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Helmaroc
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Achievement won on 02 Sep 11TA Score for this game: 282
Posted on 03 September 11 at 03:15, Edited on 20 November 12 at 07:06
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After you beat the game for the first time, you will unlock Insane difficulty. Don't let the name fool you, it really isn't all that hard. You can basically play exactly the same way you did on the easier difficulties. Just note you should probably do most of the side quests again to gain enough experience, because there will be points where you may not be leveled up enough to easily progress through the game. The only hard parts are some of the bosses, such as the one at the Opera Championships, and that crocodile guy at Hel's Half Acre, right before fighting Anti-Spank. For these guys, you should either run away and use lots of grenades or use the orb of invulnerability and start chaining your attacks (which means alternating which weapons you're hitting them with, and not hitting them with the same weapon twice in a row). Anti-Spank becomes especially easy if you stick an orb of invulnerability in front of each arm and his torso and start chaining attacks.
As well, be prepared to die a lot. Luckily, there isn't much of a downside to dying, besides wasting a little time. The enemies always stay dead if you kill them, though they will respawn if you leave the area and come back 10 or so minutes later. Just reflect as many projectiles as you can, and shield bash to stun guys, making life a little easier. I also found using grenades are great for groups of enemies, so that they won't suddenly ambush you and kill you in 5 seconds. Also, every time you respawn after dying, eat the most helpful food, as that will usually put you back to full health.
As well, every time you level up, you will get a choice of hero cards. I would advise focusing on the health increase/resistance or the stun/reflect hero card for the first set of 3, and the damage or the armor/weapons upgrade one, as these will be the most helpful to you during your Insane playthrough, especially the health one.
Those are the best tips I can give you, so good luck. |
Tony Starc
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Achievement won on 14 Sep 11TA Score for this game: 282
Posted on 13 September 11 at 16:55, Edited on 14 September 11 at 17:37
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i tried using tips from the above guide, but i found an easier way to breeze through insane mode. whenever you come across enemies who are a little bit tougher than usual, use a light armor potion and a light "beef up" (purple) potion. with the added defense and attack stats, you should stand a much better chance. since the potions only really increase in duration of the power for more expensive potions, stick with the minor potions. if you run out just transport to the arena outhouse and buy some more. avoid buying nature / speed potions, they're useless imo. save your money for health potions. ALWAYS USE FOOD ITEMS WHEN YOU CAN INSTEAD OF POTIONS. it's always a good idea to go to the arena and buy ~15 food items whenever you level up (you get new food when you level up)
charged shots with your crossbow also can end up doing a ton of damage to enemies you think it wouldn't, try it out.
make sure you always pick extra health/resistance + use armor/weapons 1-2 levels higher when you level up. the benefits severely outweigh the rest of the perks.
the only boss you may have trouble on is the serpent before the final boss. simply use one of each "super/awesome" potion and go to town on him. i beat him at level 18 with no trouble that way using only two health potions.
as far as special weapons go, the drill is probably the best one to use regardless of if it does slightly less damage than another weapon only because of it's area of attack and the fact that it bounces enemies in the air, giving you a free shot or two in the process.
insane mode is nowhere near as hard as i've read using these methods. i've died a handful of times and just hit the casino last night with relatively no trouble, doing minimal sidequests. |
xDevilsMagiic
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Achievement won on 19 Mar 12TA Score for this game: 282
Posted on 20 March 12 at 11:43
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The only problem I had with insane was taking on the serpent, and this was because I was using weapons up close and died about 10 times.
So the easiest way I found to kill it was to run down the dirt road to where Hades is and there should be a bump if you stand behind it, some times every 2nd fire ball will hit the bump.
So all you have to do is shield reflect the fire balls and take every 2nd one it should take around 6 fireballs to kill him each time. |