The Evil Within

The Evil Within

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It Is What It Is

It Is What It Is

Finished the game without upgrading any skills with green gel.

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How to unlock the It Is What It Is achievement in The Evil Within - Definitive Guide

For this achievement you must play the entire game without using any Green Gel (Apart from in the tutorial section). This will also allow you to New Game+ with tonnes of green gel if you still collect it (I had 350,000+ at the end) which will make getting more achievements later much faster.

You Cannot do this on New Game+

NOTE: On New Game+ you will only be able to select Casual.

For this achievement I picked Casual. This is a no brainer as enemies will still be tricky due to the fact you'll essentially never be able to upgrade your damage, stock or weapons.

Try to pace your ammo between your guns. As a rule you'll only be able to carry a maximum of the following (including the loaded mag):

16 Pistol Rounds
8 Shotgun Shells
2-3 of each Crossbow Bolt
3 grenades
10 Sniper Rounds
12 Magnum Rounds
2 Medkits

I'd suggest working toward the collectibles in the game mainly for the safe keys. These keys will allow you to re-supply ammo and medkits from the safe's you open each time you return to the hospital ward.

You are able to use the Super Medkits, which can be useful to keep for a while unti you need health. This will allow you to heal all damage you have in a pinch.

I wouldn't suggest that most people get a lot of the miscellaneous fighting achievements such as 'Bathed in Flames'. The demon creature known as 'Laura' takes too much of your precious ammo and resources that it may be worth missing until another playthrough. However I myself managed to kill all enemies in the game whilst doing this except the Dog creature 'Sentinel'; so it is possible for the most part.

If you find yourself using too much of an item or not using the best of local environments resources effectively don't be shy with reloading checkpoints. I found it was sometimes worth checking an area after a fight to see what ammo was available to re-stock in order to make later parts easier.

A good technique to kill basic enemies is melee attacks. I'd suggest if you're one-on-one with an enemy to hit him/her once at a time, retreating from their counter and repeating. This saves on ammo and just takes some practice/time.

If you can sneak past/stealth kill an enemy, do it. If you know the enemy can be left alone rather than engaged then always try to evade them.

If you find hatchets or torches, use them! These will insta-kill all smaller enemies.

Don't be too stingy with matches. If you see a group of enemies shoot their legs with a shotgun round and burn the group to save on ammo.

If you see bottles, throw them into enemies' faces and stealth kill them to save ammo.

Stock up a lot of trap parts. If you're fighting a particular boss that's causing you trouble make explosive arrows to help you out. Incendiary arrows are also useful when facing laura, but be warned they cost 5 parts a piece.

Hope this helps guys!
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19 Oct 2014 23:42

18 Comments
so can I get it in New game +?
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By BiathlonLax on 20 Oct 2014 06:47
No you can't. If you upgraded in NG those upgrades carry over to NG+. Even if you don't unlock an upgrade in NG+ your character is still upgraded which voids the achievement.
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By Deadpool 1194 on 20 Oct 2014 07:08
^ Exactly
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By Triple G Andy on 20 Oct 2014 08:52
so basically, if i play casual ng* the highest difficulty i can go up is casual? What about survival.. can i only choose survival or can i go up to nightmare with my perks
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By Da CheekyBrit on 20 Oct 2014 23:15
^ You can only go down, If you beat it on Survival you can put it down to casual but not up to Nightmare.
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By Spakon on 21 Oct 2014 03:40
^Yep
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By Triple G Andy on 21 Oct 2014 12:42
Im not really clear on what you mean. I'm currently playing on survival (first playthrough). Can I still do this after I complete it on survival or is it best to do this on your first playthrough on casual or something?
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By Little 3vil on 25 Oct 2014 13:38
Not too sure about Survival, but i'd suggest doing this task next in order to get the speedrun/upgrade achievements on the Casual NG+
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By Triple G Andy on 25 Oct 2014 22:44
What's the one upgrade from tutorial did u choose.I'm thinking of choosing the sprint one
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By RockCiayton on 26 Oct 2014 20:44
You can't have any, you simply activate the chair for 1000 gel
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By Triple G Andy on 26 Oct 2014 22:40
What's the one upgrade from tutorial did u choose.I'm thinking of choosing the sprint one
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By RockCiayton on 27 Oct 2014 02:46
O ok I get it. Couldn't remember this from survival play through. Will prob start this play through on Halloween for timed challenge aswell
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By RockCiayton on 27 Oct 2014 10:07
If you need to upgrade yourself for a boss fight achievement like "Laura" can you reload the save before upgrading and still get the achievement?
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By Legal Integrity on 07 Nov 2014 04:04
Can't say for sure, haven't seen a test in action =[
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By Triple G Andy on 08 Nov 2014 15:31
My achievement didn't unlock Fml!
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By BeatboxingKing on 08 Mar 2015 21:35
Nevermind you have to start new game plus and it will unlock in the first cut scene. Jeez that scared me. Might want to mention that in your solution.
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By BeatboxingKing on 08 Mar 2015 21:38
Why can't u start a NG+ on a difficulty HIGHER than Causal?
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By nfgmusicPaul on 16 Oct 2017 19:15
Because the NG+ only works for the difficulty you've played already. So if you did this survival it'd unlock NG+ for survival also.
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By Now I Am Death on 09 Jan 2023 14:05
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This one is self-explanatory. The game isn't that much harder without upgrades, but the bosses will pose a scarier threat with your limited ammo capacity. Make sure you aim for headshots on the Haunted. Failing that, legshots. Collect trap parts - i love me some bolts. And remember that tapping X will regain stamina really fast. Stamina was my main problem with this run - remember to release the button before it depletes or Seb will be eaten/beaten before he catches his breath.

The 100 gel you're required to upgrade in Chapter 2 doesn't affect the trophy.
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22 Apr 2015 13:08

This trophy excludes the first upgrade you must take in Chapter 2: Remnants in order to progress. This is the only upgrade you are allowed to take.

The trophy will unlock during the clear screen of Chapter 15: An Evil Within, after the credits.
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You have to play on the lowest difficulty, nothing else. Completing the game without gel on low is the same as completing the game with gel on maximum.
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08 Apr 2016 16:39