Dates & Wires Guide: Walkthrough and Unlocks

By / November 13, 2024 / Walkthrough / Dates and Wires / 5 minutes of reading

This guide will show you how to get every achievement in Dates & Wires without replaying unnecessary parts. By making specific choices in a specific order and using save points wisely, you can complete the entire game in just three playthroughs.

Dates & Wires Completion Guide 100%

This achievement is part of the main story, and you can’t miss it. You’ll get it when you pass security at the start of the game.

First Playthrough

In your first playthrough, follow the steps below and save your game when prompted:

Choices:

  1. Enter the Game: “Head on in.”
  2. First Decision: “Actually, I think I’m good for now.”
  3. Fixer Conversation: “But you could”
  4. Grab a Drink: “I’ll take a beer too”
  5. Pick a Vibe: “Industrial”
  6. Show Enthusiasm: “You bet!”
  7. Data Tape Choice: “Data tape”
  8. Preference: “I liked it before it got trendy.”

Sandman Mission:

  1. Offer help: “Offer to help out”
  2. Go outside: “Outside”
  3. Check the antenna: “Check the antenna”
  4. Check the monitors: “Check the monitors”
  5. Confront him about cameras: “Confront him about the cameras”

Continue:

  1. Let Fixer escort you: “Let Fixer escort you”
  2. Talk with Dan: “You bet!”
  3. Take a black coffee: “Sure, I will take a black coffee”

Save 1 (Create Save Point 1)

  • “Time to bail while I still have eardrums”
  • “I would love to”
  • “Threaten to call the cops”

Load Save 1

  • Thought it through a little longer: “Thought it out a little longer”
  • Invite him to the hotel: “Invite him back to the hotel”
  • See if he’s okay first: “Let’s maybe see if he’s okay first”

Sh¡tparade Mission:

  • Might be fun: “Might be fun”
  • Works for me!: “Works for me!”
  • Can I pick the next trip?: “Can I pick the next trip?”
  • One last trip?: “How about one last trip?”

NoK00L Mission:

  • Let’s play: “He wants to play, let’s play.”
  • Good things come to those who wait: “Good things come to those who wait”
  • Be honest: “Come clean”

Other Choices:

  • Hit the bar again: “Screw it, might as well hit the bar again.”
  • Sure, okay: “Wow. Ok, sure”
  • Play along: “Play along”
  • Ask for email: “What’s your email address?”
  • Go in for the kill: “Go in for the kill”

Ask Questions:

  • Overheard the conversation: “So I overheard your conversation…”
  • Ask about Alfredo’s health: “Ask about Alfredo’s health”

Save 2 (Create Save Point 2)

  • Stay with Jack: “Stay with Jack”
  • Don’t stop now!: “Don’t stop now!”
  • Red light: “Red light”

Load Save 2

  • I should probably go: “I should probably go”

Save 3 (Create Save Point 3)

  • Dan: The rest of the choices don’t matter.

Load Save 3

  • Sh¡tparade: The rest of the choices don’t matter.
  • Fixer: The rest of the choices don’t matter.
  • Sandman: The rest of the choices don’t matter.
  • Dreamspace: The rest of the choices don’t matter.

Second Playthrough

The second playthrough is shorter and only used to unlock one of the remaining achievements.

Choices:

  1. “Head on in”
  2. “Actually, I think I’m good for now”
  3. Dan: “You bet!”
  4. Take a black coffee: “Sure, I will take a black coffee”
  5. Escape during noise: “Time to bail while I still have eardrums”
  6. If you insist: “I would love to!”
  7. Run: “Run”

Third Playthrough

The third and final playthrough is also short and is used to unlock the last achievement.

Choices:

  1. “Head on in”
  2. “Actually, I think I’m good for now”
  3. Dan: “Maybe another time”
  4. Fixer: “I can tell when I’m not wanted”
  5. Sh¡tparade: “I was hoping for something a little more romantic”
  6. Sandman: “Nah, I’ve had enough weirdness for one evening”
  7. NoK00L: “Nope, just walk away”

Note: The rest of the options don’t matter, as you have now completed all achievements available in the game.

Dates & Wires Unlocking Characters

Unlock Dan’s Second Date

  • Go on a date with Dan.
  • Tough it out during the noise section.
  • Invite Dan back to the hotel.
  • Ask if he’s okay.

Unlock Yegor’s Second Date

  • Go on a date and stay for all 3 trips.

Unlock Dreamspace

  • Go on a date with NoK00L.
  • Choose “Good things come to those who wait.”
  • Come clean about the truth.

Unlock Sandman’s Second Date

  • Check the antenna at his place.
  • Check the monitors.
  • Confront him about the cameras.

Unlock Jack’s Date

  • Complete every available date at the Icebox first.
  • Accept his date.
  • Play along with Jack.

Unlock Fixer’s Second Date + Quiz Answers

  • Play Fixer before Sandman and ace his quiz to be called a “try-hard.”
  • Afterwards, get on Sandman’s good ending, and Fixer will show up to escort you.

Fixer Quiz

This quiz Unlocks Try-Hard Achievement.

  1. Take a beer.
  2. Pick Industrial.
  3. “You bet!”
  4. Choose Data Tape.
  5. “Not really my thing.”

Unlock Vlad

  • Start a new game and go straight to the club.
  • Talk to all 5 date options and reject all of them.
  • Don’t go on any dates.
  • This will trigger a secret encounter and unlock the last souvenir.

Get Cyberjacked

  • Go on a date with Dan and leave during the noise section.
  • Agree to go for a ride with Lin.
  • If you haven’t had a successful date with Sandman, you will die.
  • If you have, Venera will be there to distract Lin, and you will escape.
  • This will also trigger bonus lines from Sandman during his second date.

With this guide, you can complete Dates & Wires with 100% of the achievements, using strategic saves to avoid unnecessary replays.

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