Overview:
-Estimated achievement difficulty: 3/10
-Offline: 48 (1000)
-Online: 0
-Approximate amount of time to 1000: 14-17 Hours
-Minimum number of playthroughs needed: 1 (missions can be replayed)
-Number of missable achievements: 0
-Do cheat codes disable achievements? No cheats
-Does difficulty affect achievements? No
-Glitchy achievements: None
-Unobtainable achievements: None
-Extra equipment needed? None, though a 2nd controller will help immensely.
Introduction:
Even though this game is a Sims game, there is only very basic customization. There is no difficulty setting for the story, though you can set it to Easy AI in quickplay or local. You will be playing through the entire story and trying to obtain gold medal in every mission. They can be replayed right away if you don't get gold, or later on in mission select. For the most part the game is eay, though at times it can be frustrating with dogfights and races. The game will seem cheap at times, and you will feel robbed of a win. This holds true in both modes. Sometimes, you will rely on pure luck to win certain things. As a base, you will get the majority of achievements in the story, and play quickplay or local to grind out the rest.
Step 1: Story
Story mode seems like it's going to be quick at first, but the missions keep dragging on. You cannot skip the talking entirely, just can speed through it. Cut scenes cannot be skipped, so replaying those missions can feel tedious. You should attempt all gold medals, retrying the levels right away. You can choose not to of course, and skip along through the story and replay them later. There seems to be no real way to fail a mission, you are just awarded better for being in first. Get yourself familiar with the Hanger, and create 5 planes (without mixing the parts around). After beating the story, you should replay levels you may have missed gold on. Also during story you unlock perks and upgrades. You should be going to the hanger whenever you unlock these to make getting gold medals easier.
Step 2: Replay Missions for Gold
If you didn't choose to retry every mission, or accidently carried on, you must replay them in mission select. To do this, choose story mode from the main menu and go to the SkyForce Barracks icon on the planet. Now choose Flight Log and you can scroll through and pick any level to replay. There are a total of 43 missions you need to have gold medals on.
Step 3: Local and Quickplay
You will probably be missing quite a few "takedown" related achievements by the end of the game. A second controller will help grind these achievements out. Go to Multiplayer and Local, press on your second controller and pick your wanted options. Explore the levels for the various powerups you need and equip your perks as needed for the specific takedown achievements you are going for. You should be able to average around 50 or so kills in a 20 minute period (this does depend on what powerup you are getting). If you don't have a 2nd controller, go to quickplay and face easy bots (or just 1 bot). Either way, set your options to double damage where possible. Make sure before you use your specific powerup it will kill them in one hit. You may have to shoot your enemy into the red for this to happen, depending on the powerup and on if you have a perk for it.
Conclusion
This game is fairly easy, but can be frustrating trying to get gold medals on some missions. It also seems a bit too long for what it is, and all the talking gets old very fast. You will almost feel like you're playing a much as reading (even skipping most of it). Overall plan to spend a few somewhat agonizing days completing this game. Some will enjoy it, others will wish they hadn't stuck it in their console.
x360a would like to thank Tyger7 for this Road Map