Marathon: Durandal

Marathon: Durandal

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VidMaster

VidMaster

Punched all switches, played on Total Carnage and never ever left a single Bob alive.

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How to unlock the VidMaster achievement in Marathon: Durandal - Definitive Guide

That´s the hardest achievement in the game. But you will get a neat gamerpic for getting this.

You have to:
Play on Total Carnage.
Kill every BoB in every level.

You may not:
Activate (pressing A) switches. You have to punch/grenade/rocket-launch 'em.

You can do this in Co-Op too. That´s easier cause you can start of from the middle of the game (Level 18, The Big House, chapter Blake) and with 2-4 players it´s easier to kill the hard enemies.
Good luck and have fun! ;-)
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10 Feb 2009 18:01

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That's peculiar. Perhaps you should play online or play with your main account while your guest account sits back.
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By Thund3RChild on 26 May 2011 12:42
does it count if the BoB get killed by enemies or do we have to kill them all ourself?
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By V0CALICMAX on 20 Jun 2011 14:36
I'm curious to hear the answer to the last question and also want to point out to KkWalker that this achievement has the icon which denotes "a new save file is required if the achievement is missed". I can't confirm that but just a heads up.
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By NJDuke007 on 08 Dec 2011 14:06
@Vocalicmax:
I suppose, as long as the BoBs are dead, it counts. No guarantee!
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By Thund3RChild on 08 Dec 2011 16:22
How difficult is it to kill every bob? - I imagine it's easy to not notice you've missed one, rendering the whole play-through a failure...
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By euclid river on 21 Oct 2012 18:56
What does the gamer pic looks like?
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By MIL5Y on 26 Oct 2012 09:52
It looks like the achievement-icon. It is not very difficult to forget a BoB, as they are marked with green dots on the map.
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By Thund3RChild on 26 Oct 2012 15:23
thanks mate.. i was just curious haha!!
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By MIL5Y on 27 Oct 2012 03:45
I meant it is not very easy to forget a BoB or not very difficult to find every BoB, whatever rows your boat.
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By Thund3RChild on 26 Nov 2012 17:54
FYI, the fake BoBs (exploding, bleed yellow) are not necessary. Only the real humans (bleed red).

After Level 18, there are only 3 levels with real BoBs: God Will Sort the Dead, My Own Private Thermopylae, and Where the Twist Flops. Thermopylae has a BoB tucked away near the upper right corner of the map. The rest of the BoBs are easy to find as long as you are careful about covering the whole map. Also, they show up as blinking blue dots on the map, though this is also the case for the fake BoBs.
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By MathGuy42 on 22 May 2013 14:53
Seriously do this in co-op, it's crazy fun.
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By Tarvu on 28 Jun 2013 22:18
Anyone still looking to team up to get this achievement?
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By SiN SHOOT2KILL on 25 Feb 2014 14:34
just for clarification because i was completly clueless.
Switches are the Yellow flip switches that have red text.
I am not sure if Health stations are ok, but in the final lvl you HAVE to use the purple one to get through the lava.
Like the solution says, there are only 3 lvl that habe real bobs. I found it quit confusing because there is another lvl with bobs, but those are the fake ones that are not relevant for tha achievement, so its ONLY the one that are bleed red.
You have to Complete all 10 lvl´s before the achievement unlocks, it does not unluck after "Where the twist flops"
If found this link https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/xbox360/941993-marathon-durand... very helpfull just in case someone will need any help with this achievemnt.
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By kugelblitz22 on 16 Jun 2022 22:23
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There are three criteria for unlocking this achievement:

1. All bobs, aside from evil bobs, have to be dead or have teleported out before you end a level

2. Every switch that you use needs to be either A) Punched with fist, B) Shot with Assault Rifle's Grenade, or C) Shot with fusion pistol. DO NOT USE/ACTIVE THEM NORMALY, NEVER EVER. To press is not to punch.

3. The difficulty must be set to "Total Carnage".

There are also three different ways that you can go after this achievement, each with its own pros and cons.

1. You can simply start a single player game, set the difficulty to "Total Carnage" and play through by yourself. The major advantage to this approach is that you're able to save your progress, quit whenever you like, and pick it up later. The downside is that Total Carnage is very challenging and you'll be taking it on alone.

2. You can find up to seven other players and play a co-op game on Total Carnage difficulty. The only real downside to this approach is having to coordinate a time with everyone else because you cannot save in co-op games, so you'll need to play the entire thing in one sitting. The upside is that you have unlimited respawns for everyone and you can choose to start a co-op game on Level 18 (The Big House), so you'll only have to play levels 18-28, instead of the entire game. Note that if one player accidently activates a switch manually, it only invalidates the achievement for them, not for everyone in the game.

3. You can play a split-screen co-op with a second controller and a spare account. This approach allows you to start your game at Level 18 and have unlimited respawns, but you still cannot save, so you'll have to beat it in a single sitting. This is a great approach if you don't want to coordinate with a group or you have to play offline. Just play through the game with the spare account and leave your main account sitting at the spawn point. That way, if you mess up and activate a switch manually, it won't prevent your main account from getting the achievement.
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01 Apr 2012 21:57

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Shocked that this isn't the top solution.

1. All bobs, aside from evil bobs, have to be dead or have teleported out before you end a level
This is critical info. I thought I had to shoot all BoBs before they teleported out due to how the other solutions phrase it (as in, they tell you that you have to kill BoBs). Thanks for clearing this up.
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By ProfJuh on 05 Feb 2022 14:26
'Punched all switches, played on Total Carnage and never ever left a single Bob alive.'

I suggest getting a large group, search the message boards, and playing as a guest.

When you play as a guest, you don't ever have to worry about accedently not punching a switch, so long as you don't play your non-guest account, this can be easy.

Use http://marathon.bungie.org/spoiler/m2/
for getting through the levels help
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10 Jul 2009 22:31

There are three criteria for unlocking this achievement: 

1. All bobs, aside from evil bobs, have to be dead or have teleported out before you end a level
 
2. Every switch that you use needs to be either A) Punched with fist, B) Shot with Assault Rifle's Grenade, or C) Shot with fusion pistol. DO NOT USE/ACTIVE THEM NORMALY, NEVER EVER. To press  is not to punch.

3. The difficulty must be set to "Total Carnage".
 
There are also three different ways that you can go after this achievement, each with its own pros and cons.
 
1. You can simply start a single player game, set the difficulty to "Total Carnage" and play through by yourself. The major advantage to this approach is that you're able to save your progress, quit whenever you like, and pick it up later. The downside is that Total Carnage is very challenging and you'll be taking it on alone.
 
2. You can find up to seven other players and play a co-op game on Total Carnage difficulty. The only real downside to this approach is having to coordinate a time with everyone else because you cannot save in co-op games, so you'll need to play the entire thing in one sitting. The upside is that you have unlimited respawns for everyone and you can choose to start a co-op game on Level 18 (The Big House), so you'll only have to play levels 18-28, instead of the entire game. Note that if one player accidently activates a switch manually, it only invalidates the achievement for them, not for everyone in the game.
 
3. You can play a split-screen co-op with a second controller and a spare account. This approach allows you to start your game at Level 18 and have unlimited respawns, but you still cannot save, so you'll have to beat it in a single sitting. This is a great approach if you don't want to coordinate with a group or you have to play offline. Just play through the game with the spare account and leave your main account sitting at the spawn point. That way, if you mess up and activate a switch manually, it won't prevent your main account from getting the achievement.
 
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