[360] Achievement Hunting

Rainbow Six Vegas 2 is another good example of multiplayer achievements done right (Although I'm not sure I actually have any of them, I always play co-op online rather than vs) in that there are achievements for total online kills, online kills with each weapon type (But nothing retarded like three people with one clip) and for actually achieveing the mission objective a certain number of times, all of which I think are fine as they encourage you to play different game types and to actually play the game properly. Of course you'll still get the odd idiot and his mate taking it in turns to kill each other in an out of the way corner but playing without respawns severely lessens the impact of those. I agree with the others though that anything that requires you to play like a twat, or at least encourages abnormal behaviour can fuck right off.

I very rarely get any online multiplayer achievements as I simply don't play enough to get the hundreds of kills ones but it's nice when you do pick one up through skillful play. I'm rather proud of my achievement for coming out top player in a ranked Frontlines match for example as I got it by killing a ton of people and capturing a load of bases. On the flip side there's an achievement for being on the winning team but not getting killed, which simply encourages people to get one sniper kill then run away and hide out on the edge of the map, hoping the rest of the team will pull off a win. I did actually get that one but got it fairly, leading a charge to capture all the flags quickly and win the game that way (Although to be fair there were only ten people in the match and half the enemy team seemed to be boosting the same achievement I ended up with).

I find achievements are a nice way to see how far through a game other people are (In terms of storyline ones) or get an idea of how much other people have played a game, rather than worrying too much which ones I've got. I have boosted for one or two but never anything that'd mess up an online game or would take more than half an hour or so. They're also sometimes a good way to get you to try playing the game differently, such as Mass Effect's which lead you to play it more than once and as a different character type and with different allies (Not that I've got round to that yet).

I personally don't understand why people get worked up about getting achievements but then I'm also not that bothered about winning games, I play them for the fun of playing them as a rule. Different people play games for different reasons.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Yushiro

Well, you two let me know when you want to boost Fuzion Frenzy 2, I'm up for it anytime this weekend.

Also, I'd be willing to help with any GH2/GH3/GHWT/RB/RB2 achievements that you guys think can be done.

I've got none of the GH3 and World Tour online achievements but I'm also not that good at the games, Medium is about my limit, although I can hard mode a few of the bass parts. Also, my Xbox is off getting fixed so I won't have for it for at least a couple of weeks.

When I get it back, I never got the achievements for being player 2 in Gears of War co-op and I'd love to finish Rainbow Six Vegas 2 on Realistic and get the being player 2 ones in that. I just can't do the refiney in the dark mission on my own, too many snipers.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I'm willing to bet that in the instruction manual for that game it recommends taking regular, short breaks while playing. You probably have grounds to sue them for the RSI you've just inflicted on yourself.

How ya doing, buddy?