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Against All Odds

Against All Odds

Finished the game on the hardest difficulty level.

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How to unlock the Against All Odds achievement in BioShock 2 - Definitive Guide

I wanted to share this for those who don't care for a challenge or cheating.

**Tutorial**
Get out your scout*. Use it and right away Press A at the Gene-Bank. If it showed the ghost image, before you enter Gene-Bank, you got it! Now replace scout with any perk., leave Gene-Bank and leave scout.
You are now invincible!

*Scout is located in Siren Alley's Little Sister machine. It's in Little Eden Plaza. Right after that it should be super easy all the way!
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Does this save with the game or would it have to be done for each boot?
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By AdolphMarx on 07 Aug 2010 19:58
Ok I figured it out its a little tricky but it works beautifully
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By ClevelandFan on 10 Aug 2010 19:43
Still works, thank you very much!
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By DynamiteJavvy on 15 Aug 2010 16:29
Solution works nicely, although the video just confuses everything to be honest, as it doesn't show you returning to your body after using scout.
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By APB Plays on 15 Aug 2010 20:35
Thanks, works a treat :)
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By zJakey on 30 Aug 2010 17:16
is there a way u can just start the last checkpoint on hard n beat it like tht?
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By slrecon on 09 Sep 2010 22:21
I don't have a problem with people using this but it seems unneccessary. Hard difficulty isn't that hard (especially seeing as how you can die as many times as you like and be reborn at a vita chamber).
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By Doctor Shawn on 03 Nov 2010 18:49
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, there MUST be another vid showing how it's done, this ALWAYS happens to me...
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By LSDintensity on 13 Nov 2010 11:24
Fantastic man. Thanks to this, it was a breeze (not that it was that hard to begin with, more tedius). Thumbs up for sure!
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By Burning Karma on 23 Nov 2010 03:37
This worked great! And if you plan your rescue/harvest of your little sister at the vent nearest a gene bank, you can get it re-applied before the big sister comes.
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By Lord Retro on 03 Dec 2010 13:33
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By Jyejitsu on 20 Jan 2011 21:05
so when I go into the next level I have to redo the cheat?
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By SoiledDoughnut on 21 Mar 2011 01:37
the video no longer works.
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By Aesiwatt on 06 Jun 2011 00:43
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By AdolphMarx on 28 Jun 2011 18:57
Yes, you can purchase Scout for 40 Adam at any Gatherer's Garden from Siren Alley onwards. I had to clear my cache and play offline to use this exploit. It's all about hitting it at the right time but don't forget to press B to return functionality, lol.
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By AdolphMarx on 30 Jun 2011 20:55
is there a cheat like this for the first BioShock
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By POD56 on 02 Sep 2011 23:34
POD56 there is a cheat for the first bioshock if you beat him on easy while ur sucking the last bit out u have to change the difficulty to hard. but great job on this man.
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By RADIOACTIVxZERK on 03 Oct 2011 17:16
Wow, can't believe there is a glitch in Bioshock 1 and 2 to beat it easier. Bad part on the producers but I'm not complaining. I wonder if Bioshock Infinite will have something like this.
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By Broa on 25 Oct 2011 17:49
I cant tell you how awesome this little glitch is! Thumbs up for you!
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By DillionDay on 16 Nov 2011 01:28
this still hasn't been (and likely never will be) patched. i can confirm that you DO NOT need to delete your system cache for this glitch to work.
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By The Ju1ce on 19 Jan 2012 05:10
"I wanted to share this for those who don't care for a challenge or cheating."

Isn't this cheating? o.o
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By Octobot Super on 08 Aug 2012 11:26
I can confirm that this still works without having to clear your cache
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By Lil Miss Cherry on 19 Aug 2012 17:48
The vid isn't working
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By x jjaldana 2 x on 23 Aug 2012 23:10
Really, its easier to just play the game on hard than do this
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By PointySpred on 15 Sep 2012 14:52
all the videos listed here dont work anymore. does anyone have a current one?? thanks
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By on 28 Dec 2012 18:18
I'm the original editor for this guide, but I deleted my account and rejoined not too long ago. I can't reclaim this nor edit the video. Sorry.
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By Psyburns on 18 Apr 2013 02:07
Just Adding to the comment from upindat,
1. as of today may 9th his method still works
2. after you pull this off the first time you will need to do this every time you start a new level or after you harvest or rescue a little sister. Just go to a gene bank and repeat his steps.
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By Gdinut on 10 May 2013 03:50
It's nice this glitch is around but it sucks that it stops working when you do a gather or pick up little sisters. It kinda defeats the point of having it if you can't have infinite health during a gather.
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By llDurbinll on 24 Jul 2013 01:35
I just found out that you can still do the glitch even if you don't have another plasmid to replace scout with. I did the glitch, hit A to replace scout and then put it back and it still worked.
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By llDurbinll on 12 Aug 2013 17:40
This works. Negative votes should be given to solutions that don't work, not just because you don't like the advice. With eight different endings to this game, it is always good to find a way to speed up a playthrough.
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By HolyHalfDead on 20 Jan 2014 21:25
This still works as of 28/11/14 it took me about 6 tries to get the timing correct. You lose it after you rescued/harvest a little sister and if you gather. You need to do it after every level.
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By beets101 on 28 Nov 2014 12:48
holy schnikes it still works! THANKS!!!
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By madmaxey on 11 Jan 2015 14:52
2/14 confirmed working latest update while online clap
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By Ham Man 89 on 14 Feb 2015 16:46
Still works as of now June 6th 2015!
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By True XenoBlade on 06 Jun 2015 11:38
^good cuz I need this achievement and I screwed up on the save little sisters, this will deff save time!
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By Nurse Lorax on 26 Jul 2015 22:32
Glad it helps knowing it still works, good luck!
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By True XenoBlade on 26 Jul 2015 23:21
It still works, just did it on my 1st try. Now 10 tries later I can't seem to get it again LOL I really only want it to beat big daddies, oh well.
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By Nurse Lorax on 29 Jul 2015 17:12
Still works as of December 2015! Just like everyone has been saying you have to perform this again after you harvest or save a little sister as well as doing it at the beginning of every level. This really helped me get through hard so thank you!
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By KieraaKahler on 06 Dec 2015 23:53
Anyone have a new video that actually works? Would love to see it, no offence but the written descriptions are pretty information lacking.
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By flubberfudge on 30 Jul 2016 17:56
Whether or not this guide works this has to be the worst written explanation of anything ever.
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By Scenic Route 16 on 18 Nov 2022 23:14
https://youtu.be/5yyqRFejW_c … for anyone else who comes here and is looking for a video still avail.
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By Leigrez on 02 Feb 2023 00:20
Still works as of now, on my first try. Problem is I became vurnerable again after 10 minutes... I didn't use scout or anyting I just randomly got visible again and now I keep dying on a horrid autosave =/
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By Sera Di Siah on 30 Oct 2012 21:08
I can confirm this still works on 12/29/2012. It is tricky to get to work, but still does. You have to re do this trick after saving/harvesting a lil sister. For some reason I could not get this to work with the fountain of youth tonic installed. This is how i got it to work. Have scout equipped. press LT and then A. Almost at the same time but LT pressed first. Then you should be at the BANK screen. Press B and you should see your ghost. Then just hit you ghost with fire or shock plasmid. You should instantly go back to your body. Then find some fire or have sombody shoot at you too see if you got it right. It is very tricky but does work. You will have to do this after every level but no biggy. And for the people posting negative stuff GET OVER IT!!! You do know what site you are one right?? Some people dont want to waste lots of time. I did my run tru on easy and just needed the complete the game on hard. TIME SAVER. Thanks for the solution, but you really need to find an updated video to show people.
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By on 31 Dec 2012 13:55
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This has some SPOILERS in it. I tried to mark them all, but there are probably some I missed. If you don’t want to be spoiled, don’t read this. If you want it spoiler-free, here’s a walkthrough. Max out your drill, use every drill tonic, the freezing drill especially, max out Winter Blast to Level 3. That’s my tip in a nutshell for those who don’t want minor spoilers.

If you want to cut time on your playthrough, go for this and the Big Brass Balls achievement, but the Big Brass Balls(completing the game without using a Vita-Chamber) can be unlocked on EASY. BioShock's Brass Balls achievement was added later, and you had to be on HARD difficulty; this is not the case in BioShock 2, although they could always do the same thing for BioShock 2. I was able to get every achievement in one playthrough on Easy except for completing the game on hard(and one easy secret achievement I missed). Trying to do the Big Brass Balls achievement on hard will just make your life a lot more miserable.

Now, my advice when going through this game on Hard is this: don't do the Big Brass Balls achievement. Turn on vita-chambers, if you had them off. (Another note: I unlocked the Big Brass Balls achievement with them enabled, I just never died)

Here are a few MAJOR points to follow:

- I recommend saving your human enemies, and harvesting the little sisters. I did about 10 gathers, for the first 5 Little Sisters. After that, I immediately harvested them, and still had 400 ADAM left over when I finished the game, using my method.
- Don’t be afraid to die! In regular combat, dying isn’t so bad. You’ll just spawn in a Vita-Chamber.
- I beat the entire game without touching any weapons other than the drill and Machine Gun. Which means that it could end up being a heck of a lot easier for you(and it was pretty easy for me as it was).
- Make use of the exploits you can find(such as EVE dispensers, which I’ll mention later).
- The Fountain of Youth tonic, for those patient enough to use it, is IMMENSELY helpful.

Avoid spending money on health, unless you absolutely have to, such as to prepare for an instance you know you can’t die during(i.e. gathers, boss fights). Save often, just in case. You don’t want to get caught in a bad spot, or have to reload the entire area because of a glitch. Gather up as many First Aid kits as possible. Unless you are religious against dying, only use one if you find another one lying around and you are carrying the max. If you die with 5 Health Kits, you spawn in a Vita-Chamber with 5 health kits. I started my hard playthrough trying to spend money on both health and EVE and never had enough money to buy everything else. This will save you a LOT of money for keeping your drill fuel up(for reasons explained later), along with special ammo.

In my playthrough, I maxed out the drill and used the other ammo when appropriate, but the Freezing Drill/Winter Blast Tonic and Plasmid work wonders in taking out Big Daddys, and many other powerful foes, for that matter. As long as you take advantage of the opportunities you’re given, hard mode isn’t very hard at all. Of course, that could be said of any game where you can never really “die”.

On the first level, you have an EVE dispenser. The second level also gives you an EVE dispenser(although I can’t confirm this one is infinite), and where you get Telekinesis, an infinite supply of food and EVE-restoring products(I say infinite, but there may be a limit, I only had 50 or so canned items sitting around before I stopped). On Paupers Drop you can use the drill refill to farm big daddies for money and max everything out. In Siren Alley you can use the slot machines and save/load to max your money out, as the slots aren’t fixed like they were in the first game. ***MINOR SPOILER*** Make sure that before you attack Father Wales you have maxed out your money using the slot machines. If you do, you will be able to fly through Dionysus Park and most of Fontaine Futuristics***END SPOILERS***

Almost every level has some exploit to use to get through it. And really, the game isn’t even that difficult outside of using these.

Another key point to beating the game is equipping the right plasmids and tonics, and making use of the right ones. Outside of using different ones for research, the only plasmids I used on a regular basis were EletroBolt and Winter Blast.
I already mentioned the Freezing Drill Tonic. This is one of the main tonics I used, and (***MINOR SPOILERS***) it’s found inside the hotel, at the back on a body on an altar, in which you confront Grace Holloway on Pauper’s Drop***END SPOILERS***. Another tonic which will be important to use is the Fountain of Youth tonic, found for researching the Spider Splicers completely.

At the conclusion of the game, my tonics were(I’ve purchased all available slots):

Careful Hacker 2
Drill Power 1 AND 2
Booze Hound
Sports Boost
Vending Expert 1 AND 2
EVE Saver 1 AND 2
Thrifty Hacker
Medical Expert
Freezing Drill
Fountain of Youth
Armored Shell 2
EVE Expert
Ice Storm
Drill Vampire
Drill Specialist

Now, understand, everyone is a little different. The drill tonics were my way of playing through. If that’s the way you want to play, this is a great way to do it.
If you’ve been following my advice, upgrading the drill, using the drill power ups, etc, you should have no problems flying through Dionysus Park and Fontaine Futuristics, using the Winter Blast/Freezing Drill combo, then using water to refill everything with the Fountain of Youth tonic.

By the end of Fontaine Futuristics, you will probably be running low on money, and will be in a scrap for it. If you are really desperate, you can farm Big Daddies for money. ***SPOILERS***After finding all four ADAM flowers for Gil, you can repeatedly run over to where the final two flowers were, and a Big Daddy will usually spawn there***END SPOILERS*** Never use anything except a melee and slight Winter Blast….and keep attacking until someone dies. You’ll respawn in a VitaChamber. Run at him and keep attacking until he dies, and drops $50 or so, and repeat until you’re ready. Or, you can just continue on and hope for the best.
Remember, it’s the last level. Strategy for using certain things can go out the door. You’re not going to be needed all that extra ammo you’ve been saving up.

As far as this guide goes, if you’re looking here for help, you’re probably going to want to play the finale as conservatively as possible. Don’t go all Rambo just because it’s the last level. It could land you in serious trouble.

I was worried about the last level. But after farming the Big Daddys at the end of Fontaine Futuristics, and upgrading my Winter Blast, I had my money maxed out before the final Boss Fight, and actually didn’t even need to use it. The ONLY problem you’ll run into in the final fight is having to destroy the pipes, which is harder to do without a gun equipped(one of the tonics greatly reduces amount of EVE used but you can only use the drill). Just use Telekinesis and throw stuff at them until they burst.

Again, I was able to beat the game using only the drill(and occasionally the Machine Gun early on) using this method. It may work for you, it may not. But if you take advantage of the Fountain of Youth, this method will work well for you.
There’s not much else to say, but good luck!
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Thanks bro for the strategy for the hard difficulty. I was kind of worry that it was going to be difficult but i liked the way you put it together, on "a game that you can't really die".
Keep up the good work.
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By AKUMARED on 17 Feb 2010 23:56
Thanks for the guide. I tried doing brass balls at the same time and ran out of resources waaaay too fast.
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By MDFitzSIMMONS on 19 Feb 2010 16:22
Thumbs up man... Awesome work on this one.
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By Onza on 21 Feb 2010 02:50
This method made Hard difficulty very easy, thanks!
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By MantraPolo on 13 Apr 2010 21:26
This did not unlock for me o_0
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By Failure Online on 23 Apr 2011 20:16
I don't know what to tell you, Failure Online. Unless they did something in an update or unless you changed difficulty in game at some point you should be okay. Its been a long time since I did this though, so there may be something I don't remember.
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By Bonkekook on 23 Apr 2011 23:06
Nevermind, I'm just too dumb to pay attention, haha. I was seriously freaking out. I saw Escape unlock, but never saw Against All Odds unlock. I guess it's there, though. Thanks anyways
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By Failure Online on 24 Apr 2011 17:56
Nice guide mate, thumbs up from me
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By Brasshande on 20 Jun 2011 08:01
Once u reach Siren Alley u can do an infinite health glitch. First equip the scout plasmid, then use it at a gene bank and IMMEDIATLY press A. Now replace the scout plasmid by any other.Just equip the scout plasmid, use it at a gene bank and IMMEDIATLY press X. Now you will still be the scout. Note that every time u harvest or adopt a lil sister the glitch is canceled and u need to redo it at gene bank.
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By I 2rue Reaper I on 03 Jan 2012 21:46
beat it in hard no cheevo,wtf?
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By PensFan4Life71 on 10 Jul 2012 22:04
+1

Great tips. Cake once you get to Siren's Alley and used in combination with the Scout glitch:

Solution for Against All Odds In BioShock 2

Notes: Must redo the glitch when changing maps, loading or obtaining ADAM from little sisters or sea slugs--big sisters didn't seem to negate the invurnability.
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By Twincats on 08 Jun 2018 05:32
fountain of youth is awesome. the description is a bit misleading, you have to stand under a waterfall. drips and pools don't activate it.
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By Seeker74 on 10 Jul 2013 20:15
Seeker, you're partially incorrect. Drips don't, but pools do. From the wiki:

When equipped, the player will slowly regenerate health and EVE when in contact with water. This can be from standing under a large leak in the ceiling (flowing water that obscures the whole screen for a moment will heal you; dripping water is insufficient), standing in pools of water, or from being immersed in water while outside of Rapture.
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By Bonkekook on 11 Jul 2013 00:37
Thanks for the great tip with he Scout glitch.
As well as the picking up little sister canceling the glitch I also found that every time I continued to the next level the glitch also stopped. This was never an issue as gene banks are everywhere, just wanted to add that.
Also I had so many upgrades in the end I kept having to upgrade weapons I never used, I also had a lot of adam to spare by the end so I recommend just harvesting all the little sisters instead of getting her to gather for you before you do, this is because when you get her to gather for you the glitch is cancelled and you have to fight legit. So simply by-pass the gather battles and you will still have plenty of adam. You will still get the big sisters turning up now and then when you harvest the little sisters, but simply activate the glitch when this happens so always know where the gene bank is when you are about to harvest the little sisters.
Anyway thanks for all the advice, I got 100% today to go with my 100% on BioShock 1. Next up BioShock Infinate on 1999 mode.
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By Blazing Noble on 26 Aug 2015 00:14
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SPOILER FREE wink
This game is not too hard on the hardest difficulty, but just use basic tips like you would on any other game on the hardest difficulty.

1. Take cover often.
2. Don't be afraid to heal when you have 50% health left.
3. Don't worry about your EVE it will reload by itself.
4. If you die, think about what is about to happen and lay A LOT of traps.
5. Save often.
6. Upgrade the plasmids you are good with, don't waste any on ones you don't use.
7. Optional: Consume the little sisters. (This helps a bunch)
8. Explore every spot in every room, plenty of EVE, health items, and cash can be found.
9. Don't rush, it will only get you killed.

And I think that's about all I can say, so good luck!
Message me if anything was not clear or anything.
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27 Sep 2010 06:15

As the description implies, you must beat the game on the hardest difficulty. It will unlock as the last cutscene before the credits starts to roll, so you have a long journey to go through to unlock it. First and foremost, save often, save smartly. (Just as if you were earning the Big Brass Balls Achievement)

My personal combo for the game is upgrading the Rivet gun fully as soon as you can. Great gun throughout the whole game. As for the second weapon, it's a split between your personal preference of the Machine Gun or the Drill. The Machine Gun will get a lot of ammo from the Leadhead Splicers (Plus it's special -ammo for machines and Big Daddy's rips right through them faster than any of the otehr weapons), but a fully upgraded Drill can cause some serious damage otherwise, and great for closing distances.

Lastly, I'd suggest you work on this achievement at the same time as the Big Brass Balls Achievement. You'll be saving a lot anyways, and it'll take that many less playthroughs to 100% complete it.
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12 Feb 2010 00:27

Save often, especially before gathers and entering new areas.

Make sure to research everything (get the extended reel and the other tonic for research, dump them when you are done researching) and get the research boost tonic (more damage from research). Also get all the weapon upgrades. Upgrade your rivet gun asap, then your shotgun, then your machine gun (lots of ammo around for this gun but it isn't that strong).
Try to line up headshots (maybe get the headshot damage tonic).

Get Winter Blast as soon as you can and make it a priority to upgrade it. This way you can freeze enemies and take no damage.

As far as tonics go... Get all hacker tonics, you can't afford to set off an alarm and you'll need the extra health packs and money from safes. Don't forget the tonics for 1 more healthpack/eve hypo. Eve saver tonics are also a must.
Don't destroy the health machines for that extra pack yet, do so when you really need them and have cleared the area.
Track back when you're out of health packs, you can destroy those machines and get a few.

Before gathers, drop down a few mini turrets and trap rivets, this'll make it a lot easier.
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29 Mar 2010 23:16

By far, the best solution available here for all sorts of players of different skill levels to beat this game on hard, from level 5 onwards, is the "**Tutorial**" one, but unfortunately it's badly written, so I couldn't really grasp it until I read what upindat wrote in the comments of that solution.

Performing this trick will allow you become "invincible" as the original guy described, meaning you will be invulnerable to damage. Unlike he mentions though, you don't necessarily have to see your "ghost" projection to know it worked. Here comes my version of that solution in a more inteligible way:

Make sure you have 40 ADAM credits available when you get to the level called Siren Alley (if you get to this point of the story with only 10 ADAM it can also work IF you collect the 3 sea slugs that are scattered on the ocean at the beggining of this level). As soon as you get to the dry part, watch the fight between the Big Daddy and the Splicers. If the Big Daddy wins (which is more likely) pass through him without picking a fight. At the first Gatherer's Garden machine that you see you must buy the Scout plasmid.

Now, go back to the entrance where you came from the ocean and stand in front of the Gene Bank to switch between plasmids. Before activating it with the A button though, while having the Scout plasmid selected, press the Left Trigger and *almost* immediately press A to enter the Gene Bank screen.

Once there, switch the Scout plasmid for any other available. Press B to get out of the Gene Bank screen and you might be out of your body (just like the Scout plasmid works) or not. In case you are, press B again to go back to your body. Now, let's try and see if the trick worked.

Go on and (save if you want) pick a fight with an enemy. If they shoot or hit you and your health bar doesn't drop, that means it's working. There are only two things, in my experience playing the game, that can disrupt this effect.

You'll stay invulnerable as long as you don't: 1- pick a Little Sister up (you can still kill her Big Daddy) or, 2- after picking one up (and performing the trick again), order her to gather ADAM from a dead body.

Since playing on hard makes you consume more health, eve and ammo, this is a very helpful trick that will demand you to have those 3 things stocked up and ready for combat only when your Lil Sisters are gathering (on those moments you'll naturally be vulnerable if there's no gene bank close enough for you to immediately redo the trick since you can't go too far away from her while she's gathering).

Also, as you'll know, dealing with the last little girl on each level puts you in a major combat. A safe way to prepare for those confrontations is by performing this trick.

It's not difficult at all to perform this trick. Even if you don't get it first try I'm sure you can do it with little practice.

If this solution helped you in any way, give it a thumbs up and leave a comment.
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In addition to what everyone else is saying.This one really is pretty easy compared to the first game because you can use vita chambers. The only time i saved was when i turned the game off, but save as often as you feel necessary. Best thing is to keep max health kits and eve. Dont use a health kit unless you find another or getting low on health. Also be sure to hack every health machine, when you do it sets a trap that splicers and others will use and die. Dont be afraid to spend 9 dollars to refill health after its hacked instead of a health kit. As far as weapons i strongly agree to max out drill and use all drill tonics, including the one that only lets you use the drilll. I did this and it was a breeze. And finally, dont harvest the final little sister in each level until you are about to leave, if you are quick you wont have to fight the big sister. Good Luck
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Caution------- Spoilers------ throughout this, this is how I was able to do it, and I will do my best to give what information I can. and the ---Spoilers start now---

First if your going for the Big Brass Ball Achievement, this won't help. I died several times myself while playing.

I Harvested every Little Sister, but spared the people. At the end of the game I had 190 ADAM left. I bought Health and Eve boosts from each one of the Gatherer's Garden first before buying or upgrading my plasmids.
Plasmids I got and maxed are Electro Bolt, Incinerate!, Security Command, Winter Blast. I left Telekinesis at the first level.

I used the research camera till everything was maxed, it makes the game toward the end, Fontaine Futuristics and on ward, a lot simpler. This will get annoying because you will die, due to lack of health packs or money. I recommend hacking everything, more so the health stations for free health packs and the chance of killing splicers.

As for Weapons, I used and maxed out the Drill, Machine Gun, Shotgun and the Launcher. In Dionysus Park don't use the Power to the People Machine until you have the Launcher. It was a great help in this map and even more so when you have full upgraded it.

Tonics I had at the end of the game were
Sports Boost, Hardy Machines, Eve Link, Eve Saver 1 and 2, Head Hunter, Cure All, Medical Expert, Electric Flesh, Handyman, Fountain of Youth, Natural Camouflage, Eve Expert, Vending Expert 2, Thrifty Hacker, Drill Vampire, Elemental Vampire,Walking Inferno and Booze Hound.

I'm going to strongly agree with Bonkekook on the Fountain of Youth tonic, though it works best along side the Natural Camouflage tonic.

The quickest way I was able to get Fountain of Youth tonic was when putting in the door code* at Siren Alley, when all of the Spider Splicers come out to attack you. You have the use of the turret chair gun and any Mini-Turrets, as well as a Health station at the bottom of the stairs. At the end of all the fighting I was at level 3 and half. It was then maxed when i was protecting my little sister while she was gathering ADAM.
*I didn't go after the code in The Pink Pearl, the door just took the code. But I did visit it for the body that has ADAM.

I hope that what Information I have given will be helpful.

Edit: To the two trueachievement users who gave my solution a negative. Sorry it did not help, would be great to know what issue's you two had with it so a possible fix can done.
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22 Apr 2010 01:16

Finishing the game on the hardest difficulty may be easier for some than others. If you are a fairly experienced with First Person Shooting games you shouldn't have too many issues, but here are a few tips:

  • Take cover
  • Use first aid sooner rather than later
  • Don't be brave, run away if you are overwhelmed
  • Use Vita Chambers (unless you are going for "Big Brass Balls")
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To unlock this achievement you will need to complete the game on the Hardest difficulty. This is not all that hard to do, i completed it from start to finish in 1 session lasting around 10 or so hours. I would recommend doing this on a second playthrough after already getting used to the game on your first and having done all of the miscellaneous achievements so that you can concentrate purely on just finishing the game.

Some general tips, use your Plasmids! The Electro Bolt and Incinerate became invaluable to me, especially for the tougher enemies/bosses. You can shock/stun enemies to buy time to reload and/or collect yourself, and Incinerate is good for damage as well as staggering enemies who are charging you. I also made good use of Hypnotize in the later stages of the game. It is decent for situations where you're in a closed area, and have to defend/kill everyone to proceed. Finally, when you get to the final level and are given the Summon Eleanor Plasmid, that makes the final level extremely easy. Use it constantly, as soon as she de-spawns, use it again.

I would make the effort to kill Big Daddies and take their Little Sisters. Personally i harvested them for convenience this time around having already unlocked all the achievements for rescuing/gathering with them. You will get more than enough ADAM immediately harvesting them to get the necessary upgrades, such as health/EVE and the few Plasmids/Tonics that are useful. So be careful what you buy and don't waste your ADAM on stuff that won't matter too much.

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Finishing the game on the hardest difficulty may be easier for some than others. If you are a fairly experienced with First Person Shooting games you shouldn't have too many issues, but here are a few tips:

  • Take cover
  • Use first aid sooner rather than later
  • Don't be brave, run away if you are overwhelmed
  • Use Vita Chambers (unless you are going for "Big Brass Balls")
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Finishing the game on the hardest difficulty may be easier for some than others. If you are a fairly experienced with First Person Shooting games you shouldn't have too many issues, but here are a few tips:
  • Take cover
  • Use first aid sooner rather than later
  • Don't be brave, run away if you are overwhelmed
  • Use Vita Chambers (unless you are going for "Big Brass Balls")

 

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There is a bug with invulnerability that makes it easier to complete starting from Siren Alley:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZXyfV9hBbc
It flies off when interacting with Little sisters, so in the mission where you need to look for them according to the plot, I chose the harvest. One day all the weapons disappeared but returned at the next upgrade station.
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17 Oct 2017 01:34

Start at this difficulty, unlike the first part, here even the beginning does not cause problems, and as soon as you buy the second level Hypnotize plasmids in Gatherer's Garden, you will get EZ Mode. The third level of the same plasmid, towards the end, will allow you to take Daddies, Alpha versions of Daddies and brute-splicers as assistants, which will make life even easier. Electro Bolt and Command Security are also useful plasmids; it is better to focus your leveling on them, without spending money on garbage like Incinerate and bees. If ADAM remains, you can buy Decoy and Scout.
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28 Feb 2017 00:33

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You need to freeze it carefully, otherwise the enemy will shatter into pieces and you won’t get anything.
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By ruptor123 on 07 Apr 2020 19:45
Upgrade your rivet gun to level 3, the rest of the weapons are optional. Don't forget to take pictures of each enemy and thoroughly examine the premises. I always had a full wallet and nowhere to put the money.
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By redSnake on 21 Feb 2020 10:02
until you get 3 frosts
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By ruptor123 on 11 Apr 2020 17:02
At first, electricity, of course, yes. But somewhere in the middle of the game I discovered another life hack. You find/buy frozen plasmids. And at the same time, you choose all kinds of tonics that enhance the attack with your folder’s mini-drill (melee attack). In addition to this, there will be tonics that greatly reduce EVA consumption. The total formula: Freeze - run up - hit - the enemy shatters to smithereens. I killed all my enemies like this, including daddies, alphas, and big sisters. This style was much easier for me than changing a bunch of ammo for different enemies. Plus, if you shoot, sooner or later you will start to run out of ammunition, and over time, a lack of money. So I would recommend melee with freezing
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By xPLAYner on 20 May 2018 05:45
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