Pain Builds Character Trophy in inFamous 2
Pain Builds Character
Finish the game on hard difficulty.
How to unlock Pain Builds Character
To ensure you unlock this trophy when you attempt to complete the game on hard, follow these steps:
- Start a new game, and as soon as you gain control of Cole, press to enter the in-game menu
- Go to Options and change the difficulty to Hard
- Save, then start another new game
- You'll now begin the game automatically on Hard
Note that based on your performance in the game's "tutorial level", if you did extraordinary well, the game will automatically bump you up to Hard. This will not affect you earning the trophy.
On Hard, enemies will generally hit harder and will take many more hits before defeated. In addition, any stunts will earn you less experience compared to Normal/Easy.
Some tips:
Good Karma- Good karma powers focus on efficiency; an emphasis in taking out enemies quickly with little energy consumption
- Every time you restore your energy, you'll also automatically heal yourself. That said, focus on purchasing abilities that restores your energy upon use
- Reaching the Hero Karmic Rank unlocks the passive ability that allows you to restore energy everytime your bolts hit any normal sized enemy; very useful in powered down areas
- The Frost Shield and the Ice Rockets are your best friends; combine this with the Ionic Vortex and the game becomes a cake walk
Bad Karma
- Bad karma powers focus on Area of Effect abilities; an emphasis in hitting multiple opponents with each blast of your powers
- One of the main advantages of being a bad ass, though you could do this on your Good Karma playthrough regardless, is Bio Leeching. Bio Leeching restores your health and energy to full; again very useful in powered down areas
- This time around, consider grabbing the Scyth Bolt, Napalm/Double Grenades and the bad karma related Rockets as soon as you can. Again, combine this with the Ionic Vortex and you should have no trouble (not that you were anyway) tackling Hard
There have been reports that this trophy does not unlock properly if you skip the ending credits. If that happens, simply beat the game again (you'll be taken back prior to making your last decision end game) and sit through the credits this time and it should unlock.
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