Overview
- Estimated achievement difficulty: 8/10
- Offline: 12/12 (400/400)
- Online: 0/12 (0/400)
- Approximate amount of time to 400: 12-20 hours (skill dependant).
- Minimum number of playthroughs needed: 1 (Difficulty achievements stack).
- Number of missable achievements: None
- Do cheat codes disable achievements?: No Cheats
- Does difficulty affect achievements?: Yes
- Glitchy achievements: None
- Unobtainable achievements: None
- Extra equipment needed?: None
Introduction:
Welcome to Way of the Dogg, a rhythm based game where all you have to do is mash the right button at the right time. While the dev has some success in the past (Boom Boom Rocket, Guitar Hero to name a couple), this one has been very negatively received due to the high number of bugs and glitches that can ruin the experience. On top of that an achievement was unobtainable due to a game bug that has since been patched. This game is not for everyone, having a good background in rhythm games is a must, and sometimes it's not even enough for some people. So if you're looking for a good challenge and you're a forgiving type of person who won't mind getting frustrated by a lot of bugs then here's some tips that might help you getting through these achievements.
Bugs:
First of all, the timing to get perfect notes is inconsistent. Calibrating the game properly is really important, so take your time to calibrate your game in the options menu on the main screen and don't hesitate to do it several times. Sometimes the subtitles will freeze and won't disappear until you back up to the dashboard to make them go away. There are also reports of notes completely disappearing in the middle of a song.
NOTE: When you play a challenge, if the last song you played in story mode was on hard the song in the challenge will play on hard even if it's supposed to be on easy. Load up a chapter in Story Mode and put it on easy, back up to the menu and the challenge will be on easy.
Step 1: Story mode:
There are 18 chapters in story mode. If you feel confident in yourself I suggest you start on hard. The game works as follows; If you hit enough notes in a segment of a song a combination of buttons will appear in the middle of the screen after that segment. If you successfully input the combination then you will injure your opponent, draining his health bar and enlarging yours in the process. On the other side, if you fail to input enough notes in a segment or if you fail to input the ''finishing blows'' properly then the enemy's gonna hit you. The game is over if all your health bar is drained.
There are 5 story-related achievements that can't be missed: "From the cold hearted streets," "Kick, punch, all in the mind', "Back to the old school," "Finish him!" and "The Way." If you complete the game on hard you will receive "The Hard Way." Note that the difficulty achievements stack so you can unlock "The Way" and "The Hard Way" at the same time.
There is also an achievement called "For the Gs" where you must score more than a million points in a single song. It's nearly unmissable since a lot of songs will net you a lot more than a million. You can easily get it on chapter 1 on normal or hard.
Finally, for the "...to get the job done" achievement you must complete a chapter with a 100% hit ratio, which is easiest when done in chapter 1 on easy. The notes do not have to be a Perfect Hit, so just take your time and hit the buttons properly and you should get this after a few tries.
Step 2: S grades on story mode:
If you managed to complete story mode on hard you will have no problems getting S grades for all chapters to net the "That's wassup" and "Doggfather" achievements. You will keep any S rank you did when you completed Story mode so just go to Single Battle Chapter and complete any chapters where you still need an S rank, it can be done on easy or normal. Note that there is a lesser amount of notes on easy so if you're having trouble getting an S on easy try switching to normal, it might be a lot easier to achieve.
Step 3: Challenge mode:
If you want to complete this game, you'll have to earn it. Challenge mode is approximately 10 times harder than anything you experienced in Story Mode, which is why most people are stuck at 350G. There are 2 Challenge mode related achievements. The first one is easy, just achieve a C grade on any challenge to get the "Puff puff passed!" achievement. For the other one, you have to achieve an S rank in all 10 challenges for "Nothin' to it but to do it." See the achievement guide for more detailed information.
[x360a would like to thank SoG Lord Kratos for this Roadmap]