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Unhinged achievement in Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition

Unhinged

Complete the game on One Life Difficulty

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  • LifeExpectancyLifeExpectancy
    11 Mar 2016 11 Mar 2016 03 Feb 2020
    Wanted to give you guys everything I know about this (which is mostly obvious if you've tried it).

    Note: Some users have reported that pressing A before the end dialogue is complete stops the unlock. Just in case, don't press anything until the ach unlocks or you are sent back to the main menu after finishing Mt Horu.

    NOTE: If you die and the game starts you back at the beginning, quit out and delete that save file before re attempting this. If a death registers on an attempt that save file will never be able to unlock the achievement so it is important to start a new save file before continuing.

    1. Yes, you can save your game, so it doesn't have to be done in one sitting.

    2. You cannot make a backup of your save like the other modes. If you try, it just moves it.

    3. You dont have to be online when you finish the game. This is hit or miss though. If you finish the game offline and this doesn't unlock when you reconnect, try closing the game and deleting the reserved space. Don't delete your player data, just the reserved space. Then relaunch the game while connected to live and see if that pops it. If not, you may have to re-do it, or at least re-complete the final escape while online.

    4. If you're struggling, play offline until you've made 10-15 minutes of progress. Reconnect to live, save your game, then close the game and re-launch it. Load your game and save once more (to ensure your save syncs with live). Go offline again and try to make some more progress. If you die while offline, just delete your local save file (and the 1gb of reserved space, just in case). Reconnect to live and launch the game to re-sync with the older save file on live, then go offline to try again. I have confirmed that this method works.

    5. If you happen to die while connected to live, pause IMMEDIATELY when you die, before the game over/retry screen comes up. Dashboard and delete your save data and the reserved space. Launch the game and re-sync with live, and if you're lucky you'll have the last synced data instead of starting over. See Razorpriest's comments below for confirmation that this *can* work.

    6. Try to do this legit, even if you cheese it for the achievement. There is nothing more satisfying than completing this game on One Life mode without dying, without using any crutches.

    Successful run starts at 1:34:30.

    And just for extra reference material, a 100% completion speedrun on One Life. smile

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    LifeExpectancyYes you need to do it from game management not the in-game file manager. Make sure to delete console only bc if u delete everywhere your cloud save goes byebye.
    Posted by LifeExpectancy on 16 Oct 23 at 18:42
    justinman114I will try that tonight and remark my findings here, that was probably my mistake. I don't remember seeing an option for deleting from console only vs everywhere but I will check again. Thanks for your quick responses! I don't mean to fill up the comment wall here haha
    Posted by justinman114 on 16 Oct 23 at 19:37
    LifeExpectancyNo worries mate good luck!
    Posted by LifeExpectancy on 16 Oct 23 at 23:08
    justinman114Alright I got it to work, it had to be because I was deleting it from the menu lmao. I am taking extra precautions to make sure the server save sticks, other than that I should be good. Gonna start this playthrough tonight! Thanks again man and great guide!
    Posted by justinman114 on 17 Oct 23 at 00:17
    LifeExpectancytoast
    Posted by LifeExpectancy on 17 Oct 23 at 01:15
    ChickenBalls NZJust got this today. Like others I also cheesed this unfortunately. I played the original and this one back-to-back so I kinda wanted to just be done with it. To the point, I did the method you mentioned at section 5, but I found that it only worked when I deleted the save data on console and KEPT the reserved space. I only mention this as you say in your solution that your supposed to delete both, when doing so may screw you over.
    Posted by ChickenBalls NZ on 29 Oct 23 at 08:22
    LifeExpectancyThanks for pointing that out. My concern was the reserved space "holding" the death.

    For me it worked by deleting reserved space on both dummy accounts I tested it on, but perhaps a patch has changed things slightly.
    Posted by LifeExpectancy on 29 Oct 23 at 12:45
    el FrenoxJust finished one life mode and i've unlocked supersonic and immortal too
    Posted by el Frenox on 26 Dec 23 at 20:51
    Darth SiJust to confirm for others I completed last chase sequence offline and as soon as I got to the end and was sure I’d made it ( the bit where Ori runs through the burning tree and falls where it’s out of your control ) I paused went to the dashboard went back online and carried on - there are 2 short walking sequences where you can’t die and then once the final cut sequence started it unlocked together with the no dying achievment
    Posted by Darth Si on 08 Feb at 07:36
    RagnarokSOTUI did the offline save method and can confirm it works. I went online after the last chase sequence was completed and unlocked this along with beating the game without dying, beating the game under 3 hours, and beating the game without using any ability points.
    Posted by RagnarokSOTU on 11 Mar at 05:21
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