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Your Exceptional Qualities Are Obvious
You have completed Act 5 of Quantum Break.Details for this achievement will be revealed once unlocked
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How to unlock the Your Exceptional Qualities Are Obvious achievement in Quantum Break - Definitive Guide
Ajsween
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19 Sep 2016 02:35
The Act 5 Part 3, The Defeat of Serene:
If you are like me you played the game through in Hard mode and you kept thinking to yourself, "Self, This game is way too easy!" And then came the final and only real boss battle of the game. Nothing like a kick in the nuts to really get your attention. But just in case one kick wasn't enough, the developer was kind enough to mount your family jewels and use 'em as a punching bag. Well thank your lucky stars, you now get to benefit from my experience and learn how to give Paul Serene a couple love taps Harambe style. -------- Once you exit the time machine back to the present with your brother Will you'll be stepping into a rather persistent stutter. Will will be frozen, but a bunch of squishy Chronon suit wearing goons will charge you. Pull out your trusty Carbine rifle (You do have your Carbine rifle, don't you?) and shoot them. Once they are all dead you can walk over and unfreeze your brother and fix the time fracture and call it a day. Sike!
Enter the true enemy of this battle: A one two punch of cutscene meets interminably long loading screen. Just get used to rapidly hitting X and then B so you can sit and stare at a white screen.
Now once past the ominous entrance of Serene, immediately shoot the first guy. Then the next guy. PROTIP: The auto-aim is seriously accurate. Just move your reticle near the guy, hit left trigger, and squeeze right trigger. Every shot, especially if he is moving, release left trigger and pull it again. You will be on target like Chris Kyle. After you do any damage to the second guy the red spots will start. Don't worry about trying to figure out where they are. As soon as things turn red, time dodge away and then keep running. Wait for the explosion and target the next guy. Keep a cycle of taking a shot, waiting for the red lighting and dodging away. Stay along the exterior of the pool. Don't go into the pool recess, it's a death trap.
Once the fourth or fifth person is dead the point of view will focus on a glowing ball of red that indicates the beginning of Serene trying to blow you up. Race to the opposite side using time rush and wait for the explosion to subside. Then head to the front of the room near the entrance and shoot Paul once. If you wait too long he'll set off another explosion.
One shot of any kind that reaches him, (I tried shooting from the far side of the room with an assault rifle and it did not damage him) is enough to move on to the next phase.
I like to position near to the entrance for a second reason, the new baddies come from the entrance and the door to the right if facing the entrance. Quickly dodge and take two of the squishier ones down with the Carbine making sure to constantly reload from the knapsacks. There will be a really tough machine gunner. Save him for last. There isn't a time limit so carefully time your attacks after a red spot burst.
Once it's only the machine gunner just throw a time stop in front of him and unload with the Carbine. Rinse repeat and maybe a time shield and Carbine for good measure. Just make sure you shoot the guy right after a red spot burst and then give yourself time and space to rush away. The machine gunner has a field that will cancel your powers. Don't let him get close. Now here's the key. Kill him near one of the room's corners.
Once he is dead Serene will set off an explosion near you at that corner. Run to the opposite side (longways). Then when the explosion goes off Paul will do the same again. Run to the opposite side. Then because it worked so well the first two times, he'll do it one more time, ya know, because threes a charm. And you will knowingly run again to the opposite side. Now, and this is important... Shoot Paul.
Congratz on your awesome achiev!
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I'm reading this guide having had exactly the same experience as you Ajsween. Thanks for the suggestions.
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By frenchmau5 on 05 Oct 2018 09:25
This achievement didn't unlock for me. (May 2023).
Also, when you've cleared the room of enemies, Paul does this weird bomb thing. You will know as your camera turns to focus on some glowing red ball that spawns (usually) right near you.
Just run to other side of the pool hall. After it goes off and you're in the clear, take a shot at him where he is standing, up above the machine.
The enemies come in a second wave, clear them (Carbine is a beast here) and then Paul does the bomb attack again, three times. Afterwards, just shoot the prick and be done with it.
Final encounter took me a handful of tries on my first playthrough, was on Normal mode originally.
When I did my Hard run I simply used what I learned and completed it successfully on the first attempt.
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