Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner HD Edition

In order to get an S rating on this game, all you really need to do is complete it in under 2 hours - I am not certain if rescue missions count here, so you might as well aim high, but if you didn't get the following trophies, this would be the time to get them done as well:



After you beat the game, start a new game on easy with Naked Jehuty. Also, play with all subweapons at the jump. This will make things incredibly easy.

1 subweapon I found to be the most useful was the Homing Missiles. Every boss battle, with the exception of Anubis, took AT MOST 2 hits with this subweapon (most bosses took just 1 ).

Honestly, the most difficult part for me was the Viola A.I./Ardjet fight - Naked Jehuty two hit melees the Infected Ardjet, so if your timing is even slightly off you will kill her in no time at all.

My overall time was 1 hour 36 mins. I also SS ranked both rescue missions, so I am not certain if they really matter at all for the overall ranking (but I am assuming they do).

Questions, correction and neg vote justifications in the comments field below.

EDIT: I just recently discovered while going for the overall A rank that the rescue missions DO contribute to the overall rank. I received an A rank on the first mission (I literally had to destroy a building myself to get it ) and an SS rank on the second (totally by accident, which pisses me off considering I spent quite a while trying, and failing multiple times, to get it done on my S rank run). I also spent a good 2 hours and 40 minutes on the A rank playthrough only to see the S rank at the end.

So I can confirm the following:

- Overall time of less than 2 hours is more like less than 3 hours.
- Rescue missions do count towards overall rank.