Road Map to prevent corrupted data

[Conceptfly]

I decided to post this due to the enormous problems with people losing their save data and either giving up, or having to replay the game to get all of the trophies. A few changes from what I read in the trophy guide and road map are necessary to prevent this from being a real problem. You do the multiplayer trophies at any point, but they are very fast and simple with one boosting partner. Just pick a map that is not popular (like a dlc one), and switch if you meet up with someone else. Trading "surrenders" helps you both get the 50 wins (and all dlc multi-player trophies) in about two hours total (one hour each).

Back up Save Data

First off the save data corruption seems to happen post 78% completion on your stats page. This means that you want to do everything pre 78% that you can that is tedious to prevent this from affecting you. I still advise to make copies of your save data in multiple sources. This means that one time you save it to (for example) a flash drive, and one time you save it to another (real) user account that you have officially created (email address confirmed, etc.). If you do not alternate it is possible that your last save was corrupted, forcing you to start over again.

Before Starting SP, Get All Concept Art

Start by going to a custom game (multiplayer) and spawning each enemy enough times (roughly 20-25 each) to get all the concept art for the Ironheads (playing as them). You do not have to get the other two factions or the creature art for the platinum. Don't forget to double team the stage with or stage lights for 5 minutes to get the art for that. If you do not do this first, you may not be able to get back into sp in order to get Metal God. It also should be noted that the spawns have to occur in one battle for any of the specific concept art to unlock. It will not accumulate through different battles (Thanks to Terminator for that note).

Do Not Buy Anything

That's right... I said not to buy anything. You can get whatever upgrades you need, but don't buy anything just because you have the fire tributes. I would recommend only buying the soul-sucking axe once you can, then the high voltage guitar strings. Other than that DO NOT BUY ANYTHING ELSE. This is the simplest way to keep your percentage down. Buying stuff raises your percent in the stats screen (even the free stuff), so I'll repeat myself one more time: DON'T BUY ANYTHING... EVEN FREE STUFF.

Collect Collectables

You want to find all the collectables (i.e. Legends, Viewpoints, Serpants, Jumps, Buried Metal) as soon as they are available. Doing this will make your campaign on Brutal Easier thanks to your solos and higher health/repair rate/ people around you heal rate/ speed of flight. The final battles were a joke for me with everything upgraded on Brutal difficulty. You cannot find the last buried metal until the campaign is complete (the one by the sea of black tears).

Do Hunting Missions

Find the hunter in the first area on the map (to beat his records) and do each of those as soon as you can. The first ones are quick and painless, but the last ones (when he is in the snowy area) can be time consuming. Getting them over with will enable you to only have easy things to do left.

Beat the Game Up to 78%

You can be cautious and only get up to 75% if you like, but my game loaded back to 78% after my save corrupted on me. Do not worry about the side missions as these are fast and simple, and can be done on the easiest difficulty after beating the campaign on brutal. If you didn't buy anything at all, you should be able to beat up to or past the final mission. I would back up your save data right before the final stage battle just to play it safe.

Do all Side Trophies

At this point you want to get all of the trophies that pertain to the side missions that you can (other than the purchasing ones), but the one's such as Boar Bather that require you to have most of the map opened up.

Beat the Game and Platinum in One Sitting

From here you cannot turn your Playstation 3 off, or quit to the main menu... ever. You can, however, load the last checkpoint from the menu safely in case you get caught in one of the many areas that you cannot get out of. All you should have left at this point is to beat the campaign, get the final buried metal, and beat all of the side missions. Remember you can change the difficulty from the menu after beating the campaign on brutal difficulty to make it go faster.

If you follow this road map you should be able to get it done without problems.

[Terminator]

Great guide .

How long does it take to get from 78% to 100% in one sitting?

PS: This needs a sticky .

[Conceptfly]

Originally Posted by Terminator

Great guide .

How long does it take to get from 78% to 100% in one sitting?

PS: This needs a sticky .

Thanks! If you follow the guide it should take less than two hours. I submitted for a sticky.

[Terminator]

Thank you for the info . I'm going into town tomorrow so I may pick it up if I can find it going cheap .

[Conceptfly]

Originally Posted by Terminator

Thank you for the info . I'm going into town tomorrow so I may pick it up if I can find it going cheap .

Excellent! You can by my guinea pig! I bought it brand new for 5 USD, so I'm guessing since your money is worth more than ours now you should get a bargain! I'll looking forward to seeing that it helped!

[Terminator]

At current exchange rates $5 is worth £3.13 but knowing the town I live near, it'll probably cost me nearly triple that .

[Conceptfly]

At least you don't live in the ghetto! And a double congrats on member of the month... not to go off subject.

[Terminator]

True and thank you .

UPDATE:

I' managed to get Brutal Legend for just £5 this morning and I'm going to start work on it properly once Avatar is done and dusted.

[tuffmuff]

*guide stuck*

[Terminator]

Congratulations on the Sticky !