So, I went back and redid all the Hardcore missions earning gold in all of them. Still no 'War Hero' achievement. Then I noticed a hidden achievement in Game Center. "Assault Veteran - Earn every gold medal during 2 Squad Assault Modes". I already got a gold in Squad Assault - Guess I have to beat it twice??
ok - got that, but still, not enough money is earned to make it through. is there another way to earn money?
Another strategy that may help - If you feel overwhelmed, try circling around a block, and take out the enemies around you, then move to the next block and do the same. Just work your way through them gradually and you should be able to remain relatively safe from attack.
Commander Trials Mode I think someone mentioned this before - after completing the main story, the Commander Trials Mode is unlocked, but after quitting the game and relaunching, the CT Mode is now locked again. Is this a bug that is affecting everyone? (I'm playing on the original iPad)
Yes I think so. Beating the final level unlocks it again, but it will still be locked after you quit and restart. If you quit the game during a Commander Trails level, then the continue option will take you back to the Commander Trails level (but Commander Trails will still be greyed out on the main menu) which you can then exit back to the Commander Level select screen. So you can keep it unlocked unless you want play any of the other levels.
Hi, To All of You - sorry for not answering, I broke my damn laptop on a way to Gamescom in Cologne So first of all, yes it is a bug, it shouldn't be that way, we're gonna fix that via next update, as soon as possible. Also, with recommendations - either way for unlocking the Commander Trials mode should work. If it didn't - that was not intended, it's a bug we didn't track before releasing the game. Sorry for that. So Maniacfive - please excuse me, it's a bug, regular unlocking of the Commander Trials should be fixed soon. (errrr... we're not dicks, we're more-less awesome, handsome, funny and hard-working devs ) @LOLavi - did the video help? @Der-Kleine Well, I can imagine how it could work, but I'm not sure if it would rather help the gameplay or make it a bit messy. Let's see if more players would opt for this, ok? @calvinscott There's this Squad Assault mode in Anomaly for iPads, but without spoiling... wait for the next update Again, there's gonna be update, gonna be more stuff added and I'll be here often since I'm back after Gamescom and having regular access to the internet. thx
buggy achievements ? If an update is coming, might I suggest to look into fixing the achievements, as well ? Game Center says I earned 39 achievements out of 56, but there are only 2 achievements grayed out in the icon list. Even weirder, Crystal says I've completed 64% of all achievements, and there are 4 grayed out achievements - only one of which is grayed out on Game Center, too BTW, how am I supposed to get the Master Bomber achievement ? I looked all over the campaign missions for a cluster of 4 blasters, to no avail. I tried the Squad Assault, too, but I'd rather give up than play over and over again, hoping for the right (random) placement of blasters... Thanks!
Love the game. Played through on Hardcore. But now, I'm stuck: Has anyone played Commander Trials level 10 yet? I'm not sure how to destroy every bridge tower where the two bridges run parallel at the end of the map. I'm not able to plot a route that loops around to both bridges (game doesn't allow it). There are too many towers on the far side, and not enough long range weapons (Bombs). I've destroyed everything leading up to those two bridges and saved as many power-ups as possible, in order to deal with the two bridges. But as soon as I reach the end of a bridge ... MISSION FAILED (again, because I can't destroy the ones on the other side and can't double back). Any thoughts or suggestions?
I don't remember which side you're supposed to cross (if you use the wrong bridge you'll inevitably lose), but basically if you place your bombs just right, you'll hit multiple towers and that's the key to winning this one. It's a pretty tricky mission, but it's quite possible. EDIT: If I'm not mistaken, you cross the bridge on the right, and kill the far left enemies using 3 bombs (top tower + behemoth, behemoth + stingray, stingray + two bottom towers). I don't feel like rerunning the mission, but glancing at the map, I think this should work. It's either 14 or 15, can't recall which but there's definitely such a group in the campaign. They're across the street from each other and you just toss the bomb in the middle. EDIT: Four towers at the beginning of 15. Throw the bomb in the middle of the street.
You'll see There are hidden achievements too - that's why it says 64% but shows only a couple of grayed out, however I don't know why it's different on Game Center and Crystal... Gonna dig it.
More details - on Crystal, "The Suit Works Fine", "Fist of Stone" and "Survivalist" are my only remaining locked icons (weird, as I've beaten "Campaign Hero" and "War Hero"). On Game Center, the locked icons are "Assault Veteran" and "Survivalist". BTW, I hate hidden achievements and fail to see the point of them. Maybe you'll decide to make all of them visible on the next update ?
I for one like hidden achievements if done well and sparingly. Ideally they should be odd things that have a decent chance of happening in skillful play and cause the player a little chuckle, "Whoa, I didn't even know the game tracked how many times my character crawled over bushes?". If some of these better done hidden achievements weren't hidden they'd be far to easy to intentionally trigger and have little significance.
Just FYI, Squad Assault isn't endless. Although I'm kind of glad it isn't, since after you upgrade your team enough almost nothing can take it down. If there's going to be an endless mode added, you should have to start fresh with your units and powers in each wave, maybe with some fixed amount of money plus a bonus for your leftover stuff from the previous wave (some percentage of their total value). That'd be a lot more interesting and challenging than just doing Squad Assault waves forever. Just a thought! I can't imagine such a mode would be too hard to program, and it would increase replay value immensely.
