Spec Ops: The Line
50 Achievements
15-20h
In Your Face
Kick an enemy by vaulting over a cover.
31.1%
How to unlock the In Your Face achievement in Spec Ops: The Line - Definitive Guide
The setup seems intentional, like the designers WANTED you to do this one here.
Also this description is spoiler free, so as not to ruin the story.
There stands (or will come to stand) insurgent which is probably in perfect position to kick in the face slow-mo style. I personally missed him by an inch but I would swear it's possible (unless you prove me wrong).
But I didn't give up. In this room there's a wide u-shaped table before an another jump-through window to the subsequent area. And behind it (and in a flames of raging fire) I found my kick-in-your-face-achievement-guy. And so can you.
Simply vault over the cover in front of you, knocking the soldier over the side. This can almost be considered story-related, however you can kill the solider without kicking him. If you somehow miss this, reload the checkpoint and try again, and if you forget and move passed this point, select this chapter in the chapter select.
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This happens when you vault over cover (using ), and an enemy is on the other side of it. This will make your character kick the enemy. This may be hard to get on the harder difficulties as most of your battles will take place at range, but there are a few places you will be able to get it. You can always revisit chapters on lower difficulties once you beat the game.
A notable place to get this is during Chapter 10. There will be a cutscene where one of the bad guys has one of your partners at gun point. After the cutscene, go forward and you will see a soldier on the other side of a barricade with his back to you. Mount the barricade, press to vault over, and you will kick him right over the edge. The level is set-up specifically for you to do this.
Vaulting over cover in this game works similarly to how it works in the Uncharted series (and pretty much every other third-person shooter). You can either take cover at a “chest high wall” by pressing , once you’re in cover and there is an enemy on the other side of your cover point press to vault the cover and kick the enemy. Or you can approach a chest high cover point and press to vault the cover and kick an enemy.
There are not many opportunities during campaign to get this trophy. When you do get an opportunity this move isn’t necessarily practical or particularly smart while playing on the higher difficulty settings, unless you feel like dying and restarting the checkpoint.
But one great place to get this trophy is during chapter 11. After a cut scene you will approach a balcony where your squad is being held captive. As you approach the balcony you’ll see some sand bags and an enemy standing with his back to you. Vault these sand bags by pressing and kick the clueless soldier off the balcony and unlock your trophy.
Or you can use the method FLIPADELPHIIA used in chapter 2.