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Guide By: TigerLust There are 14 Trophies that can be earned in this title. |
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+ Estimated trophy difficulty: 2.5/10
+ Offline: 14
+ Online: 0
+ Approximate time: 3-6 hours
+ Minimum number of playthroughs needed: 1
+ Missable trophies: Each stage is short, and re-doable, so no big deal.
+ Glitched trophies: Yes, see install info, next paragraph in this post
+ Cheats: No cheats
Trophy Breakdown: 1 3 10
Install infomation - (I do not know how to make this glitch happen yet, sorry.) For some installs, when you complete the credits, you may get Beauty, Vegetarian, Peace and Giant trophies instead of Gaia and Gratitude trophies. Some of those four are hard to get, so you are lucky if it works. You will then need to DELETE the game, re-download it and re-install it. Your save file will load fine, and you can now get Gaia and Gratitude.
- If you buy the game and run it, it will patch. It will then NOT allow you to install the expansion (it is an 'older version'). To install the 'bundle', you need to install the game first (do not run the game yet), then install the expansion. Now run it, it will patch, and you can run the whole thing properly.
About the game flOw is one of the most unique games on the PS3. If you’ve played Flower, you know what to expect. This is arguably the most relaxing and calming games you will ever play on your PS3. The concept is that you’re going through a body of water as some fish-like creature, calmly trying to survive down to the deepest part of the sea. As you eat each food and other creatures you grow in size. You start out as one creature, and as you get to the end of each level, you will have one more creature's to choose from. How to play the game- You tilt the controller (SIXAXIS motion sensor) to control which direction you go.
- flOw into any of the things mentioned below to eat it.
- There are things resembling (+) and (-) on each layer of the sea, which take you up or down layers.
- On the bottom layer is an egg, which completes that level and unlocks a new creature for you to use.
- Free-floating food (these are the white colored cell-like things all over the place, some have more strings than others) - eat these to increase the creature's segments.
- Other creatures - eat the colored segments of their body to kill them, which will release food and gems.
- Gems - eat these to decorate the empty segments (add segments by eating food or other creatures).
- Hitting the start button will take you to a temporary safe spot for a breather. You can eat the (+) to go back to the character select screen. Eat (-) OR hit start to go back to the layer you were on.
General Tips- The outer-rim (meaning the far top/bottom/left/right is accessible to you, but not the other creatures. That means the big angry red creature can spin all it wants while you sit inches from it deciding what to chew on!
- If you are doing a run that you need to be careful what you eat or prevent from being hit, hit the start button if you are about to mess up! (credit to Throw7)
The unique creature list (names are made up)- Original - This is the creature you start with. Hitting any key will make it swim faster.
- Hellraiser (face w/ hooks) - Hitting any key will make you spin into a whirlpool, pulling nearby objects towards you.
- The Dolphin - Hitting a button will make you shoot forward, and the more food/gems you eat, the more you can do so in succession. Each use will also deplete one of your 'tails'.
- Capt. Yellow Hook - Unique ability is you can hit any key to turn yellow for a few seconds. While in this mode, if you touch any other creature, you will paralyze it, and you can then easily munch on it to kill it. Also, while yellow, you will not eat anything other than paralyzed enemies. In addition, hitting any button while white will scare away anything directly in front of you. Lastly, if you hold down any button, you will move slowly and also turn invisible to opponents ~ thus you can flOw in their direction and surprise attack them!
- Red Phoenix - Hitting any button will have you shoot directly at an creature to eat it. If there is no advanced creature in sight, you will just turn red.
- Bubble Boy (requires expansion pack) - Hitting any button will have you pull in a protective bubble and make you feel all safe and protected from the scary world. Also can bu used to bounce objects away from you.
- Credits Snake - This is the creature that does the credits stage. You can at any time redo credits by going to this creature.
Road Map Phase one: (about ten minutes if you run through it) You will start with your first creature, tilt your SIXAXIS in different directions and you will quickly get the hang of the movement. Now swim into the (-) sign. You just got the Adventure trophy and most of the others come just as easily. In this first portion, don't worry so much about how much food or creatures or whatever you eat, just look for the (-) symbols and make it to the bottom, where you will find an egg in the center. That takes you back to the starting screen, with a new creature unlocked. Most of the other creatures are somewhat similiar, and you need to get to the bottom layer and get into the egg. Phase two: (35 minutes) Once you finish all the creatures, you will unlock the last creature ~ which actually takes you to the credits. Eat each food pellet within each credit name, and once that layer is done, move to the next by eating the next (-). At any point put down the controller for thirty minutes and don't touch it for Zen (I strongly suggest you hit the PS button so your XMB is up, this way just in case you hit a button by mistake, the game won't know. Yes, I tested it and got the trophy, in fact the trophy will pop while you are still in XMB so you can check the flOw trophy rate every few minutes if you like.) When you finish this level, if you ate all the pellets, it will also give you: Gaia and Gratitude. NOTE: If you had the game and expansion installed in advance, like me, then ran it (forcing the patch to install), you may instead get these trophies: Beauty, Vegetarian, Peace and Giant. (I do not know how to force this to happen, sorry.) Also, you will NOT be able to use the expansion creature, nor obtain the DLC trophies, such as Memory. You will need to DELETE your game, re-download and install if you want to get Gaia and Gratitude and the DLC trophies (such as memory). Phase three: Wrap up any trophies you didn't get yet. |
 | Beauty |  |
| Complete any campaign without being hurt. |  (1) |
Don't get damaged, this is especially easy with the red guy. On each layer, try jumping into (-) after (-), ignoring the creatures as much as possible. You can also see where you will end up on the lower layer, so use that to your advantage! |
 | Peace | |
| Complete any campaign without eating anything. | (1) |
For some older installs, this will come easy when you complete the credits.
Kind of tricky, what you need to do is see what is on the layer beneath you while swimming into the (-). You will have a moment to maneuver while going to the lower layer of the sea, and you need to use that to ensure you do not hit some food. This is especially true when you arrive at the final layer, as the egg is surrounded by food. If you find yourself outside the center of the egg, take the (+) back up, then swim into (-) when it is near the center. |
 | Swift | |
| Complete any campaign within 120 seconds. | (1) |
Swim quickly through a level, grabbing all the (-), then the egg at the end.
This is pretty easy to get, I did it with the original creature. |
 | Adventure |  |
| Start the first campaign after installing. | (6) |
This will unlock as soon as you begin the game. |
 | Friendship | |
| Complete any campaign with 4 players. |  |
You can do this with one controller! Using any creature, swim to the deepest part of the sea (with the egg in the middle). Now hold down the PS button and re-assign the controller to another port (port 2), then hit select and you will see the new player appear. Repeat for port 3 and port 4. When all four 'players' are present, eat the egg (with any of the players) to finish the stage and unlock the trophy. Good teamwork! |
 | Giant | |
| Complete any campaign with a creature of 25 segments or longer. | (1) |
For some older installs, this will come easy when you complete the credits.
The easiest way to do this is using the red "phoenix" creature. Kill everything on each layer, then go to the next using (-). When you get to the deepest layer, with the egg in the center, eat all creatures and food surrounding it. Unlike most other trophies that you are awarded upon arriving to the deepest level, this one require you to eat the egg. |
 | Fashion | |
| Decorate your creature with more than 10 alternating segments. | (4) |
The alternating segments for the red guy are the WINGS that alternate out his side.
Use the guy that turns red when you click a button.
Eating a few foods will add a segment. (foods vary from a single strand to several).
Eating a red gem (from advanced creatures) will grant you a set of wings from a segment.
Say your creature looks like this;
>-f-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o
(For all crude creature drawings: o means empty, f means full, 1f means 1 set of wings, 2f is long wings)
When you eat a gem now it will fill in the first full segment:
>-1f-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o
If you now eat 2 small pieces of food it will look like this
>-1f-f-f-o-o-o-o-o-o-o
And guess what happens when you eat a gem now?
>-1f-f-1f-o-o-o-o-o-o-o
If you eat another gem without any food
>-1f-f-2f-o-o-o-o-o-o-o
The goal is to have the segments alternating in size, such as:
>-1f-f-2f-o-1f-o-f-o-2f-1f (random example ONLY, it can be any alternating variation)
(credit to p3-eR-nuLL for giving initial information about this)
(credit to shamrock54 for suggesting the red guy)
(credit to frollard & wifey for researching the food/gem method)
(credit to Triple-X for explaining segment growth, wing growth and crude drawings) |
 | Vegetarian | |
| Eat all foods in a campaign without killing any advanced creature. | |
For some older installs, this will come easy when you complete the credits.
Easiest with the yellow guy. In addition to the tips below, you can hit any button to temp hide while yellow whenever an advanced creature attacks.
a) When you get to the layer where they enjoy eating the (-), relax.
What you need to do is stay in the area, and as they go running around eating them the (-) will re-spawn. Soon enough one (-) will spawn right next to you, jump in it quickly!
b) The advanced creatures like to also eat and guard the (-). The trick here is to go down to this layer when you are just above the (-) beneath you. You will also have a moment to maneuver while going to the lower layer of the sea, and you need to use that to ensure you do not eat or get eaten, but go directly to the (-).
c) There are some levels with "sleeper" creatures. These guys just float around, doing nothing at first glance ~ but they actually create food every few seconds. You will need to chill on any layer with these guys eating all the things they pop out until their supply of food is depleted. If you move on before they are done, you will not get the trophy. Just be patient on these layers, as tempting as it is to kill them!
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 | Cannibalism | |
| Eat all advanced creatures in a campaign without eating any food. | |
This is without a doubt the hardest trophy of this game.
This is tricky, as there is food everywhere. Do it with the yellow guy. Pressing a button will scare away everything, from creatures to food to (+) and (-). If you are holding any button to stay yellow and you hit food with the hook, it will infect the food and turn it yellow. If the other creature eats the food while it is infected, it will get paralyzed for you to kill. If you use your two yellow hooks to infect food, you will no longer be yellow and WILL eat food by mistake, so be careful even with this guy. You CAN eat red gems (the ones with red in the center and three strings coming out of it), and doing so will now only allow you to paralyze with 4 or 6 hooks (instead of 2), and you will also withstand more hits without being sent up a layer. You CAN take hits, the most important thing is just not to eat food. One good strategy is to hit any button (I like R1) and then while in yellow creep up on a guy, paralyze it, and then eat it's highlighted segments. Also, try to eat the head first, and finish with it's tail, as you have less chance of eating food by mistake. As soon as you finish creatures, hit any key to turn yellow fast and avoid eating the food it drops. What you also need to do is see what is on the layer beneath you while swimming into the (-) (or if you get eaten, turn blue and pop up a level). You will have a moment to maneuver while going to another layer of the sea, and you can also to hit a button to turn yellow during transit, ensuring you do not hit some food. I got the trophy shortly after arriving on the egg layer (likely it took a moment after I finished all the red creatures on layer 15). This trophy will pop on layer 16, the one with the egg ~ you do not need to kill all the guys around the egg, I had just started eating them when the trophy popped.
(Credit to Vakido for suggesting the yellow guy doesn't eat food while a button is pressed.)
(Credit to Triple-X for finding you can eat red gems and still get the trophy.) |
 | Gratitude | |
| Consume all credit foods. | |
The last creature you unlock actually takes you to the credits. Eat each food pellet by each credit name, and once that layer is done, move to the next by eating the next (-). After you eat all the pellets, then the egg, you will get both Gaia and Gratitude trophies. |
 | Devious | |
| Paralyse the same creature 5 times without killing it. | |
Using Capt. Yellow Hook, hold down any key and touch a creature to paralyze it, then move away. Do NOT eat it ~ let it recover and repeat four more times.
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 | Zen |  |
| Leave game on idle in the end of credits for 30 minutes. | (2) |
The last creature you unlock actually takes you to the credits. At any point in the credits put down the controller for thirty minutes and don't touch it for Zen (I strongly suggest you hit the PS button so your XMB is up, this way just in case you hit a button by mistake, the game won't know. Yes, I tested it and got the trophy, in fact the trophy will pop while you are still in XMB so you can check the flOw trophy rate every few minutes if you like). |
 | Gaia | |
| Eat every level complete egg. | |
See "Gratitude". |
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| DLC: Expansion Pack |
| Cost: 2.09 Trophies: 1 |
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 | Memory | |
| Take more than 10 screenshots. | (3) |
(You need to purchase the Expansion OR Bundle to get this)
There are randomly, throughout each stage, special symbols that look like SOS (see trophy image). After eating this symbol, a yellow light will trail down your spine, moving all the way to the end of your creature, then it will look like your system crashed, but it is just taking a picture (you can find the picture in the photo section on your XMB). Get ten of these (can be multiple stages), and the trophy is yours.
(credit to Deadaim357 and kaipa) |
