Browsing all posts tagged with achievements.
Saturday, December 15th, 2007
The fact that I bought my PlayStation 3 back in August and have only owned a total of 2 games in that time is a little unsettling. What’s worse, is previous to last week, I only had Warhawk in my collection as I had traded in Resistance a couple months back. Needless to say, my PS3 has served more as a Blu-ray player than a game console. Then a little game called Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune came along. Somehow, it completely avoided my radar and only showed it’s glorious face for the first time in the form of…
Sunday, November 19th, 2006
I picked up my (first) Xbox 360 back in April and recently passed a huge milestone. In just 7 months I managed to rake in over 10,000 Gamerscore points. I’ve never really been overly competitive or cared about scores and arbitrary numbers that really don’t serve any purpose. But for whatever reason, the Gamerscore comprised of unlocked Achievements, has had me by the balls from day one.
Monday, September 25th, 2006
I seriously did not see this coming. I rented Lego Star Wars II thinking it would be good for a few hours of entertainment and some easy achievement points, nearly 10 days and 30+ combined hours later, my whole family has been in on the action and we’re all loving it! This is the first time a single title has had myself (26), my wife (27) and our 8 year-old daughter vying for the console. And the fact that this is the first 360 game my daughter has been really into has me pretty excited. It’s good to see some kid-friendly titles hitting the 360 lately.
Thursday, August 31st, 2006
A mall full of zombies and countless items you can use as weapons… can you think of a better scenario?
The Good: Impressive graphics and excellent sound effects. Hundreds of zombies on-screen and the framerate barely stutters. Massive variety of weapons to annihilate the undead with. Lots of bonus objectives that are good for achievements and add to the replay value. The story is pretty good with lots of twists. Voice acting is well done for the most part.
The Bad: OTIS!!! Insanely small on-screen text for dialog and objectives. Required to level up right off the bat or the…
Friday, July 28th, 2006
While I thoroughly enjoyed playing the single player campaign through the first time, I haven’t given it a second thought since.
The Good: Amazing visuals and excellent sound - both music and effects. Hilarious commentary from the main character as you play. Runs flawlessly on the Xbox 360. Really cool use of gravity altering walkways and switches. Portals! Super easy Achievements.
The Bad: Very easy and straight forward. Only traditional Deathmatch and Team Deathmatch for multiplayer offering and they play horribly. Not much in the way of reasons to play the game again once you’ve beat it.
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Sunday, June 25th, 2006
I’ve been going through a pretty dry spell in regards to increasing my Gamerscore. This is mostly due to the fact that new game releases have been trickling out every other week at best for the past couple months. There just isn’t a whole lot to play right now on the 360. But here’s where the whole achievement points system really shines. When I realized I hadn’t gone up a single point in about 2 weeks, I went back and checked out which achievements were still up for grabs in my current games.
