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Can anybody find a pic of Sheva's alt. custome? My buddy said itlooks really cool, described it for my, but I can't find any pics online.

Check out IGN's video guide
http://uk.xbox360.ign.com/dor/objects/760880/resident-evil-5/videos/ignstrategize_re5_031809.html;jsessionid=16lxis1fug1vw

Btw. scout, on what System are you playing it?

which ones scout?
tribal im guessing.

if so gimme till tomorrow and ill have it.

just started working through everything again with my L.hawk (D.eagle rip off)
ok, its not as fun, but i like it

just working on achievements now, need to deflect an arrow with my knife.
kinda hard when i use the stun rod 90% of the time

Anung Un Rama wrote:Check out IGN's video guide
http://uk.xbox360.ign.com/dor/objects/760880/resident-evil-5/videos/ignstrategize_re5_031809.html;jsessionid=16lxis1fug1vw

Btw. scout, on what System are you playing it?

JD21290 wrote:which ones scout?
tribal im guessing.

if so gimme till tomorrow and ill have it.

Sadly, I don't have the game. but I have read reviews , so i've had to stick to vids online. Just watched the vid, and it looks like he was decribing the Clubbin' ostume. Tribal imo looks sexier!

I need more cash to get upgrade the other guns. I want that one-handed, triple-barreled shotgun.

the hydra? simply fully upgrade the basic shotgun
i need around 15k more to finish that, need to start playing as sheva so i can get the bow next.

just a note and a spoiler about the stun rod, so do not read on if you dont want to know a very small section of the story.









when you have to run from whesker and jill, simply use the stun rod on jill once and she keeps away from you, it is possible to hit whesker with it and pin him in a corner beating the gak out of him for 7 minutes, but it does get boring
when you have to take the control thingy off of jill simply stun her with the stun rod, then take it off.
it works 1st time rather than having to do it 5 times.
also, only hit her once per section of the fight, 3 hits and she dies and its game over


on a very random note today, i have concluded that on insane it takes 300 stabs to kill chainsaw man lol
why i tested this i dont know, but to save time shoot him

I know how I can get the Hydra, it just takes so much time to get the money

doesent take that long

if you playing with someone you know then focus on a set gun list.
my friend uses a machine gun and shotgun, i use a pistol / magnum and a sniper.

doing it that way we both get our own ammo, so no sharing is involved, keeps us both happy and argument free.
since the focus is on 2 weapons it means upgrades tend to cost less since its only 2 guns.

1st time i finished it i had loads of half upgraded guns, but nothing finished lol.


also, once you have inf. ammo in a gun it makes saving alot easer since a desert eagle tends to kill anything, leaving you money to spend on another gun.

also, remember to shoot all those BSAA emblems

ive still got to check out the online store thingy on it

What online store thingy?

And to find all the Emblems I'll need the IGN guide. Some of those suckers are hidden in places you didn't even know existed.

My problem with the upgrading was, when I played it for the 1st time, I always thought about RE4 and that I'll probably get a better Shotgun/Uzi/Rifle sooner or later so I waited for the final versions to put more money into the upgrades. If I would've known that I needed to upgrade the starting weapons, I'd upgraded them.

Anyway, are you back home now? I want to play some more online.

Man, its a good thing I work in electronics. Someone just happened to open the guide for RE5. I get about 2 hours every saturday to read it.

Yeah, the chainsaw guy has about 12,000 health in average (for comparison max player health is 1,000).

Of course, the weak spot on most enemies is the head. Except on the tall fellow wearing the mask, his weakspots are on his legs and back.

Jill has low health, but the thing on her chest has 10,000 health. Each bullet does 1,500 damage while each button press does 30(when you grab it).

Just know that the first black worm guy drops a golden ring worth 5,000 if you kill it outside of th furnace.

Upgrade Ithaca=Hydra
Upgrade first pistol=Don't remember name but it looks cool.
Upgrade first rifle=Longbow

@Scout
Sheva has a couple of alternate costumes, in one shes tribal and has what I guess is a tribal version of a bikini on. The other costume is a "clubbin'" costume. She looks like a 70's disco queen.

I just chekced IGN for the BSAA emblems I'm still missing. Damn, some of those locations are crazy!

im not sure anung, havent checked yet, all it says is buy / sell / trade weapons with other players online


the emblems are not as bad as i thought, will use the guide next time as i found 21 or so i think.

thats what i did to start with
luckily i kept my skorpion since i love the gun, full upgraded lol.

im home now and should be on RE5 later on, probly 3 hours or so, need to get the house sorted and cook something to eat.





halo:
im not to sure about 12,000 or so, he can take a good 12 desert eagle (fully upgraded) rounds to the head befire he dies.

with magnums simply upgrade the armopur piercing, then shoot through masks / armour


the amulet on hre chest does indeed have around 10,000 or so, hitting it with the stun rod then take it off in 1 go


im missing 1 treasure so far, and ill get it this time around, it was a dead brides necklace found on the "dead" bodies that grab you




Gatling Gun (Chris Only) - Fully upgrade the VZ61 Machine Gun (skorpion)

Hydra Triple Barrel Shotgun - Fully upgrade the Ithaca M93 Shotgun

Longbow (Sheva Only) - Fully upgrade the S75 Rifle

M93R Pistol (Samurai Edge Custom) - Fully upgrade the M92F Pistol

S&W M500 (Handcannon) - Fully upgrade the S&W M29 Magmum


Mercenaries Mode - Finish the game in any difficulty.

New Game+ - Finish the game in any difficulty.

Playing with Sheva - Finish the game in any difficulty.

Unlimited ammunition for a weapon - Max out the upgrades for that gun then finish the game atleast once.

Sheva's Tribal Costume - Collect 30 BSAA emblems



hope some of that helps

just a note: try to kill everything!
most of the tougher enemies carry a treasure


killing chainsaw manjini - make use of the transformers on the telegraph poles
they will stun him allowing you to shoot him.
barells also help loads, do a nice bit of damage.

killing the worm type boss - you get a flame thrower for this, it helps, but there are other ways.

1: have a friend shoot off the fleshy sore things on his shoulders, then use the flame thrower, it wont do any damage until they are gone.

2: if you have finished the game then its easy, have 2 people using the sig rifle (fully upgraded) and pour rounds into its shoulders and head.

3: 1 person needs to use the flame thrower while the other uses flame rounds in the grenade launcher.


reminders:

use the knife to deflect a crossbow bolt for 60 achievement points

do not get close to the invisi bugs or lickers, they will kill you in 1 hit :(

there are alot of enemies in the game that can do this (mainly bosses)
simply keep some distance at all times, if they are too close use a shotgun or magnum to knock them back.

keep the stun rod with you for the 1st half of the game atleast!
on harder modes it takes alot of rounds to kill most things, and ammo is scarce, the stun rod is allmost allways a 1 hit kill on basic majini unless you hit them in the feet or with the very tip of it, it will still stun them though ready for a melee attack


Big Note: Watch FMV parts and do not pur the pad down, there is allmost allways button bashing needed at some point when you least expect it.

also, a certain "boss fight" (no names for spoiler sake) tells you how to beat it if you listen to the FMV.
(for the record, you dont kill it, you run away for 7 minutes until he leaves)
on that part there is also a desert eagle found in the chest to the right of where you start, takes 2 people to open, but also contains some jewels.


well, hope some of that helped.

The fully upgraded desert eagly does about 900 damage in normal, but it gets +20% against the head.

halo, eagle is 3,000 once fully upgraded.
ive been using it to finish the game twice now

I don't what I'm being told then. If you play at a higher difficulty then of course the enemies health is going to be higher.

I may also be wrong of course.

i can assure you the desert eagle fires at 3,000
only guns that beat it: hand cannon (s500 fully upgraded to unlock this) and the rocket launcher.

enemies health does get higher depending on the settings your playing on, also, the higher the diff. your playing then the more enemies there is, and the smarter they are.

a certain bit involving lickers is a pain in the ass on easy!
playing through it on vet mode and its fething hard, you run out of ammo quickly, and when 20 are attacking you at once with more on the way it does get hard, the stun rod works wonders when you swing it and kill 3 at a time

I never bought the Stun Rod. I kept thinking: "Another thing that takes up inventory space? I need the room for ammo and armor."

JD, you wanna start again from the beginning, or just play certain levels to collect stuff?

the stun rod is worth its weight in solid gold
saves loads of ammo

dont waste money or space with the vests, they are pretty gak lol

im happy to do either.

Okay, I'm on a concert tonight, but maybe I can come online after it. Or maybe an hour from now if you got the time.

i should be on in about an hour or so.
with any luck i get more than an hour on it tonight without the missus complaining

I was correct on some things and wrong on others, I concede my knowledge hat.

Sorry JD, gotta go. Maybe around 11 or 12 pm again?

Got only 9 Emblems left. Thank you IGN.

Look in the waterfall!

Don't they hide those things in the darndest of places?

On the ship you have to throw a grenade in a container above you and hope it hits

anung, throw it aimed at the back, its in the back corner
you can also snipe it from the crane.

a few easy achievements:


Drive by: on the level when your in the truck with the gattling gun simply shoot the driver of another truck.

Lead asprin: find a point where a zombie has to jump accross a gap to get to you, aim about a foot above it with a shotgun, when it jumps just fire.

deflect a arrow with a knife: simple, stand back from someone with a crossbow, knife the arrow.

ride the lightning: on the 1st chainsaw majini simply drop the transformer box on a normal majini after shooting it twice in he leg.

kill 3 majini with 1 barrel: speaks for its self, same level as ride the lightning, just group the majini together and shoot the barrel.

egg on your face: get the rotton egg from the tomb in 4-1, shoot a majini twice in the leg, throw the rotton egg at him.

I read about those.
I recently managed to kill an enemy with a flash grenade, that's also worth an achivement.

So, what's your gamertag for this game now JD? I need a partner.

for the achievement you need to kill 2 majini with a flash.
simple way: on the temple level just go for head shots.
once you have 2 of them with the plants comming out of thier heads throw a flash and get it


Egg hunt: chapter 3-1 (play on vet. diff.)
drive the boat to the middle of the map (chicken pen) then chase a chicken around for a minute or so, it will drop a gold egg.
jump over the fence and grab a brown egg.
do it again on amature diff.
instead of brown eggs there are white eggs.
rot. eggs: majini will drop them randomly after chapter 4-2.

Side note: in chapter 3-1 with the chicken farm, travel to the top left, theres a small camp there with around 5k in items to sell, there is also a sunken boat, you will find ammo and a rocket launcher in it.



anung, my gamertag is Deaths Croshair.
should be on it tomorrow night.
finally got around to using the gattling gun, now working on the SW500 magnum, hydra and upgrading my PSG-1
also need to find 2 more BSAA emblems and 7 more treasures (i missed a few running through levels)


infinate ammo rocket launcher: sounds harder than it is
finish the game in under 5 hours.
each chapter has a "best finish time"
play each one on amature until your happy with the time, keep going and knocking down the times, once under 5 hours you get the infinate ammo rocket launcher.
im at 5 hours 38 minutes so far.


Mercenary mode tips:

unlocking characters: you will need an A rank in each game to unlock a character.
an A rank is 60,000+ points, so not that hard to do.

if you need points fast, find someone who can also play the game well, there are 150 enemies on each level (including a boss and sub's) kill them all for a SS rank and 5,000 points

characters: STARS and safari chris are both good for this, both have a somewhat upgraded shotgun, and safari has a rocket.
when you start simply drop the pistol and you will only find the following: shotgun ammo.

STARS wesker is the best!
starting with a pistol, magnum and hydra.
drop the pistol at the start and you will only find the following: magnum and shotgun ammo, healing items and grenades.


Easy money: other than chapter 3-1, 4-2 has some great things on it, easily earning 45 - 50k per time.


keep or sell?: when hunting to earn money take the bear essentials.
i take a gattling gun only at the moment (anything strong with infinate ammo will do)
that leaves you 8 slots for extras.
dont combine herbs unless you have to, only combine red + green as they sell for 500 each (green x2 is only 400)
incin and normal grenades fetch 250 each, 5 per slot, so worth keeping.
dont keep hold of junk ammo.
rifle, shotgun and grenade ammo is worth keeping to sell, everything else should be dropped if you dont have room to carry better items.
if you do not have the "egg on your face" achievement, shoot a majini twice in the knee, then throw a rotten egg at him to get it.
allthough, these do sell for 2,000 each, so make sure your close and dont miss


if anyone needs any help with anything on RE5 feel free to PM me on here or over the 360 (gamertag earlier in post)
ill help out as much as i can

You don't need to tell me all that stuff JD. I enjoy finding out stuff myself. Except the Emblems. I used a guide for those

I recently played online once more with a random guy and he had the infite launcher. I barely killed anything in that game.

I played some more mercenaries this afternoon. Sheevas bow is pretty cool. I unlocked in the normal game, but didn't get around to try it out hter yet, but it works great in mercs.
Some stages are easy, some not so much. I still have problems with the Reaper which show up in the mines, but Tribal Sheva looks like the best choice since she can have a grenade launcher for the Reapers and kill everything else with the bow.
I played the missle area with STARS Chris and kicked a lot of zombie-butt.

One more thing: is it just me, or are the Electric Rounds for the Grenade Launcher useless?

Oh, and check out Yathzee's review and the Unskippable video

i know mate, just putting it out there for lurkers

i dont want it to use, i just want it to show i got it

ill stick to using wesker on mercs
if your reloading a shotgun or magnum, hold the left bumper and trigger, click X to reload and slash, instant reload, no time taken

reapers are a pain in the ass, but explosive or nitrogen rounds kill them quickly.
failing that the triple burst pistol (once fully upgraded) kills them so quick its scary. (yet to try a gattling gun on one of them)

Elec rounds kick ass
great for hunting lickers in large groups as 1 shot will either kill them, or hurt them badly and throw them accross the map


im on a works computer at the moment so i cant see vids, but ill check later when im home



anung, if you need to speed through the game for the infinate launcher then simply take all 3 magnums with infinate ammo.
saves reload times and gets the job done quickly