Originally posted by scorpius22
not working patch 1.03 bces01741
As it's working fine for me, I'll tell everyone how i did it (even though i sticked to the instructions of OP):
I'm on region code BCES01741 running (at the time of this writing) gow with latest updates 01.03F2.1
First i created a new profile, then started a new game in easy mode (i tried it later in normal mode and it worked too).
I played through the first few minutes (i read somewhere that you need to have at least 180 orbs - idk if thats necessary but its pretty easy to archive so meh). At the point where you drop into the prison (video sequence of one of those insects crawling through a door and "infecting" a prisoner) the games auto-saves. Quit the game and quit gow completely (ps3-menu).
Put an usb stick into your ps3 and use the savegame manager to copy the profile to usb. Select the profile, hit triangle, then select copy. Choose the usb drive as your target.
Put the usb stick into you pc, fire up the save editor and click on File -> Open, select the folder with all the savegame data (its called BCES[NUMBERS]-PROFDATA-[NUMBER] and is in the PS3/SAVEDATA folder) - the letters and numbers vary depending on your region settings and profile number.
You should get a message that the savegame was loaded successfully. Hit the MAX button and select File -> Save.
Safely remove the usb stick again and put it back into your ps3.
Use the savegame manager but select the usb drive first, you'll find your patched savegame, hit triangle again, select copy. Answer yes to overwrite the old savegame.
Then fire up GOW again and load the profile - done.
As is said in my previous post, i was not able to change the difficulty setting. But it actually worked for me using savegames in easy and normal modes. Also didn't work for me with advanced savegames - gow crashed badly while loading the savegame. I *suspect* it's because i already have several weapon upgrades.
Again, kudos to OP for this!