Cannot do "Iron ROM" trophy

[JzeeBee]

The game keeps freezing at the Media Arc, after (minor spoilers:) getting info on Charlie Nova in the hassy bar. I can still pause the game and the animations continue but nothing happens until I reloaded the game, this ruining the trophy. What do I do?

[GT__Jedi]

Are you playing this on the Vita?

[Jason-d-b]

I ran into this same problem twice. Pretty much do not speed up the text by pressing or holding the triangle button. Let the text scroll all the way and then hit X or whatever button to move to the next text screen. I think once you're out of the bar you're clear but don't quote me on that.

[JzeeBee]

Hey, sorry for the late reply.

I am not playing on the vita. 

Thanks, Jason, I'll try doing that.

[Lojtana]

I know it's not a real solution, but you don't need to go to the Hassy Bar during the Media Arc at all. If this is the only place where your game freezes, you can just avoid it during your Iron ROM playthrough.

[JohnCenaSong-]

I've had similar problems, always comes from skipping the text in some way (I'm a fairly fast reader so I like having all the text on screen). I found that tapping the touchbar to skip forward doesn't bug it out. For me I had it happen a lot on the final stretch (where you're opening/closing doors) and after the last dialogue line happens it wouldn't let me open or close anything at all, I had to close application and restart.

[audiopile]

On the PS4 I was able to text skip with  for the entire game EXCEPT for the doors mini game at the end. I didn't risk that part and just let the text come out on its own and waited for the prompt before hitting . :touchpad: works too.

[JzeeBee]

On 21/12/2018 at 3:28 AM, Jason-d-b said:

I ran into this same problem twice. Pretty much do not speed up the text by pressing or holding the triangle button. Let the text scroll all the way and then hit X or whatever button to move to the next text screen. I think once you're out of the bar you're clear but don't quote me on that.

Yeah, this worked. Although I somehow managed to not get into the bar as stated below

 

20 hours ago, Lojtana said:

I know it's not a real solution, but you don't need to go to the Hassy Bar during the Media Arc at all. If this is the only place where your game freezes, you can just avoid it during your Iron ROM playthrough.

 Thanks a lot, everybody. I've finally gotten the trophy.

[gladiatorrrrrrr]

On the ps4 do you really need to do it in one sitting since you cannot load a save file?

[Lojtana]

35 minutes ago, gladiatorrrrrrr said:

On the ps4 do you really need to do it in one sitting since you cannot load a save file?

You need to do it in one sitting on either console. That's the whole point of the trophy. 

[gladiatorrrrrrr]

3 hours ago, Lojtana said:

You need to do it in one sitting on either console. That's the whole point of the trophy. 

thanks...got it. The game crashed twice on me on the PSVita so will do a run now on the PS4

[audiopile]

On 1/3/2019 at 6:15 AM, gladiatorrrrrrr said:

thanks...got it. The game crashed twice on me on the PSVita so will do a run now on the PS4

You will notice the PS4 game is way faster at text skipping and far more stable. Still, there are glitches. Good luck!

[diskdocx]

How long does a full playthrough take for this game?

[gladiatorrrrrrr]

not long if you skip the scenes, probably around 2 hours. I did the run on my PS4 and it worked fine.

[diskdocx]

7 minutes ago, gladiatorrrrrrr said:

not long if you skip the scenes, probably around 2 hours. I did the run on my PS4 and it worked fine.

 

Thanks ?

[vegetollo7]

PS4 is definitely the way to go. Tried it on Vita first and it always crashed at some point. PS4 version never crashed on me once.

[themindisacity]

I just did this last night on PS4, and wanted to post this to help others avoid the panic I had:

 

If you're text skipping through the game, when you get to the symbol matching puzzle on the computer in Chapter 5, you'll likely find that you won't be able to input the (randomized) password to start that puzzle.  Just keep hammering at the X button and EVENTUALLY the letter will register on screen.  Took me several minutes to input the password.

 

And I've seen it elsewhere but it bears repeating: for the boss fight with all the doors, you need to box yourself in and give the boss a wide berth to move around; he's less likely to get to you that way.

[The-Smiths-85]

On 11/02/2019 at 8:04 AM, themindisacity said:

I just did this last night on PS4, and wanted to post this to help others avoid the panic I had:

 

If you're text skipping through the game, when you get to the symbol matching puzzle on the computer in Chapter 5, you'll likely find that you won't be able to input the (randomized) password to start that puzzle.  Just keep hammering at the X button and EVENTUALLY the letter will register on screen.  Took me several minutes to input the password.

 

Thanks. This might come in handy. Seems the game is much more glitched than most people claim it is. Sometimes you can still choose the NPC, even after they've left the screen - I had such situation with Sky. After I got his umbrella I could still choose him after he was gone and could talk to him. In Stardust club I could choose to talk with NPC's standing in the VIP area while I was two screens to the left, next to bartender =)

 

Similarly, there's a glitch with the cat you have to pet. When you still have the snow on Market Street, the cat will just disappear, making it impossible to get the trophy. You have to get into the Hassy bar, talk to Ramona and leave so that the weather ROM will change setting from snow to rain.

 

Probably a well-known solution but thought it might help someone.

Edited October 8, 2020 by The-Smiths-85

[Baron_Bonk]

I did the following:

- Speak to Ramona behind the desk and skip through the whole conversation;
- Speak to Keith (the guy standing to the right) and skip through the whole conversation;
- Speak to the guy sitting at the table and skip the first part. After asking "Whats is your issue with him?" DON'T SKIP ANYMORE and let the text roll out. It's just a couple of lines and after you're done talking with him you'll be able to progress. After that you can skippityskip for the rest of the game again.

 

This was on PS4 btw, because after being bugged out of EC on my first playthrough on Vita I was done with that version...

Edited December 28, 2020 by Baron_Bonk