The Field Work quests feel like they build onto the main storyline. I did them as I was playing through the story. You can prob leave all the smaller mystery stuff and finding all artifacts and notes for afterwards.
Also, I would not ignore the various health and exploration upgrades from the books. They give you more room for playing loose or hostile.
Yeah, thatās probably how I would approach it. In general, the exploration is truly enjoyable and really well done in this game.
Yup, Iād also recommend buying the book that lets you find locations of the adventure books first. Health and stamina upgrades are the most important and will come in handy when fighting in the boxing rings or just running around without stamina depleting.
You gain a lot of new skills with adventure books and to unlock all of them youāll need adventure points which you get through exploring/quests. Lots of fun upgrades to the whip, melee combat that I found worth it.
So, main story>field work>adventure books are the priority and then when you have money you can buy the books that give locations for all the notes/photo/mysteries if you want.
Am i missing something obvious here? Is there a way to see on my map the rooms ive been in and any locked doors as well as collectibles ive got / missed?
Im finding it hard to keep track of where I have and have not been
Every collectible has its own map. You just have to find it.
I so far havenāt noticed anything about where we have been, or if any door is locked on the map.
For collectable, there are guide books in game that we have to either buy when available at stores, in the Vatican, the guy we buy the camera from has them on display. Or usually pick up if itās not in the store.
The guide book allow the quest/activity that go with those collectables, to show them in the map and bring up a icon for the closest one.
Think I just suck. Finding it difficult to navigate and keep track of where I have and have not explored. Iād have liked a map implementation akin to Silent Hill 2 but I could be being ridiculous.
Love the visual direction though, and the first person works perfectly IMO
Thanks!
9 hours in, and still in the Vaticanā¦ doing everything, collecting everything. Game definitely has its hooks in me.
The dumb AI and respawning of enemies takes away from the charm at times , but its not enough to detract from the overall experience so far. That in itself is probably testament to the world theyve built and how immersive the exploration is. The cut scenes are great tooā¦ feels to me like one of Xbox highest end first party games.
Got off to a slow start, but yeah, loving this now.
Just put the combat difficulty on easy. Itās not a combat game and none of the achievements are tied to it. Makes it more enjoyable and makes the respawning enemies irrelevant. I punched an entire camp of nazis to ādeathā.
Ok im in the 2nd āmain areaā of the game now. The set pieces have been absolutely amazing. Gone from being sceptical on this game to just total awe nowā¦ As ive got further in, seen more puzzles, what the game has to offer and the narrativeā¦ its a true complete polished package. Never mind the production quality which is top drawer.
Hope it keeps up for the rest of the experience, but yeah, this could be up there will Hellblade 2 for my favourite game this year if it carries on. Feels wild to say that
Just completed the story and 1000 GS the game. Such a fun ride. It harnessed the classic movies greatness perfectly.
For a little more fun, I had to go back to the Vaticanās Belvedere Courtyard to try and work out what I needed to do to steal the 20 and 30 gold from inside the 1 big tent without being caught. Throwing a bottle into middle of the area and crouching was just enough to steal the final money. Wish I could steal more from them.
Rolled credits this morning and was a great game. Got 2 achievements left to do but i think things bugged on me so going to see if the work arounds work. But got some achievements without having everything so thereās that also lol. Like got the one for all the ancient artifacts but i know i need 1 more but Iām and a note Iām missing seems to be bugged so might not newbie to 100% till a patch comes out
The work around worked for me on the note achievement. Ended up taking hint pictures of the Jesus door in the Vatican and it popped the cheevo.
Yup did that at 100% now so onto suicide squad now.
Completed it just now, itās the first game I have āplatinumedā in 2025 (or a while for that matter). What a fantastic experience, Iām looking forward to potential sequels.
On a side note when are Xbox finally going to bring in a platinum equivalent?!
I just did exactly the same after looking on YouTube for a fix and it worked a charm.
I had to use that as well despite showing 100% on every category. The Vatican Fountain would crash the game as soon as it came into focus. Fortunately using the Tower Underground worked on the first picture taking.
There was only 1 ānoteā which still showed on any of my maps, and it was for the A Nun in Trouble quest, but the game menu showed I had all the notes for that quest. Nothing showed up in game when I back-tracked to the area showing the note as well.
Itās funny you should say that, I had an issue with the A Nun in Trouble quest too.
For some reason it kept showing incomplete, the annoying part (if I remember correctly) was you canāt enter the same way once itās already completed, so you have to start at the exit and make your way back.
I believe I ended up having to take the same photo (I think of footprints 
) before it finally acknowledged it.
It was after that bug that I ensured everything was showing complete before I moved to the next area.
All Xbox games will have Platinums soon enough 
