No Stranger to Danger Achievement
I've been playing the game "Max: The Curse of Brotherhood" this week. It's a fun (and at times frustrating) little platformer with some decent puzzles. I've had a good time with it and earned the last of its achievements earlier today.
That last achievement was probably the most difficult: "No Stranger to Danger". For this achievement you need to defeat the villain Mustacho, who has taken over your kid brother's body and grown it to ten times its normal size, and do so without dying and respawning. This means that if you fail, you need to restart the level.
I recommend running the level a couple of times before trying for the achievement in order to get a feel for the rhythm of the battle. Use your checkpoints and figure it out.
The battle has two major phases.
PHASE ONE: RESTORE POWER
In the first phase, you need to restore power to the mind transfer device. You will first need to avoid Mustacho's pounding fists. Throughout the battle, he will pound the ground three times and then set up to swipe across the stage to kill you. This "Pound Phase" is the same every time -- three pounds and a swipe -- though the hands used change depending on the situation. If you watch my video, you will get a feel for how to avoid getting pounded. Note that I'm leading Mustacho, pretty much picking which hand he will use for each pounding.
Once the first Pound Phase has gotten to the swipe, jump on either exposed earth pillar spot, quickly build the pillar and jump to the wall. For this first time, it doesn't matter which earth pillar you use, left or right, but probably only one is exposed. Immediately whip out your marker and blast a fireball into Mustacho's face when you get on the wall. Now step onto the water spot and draw a water column up to the ladder at the top of the screen. You will get a quick prompt to draw a branch to use as a lightning rod. Draw the rod and you will be thrown to the ground.
Run around through another Pound Phase up to the swipe. Again, as Mustacho prepares for the swipe, get on either earth spot and ride a pillar up to the top. Jump on the wall and prepare to put another fireball in Mustacho's ugly gob. Now draw a vine from the power source to the closest node. Toss another fireball at Mustacho and then complete the circuit on that side with the second vine. You will again be thrown to the ground.
Run around a third time through a Pound Phase up to the swipe. This time go to the other earth point where we will again be connecting nodes. As before, ride the earth pillar and jump to the wall. Fireball, vine, fireball, vine and get thrown to the ground. Now we start Phase 2.
PHASE TWO: DEFEAT MUSTACHO
We start out with another Pound Phase, and the steps we'll take repeat three times without any alteration if you follow my steps exactly. (You can see how it works in the video.) I'm going to enumerate each step.
The second phase starts with Mustacho pounding the stage with both hands. He will then use his right hand to start the Pound Phase.
The video below shows how I popped the achievement. Note that it is from an Xbox One Game DVR recording, so the achievement notification will not be displayed.
That last achievement was probably the most difficult: "No Stranger to Danger". For this achievement you need to defeat the villain Mustacho, who has taken over your kid brother's body and grown it to ten times its normal size, and do so without dying and respawning. This means that if you fail, you need to restart the level.
I recommend running the level a couple of times before trying for the achievement in order to get a feel for the rhythm of the battle. Use your checkpoints and figure it out.
The battle has two major phases.
PHASE ONE: RESTORE POWER
In the first phase, you need to restore power to the mind transfer device. You will first need to avoid Mustacho's pounding fists. Throughout the battle, he will pound the ground three times and then set up to swipe across the stage to kill you. This "Pound Phase" is the same every time -- three pounds and a swipe -- though the hands used change depending on the situation. If you watch my video, you will get a feel for how to avoid getting pounded. Note that I'm leading Mustacho, pretty much picking which hand he will use for each pounding.
Once the first Pound Phase has gotten to the swipe, jump on either exposed earth pillar spot, quickly build the pillar and jump to the wall. For this first time, it doesn't matter which earth pillar you use, left or right, but probably only one is exposed. Immediately whip out your marker and blast a fireball into Mustacho's face when you get on the wall. Now step onto the water spot and draw a water column up to the ladder at the top of the screen. You will get a quick prompt to draw a branch to use as a lightning rod. Draw the rod and you will be thrown to the ground.
Run around through another Pound Phase up to the swipe. Again, as Mustacho prepares for the swipe, get on either earth spot and ride a pillar up to the top. Jump on the wall and prepare to put another fireball in Mustacho's ugly gob. Now draw a vine from the power source to the closest node. Toss another fireball at Mustacho and then complete the circuit on that side with the second vine. You will again be thrown to the ground.
Run around a third time through a Pound Phase up to the swipe. This time go to the other earth point where we will again be connecting nodes. As before, ride the earth pillar and jump to the wall. Fireball, vine, fireball, vine and get thrown to the ground. Now we start Phase 2.
PHASE TWO: DEFEAT MUSTACHO
We start out with another Pound Phase, and the steps we'll take repeat three times without any alteration if you follow my steps exactly. (You can see how it works in the video.) I'm going to enumerate each step.
The second phase starts with Mustacho pounding the stage with both hands. He will then use his right hand to start the Pound Phase.
- As soon as you see Mustacho prep his right hand to start the Pound Phase, run right. Do not enter the earth circle, though.
- As soon as the first pound happens, run left and run all the way into the earth circle on the left side. Be sure to enter the earth circle. THIS IS CRITICAL. If you don't run far enough to the left, then Mustacho's swipe hand will end up in a position where your marker will glitch against the background artwork in such a way that in step 5 you will not be able to hit the hand with a fireball.
- While you are running, Mustacho will pound twice with his left hand.
- As soon as the last pound hits, run back toward the center, but stop to the left of the center point. THIS IS CRITICAL. Running back to this point gives you some time in step 6 to shoot the second fireball without getting vomited on and ensures that Mustacho will use his right hand to start the next pound sequence. You'll see me do this each time in the video.
- Immediately fire a fireball from the right side at the swiping hand -- note that he will have already had the swipe prepared for about a half-second.
- Without releasing the trigger, immediately use the left fireball circle to fire toward the top of Mustacho's head. It should hit his head just as he leans forward to vomit on the stage.
- Repeat steps 1-6 two more times.
The video below shows how I popped the achievement. Note that it is from an Xbox One Game DVR recording, so the achievement notification will not be displayed.
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