Spec Ops: The Line

Spec Ops: The Line platinum guide for PS3

Spec Ops: The Line

PS3

Start on Suicide Mission to unlock FUBAR immediately. Use the first run to learn the cover layouts, collect intel and record your choices. On the second run, keep FUBAR from beginning to end. Use chapter select for alternate decisions and easy cleanup afterwards.

51 PS3 trophies, all tied to the campaign. Digital delisting does not create an online requirement.

  • Difficulty: Clear Suicide Mission to unlock FUBAR.
  • Collectibles: 23 intel items in 15 chapters, tracked in the Intel Database.
  • Online: The PS3 list requires neither multiplayer nor co-op.

Clear Suicide Mission and track choices

Start on Suicide Mission rather than spending a run on a setting that does not unlock FUBAR. Get used to calling targets for Adams and Lugo and relocating when grenades force you out of cover. When the story offers a decision, record its chapter and outcome: its counterpart can be earned in a dedicated replay. Finish the entire story before switching to the new difficulty.

  • Verify that FUBAR appears among the new campaign settings.

Track documents through the Intel Database

Look for intel before doors that close off an area or trigger the next scene. The 23 items do not all look alike: check notes, recordings and bags. Review the database and record the chapters with missing entries. Retrieve them through chapter select and allow the pickup to register; do not rebuild the FUBAR run for one document.

  • Check the final chapter’s two items before heading upstairs toward Konrad.

Stay on FUBAR and control the angles

Start FUBAR on a separate slot and do not change difficulty. Keep a dependable mid-range gun, reload between waves and avoid executions in the open. Use squad orders to take pressure off your flank while identifying the next cover. Where glass and sand are available, see whether the environment can disrupt enemy fire before advancing.

  • Wait for the clear and MFWIC before changing difficulty for replays.

Play three consecutive chapters without reloading

For Sierra Hotel, pick a sequence of three easy chapters and play straight through without dying or reloading a checkpoint. If FUBAR is already done, use a lower setting on a separate run and focus on staying alive. Do not assemble the streak by choosing three individual chapters from the menu: continue from the first to the third without a reload.

  • If you lose the streak, start again at the first chapter in your chosen sequence.

Return to story choices and the epilogue

Use chapter select for earlier decisions and to revisit the confrontation with Konrad. One choice ends the story there; the other opens the epilogue. In the epilogue, check the separate outcomes for laying down the weapon and resisting, rather than confusing them with the chapter 15 choice. Replay on a comfortable setting after securing MFWIC.

  • Track the chapter 15 choice separately from the epilogue outcomes.

Trophies to watch

MFWIC

Complete game on "FUBAR" difficulty.

Unlock FUBAR with a Suicide Mission clear, then finish a campaign while keeping FUBAR set.

Sierra Hotel

Complete three chapters in a row without being killed or reloading a checkpoint.

Play three consecutive chapters without dying or loading a checkpoint.

Intel Operative

Recover all Intel Items.

Find all 23 intel items and use the database to identify missing entries.

Frequently asked questions

Do you need multiplayer for platinum?

No. All 51 PS3 entries belong to the offline route.

Can you skip Suicide Mission?

Not while FUBAR is locked: a Suicide Mission clear is its unlock condition.

Do opposite decisions require full campaigns?

No. Use the relevant chapters and the epilogue. Keep a full FUBAR campaign for its own trophy.

Sources

Trophy lists

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