- Estimated achievement difficulty: 1/10 [Achievement Difficulty Rating]
- Offline: 45 [1000]
- Online: 0
- Approximate amount of time to 1000: 6-8 hours [Estimated Time to 100%]
- Minimum number of playthroughs needed: 2 [one for the story and unlocking 43/45 achievements, and the second a speedrun for Let's Get this Good Time Over With (55G) and 3.3 (100G). I have linked a guide at Unbroken (55G) for a complete achievement guide]
- Missable achievements: Several [see the guide below]
- Does difficulty affect achievements: No difficulty option
- Unobtainable/glitched achievements: The game is full of buggy achievements that may unlock after a few seconds or not at all. It is best to save often and before achievements are supposed to unlock. That way, if one does not unlock you can reload and try it again
Introduction:
Broken Age is a fun point and click adventure game where the player controlled character can be directed to move about the screen, examine objects, and talk to NPCs to learn more about the game world. It follow two characters who seem to belong in seperate worlds and times until the story unravels as you progress. The main characters don't meet other than for a brief moment but their stories do join.
Abbreviated Walkthrough:
In this game the achievements unlock naturally as you play through the game, following the guide, and in the same order as they are displayed in the list below, until you get near the end of Act Two where a final act achievement shows seemingly out of order.
Start with Shay first for both acts for ease of achievements. The order of achievements is Shay/Vella for both acts. Nothing is too difficult task-wise as long as you read what needs to be done as you talk to the NPC, except for two missable achievements which require you to interact with objects as you play through each screen. The first you unlock of the two is Gary Has His Reasons (25G), and then Are You Trying to Get Rid of Me? (25G) which you start in Act 1 and finish in Act 2 with Shay.
For the random puzzles, it would be wise to write them down on some paper as this will save time and help get it correct.
Here is a list of missable achievements in the order they are obtained:
Shay, Act One:
Picky Eater (15G)
Is Something Wrong? (15G)
Whoops! (15G)
Gary Has His Reasons (25G)
Flawless Execution (25G)
Vella, Act One:
Question Your Elders (25G)
Make Up for Some Hygiene Demerits (15G)
Produce Distributor (25G)
Not Good with Directions (15G)
Shay, Act Two:
Knot Too Difficult (25G)
Make Like a Tree and Laugh (25G)
How'd I Do? (15G)
Are You Trying to Get Rid of Me? (25G)
Sick of Fish (15G)
Vella, Act Two:
What can I say? I know boots. (25G)
Not everyone has the stomach for perfection. (15G)
Turn That Frown Upside Down (25G)
No Retreat (25G)
Mop-Up:
After the main playthrough, all that will be left is the speedrun to unlock the final two achievements.If you happen to miss any achievements in your first run, you will have to replay the game again if you don't have a manual save in tbe correct place. I would suggest you use save slots 4 - 8 solely for the start of the two acts for both characters.
Conclusion:
A fun point and click game but at times leaves you lost in what you should do next and where it is, as there is no real direction in terms of progress. That said, it is an easy 1000