum though. A lot of people really underrate and undervalue this game, but it's a lot more fun and difficult than people think. I especially loved the music.

[KingBroly]

I completed one Playthrough on Normal, and I've got to say that the toughest part of the game has to be the majority of the opening act. Once you get into Act 2, you have a lot of stuff down, your armor is (SHOULD) be more manageable and you're more comfortable with swinging.

But yeah, if you got all the Collectibles and did all the Challenges in one playthrough, you are immortal as far as I'm concerned. A perfect run on the hardest difficulty seems mind-bogglingly tough.

[Devotheus]

I'd call anyone who's doing all challenges on commando plain masochist. You're having enough trouble just to get through the game, so having enough luck to pass a single challenge and then getting to the next checkpoint alive would be craaaaaazy.

[SwigGY12]

I did mine in two playthroughs, because yes, it is almost impossible to beat it AND get everything in one run. You will basically want to shoot yourself in the face.

[ER777]

Originally Posted by SwigGY12

I did mine in two playthroughs, because yes, it is almost impossible to beat it AND get everything in one run. You will basically want to shoot yourself in the face.

I can confirm the part about wanting to shoot yourself in the face, figuratively at least.

I tried to do it in one play-through on Commando and ended up with a few challenges unfinished. I found it very frustrating and tedious. At least I got all the collectibles and was able to breeze through the challenges on Normal...

[technole]

Ummm well I did it all on one-playthrough (proof is in the card). I don't suggest it to anyone though.

I had some cheap deaths, and that sometimes meant I had to swing across the map to get a collectible again. If you are not careful obviously, you could mess everything up.