Spec Ops: The Line
50 Achievements
15-20h
A Man of Action
Play it loose.
37.0%
How to unlock the A Man of Action achievement in Spec Ops: The Line - Definitive Guide
For this achievement, you are going to want to save him and shoot the guards before they kill him. This you will get this achievement once the fire fight is over and you have moved on to the next area. The game will checkpoint so you will need to replay chapter for the opposite decision
You will be on a balcony and be given two choices, go right to save Gould or go left and save the civilians.
For this trophy choose to go right and save Gould. This is Lugo's path.
The trophy will not pop until after you have killed all the enemies and triggered a checkpoint, so you have to do a second playthrough for the opposite choice.
This is a decision based trophy. At the end of chapter 7 you will have to choose whether to save Gould or the civilians. You get this trophy if you attempt to save Gould by shooting at the executioners. You must finish the level after stopping the execution in order to unlock this trophy. So be prepared to fight about 20 enemies and a Heavy. The trophy pops at the end of the chapter.
Use this video by FLIPADELPHIIA for reference if you need any more help with this trophy.
During Chapter 7, you will come to a point where three soldiers are beating up Goul. You have to decide whether to let him die and sneak out of the place, or step in and shoot the guards, causing a big fire fight.
For this achievement, you are going to want to save him and shoot the guards before they kill him. You can have to continue through the area and kill all the enemies before the achievement unlocks. The game automatically saves after your decision, so you will have to get the achievement for the other decision using chapter select, or another playthrough.
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZ4hXh6_DN0