It has recently come to the attention of Microsoft that some of Xbox LIVE's shadier members are using a hack to gain precious Achievement points for Gears of War 2.
The perpetrators? They're going to have their gamerscores reset and will be labeled as cheaters in their XBL profiles; here's an example of what happens when you find a stranger in the alps screw with the big M.
All I have to say to the cheaters is this: way to ruin the fun of Achievements, guys. You're getting what you fully deserve. The points should be about extending a game's length, not your e-peen.
I view Achievements as a tool to help me get more value out of my games, and in some rare cases make me tackle gameplay in new, creative ways. Obviously, side-stepping this process flat-out defeats the whole purpose, and is something only an assclown would do.
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4:40 PM on 04.28.2009
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I don't like cheating, and I don't like stat padders in killzone because their existance invalidates my hard earned ribbon and badges.
I agree that it takes the fun out of earning the achievement when you just cheat to get them. No one cares about your gamerscore. I just use it as a personal goal counter. I don't care about having a high gamerscore, I care about getting the most achievements I possibly can from every game I buy. Its just a nice feeling to look back at all the games you have 100% achievements for.
Can someone tell me what's in the link as I am not signing up for an Xbox account.
If it's unpatched game code, why would this be a problem. Gears shipped so fucking broken at launch, it's their own fault that people found the exploits they did.
That said, I wouldn't use any hack style methods to circumvent unlocking achievements, so I look at this as being advantageous when necessary, but I deem it wasteful.
Now, where was that message?