123456789012345678902345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789 ****************************************** *Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex * * The Unlock Guide * * v0.7 * *Written by Ichiniisan, AKA LifeLessDummy* ****************************************** ******************* *Table of Contents* ******************* 1. Introduction 2. Disclaimer 3. "Beat the Game" Unlocks 4. "Miscellaneous" Unlocks 5. Unlocking Difficulties 6. About Me 7. Version History INTRODUCTION: Hello all. Well, I finally blew my lid. After someone had inquere about the specific objectives to unlock something, and many months of me already submitting a complaint, yet getting absolutely no response, I figured from now on, I can just redirect them to the UNLOCK FAQ. Haha, but the problem was that there wasn't one. So, next to my unfinished walkthrough, I'm making a quick Unlock FAQ. Hopefully, I will answer many questions on the GameFAQ board, or any other board that has this. DISCLAIMER: This list was painfully written by the Dummy and it may not be published publicly, privately, in print, electronically, or by any other means known by man without prior written consent by the author (and Ifm a pretty nice fellow), and you can't distribute this without my name on this FAQ. If I give consent to put a copy of this FAQ on your own websites, it may NOT be altered, changed, or tampered with unless I agree, because sometimes the grammar isnft correct, but thatfs just the way how it was written in the game and DO NOT link directly to GameFAQs or any other sites that host this FAQ. Theyfre really nice folks, and any less of a headache to them would be appreciated. Currently, GameFAQ.com and possibly neoseeker.com has permission to host this, and any other FAQ of mine so far. Also, if I made some kind of error (remember, Ifm a human being AND a dummy) contact me so I can correct it. ************************* *"Beat the Game" Unlocks* ************************* This is the "Beat the Game" Unlock section. As the title suggest, this is about unlocking secret items that involve beating the game, or as I would suggest to you, BEAT THE FINALLY BOSS. It makes it easier: all you have to do, is finish the finally mission on whatever setting and "Beat the Game." Of course, you have to beat the game once throughout so that you can just go straight to the last mission, but then once you got that out of the way, you can follow the rest of this guide. How to unlock everything in 10 easy steps: 01) When you are playing a new game, at the main menu, select NEW GAME. 02) Select the difficulty to (my defualt) EASY. 03) Play threw the entire game. Defeat the final boss on the 12th mission. 04) By this time, you unlocked the first set of unlockables. Now on the main menu, select "CONTINUE" 05) Go to mission 12, Experimental Farm, and select the difficulty to NORMAL. 06) Play it, and defeat that robot. 07) By this time, you unlocked the second set of unlockables. Now on the main menu, select "CONTINUE" 08) Go to mission 12, Experimental Farm, and select the difficulty to HARD. 09) Play it, and defeat that robot. 10) You have now unlocked all the unlockables relating to the "Beat the Game." The 3 sets of Unlockables: When you complete the game on Easy Mode, you unlock: Unlimited Ammo for the Seburo, submachine gun, assault rifle, shotgun, hand grenades, spark grenades, and knives for Single-Player Campaign Three additional costumes for Motoko Kusanagi, three additional costumes for Batou, and yellow menus for Single-Player Campaign Playable Motoko Kusanagi and Batou, and unlocking Dome Level in Multiplayer Game When you complete the game on Normal Mode, you unlock: Armed Suit and Think Tank playble in Multiplayer Game When you complete the game on Hard Mode, you unlock: Three additional paint jobs for Tachikoma for Single-Player Campaign Tachikoma playable in Multiplayer Game ************************* *"Miscellaneous" Unlocks* ************************* These are the unlock that doesn't involve just beating the final mission and boss. There isn't any easy way to obtaining them; you just gotta do them. For a fan guide, use President Skroob's guide for finding those pesky fans: http://db.gamefaqs.com/console/ps2/file/ghost_in_the_shell_sac_fan.txt Just remember some points: (a) there are 10 fans in each 12 missions (b) you should always have a sniper rifle (c) set the setting to easy When you collect/destroy all 120 fans, you unlock: Napalm Launcher for Motoko Kusanagi, Laser Gun for Batou, and unlimited ammo for laser gun and napalm launcher for Single-Player Campaign Laser gun and Napalm launcher unlock for use in Multiplayer Game As for completing the game without continuing, just maintain high health throughout the missions, you could take it slow because time isn't a factor, and set it to easy. At the main menu, select "CONTINUE" and you will see (hopefully) 12 missions avalible to you. At one of the corners is an icon believed to be the section 9 symbol. If you don't see this icon, that means you didn't finish that mission without a continue. Play it on any difficulty you want, but I would play it on easy. Repeat this process until all 12 missions have been completed without a continue. There is no specific order needed to be done, so you can finish it by doing this (ex: mission - 12, 5, 9, 1, 3, 2, 8, 11, 10, 4, 6, 7) When you complete the game without continuing: Unlimited ammo for grenade launcher, rocket launcher, missile launcher, sniper rifle, and missile pod in Single-Player Campaign ************************ *Unlocking Difficulties* ************************ (Copy and Paste from my Point Guide) The list of Difficulity, how much point you need to unlock it, and how much the points mulitplies: Difficulty Points Required Point Multiplier Easy Already Avalible 0.5x Normal Already Avalible 1.0x Hard Already Avalible 1.5x Very Hard 15,000 2.0x Aggressive 22,000 3.0x Dangerous 34,000 4.5x Execution 50,000 6.0x Hopeless 75,000 8.0x Nightmare 90,000 10.0x Champion 120,000 15.0x The best way to obtain these difficulty is to play Mission 8 in the highest difficulty you have. Defeat the 3 think-tank and a few armed suits quickly, and its money in the bag. Ex: Time: 11:48 8196 Enemies: Think-tank x3 3000 Armed Suit x4 2800 Total: 13996 Difficulty: x_____ Equals you getting the new diffulty. ********** *About Me* ********** I am Ichiniisan, also known as LifeLessDummy. You can contact me by email, lifelessdummy@yahoo.com, aim, lifelessdummy or sephirokun or kightdragnslayer, and/or irc, #animeoverload@irc.irchighway.net This walkthrough is not 100% accurate because I am a human dummy, and usually I am in need of those "... For Dummies" book titles for everything. ***************** *Version History* ***************** 0.5 1/02/06 This guide was design as an outline. I decided to create the outline at least before starting to do all the dirty work, which would help me later on anywaz. In this case, I just copy one of the files I had done, and rename many areas. During this time, I was trying to figure out what was wrong with my connection because I couldn't log onto the internet... 0.6 1/03/06 Finish the guide. Checked threw it, but I figure I know there's going to be other mistakes, so I'll post first, then have the guys on the forum correct it. 0.7 1/05/06 Included a more in-depth guide. Hope it really is....