Overview:
Estimated trophy difficulty: 9.24 (Trophy Difficulty Rating)
Offline (breakdown): 10 (5 , 4 , 1 )
Online (breakdown): 1 (1 )
Approximate amount of time to 100%: 5-15 hours
Minimum number of playthroughs needed: 1 (2 highly recommended)
Number of missable trophies: 3 ( No Continue, All S Rank Completed, No Repair)
Glitched trophies: None
Does difficulty affect trophies? Yes, the 3 missable trophies can only be earned on the Normal difficulty.
Do cheat codes disable trophies? No cheat codes.
Introduction:
"MALICIOUS™ is an action game in which the player inhabits a Spirit Vessel and controls the Mantle of Cinders in order to defeat MALICIOUS, the bringer of disaster to the world.
Each Scene consists of a boss fight. After defeating the boss, the player gains new powers. You can clear the Scenes in any order, but the later Scenes will be more difficult. Think of your own strategy to get the abilities you need to clear each Scene, and lead the world to peace!"
Malicious contains 3 missable trophies: All S Rank Completed, No Continue, and No Repair. It is highly recommended to play and beat the game at least once to develop a feel for it. This will make your S Rank and No Repair playthrough feel much easier. If you are able to beat the game on Normal, then there is a good chance you are able to 100%.
Walkthrough
Step 1: Play and beat the game
Before starting Story Mode, go to Controls at the Title Screen and set the camera speed to 5. If you do not like inverted camera controls, set them to Reversed. This will save you some trouble. You can also customize the controls if they feel too awkward for you. This guide will use the default controls. Whenever is used in this guide, you must hold it until the combo ends.
Start a new game on Normal. This will prepare you for All S Rank Completed and No Repair. You can either focus on having fun (select Easy) or go for No Guard, Counter Master, 100 Chain, and 1 Kill Cleared if you want. If you happen to get stuck, see the S Rank and No Repair Walkthrough for strategies. Be aware that if you decide to play in an order of your own, you may give yourself an unexpected, unnecessary challenge and may not be able to earn Counter Master (and possibly other trophies). I recommend you play the scenes in the following order:
- Forsaken Library ( No Guard, 1 Kill Cleared)
- Forbidden Floor
- Royal Battle Escort ( 100 Chain)
- Battlefield of Yore
- Triumphal Square
- Edge of the Abyss ( Counter Master )
This is the best and easiest way to play and earn Counter Master (see the trophy for more information).
Upon completion of this step, you will have unlocked the following trophies:
- Slayer
- Story Completed
- No Guard
- Counter Master
- 100 Chain
- 1 Kill Cleared
Step 2: S Rank and No Repair Playthrough
In this step, focus on achieving all S ranks and do NOT heal nor use a continue.
Upon completion of this step, you will have unlocked he following trophies:
- No Continue
- All S Rank Completed
- No Repair
Step 3: Cleanup
Gather up any trophies that you may have forgot about, skipped, and have left using Free Play Mode.
Upon completion of this step, you will have unlocked the following trophies:
- Ranking Debut
- 10,000 Kills
[PS3T would like to thank Druoxrodest for this Road Map]