Bayonetta
Nonstop Climax Pure Platinum Guide
January 17, 2010
Version 1.00
By: S.A. Renegade
Email: renegade@scathingaccuracy.com
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Table of Contents
---Version History---
---Introduction---
---General Tips---
---Prologue: Vestibule---
---Chapter I: The Angel's Metropolis---
---Chapter II: Vigrid, City of Deja Vu---
---Chapter III: The Burning Ground---
---Chapter IV: The Cardinal Virtue of Fortitude---
---Chapter V: The Lost Holy Grounds---
---Chapter VI: The Gates of Paradise---
---Chapter VII: The Cardinal Virtue of Temperance---
---Chapter VIII: Route 666---
---Chapter IX: Paradiso-A Remembrance of Time---
---Chapter X: Paradiso-A Sea of Stars---
---Chapter XI: The Cardinal Virtue of Justice---
---Chapter XII: The Broken Sky---
---Chapter XIII: The Cardinal Virtue of Prudence---
---Chapter XIV: Isla Del Sol---
---Chapter XV: A Tower to Truth---
---Chapter XVI: The Lumen Sage---
---Epilogue: Requiem---
---Conclusion---
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---Version History---
-1.00
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--Introduction---
What be up my catts in tha litter! Guess who's back in the muthafuckin'
HOUSE? 's right, whatchoo gon' do? Yeah, yeah, I know I'm pretty late
with this (apparently not late enough because no one else wrote one). I've
been busy playing Harvest Moon: Animal Parade. Good game by the way. You
should get it. You think there ain't good games on the Wii lately? This
game proves you wrong. But other than that... uhh... I guess you're not
wrong. And no, I swear I'm not getting payed by Natsume for plugging this.
But I'm back to the matter at hand. So what's the deal this time? Oh,
the usual. I talk, you shut yo mouth and listen. What you'll find here is
a detailed walkthrough to getting Pure Platinum awards on every chapter
on Nonstop Climax difficulty. What does this mean? It means that first of
all, this walkthrough assumes you're playing on Nonstop Climax. Not Hard,
not Normal, and DEFINITELY not Easy Automatic! Secondly, it concentrates
not on simply passing the game, but Pure Platinuming it. Yeah, that's
right, I just turned that into a verb. I'm a literary renegade like that.
Anyway, like I said, it concentrates on getting Pure Platinums on every
chapter. Because of that, this guide will detail how to find and do every
optional verse including every Alfheim. Finally, I'll also be providing
videos of me getting pure platinum for every chapter as a visual aid and
accompaniment to the guide. Can you use this guide as a general walkthrough
for the game? Probably. I tell you what to do to beat the game and what to
do in every situation. But that's not its main purpose. Just incidental.
Here's what you will NOT find here: locations of chests, weapons, broken
witch hearts, pearls, umbran tears of blood. Well, ok, that's not entirely
true. I do mention the locations of chests as we go by in an offhand manner
as well as where broken witch hearts used to be. But again, this is NOT
the purpose of this guide. If you need to find that shit you might want to
take a look at my Broken Witch Heart and Moon Pearl guide over at
http://bit.ly/9C1HGW
that shows you exactly where they all are. As for the umbran tears of
blood, no. Again, this is a guide for Infinite Climax, and those bitches
are all over the difficulties. Plus, I don't give a shit.
You can find the original guide, uncensored, with a better format and
with the videos over at my blog
http://bit.ly/9BzZEa
But yeah. That's what you get. As usual, remember that this is an action
game. I can tell you what to do, how to do it, I can give you strategies
and ways to make things easier and even give you video demonstrations, but
there's no substitute for actual practice and experience! So remember, if
you're planning on getting all pure platinum, the bulk of the work must
still be done by you! Regardless of anything, you'll still be retrying
every chapter a gajillion times. So strap on your Compton hat, your locs,
and let's get it done, busta!
---WARNING---
This guide uses very strong language. If you are easily offended by words
or are a child, don't read it! Wait, if you're some kind of priest why
are you even playing Bayonetta? I mean, it's rated M, and it's got bad
words in it just like this guide! Besides, shouldn't you be like sexually
abusing little boys or whatever it is you guys do? Well it's no business
of mine. I'm just warning you about the content in this guide. Oh, and
even with this warning, trust me, I still had to remove a LOT of stuff
since gamefaqs is basically the gestapo. But there are still a few "bad
words" here and there so like I said, if you're a tightass, go away. You
make me sick.
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---General Tips---
-The difference between getting Pure Platinum and simply passing non stop
climax is like the difference between talking shit and talking shit with
a gun in your mouth. If you think you can do this after only a few tries,
you got another thing comin'.
-In infinite climax, you can't use witch time. That means it'll be much
tougher to get combo points because not only will you not get the witch
time multiplier, but you also won't be able to combo without risk.
-The enemies are similar to how they were in hard, except now they have
really gay stun guard. So say you're in the middle of comboing a dude. He
can just completely ignore what you're doing and hit you back. Never, ever,
ever, EVER start comboing an enemy and assume that he will be trapped in
your combo. You will be crushed. And by crushed I mean you'll get hit,
thereby rendering everything you did previously meaningless.
-To get pure platinum award in a chapter you need to get pure platinum
in EVERY verse, no exceptions. If you get 11 pure platinums and 1 platinum,
you still won't get the pure platinum award. Yep, I know, it's a cunt.
No room for flaws at all. Jesus. That means if you get hit once, it's over.
If you fail to keep your combo going, it's over. At any point. Yeah, it's
ridiculously hard.
-Yeah, I know these victory conditions are pretty crazy. What were they
thinking?! There you are beating the game with your eyes closed because
it's so easy, all innocent, minding your own business and then BAM they
pull this crap on you! What can you do?! Welp. Listen up, because there are
a few cheap tricks you can use to beat the system, make this much easier,
and just in general avoid putting in any real effort:
Cheap Trick #1: Buy Pulley's Butterfly and use the hell out of it. When you
have the butterfly effect active, you can take hits and it won't count!
This makes Pure Platinuming sooo much easier it's hilarious. No longer will
you be on pins and needles throughout the entire mission knowing that a
single stray hit can end it all. You can just relax, take it easy, and
just cruise through that crap like it's Sepulveda Boulevard.
Cheap Trick #2: The dreaded Lieutenant Kilgore bug. Strike fear into the
heart of Paradiso with this cheap exploit. Set guns on your hands and
Durga on feet, and on the other set set Kilgore to feet. With the former
set, do the PPPPK~ move that makes you do a flurry of kicks at the end.
Just as you start the kick part, switch to the second set with Kilgore.
Instead of shooting out just a few rockets as usual, you'll shoot out a
boatload of them. There is no way this isn't a bug. The damage you do with
this is ridiculous, and best of all, so are the combo points you get. This
move is all you need to get yourself up to x9.9 combo points easily every
time. The weapon combination example I gave above isn't the only way to do
this trick. You can use other combinations as long as you have Kilgore and
Durga somewhere in there, so experiment and see what works and what you
like.
Cheap Trick #3: What happens if you get hit at some point in the mission,
or your combo breaks? You've just failed and have to restart the whole
thing right? Not so fast! Notice the game saves your progress at different
points throughout every mission. These save points aren't just for show.
Say you're in a fight, and you get hit. Or your combo breaks. You know that
just killed your chances of getting the pure platinum in that verse. Well,
what you can do is simply press start, and escape out to the title screen.
Then choose Play, and Continue. You will continue from the previous save
point with all of the pure platinums you got before intact and will be able
to try that verse again without having to do the entire mission again.
Again, this is a godsend. It makes everything so much more chill when
you're not afraid of that one stray hit at the very end forcing you to redo
30 minutes or whatever it was.
There you have it. Isn't it so much easier when you can beat the system so
thoroughly? Serves 'em right if you ask me. I can take redoing a 5-10
minute mission tops, but these are pretty damn long. These tricks change
the entire thing from practically impossible to very doable. I mean, I
suck at this game and even I can do it like this!
-The most important aspect of getting the necessary combo points to get
pure platinum is to KEEP THE COMBO GOING. Don't worry about doing cool
stuff, being varied, etc. That's not how this game works.
So what do I mean by keeping the combo going? Simple. Look at the top right
of the screen. This part shows you the breakdown of your attacks. Each
time you hit an enemy with an attack, a little window pops up telling you
what type of attack it was and how many points it gives you. It stays there
for about 3 seconds and then disappears. As you use other attack more
windows start popping up beneath each one. Well, keeping your combo going
simply means that there is no point during which all of the windows have
disappeared. At the point where all windows have disappeared, your combo
gets reset, and with it your chance of getting platinum on combo. But if
you can keep at least one window up at any one time, your multiplier will
keep increasing (up to x9.9) and that means mad points.
So how can you make sure you can keep at least one window on there? The
easiest way is with your gun. If there's a lull in your attacks or you had
to hightail it out of a sticky situation, shoot an enemy with the square
button to give you an extra 3 seconds. In fact, as long as you are shooting
an enemy you can keep the gun window on there. It's only once you stop
shooting that the 3 seconds start.
The other way is taunting. As long as you are taunting the windows will
freeze in place and not disappear. The good thing about taunting is that,
unlike shooting your gun, it doesn't require an enemy! This makes it useful
at keeping your combo from resetting during the short points when there
are no enemies on the arena. The other use of the taunt is that if you do
it while locked on to an enemy (soft lock on works as well as hard), they
will turn fiery orange and for a while hitting them will give you 50% more
points. They will also be pissed though, making them more dangerous.
-So what should you make sure you got before attempting this thing?
Hwell. Obviously there's a ton of crap that goes without saying: you
should have all the techniques purchased, all the weapons, DEFINITELY have
all 3 magic gauges. Health is irrelevant. As noted above, make sure that
you have Pulley's Butterfly. Also make sure you have the Evil Harvest
Rosary. Other than that, just in general have all the accessories, though
those two are the main essential ones.
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---Prologue: Vestibule---
-Verse 1-
Aight doggy. Here we go. This chapter isn't too bad since it's only 2
verses, but in a way, it's going to be a huge wake up call since the game
has been pretty damn easy up till now. Well lemme tell you. If you think
you can do this after only a few tries, you got another thing comin'.
But let's take things one at a time. As you're probably well aware, you
CANNOT get hit at all throughout this chapter. If you get hit once, it's
over. You've failed. Easier said than done huh? But it gets even harder
when you realize that on top of that you also have to get mad combo points.
So. You're going to have to practice and develop the skill necessary to
avoid damage. However, even when you've practiced a lot, being flawless
can still be very hard.
As soon as you appear in the graveyard, start by shooting out the
tombstones before the enemies run up to you so they don't get in your way.
Believe it or not, an undestroyed tombstone can screw up your hard lock on
and keep you from locking onto an enemy. But anyway, time is the least of
your concerns here, so don't worry too much about that. Hitting the
platinum time limit is really easy. On the other hand, getting the required
combo points can be almost impossible if you're not familiar with the way
the combo system works. Here's the deal: by far and away the most important
thing you have to do is make sure your combo doesn't end. That's right, by
far and away. Switching weapons, using varied attacks and combos? That's
not even that important. This isn't DMC3. As long as you can keep your
combo going you'll get the points you need.
So what do I mean by keeping the combo going? Simple. Look at the top right
of the screen. This part shows you the breakdown of your attacks. Each
time you hit an enemy with an attack, a little window pops up telling you
what type of attack it was and how many points it gives you. It stays there
for about 3 seconds and then disappears. As you use other attack more
windows start popping up beneath each one. Well, keeping your combo going
simply means that there is no point during which all of the windows have
disappeared. At the point where all windows have disappeared, your combo
gets reset, and with it your chance of getting platinum on combo. But if
you can keep at least one window up at any one time, your multiplier will
keep increasing (up to x9.9) and that means mad points.
So how can you make sure you can keep at least one window on there? The
easiest way is with your gun. If there's a lull in your attacks or you had
to hightail it out of a sticky situation, shoot an enemy with the square
button to give you an extra 3 seconds. In fact, as long as you are shooting
an enemy you can keep the gun window on there. It's only once you stop
shooting that the 3 seconds start.
The other way is taunting. As long as you are taunting the windows will
freeze in place and not disappear. The good thing about taunting is that,
unlike shooting your gun, it doesn't require an enemy! This makes it useful
at keeping your combo from resetting during the short points when there
are no enemies on the arena. The other use of the taunt is that if you do
it while locked on to an enemy (soft lock on works as well as hard), they
will turn fiery orange and for a while hitting them will give you 50% more
points. They will also be pissed though, making them more dangerous.
So now that you know what you're supposed to do, it's time to actually do
it! Don't even worry about weapons or combos or any of that. Just use
whatever weapon you like the best. As long as you keep the combo going
you'll get the points needed.
In this first verse, you'll first be fighting a lot of weakling angels and
decorations, and then Glory and Grace. Here's what I recommend doing:
since Glory and Grace are much more dangerous than the other pussies, you
should abstain from using torture combos on the weaklings and instead save
all three big orbs for Grace and Glory. This is good because not only does
their torture give you more points, but it also makes it a lot easier to
both avoid damage and keep the combo going.
Therefore, fight all the first dudes normally, building magic but not using
it. Remember to shoot enemies during lulls and taunt during the points
where enemies have yet to appear (and when they're right in front of you
if you're feeling daring). If your combo resets before Glory and Grace
appear, that's it. You've failed. Start again. Same goes for getting hit.
If you've managed to keep your combo, taunt nonstop while they appear. And
keep taunting while they're far away, wait for them to come to you. Once
they're close (being careful not to get hit), initiate the torture combo
on one of them. I like doing it on the lightning one since he's a bigger
cunt. Remember to use your Mario Party skills to get a good amount of
points. Y'know what I mean. Set the controller on your lap and use the
palm of your hand to rotate the stick. Sure, it hurts after doing it a lot
but it won't do any lasting damage. Trust me. I've still got the hands of a
princess. But anyway, you should get around 180.
As soon as the torture ends, immediately initiate the second torture. You
don't have to worry about getting hit, it's completely safe! This second
torture will kill him. Then move towards the other guy and, making sure he
doesn't hit you, use your third torture combo on him.
Now this is an important point: if you've kept your combo going up to this
point, once you've done this you can stop worrying about it. You've hit
the quota. From here on, you can concentrate on not getting hit (of course,
it doesn't hurt to keep getting combo points). Anyway, the surviving grace
has about 33% HP left, so fight him normally and kill him.
Once that's done, you'll have to jump down the cliff and fight a few more
angels. Remember, just fight them and concentrate on not getting hit.
There's a stronger one there too but he won't fight you as long as you
don't shoot him (since he has Enzo in his claws). You can wait until you
kill all the others before dealing with him, it's up to you. Once you've
killed them all, you'll have to fight a Fairness. This guy is strong and
somewhat dangerous. If you have 2 big orbs left, you can just torture him
to death with no risk. If you don't, it's not that much of a problem
though because there's only one of him. Remember that you have an
opportunity to deal damage to him without risk just as soon as he appears
and roars.
-Verse 2-
This one is easier than the last verse. The catch in this verse in normal
and hard was that witch time was disabled, but in non stop climax witch
time is always disabled ANYWAY, so it's not like we give a crap. What
you're supposed to do here is do 3 torture combos to win. That's it. It
turns out that the combo quota is very lenient so you don't need to worry
at all about it! As long as you do the 3 torture combos you'll meet it.
As for time, it's not super strict but I believe it's tighter than the
last verse, so don't dilly dally. As always, getting hit means you've
failed the entire chapter, so that's your biggest concern.
The enemies here are a bit different from usual. They're a lot less
aggressive and will just stand there or move around a lot of the time. Of
course, when you least expect it, BAM. You just got PUNKED, busta. So don't
lower your guard.
As soon as the fight starts, nay, BEFORE it starts, spam dodge because this
game likes to be a cunt and attack you before you even know what's going
on. Once that's out of the way, you'll have to start building up magic.
But how? Well, probably the best way to do it is to just plain kill
enemies. These dudes have a very high chance of dropping purple
butterflies, which is the best way to increase your magic. You might want
to use the triangle, circle, triangle wicked weave combo from a distance
so you're not put in too much risk. You may also want to use the PPPKKK
combo to sweep them and knock them off their feet. Either way it's nothing
too special since these guys like to just stand around a lot. Just do
those 3 tortures and the pure platinum is yours.
If you wanna check out my video of this chapter you'll find it over at
http://bit.ly/cltY3M
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---Chapter I: The Angel's Metropolis---
-Verse 1-
Aight, so, before you start this mission, I recommend having full magic
orbs. Yes, all 3 of them. You can either do this by getting them before
starting the mission, or you can get most of them and then break all of
the benches in the train station area to find 2 purple butterflies. Either
way, once you've got them all, make your way past the door with the
security lasers and break the brick wall after that. Jump down into the
pit and open the chest there. Grab the key.
Now. Once you get back up, the first verse will start. You'll be fighting
a single Joy. Nothing too special, but stay on your toes. I actually
recommend not using Pulley's Butterflies in this verse since it's only one
enemy. To get the necessary combo points just make sure you hit her with
the key until she dies. The key gives mad points. Remember that Joys are
SO god damn fast that it can be almost impossible to react to their
bull. You kind of have to anticipate when they'll attack. Here's when:
As soon as you get up there and she appears, she'll IMMEDIATELY do a charge
move on you, so make sure you dodge as soon as she appears. After you've
dodged that you're free to hit her a few times with the key. Do the
standard 3 hit combo. She'll try to dodge the hits but won't be able to
and will get hit by at least one of them. Once she's done spamming her
dodges and your 3 hit combo is done, get ready because she'll retaliate
with an attack. Make sure to dodge it, and once you do, do another 3 hit
key combo on her to finish her off.
When that's done, quickly jump over the chasm and insert the key into the
door to finish the verse.
-Verse 2-
At this point I like to equip the Evil Harvest Rosary for the next fight.
Check the broken umbra witch statue to activate the fight. It's against
2 Joys. The one closest to you loves to start the fight by charging at
you as soon as she appears. So when the fight starts, make sure to
immediately dodge. If done right she'll get hit by the magical counter
attack for about 1/4 damage. Then initiate a torture combo on her ass to
finish her off without a hitch. If she didn't attack at the start for
some reason or the magical counter attack didn't go off, she'll be left
with 1/4 HP from the torture. You can finish her off by spamming punch
with the Shuraba as soon as the torture ends.
Once the first one's dead, run towards the second. Be careful because she's
likely to attack you as soon as you get close, so dodge once, then start
another torture combo on her, and kill her by spamming punch with Shuraba
afterwards just like the last one.
If done right you shouldn't have gotten hit and got the necessary combo
points with those tortures.
-Verse 3-
This next verse is the hidden Alfheim. Jump over the water and activate
the elevator, then backtrack to where you found the key a couple minutes
ago. Make sure to unequip the Evil Harvest Rosary because this Alfheim
consists of activating witch time, and that won't let you.
Now, the only way to damage enemies here is to be in witch time. That means
that the only way to keep the combo going aside from when you're in witch
time is to be taunting. Fortunately, the game knows this, and the combo
point quota is relatively low. That means you can go ahead and break your
combo during different points and still get the combo points necessary for
the pure platinum.
Man, you ever noticed how the music in this game is really bad, and yet,
I've been playing the game for so long, listening to the same song for so
long that now I actually like it and I'm even singing along like a fucking
girl. Fffff. Uh, anyway.
Remember that the game drains all of your magic before starting the
Alfheim, that means you can't activate Pulley's Butterfly immediately. So
make sure you don't get hit during the start. I mean come on. Get your head
in the game! But yeah, the Alfheim will start with an Ardor and a few
lesser angels. Make sure that they've fully appeared before approaching
them (that means waiting a little bit), otherwise they won't immediately
attack you and that can throw you off.
Like I said, approach the Ardor, and since this is Infinite Climax and
these guys are PISSED OFF, he will immediately attack you as soon as you're
in range. So anticipate that and dodge to activate witch time. Once you're
in it, quickly start the PPPPK~ Kilgore combo on him. Remember that there's
not much time, so you might not get to even finish the combo. Oh well.
Either way, this will have given you enough orbs to activate Pulley's
Butterfly so once witch time is over, jump and quickly get away from
ground zero. Move to a safer place and activate it. Once that's done you
can relax a little bit. Just fight normally as you would. Dodge an attack,
use the Kilgore combo on an enemy, repeat. But also try to taunt a lot
in between dodges to try and keep the combo going. You can break it a few
times and still get the pure platinum, but don't overdo it!
Also remember to keep an eye on your butterflies. Sometimes they'll go
away for no reason at all, so make sure that you're not caught naked and
unaware. Run away and activate it again if you have to. Doesn't matter if
your combo breaks, it's better than getting hit. Also try not to use too
many torture combos for now, rather sit on your orbs and let them build.
After a while one of those white dudes who are immune to witch time will
appear. Careful with that guy. You need to dodge someone ELSE'S attack and
then hit him during witch time. If you're fast, you can actually kill him
in a single instance of witch time by doing the Kilgore combo until he's
at about half health, and then canceling into a torture combo to finish off
the last half of his bar.
At the end you'll face 2 Ardors and a Joy at the same time. The Joy is
the most dangerous one so you'll want to kill her first, and fast before
she can get any of her crap going. Since the Ardors are much more
reliable, I recommend using them to activate witch time and then going
straight for the Joy. Hit her a few times until she's down to 3/4s health
and then use a torture combo to finish her. Once that's done you're pretty
much home free. Take care of the 2 Ardors as usual and go ahead and use
up your Tortures if you want. Your magic will refill at the end.
Remember, you can't get hit once. If you do, it's over.
-Verse 4-
Go back to the elevator and take it up to the surface. Keep going past the
cutscene with Rodin and out to the courtyard for the next verse.
Now this one is about as tough as the Alfheim you just did, so look lively.
The biggest problem here is that the combo point quota is pretty steep.
If your combo breaks at any point halfway through the battle there's a
strong chance that you won't get the platinum. It can break, like, right
at the start or right at the very end, but not halfway. So in this fight
you're going to be using your guns A LOT to keep your combo from resetting.
As soon as the fight starts, I recommend running away and activating
Pulley's Butterfly. The enemies will run after you. Now that you've got
the butterflies' protection there's nothing to fear though. Start by
doing a full Kilgore combo on them to start strong and get the combo
going, don't worry about getting hit and losing a few butterflies here, you
want to get those points.
After dispatching those guys you'll start getting both angels and little
annoying decorations. You gotta be careful with these little guys. Their
attack actually bypasses your butterflies and damages you so don't
underestimate them just because they're tiny. I recommend using Shuraba's
PKP wicked weave combo to kill them because it does so in a single hit and
also homes in on them. However, since this attack is a little slow, MAKE
SURE to fire your gun beforehand every time you're about to do it, or else
you risk the combo ending before you get off that wicked weave. Run away
a lot (while firing your guns) to avoid falling into their attack if you
have to, and remember to reactivate Pulley's Butterfly if it runs out, but
fire your guns immediately before doing that to keep the combo from
resetting. Also, make sure to keep taunting during the lulls in between
waves of enemies.
Once the decorations are done with, go back to using the Kilgore combo on
the angels. When they're all dead, a Beloved will appear. If your combo
hasn't reset by now you're pretty much home free at this point because this
guy isn't too tough. Spam the taunt button during the cutscene so that you
taunt him immediately and make him turn red. This probably isn't necessary
but hey, more points is always good.
When fighting Beloved, it's best to jump high up when comboing him, because
this makes him less likely to use his punt which is faster than his other
moves and thus slightly harder to see coming. From high up, his axe swing
is ridiculously easy to dodge and a lot of the time won't hit you even if
you don't do anything. His backhand blow is slightly harder to avoid but
still has a big cue. And above all, remember to dodge when you see him
reach around behind himself to grab you because this bypasses the
butterflies you may or may not have. Also remember that you can do the
Kilgore combo even airborne, and this is your best bet at killing him fast.
Again, the hardest part about this verse is keeping the combo going. As
long as you didn't break it you'll get the pure platinum here.
-Verse 5-
This next verse is hidden. Make sure you don't forget about it or you can
forget about that pure platinum award! One time I got pure platinums in all
the other verses but completely forgot about this one and then I was all
oh you son of a bitch. So yeah. Don't let it happen to you.
After raping that Beloved, return all the way back to the elevator. Once
you get here you'll have to fight a Glory and a Grace. Remember to have
your butterflies activated! If you did things correctly in the previous
verse, you should have full magic so this should be easy. Simply initiate
a Kilgore combo on one of them as soon as they appear. Since they're on
steroids they won't even blink at this and try to gang bang you. But before
they do that, cancel into a torture combo. This should leave one of them
almost dead, allowing you to finish it off by simply spamming the punch
button as soon as the torture is over.
Repeat for the other one. Use another torture combo on him, then finish
him off with Shuraba. The butterflies will prevent you from getting hit
and if you pulled off both torture combos you'll also meet the combo
quota.
-Verse 6-
This one's a freebie. Go past the courtyard and into the next room. Here
you'll fight two pussy angels. That's it. Just do whatever you want, I
don't think it's even possible to not get pure platinum in this one.
-Verse 7-
This verse is actually a flashback. Not that it matters to much. You'll
be fighting Fortitudo, but you don't actually need to kill him. Just take
him down by about a third and then he'll run away like a pussy.
Now, don't be stupid and run to the bridge with those other stupid witches.
Rather, stay right where you are. If you stay here, all Fortitudo can do
is throw fireballs at you. That's right, that's ALL he can do. And they're
easy peasy to dodge. So what I recommend doing here is alternating between
shooting at him and whiffing the PKP combo so that the wicked weave part
hits him. That's all you have to do. Just shoot... wait for the fireball,
dodge, PKP, dodge, shoot, dodge, PKP, dodge, shoot, and so forth. Never
try doing two PKP combos without shooting in between or your combo will
break. On the other hand, don't be afraid to just shoot your guns twice or
more in a row if you feel like you won't be able to pull off a PKP combo
after dodging a fireball.
But yeah, just keep doing this and eventually he'll die and you'll have
gotten a pure platinum without much effort.
-Verse 8-
The last verse is broken up into two parts. Each where you'll be fighting
a Beloved. However, the first part is where you'll be getting all of your
combo points. Make your way towards the bridge. The Beloved will appear
and start climbing up. As SOON as he appears, taunt to turn him red, then
whiff a kilgore combo to get a few combo points off the kick part. Once
that's done, watch out because he's about to sweep his arm across the
bridge. Double jump up and shoot your guns to hang in the air and avoid it.
If you single jump you might still get hit so make it a double. After the
sweep, quickly do another taunt to turn him red again. Then jump again
because he will stun you by slamming his hand down on the bridge, and a
second time by breaking said bridge. Once that's done though, his hand
will be completely vulnerable. Quickly do a full Kilgore combo on it to get
mad points, then jump up before he slams the bridge against the wall.
A second combo after that will finish draining all his HP and cause him to
throw you (your combo should be x9.9 at this point). Don't worry about
the combo breaking at this point, you're done. Remember to press up and
jump when prompted. I mean, it would suck if you got killed during that
quick time event.
Anyway, now in this part I like to equip the Evil Harvest Rosary. That way
I just have to dodge this guy's attacks and he'll die all by himself. Walk
down the bridge and he'll burst out from down under. Run back up to the
platform and taunt him from up here. Shoot him or whatever until he gets
up to you. He has low health. I assume because of how hard you kicked his
ass just a few seconds ago. Anyway, he'll slam his hands down on the ground
one right after the other. It's pretty easy to see coming and dodge,
honestly. And if you have the Evil Harvest Rosary equipped like I said,
he'll take massive damage from all the magical counter attacks. Enough
that he'll be dead after dodging a mere 4 times. Ha! When the prompt comes
up, just summon Gomorrah and that'll be it for this chapter. Pure Platinum
award! But ugh... I have to listen to Cereza every time I get one? fricken
hate that brat so much.
Watch my videos to see more or less how things should go. They're over at
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---Chapter II: Vigrid, City of Deja Vu---
-Verse 1-
As soon as the chapter starts, you're put in a flashback fight against
Jeanne. She can be somewhat tough at first since she's so fast and her
wicked weaves come out with little warning. But if you exploit a few of her
patterns it's not so bad.
Remember that this is a flashback fight so you only have access to
Scarborough Fair. You DO have access to whatever accessories you equipped
prior to fight though. An oversight perhaps? Nah, I doubt it. Those
platinum doggs just ain't care.
I don't like equipping the Evil Harvest Rosary for this fight. While it
does easy damage whenever you dodge, it just doesn't do as much as your
normal attacks and sends Jeanne flying away, making you unable to follow
up with anything. The main attack I recommend using here is the standard
PKP wicked weave combo. It's fast, easy and does excellent damage. The
thing about Jeanne is that she's able to just dodge or parry your attacks
if you try to do any sort of long combo on her.
The first thing you should notice during this fight is that whenever you're
a reasonable distance away from Jeanne, she'll hunker down and sweep the
room from left to right with her gunshots. This is actually one of the best
times to attack her. But you need to hit her while she's still shooting.
That means you have to get in on her FAST as soon as you see her start
the move, because she ends it relatively fast. To do this, you have to try
to be far enough from her that she starts the move, but not so far that
you can't get near in time. So you have to more or less learn what the
sweet spot is, the minimum distance you can be from her where she'll still
initiate the move. But don't worry, you don't have to be super precise or
anything. The very instant you see her start it, jump and dodge towards
her and do the PKP combo. If you got to her while she's still shooting,
you will be able to connect the full attack with a low chance of her
dodging it or parrying. However, for an even LOWER chance of getting
parried, try to combo her from behind. That works better from what I've
seen.
If you didn't do it properly, chances are she'll dodge mid-combo and try
to counter attack, so stay on your toes and dodge right out of there. Also
be wary because she's liable to end her counter attack with a quick wicked
weave.
Oh yeah, about that. Those wicked weaves are hell of fast. While sometimes
there are slight cues before them, such as a quick red flash or Jeanne
saying "Bam!", sometimes it can be something as difficult to react to as
a snap of her fingers. That's why, while reaction is important, you also
kind of need to get a certain feel for when she's likely to wicked weave.
You need to anticipate when she's likely to do it so that once she does,
it's much easier to react because you were expecting it. Here are a few
of the times she's likely to wicked weave: 1) after you land a PKP combo on
her and she gets blown away. Usually she'll dodge backwards and then you'll
see the red sparks before the wicked weave. 2) at the end of combos. After
doing a series of moves she's very likely to end it with a wicked weave.
3) After dodging any of your attacks in general, a quick wicked weave
counter is highly likely. 4) Just in general, when she's walking around,
if you hang around too close to her for her to initiate her gun attack,
she will do a very quick wicked weave eventually. This one's probably the
hardest to react to, so try not to be in this situation too much.
Another thing to note. Whenever she launches up into the air, know that she
WILL come down hard on you with a kick. So whenever you see her jump into
the air, learn how long it takes her to come down with the kick (about a
second), and dodge that. This is actually another great time for you to
counter with a PKP combo because you're pretty close to her and she's just
come out of an attack. But don't be surprised if she parries you sometimes.
Just be ready to dodge right out of there if she does.
Finally, if and when you see the prompt to clash with her by pressing
triangle and circle at the same time, go for it! That's free easy damage.
Just remember, as soon as you initiate the clash, immediately prop the
controller down on your lap and start hitting the button with your index
finger. I'm usually NOT able to win the clash on Nonstop Climax by using
my thumb, so this is important. Also make sure that you're pressing the
CORRECT button, please. If you see that the clash is with punches, you
press the punch button, if you see that the clash is with kicks, you use
the kick button. Simple. Also, after winning, don't relax because there's
a chance that it'll segue into a SECOND clash.
The time limit for this fight is surprisingly strict, so it's not such
a great idea to play it safe. You'll need to take some calculated risks.
For example. When Jeanne is simply walking around, try to initiate a combo
on her. You'd be surprised, sometimes she'll eat the whole thing! Other
times she won't though. It's sort of random. But if she doesn't, simply
dodge out of there as necessary. It's not super safe to do this, but if
you use Pulley's Butterfly it shouldn't be too bad. Just don't rely on the
butterflies TOO much. You know how unreliable they can be. They're just
there as as safety net in case you screw up. Other than that, you want to
try to land your combo pretty much after every one of her whiffed attacks
IF you're in a good position to do so.
And that's about it. Combo points are the least of your worries. I've
actually never gotten less than platinum on that, so it's a freebie on
that end.
After the fight you'll have access to the Witch Walk ability. So what
are you waiting for? Jump onto the wall and walk along it to get to the
next verse. Also, if you're a first timer, remember that the first statue
on the left side houses a broken witch heart. Just a reminder.
-Verse 2-
As you stroll along the wall a Dear and Decorations will come down,
along with a couple common (arch)angels. Nothing fancy. This verse is
pretty much a freebie as long as you don't get hit. To deal with the Dear
and Decorations I recommend using the Shuraba's PKP wicked weave combo.
The cool thing about this attack is that it homes in on them, is very
strong, and attacks in a wide arc. That's the main problem with these
enemies, they're always flying around and it's annoying to hit them with
normal attacks. But with this it's not so bad. As for the common angels,
you know the drill. Kilgore combo their ass off.
It's worth mentioning that you need to be careful not to jump around too
much. Remember that you're witch walking. If you jump too much to the
right, you're liable to fall down and lose a chunk of health. And that
would suck. So be careful.
After the fight, keep walking along the wall until you fall down at the
other side of the chasm. Kick the door open and walk into Vigrid! Man I
love this city. It's so nice. I wouldn't mind if the entire game took
place here. And the music is pretty cool. But where were we? Oh right.
Activate the turbo witch time statues and use them to break and go through
the wall at the end of the alley. Now you'll be in the Vigrid Streets.
There's a chest in the cool park to the right so open that if you want, as
well as a broken witch heart on the ceiling near it. Or used to, but now
there's only a bullet because we're on nonstop climax, right? Anyway.
Keep walking past the big plaza until you get the cutscene with Luka. Once
it ends you'll get jumped.
-Verse 3-
This fight is pretty standard. Still, it can be a little tough since
there's a crapload of angels all trying to attack you at once. As soon as
it starts they'll all be practically right on top of you so jump away and
get some distance where you can safely activate Pulley's Butterfly. Once
you do that, let them come to you. It's not such a bad idea to ignore their
first attack and let the butterflies eat it while you get off a big Kilgore
combo to start things off. After that, though, it's a good idea to play it
somewhat safe. Just remember to keep your combo going by shooting when
you're not attacking and taunting in between waves of enemies. After a
while a Beloved will appear, but turns out he's a raging pussy and will
run away after you get his HP down to half. There's not much to say about
this fight, it's actually very similar to the one in the courtyard in the
previous chapter. Just do the same things you did there.
After the fight go through the tunnel to the right. Be careful not to get
roadkilled by the train, dumbass! Just kidding, that only happens if you
were in panther mode and got there before it passed. Keep walking down the
street and eventually the runaway train will come screaming down the
tracks. Just jump over it, but after it crashes, get ready for the next
fight!
-Verse 4-
You'll be fighting a few Enchants here. Once the cool cutscene ends, SPAM
the dodge button. These guys are cheap cunts and will try to hit you before
you even know the fight's started. What assholes. Other than this little
quirk though, this fight is a complete and total joke. A single Kilgore
combo can destroy all 3 of them in just a couple of seconds. Just make sure
you do it when they're not on fire. The fire indicates that they're about
to attack, just so you know. But really, this one is free. Just kill them
normally and you're bound to get the pure platinum.
Now, before we move on, turns out we have to do not one, but TWO Alfheims
one right after the other. Yeah, I know, it's ridiculous! But anyway.
Backtrack to where the flaming doomtrain came from. The next Alfheim we're
doing is past the gate it broke. Go in.
-Verse 5-
Aight. In this Alfheim it turns out we only have 20 punches and 18 kicks,
and with them we have to kill two Beloved! I take back what I said before,
this doesn't sound so bad. Remember that the game drains all your magic
before this encounter so be careful! Still, these guys aren't too bad. You
already know how to fight them. Stay in the air and bait them into doing
their terrible axe swing so you can hit them as they're doing it. Even with
two of them at the same time, the accuracy on this attack is just so
awful.
About the limited punches and kicks, yeah. Guess what. The gangstas at
Platinum never imagined we'd be exploiting their little Kilgore combo bug.
They did NOT account for that. As it turns out, a single full airborne
Kilgore bug combo will take off HALF a Beloved's health. Pretty nasty if
you ask me. So with this, bitches ain't SHIT. Still, there are few problems
that might arise. Maybe one of them actually did something smart for a
change and you're forced to dodge midcombo before you can get it off.
That's fine. The combo is so powerful that you can afford to lose quite a
few punches and still win. You should be able to kill off at least ONE
Beloved before your punches run out though, and hopefully hurt the other
one. If your punches do run out, relax. There's only one of them so it's
easy. Simply shoot him with single Kilgore rockets from a distance until
he dies. The rockets actually take off a substantial amount of health and
you should have plenty of kicks left over to do it.
As long as you win before the Alfheim's time limit is up, you will get the
platinum medal for time, so that's easy. Combo points ain't a problem
either. Just kill them normally and you're bound to get platinum on that
too. The only real problem is not getting hit and even that isn't TOO
tough.
Moving on. Go back out to the city and to the train crash site. Before
walking into the next plaza, look up at the arch above and jump onto it.
This is the next Alfheim we gotta do. So get in there.
-Verse 6-
This Alfheim simply asks you to defeat all enemies. Pretty straightforward.
But not as easy as the last one! The fight will start with two Dear and
Decorations. This part's pretty easy. Just make sure you dodge their
mouth cannon, then use Shuraba's PKP wicked weave on them. 2 or 3 of them
will destroy them. By this point you probably have magic so this is a good
point to activate Pulley's Butterflies because now you'll be fighting 5
Enchants and you know how cuntish these guys are. A lot of them will be
propped down on the ground just firing lasers at you because they're
annoying like that. You probably want to kill these first. In fact, you
might want to ignore their attacks now that you have the butterflies'
protection and just get them off your ass as soon as possible. Then deal
with the other Enchants running around. Just remember to only hit them
when they're not on fire.
After that you'll have to fight a CRAPLOAD of angels. Applauds, Affinities,
the ones with instruments, bows, all that stuff. You know how to deal
with them, even if it's not that easy since there are so god damn many.
Make sure to keep butterflies on you at all times, let off full Kilgore
combos when you can, and shoot in between to keep the combo from breaking.
Kill them normally and don't use torture attacks. Sit on that magic,because
the next wave of angels will have two Ardors and these guys are pretty
tough when you don't have witch time to help you. Not only are they really
fast and combo a lot, but they easily parry your attacks a high percentage
of the time. In fact these guys are so strong that the easiest way to deal
with them is to make sure you have a full cadre of butterflies and then
just do a full Kilgore combo on them while ignoring their attacks. Once
you have one down to less than half HP, use a torture combo to finish it
off easily. Then simply repeat for the other one and clean up.
After that you're pretty much home free. Two Beloveds will show up but we
already know how to deal with these guys. They're not tough at all. As
always, stay airborne to bait them into doing their terrible axe swings and
do air Kilgore combos on them to kill them easily.
Now, as if this Alfheim wasn't already pretty damn hard, know that the
combo point quota is HUGE. That means that it's very, very important that
you do NOT break your combo at any point after killing the Enchants.
Preferably you want to keep the combo going from that point all the way to
the end. This is pretty hard to do, but just remember to ALWAYS be shooting
your guns when you're not actively attacking, and always shoot right
before trying to reactivate butterflies. And when you're not sure if there
are currently enemies on the battlefield? Taunt until you are.