38: Twins

38: Twins

Character: John Sheppard

Unlocking the I'm Not Scared Trophy

This chapter begins with a top-down view of a travel trailer that is clearly the home of the two boys who are ejected from it - the voice that is berating them is likely their fathers but there is nothing that really indicates that, so I suppose it could be their mother's boyfriend - and like usual it is raining.  Actually that may be more significant than it appears, since this is likely the episode that created the mental breakdown that in turn created the killer's urge to kill and the pattern of his modus operandi!

It appears that you live next to a construction site, and after a running game of chase you end up in it, and your brother boosts you onto a pallet of blocks.  After you help him up the chase resumes, and you wend your way through a forest of rebar, and then balance on a ramp and then slide down.  Your brother meanwhile is running through the cement pipes, egging you on to follow.

Getting through the pipe is simply a matter of not banging your head by keeping it down while you use L1 and R1 to move your legs, and once you get out - your brother gives you lots of helpful character building encouragement - you follow him up another stack of blocks, across a beam overhand, and finally down a pipe slide.  Next he climbs a scaffold and then walk across a board using the controller to balance by tilting it.  Next you jump a gap, and then it is time for the Jump of Death!

Your brother slaps you some skin for being able to keep up with him - you must be feeling pretty good about now, yeah?  John decides that now would be a good time to play hide and seek, so you get to count to twenty using the buttons, and he goes off to hide.  Now after the first few numbers you can cheat if you want to by skipping numbers - but hey, you are not a cheater, right?

As you finish counting and start looking for your brother you hear him calling for help and find him jammed into a broken drainage sluice.  His foot is caught on something - and even though you try hard to get him out it is not working, and he realizes that.   You vow to get help, and he warns you to hurry, that he thinks the water is rising...  Hey, that sounds familiar...

If you managed to follow John without making any mistakes, the trophy "I'm Not Scared!" (bronze) unlocks at this point as the chapter transition takes place.

Trophy Notes: this one is difficult for some players and not for others - I imagine if you are good with the sequences you will have no trouble with it, but the camera angle can inadvertently cause you to mess up, so here is a short guide to the commands to help you nail this:

(It helps if you change the camera so that it is closer to you rather than farther away)

(1) First Blocks - Hold down L1 and tap X to climb up, then push down and tap X to help John up.

(2) Rebar Forest: This is just pushing the joystick in the prompted direction - easy peasey!

(3) Slide: Tilt the controller left three times to slide down.

(4) The Cement Pipe:  Okay this one is harder but is do-able, you just need to pay attention to the prompts.  If you do mess up, remember that you can quit to the main menu and then hit continue and it will bring you back to the point just prior to your mistake.

What you need to do is hold the joystick down to keep your head low and use L1 and R1 to walk through.  When the camera angle changes to you inside the pipe, it wants you to tap L1 and R1 - not hold them down!

To recap in case you are having problems with this - approach the pipe, hold down the right JS, and then keep it held down and alternate tapping L1 and R1 and you will get through this without difficulty!

(5) Ledge Jump: You need to follow your brother's example - so hold down Square until its meter fills, and then without releasing Square, hold down X until its meter fills and then release both buttons - you will then run towards the ledge and be prompted to hit UP on the right JS.  Do that and you are home-free!

(6) Second Blocks:  Approach the blocks and push the JS UP to climb, then hold down R1 and then L2 and tap X to climb. 

(7) I-Beam:  Tap the JS UP and then push the JS left and right (alternating) to move your hands along the I-Beam.

(8) Second Pipe: Approach the pipe and hold Circle until its meter fills and then L2 until its meter fills, and then release both to slide down the pipe.

(9) Scaffolding: Do a down-and-right-arc slide with the JS to climb onto the scaffolding, and then JS UP as prompted to climb.

(10) Balance Board: Approach the board and hit UP on he JS to step onto the board and then tilt the controller as prompted to cross.  If you get an animation of stumbling that is a fail.  If you get a fail (there is no red blinky mate, look for the animation) just quit and continue from the main menu as it did a save from the start of this one.

(11) Gap Jump: Hold R1 until its meter fills, L1 until its meter fills, and then Circle until its meter fills, and the POV will change, at which point you just need to let go of all of the buttons to make the jump!  Easey Peasey!

(12) Jump of Death: Hold down R1 Triangle L1 as prompted, and once the meters fill all you need to do is release the buttons to make the jump and land on the dirt pile!