BioShock 2

BioShock 2

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Big Brass Balls

Big Brass Balls

Finished the game without using Vita-Chambers.

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How to unlock the Big Brass Balls achievement in BioShock 2 - Definitive Guide

Like sacredskullkid said, the difficulty doesn't matter this time around, so play on what you're comfortable with. I got mine on normal, but you can be all fancy and go for super hard and think you're better than the rest of us or something.

Save the game all the time. Seriously, all of the time. Before you hack something, save it, before you walk through a door, save it, before you send the last Little Sister in a level through the vent (or harvest her, you evil Subject Delta you) save it. Big Sisters only attack after you've "dealt with" every Little Sister in a level, so you know when they're gonna come and you can set up the battlefield beforehand - proximity mines, trap spears, and mini turrets are your friends.

If you happen to have full health and eve, and full first aid and eve hypos, save the game, 'cause who knows when you'll see more, right?

I know it isn't much of a "solution," but if you save the game a lot, you'll have to re-do less if you end up dying somewhere, and that's really all that getting this achievement is about. Good luck!
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01 Mar 2010 18:15

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This achievo works on easy?
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By Sterxy on 07 Aug 2012 20:19
Looks like it. Nice.
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By on 20 Mar 2013 21:49
the ones who goes for this on hard, like me, we r not better than u, u just suck more
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By Anlaqui on 09 Apr 2013 14:59
just wanna add, where you say the big sisters only attack when you deal with the last litte sister, that's wrong, you wanna be saving every time you put on in a vent, i've been attacked on the first in Pauper's Drop and second in Dionysus Park,
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By Lord Von Chimp on 19 Apr 2013 15:17
lol the first Bioshock brass balls achievement is way difficult than this. I just unlocked it on hard today.
Its not that challefing actually, i've finished with a bunch of adam and 675 dollars.
What u need to do is just take the upgrades/plasmids/tonics wisely, save often (you start saving all time but you will slowly getting confidence) and aim for headshots, especally in the beginning of the game.
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By FinalBossBr on 11 Jan 2018 23:56
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Save. Save. Save.
When you die just go back to your last save.
If you save often enough, it won't be so bad.
You'll get use to doing it like I did.
The lower the difficulty you go on the less likely you are to die.

Good Luck!
Feel free to message me if anything was not clear.
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27 Sep 2010 06:26

This can get gotten on easy difficulty and because of this is quite easy. There are only nine levels in the game and many r easy if u know the codes to open doors which saves much time. Paupers Drop=0047 Siren Alley=1919 Inner Persephone=2673
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14 Mar 2010 16:03

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only one code is needed in the game, the last one for inner persephone the other r just xtra stuff
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By Anlaqui on 09 Apr 2013 15:03
The first thing you have to do is to disable Vita-Chambers.
Pause the game and go to Options and Turn ON 'Disable Vita-Chambers' (or something similar). Now play the game normally.
If you die you will come back to the main menu and will have to reload your last save (so save often!).


Please note that every time you load a save you will have to go to Options and disable them (don't forget!). (EDIT: This happened to me in the beginning of the game but for some reason the game 'remembered' my settings and kept Vita-Chambers disabled).
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30 Sep 2010 13:43

In addition to the other solutions above I wanted to add that it is _not_ a requirement to have vita chambers disabled. To obtain the achievement you simply must never _use_ the vita chambers. I started the game and got through ryans amusements, and didn't realize I hadn't disabled vita chambers. At that point I did disable them as to not accidentally use one. So while I recommend you do turn them off, if you already started a game with them on you do not have to restart.
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23 Feb 2012 12:12

Just to be clear, as I was fuzzy on this myself, save games make this achievement a sure thing. If you spawn in a vita chamber, just re load. this will count for the achievement. No need to turn vita chambers off. Just remember to save often.
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07 Mar 2010 00:17

If you have played the first Bioshock you may have attempted this achievement. Unlike the first you can complete the game on any difficulty but you must not use the Vita-Chambers. Start on easy or normal and make your way through the game.

Take your time and avoid as much unnecessary conflict as possible. If you are overwhelmed either take cover or run away and use your health kits when needed.

Note: Once you start the game you can turn the Vita-Chambers off through the option menu. Doing this will stop you from making a mistake and using the chambers. Make sure you save on a regular basis.

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If you have played the first Bioshock you may have attempted this achievement. Unlike the first you can complete the game on any difficulty but you must not use the Vita-Chambers. Start on easy or normal and make your way through the game.

Take your time and avoid as much unnecessary conflict as possible. If you are overwhelmed either take cover or run away and use your health kits when needed.

Note: Once you start the game you can turn the Vita-Chambers off through the option menu. Doing this will stop you from making a mistake and using the chambers. Make sure you save on a regular basis.
 
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To unlock this achievement you will need to complete the game without using any Vita-Chambers. Vita-Chambers act as a place to respawn when you die, so if you do die, you don't lose progress you just respawn. To be sure you unlock this achievement, when you first start your game, go into the options via the button and disable the Vita-Chambers. This ensures that if you die you cannot be respawned in one and void the achievement. This then also means you will be relying on your own manual saving, so if you die you will have to load your latest save, so save very often to not lose much progress.

This achievement can be done on Easy difficulty where you are very unlikely to ever die.

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If you have played the first Bioshock you may have attempted this achievement. Unlike the first you can complete the game on any difficulty but you must not use the Vita-Chambers. Start on easy or normal and make your way through the game.

Take your time and avoid as much unnecessary conflict as possible. If you are overwhelmed either take cover or run away and use your health kits when needed.

Note: Once you start the game you can turn the Vita-Chambers off through the option menu. Doing this will stop you from making a mistake and using the chambers. Make sure you save on a regular basis.

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I don’t know how it is on other difficulties, but when you select the HARD difficulty level at the very beginning, setting it to hard will immediately turn off the reviving capsule. The main thing is not to include it here and there in the settings.
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08 Nov 2017 03:21

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I had it turned on. It's just stupid wording
disable vita chambers - off - this is how it is by default and no matter what the difficulty
so come in as soon as the pause starts and change to disable vita chambers - ON
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By xPLAYner on 20 May 2018 05:47
I would like to give some pretty useful advice, combining this trophy with
Against All Odds, don’t make saves on the same safe, during the battle I encountered a technical problem when there are a lot of enemies, especially big sisters and daddies, as soon as you kill someone and the enemy has not yet fallen dead, don’t save right away, so how the game can freeze while saving with an error and the save will end up being corrupted.
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By PsVano87 on 12 Oct 2018 09:08