Death Smiles: Countdown to North America Invasion

Elixir · Post by **Elixir** » Sat May 09, 2009 1:43 am

Just 1cc'd ver 1.1 (3.8 bill, best is 3.9 bill) but it didn't give me the achievement. Should've unlocked this:

究めたエンジェル
デススマイルズVer1.1をクリアしましょう！

What did I do wrong?

adversity1 · Post by **adversity1** » Sat May 09, 2009 3:56 am

Did you skip any part of the ending?

I think mihara mentioned something about that causing the achievement not to pop.

Elixir · Post by **Elixir** » Sat May 09, 2009 4:16 am

No. Only when it asked me to press A to advance the dialogue.

I guess I'll run through it again and see if it unlocks, then report back. Apparently you don't even need to 1cc it.

Edit: Just went through 1.1 again, this time via Play and it still didn't unlock.

kk1030 · Post by **kk1030** » Sat May 09, 2009 8:06 am

Elixir wrote:No. Only when it asked me to press A to advance the dialogue.

I guess I'll run through it again and see if it unlocks, then report back. Apparently you don't even need to 1cc it.

Edit: Just went through 1.1 again, this time via Play and it still didn't unlock.

You cant unlock it during a live play or score attack, try to just run thru it without the ex. I was able to get it after I finish 1.1...

finally unlocked the 200mil achievement tonight, 300mil still look quite impossiable atm, haha...

Elixir · Post by **Elixir** » Sat May 09, 2009 8:18 am

kk1030 wrote:You cant unlock it during a live play or score attack, try to just run thru it without the ex. I was able to get it after I finish 1.1...

That's what I did, and it didn't unlock. It was supposed to, though, so I'm hoping that they fix these flaws in the upcoming patch.

antron · Post by **antron** » Sat May 09, 2009 2:17 pm

Sonic R wrote:
mrtie wrote:Hey I know this kinda a dumb question but how in gods name do you play 2 player, I was sitting there going through every menu and each mode and it only offers 1p start, is it only single player? My and the girl are having fun trading off but would like to 2p action if possible.
Just start a one player game and when on the character select screen, press start on the 2p controller and that will do it.

but not for v1.1. It's 1 player only.

E. Randy Dupre · Post by **E. Randy Dupre** » Sat May 09, 2009 6:49 pm

kk1030 wrote:
mrtie wrote:Hey I know this kinda a dumb question but how in gods name do you play 2 player, I was sitting there going through every menu and each mode and it only offers 1p start, is it only single player? My and the girl are having fun trading off but would like to 2p action if possible.
2p mode only available in 360 and acrade.

1.1 only offers 1p.

Just saying.

I'm having a bit of trouble getting the 'complete with all characters' achievement to unlock. Finished it with Rosa last and everything, no joy. Also, like Elixir, can't get the 'complete 1.1 mode' achievement to appear, either.

EOJ · Post by **EOJ** » Sat May 09, 2009 6:52 pm

E. Randy Dupre wrote:
I'm having a bit of trouble getting the 'complete with all characters' achievement to unlock. Finished it with Rosa last and everything, no joy.

You may have to have an ALL-Clear score saved on your scoreboard (in Arcade or X360 mode) for each character. Once I did this, the achievement unlocked for me.

The ver 1.1 achievement unlocked for me the first time I 1CCd the game (in SCORE ATTACK mode).

Some of you say you have turned off your in-game achievement notifications - maybe you need to turn them back on or these won't unlock properly?

E. Randy Dupre · Post by **E. Randy Dupre** » Sat May 09, 2009 8:11 pm

Nah, notifications are still switched to 'on' on my JPN console.

Good call on the ALL Clear suggestion. It'd make sense.

EOJ · Post by **EOJ** » Sat May 09, 2009 8:17 pm

You also have to make sure you watch the WHOLE ending each time, until the staff roll begins. They only count a clear once you do that.

kk1030 · Post by **kk1030** » Sat May 09, 2009 8:28 pm

EOJ wrote:You also have to make sure you watch the WHOLE ending each time, until the staff roll begins. They only count a clear once you do that.

the 1.1 achievement notice should be display when you beat the last boss in castle, atleast thats what happen to me.

EOJ · Post by **EOJ** » Sat May 09, 2009 8:59 pm

I was talking about the achievement for clearing the game with all 4 girls. Same thing is true for the "bath mania" achievement (where you have to see Follett's bathtub scene ending 10 times).

E. Randy Dupre · Post by **E. Randy Dupre** » Sat May 09, 2009 10:33 pm

I can't believe how much trouble I have with Deathscythe on rank 3. I lose half a life to the third of his spinning scythes every single time - just can't focus on those and the bullets concurrently.

kk1030 · Post by **kk1030** » Sun May 10, 2009 1:25 am

E. Randy Dupre wrote:I can't believe how much trouble I have with Deathscythe on rank 3. I lose half a life to the third of his spinning scythes every single time - just can't focus on those and the bullets concurrently.

plan ahead on the scythes move pattern, and then you can focus on the bullets

Elixir · Post by **Elixir** » Sun May 10, 2009 1:49 am

There's no point doing achievements in this game before the patch, basically.

GunSpike · Post by **GunSpike** » Sun May 10, 2009 5:21 am

Heh, I was just about to ask if anyone else has had problems unlocking these achievements. Unlocked about 17 of 'em, now I can't get any more (including beating the game with Rosa or Follett). When is the patch going to be available?

8 1/2 · Post by **8 1/2** » Sun May 10, 2009 8:16 pm

You guys just need to be more patient. I've had no problem unlocking achievements (35/60 currently), but like EOJ said, you have to watch ALL of the ending sequences to get most of them to work right.

EOJ · Post by **EOJ** » Sun May 10, 2009 8:21 pm

I haven't had any problems either, and I've unlocked 48/50.
Make sure you don't have the game installed on a hdd, you don't have autosave turned on, you always choose "PLAY" from the main menu when you first boot up the game and then load up a mode and exit, and you should be fine.

E. Randy Dupre · Post by **E. Randy Dupre** » Sun May 10, 2009 8:57 pm

8 1/2 wrote:You guys just need to be more patient. I've had no problem unlocking achievements (35/60 currently), but like EOJ said, you have to watch ALL of the ending sequences to get most of them to work right.

I do.

I'm not hugely fussed, if the patch is going to fix them. It's not like there's no other reason to play the thing (unlike Otomedius). I just wanted confirmation that it wasn't just happening to me, and that I wasn't missing or misreading something obvious.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Mon May 11, 2009 1:01 am

Elixir wrote:There's no point doing achievements in this game before the patch, basically.

Not much point aftewards either I would say.

I got the achievement the first time I tried it in regular mode (not Score Attack).

Elixir · Post by **Elixir** » Mon May 11, 2009 4:44 am

GaijinPunch wrote:
Elixir wrote:There's no point doing achievements in this game before the patch, basically.
Not much point aftewards either I would say.

I got the achievement the first time I tried it in regular mode (not Score Attack).

They're fun to mess with. Pointless things, but it's still something to do.

I have the game installed on my HDD so that's probably the reason for them not unlocking. No idea why this would change anything but whatever.

8 1/2 · Post by **8 1/2** » Mon May 11, 2009 5:52 am

I have it installed too. It's the first thing I did when I got the game, so it's not that because they unlock for me.

Elixir · Post by **Elixir** » Mon May 11, 2009 6:03 am

Yeah I just uninstalled it and went through 1.1, and it didn't unlock.

I'm wasting my time. These suggestions don't work. Don't bother with achievements prior to the patch.

EOJ · Post by **EOJ** » Mon May 11, 2009 6:08 am

According to the CAVE blog, the patch isn't going to fix any achievements.

Make sure you are playing on default settings. Also, many achievements are tied to your savefile, so if you don't load the game properly each time, the settings are wiped and you have to start from scratch.

Elixir · Post by **Elixir** » Mon May 11, 2009 6:24 am

Just to clarify, achievements only unlock via "PLAY" and not "SCORE ATTACK", correct?

Doctor Fugue · Post by **Doctor Fugue** » Mon May 11, 2009 6:48 am

^I have only been playing Score Attack and the achievements have been unlocking for me.

GunSpike · Post by **GunSpike** » Mon May 11, 2009 7:22 am

Hmmm. I haven't installed the game, and I always watch the full ending (credits included). I often set the game to the highest difficulty, but I unlocked my earlier achievements with a higher difficulty. I'm still enjoying the game, but I wish these achievements would unlock...

EOJ · Post by **EOJ** » Mon May 11, 2009 7:33 am

GunSpike wrote:I often set the game to the highest difficulty, but I unlocked my earlier achievements with a higher difficulty. I'm still enjoying the game, but I wish these achievements would unlock...

You have to have the difficulty (and everything else) set to defaults in the game options, otherwise most of the achievements won't unlock.

Elixir · Post by **Elixir** » Mon May 11, 2009 7:39 am

Ok, I just went through with automatic saving turned off, and the achievements aren't unlocking with that either. I haven't touched my settings since I bought the game.

EOJ, pretty much everything you've suggested doesn't work.

EOJ · Post by **EOJ** » Mon May 11, 2009 7:44 am

Elixir wrote:
EOJ, pretty much everything you've suggested doesn't work.

Works fine for me, and just about everyone else.

Are you just trying that ver 1.1 clear achievement over and over, or are you trying other achievements and they are also not unlocking? And if the latter, which ones?

If you had automatic saving on, that's a big problem. None of the achievements with tally counts will work properly until you turn that off. This includes the "smash the car 10 times" one, the "bath mania" one, the "absorb 65,000 suicide bullets" one, and so on.

Some other achievements have restrictions that aren't mentioned in their description. For example, the "get through a stage without shooting or bombing" one can only be done on the trains stage (and only in chapter 1-1!).