Awesome, thanks!

Darn,

ok, can someone give me a way to get from the Wonderland Plaza back to the Paradise Plaza without running into the convicts? I just started a new game and the first thing I did was went for the maintenance key. I killed them while I was in the park but forgot to destroy the truck so now they're back. all I have for weapons is 2 baseball bats and a stock full of books. its about 11:00pm so the zombies are all crazy too. I just don't want to sit here in the bathroom until the next day and everytime I hit the park I get killed by the convicts in no time.

thanks.

Kill the clown by the roller coaster then go back to the roller coaster controls and press B. This should activate a cutscene where you find a survivor on the coaster. Talk to him and then he will show you a shortcut to Paradise Plaza through one of the bathrooms in Wonderland Plaza. After that, saving survivors is so much easier.

So last night I'm playing infinity mode. Note, you CANNOT save in this mode. ANyway, I've managed to get to 4 hours and abut 20 hours when my game freezes on a loading screen. I wait and wait and eventually I try hitting buttons. The only thing that works is hitting the middle system button, but that instantly kills the game and returns me to the dashboard.

At this point I'll probably never get the 5 or 7 day survivor achievements, and by proxy the Clothes Horse one since I think I need the unlocked costumes as well. I suppose I'll try for everything else and leave those for absolute last when I have a lot of free time.

I have 8 other achievements left. The Indoorsman and Outdoorsman ones I haven't done just because they seem like they'll be boring and you won't be able to go after some of the others. Frank the Pimp and Tour Guide you pretty much have to dedicate a special game to getting. I almost got Transmissionary but I didn't save one of the necessary survivors for that one. Perfect Gunner I keep trying but my strategies never work. Last time I tried for Saint I had time management issues, as I was trying to get Gourmet and Punisher at the same time and wasted too much time and missed some scoops. I'm one person short of the Full Set, but if I do my Saint strategy properly I should get that one.

I'm not sure if this has been covered or not, but I made the mistake of getting the 'serv bot' hat early on in the game...and now i can't seem to figure out how to get it off. I've clicked on 'change clothes' about everywhere I can, but nothing seems to get rid of it.

Any advice?

same exactlthing happened to me, i posted it in the other DR thread. Supposedly it has to do with entering the food court around that time

perfect gunner you can actually shoot the jeep before you hijack it before the boss battle with a full clip and it will unlock.

I think you have to go back to where you got it in order to get rid of it. Or swap it for a hat somewhere maybe?

Under the stairs leading up to the Heli pad are some boxes that have your original clothes in them. I am not sure if it works with hats though.

Same thing happened to me. It bothered me so much that I erased all my saved game data and started again. I hope that you find a better solution to getting rid of it.

After downloading the 8 free keys to outfits i know there was one locker in the security room that takes off any helmet you are wearing. I used that locker to get rid of both the bot helmet and the megaman helmet.

Like RVP said, there is a box under the stairs to the heliport that has your starting clothes in it.

Decided to go ahead and open this bitch up and play. So far, so good. I will say that it seems alot harder than the demo led me to belive it was. I got nabbed by zombies alot in the full version, whereas I didn't in the demo.

Man, this game is pissing me the fuck off. The aiming system is terrible. The bosses have too much life, and considering it's hard to find books to allow more items to be carried, only a few weapons an a few health items being carried doesn't do it. Grrrrr.

There are 3 books that are easy to find and that will make your life much easier.

In Paradise Plaza (the first area you go into) go to Bachmans Bookporium (the big one) and get the Entertainment book and the Engineering book.

Go to Wonderland Plaza (right through the food court) Go to the bookstore across from the bathroom on the second floor (not sure the name) and get the Criminal Biography.

Then get the mini-chainsaw also in Wonderland plaza (it spawns at the rollercoaster after you beat Adam)

This weapon will last a LONG time as long as you keep all 3 of those books in your inventory and it is a very powerful and fun to use weapon. You can do all this very early in the game, right after you beat the first Carlito I think and it should only take 15 minutes or so. I did this at lvl. 6 and never looked back.

The aiming system is awful. I'm currently going for the 5 and 7 day survivor achievements and just spent half a freaking game day sniping this one guy down outside. Everytime you touch the control stick, the cross hair jumps like 5 feet. It's very difficult to get a direct hit, especially when the person you are shooting at is running all over the place. But I did get him with 2 bullets to spare.

I almost threw my controller against the wall yesterday playing this game. I had to turn it off and take a break.

I'm doing all the cases and got to

You don't need the unlocked costumes to get clothes horse. I just got it last night, and I haven't unlocked everything. You just have to try on all the clothes in the mall. I just went to every store in the mall, including some of the empty rooms in the North Plaza that had hats in some boxes.



Outdoorsman is easy. I just started a game, and left Frank sitting on the helipad at the beginning while I was out doing errands. I put the controller on the play and charge kit, so it wouldn't turn off and pause the game. I came back a few hours later, and I had the achievement. I got Indoorsman while I was in the tunnels getting Genocider.

I've got about 8 achievents left to get. Don't know if I'll ever get the 5 and 7 day achievements though. Also, I always seem to miss a call from Otis somewhere. I've never got Transmissionary, and I've played the game through about 3 times.

I had to run all over the park to get those. On one, I had to get all the way against the wall of the movie theater, and zoom in, to get it. I don't think I could actually see the PP sticker on any of those shots. If I got close to the tower, they didn't count. It's weird. There are 3 you have to get, too. There is a thread on the xbox.com DR forum that lists where all the stickers are and has a link to pictures. It's stickied at the top of their forums.

Yeah, that's a lot of mind draining work to go up in flames like that. I really don't understand why you can't save in that mode when it's a LOT longer and more dragged out than the 72 hour mode, which gives you unlimited saves. Even if they were going for the survival aspect, they should at least allow you to save at the end of each game day or something.

And I'm almost 90% sure I was in Al Fresca when it happened, I know because Al Fresca is HELL in that mode for me. I don't really have any problems traversing any other area, but the non-fountain end of that place is so narrow and trecherous. Even the North Plaza has stuff you can jump on to momentarily to stop the onslaught.

The really crappy thing is I was in GREAT shape to go for 7 days. I had only used up about 10% of the mall food and had enough in my inventory to get through at least another 8 game hours. Getting the three health books makes it almost easy, other than the whole waiting game. I actually figured if I was in a safe spot I could refill my health and let it go for about 20 real minutes. I would set my timer for 16 minutes or so and go watch tv in the other room.

Thanks for the tip. A FAQ I read incorrectly said you did need those outfits.

Ahh, I was going outside to get the convertible in my Genocider strategy so I didn't get it then. How long is 24 hours of game time in real time?

I actually just got Transmissionary last night while doing my Saint strategy (which I should get as soon as I finish up the last few hours of the game).

Basically, you need to:
1. Get all the basic scoop transmissions (the ones that appear no matter what you've done or completed... Out of Control, etc.)
2. Do the cases up through 6-1 (Santa Cabeza). I believe the last case-related transmission you get from Otis is telling you There are I think 7 transmissions related to cases in general, and you won't get them if you're hanging around the security office area during those times, especially the ones that are reminders to get back to the secuity office for your next case.
3. Save these survivors:
4. Answer all the 'new location' transmissions.

I think the key for this is to a) not stay in any one place for too long and b) rescue or kill as many survivors as possible. There can only be '8 possible survivors' worth of cases available at any time. So if you have Above the Law and Hatchet Man open at the same time, that's 7 survivors. Any case with 2 or more survivors can't even become available to you. I'm also not sure if you can 'miss' a call by being too busy to answer it.

This is a perfect one to get alongside Saint, because using optimal Saint strategy you should get both of these at the same time. That same thign should almost guarantee a full set for someone as well, as I think I encountered all but three people in the notebook...

Question: is that an instant unlock? Meaning do you unload one complete gun perfectly and get it? Or is it an "over the course of a game never miss with any machine gun" thing, that will indicate at the end of your game? Meaning I should only use a machine gun once in a game, for that specific purpose?

Instant, one clip.

Interesting. Thanks for the heads up.