Streets of Rage 2
12 Achievements
200
6-8h
Kill Jet
You defeated Jet and reached Stage 3 -- with Game Settings set to Hardcore.
30
How to unlock the Kill Jet achievement in Streets of Rage 2 - Definitive Guide
Of course, after selecting "Single Player" and "New Game", change the "Game Settings" from Normal to Hardcore. Since you will be playing on Hardcore, this means you will have 1 continue and the difficulty will be set to "Hard". This is good reason for you to make liberal use of the instant save feature. Save often - after every stage, boss, GO! checkpoint or enemy. However necessary you find it depending on your personal skill level.
Reach the end of Stage 2 to face Jet who is, appropriately enough, flying around via jetpack. You will also be bombarded with a crowd of bald thugs mostly named Donovan that appear to be there for a Vin Diesel look-alike contest... and to beat your ass. Use the classic beat 'em up trick known as the "Zig-Zag Technique" (see my Golden Axe "Perfect Win" guide in my soultions in the link below) to take out these baldies.
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Eventually they'll stop spawning and you'll be left mano y mano with Jet. Jumpkicking him works not only to hit him as he hovers, but as a way to rack up easy points for the "800,000 pts. on Hardcore settings" achievement. Time your jumpkicks and he'll eventually go down. If he kills you, reload your save and try again.
Select new game with the game settings as Hardcore, you cannot increase the number of lives. I would recommend doing this trophy while going for the High Score trophy rather than doing it separately. Use the save function to your benefit here. Save when you do well through a section and have good health. Save prior to the boss and with each successful attack.
Try to keep Jet at distance and jump kick when the boss flies towards you. Watch out because if you get too close he will either do a flying kick that knocks you down or worse, he will grab you which takes off a lot of health. Axel is again effective here with grand upper (double tap towards enemy and then press ). Use the save game tactic to your advantage on this boss.
You'll be getting this on your way to "High Score". Check that acheivement description for an additional strategy to defeat Jet. Prior to the fight, try and collect the extra lives and accumulate enough for about 3-4 lives by the time you get to the fight. Watch out for her goons and the second jet character called Tomcat. One of the best ways of taking these flying characters out is by letting them fly across the screen, jump kicking them, back off and then rinse and repeat.
**Something that will help for the "High Score" and "Kill Jet" achievements is that you can save at any time during the game, so save it constantly. Even after every group of enemies, it may take a while but will make this easier.
If you just can't get this, you can always resort to the trick outlined in the Roadmap.