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How to get 1000 Achievement points in under two minutes

12:48 AM on 11.18.2007, Hamza CTZ Aziz 63 comments

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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. 

[Via NeoGaf and TheGoldenDonut's C-Blog


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Necros's Avatar
Necros at 11/18/2007 00:59
Dammit! How could you tell them that!
b33b3s's Avatar
b33b3s at 11/18/2007 01:05
I say whoever wrote the achievements for this game is a genius, how else would they get people to play this shitty game?
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Woverine at 11/18/2007 01:06
and this is why i love having a modded xbox ;)
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amalgamut00 at 11/18/2007 01:07
OMG I AM RENTING THIS!!!! My brother hate show I have more points than him and I've had my Xbox Live account less than him :)
Linkoman's Avatar
Linkoman at 11/18/2007 01:10
dude im ao renting this. know any other games with easy achevements?
Cutie Honey's Avatar
Cutie Honey at 11/18/2007 01:18
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Fading Star at 11/18/2007 01:18
Sweet.
Lethal Dosage's Avatar
Lethal Dosage at 11/18/2007 01:19
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...
JoshM's Avatar
JoshM at 11/18/2007 01:25
It's more interesting to me that a person had to actually play this game to find this all out.
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BlindsideDork at 11/18/2007 01:27
This is the game developers fault, not M$.

They were lazy.
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Joseph Leray at 11/18/2007 01:36
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.
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Danger Shark at 11/18/2007 01:38
Ah, if only I didn't care about what shows up on my gamertag I'd probably do this, but having an Avatar game on there would be an unbearable shame.
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Cutie Honey at 11/18/2007 01:39
@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.
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Toneman at 11/18/2007 01:40
Back to bed with ye, lemon. Children shouldn't be up so late.
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Hamza CTZ Aziz at 11/18/2007 01:43
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.
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Cheeburga at 11/18/2007 01:48
Now all I have to do is deal with the embarrassment of renting that.
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God Len at 11/18/2007 02:04
i kinda want to play this game now, and ot because of the achievements either
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Boolean at 11/18/2007 02:05
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?
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FrankHowley at 11/18/2007 02:12
Fucking awesome
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taileon at 11/18/2007 02:13
all i gotta say is .. wow .
O.O
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IvoryShipping at 11/18/2007 02:28
Another one for the achievement zombies.

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.
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vexed alex at 11/18/2007 02:46
Honestly, I don't even want this game on my gamercard. I only wish I could completely remove Yaris.
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BlackbeardonGuitar at 11/18/2007 03:09
Then people would know I played Avatar. Pass.
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KidMakeshift at 11/18/2007 03:31
Who f*cking cares about achievement points? Seriously, if you rent this game just to get the points then you just admitted to being Microsoft's bitch
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cbebop007 at 11/18/2007 03:36
I'm a 360 Achievements whore and even I think this is a disgusting display of laziness. Do not want!
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Acefowl at 11/18/2007 04:11
I got some very disturbing mental images when that general yelled out "Guards! Increase your numbers!"
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maxio098ui at 11/18/2007 06:18
wow that game looks amazing i can realy see where the next gen is going:P. and how the hell can guards increse their numbers.
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Dexter345 at 11/18/2007 06:42
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.
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The Incredible Edible Egg at 11/18/2007 07:01
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...
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JamesSorensen at 11/18/2007 08:05
Once again proving my point that achievements and gamerscore are pointless.

Im gonna go eat breakfast then I'll do this and have 1K free points by the afternoon :)
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Holyetheline at 11/18/2007 08:53
I still refuse to play this crap.
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Sharpless at 11/18/2007 08:57
I'm not a gamerscore whore, but I would probably do this, if I had the money to waste. I mean, why the hell not? I mean, maybe the game is good.

...

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! I'm sorry...
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LarkOhiya at 11/18/2007 09:50
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*
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aborto thefetus at 11/18/2007 10:30
GUARDS, INCREASE YOUR NUMBERS!!!
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amalgamut00 at 11/18/2007 11:13
The CSI game has easy achievement points. I'm sure by now there are guides for it, just beat the game and you'll get 1000 points.

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.
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CaffeinePowered at 11/18/2007 11:33
Hooray easy 1000p rentals
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DGX Goggles at 11/18/2007 12:06
All together now: LOL.
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Emrah at 11/18/2007 13:20
I think some guys are taking gamerscore too seriously.
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MechaMonkey at 11/18/2007 13:43
GUARDS, INCREASE YOUR ACHIEVEMENT NUMBERS!
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Husky Hog at 11/18/2007 13:51
Damn, if only I had that game, or somewhere to rent it from


or a working 360
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BFeld13 at 11/18/2007 14:00
Wow....
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Gorelord at 11/18/2007 14:07
I think they should give special credit for the hardest achievments instead of just lumping them all together.
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...
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brad drac at 11/18/2007 15:36
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.
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TheStripe at 11/18/2007 16:52
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.
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FreeBaGeL at 11/18/2007 20:13
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?
Noah's Avatar
Noah at 11/18/2007 22:18
That's awesome. My favorite achievement to date is the "Pressed Start Button" in The Simpsons :)
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Pepillou2 at 11/18/2007 22:30
omg wow lol
if i had an xbox... if d-toid would give me one...
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BahamutZero at 11/18/2007 22:34
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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