slaphappy
14th November 2003, 04:13 PM
[Spoilers Warning - Bonus Challenges]
Let me just say Rare has once again proven themselves to be the masters of aggravation.
So I finished the game and collected all 100 books. I then proceeded to get the platinum medal in each of the 20 challenges. So what happens? The Baron appears and says congrats on getting the gold medal, yes gold, in every challenge, and he has a special extra challenge, a 21st challenge called Play It Again, Son!
For this challenge, you have to do the entire game over, not as Cooper, but as his girlfriend. Here's the catch: you only start with 10 hearts in every room and there are no special soups; no one-hit wonder, no invisibilty, no mini-Coopers, nothing. And this time, there is a running timer in the lower left with a 21 stopwatch icon. If you complete the challenge, the Baron says he'll give you a platinum medal.
Great, I thought. What awesome picture will you get in the Gallery for this platinum medal. Maybe it'll be Banjo Secrets related. Well, nearly 9 hours game clock later, I finally get past Chapter 4, but fail to unlock all 10 prisoners in Chapter 5 before that clock runs out. Yes, 2 clocks on the screen.
Here's my problem, and where I need help. The Baron says congrats, here's a Bronze medal, laughs, and says no, he'll give me the platinum. But then he says something about it not being that easy and he has hidden it somewhere and I have to find it. What??? Unfortunately I didn't get any screenshots or write down exactly what he said.
Here's the strange thing. The challenge screen shows me having the platinum medal. But alas, no new image in the Gallery. I can go back into the 21st challenge and it starts me in Chapter 5, the Race. I finished it this time, and the Baron says his bronze joke again, says he'll give me the platinum, but this time, there is no mention of something being hidden. I can still go back into the challenge and start the Race agan. Now I notice that the heart icon in the upper right is golden, and not red anymore. But I don't know if it changed after I finished the challenge the 1st time or after I finished the Race. I didn't notice it.
Has anyone seen the message about the Baron hiding the platinum? I could kick myself for not writing down exactly what he said. And does the heart icon change when you finish the challenge, or only when you finish the Race.
This'll teach me for playing games to the wee hours of the morning...
Let me just say Rare has once again proven themselves to be the masters of aggravation.
So I finished the game and collected all 100 books. I then proceeded to get the platinum medal in each of the 20 challenges. So what happens? The Baron appears and says congrats on getting the gold medal, yes gold, in every challenge, and he has a special extra challenge, a 21st challenge called Play It Again, Son!
For this challenge, you have to do the entire game over, not as Cooper, but as his girlfriend. Here's the catch: you only start with 10 hearts in every room and there are no special soups; no one-hit wonder, no invisibilty, no mini-Coopers, nothing. And this time, there is a running timer in the lower left with a 21 stopwatch icon. If you complete the challenge, the Baron says he'll give you a platinum medal.
Great, I thought. What awesome picture will you get in the Gallery for this platinum medal. Maybe it'll be Banjo Secrets related. Well, nearly 9 hours game clock later, I finally get past Chapter 4, but fail to unlock all 10 prisoners in Chapter 5 before that clock runs out. Yes, 2 clocks on the screen.
Here's my problem, and where I need help. The Baron says congrats, here's a Bronze medal, laughs, and says no, he'll give me the platinum. But then he says something about it not being that easy and he has hidden it somewhere and I have to find it. What??? Unfortunately I didn't get any screenshots or write down exactly what he said.
Here's the strange thing. The challenge screen shows me having the platinum medal. But alas, no new image in the Gallery. I can go back into the 21st challenge and it starts me in Chapter 5, the Race. I finished it this time, and the Baron says his bronze joke again, says he'll give me the platinum, but this time, there is no mention of something being hidden. I can still go back into the challenge and start the Race agan. Now I notice that the heart icon in the upper right is golden, and not red anymore. But I don't know if it changed after I finished the challenge the 1st time or after I finished the Race. I didn't notice it.
Has anyone seen the message about the Baron hiding the platinum? I could kick myself for not writing down exactly what he said. And does the heart icon change when you finish the challenge, or only when you finish the Race.
This'll teach me for playing games to the wee hours of the morning...