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Author Topic: Letter Gradings = Environmental Damage?
Xavier777 
Posts: 1
Registered: Jan '08
Date Posted: 1/14 9:22pm Subject: Letter Gradings = Environmental Damage?
Does anyone know if damaging the environment gives you a better or worse letter grade? I can't find this info anywhere. Not in the manual, not in walkthroughs, nothing. Logic doesn't work either, as being a cop would make it seem like wasting money damaging the environment would be bad, but on the other hand Tequila has never cared about damaging the environment, it isn't something he's concerned about. Also the game was designed so you can do massive damage, and sometimes have to in order to continue through the level. So what gives?!?

 

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dv8withn8  1647 posts
Title: Web Monkey
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Registered: Jul '05
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Date Posted: 1/15 8:50am Subject: RE: Letter Gradings = Environmental Damage?
I think it's a combination of damage, style, and time that determines your letter grading.

I was playing last night and blew through the first level pretty quick even managing a 50 star style combo (finally got that Ruthless achievement!) so my style rating was pretty high. I got hung up towards the end time wise and thought I was pretty destructive but still only managed a B rating. It's tough.

 

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erikguy1 
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Registered: Sep '07
Date Posted: 1/24 5:50pm Subject: RE: Letter Gradings = Environmental Damage?
Im pretty sure destruction is heavily weighed in. I redid some levels that my brother originally played thru and did more destruction than he did. I got a higher rating. i mostly got A's throughout the game.

Try using a lot of barrages with the shotgun.

 

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Cryogenic 
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Registered: Jul '08
Date Posted: 7/15 7:18pm Subject: RE: Letter Gradings = Environmental Damage?
Your grade is based solely on environmental damage...


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^Chapter 1^ It will take at least 55 million to get an A+

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^Chapter 2^ I managed to get a 102 star combo but the cut scenes act as combo breakers as do Tequila Bombs with the exception of Health Boost.
This also happened on Chapter 1(The Rabbit Trap) I had 80 stars when the last Golden Kane thug went down then the combo breaker(cut scene)came on and lost all the stars.

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^102 stars^

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^Chapter 3^

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^Chapter 4^

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^Chapter 5^ My favorite level.

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^Chapter 6^

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^Chapter 7^ To get an A+ or even an A on this level will take 35 million. The question is how? The highest damage I've been able to get on Chapter 7 is 23 million and that's only worth a B.

So that's a total of six A's five of them are A+'s and one B-

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^Final score^ I've played the game 5 times through and each time my final grade has been what I got on Chapter 7???

Now I must try and get 1 billion world damage shame_on_you
This can never be done, or can it...

 

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