Dead Space 3
58 Achievements
1250
EA Play
Aren't You Thankful?
Complete the game on Hardcore Mode.
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29.03%
How to unlock the Aren't You Thankful? achievement in Dead Space 3 - Definitive Guide
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Not a solution but helpful.
Once you have the Devil Horns unlocked from completing Classic mode, you will need to disconnect from xbox live. Delete your cache to get rid of the update, then start up the mode you want to play, get to CH. 3 access the bench on the Roanoke the Devil Horns will be there. Make a save after collecting them resign into xbox live update the game and carry on in SP or CO-OP.
Once you have the Devil Horns unlocked from completing Classic mode, you will need to disconnect from xbox live. Delete your cache to get rid of the update, then start up the mode you want to play, get to CH. 3 access the bench on the Roanoke the Devil Horns will be there. Make a save after collecting them resign into xbox live update the game and carry on in SP or CO-OP.
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No idea why this has negative votes, it worked perfectly. This should be at the very top.
By SpoolinChaos on 18 Feb 2013 03:30
no vote yet but what purpose does the devil horns do and how does this affect the Hardcore playthrough?
By NINja277 on 22 Feb 2013 06:01
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another way to make your life easier while playing this mode, is after you make your save to take a break, make a second copy to a USB drive.
here is a video that explains it alittle more. not my video. credit goes to nAaTeGaming
here is a video that explains it alittle more. not my video. credit goes to nAaTeGaming
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This was the first thing I asked myself; is this possible? And it is, so you get a thumbs up :)!
By Nocturno Lupo on 08 Feb 2013 08:20
does it work if you save it on your cloud save file???
By lMORGMANl on 09 Feb 2013 14:08
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After playing this difficulty there are only a few things you need to be aware of compared to standard difficulties:
1. Back-up your save data on either a USB memory stick or Cloud storage (remember if using cloud storage, disable it during playing or it will sync to your hard-drive save. This invalidates your save data if you die).
2. Watch out for instant-kill areas and quick time events (QTE's). Although the QTE's are easily done don't get distracted when they're nearby. Some areas may slip you up if you rush such as chapter 14's gassing rooms, 16's spinning fan blade, and especially the falling rocks/stasis areas when scalling the icy mountains in chapter 13.
3. Play the other new game+ modes first as you'll get a good feel for the levels and enemy spawns. You also get packs of equipment etc for completing modes like Pure Survival or collecting the collectables.
4. Skip all optional missions as they'll only slow you down.
5. Stick to one weapon (plasma cutter, evangelizer or something similair) and keep upgrading it.
6. Upgrade your armour and health as soon as you can.
7. Take regular save breaks for your USB (I did it from Chapter 8 the beggining to the arrival at Tau Volantis, Chapter 14 and then the beggining of Chapter 19 (in-case the flying objects of death hit me). You can save more than this if you're not very confident you'll do everything fine.
8. Sell unused weapon parts (i.e. attatchments, upgrade circuits & handles). You'll want the extra resources.
9. The enemies known as 'Feeders' (starved looking agile ones) are a pain as they usually attack in large groups. Later in the game they also become a dark shade of black with red eyes and are very difficult to kill as they cannot be dismembered. Headshots work wonders, but if you only use 1 gun in the game you might consider also buying a contact beam for your second gun as its secondary fire mode which shoots the ground. This when upgraded with damage and fire rate is great for feeder swarms.
10. Learn to use the combat roll effectively. By double tapping the LB you'll perform a combat roll. When rolling, 9 times out of 10 you'll negate any damage so it's very useful if a necromorph has the jump on you and is about to attack. You can also chain rolls for certain scenarios such as dodging bullets from Danik's gunships, or simply distancing yourself from a swarm of necromorphs.
11. Save up your ration seals till you get 60, always sending your bots out to get resources from resource spots (you'll hear a noise chime). You can then go to a bench, select downloadable content (Y button) and buy an Epic weapon & resource pack with the seals (X button).
1x Epic pack contains:
240 tungsten
800 semiconductors
2000 scrap metal
400 somatic gel
200 transducers
2x Weapon parts
NOTE: People have mentioned in many ways how it is more efficient to buy the smaller packs. If you REALLY want to get lots of resources you can instead buy smaller packs to have earlier access to upgrades etc. However it is by no means essential for this difficulty.
Lastly remember to back-up your saves (which I highly reccomend). Even if like me you don't actually die during this difficulty mode, if you don't back-up your saves you could get killed by a jammy enemy or QTE.
(V Sully posted a great tip for a useful weapon in the comments):
1. Back-up your save data on either a USB memory stick or Cloud storage (remember if using cloud storage, disable it during playing or it will sync to your hard-drive save. This invalidates your save data if you die).
2. Watch out for instant-kill areas and quick time events (QTE's). Although the QTE's are easily done don't get distracted when they're nearby. Some areas may slip you up if you rush such as chapter 14's gassing rooms, 16's spinning fan blade, and especially the falling rocks/stasis areas when scalling the icy mountains in chapter 13.
3. Play the other new game+ modes first as you'll get a good feel for the levels and enemy spawns. You also get packs of equipment etc for completing modes like Pure Survival or collecting the collectables.
4. Skip all optional missions as they'll only slow you down.
5. Stick to one weapon (plasma cutter, evangelizer or something similair) and keep upgrading it.
6. Upgrade your armour and health as soon as you can.
7. Take regular save breaks for your USB (I did it from Chapter 8 the beggining to the arrival at Tau Volantis, Chapter 14 and then the beggining of Chapter 19 (in-case the flying objects of death hit me). You can save more than this if you're not very confident you'll do everything fine.
8. Sell unused weapon parts (i.e. attatchments, upgrade circuits & handles). You'll want the extra resources.
9. The enemies known as 'Feeders' (starved looking agile ones) are a pain as they usually attack in large groups. Later in the game they also become a dark shade of black with red eyes and are very difficult to kill as they cannot be dismembered. Headshots work wonders, but if you only use 1 gun in the game you might consider also buying a contact beam for your second gun as its secondary fire mode which shoots the ground. This when upgraded with damage and fire rate is great for feeder swarms.
10. Learn to use the combat roll effectively. By double tapping the LB you'll perform a combat roll. When rolling, 9 times out of 10 you'll negate any damage so it's very useful if a necromorph has the jump on you and is about to attack. You can also chain rolls for certain scenarios such as dodging bullets from Danik's gunships, or simply distancing yourself from a swarm of necromorphs.
11. Save up your ration seals till you get 60, always sending your bots out to get resources from resource spots (you'll hear a noise chime). You can then go to a bench, select downloadable content (Y button) and buy an Epic weapon & resource pack with the seals (X button).
1x Epic pack contains:
240 tungsten
800 semiconductors
2000 scrap metal
400 somatic gel
200 transducers
2x Weapon parts
NOTE: People have mentioned in many ways how it is more efficient to buy the smaller packs. If you REALLY want to get lots of resources you can instead buy smaller packs to have earlier access to upgrades etc. However it is by no means essential for this difficulty.
Lastly remember to back-up your saves (which I highly reccomend). Even if like me you don't actually die during this difficulty mode, if you don't back-up your saves you could get killed by a jammy enemy or QTE.
(V Sully posted a great tip for a useful weapon in the comments):
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Whoa whoa whoa, tip 11 sucks. You want to spend your ration seals on the 30 packs not the 60 ones. You get the same amount of resources but a better chance at more MK V parts (60 pack = 2 tips + 50% chance at 3rd, 2 * 30 packs = 2 tips + 50% chance + 50% chance which is basically a free chance at another part). Also ration seals are almost completely random (they aren't dependent on the high yield points), so if you are low on resources you can just sit in a room and place your bots until you get enough for a resource pack.
By fallouthirteen on 13 Feb 2013 04:05
Whatever works for you man, I just got it for the resources. 'Sides they're not THAT essential, more of a helpful boost near the mid point of the game.
By Triple G Andy on 13 Feb 2013 12:03
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Hello everyone
UPDATE 1 - It seems that the Games on Demand version of the game makes this method not possible according to the comments. Since this game is part of GwG, be cautious that this method may not work
I thought i would create a guide for this achievement that takes into account every single persons solution. This is my attempt to create a guide for people getting the achievement after the current patches and Awakened DLC and potentially using the Devils Horns in hardcore so lets begin.
Hardcore mode in this game is very different to hardcore mode in Dead Space 2 because in this game a death will wipe your save completely while in Dead Space 2 you had 3 saves. The big trick in making hardcore mode a joke relates to the use of a external hard drive or thumb drive to back up your save. At any point during your hardcore run you can save and quit and copy over your save to a secondary memory unit. It is highly recommended to save at the beginning of each chapter as you never know what might happen. I died multiple times in my run just by glitchin through the floor and dying.
I DID MY RUN IN WITH THE DEVILS HORNS EVEN AFTER COMPLETING THE AWAKENED DLC some people have been saying that the patch associated with the installation of Awakened DLC removes any chance of using the devils horns in Pure Survival and Hardcore and this is FALSE! . I did my run on Hardcore with the Devils Horns after playing the Awakened DLC and this is how i did it by following these steps:
1. Delete the Awakened DLC from your xbox hard drive
2. Completely clear your system cache (go to hard drive and press y to bring up device options and clear system cache)
3. Move (not copy!) any save files you have in your Dead Space 3 folder to your external hard drive to ensure a clean save (i tried it without this step and it wont recognize my hardcore save when i played offline)
**any rewards you earned from from clearing classic or pure survival will still appear even though those save files do not exist on your xbox hard drive
4. start game up and decline the update
5. Run through the game offline on casual with the devils horns (it took me 4 hrs to run through the game)
6. After clearing the game, start a hardcore save in new game+. (you will know it worked when it gives you the popup that you have the devils horns available to you at the Ronaoke)
7. Get to chapter 3 to get your first opportunity to get to a bench
8. Beat hardcore in offline mode as reinstalling the patches will prevent the hardcore save from showing up so do it offline
It took me a total of 4:53 minutes to clear the game in hardcore using the devils horns.
It is highly recommended that you save this difficulty for last as the rewards from pure survival (as resources content pack that contains over 1000 somatic gel and around 300 of the other resources) makes upgrading your rig early on a possibility. I personally had fully upgraded health bar and 3/5 armour upgrades by the end of chapter 3.
I hope that this guide can prove a cumulative approach to this achievement and can be used by everyone. If you have any questions just leave a comment below and i will answer immediately as i would love to help.
Happy hunting gamers!
UPDATE 1 - It seems that the Games on Demand version of the game makes this method not possible according to the comments. Since this game is part of GwG, be cautious that this method may not work
I thought i would create a guide for this achievement that takes into account every single persons solution. This is my attempt to create a guide for people getting the achievement after the current patches and Awakened DLC and potentially using the Devils Horns in hardcore so lets begin.
Hardcore mode in this game is very different to hardcore mode in Dead Space 2 because in this game a death will wipe your save completely while in Dead Space 2 you had 3 saves. The big trick in making hardcore mode a joke relates to the use of a external hard drive or thumb drive to back up your save. At any point during your hardcore run you can save and quit and copy over your save to a secondary memory unit. It is highly recommended to save at the beginning of each chapter as you never know what might happen. I died multiple times in my run just by glitchin through the floor and dying.
I DID MY RUN IN WITH THE DEVILS HORNS EVEN AFTER COMPLETING THE AWAKENED DLC some people have been saying that the patch associated with the installation of Awakened DLC removes any chance of using the devils horns in Pure Survival and Hardcore and this is FALSE! . I did my run on Hardcore with the Devils Horns after playing the Awakened DLC and this is how i did it by following these steps:
1. Delete the Awakened DLC from your xbox hard drive
2. Completely clear your system cache (go to hard drive and press y to bring up device options and clear system cache)
3. Move (not copy!) any save files you have in your Dead Space 3 folder to your external hard drive to ensure a clean save (i tried it without this step and it wont recognize my hardcore save when i played offline)
**any rewards you earned from from clearing classic or pure survival will still appear even though those save files do not exist on your xbox hard drive
4. start game up and decline the update
5. Run through the game offline on casual with the devils horns (it took me 4 hrs to run through the game)
6. After clearing the game, start a hardcore save in new game+. (you will know it worked when it gives you the popup that you have the devils horns available to you at the Ronaoke)
7. Get to chapter 3 to get your first opportunity to get to a bench
8. Beat hardcore in offline mode as reinstalling the patches will prevent the hardcore save from showing up so do it offline
It took me a total of 4:53 minutes to clear the game in hardcore using the devils horns.
It is highly recommended that you save this difficulty for last as the rewards from pure survival (as resources content pack that contains over 1000 somatic gel and around 300 of the other resources) makes upgrading your rig early on a possibility. I personally had fully upgraded health bar and 3/5 armour upgrades by the end of chapter 3.
I hope that this guide can prove a cumulative approach to this achievement and can be used by everyone. If you have any questions just leave a comment below and i will answer immediately as i would love to help.
Happy hunting gamers!
Boss Kowbel
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While not an actual guide, this glitch warrants mentioning and does work on the Xbox 360 version.
At any point in Dead Space 3, you can set a scavenger bot down on a high yield resource gathering point. Save and Quit, then run right back to the exact same high yield resource gathering point and set another scavenger bot down for additional high resource gathering!
With infinite resources, create dozens of large health packs, stasis modules, and ammo stacks to boost your advantage over those frostbitten necromorphs.
In addition to this bug, at the end of Chapter 8, there's a special door that has its own glitch. No need to sit around for 10 minutes waiting for your bots to work. Follow the video* below to find this special door that always generates a random item every time the door closes.
You can also come back to this same door at the end of Chapter 9 after you fix your RIG and no longer have to worry about the cold temperatures.
Exploiting this glitch can make completing the game with one life much easier, but note that enemies also respawn, so stay well-stocked.
*Posted with creator's permission
At any point in Dead Space 3, you can set a scavenger bot down on a high yield resource gathering point. Save and Quit, then run right back to the exact same high yield resource gathering point and set another scavenger bot down for additional high resource gathering!
With infinite resources, create dozens of large health packs, stasis modules, and ammo stacks to boost your advantage over those frostbitten necromorphs.
In addition to this bug, at the end of Chapter 8, there's a special door that has its own glitch. No need to sit around for 10 minutes waiting for your bots to work. Follow the video* below to find this special door that always generates a random item every time the door closes.
You can also come back to this same door at the end of Chapter 9 after you fix your RIG and no longer have to worry about the cold temperatures.
Exploiting this glitch can make completing the game with one life much easier, but note that enemies also respawn, so stay well-stocked.
*Posted with creator's permission
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Not a actual solution, but a great tip if you want the easiest playthrough possible: do Pure Survival (PS) before Hardcore mode.
The rewards you receive from beating PS DO carry over to Hardcore mode unlike Classic modes reward. If you do not know what you get from PS, you basically get a instant boost to all of your resources in various numbers (I got around 350 or so Tungsten, but over 1k gel) and Mk II version of practically every part in the game.
So as soon as you get to the Roanoke you can build pretty much anything instead of having to wait to get the parts available. This obviously is a massive benefit, not only because it makes the beginning of the game very easy, but also because the Mk II parts are all around great and you don't need to get Ration Seals to get them.
With all of those parts, you shouldn't have much difficulty at all and the only thing to truly worry about is the segments of the game where you can get instant killed.
The rewards you receive from beating PS DO carry over to Hardcore mode unlike Classic modes reward. If you do not know what you get from PS, you basically get a instant boost to all of your resources in various numbers (I got around 350 or so Tungsten, but over 1k gel) and Mk II version of practically every part in the game.
So as soon as you get to the Roanoke you can build pretty much anything instead of having to wait to get the parts available. This obviously is a massive benefit, not only because it makes the beginning of the game very easy, but also because the Mk II parts are all around great and you don't need to get Ration Seals to get them.
With all of those parts, you shouldn't have much difficulty at all and the only thing to truly worry about is the segments of the game where you can get instant killed.
RimonX
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Hello
I recently got the achievement so I decided to post my strategy
A few items to be tackled before I start:
• I played the Gamespass version, thus no USB stick method
• You can do his achievement via co-op
• Coop revive on this mode is DISABLED
• If you are the host, you can start doing the achievement coop, and the continue solo if your partner drops
• From your RIG, only upgrade: Health, Armor and Stasis
• I suggest completing the Pure survivalist mode before, since this one will provide an initial boost of materials
• I also suggest you get Mass Effect 3 before you start (Available on Gamepass), start a game and save it, this will unlock a suit for DS3
• Do not do any optional mission
• Make use to deploy the Scavenger bot, whenever you have the chance
• Always keep a good amount of health and ammo
• I bought the following DLC: Witness the Truth Pack & Bot Capacity Upgrade
Here is my basic strategy tips:
• Take your time
• Do not let your health to become yellow or below
• If you feel that you had a bad fight, or if get overwhelmed by enemies, just leave the game and enter again
• Use a YouTube video to help you with the easy kill sections on the game
Level tips:
Prologue: N/A
Chapter 1: You will get a lot of items, more than the ones you can pick up, make sure to keep the medium health packs instead of the small ones, also be careful with the QuickTime event (Press A) at the end of the level
Chapter 2: Be careful with the last section of the level, since you will be flying through space: take tour time, do not use boost and use a video as a reference so you can avoid the obstacles
Chapter 3: As soon as you reach the bench make sure to equip or create the best weapon available
Chapter 4: As soon as you reach the Suit kiosk, equip any other suit, this will unlock the maximum item capacity. Do not boost on the fan section, take your time. When you reach out the transport go to the Brusilov since, there will be a room with some helpful resources
Chapter 5: Make sure to stasis + break legs of the regenerator every time you fight it
Chapter 6: Go to the Mid section and take the items of the room located at the left before you continue with the main path. Be careful with the fire sections. If you shoot the regenerators and their legs do not break, just statis them and run
Chapter 7: N/A
Chapter 8: N/A
Chapter 9: I suggest creating any type of force gun as your secondary weapon, since this will be handy with the Feeders (Skinny enemies). Also make sure you have statis packs for your fight with The Snow Beast, since his push can be repeated so fast that you can easily die
Chapter 10: for your fight with the drill: shoot it as soon as possible (Yellow thing in the middle) and avoid being touched by it (Instant kill)
Chapter 11: Watch your back when you are fighting the Stalkers (Running things) since they can attack you from behind sometimes. Also make sure you have stasis pack for your second fight with The Snow Beast, since his push can be repeated so fast that you can easily die. Keep good ammo and health for your trip to the interior of the Nexus
Chapter 12: make sure to avoid the punches from the Nexus and also make sure to shoot the 4 yellow things on its mouth
Chapter 13: make sure you have statis pack for your final fight with The Snow Beast, since his push can be repeated so fast that you can easily die. Use any video to get help with the climbing sections, since these are one-hit kills
Chapter 14: make sure top destroy the Cyst (Enemies on the wall) every time you see them. Also be careful with the laser section, take your time
Chapter 15: Do not touch the fire, upgrade your Kinesis so you can pick up and throw back the missiles you will get shoot from 2 corners, also keep health at 100%. Watch your back when you are fighting the Stalkers (Running things) since they can attack you from behind sometimes
Chapter 16: make sure to kill Crawlers (exploding babies) from a good distance. Also kill the soldier on the climbing down sections, as soon as possible
Chapter 17: make sure so dodge and stasis the Alien Necromorphs, since they can easily kill you. Take your time with the flying section, do not use boost
Chapter 18: take your time with the flying section, do not use boost. make sure top destroy the Cyst (Enemies on the wall) every time you see them. Also be careful with the climbing section, keep a good amount of stasis packs. make sure so dodge and stasis the Alien Necromorphs, since they can easily kill you
Chapter 19: I highly suggest using a video for this mission, since there are many easy deaths. take your time with the flying section, do not use boost, move fast on this level, sin the level itself can kill you, when you reach the Bench and Kiosk, make sure to have you bets gear / weapon and items, since after that the final battle will begin. For the final battle do not leave the platform, since going to far from it will automatically kill you
After completing the last level, wait for the achievement to pop after the last cinematic
And that’s it! You are ready for the Remake and /or Spiritual Sequel
I recently got the achievement so I decided to post my strategy
A few items to be tackled before I start:
• I played the Gamespass version, thus no USB stick method
• You can do his achievement via co-op
• Coop revive on this mode is DISABLED
• If you are the host, you can start doing the achievement coop, and the continue solo if your partner drops
• From your RIG, only upgrade: Health, Armor and Stasis
• I suggest completing the Pure survivalist mode before, since this one will provide an initial boost of materials
• I also suggest you get Mass Effect 3 before you start (Available on Gamepass), start a game and save it, this will unlock a suit for DS3
• Do not do any optional mission
• Make use to deploy the Scavenger bot, whenever you have the chance
• Always keep a good amount of health and ammo
• I bought the following DLC: Witness the Truth Pack & Bot Capacity Upgrade
Here is my basic strategy tips:
• Take your time
• Do not let your health to become yellow or below
• If you feel that you had a bad fight, or if get overwhelmed by enemies, just leave the game and enter again
• Use a YouTube video to help you with the easy kill sections on the game
Level tips:
Prologue: N/A
Chapter 1: You will get a lot of items, more than the ones you can pick up, make sure to keep the medium health packs instead of the small ones, also be careful with the QuickTime event (Press A) at the end of the level
Chapter 2: Be careful with the last section of the level, since you will be flying through space: take tour time, do not use boost and use a video as a reference so you can avoid the obstacles
Chapter 3: As soon as you reach the bench make sure to equip or create the best weapon available
Chapter 4: As soon as you reach the Suit kiosk, equip any other suit, this will unlock the maximum item capacity. Do not boost on the fan section, take your time. When you reach out the transport go to the Brusilov since, there will be a room with some helpful resources
Chapter 5: Make sure to stasis + break legs of the regenerator every time you fight it
Chapter 6: Go to the Mid section and take the items of the room located at the left before you continue with the main path. Be careful with the fire sections. If you shoot the regenerators and their legs do not break, just statis them and run
Chapter 7: N/A
Chapter 8: N/A
Chapter 9: I suggest creating any type of force gun as your secondary weapon, since this will be handy with the Feeders (Skinny enemies). Also make sure you have statis packs for your fight with The Snow Beast, since his push can be repeated so fast that you can easily die
Chapter 10: for your fight with the drill: shoot it as soon as possible (Yellow thing in the middle) and avoid being touched by it (Instant kill)
Chapter 11: Watch your back when you are fighting the Stalkers (Running things) since they can attack you from behind sometimes. Also make sure you have stasis pack for your second fight with The Snow Beast, since his push can be repeated so fast that you can easily die. Keep good ammo and health for your trip to the interior of the Nexus
Chapter 12: make sure to avoid the punches from the Nexus and also make sure to shoot the 4 yellow things on its mouth
Chapter 13: make sure you have statis pack for your final fight with The Snow Beast, since his push can be repeated so fast that you can easily die. Use any video to get help with the climbing sections, since these are one-hit kills
Chapter 14: make sure top destroy the Cyst (Enemies on the wall) every time you see them. Also be careful with the laser section, take your time
Chapter 15: Do not touch the fire, upgrade your Kinesis so you can pick up and throw back the missiles you will get shoot from 2 corners, also keep health at 100%. Watch your back when you are fighting the Stalkers (Running things) since they can attack you from behind sometimes
Chapter 16: make sure to kill Crawlers (exploding babies) from a good distance. Also kill the soldier on the climbing down sections, as soon as possible
Chapter 17: make sure so dodge and stasis the Alien Necromorphs, since they can easily kill you. Take your time with the flying section, do not use boost
Chapter 18: take your time with the flying section, do not use boost. make sure top destroy the Cyst (Enemies on the wall) every time you see them. Also be careful with the climbing section, keep a good amount of stasis packs. make sure so dodge and stasis the Alien Necromorphs, since they can easily kill you
Chapter 19: I highly suggest using a video for this mission, since there are many easy deaths. take your time with the flying section, do not use boost, move fast on this level, sin the level itself can kill you, when you reach the Bench and Kiosk, make sure to have you bets gear / weapon and items, since after that the final battle will begin. For the final battle do not leave the platform, since going to far from it will automatically kill you
After completing the last level, wait for the achievement to pop after the last cinematic
And that’s it! You are ready for the Remake and /or Spiritual Sequel
yewjhin, mullinavat
Hardcore mode is unlocked after completing the game once on any difficulty. The difficulty is set to Hard, and players who die will be sent back to the beginning of the game. Apart from bonus rewards, DLCs, and the Dead Space Legends suit, nothing else carries over and you'll start the game from scratch. If you are using the Devil's Horn exploit, the game should be a walk in the park for you - see Epic Tier 4 Engineer trophy for details.
The game will autosave periodically and players who need a break may save and quit, then resume the game from their last save, provided they did not die. The game will automatically wipe your progress upon detecting that the player has died, and you'll have to restart at the beginning of the game. If you are playing in Co-op with the Partner Revive option turned ON, you or your partner will have a short window of time to revive the other if he/she is down. If your partner dies for whatever reason while you are still alive, his progress will be wiped cleaned but your progress will not be affected, and vice versa.
With the implementation of autosaves, coupled with the fact that the save files are not locked, this allows you to manually backup your save files to a USB drives and restore them to your PS3 in the event you die. As long as you make it a habit of backing up your save files frequently, you will lose little progress even if you die or encounter glitches.
1. Plug in a USB drive into your PS3. It must be FAT32 formatted, not NTFS - use any PC to format it.
2. On the XMB, select Saved Data Utility
3. Locate your Dead Space 3 Hardcore save file, press 
and select copy to USB drive.
Knowledge and experience of the game plays a crucial part in ensuring your survival. Knowing where enemies spawn, how many of them, and how to deal with them tips the odds heavily in your favor. It is not necessary to complete any Optional or Co-op Missions unless you desire a certain weapon part from that particular mission. It is best to save time and avoid these altogether.
If you are not adversed to utilizing exploits, the Devil's Horn exploit and the Invisible Door/Elevator Barrier trick and you will find the game a walk in the park. Details of these exploits and other survival tips can be found in the Hardcore Guide.
What weapon you use is up to you, but here are my preferences. I place emphasis on keeping my enemies at bay using High Fire Rate weapons with Stasis Coated bullets attachment, and a Rocket Launcher just for emergencies. Combining these weapons with my Stasis Module gives me time to aim for dismembering limbs.
Weapon 1: Evangelizer (From Limited Edition Online Pass bonus)
Frame: Heavy Elite Frame
Upper Tool: Military Engine
Upper Tip: Evangelizer Directed Ejection Field
Lower Tool: Military Engine
Lower Tip: Evangelizer Conic Dispersal
Attachments: Stasis Amplifier, Stasis Coating
Circuits: Emphasis on Damage, Fire Rate then Clip Size and Reload
Weapon 2: Bullpup Rifle + Rocket Launcher (Self-Crafted)
Frame: Heavy Elite Frame
Upper Tool: Military Engine
Upper Tip: Rail Accelerator or Repeater
Lower Tool: Survey Charge
Lower Tip: Directed Suspension Field
Attachments: Safety Guard, Stasis Coating
Circuits: Emphasis on Damage, Fire Rate, then Clip Size or Reload Speed
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The advice does not claim to be original, but if someone hasn’t guessed it and can’t get through it without some tricks, then you can use one interesting method. The trick of hardcore is that you can’t die at all, otherwise you start the game again, but what’s interesting is that you can exit it and save, and then continue further. So, this is the point, after the first passage, I think you have noted the most difficult places for yourself, just before this difficult place we save and exit. We take a flash drive, format it in the box for a memory card and copy the hardcore save onto it, then go into the game and continue playing, if you suddenly kill it - no problem, exit, replace the save with the one from the flash drive and go through again, the main thing is not to forget to save .
There is also a funny thing in the game with resources, there are many places where resources appear endlessly, you just need to move away a little and come back, here is one of such places https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oty1...yer_detailpage
All this is, of course, a mess, but it’s still better than starting the game from scratch for the 50th time, especially if in chapter 18 you were stupidly killed.
There is also a funny thing in the game with resources, there are many places where resources appear endlessly, you just need to move away a little and come back, here is one of such places https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oty1...yer_detailpage
All this is, of course, a mess, but it’s still better than starting the game from scratch for the 50th time, especially if in chapter 18 you were stupidly killed.
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You can ALSO play in co-op with the same trick with a flash drive and saves, but with a trusted partner.
And it’s not particularly difficult to play like this, I personally only died in chapter 13, when you need flattery over a rock, a bit of a glitch place. In general, play carefully.
And it’s not particularly difficult to play like this, I personally only died in chapter 13, when you need flattery over a rock, a bit of a glitch place. In general, play carefully.
By ogannes4ik on 12 Feb 2013 00:23
in chapter 13, where there is a climb up the rock, you need to stock up on stasis and by this moment its duration should be pumped up to the maximum, since there are 2 rocks and an elevator cage where there is a jamb with jumping over
By Gvinpin on 24 Mar 2018 20:18
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Why go to chapter 8, the same can be done in chapter 1, in Isaac’s hut, there is a spray on his bunk, we take it and go out, things on the bed will appear every time the door is opened. The main thing is that the doors close all the way, you don’t need to run to the bed for every thing, they accumulate on the bed, in general, open the door, close it and until you feel like a cosmic Batman.
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Today, several years later, I completed the passage on hardcore and survival! 
The cheat run with the glove is still relevant today, we go through the game on the classics, get horns, remove the patches, turn off the Internet, go into the game, enjoy! 
The cheat run with the glove is still relevant today, we go through the game on the classics, get horns, remove the patches, turn off the Internet, go into the game, enjoy!
By Alexkloss on 15 Sep 2017 01:33
In the game I encountered a very unpleasant bug several times at the very end of the game, when after flying to the final boss and landing on the platform where the final battle takes place, this very platform, after Isaac gets up from his knees and begins to say his line, simply disappears and Isaac falls down and dies. At other difficulty levels, this bug goes away by itself, since after death the hero respawns immediately on the platform, but on Hardcore this will not work, because death means passing from the very beginning of the game. If you also experience this glitch, you need to have time to press pause in the same split second when the platform disappears from under your feet, but before the falling animation begins. If you have time, wait a few seconds until the platform appears in the background again and exit the pause menu. Isaac will stand above the platform, after which a falling animation will occur for a few seconds and then Isaac will again teleport to the platform and the final battle can continue.
By A_D89 on 20 Nov 2015 13:11