Chapter One

Step One

(obtain the nanovore sample) story related, cannot be missed

Mirror Images

(make your puppet look like your mc) - there is an issue with one of the stats because of a hyphen

Ripples on the Water

(listen in when you go to retrieve the nanovores, escalate tensions between ldpd and rangers) dont use another person to go to the scene of the first argent fight, go as yourself, dont turn away, get closer to the scene, you can opt to do it several ways depending on what stats you want to get, but you can basically just ‘encourage him to remember this slight’ and that will award it. If you escalate it, it can turn into a mob.

Joined at the Hip

(sidestep was ortega’s sidekick - during flashbacks, establish a close friendship with ortega and that you miss the good old days, then attend the gala alone and visit the sidestep exhibit. this is mutually exclusive with from the shadows and past glory)

From the Shadows

(sidestep was a vigilante - select did not want to register as a hero/not ready for the big leagues and/or go to the gala alone and visit the sidestep exhibit. this is mutually exclusive with past glory and joined at the hip) do not want to register as a hero is enough, you can also risk yourself in the psychopathor scene, but in the HB scene dont choose that it was doing the right thing/helping a team, don’t think about your friends

Past Glory

(sidestep was a hero - tell ortega you don’t want to register as a hero/you’re not ready for the big leagues, risk yourself in the fight against psychopathor in the dream (or mentally distract if a tactician), in the heartbreak nightmare, choose people need my help or the team needs my help, when confronting heartbreak telepath, either think of your friends or shoot them. this is mutually exclusive with from the shadows and joined at the hip)

Casanova

(romance both ortega and dr. mortum as your puppet + romance ortega as yourself)

Chapter Two

Who Dares, Wins

(help the wolfpack fight the regenes at the docks when getting the rat king and live) you will always be injured after this fight, there is no way to avoid it

I'm Getting Too Old for This

(bungle the fight with psychopathor at the docks so bad you nearly don't get away. attacking the regenes is a good bet) you have to fight the regene but have lowered stats (ie less than 60 subtlety or more than 70 force - it is just easier to focus early stats on force) and you will end up losing wolfpack members and exhaust yourself

Like It's Hard

(don’t get hurt at the docks fight with psychopathor - play to your higher stats, may have to leave the wolfpack on their own, or else only help rosie/boris) high subtlety (more than 60), avoid the first guard, ignore the wolfpack, gain height advantage, distract the regene

Step Two

(obtain the rat king) story related, cannot be missed

Yoink

(threaten dr. mortum with the gun, puppet must have trained in either aikido or boxing)

Chapter Three

Dive Too Deep

(tell ortega you are still a telepath in the diner, agree to go into lady argent’s mind again at ortega’s request)

Chapter Four

Eyes Open

(take every chance to look at uncomfortable scenes. look at the dead bodies in the heartbreak flashback, look at anathema while they die, and look the heartbreak telepath in the eye) you can close your eyes if you choose any path in the HB sequence which involves shooting HB, as well as protecting yourself

It's Payback Time

(during heartbreak flashback, establish a shared past with the other telepath. either embrace it, then wish for revenge during the dream or select too clever > limbic system > feed it your shared past > shoot it > continue shooting)

Outsider

(during the heartbreak flashback try to protect your mind (too clever) > give up memories > focus on your life as a hero then fire blind or look into its eyes > kinship > run)

Friendless

(during the heartbreak flashback try to protect your mind (too clever) > give up memories > focus on feelings > friends)

Puppetmaster

(during the heartbreak flashback, choose too clever > give up your limbic system > look into its eyes)

One More Day

(has to do with options in heartbreak. you don't let it get to you because it's nothing you haven't already thought about doing to yourself)

Bullseye

(shoot the heartbreak telepath. one path is call for ortega > too clever > give up your past > fire blindly) another path is high daring (more than 70) and not letting hb in

Taste the Metal

(stick your gun in your mouth when dealing with the heartbreak telepath. can get this along with bullseye if you continue to fire at the heartbreak telepath)

I Want It All

(give in to the telepath or let it in > no please run) hunger scar

Chapter Five

Step Three

(finalize armor design) story related, cannot be missed

After Work

(go for drinks with mortum after finalizing armor design)

Red Twelve

(complete after work, approach the arguing betters, place a bet on red 12; if jake is present, this will attract the attention of hollow ground) go to drinks with mortum, see the commotion, ask rosie/bo what the problem is, say that the dealer isnt the problem, take the offered seat, choose red 12

Unscrupulous

(use a light touch and encourage friendliness with argent while in her mind for the second time. mutually exclusive with damocles and voyeur) subtle route

Damocles

(use a light touch and deploy something to use against argent in a fight while in her mind for the second time. mutually exclusive with unscrupulous and voyeur) subtle route

Voyeur

(dive deep snoop on argent’s memories with ortega, requires 60+ strength of mind. Mutually exclusive with unscrupulous and damocles) force route

Chapter Six

Argumentative

(argue with ortega in the park)

And I Walk Away

(end the conversation with ortega in the park and walk away. mutually exclusive with on the couch)

On the Couch

(agree to see a therapist at ortega’s request - must have agreed to get coffee after meeting ortega in the park. mutually exclusive with and i walk away)

Cinderella

(ortega invites the mc to the gala - agree to get coffee with ortega after meeting in the park, then keep your enemies closer)

Chapter Seven

Friends in High Places

(meet mia ochoa - go to the gala alone, find a secluded spot)

Business or Pleasure

(kiss doctor mortum at the gala as your puppet)

As Close as You Dare

(kiss ortega at the gala as your puppet)

It's Complicated

(“you need to stay away from ortega, yet you keep getting closer”)

Days of Our Lives

(romance ortega as both yourself and your puppet - ortega takes puppet to gala, mc must not hug/kiss ortega at the hospital or this will overwrite variable for achievement)

Chapter Eight

Step Four

(reveal your villain persona) story related, cannot be missed

Step Five

(decide on your own villain name) can be missed if you do not name yourself - mutually exclusive to anonymous

Public Menace

(demolish the museum)

Shades of Gray

(keep civilians from getting killed at the gala. mutually exclusive with collateral damage and a thin, red line)

A Thin, Red Line

(cause/allow for civilian casualties at the gala. mutually exclusive with shades of grey and collateral damage)

Collateral Damage

(kill a lot of people at the gala. decide to bomb the place, don't care about getting anyone out, and telepathically keep them in the building. mutually exclusive with shades of grey and a thin, red line)

Anonymous

(let the press decide your villain name) can be missed if you name yourself - mutually exclusive to step five

Piece of Cake

(defeat herald at the gala. one path is to threaten the reporters, beat him, then monologue. --- i did not get this from threatening the reporters, beating him, and then choosing “tell him why he failed” and then on another playthrough “make him suffer” so this one could be glitched. unless you need to monologue later with ortega to activate it, which i have not done.)

Scaring the Baby

(hurt herald after you’ve defeated him) ie break his knee or wear the terrifying armour

How It Should Be

(beat ortega within an inch of their life - use strength mod armor option at the gala fight, this will prevent ortega from getting out of their hospital bed later. can also beat ortega by choosing press my advantage with 50-65 daring, or else [cautious option] with 50-65 caution. this leads to i feel bad that i have to do it) if you have the telepathy option as well as strength, telepathy overrides the daring prerequisite to avoid ortega gaining the advantage, as you regain control of nanovores

A True Villain

(monologue at the gala as much as possible)

Still Got It

(the fight with the rangers at the gala went off without a hitch)

A Blow to Their Pride

(complete ripples on the water and stir the crowd into a riot, then take down the rangers at the gala easily)

Running for It

(run away from argent in the sewers. give your armor the speed boost, try to move as fast as you can in the tunnels, and keep running when you hear her coming) you do not always need the speed boost (just makes it faster). As long as you are not exhausted and choose options to keep moving, you will get away

Unbreakable

(beat argent in a fair fight (no telepathy) - possible as either a fighter or tactician, with strength and speed enhancements^[a] you can beat argent in the sewer) fighter + strength easier combo and it is based on points of “wins”.

Looking into the Abyss

(notice that there’s something strange about lady argent’s eyes in the sewer fight) you should get this win or lose the fight with argent

Scarface

(fight argent hand-to-hand and mess up) exhaust yourself through the entire game where possible (ie use options that require higher subtlety/force than you would normally have), do not have the armour mod for the suit, let herald and ortega get a few shots in. rob the gala

Spoils of War

(accept the cape. then, when facing argent, you need to either make her really angry by using the trap from damocles, or have her be your rival and make all her clothes burn, or face her without telepathy and without the speed or the strength mods) you do not have to have her as a rival or burn her clothes. Similar circumstances to scarface, rob the gala

In the Name of Science

(mod armor with an exoskeleton, then take a trophy from argent after defeating her) strength mod required to get argents hair sample

Can't Touch This

(walk away from every fight unscathed - a possible combo is: hide close at the docks, run from sniper, ignore the other henchmen, manipulate regene into overlooking you; mod armor for speed/telepathy, rob the gala, manipulate cops into attacking each other, don’t fight herald (use jump jets when he flies, do not cripple him), do not banter or smile with ortega, finish it quick, knock them out without monologuing, finish it quick with argent, ambush in the sewer, use telepathy to suffocate her)^[b][c] at docks: dont try to distract the first regene, dont fight the second one, have high subtlety to manipulate third into being distracted. I got this on armour mod, but you can also run with other combinations. Dont need to maniplate cops, can rush them if you have speed. Take out herald quickly (no monologuing for breaking knee EXCEPT if you have armour mod), if you don’t have telepathy make sure with daring requirements you fulfil for the ortega fight (ie cautious (35-50) or daring (50-65)) don’t monologue. With argent make sure you choose appropriate dialogue to your suit (get this over quickly - speed, hit her hard - strength, etc). Damocles comes in handy with argent in the sewers.  Also if you demolish the museum make sure you have a speed boost to get out unscathed. Recommend avoiding that altogether and just robbing it

Chapter Nine + Epilogue

Nemesis

(herald - use “sidestep” as your villain name; ortega - use “sidestep” as your villain name, or blow up the museum with everyone inside; argent - do well in the gala fight without using telepathy, go slow in sewers and ambush, see if i can fight her, focus on fighting, try to keep up, do not use ace in the hole // you must have high arrogance to use the name sidestep; you must have high daring (70+) to defeat argent without telepathy or nanovores and be a fighter, not a tactician)

A Close Shave

(ortega must be a man, and the mc must visit him in the hospital and tell him some people have taste regarding his mustache being shaved by the staff - this results in him shaving his mustache in the epilogue)

Three's Company

(have both love interests wind up in the same room - one path is to flirt with ortega as your puppet, flirt with mortum and have them take you to the gala)

A Doctor's Appointment

(flirt with mortum, have mortum take the puppet to the gala, then when mortum visits the puppet in the hospital, invite them back for coffee)

Step Six

(read about your villainous exploits) story related - cannot be missed

A New Recruit

(activates during the epilogue - get a henchperson on retainer - may require having saved them at the docks from the regenes or else robbing the gala to have money to pay them) you do not need to have saved them, rob the gala

A Newfound Focus

(make herald your nemesis, don’t hurt him too much during the gala fight) dont break his leg, just humiliate him/knock him out quickly

Oooops

(get noticed by the farm - embezzle from the rich, cause mayhem at the gala, have high infamy and arrogance [to avoid this, use no telepathy during the gala fight except the booby trap in argent’s mind or don’t get noticed by the regene/kill the regene at the docks - not sure which]) you do not always need to cause mayhem at the gala (ie bomb it). If you let the regene at the docks go, you actually gain more notice from the farm

Other notes:

Heartbreak scar code:

if you give up without fighting:

still here still here results in it’s payback time
no please run results in i want it all

not me not my memories results in outsider
i slowly raise the gun towards my mouth results in taste the metal

if you relinquish a part of yourself to give you a chance to fight it:

limbic system results in puppetmaster

friends results in friendless
past at the farm results in it’s payback time
life as a hero results in outsider
feelings leads to
        friendship results in friendless

        anger results in it’s payback time

        despair results in taste of metal

you meet jake during after work if you approach the people arguing. You will recognise who he is if you have underworld knowledge

you meet mia during the gala if you go alone and stay secluded.

sidestep’s standard of living is poor if they skim to get money, comfortable if they embezzle the rich.

mc can use ortega’s epilepsy against them during the gala fight if they have a daring stat between 35-50 and armor that is not telepathy modded. If your daring stat is lower than 35 or greater than 60, you will fail the requirements of how to fight ortega unscathed. When you are knocked down, you have the option of utilising their epilepsy against them which will immediately disable them but give a huge boost in suspicion

to talk to ortega in the elevator at the hospital you either had no past relationship with ortega, ortega takes puppet to gala as a date; or if mc and ortega had a relationship, ortega takes puppet to gala as friends/colleague, or the puppet goes to the gala with mortum - either way, ortega and mc must not be too badly injured from gala fight. (elevator scene cancels out days of our lives, as the mc would have had to have flirted with ortega already as themselves and the puppet)

There is a hidden stat called sidestep_reputation that starts at 0.
if you want to be seen as a vigilante (from the shadows) you have to get it between 15 and 25,
each heroic thing you do gives +10. if you do 3 you get past glory and if you do 1 or 0 you get joined at the hip. risking yourself in the battle always give +10, even if you’re not a fighter.

increase arrogance by:

- smile threateningly

- embezzle the rich

- “i wanted to see if i can posses [argent]”

- “i look foward to teaching them” (this will also increase your villainy and daring)

- “los diablos is the only home i’ve known”

- tell ortega you are still a telepath

- tell ortega you didn’t expect the favor to have to do with the rangers

- “i’m flattered” in response herald having heard about you

- supressed annoyance (this will not increase arrogance but the other option decreases it)

- check out how your new armor looks before testing it

increase daring by:

- stand up right away when herald knocks you back

- protect nanovore sample with your body

- linger in lady argent’s mind

- get the nanovore sample out of the dumpster yourself

- listen in on the ranger/ldpd conflict and use telepathy to escalate tensions

- use yourself as bait to draw pyschopathor’s fire so ortega can get a clean hit

- punch out the cop outside the apartment during heartbreak

- get close to the warehouse on the docks when retrieving the rat king

decrease infamy by:

- choose functional armor with speed and telepathy mods, refuse the cape

- get out of the van without all the smoke/explosions during your debut

- calm the crowd at the museum and evacuate them

- hesitate in fight with ortega, choose i can’t do this (ortega will become suspicious)

- use telepathy in the fight with lady argent