Extreme Conditions Trophy in Lost Planet 3

  • Extreme Conditions

     

    Finished the Game on Hard Difficulty.

    How to unlock Extreme Conditions

    This trophy will pop alongside the Campaign Complete trophy if your first completed playthrough is on the Hard difficulty setting. Hard setting is the most difficult of the 3 settings offered to you in-game, but I would recommend that you first complete the game on this difficulty setting to avoid further playthroughs.

    In Hard mode, the player's weapons will do less damage to the Akrid, the player takes damage in larger doses than on an easier difficulty settings and also the players health regenerates significantly slower. On Hard, the Sepia (the small, frequent Akrid-resembling daffodils) can kill you in only 3 or 4 lunge attacks, making even them a worthy adversary seeming as they swarm in large numbers!

    Here are some general tips that you should bear in mind to aid your playthrough on Hard:

    • Always use cover by pressing the button next to an object. Many Akrid will take every opportunity to try and kill you from range and so you must prepare for this. This tip becomes especially invaluable when the Female Wardeye Akrid species enters the game as these are capable of launching many dart-like projections out of their head towards you which will quite frankly plunge you into low health very quickly on Hard.
    • Roll around a lot using the button when not standing near cover. I found this helped me to dodge many of the fireballs that are spat at you from the Bolsepia throughout the game.
    • As soon as you have sufficient T-ENG, purchase the Assault Rifle from the shop in the NEVEC base. Having just the pistol or shotgun will not suffice in this setting, even the shotgun becomes a 2-shot kill to even the most weak Akrid at fairly close range (1-shot kill at point blank to Sepia only). Pick up the Prototype Pulse Rifle gun from off of the floor whilst exploring the “Unknown structure” for the first time. This gun is excellent in taking down many of the more tough Akrid such as the Goonroe or the Sawaanka.
    • Sounds rather cliché but it is true....take your time. This game can be rather tricky at a few points, but for the most part it is still very easy and if you start to get agitated, give it a small break and try again later.
    • Use grenades, they are the weapon that can mean the difference between life and death. They are the most powerful weapon on Hard setting, throwing one into an Akrid spawner or at a boss can help you recover yourself to pick up an ammo crate or regenerate a little health. Always use the ammo packs.

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