Battlefield Hardline

Battlefield Hardline

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Real Action Hero

Real Action Hero

Kill a criminal in Independence Day from mid-air after escaping the penthouse

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How to unlock the Real Action Hero achievement in Battlefield Hardline - Definitive Guide

This takes place on Episode 9 - Independence Day, when the objective is to "Get to the Boat". Before going to the balcony, use the armoury to equip a Bald Eagle with Optics and a Heavy barrel, as this is the best weapon combination to use for the achievement. As you reach the balcony, a cutscene will begin where you begin to zipline and are hit by a helicopter. As you change direction, your character will pull out his pistol and you must kill an enemy before hitting the balcony, which is about a 2-3 second window of opportunity. Aim down the zipline, slightly to the right, and shoot at the flashlight. Pause your game just as you are about to hit the balcony! If you got the kill, the achievement/trophy will unlock, and if you didn't select "Restart Checkpoint". If you wait too long, the game will not allow you to restart the checkpoint. Keep trying until you kill someone!
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17 Mar 2015 06:38

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you're a real hero. here have a sub
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By Wrxcked 97 on 23 Mar 2015 16:29
your the hero here man! :P
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By Artiaura on 27 Mar 2015 17:09
I recommend a different gun. The Bald Eagle is slow and you still need multiple hits to get a kill.

I used the 93R Machine Pistol with MINI (RDS) , Laser Sight and Heavy Barrel. The accuracy and control are through the roof and you get fast stable bursts that rip the enemy to shreds. Should be a lot easier.
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By Kriostyx on 27 Sep 2022 14:16
I found that the 93R was much easier, too.
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By Old Zengunner on 25 Jan 2023 10:24
If you do get past the point where you can't reload the checkpoint. Hit the cn_guide xbox button and quit the game. Then you restart the game and you start in the house again.
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By Tinus Slayer on 11 Feb 2016 21:50
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Near the end of Mission 9, after you survived the enemy waves you will have to zipline down the building. After a helicopter flies into the zipline and pulls you up, you will swing back towards the building.

At this point you have to kill one of the enemies and you only have a few seconds to shoot.

Before you start this, make sure you have a strong weapon like the TEC-9 or the BALD EAGLE equipped. You can switch weapons in a room near the zipline.

If you fail, you can restart the checkpoint or back out into the menu and resume (if it doesn't let you use the checkpoint)
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20 Mar 2015 23:52

Near the end of Episode 9: Independence Day, you will need to escape the penthouse via a zip-line. You can earn the achievement with any handgun but before going to the balcony to escape, you might want to go to the armory and equip the Bald Eagle because it has high damage. When you zip-line off the building it will be hit by a helicopter and it will turn you around facing back to the penthouse with your handgun equipped, you have a couple of seconds to shoot and kill one of the enemies on the balcony. If you do not kill one of them, immediately restart the last checkpoint or exit to the main menu and continue and try again.

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19 Mar 2015 13:03

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I wasn't able to restart the checkpoint, I missed the enemies on the balcony and restart checkpoint was greyed out and unselectable, I was playing through on Veteran difficulty so don't know if that's why. I'll go through on easy and try again after I've been through on Hardline..
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By BIG P3TE on 23 Mar 2015 10:42
It doesn't allow you to reset the checkpoint, regardless of the difficulty you have it set to.
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By on 23 Mar 2015 12:31
Here is a video guide with English commentary for the "Real Action Hero" achievement!

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25 Apr 2015 19:57

After escaping the penthouse, kill a criminal mid-air in independence day. Before going to the balcony, use the armory to equip a Bald Eagle with Optics and a Heavy barrel, as this is the best weapon combination to use for the achievement. As you reach the balcony, a cutscene will begin where you begin to zipline and are hit by a helicopter. As you change direction, your character will pull out his pistol which you must kill an enemy before hitting the balcony. Aim down the zipline, slightly to the right, and shoot at the flashlight. Pause the game to see wheather you got the kill or not because if you wait too long, you'll have to restart the entire episode to try again. Achievement/trophy pops if an enemy's flashlight goes out.
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07 Nov 2019 03:50

After cracking the safe, you will have to leave by zipline.
Once you do, however, a helicopter's rotor blades will cut the line, causing you to bounce up into the air and then fall.

As you fall, you will first be facing the balcony you left from, swarming with guards.
Choose a flashlight point and shoot off a few rounds. If you shoot a guard dead, you will get this trophy.

Otherwise if you miss, wait until you crash through a window into a group of armed soldiers and hit Option and choose Restart from Checkpoint to try again. (Any earlier and the restart option would be grayed out. Any later and the game will autosave again.)

Good luck!
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23 Mar 2015 07:41

This takes place on Episode 9 - Independence Day, when the objective is to "Get to the Boat". Before going to the balcony, use the armoury to equip a Bald Eagle with Optics and a Heavy barrel, as this is the best weapon combination to use for the achievement. As you reach the balcony, a cutscene will begin where you begin to zipline and are hit by a helicopter. As you change direction, your character will pull out his pistol and you must kill an enemy before hitting the balcony, which is about a 2-3 second window of opportunity. Aim down the zipline, slightly to the right, and shoot at the flashlight. Pause your game just as you are about to hit the balcony! If you got the kill, the achievement/trophy will unlock, and if you didn't select "Restart Checkpoint". If you wait too long, the game will not allow you to restart the checkpoint. Keep trying until you kill someone!
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18 Jun 2018 17:34

As Wayens said, but pro tip one....shoot straight down. There's a light shining into your direction from the balcony, that's a guard, easy kill can't miss him. Don't try to go for the visible guys on either left and right.
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10 Jan 2016 07:46