Hydrophobia

Hydrophobia

12 Achievements

5-7h

PS3
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Swept Off Their Feet

Swept Off Their Feet

Swept 3 Malthusians off their feet with water.

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How to unlock the Swept Off Their Feet achievement in Hydrophobia - Definitive Guide

You do NOT need to delete your cache and play offline to obtain this achievement!

From the main menu simply select New Game, pick easy… then speed run through Act 1 (shouldn’t take too long if you’ve played the game before).

In act 2, you can sweep the first 3 (sometimes 4) malthusians.
If you are AT ALL not 100% sure you swept your target... Kill yourself or reload the checkpoint.

It doesn't matter if they are alerted to your presence! Although it might make it harder...
Just make sure they are close enough to the glass before you break it.

This achievement just takes patience, persistence and a little luck, but you can do it! ONLINE!

Good luck!
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14 Mar 2011 22:46

7 Comments
This worked well for me. On easy, they'll fall down even if they've been alerted to your presence, so long as they're directly in front of the glass panel. I was able to get three on the first three guys in Act 2, and the second and third had seen me.
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By M1ght33 J03 on 29 Jan 2012 23:59
I eventually got this online and with the latest patch. I swear I watched about 30 get knocked down during the course of replaying ch 2 and 3 on normal and then going through 1-3 on easy. I was replaying 2 on easy when it popped. It must be setting your counter to zero if you die and no way it's counting multiple playthoughs. Something else is going on. PITA. Thanks Derrock.
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By Recon1O1 on 28 Jan 2013 22:17
With the most recent updates, you can load directly from Chapter 2 and obtain this. It is how I earned it.
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By realCreencia on 16 Aug 2013 22:39
I also st got the achievement online without clearing cache or anything with latest update as of August 2013 its good to get, for me the achievement popped as I respawned from death caused by the enemy grenade blowing up a red barrel that took out the glass panel releasing water tripping the enemy over as i was dying.
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By Nuka Cola Cap on 26 Aug 2013 13:50
I can confirm that this achievement is still obtainable, online, whilst playing on Xbox One. It's just the last two enemies you need in that corridor near the beginning of Act 2 are near panes of glass with not-that-much water behind them, so they actually need to be close to the glass for them to be 'swept'.

A bit shit how it's not cumulative, but at least it's possible.
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By segagamer on 27 Feb 2019 18:21
Use the 3rd act, not the second act. I actually got it first try after years of trying on and off. I got the last guy not knowing the spawns even and he was shooting me next to the glass so I popped the glass and good to go! 360 obviously, next Gen suck
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By sobadnomad on 26 Jan 2022 23:31
Just got it on Act 2! First guy I made fall on one of the two glass windows. Then in another room there are 2 more guys. I just had a checkpoint so I reloaded it when I failed making them fall shooting the windows and after a few attempts I made them both fall one at a time breaking glasses. There is one just in front of you when you decipher the door. If the guy is not spawning in front of the glass, you can reload and hope he does. Then try to make the other guy fall on another glass window further down the corridor were that guy should be just nearby that window glass.
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By MattiasAnderson on 16 Jan 2023 22:48
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Start of Act 2. Take cover and wait near a water filled room then shoot the glass while a Malthusian walks directly infront of it. Do this with the next 2 malthusians aswell. Reloads dont count.

After update:
Start of Act 3 has many Malthusians to sweep.

** Buggy after the new update might take 4-5 or more swept to unlock **
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02 Oct 2010 06:12

5 Comments
If you're really careful and make sure the Malthusians are standing right in front of the glass (don't alert them, let them cycle through their patrol pattern) this will pop. Got it on my second try.

FYI, generally don't recommend external links in your solutions. The collectible guide made sense but this one isn't really necessary.
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By The Globalizer on 24 Feb 2011 07:00
Hi,

I guess we have to do the game from the beginning to access the start of act 2, and get this achievement? Because I tried several times starting directly from the act 2, and there is only one guy walking in the rows. But on Zacry072's guide, the video shows the player starting playing directly from act 2, from the game menu screen, and he doesn't have the electric cables at the beginning and has the 3 ennemies. I do have those cables at the start and only one guy walking...

So, what's the deal? Thank you.
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By vegansound on 09 Apr 2011 03:43
In the update the developers changed alot of stuff. Start of act 3 has many enemies. or you can get it through act 2. alternative play offline without update.
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By StarshadeFPS on 09 Apr 2011 12:17
This worked for me, thank you very much.
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By Skanker irl on 26 Jul 2012 06:55
Thanks for the explanations. I just tried directly from act 3, it took me a few tries but it worked. I had the first guy, but missed the second one. Luckily, there is a checkpoint inbetween, so after I killed myself, the game put me just before the second guy, that I, this time, succeeded to sweep off. And the achievement popped. Certainly because during my first playthrought I already have swept off another enemy during act 1 or 2.

Thanks angain.
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By vegansound on 10 Apr 2011 00:15
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Since i played this game online on the 360, i can't tell how big the difference on the other consoles will be.

After i finished the game, i loaded the 2nd Chapter on Easy Mode. (Didn't have much luck with the 3rd Chapter but this may be a matter of taste)

I gently tapped cn_RT on the first guy with the Sonic Ammo, and kept shooting him until he was next to a glass door.

After i shot him dead (because of the key), i opened the door and kept tapping and running away from the 2 other guys who were hiding in a corner, until they were next to multiple glass doors.

Apparently you don't have to kill them with the water, because they were alive, even after the drowning/bubbles symbol.

Hopefully this will help you out.
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04 Feb 2022 23:56

You need to completely knock down three people with water. Here is a video on how to do it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_4TbQM3AiE
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02 Dec 2012 08:05