The new Avatar game set to come out for the Xbox 360 next week is going to set records ... in rental sales. Whoever set the Achievements for this game was either extremely lazy, or just didn't give a damn. You see, within the first two minutes of playing this game, you can earn all 1000 Achievement points by just pressing one button over and over.
As you rack up the combo hits on your enemies, you continue to get various Achievement points ranging between 150 to 300 points. Once you get a 60 hit combo, you've earned all five Achievements which total out to 1000 points.
I'm sure all of you Achievement whores are salivating at the mouth right now over this news.
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Thats the only reason I would rent such a Poorly Rendered Game Most of the Games I Play are "Buy it and Keep it" Worthy....or they're Sonic the Hedgehog games.......Why Has Thou Forsaken Me Sega!!!!.....Heres Hoping For Brawl!
To be honest, if you're going to spend 7 bucks to rent a game for two minutes of play (i.e. 1000 achievement points), you should probably seek psychiatric care.
Just repeat after me:
My Gamerscore is not indicative of my worth as a human being.
My Gamerscore is not indicative of my worth as a human being.
My Gamerscore is not indicative of my worth as a human being.
My Gamerscore is not indicative of my worth as a human being...
Actually, this is genius. Get the achievements out of the way, so that the people can play the game (if they wish) as its supposed to be played. Achievements guide the way the players experience games in ways that may not be the most creative/fulfilling and really only reinforces one game mechanic -- the reward system. "Complete this task and get rewarded" is the only thing going on. How can gamers expect the medium to be taken as a serious artform when we're happily stuck completing menial tasks for enjoyment. It's hard to create compelling narrative and affecting gameplay when we're stuck in the "do this for a prize!" mindset. That's how you train dogs.
Of course, some games benefit from it -- games that a pure enjoyment. But games that aspire to some higher calling (not this one, obviously) are lessened by achievements.
@electro lemon
I did know about it, although I don't find your opinion (though degrading) out of place.
Well, while I do appreciate letting everyone know something cool or important, my personal preference is to avoid reposting information from the same source (this site). Not like he's stealing information or anything. It just seem unecessary, especially THREE hours after someone else already did, just to make it more generally known, in a sense of justice. But I digress, I won't go into a flamewar about my preferences on the internet, especially since this has no relation to the topic at hand (which is truly lulztastic)
I apologize CTZ, you're cool and all in your efforts, it was probably my fault for posting the link to give the wrong impression.
Cutie Honey: Most of our traffic is for the main page. This isn't the first time it has happened and won't be the last time we post a piece of news that has already been on the Community Blogs OR Forums. The front page goes to a far greater viewer ship and not everyone on the staff reads everything on the C-Blogs.
It's like everyone keeps saying. Just slap "free Achievement points" on your box, and your game will sell a million copies.
Btw, although I'm addicted to any sort of leaderboard in games like BF2, I find the idea of Achievement points totally worthless. The Achievement's are a brilliant idea, but does anyone, anywhere, actually give a crap about how many points you have?
The only time that I strive to get everything is when it's parts of the story, like scanning in Metroid Prime or talking to people in RPGs. I do it so I get the fully story. Though it is a very nice feeling when an achievement pops up at the bottom of the screen, it also takes me out of the experience.
This game would literally double my Gamerscore in three minutes. With that said, this is a good way to see who on your Friend List is a Gamerscore whore, eh? Anybody who has played Avatar is getting deleted from my list.
I prefer achievements that are somewhat challenging. Ya know, for bragging rights.
I may be a score whore, but I still have that... screw it, I'm gonna go rent it after work.
No, really. I'm proud of myself for pulling away from my 360 and achievements to play Super Mario Galaxy. Hopefully, I stick with it long enough to get the 121st star... maybe not, I still need to finish up Half-Life before Mass Effect...
man! i need to buy three or four of these games so i can get that many more points LOLOLOL! wait..thats NOT how it works? what am i going to do with the 8 king kong games i just bought? *sadface*
Yeah, I don't really get the whole achievement whoring thing. I mean, if it's not actually fun getting the achievement, what's the point in getting it? I've got nothing particularly against said whores, but I think they'd save money by just playing WoW. At least there the pointless achievements net you in-game bonuses.
Just for the record, avatar is a really, really good cartoon(definitely the best non-adult-swim since invader zim), and it's a damn shame the game almost certainly sucks ass.
This seriously takes all the air out of achievements. Achievements are supposed to be for things like killing five enemies with the same energy ball, killing 53,463 Zombies in a single play, tacking ten gang members to the same vehicle with the harpoon gun, stuff like that. Giving achievements for combos, something you should be doing anyway, is just dumb. I've always kind of hated the "completed level X" achievements, it lets me know ahead of time just how long the game is, which sometimes spoils the surprise. Reserve your achievement points for the off the wall stuff that you probably won't do if you're just completing the game.
I thought that achievements had to be approved by Microsoft specifically to prevent games from adding super easy achievements to increase sales? Is this not true?
I remember, back in the day, when we had to slog all the way through ten hours of king kong to get our achievements. We didn't like it, the game sucked, but goddammit it meant something
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12:48 AM on 11.18.2007
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LATE POST is LATE!
http://www.destructoid.com/blogs/TheGoldenDonut/how-to-get-1000-achievement-points-in-under-three-minutes-54697.phtml
Someone beat you to the punch.
Just repeat after me:
My Gamerscore is not indicative of my worth as a human being.
My Gamerscore is not indicative of my worth as a human being.
My Gamerscore is not indicative of my worth as a human being.
My Gamerscore is not indicative of my worth as a human being...
They were lazy.
Of course, some games benefit from it -- games that a pure enjoyment. But games that aspire to some higher calling (not this one, obviously) are lessened by achievements.
I did know about it, although I don't find your opinion (though degrading) out of place.
Well, while I do appreciate letting everyone know something cool or important, my personal preference is to avoid reposting information from the same source (this site). Not like he's stealing information or anything. It just seem unecessary, especially THREE hours after someone else already did, just to make it more generally known, in a sense of justice. But I digress, I won't go into a flamewar about my preferences on the internet, especially since this has no relation to the topic at hand (which is truly lulztastic)
I apologize CTZ, you're cool and all in your efforts, it was probably my fault for posting the link to give the wrong impression.
Btw, although I'm addicted to any sort of leaderboard in games like BF2, I find the idea of Achievement points totally worthless. The Achievement's are a brilliant idea, but does anyone, anywhere, actually give a crap about how many points you have?
O.O
The only time that I strive to get everything is when it's parts of the story, like scanning in Metroid Prime or talking to people in RPGs. I do it so I get the fully story. Though it is a very nice feeling when an achievement pops up at the bottom of the screen, it also takes me out of the experience.
I may be a score whore, but I still have that... screw it, I'm gonna go rent it after work.
No, really. I'm proud of myself for pulling away from my 360 and achievements to play Super Mario Galaxy. Hopefully, I stick with it long enough to get the 121st star... maybe not, I still need to finish up Half-Life before Mass Effect...
Im gonna go eat breakfast then I'll do this and have 1K free points by the afternoon :)
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! I'm sorry...
I'm so happy there is a Family Video near me, with my half off membership I'll only have to pay $1 to rent it for one night.
or a working 360
like medals or stars or something.
and you should get some recognition for getting all of a games achievemnts.
and when you reach scores like 5,000 , 10,000, 25,000 etc...
Just for the record, avatar is a really, really good cartoon(definitely the best non-adult-swim since invader zim), and it's a damn shame the game almost certainly sucks ass.
if i had an xbox... if d-toid would give me one...