ZHEROS

I will only talk about the final boss encouter or chapter 3-8 in this guide.

First of all, this achievement glitched on me by unlocking too early. I got this after dying once and then on the next run, during the cutscene where Vendetta powers up, the achievement unlocked. I didn't get any others like "Beat the game as Mike". Those unlocked, as intended, after I defeated Vendetta.

Second, I was not able to defeat Vendetta using conventional means. He turns purple/invincible at random moments after he does his spin move and I was not able to guard block him. So I tried to kill him with the gun only and it worked on my first try. This is not a quick method mind you and it took me close to an hour to pull off. What is nice about this strategy is that it should work on hard difficulty as well because it is not too hard to achieve.

There are 2 main reasons why this works well. For the first half of his health bar, Vendetta is keeping his distance if you don't go close to him. He will not cross the middle line of the map. The only attack he uses is the laser attack which you can easily avoid. Watch the first video for an impression.



So the only thing you do is dodge and wait in the corner for the meter to fill up, dodge the lasers, and then fire the gun when the meter is full. It takes around 25 min until the health bar is halved.

For the second half of his health bar, Vendetta starts to use his meteor attack. This attack can be easily avoided by walking around the map. You do not need to run or roll to evade it. Occasionely, he will use the laser attack. This is annoying because, usually, you cannot see the laser before it hits you. This laser attack is the main reason you will lose health since you can't see the laser most of the time.



Keep walking around the map until the gun is fully loaded and fire it in between the meteor attacks to hurt Vendetta. Repeat until he is dead.

Tips
- Running is not required
- Do not get to close to the corners of the map. Sometimes you can get hit by a meteor if it spawns there.
- Vendetta can do other attacks if you get close to him.
- When Vendetta does his laser attack in the second half, try to get to a position where you can see the laser. Often I had to dodge the first wave on luck/skill and I could anticipate the second wave because I was able to see it.
- You can hear when Vendetta starts his laser attack. Practise this in the first half of the fight when you can see him. In the second half, you usually do not see him start it.
- Loosing health is not crucial. I did the last quarter of the battle without health packs.
- Vendetta's health is higher than the health bar displays on the screen. In the video you can see that I walked to him when the bar was empty as I anticipated that he would be dead. But he wasn't so watch out for that.

Note: I did this on normal difficulty. If I am ever able to reach chapter 3-8 on hard difficulty (I am stuck on 3-1) I will try this strategy on hard and update the solution.