100% / All achievements

[KuriousKiwi]

Hello, so I've just finished my first (relatively blind) playthrough of the game. I'm still infatuated with the game and would love to explore more, as well as get all the Steam achievements.

For getting multiple endings or scenarios I'd have to replay the game, which I'll do at a later point in time. Is it recommended that I try to get the remaining 21 achievements during this run, or would you also recommend just replaying a number of chapters to get the achievements? I don't care much about the time that I need to put into getting all achievements or unlocking multiple paths, as I am willing to commit those amounts of hours.

I would love to continue playing the game now, directly after finishing it, though perhaps replaying the whole game is not recommended. What would you guys say?

[EricHVela]

A lot of the cheevos accompany new content from taking different paths. One set of achievements is isolated to specific, mutually exclusive endings for one of the stories that can successfully end in two very different ways, each having their own cheevos.

One of the achievements requires 8 specific things to happen in a single playthrough of one of the character's story. While there are 30+ opportunities, only 10 can be accomplished in a single playthrough. They're also all rather easy to miss. This is one that needs to start very, very early in the character's story.

A few cheevo-specific content require failures in choices or QTEs.

There are changes in the found magazines that count towards one achievement that, likewise require different choices and different successes and failures to pick up. (All but one magazine has two "covers" that must be viewed to count.)

There's also 100% of each chapter that will require many rewinds and replays. Some opportunities rely on things that happened in earlier chapters (including chapters of another character). (In one case, it happens in the same chapter between different characters.) 100%ing every chapter doesn't come with a cheevo. That's just for your own pride and amusement.

[KuriousKiwi]

Originally posted by EricHVela:

A lot of the cheevos accompany new content from taking different paths. One set of achievements is isolated to specific, mutually exclusive endings for one of the stories that can successfully end in two very different ways, each having their own cheevos.

One of the achievements requires 8 specific things to happen in a single playthrough of one of the character's story. While there are 30+ opportunities, only 10 can be accomplished in a single playthrough. They're also all rather easy to miss. This is one that needs to start very, very early in the character's story.

A few cheevo-specific content require failures in choices or QTEs.

There are changes in the found magazines that count towards one achievement that, likewise require different choices and different successes and failures to pick up. (All but one magazine has two "covers" that must be viewed to count.)

There's also 100% of each chapter that will require many rewinds and replays. Some opportunities rely on things that happened in earlier chapters (including chapters of another character). (In one case, it happens in the same chapter between different characters.) 100%ing every chapter doesn't come with a cheevo. That's just for your own pride and amusement.

Cheers. I know the I'll Be Back achievement requires its own playthrough, as well as the collectible magazines. Which exact achievement are you talking about regarding the 8-strand option? I was especially thinking about easy achievements as the pacifist/violent riot, shooting the Traci's or not. For example, I replayed two chapters briefly to get the achievement of Markus enduring Leo pushing him, and I made the deviant confess to Connor (which I hadn't done in my original playthrough). 100%'ing each chapter will be something I'll perhaps do over time. I think I've just got to restart my playthrough and make completely different choices, trying to get most achievements on the go.

[rikupajari]

I played my first playthrough completely blind and got 28 achievements. After that I used chapter selection to choose few different achievements that doesn't need a full playthrough (shooting Chloe or not, etc). Then I started a new playthrough using a guide that I just finished this morning. I am now at 40/48 and I need one playthrough more to get the last ones and that's mostly because I am missing the "Connor has to die and come back every chance there are" achievement. I am also missing one magazine that is only found if you keep playing the game after you push Leo. I am at 21 hours in playtime so I believe I get 100% in under 30 hours.

[KuriousKiwi]

Originally posted by rikupajari:

I played my first playthrough completely blind and got 28 achievements. After that I used chapter selection to choose few different achievements that doesn't need a full playthrough (shooting Chloe or not, etc). Then I started a new playthrough using a guide that I just finished this morning. I am now at 40/48 and I need one playthrough more to get the last ones and that's mostly because I am missing the "Connor has to die and come back every chance there are" achievement. I am also missing one magazine that is only found if you keep playing the game after you push Leo. I am at 21 hours in playtime so I believe I get 100% in under 30 hours.

Great to hear your experience! Then you're going for the exact same approach I'm thinking of going for. The short achievements that do not necessarily need to affect your whole storyline you can do in chapter replay - which saves you time. I really do need to look into the magazine collectibles. Most of the time I picked them up, just because I knew they'd show up in the flowchart - not being aware that it was an achievement. Under 30 hours is a very reasonable time. I suppose I also may need to take a bit of a break before replaying the whole game! Perhaps I'll 100% the chapters at some point, just not now. Thanks for your insights!