Zortch
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Zortch: Achievement Guide
By erc
Simple pointers for 100% completion. Best seen post-game.
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Foreword
Zortch (Maxinum Against the Alien Brainsuckers) is a charming N64-styled shooter featuring 20 levels spanning five episodes and a total of 6 achievements.
Since the said achievements are rather meta compared to ones from similar games, discovering them on one's own by taking cues from the relevant icons and descriptions is highly advised. Still, this guide provides clean-cut pointers for getting them all in case you miss some along the way.
The guide lists them in order of 'first chance of unlocking' and categorizes them into three levels from the first episode. Note that any previously completed level can be replayed via 'Level Select'.
E1M1
These two can be done any time on any level, yet are listed under E1M1 to keep things simple.
Unexpected Event I did not expect this to happen.
Click on 'Help' from the main menu and get a crash course in basic mechanics.
This Is Not Doom! ...but nice try anyway.
Drop down the console via the tilde (") key, type in iddqd[doomwiki.org]and press enter.
Tough luck! If you are in need of working ones, try: bee, guthood, lab and runandgun.
E1M2
These two are related to Pugon Pistol and the tripmines.
Advanced Technology I did not know I can do that.
Assuming you already have a Pugon Pistol, grab the first batch of tripmines from secret #5:
Create a ballistic shield by alt-firing Pugon Pistol and plant a tripmine on the said shield:
It's Mine Now! All mine!
Following on, get close to the planted tripmines found right after the stairs and steal one:
Interestingly, this achievement can also be unlocked while watching the pre-recorded demos that are looped in the main menu, in one of which the dev utilizes the mechanic in question.
E1BOSS
These two can also be done on any level that contain a Brainsucker as a regular enemy.
Back to Sender! You can have it back!
Back to Sender... Again! I told you I don't want it!
Wait for the boss' projectile attack and counter it with a kick. Then, be on the lookout for another projectile and send it back by using Multi-tool's alt-fire this time:
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Zortch26 (rated it 1 out of 5 stars): aliens tried to eat my brain :(
13 Comments
Muckelchen 29 May @ 8:51am 
All right erc, so as I thought they are straight forward besides the secrets which as you say pabg666 already made a guide for those. So no need to update the guide probably, of course it's your decision.
erc  [author] 28 May @ 7:40pm 
Muckelchen, I will add screenshots for the secrets (for which, you can refer to pabg666's video guide for now) but t I have been pretty busy in RL and haven't found the time and energy yet to do so. Rare enemies are encountered on a regular playthrough, there is nothing specific to be done about them. The rest is straight-forward (they are 100% progression and completion ones).
Muckelchen 28 May @ 1:21pm 
Hey, just curious: will you update the guide or are the new achievements pretty much straight forward?
Bebeebe 6 May @ 11:16am 
We went from 6 to 39 real quick! damn it lol, thank you for this though! I was on 100% thanks to this.. for a little bit lol
pissface 5 May @ 12:52pm 
new achievements............ good luck updating this! you've got 33 of them to go through.
Norbody 17 Apr @ 6:15pm 
For the Back to Sender achievements I think it has to be done with the one big projectile it sends out that has homing. It's a lot easier to try to kick it from the side because the damage cancels out the kick.
KoffeeBean64 28 Jan @ 10:30am 
@Titan it feels more like a really wonky hitbox
Titan 19 Oct, 2023 @ 1:05pm 
Is there some weirdly specific, like frame perfect timing to reflect the projectiles with the kick and multitool? I have tried it so many times and it never works.
Dwarf Gaming 16 Oct, 2023 @ 7:25pm 
<3
Arisanick 29 Sep, 2023 @ 4:08pm 
Thank you so much. :3