Unlocking Achievements

calex71 · 09-01-2012 10:22pm

My latest shamefully "earned" achievements is "Golden Voice" in Guitar Hero: Greatest Hits

You scored 95% or more on the song Killer Queen as the Vocalist (Expert)

I used this video and held the mic to the speaker and got it in one

:pac:

Oh it got me over the 130,000GS Hump !!!!!!

AceCard Jones · 10-01-2012 11:00am

calex71 wrote: »

My latest shamefully "earned" achievements is "Golden Voice" in Guitar Hero: Greatest Hits

I used this video and held the mic to the speaker and got it in one :pac:

Oh it got me over the 130,000GS Hump !!!!!!

Hide your shame Calex! :eek:

Though the Vocals were so bad in World Tour I'd say that's how most people got it. I'd just be too lazy to get the video and game playing in Sync...:(

War Machine 539 · 10-01-2012 1:17pm

Just broke 50'000 last night! Roll on the next 50'000!

On a more serious note, my associates and I require one man, nay, one soldier, to help us acquire the focusing stone on Shang-Ri La and then on to the Moon . . . . .

We need someone with the DLC and who is a TEAM PLAYER. We already have a lone wolf and we can't play this with him. ITS TOO PAINFUL!

So if you can help add me on teh XBL and put Shang-Ri La in the message along with your credit card details and we will be set!

Three of us have been holding out for this one as it can't be done without four players so we would genuinely appreciate any help offered!

James Howlett · 12-01-2012 12:50am

I tried to get an achievement tonight in Gears of War 2 for completing waves 1 - 10 on the Highway map... it did not go well. I got as far as wave 8 on my own but kept getting beaten close to the end each time. At one stage I had the wave down to one enemy but it was a kantus who then got me with a grenade.

All that time and nothing to show for it

calex71 · 12-01-2012 12:59am

James Howlett wrote: »

I tried to get an achievement tonight in Gears of War 2 for completing waves 1 - 10 on the Highway map... it did not go well. I got as far as wave 8 on my own but kept getting beaten close to the end each time. At one stage I had the wave down to one enemy but it was a kantus who then got me with a grenade.

All that time and nothing to show for it

I have Gears 2 that came with all the dlc but terrified to start the dlc for fear of my completion %

Could be another game for a few of us to focus on ?

Edit: We could do the Flashback and combustible ones maybe those look 100%-able albeit time sinks.

James Howlett · 12-01-2012 1:25am

A good few of the dark corners achievements are easy enough to get. I went back and did the deleted scene in stealth mode tonight and it only took me 10 minutes(ish).

Most of the other ones are a bit of a time stink but I'd be up to help if you were looking for a team.

If you wanted a ton of gamerscore there's always an insane play-through in co-op:
Artist of War 75
Suicide Missionary 150
Open Relationship 30
Friends with Benefits 50

A lot of gamerscore but I'd say it's tough enough.

MiniNukinfuts · 12-01-2012 2:20am

be prepared for a good ~12 hours (i'm factoring in deaths) on insane co-op in gears 2.

Mr Freeze · 12-01-2012 10:47am

calex71 wrote: »

I have Gears 2 that came with all the dlc but terrified to start the dlc for fear of my completion %

Could be another game for a few of us to focus on ?

To Hell with completion ratios! sure its only the gamerscore that counts. :pac:

As for a Gears 2 team, count me in.

Seamarse jumped into my Gow2 game last night, it was just us against bots, flipping not easy I have to say.

I also failed to get to wave 10 on my own in horde mode, Gears 3 has us spoilt rotten.

There are tonnes of achievements there for the taking, just a matter of putting the time in.

For for Insane, I am up as far as the giant Fish boss on a solo run and its hell.

James Howlett · 12-01-2012 11:27am

MiniNukinfuts wrote: »

be prepared for a good ~12 hours (i'm factoring in deaths) on insane co-op in gears 2.

That's quite a big investment...

Mr Freeze wrote: »

I also failed to get to wave 10 on my own in horde mode, Gears 3 has us spoilt rotten.

There are tonnes of achievements there for the taking, just a matter of putting the time in.

Gears 3 certainly has made things a hell of a lot easier, not only with fortifications but the AI enemies seem to be a lot smarter as well. Those bots are playing to win

That said a 4 -5 strong team can certainly fly through the first 10 waves of horde and a lot of the achievements require waves 1 - 10 on X map so like Freeze said, it's just a matter of putting the time in.

Mr Freeze · 12-01-2012 11:48am

You online tonight Seamarse?

I'm normally on from around 8 to 11. So i'd be up for trying one of them horde mode map achievements, and there's a few WIN 5 Wingman matches on certain maps ones too.

James Howlett · 12-01-2012 1:31pm

Mr Freeze wrote: »

You online tonight Seamarse?

I'm normally on from around 8 to 11. So i'd be up for trying one of them horde mode map achievements, and there's a few WIN 5 Wingman matches on certain maps ones too.

Yeph should be online from 9pm or just after.

Were you thinking of:
Standing Here, Beside Myself
Be Careful What You Wish For
Ride It All Night Long

any other ones you need/ think achievable?

Mr Freeze · 12-01-2012 1:40pm

Sounds good, sure we can start with those.

DesperateDan · 12-01-2012 1:44pm

Two achievements that really stick out in my mind include "They Came to Hear Me Beg" in Halo Reach, some got it straight away, it took me about 70 tries to get that bad boy, and for a mere 25g

The other one that still taunts me and is keeping me from the platinum trophy in Vanquish on ps3, is to complete the Tactical Challenges (for 50g on xbox). 6 maps, each with rounds of enemies, and each progressively harder. The final one is definitely the most difficult achievement I've ever tried to get! Great game though...

MiniNukinfuts · 12-01-2012 1:51pm

Vanquish was one hard ass game. The final boss was actually way to hard, and i was playing it on the hardest difficulty at the time(hard), which turned out to be the 2nd hardest when i finished the game. I can't imagine how hard it'd be on God Hard (the hardest difficulty)

James Howlett · 12-01-2012 1:53pm

Mr Freeze wrote: »

Sounds good, sure we can start with those.

It might be possible to tie Forged in the Fire in with Standing Here, Beside Myself, we'll see how it goes.

Catch you later so.

MiniNukinfuts · 12-01-2012 1:58pm

James Howlett wrote: »

It might be possible to tie Forged in the Fire in with Standing Here, Beside Myself, we'll see how it goes.

It's possible to do most of those achievements in private matches. Here's a guide how to do that: http://www.trueachievements.com/a30263/forged-in-the-fire-achievement.htm?showguides=1

DesperateDan · 12-01-2012 3:33pm

MiniNukinfuts wrote: »

Vanquish was one hard ass game. The final boss was actually way to hard, and i was playing it on the hardest difficulty at the time(hard), which turned out to be the 2nd hardest when i finished the game. I can't imagine how hard it'd be on God Hard (the hardest difficulty)

My theory is that you may have been playing it wrong, as I was for about half the game :cool:

This video shows how it should be done:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkV8x2rYEqI

If you play in this style trust me its MUCH easier [with constant jet sliding and rolling into and out of slow motion while aiming you can essentially permanently use the slo mo]. That last challenge is damn hard though.

MiniNukinfuts · 12-01-2012 3:39pm

Meh, i got it all done in the end, i was so happy with myself. :P

I love the achievements where it's such a relief to have done, but are a nightmare while doing. Basically, most of those vidmaster achievements from halo 3 and ODST.

promethius42 · 12-01-2012 3:42pm

I don't so much have specific achievements I like but rather games, for example I strive to earn all the achievements in the likes of Mass Effect or Skyrim.

Arawn · 12-01-2012 3:54pm

DesperateDan wrote: »

Two achievements that really stick out in my mind include "They Came to Hear Me Beg" in Halo Reach, some got it straight away, it took me about 70 tries to get that bad boy, and for a mere 25g

The other one that still taunts me and is keeping me from the platinum trophy in Vanquish on ps3, is to complete the Tactical Challenges (for 50g on xbox). 6 maps, each with rounds of enemies, and each progressively harder. The final one is definitely the most difficult achievement I've ever tried to get! Great game though...

is this the one where you had to execute someone from a fatal height fall, that was really simple on the last level but most tards (myself included) did it the jet pack off the big **** off building to get??

Mr Freeze · 12-01-2012 3:59pm

James Howlett wrote: »

It might be possible to tie Forged in the Fire in with Standing Here, Beside Myself, we'll see how it goes.

Catch you later so.

Deadly.

Re: They came to hear me beg!!!

What a ghastly mare that achievement was, I must have done that jump & execution a hundred times, and when it finally popped, the kill was no different to dozens I had done previously.

James Howlett · 12-01-2012 4:00pm

MiniNukinfuts wrote: »

I love the achievements where it's such a relief to have done, but are a nightmare while doing.

One that took me ages to get was il principe from Assassin's Creed Brotherhood. That one required 100%-ing all story missions and side quests, of which there were many. By the time it took to finish I had so much over exposure to the animus that the bleeding effect caused me to wonder where I really lived; Modern Ireland or 16th-Century Rome.

MiniNukinfuts · 12-01-2012 4:45pm

James Howlett wrote: »

One that took me ages to get was il principe from Assassin's Creed Brotherhood. That one required 100%-ing all story missions and side quests, of which there were many. By the time it took to finish I had so much over exposure to the animus that the bleeding effect caused me to wonder where I really lived; Modern Ireland or 16th-Century Rome.

HA, i tried that one, and i had a about 70% done, then the ending of the game pissed me off so much that i never played it again. Assassin creed games are really good, right up to the ending where ubisoft seem to rush it and the story falls to pieces.

djkeogh · 12-01-2012 5:29pm

I do love the cheevs. Like a few people here i've gone back to some of the original games i'd played when I first got the xbox and didn't have any knowledge or desire for achievements. 2 of the most recent ones were Virtua Tennis 3 which is not my type of game at all. I've picked up a few in it but have no inclination to play it.

The other is Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter which I'm really enjoying. I remember buying it and COD4 with my console and played it first. As soon as I stuck COD in that was the end of it but I'm enjoying going back through it except the dame cheevs don't stack for difficulty.

In terms of TA

My best game is Fight Night Champion with 3313
Highest TA cheev is Bench Pressing in Fight Night for 587
Best TA Ratio is Lord of the Undead in Pinball FX 2 at 13.01

DesperateDan · 12-01-2012 9:06pm

Arawn wrote: »

is this the one where you had to execute someone from a fatal height fall, that was really simple on the last level but most tards (myself included) did it the jet pack off the big **** off building to get??

Yeah, I luckily checked out roosterteeth first:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqGxNhmJS7Q

And was able to get it, after assassinating the b*stard like 20 times

Jericho. · 13-01-2012 4:21pm

Would anyone be up for playing through the Splinter Cell Conviction co-op campaign (On Realistic)? I still need to go through that.

deathrider · 14-01-2012 2:02pm

I finally got my "The Guild" achievement in all the Virgil commentaries in Dante's Inferno. I'd played through it a few years again, when I'd borrowed it from a friend, but was missing this achievement. Saw it going cheap as chips lately, and thought I'd pick it up for that last achievement (and a quick review), because it would be worth another playthrough. Job done!

Shanotheslayer · 16-01-2012 2:58pm

*Wave*

Just came across this thread, and I'm quite big into achievements altho my completion rate has gone to ****e lately.

Currently Working on so many games

The main 2 are:

FIFA 12
BF3

And the side ones are:

Deus Ex
Batman Arkham City
SkyRim

If anyone plays BF3 feel free to give me a shout and we can play online.

My tag is Shanooo92. I'm currently working on getting to rank 45 ><

Mr Freeze · 17-01-2012 1:35pm

so how are ye getting on with the Gears of War 3 ribbons for the I've Done It All achievement?

I have 3 left to get:
Trickshot - Headshot doublekill with a Torgue bow.
I Gotcha - Revive all 4 team mates in a Horde Wave
Team Savior - Revive 3 team mates in a Beast Wave with a Kantus

Will need help getting those, and I can help anyone with Ribbons they are stuck on too.

Also will be on for getting the Fenix Rising achievements, so gimme a shout.

MiniNukinfuts · 17-01-2012 2:46pm

I got all the ribbons over the weekend. It was fun going for them all. Most were legit in matchmaking.

Mr Freeze · 17-01-2012 3:06pm

MiniNukinfuts wrote: »

I got all the ribbons over the weekend. It was fun going for them all. Most were legit in matchmaking.

I'd need a lot of luck or a really bad team to get those last few legit. The rest I got just over time, playing loads, these 3 however, I never managed to get them.

MiniNukinfuts · 17-01-2012 3:18pm

I the trickshot ribbon a while ago by blind firing on dry dock :P It made me wish i had a PVR

I boosted those other 2 you have left, they're vitually impossible to get normally.

For the kantus one, mercy is probably the best level. If you can, get one of the Heros on a turret to down the player from a distance. Have that player behind a wall so when they get downed they don't get hurt. The best place to do it for myself and my friends was up the top of the map, by the one shot, the three of us stood against the wall, facing to the turret in the building in the right shooting at us. The turret downed us fast enough. When you're the kantus, just protect any other human from getting up to the center to finish off your friends.

For the revive 4 in a wave on horde, get 2 friends, and 2 guest, and if you have the friendly fire mutator it would make the whole thing much easier. Just down your friends and guests and revive them.

James Howlett · 17-01-2012 3:54pm

Mr Freeze wrote: »

Also will be on for getting the Fenix Rising achievements, so gimme a shout.

One of the Fenix Rising achievements requires Horde 1 - 50 on any of the new maps. The highest I've gotten to in Horde was 30ish. Do you know roughly how long does 1 - 50 can take on casual?

Mr Freeze · 17-01-2012 3:58pm

James Howlett wrote: »

One of the Fenix Rising achievements requires Horde 1 - 50 on any of the new maps. The highest I've gotten to in Horde was 30ish. Do you know roughly how long does 1 - 50 can take on casual?

1hr 44 mins with a good team of 5 on Azura with no mutators. Quicker with mutators no doubt.
OR
About 3 weeks, solo on Insane in Trenches. :pac:

Choose wisely!

AceCard Jones · 17-01-2012 4:00pm

Batman, me, the missus, Seamarse and PvtKeogh have said we're up for tomorrow night around 8ish for some Phoenix rising achievements if you're game just let us know on TA

Can knock out some ribbons too

Mr Freeze · 17-01-2012 4:04pm

Will have a better idea tomorrow, not sure if I will be on tomorrow yet.

MiniNukinfuts · 17-01-2012 5:10pm

If i were ye, i'd got for the super reload, instagib and infinte ammo mutators, it makes life so much easier. Instagib is very each to boost. Start up a game of beast, choose wretch, get 200 kills, what i did was play until about round 3 then purposely died with one person remaining and started the game from beginning. It took me 40 min to get the 200 kills and it was great fun too.

Super reload is handy as well, you get it by getting the bronze medal with each of the starter guns.

Mr Freeze · 17-01-2012 5:17pm

MiniNukinfuts wrote: »

Super reload is handy as well, you get it by getting the bronze medal with each of the starter guns.

I'd never have managed horde on insane without Super Reload and Infinite Ammo....not a hope!

Does Instagib work on large bosses, like Lambent Zerkers?

MiniNukinfuts · 17-01-2012 5:24pm

instagib works on everything except, reavers and lambent beserkers.

It's so much fun gibbing a normal beserker or even a brumak. :P

James Howlett · 17-01-2012 6:35pm

Mr Freeze wrote: »

1hr 44 mins with a good team of 5 on Azura with no mutators. Quicker with mutators no doubt.
OR
About 3 weeks, solo on Insane in Trenches. :pac:

Choose wisely!

I will select the former

calex71 · 18-01-2012 12:35am

Anyone fancy a run through saints row 2 on co-op ?

MiniNukinfuts · 18-01-2012 2:29am

Feck me, i just did the 50 waves on casual on a fenix map. It took 2 hours, even with super reload, instagib and infinite ammo. It's a tough one. I did it on escalation btw

djkeogh · 18-01-2012 2:09pm

AceCard Jones wrote: »

Batman, me, the missus, Seamarse and PvtKeogh have said we're up for tomorrow night around 8ish for some Phoenix rising achievements if you're game just let us know on TA Can knock out some ribbons too

We a go for this tonight? If we're a man short I've got a mate who'd probably be interested. Are we looking at an 8PM kick off?

James Howlett · 18-01-2012 4:03pm

djkeogh wrote: »

We a go for this tonight? If we're a man short I've got a mate who'd probably be interested. Are we looking at an 8PM kick off?

I'm still good for 8, see ya then.

deathrider · 18-01-2012 8:10pm

Just got my last few achievements in Prince of Persia. Played through it when it came out first, had it borrowed from a mate, and didn't think much of tit. Got it free from Gamespot in a deal they had going just there over xmas... I'm still not impressed with the game though.

James Howlett · 19-01-2012 10:47am

I do love team work.

djkeogh · 19-01-2012 12:08pm

it was a successful session last night alright. Now to arrange to batter through the Horde achievements. Have none of them yet but looking at it and a small bit of planning we should be able to get them all in one run on a Fenix map as the original members of Zeta!!

James Howlett · 19-01-2012 12:31pm

A few of us from last night have the Zeta achievement but if we're doing the Horde stuff during the weekend it would be no problem to just arrange characters for Zeta team.

I'm kicking myself today; when we finished last night I went through my Gears 3 achievement list and I DO NOT have the achievement for a kill with every creature in beast mode... f**k! I have about 6 or 7 more to do. It's not a problem really as I can do it easily enough on my own but after 5 full rounds last night I hoped to not have to see that mode again for a while

James Howlett · 19-01-2012 2:24pm

Has anyone played through Terminator Salvation? I hear it's an easy 1000G and my local Xtra-Vision have it for €5 but I'm trying to decide if it's worth the time...

Mr Freeze · 19-01-2012 3:02pm

James Howlett wrote: »

Has anyone played through Terminator Salvation? I hear it's an easy 1000G and my local Xtra-Vision have it for €5 but I'm trying to decide if it's worth the time...

Soooo easy! and short.

Unlocking Achievements

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