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100,000 kills for an achievement photo

I know some of you out there really enjoy achievements, but how far would you go to earn one? Cliff Bleszinski revealed to OXM UK that Gears of War 2’s “Seriously…” achievement is now asking players to kill 100,000 enemies. If you remember, the achievement of the same name in Gears of War required 10,000 kills. To make matters worse, only single player and cooperative kills will count towards this new total.

I played the original Gears of War competitively for quite awhile and I don’t think I am close to the “Seriously…” achievement.  It’s probably indicative of my skill, but this new one seems almost impossible to hit. Despite the difficulty I’m sure there’s someone out there who ventilates through a COG mask that will be able to get this in a matter of days.

What do you guys think? Is this too hard to obtain or is this the perfect achievement to keep you focused on the campaign portion of Gears of War 2?


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DanGale's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/22/2008 07:15
DanGale
Is the caption in the photo right? It seems to allude to 1, 000, 000 kills. Surely if 100, 000 is the amount it should be "only 99,999 more to go"? No?
BluDesign's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/22/2008 07:21
BluDesign
I'll take 100,000 kills in single player over 10,000 in ranked any day of the week. Ranked achievements ALWAYS suck because it's a crapshoot as to if you're gonna get it in a timely fashion.

Unless you're Snaileb.
Projectexodus's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/22/2008 07:24
Projectexodus
And this will give like, 5-10 gamerpoints?
cap123's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/22/2008 07:25
cap123
Remember that they are fitting loads of bad guys on screen this time, and you can ride brumaks and use gun emplacements, there's probably loads of overkill which will rack up the total loads.

still sounds alot don't get me wrong.
Brad Nicholson's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/22/2008 07:40
Brad Nicholson
@DanGale - The goal was just to be funny about math. I guess it just makes me look like an ass in the end. Will fix to clear up confusion.
Narishma's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/22/2008 07:50
Narishma
I personally don't care about achievements but I think it's better that they be too hard to get rather than too easy.
DanGale's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/22/2008 07:53
DanGale
Ah, sorry Brad. It was too dry for me, and I'm British. Accept my apologies. :)
Demtor's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/22/2008 08:10
Demtor
Meh, sillyness is silly. I've decided that achievements and trophies are just not for me. Some people like the extra fun put in to games for free, but shouldn't the game itself be enough? Why should achievements take the place of in game content? GTA IV anyone?

I'll play it, have fun with it and after that I'll move to another game of a hundred others on my 'to play' list. I'll never understand why achievements in games is "newsworthy" but whatever, lots of people love em it seems. More power to em. Game on!
Justice's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/22/2008 08:13
Justice
That's a very lame achievement that I won't even begin to start progress towards.
KaL YoshiKa's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/22/2008 08:16
KaL YoshiKa
Well...it does seem a bit excessive...since it's single and Co-Op how many kills per game are we talking?

Say there's 1000 enemies to kill through the campain that'd mean you'd have to play it through a whooping 100 times. WTF.
The Incredible Edible Egg's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/22/2008 08:32
The Incredible Edible Egg
I'm with DVD on this one, its gonna be more like farming to get this achievment, which I guess makes it faster to get, just as tedious as waiting for Dane Cook to get to the punch line.
Snidesworth's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/22/2008 08:32
Snidesworth
This sort of achievement is only a problem if you're a compulsive completionist. I like to think of it as a pat on the back/worried glance for anyone who plays the game enough to rack up that many kills.
Necros's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/22/2008 08:34
Necros
Still, if you actually plan on going for it, it's probably much more doable in singleplayer. If I took the effort, I'm sure I could get this achievement, while the one in the original Gears is beyond my ability because it's in ranked with people who are actually good at the game. Then again, playing the same thing over and over is much more tedious than the variety of online matches.
ParaParaKing's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/22/2008 08:35
ParaParaKing
If the new co-op mode counts, where hordes after hordes of enemies come after you, it doesn't sound that bad.
weedgan's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/22/2008 08:36
weedgan
I want an achivement for 100,000 team kills.

Now that would be awesome.
Dr Dtoid's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/22/2008 08:37
Dr Dtoid
I'll pass thank you very much. Even if I'm a achievement whore, I'm not going to go the extra mile with this one.
njsykora's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/22/2008 08:39
njsykora
Wasn't there an achievement in The Club called 'No, Seriously' which required 10,001 kills?
Holyetheline's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/22/2008 08:52
Holyetheline
Someone will have to figure out how many times you'll have to play through this game to get the achievement.
RICHARD BLOCKER's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/22/2008 08:59
RICHARD BLOCKER
I think this is an indicator to how much ass kicking you will have to do to beat this game. I'm sure it will take more than one run through, but there are going to be alot of enemies and alot of various ways to kill them. Which is nice.
Great Heat Engine's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/22/2008 09:19
Great Heat Engine
i think the whole point is for it be unattainable, and be an insult to achievement whores.
Eschatos's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/22/2008 09:48
Eschatos
If this was in GTA IV it'd be incredibly easy.
Emrah's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/22/2008 09:59
Emrah
I think 10 000 would be too easy considering that there is a massive boost to the number of enemies on screen. I'm sure there will be scenes that you'll be killing hundreds like in heavenly sword with a big cannon or something.

100 000 still sounds ludicrous, tho.
ghets's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/22/2008 10:09
ghets
Some achievements are fun to try and get. Like jugling cars with rockets and stuff. 100 000 kills doesnt sound like fun. Sounds like a lame attempt by the developers to get you to just play their game forever. And show everyone on Live just how much free time you have.
brainderailment's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/22/2008 10:12
brainderailment
Just load the chapter with the turret gun in it over and over again, and you're set.
pendelton21's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/22/2008 10:14
pendelton21
Whoa...that seems a bit overkill.

yeah
TrailerParkJesus's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/22/2008 10:25
TrailerParkJesus
I remember that gameplay footage where you're inside a building that's collapsing and you look out a window and there's a billion locust coming at you. It seems doable.
KyleGamgee's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/22/2008 10:38
KyleGamgee
I'm usually not a big fan of "First!" comments, but the first dtoider to get this achievement sould post a new thread in the forum with a picture of the screen showing the achievement unlocked.

As a reward they shall win one (1) internet.

And then others can follow suit.
Urashima's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/22/2008 10:44
Urashima
Dynasty Warriors: Gundam already has a "kill 100,000 enemies" achievement. Clearly Gears 2 is behind the times.
ToeKing's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/22/2008 12:33
ToeKing
OVER 9 THOUSAND?!?!
MechaMonkey's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/22/2008 13:16
MechaMonkey
That's a lot of rainbows.
glentennis's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/22/2008 13:46
glentennis
with horde mode this could make sense. it seems like there will be plenty of enemies there
Dexter345's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/22/2008 15:29
Dexter345
This is stupid. I'm not sure if they watch their current game, but almost everybody who has the "Seriously..." Achievement got it by glitching. 10,000 kills is too many, and now they're increasing it to 100,000? Talk about artificially increasing replay value...
CelicaCrazed's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/22/2008 16:00
CelicaCrazed
Still easier than half of the upcoming Warhawk trophies >.>
Kyousuke Nanbu's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/22/2008 16:13
Kyousuke Nanbu
Yea but killing 1,000 enemies in Dynasty Warriors is quite common, this is fucking retarded, I've been playing the Halo multi since the 25th of sep when it came out, I'm not even close to 10,000 kills, much less 100,000.

Only thing I can think of is that horde will provide huge numbers enough to get this.
Gyrael's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/22/2008 21:28
Gyrael
The achievement's name sure matches...
JynxShot's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/27/2008 21:45
JynxShot
I want the achievement to be named "Locust Genocider," and I want to earn the MEga Buster when I complete it.

Seriously, Dead Rising spoiled killscore achievements for every other game.
Gamechamp's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/28/2008 00:06
Gamechamp
You do realize that if it's Campaign only, it's actually far easier than Seriously? Enemies die a lot quicker and in larger quantities in Campaign.
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