The Gunstringer

Welcome to my Video Walkthrough of the achievement Strings of Steel! For this achievement, you will need to beat the game from start to finish without dying to hardcore. So this include : Prologue, Play 1, 2, 3, 4 and epilogue. This must be done in one sitting without going back to the dashboard.

First, i know that my videos that i made looks not so great, especially the first half of them ( because i forgot to put the deinterlace on). But i did what i could with what i had! I just hope that you appreciate them :)

Alright!

What awaits you on hardcore?
More enemies, bullet to avoid and traps! Also, you take twice the damage.The bosses at the end of the play arent much different except that they are a bit more fast. The dragon tho, is a different story! ( See the third tip )

4 IMPORTANT TIPS before you start your playthrough!

1- Find someone with who to play! The game is way more easier in 2 players, it exactly the same except you got 2 guns permanently to defend yourself instead of 1! If you cant find someone tho, dont worry the game is managable alone too.

2- Be sure to master the infinite shoot trick! You can target up to 6 enemies before shooting. BUT when you start shooting, if you target more enemies before the last bullet is shoot, it'll keep shooting until you cant more! You must master this for the last play if you want to be able to destroy the skull walls and the horde of zombies without getting hit!

3- ABSOLUTELY practice the play 3-3 ( Dragon boss fight ) it is the hardest boss in the game and he will KILL you if you come unprepared. So instead of losing hours of your time, before starting your hardcore playthrough, go stage select and do 3-3 on hardcore a few times until you can beat him 3 times in a row without dying. Trust me, if you dont, you will regret it!

4- There is a trick to make this achievement a lot more easier and forgiving! You can restart a stage if you know you arent doing well and that you are about to die. As soon as you get down to 1 heart, say : Xbox Pause, it will pause the game and from there you can restart the stage without risking dying.

(Credit goes to Fall of Zebes & Ham Salad for this tip ) Thanks!



Are you ready!? Launch your game, go in the shop first if you didnt buy the hardcore mode yet. Then start from the prologue and be sure to put hardcore mode ON!

Good Luck!

The first 15 seconds of the video Play 1-1 & 1-2 look weird but it get normal after that.

EDIT: VIDEOS NO LONGER WORK. REMOVED. Beanpotter

Edit: I wrote 2 words wrong

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I just want to add more info about the dragon boss and some tips:



First, I recommend unlocking "Perfectionist" before trying this achievement, and after you unlocked it, try this achievement ASAP. You'll have most of the levels fresh on your memory :)

Second, my native language isn't english, so when I said "Xbox, pause" worked only 10% of the time. so I recommend a wired controller and press the button for pause.

Third, sometimes Kinect recognized my couch as a 2nd player. Mostly of the time you don't need to worry about it, the problem is when you have dual guns. The 2nd player controls the 2nd gun, so you are at a disadvantage when this happens. You need to pause the game in a safe place, go out of the room so Kinect has to recognize you again.

About the dragon:

1- You can use the always useful "trick" to positioning easily: Pause the game, select "resume game" and get your hand in the position you need :) (I used it only on 2 attacks, when the dragon throws fireballs at the top and the bottom (horizontally) and when he throws a lot of fireballs (the only way to avoid it is staying in the middle).

To use this method without problem, grab the controller with the hand that you use to shoot, and when the dragon stop attacking you, change the controller to the other hand.

2- Like Tinyshade said, practice this level a lot. I tried 15 times until I undestand every movement.

3- If I'm not mistaken, the dragon attacks you with fireballs four times before he attacks spitting fire.

4- IMO, when he attacks with fire, is almost the same than on normal difficulty, maybe is more fast.

Good luck with this achievement :)