Achievement Whores:Come in!

[Saturn2dfreak]

Finally i got to 45,000 today and boy it looks fresh. Kid Chameleon:Collect Maniaxe was my last achievement from Sonic Ultimate Genesis Collection and im very happy that Sonic UGC was the title i used to break 45k. Its a great game and to all of you achievement whores, gloat your score or achievements here!!

 

[matrimelee]

I'm with you! I'll have to pick up that Genesis Collection.

 

[FilthyRear]

got all except 3: beating mean bean machine and the two vectorman ones

 

[Kaioh]

Just picked up the Genesis collection tonight myself. Awesome collection with pretty simple achievements. Although, the Mean Bean Machine one will be a bitch to get.

 

[FOMOCO&CO]

good price on it, ill be getting it soon, after the whole sf4 fiasco

 

[Spazmonkey]

I'm loving the collection, but DAMN, that Bean Machine is kicking my ass. Any tips? I heard that playing Robotnik on hardest is like auto-win or something.

 

[Magician]

Ah achievement points, I once sought them...big time.

I was probably the first player in the world to hit 4k in gamerscore points (three weeks), but then I was no longer #1 as someone began playing both english and japanese versions of sports titles and their easy 1k points. In the first year of the X360's existence I hit 30k, then...PSU arrived, and I started caring about gamerscore whoring less and less. I stopped my gamefly membership shortly after to focus my fun on PSU and high profile games.

Collecting achievements is still as fun as ever, and if a game is fun enough I'll unlock as many as I can before I've had enough of the game itself. Just by looking at my xbox.com profile in my sig and the "games played" list you can tell which games I've enjoyed immensely (or not at all) by the percentage of that particular game's achievements I've unlocked.

What am I currently playing? I'm still sucked into psu because there's an event going on right now (which ends the 26th), but once that's over it's back to....

Dark Sector, recent $20 purchase, watered-down GoW that everyone says is worth at least one playthrough. Left 4 Dead, as I still need the "safety first" and "nothing special" achievements; the "zombie genocidest" will come eventually. GoW2, because I'd like to go for the "hoard the horde" achievement. And finishing Dead Space on insanity difficulty.

Then...RE5 lands on March 14th; and say what you will about the game itself (I don't care because I like the demo...alot), but the achievements look solid.

 

[SonGohan]

~lolachievements

 

[payment_due]

I've got just over 6000.

 

[jro]

I generally look at a game's list when I first start playing, and if they're well thought-out, by my definitions (and these are easy to see, i.e. the ones for RE 5 or maybe GoW 2 or something like that), then I'll go for them. I also like the ones in Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection. Good way to get me to keep playing some old games that I might not put too much play time into otherwise.

But when they're not very good (i.e. X-Blades, 50-Cent: BotS, etc), I don't try for them. Play the game once, get the ones I can, don't worry about getting more.

And here's a debate I'd like to hear some opinions on- what do you all think about games where the bulk of achievements come from playing on the hardest difficulty? EA Sports is bad about that, like on NCAA March Madness 09, for instance, just about everything is only for the two highest difficulties. Annoyed me in that. But then, on the other hand, I don't really mind it in COD: WaW. Game Informer called it out as a bad, bad idea in a recent article, not sure where I am on that one.

Anyway, I suck at a lot of stuff. My most notable achievement is being a willing punching bag online in various versions of SF.

 

[DangerousK]

Game Informer can fuck off.

Having to play through CoD4 and CoD:WaW on Veteran to get a lot of the achievements is a good challenge. Sure you might want to put a hole in the wall, but eh whatever could be worse.

 

[jro]

Okay, I finally got a few achievements I'm proud of, I guess- finished Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard, and the last several boss fights in that game made me want to snap the goddamn disc in half. Add to that a section in the last level where about 80% of the enemies can kill you with one shot, and I must have died at least 50 times over the last two levels.

Two secret achievements that unlock after beating the last guy are worth 150 points, total, though, probably among the hardest-earned that I have.

 

[BigTinz]

over 9000

 

[Saturn2dfreak]

btw, i unlock achievements for games i only want to play/like, i dont play games just for the sake of unlocking achievements/crappy games. Before i play a game, i always look at the achievement list. If it looks impossible, ill work on the easier ones. Achievements have definetely added 1000% replay value to games and lets the player explore other options in the game.

 

[Superfamifreak]

I hit 48000G the other day, with something like 23 retail games with 1000G and 2 XBLA titles on 200G. Not bad for someone who's had their 360 for just over a year!!

Yeah there's quite a few that were whored for points, but there are some I'm proud of. 1000+ on Burnout Paradise, 1200 on Fallout 3, 900 on PES2008(the last 100 to come once I've ground out another 190 games played).

If I see a game cheap and it has and easy/quick 1000G then I'll buy it. Nothing wrong with that.

Plus I have UK, US & JP systems, so I can play games from any region.

A lot of games will have low scores simply because I have hardly played them or don't like them. I've spent most of my time on Fallout, Burnout Paradise, PES, Onechanbara & FIFA but still have about 12 games I've not started yet.

Yeah I get slated for being a score whore, but hell, I don't care. Some of the games I got 1K on I've really enjoyed and if people don't want to believe that then fuck them. I'm happy with my score and my games list.

 

[SonGohan]

I have a question: I've obviously experienced a bug on Fatal Fury Special where I just didn't get an achievement for 10 wins on XBL. I've gotten the achievement for 10 straight wins, and even 50 regular wins, but for some reason or another I didn't get the 10 regular wins. I only have that and the 100 wins on XBL achievements left. It's a bug of some sort, but where would I even go to have this corrected? I've checked all over on the support section of the site but can't find this specific problem to address, but it's possible that I missed it somewhere.

 

[Mopedman]

I am an achievement Whore. I have only had my Xbox 360gamertag for a few weeks now and I am up to 4,000g. I wouldn't play the Xb360 no were near as much as I do if it wasn't for achievement points.

 

[IoriYagami n8]

I'm pretty close to breaking 10,000. I just don't find enough games I care to play for me to get the kind of score most of you have. There aren't many titles I get max scores on either. Rock Band, Guitar Hero, and all those. I just can't bring myself to play through the same damn mode over and over for an achievement. I'm already able to beat them on hard, why do I have to play through easy and medium again? Lame.

 

[Saturn2dfreak]

fuck yes, i just achieved my goal..if i wasnt so anal, i would left my GS at 50,000 even but i couldnt stop myself

 

[ferrarimanf355]

I think I'm going to hit 15K in the next couple of days. I know, Magician has the bigger e-penis, and I'm reminded of it every time I check his gamercard. I should start to rack up the easy points. Avatar: The Burning Earth, here I come...

 

[Saturn2dfreak]

I was working on CHain of Jewels (Perform a 7 chain combo in X or X' Arcade Mode (Normal or harder). in Puzzle Fighter HD. this was the only achievement left before i 200/200. ive been viciously working on it. spent a few hours reallly late trying to do it, went to bed restless..started trying again this morning and Chain of Jewels literally had me PULLING my hair out...after almost 2 years, i finally got this achievement. I WILL NEVER PLAY THIS GAME AGAIN!!!

 

[matrimelee]

That's the achievement that had me stuck. I just gave up, I didn't have the willpower to keep going.

 

[SIXPACK]

Anybody here did the "Little Rocket Man" achievement on Half-Life2 ep.2?
I still dream about it....

 

[Kaioh]

Anybody here did the "Little Rocket Man" achievement on Half-Life2 ep.2?
I still dream about it....

I did. It was a HUGE pain in the ass. In fact, I messed up the first time I was trying for it. I forgot to close the rocket door when I put the gnome inside. I went ahead and finished the game and thought I would get the achievement when the rocket took off. So, because I forgot to shut the door, I had to reload a save that wasn't too far from before I put the gnome in the rocket.

Another one that is probably tough is the 1 bullet achievement. I never tried for that.

 

[SIXPACK]

I did. It was a HUGE pain in the ass. In fact, I messed up the first time I was trying for it. I forgot to close the rocket door when I put the gnome inside. I went ahead and finished the game and thought I would get the achievement when the rocket took off. So, because I forgot to shut the door, I had to reload a save that wasn't too far from before I put the gnome in the rocket.

Another one that is probably tough is the 1 bullet achievement. I never tried for that.

I still dont know how i did it. The gnome kept falling from the car every 10 meters and i lost him a couple of times!
Will try the 1 bullet achievement someday. On easy!
I felt sad when i saw the rocket going up in the sky.............bye bye gnome friend!