how hard is it to obtain DMD and H&H S rank achievements?

[Aither]

So I just completed all DMC4SE achievements. for me, this was hell especially Dante Must Die S rank. I was depressed, anxious, and angry at the same time because I restarted so many times to complete each mission. the repetitive gameplay drove me nuts too and the most annoying part is finding orbs on every difficulty. so I googled finding tips and solutions only to find many people saying DMD is easy. I was like wtf dude! I checked steam and PS achievement rate for DMD S rank and only 1.9% and 3.83% who actually completed it, were they bluffing?

to be honest, i’m not very good at this game but i’m very persistent and i’m asking for your opinions if DMC5 is more forgiving and easier to get S rank on DMD and H&H mode.

[Mister Breaker]

Originally posted by Sixtyfivekills:

Originally posted by Aither:

You must be good at this game, but for me. I was struggling so much with DMC4SE DMD mode, that's why I used Lady/Trish to achieve most S ranks. I heard about using Faust too, it's like using Lady's shotgun to build up stylish points. .. lol

dw, if you managed to 100% DMC 4 this one won't be too bad.

Just the fact that you managed to no damage Dante at the end of BP or beat him with SSS rank means you're more than capable, you can do it my guy!

To be fair I cheesed the ♥♥♥♥ out of those achievements. Lady for Dante SSS and Super Dante Pandora trick for no damage Dante.

[Aither]

Originally posted by Mister Breaker:

Originally posted by Sixtyfivekills:

dw, if you managed to 100% DMC 4 this one won't be too bad.

Just the fact that you managed to no damage Dante at the end of BP or beat him with SSS rank means you're more than capable, you can do it my guy!

To be fair I cheesed the ♥♥♥♥ out of those achievements. Lady for Dante SSS and Super Dante Pandora trick for no damage Dante.

Haha.. Exactly, that's what I did sorry to disappoint you @Sixtyfivekills...

[vultok]

There are 2 really helpful rank bonuses which you can get in most missions and one huge penaulty:
No continue: multiplies your stylish rank by 1.2x
No damage: multiplies your stylish rank by 2x
Doing a mission using a Super character: multiplies your stylish rank by 0.2x, making it impossible to achieve S rank.

If you manage do get a no-damage run, you'll get no continue as well and it is guaranteed an S rank (it'll be your stylish rank multiplied by 2.2x). However, no-damage runs on DMD can be a bit tricky, since enemies take more time to die and have their own DT.

DMD threshold for S rank is 6000 stylish points, however if you manage to score around 5000 and have a no continue bonus, assuming you were hit, but didn't die, you'll be good to go.
Also, in DMD you'll probably be doing a lot of combos and in most missions achieving about 5000 won't be that hard.

HAH threshold for S rank is 5500 stylish points.
On HAH, enemies have the same attributes as SOS (son of sparda), so you'll be able to pull some nice combos too. However, there is (except for one specific mission) no no-continues bonus, as 1 hit means you're done.
Most missions are fairly generous with scores, so even if you don't get any bonus, you can still achieve S rank, provided you did some decent combos.

As mentioned before, some missions are not that fair and thus can be a real headache (namely m8, m10, m12 and m18).

I think that it's worth mentioning m8, specifically, since in all difficulties it can be quite weird for those looking for S ranks (at least it was for me in DH), because on lower difficulties enemies will have less health and you're not going to be able to do some neat combos (even though the threshold is less demanding [human = 4000, DH = 5000, SOS = 5500]).

[OddDo]

Originally posted by Aither:

Originally posted by OddDo:

Also, I'm liking the Bloody Palace save and practice features, but that does not help when it's a boss that kills your run, haha.

haha... Sounds like you are just like me who have zero talent in this kind of hack-and-slash games but still love playing them... lol :s_xd:

yea, love those games, even when they kick my arse! sucks to suck in them, though, hahaha

and I don't think I have the patience anymore for a 90 min run through the Bloody Palace in 4, without a suspend save feature

[Sixtyfivekills]

Originally posted by Aither:

Haha.. Exactly, that's what I did sorry to disappoint you @Sixtyfivekills... :chocobo:

Doesn't matter how you did it, but you did it. Cheesing is also very possible here as well, just don't give up.

Originally posted by Mister Breaker:

Lady for Dante SSS

I wish I knew the tactic instead of clashing swords with him as Nero. It took me too long.