Gears of War 2

Gears of War 2

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Friends with Benefits

Friends with Benefits

Completed all acts in Co-op on any difficulty

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How to unlock the Friends with Benefits achievement in Gears of War 2 - Definitive Guide

Make sure you don't skip the Training piece at the beginning of the game when going for this achievement. I have heard from several people that they didn't get the achievement and couldn't figure out why. Almost universally they have skipped the training piece thinking they didn't need it and they had to go back and replay the first chapter and take the training.
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18 May 2009 03:00

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Hard to say the training with Carmine is really needed. My friend got the achievement and we skipped the training.
But to be save, better do it anyhow.
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By theblueglueguy on 20 May 2009 08:20
i didn't get this because i skipped the training
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By Needy Game on 18 Mar 2010 13:53
hi there, i dun all the acts including the training stage and it hasnt unlocked... according to the game i have one act left to complete and I have no idea what act, any suggestions?
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By boomalicious on 22 Jun 2010 19:03
I'm going to struggle to get a friend to do this with, can I play Coop locally and leave the 2nd player behind/hidding while I progres to the checkpoints?
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By MadagascAL on 15 Jul 2010 10:41
If anyone is missing a chapter, it may be the one i was missing it is the centaur mission. I thought i did this when i was helping my friend do the insane achievment but i forgot half way through he left. Anyway, i find this one very annoying when some random person is on the turret so i did it on insane solo and after 4 months of trying to figure which one i missed it was this one. So try act 3 Chapter 4 if a chapter is missing
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By oDs I WoLFZz x on 01 Aug 2010 20:02
Finally it unlocked thanks to your tip man! I was so afraid it glitched on me!

For anyone asking if it can be done with a second controller as dummy, I did and it is quite possible to do all the coop by yourself, with the exception of a point or two that needed quick movement of both players, so another set of hands is needed...
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By asmilonGR on 22 Dec 2010 21:05
It finally unlocked!

The first time, I didn't do the training in co-op. Than I did the training and still didn't get the achievement.

Than I started co-op on Act 3 Chapter 2 (the part where you check all the computers to see if the sign match to find Maria...make sure you check all the computers and not just jump to the last one). Than at the end of Act 3 Chapter 4, the achievement unlockecd.

Thanks to asmilonGR for the advice! I thought I had to the do the entire game over again on co-op.
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By LilTmac2003 on 02 Apr 2011 17:10
TY. didn't know what i was missing. forgot to do the training. it took less than 10mins and the achievement popped.
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By PHARREAL87 on 08 Apr 2011 20:36
say that I started doing co-op at around the 4th or 5th chapter in Act 1 and complete the rest of the campaign.... can I go back and do the first 4 or 5 chapters in the beginning or do I have to do the whole campaign over again? May seem like a dumb question because I'm sure I can, but just wanted to confirm...
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By ClaytThaGreat on 08 Jul 2011 07:16
ClaytThaGreat - Yes, you can do that - but make sure you do the training part at the beginning. Many people have actually done the WHOLE campaign and then gone back to do just the training and the achievement pops - you just have to do a bit more - but you'll be fine.
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By S1X DEMON BAG on 08 Jul 2011 07:25
Yep, all by myself and with insane mode on.

But wait no achievement. Oh yeah, like someone said before make sure you save. By that I mean quit to the menu not shutting off in the middle of a chapter. I did that on 5-3. I simply turned off the console in the middle of the chapter and continued from that spot and no achievement. Restarted the chapter and once I got past the part where I shut it off and THEN it popped.
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By bobby trippe on 20 Aug 2011 08:16
I just did the training to be safe, and I got the achievement when I was supposed to.
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By Solario32 on 18 Sep 2011 00:44
A word of warning. I'm currently doing this by myself with my dummy account as the second person and got to chapter 15 (though from what I've read it could happen at any time) where the game then had some problems saving at the last 2 checkpoints...as in hanging up and being really slow to save before I could continue. Started the next chapter and the game/xbox froze. Rebooted. Game froze at the menu when both accounts were signed in. Turns out my dummy account had its profile corrupted. Read more about this problem here: http://forums.epicgames.com/threads/736235-NEW-Screen-Freezi...
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By LoneSt4r1836 on 06 Oct 2012 15:16
I know this is a old games but would eny one be interested doing it co-op with me
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By DAVIDANMOLLY on 23 May 2020 19:03
I will be. Message me.
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By Happy Dog CPH on 09 Jan 2022 10:34
call me
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By MaxCertOnzed on 01 Dec 2023 16:34
Interested. Message me.
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By Ox1893 on 07 Dec 2023 21:31
Looking for help for this achievement GT Mrr GhOoOsT
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By Mrr GhOoOsT on 12 Jul 2024 17:52
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you get this achievement for completion of all chapters in co-op mode on any difficulty.

the best way would be to start with a co-op partner private match and both of you play through together or use public and make sure you have a partner before continuing.

It may also be possible for both players to get the insane achievement if only one is playing on insane mode with the other set to an easier difficulty.
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I don't believe it is possible for both players to get the insane achievement you will get the achievement for what ever difficulty you are playing on. A good tip though is one character on easy runs through and completes whilst the insane character hides behind cover.
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By Elite Hero on 12 Nov 2008 22:33
My brother and I obtained this achievement after being stuck on 28/29 for a while. We tried training Carmine at the start but it still didn't unlock. After starting a new co-op campaign on casual, we both got the achievement during the end of Act 4 Chapter 3 when the game was saving a checkpoint. The advice I would give to people having trouble unlocking this achievement is the following:

-Do the training mission.

-During a co-op session if you quit and continue at another time by loading from a checkpoint, that particular chapter WILL NOT count towards the achievement, you have to start that particular chapter from the start again (Had to find out the hard way by playing the campaign again until the achievement popped up as we did not know what chapter we didn't do fully).

-If you die you get the 'Objective Failed' screen. Here you can load from checkpoint and continue the campaign as long as you don't quit the game (i.e. to the menu, lobby or dashboard) and that chapter will still count (i.e. doing the whole campaign in one go).

-You do not have to watch the cutscenes fully as some people have been saying.
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21 Jul 2011 23:07

I made this almost 100 % solo. My second controller was running with casual and main was on insane. Main controller just hid and second controller ran it like some speed run. Basically it was just button mash.

I had few very annoying parts like carrying the bomb or running away from debris. But I found out that if you log out your second controller when hard part comes in and join back when checkpoint is reached it won't void the achievement - that part still counts as coop. But most of the time you can just leave other controller behind and do speed running.
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