The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope
30 Achievements
1,000
20-25h
The Odd Couple
Maximized Angela and John's Relationship Details for this achievement will be revealed once unlocked
50
4.71%
How to unlock the The Odd Couple achievement in The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope - Definitive Guide
- In "Confrontation" when playing as Angela, do not go with John into the fog. I know, you would think that would be the right choice to increase their relationship, BUT the other option actually gives you a bigger boost. Selecting the opposite of going into the fog will give you a 2nd dialogue option where you need to pick for Angela to say that it's about time John did the right thing. It doesn't matter what you say to Daniel after this though.
- Again in "Confrontation", do not say you don't want to go into the town and then obviously side with Andrew over Taylor about if they should split up or not.
- In "Off Track", DON'T get the gun as Andrew. This is to make sure you don't accidently kill Angela later.
- In "The Crossing", have John agree to go across the bridge first and then reassure Angela that they'll get her across. Later on in this chapter after the flashback, make sure NOT to tell Angela what happened in the flashback or you'll lose points with her.
- Now make sure Angela survives the bridge attack and then later also manages to escape into the sewers as she obviously needs to be alive for later.
- This step doesn't have to do with John or Angela, but is important. In "Pursued", do not pick up the knife as Daniel. The reason for this is that both Daniel and Taylor need to die in this playthrough to get a hidden boost between John and Angela later in the game. You can get Daniel and Taylor killed at the same time in "Low Point", which is what I'll cover next.
- In "Low Point", you'll automatically get a increase between John and Angela when everyone is reunited. If you didn't grab the gun earlier, you won't even have an option to shoot her, but if you decided to take the gun anyway, then don't have John tell Andrew to shoot.
- Later in "Low Point", you'll be playing as Andrew and find both Daniel and Taylor being attacked by their demons. Select to help Daniel and fail all the QTEs until he dies. Because Taylor doesn't have the knife to protect her, she will also automatically die. This is another point where just not having the gun is safer because I'm not sure if it'll mess anything up here.
- In "Ruined", while right outside the factory before going in, John will talk with the group about his plan. First select the left option and then select the right option about stopping Mary. This will make Angela chime in about how she agrees with the plan and gain an increase in their relationship. This increase is not possible if Daniel and Taylor are still alive for whatever reason, so this is why we needed to kill them.
- Finally, in "Heavy Burden", after the flashback you'll be switching between Angela and John and this is where the achievement should unlock if you do everything right. Have Angela be reassuring to John and tell him to hurry up rather than leaving him behind. As John, complete the first two QTEs against his demon. You'll then switch to Angela, complete her two QTEs as well. When you switch back to John after that, fail this QTE. This will cause the sledgehammer to be knocked away by the demon. You'll then switch to Angela again and will have a QTE to throw the sledgehammer back to John. The increase here will be what finally pushes their relationship to max and earns the achievement.
This will take some careful planning, and with the proper set up, will likely come as part of a partial playthrough after saving everyone. I recommend you do the following steps as part of your Save Everyone playthrough, so you won't have to go back and do this part again.
- Early in the game, be supportive of John going into the fog (do not go into it with him; telling him to be careful and staying behind actually increases the relationship more), and say he did the right thing when Andrew talks to Angela about it.
- Choose to go with John and Andrew into town when everyone splits up.
- As John, reassure Angela that they'll be safe.
- After the flashback on the bridge, don't tell Angela about seeing her dead double (just let the timer run out).
- Once Angela returns to the group after escaping her monster in the sewers, there should be a relationship increase and it should say "Angela expressed relief that she was safely reunited with Andrew and John"
Now you can finish your Save Everyone playthrough. Once you're done, go back to the Low Point chapter, and you'll be playing through the rest of the game again, following these steps:
- As Andrew, choose to save Daniel first, but fail all of the QTEs. Next fail the QTEs for saving Taylor (this may be optional)
- During the flashback in Reflections, where Andrew's double isn't sure how to proceed, choose to blame Mary.
- When you reach the factory in Ruined, pick the Impatient dialogue choice, and then the following Heart choice.
- Finally, when John is attacked outside of the ruined house, have Angela stay to help John. Complete John's first two QTEs, and then complete Angela's two QTEs. When it switches back to John, fail the QTE, and then as Angela, throw the hammer back to John.
This should be enough to get you the trophy (thanks to Azedrun and KHDelBoy for this method).
Having received all the advantages from the above and not received any disadvantages, the trophy will drop before the last battle ends.
It's a choice to kill Angela in the dark or not.