Skate 2 Trophy/Achievement Guide

Here you go, tips and tricks to earn the trophies and achievements of Skate 2, from the writer of the walkthroughs for Skate 1 and 2, me.

Bronze

1. On Top Of The World - Perform an invert on one of the highest points in the city in career mode - Just wait until you unlock the SV Peak, then do a handplant on a ramp there. That's the easiest way if not the fastest.
   
2. Skater Evolved - Get off your board in career mode - You'll need to do this just to get through the tutorial
   
3. I Like To Move It - Move your first object in career mode - You'll need to do this just to get through the tutorial
4. That's the Way - Beat all of Danny Way's film challenges- Consult my Skate 2 walkthrough for Mahalo.
   
5. GVR Champ - Win the GVR Contest - The final challenge in the street contests.
   
6. Big Air Champ - Win the San Van-a-Slamma- The final challenge in the tranny contests.
   
7. Still Alive? - Win a Deathrace in career mode
8. Race Hero - Win all races in career mode
   
9. Where's my TV show? - Beat all Rob Dyrdek challenges- Consult my Skate 2 walkthrough for Mahalo.
10. Meet Slappy - Meet Slappy- You'll need to do this just to get through the tutorial
11. New San Van Hero - Call Mikey 10 times- Just every time you see that little crowbar icon in the upper left corner of your screen, use Mikey's service. Cruise around downtown if you really can't just get this over time.
    
12. Pull the Plug - Drain every pool and fountain in career mode- There are 7 pools and several fountains. You can find all the pools after the game is over, as the remaining Thrasher missions will take you to them, but I can't find a simple map at this moment, check back here for me to upload one. Check this picture out for what the secret extra fountain looks like.
    
13. Real Estate Mogul - Purchase all property in career mode- There are only 2 properties: the Fun Track and the Monster Clubhouse. You can buy the Monster Clubhouse for 200,000 dollars after beating the team challenges.
    
14. Fully Sponsored - Obtain all sponsorships- Basically just beat every challenge, you get a different sponsor depending on which line of challenges you have just finished.
    
15. The Architect - Upload a created spot
16. The Critic - Rate 10 community videos and photos
17. Pwn some n00bs - Win an online ranked match
18. Amateur Skater - Achieve Amateur Rank Online- I believe this requires only getting 1 bronze medal (100 xp) in one of the six event types.
    
19. Graphically Extreme - Add a custom graphic to your skater- As in, create a custom board or other piece of merchandise in the edit skater screen.
    
20. Dethrowned - Download and own a community-created spot
21. Skater's Choice - Win the Skater's choice award in an online ranked match- This is the little thumbs up next to a skater on the final standings in a Hall of Meat or Spot Battle match-up. It's based on who voted for who with the face buttons online, usually rewarding consistency or hilarious wipeouts in Hall of Meat.
    
22. Juggling Chainsaws - Wipeout at high speed in career mode- Not sure exactly what speed counts as high speed, but just roll down Cougar Mountain or the Rez roads for a bit before crashing.
    
23. Skitched Up - Skitch for 1000 meters or 3000 feet in career mode- Skitch by pressing R1 or the corresponding Xbox 360 button (someone tell me what that is) while behind a car. You may need to swing around behind it in the correct direction before turns so you don't fall away from it.
    
24. Make it Big! - Use Big Black's service 10 times in Career Mode- If you want, you can just hire him, then go into your cellphone menu and fire him ten times in a row. You need to unlock him first, obviously.
    
25. Running Man - Escape a chase off board in career mode- You don't have to escape off board the entire way, just walk over the border where they can't get you off your board after making most of the way there on board. The curb is typically the cut-off point where you reach "Freedom!"
    
26. DIY - Spend 30 minutes moving objects in career mode- I did this by putting a rubber band around my controller to hold the R1 button down, and it worked like a charm.
    
27. Good Samaritan - Knock down a security guard chasing another skater in career mode- Don't actively try to do this, just let it happen eventually. I mean, if you see a security guard actually chasing a skater, go for him, but there's not really any way to actively pursue this achievement.
    
28. Need for Speed - Maintain maximum speed for 5 seconds in career mode - Either skitch or just go down a hill and hang on without bailing for long enough.
    
29. Sandbag - Break at least 15 bones in a single wipeout in career mode
30. Gender Bender - Change your skater's gender- In the body enhancements section of edit skater. Just change gender and change back, you won't lose anything.
    
31. Grasshopper - Perform one grass gap of at least 10 meters or 30 feet in career mode- I'll try to come up with a specific spot for this soon.
32. Stairmaster - Perform one stair gap of at least 12 meters or 36 feet in career mode- If you don't get it beforehand, you'll receive this for successfully completing the 3rd Set's a Charm mission.
    
33. Uninsurable - Break 100 bones in career mode- Just let this happen over time. This should happen pretty quickly when you start on the Hall of Meat challenges.
    
34. Playing Nice Together - Complete your first online freeskate activity with your created skater
35. Cooperation is key - Complete 50 online freeskate activities with your created skater

Silver

1. SBM Cover - Get the cover of The Skateboard Mag- Consult my Skate 2 walkthrough for Mahalo.
2. Thrasher Cover - Get the cover of Thrasher- Consult my Skate 2 walkthrough for Mahalo.
3. How you like them apples? - Acquire all phone numbers for the pros- beat all the pro missions, basically. Consult my Skate 2 walkthrough for Mahalo.
4. Anyone Else? - Beat all the pros at Throwdown challenges- requires that you get all phone numbers first.
   
5. Spare Parts - All Hall Of Meat paths complete- Hall of Meat guide coming soon on Mahalo.
   
6. Urban Legend Too - Own all spots in career mode- Check out my spot map here at Mahalo.com.
   
7. Active Skater - Successfully complete all online freeskate activities with your created skater- a rather ridiculous requirement in my opinion, a lot of work, especially if you don't have about five friends who are constantly willing to play with you online.
   
8. Online Pro - Achieve Pro Rank Online- Requires 3 bronze medals in different events and one silver one.
   
9. Taste The Mongo - Mongo Push 5000 times in career mode- Get used to pushing Mongo instead of regular. I tended to push regular out of habit, and even after playing the entire game through, I have about 3000 more Mongo pushes to do. If you can find a spot to tape the button down or something, you can do one push per second, making for 83 minutes of Mongo pushing.
   

Gold

1. Perfectionist - Complete all paths in career mode- Consult my Skate 2 walkthrough for Mahalo.
2. Online Legend - Achieve Legend Rank Online- Not the same as Icon rank, as you'd suspect because the previous two were for amateur and pro, but rather just achieve legend rank on a single event, equivalent to 5000 exp.
   

Call of Duty: World at War Trophy Guide

Here's guide on how to reach that platinum trophy for Call of Duty 5. This is technically for the PS3 version, which is what I have.

Call of Duty 5 Trophy List - technically from www.ps3trophies.co.uk
All of the first trophies (1-15) are about beating the specific levels on Veteran, the highest difficulty. You'll need a walkthrough for that, there isn't enough space here to help you on those.

1	Get Your Hands Dirty
	Complete 'Semper Fi' on Veteran difficulty. (Solo only)
2	Bloody Peleliu
	Complete 'Little Resistance' on Veteran difficulty. (Solo only)
3	The Sword Is Broken
	Complete 'Hard Landing' on Veteran difficulty. (Solo only)
4	Architect
	Complete 'Vendetta' on Veteran difficulty. (Solo only)
5	The Hammer Strikes
	Complete 'Their Land, Their Blood' on Veteran difficulty. (Solo only)
6	Scorched Earth
	Complete 'Burn 'em Out' on Veteran difficulty. (Solo only)
7	Fearless
	Complete 'Relentless' on Veteran difficulty. (Solo only)
8	Hell on Wheels
	Complete 'Blood and Iron' on Veteran difficulty. (Solo only)
9	No Return
	Complete 'Ring of Steel' on Veteran difficulty. (Solo only)
10	When It Rains, It Pours
	Complete 'Eviction' on Veteran difficulty. (Solo only)
11	One Bad Gato
	Complete 'Blackcats' on Veteran difficulty. (Solo only)
12	Blowtorch and Corkscrew
	Complete 'Blowtorch and Corkscrew' on Veteran difficulty. (Solo only)
13	The Sun Sets
	Complete 'Breaking Point' on Veteran difficulty. (Solo only)
14	For the Motherland
	Complete 'Heart of the Reich' on Veteran difficulty. (Solo only)
15	Bearing the Burden
	Complete 'Downfall' on Veteran difficulty. (Solo only)
16	Carlsons Raiders
	Complete 'Semper Fi' on any difficulty. (Solo only) Simple.
17	Stormed Peleliu
	Establish a beachhead at Peleliu Island on any difficulty. (Solo only) Surely, you can beat the game, at least.
18	The Last Stand
	Survive the conflict in Okinawa on any difficulty. (Solo only) Surely, you can beat the game, at least.
19	Stabbed in the Heart
	Complete all missions on the Eastern Front on any difficulty. (Solo only) Surely, you can beat the game, at least.
20	Hardened War Hero
	Complete the game on Hardened or Veteran difficulty. (Solo only) Complete every mission, in any order, on one of the difficulties. Clearly, you should be working on Veteran for all the other trophies above, so use that one.
21	War Hero
	Complete the game on any difficulty. (Solo only) Surely, you can beat the game, at least.
22	Saved Private Ryan
	Save the soldier before he burns to death. Shoot or melee the burning Japanese soldier in the first level when he charges Private Ryan. Shouldn't be a real problem.
23	Weapon of Mass Destruction
	Radio in a naval bombardment that kills at least 4 Japanese soldiers. You get the bombardment option in the next level, but I've had a lot of trouble actually getting this one to trigger.
24	The Professional
	Shoot all of Amsel's henchmen, including their attack dog, without reloading. (Solo only) Once you realize that you can kill two guards with one bullet if they are behind one another, this is fairly easy. Shoot the right pair, the middle pair, and the left pair (two bullets for them), then a guard will come out. Don't shoot him until his dog comes out and sticks its nose behind his left leg, when you can get both of them at once.
25	Gunslinger
	Assassinate General Amsel with a pistol shot. (Solo only) There is a YouTube video out there that shows how you can blow up a truck to kill Amsel with a pistol.
26	Lights Out!
	In 'Black Cats', blast out all of the spot lights in the Japanese cargo convoy. (Solo only) The spot lights are at both ends of the three ships. Just shoot them.
27	Rough Economy
	Kill 3 enemies with a single round. Can happen at any time, but is most easy on the first Russian level when you have a sniper rifle.
28	Guardian Angel
	In the final battle for Okinawa, save Sergeant Roebuck. When Roebuck and Polonsky go to negotiate with the "surrendering" Japanese, watch the two Japanese soldiers near Roebuck. When the grenade goes off near Polonsky, shoot the two soldiers to save Roebuck, which somehow means Polonsky dies instead.
29	Close Shave
	Survive a banzai attack. (Solo only) Let a banzai charger get to you, and you'll get the animation where he is about to bayonet you. Press R3 at basically any time to survive it.
30	Snake in the Grass
	Take out a Japanese soldier lying in wait in the grass. In several levels, soldiers are hiding in the grass waiting to attack you. You'll just have to realize in one playthrough where those surprise attacks are and shoot them before they pop out next time.
31	Grave Robber
	Collect all Death Cards in the game. (Solo only) Here's a link.
32	No Safe Place
	Burn an enemy out of a tree with the flamethrower in 'Hard Landing'. There are lots of trees with soldiers in them where all the soldiers pop out of the grass later in the level. They're fairly close to the ground, so just burn 'em out.
33	Throw a Six and a Half
	On Hardened or Veteran difficulty, complete a level without dying. (Solo only) This is easiest on Black Cats, if you just make sure you shoot the PT boats before doing anything else.
34	Purple Heart
	When staring into the face of adversity, show courage and persevere. Die. A lot. You'll likely earn it at some point while trying to complete the game on Veteran.
35	Firestarter
	Complete a level using only the flamethrower. Melee, grenades & explosives are OK. Burn 'em Out works pretty well for this on an easy difficulty. Just abstain from using bullets, and your infinite ammo flamethrower will get you through.
36	Kamikaze
	Complete a level on Regular difficulty or higher using only melee or grenades. (Solo only) This is easiest on the first level, Semper Fi. Don't use bullets, and don't be afraid to hide when you're hurt.
37	Iron Fist
	Destroy all towers and bunkers in 'Blood and Iron'. Not too nuanced.
38	Ruthless
	Kill 15 enemies while mounted on a tank in 'Ring of Steel'. At the end of this level, tanks roll up to pursue the fleeing Germans. Go up to one and hold Square to get on the machine gun on top, with which you can easily gun down 15 of them.
39	Mortar-dom
	Kill 8 Japanese with thrown mortars in 'Breaking Point. If you find the mortars, they're plenty destructive, so just use them and nothing else for a while until you get the trophy confirmation.
40	Shot in the Dark
	Kill 10 enemies while the lights are out in the subway in 'Eviction'. As the lights flicker out and your allies basically tell you to wait, start shooting the enemies, or even charging them for melee attacks if you're on an easy difficulty.
41	Sum of All Zeros
	Down 45 Japanese Zeros in 'Black Cats'. (Solo only) Difficult. Don't try to rescue survivors, and make sure you get a lot shot down in the initial crowd of them.
42	Blue Ribbon
	Complete a 4-player Competitive Co-Op match in 1st place. (Online co-op Only) No real advice here, except go on an easy difficulty and charge ahead of your friends.
43	Get Your Left Foot Wet
	Complete a match in Campaign Co-Op mode. (Online co-op only)
44	Get Your Right Foot Wet
	Complete a match in Competitive Co-Op mode. (Online co-op only)
45	Platinum
	Awarded when all other trophies have been unlocked.