Bioshock 2 and Left 4 Dead 2 have been finished, and I started (and completed) The Godfather II, The Incredible Hulk, Zombie Apocalypse, Wallace and Gromit, Banjo-Kazooie, and Duke Nukem 3D. All in two weeks.
I'm currently working on Web of Shadows, which will be finished today if not tomorrow, just in time for GSL Rush on x360a. I plan to actually compete in that, or at least bang out 3 easy games past midnight to get to my 100k/100%.
After that, I'll be focused on wearing down the 50 games I have sitting on my shelf that I haven't played, as well as topping the sandbox leaderboards. I currently stand at #12, and completion of Web of Shadows will bring me to #11. Then it's a simple matter of playing The Saboteur and Wheelman for #1.
I also changed the "My Backlog" box to "Working on", seeing as how there's only two games in it now, both of which will be completed in the near future.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Call of Duty: W@W = DONE
Finally, a 1500 in World at War. I will be going for the prestige achievements, but very slowly. I figure if I play a day or two a month, whenever I have nothing to play but don't feel like starting a new game, I'll have 10th prestige in a few years.
With only three achievements left, one currently unobtainable, one that I'm saving, and the last only an hour of work away, I'm getting closer than ever to my 100%/100k. My current gamerscore sits at 93145/93400, meaning I have to play 6 retail and 3 arcade games. Those will come from the few dozen of each that I already own.
I know I'll be playing The Godfather II and The Incredible Hulk as part of my Sandbox quest, but the rest is up for grabs. I'll probably be going with the easiest games I have available, which are Backyard Football '10, Sonic's UGC, Jericho, and Kung Fu Panda. Arcades are TBA, probably something like Feeding Frenzy 2, South Park, and Track and Field.
That is all contingent on no more DLC coming out for any of my games, which I don't think will be happening within a month.
With only three achievements left, one currently unobtainable, one that I'm saving, and the last only an hour of work away, I'm getting closer than ever to my 100%/100k. My current gamerscore sits at 93145/93400, meaning I have to play 6 retail and 3 arcade games. Those will come from the few dozen of each that I already own.
I know I'll be playing The Godfather II and The Incredible Hulk as part of my Sandbox quest, but the rest is up for grabs. I'll probably be going with the easiest games I have available, which are Backyard Football '10, Sonic's UGC, Jericho, and Kung Fu Panda. Arcades are TBA, probably something like Feeding Frenzy 2, South Park, and Track and Field.
That is all contingent on no more DLC coming out for any of my games, which I don't think will be happening within a month.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Dead Rising = DONE
Did I mention that I started Dead Rising? Because I did. Then I finished it in 9 days. It was actually a really solid achievement list, one of those rare cases where the achievements work with the game in enhancing the experience and giving you more options. The Genocider runthrough felt like I was playing a completely different game than my Saint/Transmissionary runthrough, not to mention the collectible runthrough and the Survival mode.
Survival was interesting to say the least. The strategy of laying out my movements from area to area, and planning them with the survivor spawns was legitimate fun. What wasn't as much fun though, was actually doing the work. It was tolerable with hulu and a timer set to go off a minute before I starved to death, but 14 hours is way too much for one sitting, especially when 90% of it is hitting X to not die. And then there was the brownout in my house at 6:59:50. TV and 360 stayed on, but the lights were off for like half a second. I came so close to mass murder, but I got my 7-Day Survivor achievement 50 seconds later, then pushed through to 8 days just to one-up (almost) everyone on my friends list.
I didn't really enjoy it as a sandbox game though, I felt the timing system kind of clashes with the idea of a sandbox, that is, run around and do what you want, when you want. Still a great game that I put off playing for far too long. But now it's done, with plenty of time to spare for the sequel. I'll be boosting Bioshock 2 whenever possible and practicing Big Baller in between for now.
Gamerscore currently sits at 92915/93200 (99.69%), or 93070/93200 (99.86%) if I pretend I've finished Left 4 Dead 2 and Bully, both of which I'm just waiting for. The important thing is, I need 6800 points to hit 100k. I don't know the specifics yet, but I do know that I'll be getting those points solely from my 50+ games that I own and have yet to play.
Survival was interesting to say the least. The strategy of laying out my movements from area to area, and planning them with the survivor spawns was legitimate fun. What wasn't as much fun though, was actually doing the work. It was tolerable with hulu and a timer set to go off a minute before I starved to death, but 14 hours is way too much for one sitting, especially when 90% of it is hitting X to not die. And then there was the brownout in my house at 6:59:50. TV and 360 stayed on, but the lights were off for like half a second. I came so close to mass murder, but I got my 7-Day Survivor achievement 50 seconds later, then pushed through to 8 days just to one-up (almost) everyone on my friends list.
I didn't really enjoy it as a sandbox game though, I felt the timing system kind of clashes with the idea of a sandbox, that is, run around and do what you want, when you want. Still a great game that I put off playing for far too long. But now it's done, with plenty of time to spare for the sequel. I'll be boosting Bioshock 2 whenever possible and practicing Big Baller in between for now.
Gamerscore currently sits at 92915/93200 (99.69%), or 93070/93200 (99.86%) if I pretend I've finished Left 4 Dead 2 and Bully, both of which I'm just waiting for. The important thing is, I need 6800 points to hit 100k. I don't know the specifics yet, but I do know that I'll be getting those points solely from my 50+ games that I own and have yet to play.
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Just Cause 2, Braid = DONE
80 hours well spent on one of the greatest sandbox games ever. At the time, I was completely burned out on the game and was glad it was done. Right now, I really wish there was more, as it is definitely the best game of 2010 thus far. It's very refreshing to play a well-polished game with intentionally unrealistic gameplay. Shows hope for there still being a studio out there that cares about fun first, realism second.
Braid wasn't as bad as I was making it out to be. Took me like 2 days to memorize the puzzles, and 3 attempts for the Speed Run, which I finished in 44:26.3.
Bioshock 2 needs to be boosted, should hopefully be getting the two map achievements tonight, I'll just need to boost out some more ADAM after that.
I finished everything but Big Baller in World at War, which I should hopefully be getting in a TA session on Monday.
Still waiting on the Mutations in Left 4 Dead 2, and I'm thinking of playing Dead Rising in the near future.
I redid Bully after I accidentally deleted my save file, I again stand 2 minutes away from the final achievement.
Still waiting
Braid wasn't as bad as I was making it out to be. Took me like 2 days to memorize the puzzles, and 3 attempts for the Speed Run, which I finished in 44:26.3.
Bioshock 2 needs to be boosted, should hopefully be getting the two map achievements tonight, I'll just need to boost out some more ADAM after that.
I finished everything but Big Baller in World at War, which I should hopefully be getting in a TA session on Monday.
Still waiting on the Mutations in Left 4 Dead 2, and I'm thinking of playing Dead Rising in the near future.
I redid Bully after I accidentally deleted my save file, I again stand 2 minutes away from the final achievement.
Still waiting
Saturday, May 1, 2010
Bioshock 2 = DONE (and some other stuff)
Quite a while ago, actually. I just kept putting off this post, but I might as well do it before the DLC hits and it's not done anymore. Those achievements look annoyingly simple. Play a match on every map, win a match on every map, and 'prestige'. Lame. I did finish off the entire game legit, but I'll likely boost up to 50, especially if I'm just going to be losing said rank.
I did like the way gameplay escalated in multiplayer, starting off with pistols and not much else and (d)evolving into elegantly chaotic clusterfucking. Replaying that actually sounds interesting, or at least more sensible than the CoD-style prestiging where all you get is a different insignia.
I started up Just Cause 2, and it's a phenomenal video game. It captures the idea of a sandbox game beautifully. Minimal plotline, minimal reality, just lots of things to blow up and lots of missions where you have to blow stuff up. I kind of wish there were more things to do though, as despite my best efforts, I've still exhausted the entire game's missions and challenges with only 58% completion. I do only have to go to 75%, but I do kind of wish there was an achievement for 100%, if only because almost no one else would bother. I'm currently at 63%, and I do need to replay the game for the difficulty achievements. I'm at 57 hours played, and will be at about 100 by the time it's all said and done. The game could probably be 1000d inside 60 hours, but I'm really taking my time with it.
Left 4 Dead 2 got DLCd, and with it an achievement that requires play on 6 different weeks. While my principles force me to hate it, it is a little convenient, as this way I'll be okay with playing some longer games on my way to 100k. That achievement might end up being my penultimate to 100k.
I finished the Der Reise Nazi Zombies pack in W@W, and I just have 4 achievements left in Shi No Numa. I should be getting those or finishing Just Cause 2 within the week, depending on how I feel.
I did like the way gameplay escalated in multiplayer, starting off with pistols and not much else and (d)evolving into elegantly chaotic clusterfucking. Replaying that actually sounds interesting, or at least more sensible than the CoD-style prestiging where all you get is a different insignia.
I started up Just Cause 2, and it's a phenomenal video game. It captures the idea of a sandbox game beautifully. Minimal plotline, minimal reality, just lots of things to blow up and lots of missions where you have to blow stuff up. I kind of wish there were more things to do though, as despite my best efforts, I've still exhausted the entire game's missions and challenges with only 58% completion. I do only have to go to 75%, but I do kind of wish there was an achievement for 100%, if only because almost no one else would bother. I'm currently at 63%, and I do need to replay the game for the difficulty achievements. I'm at 57 hours played, and will be at about 100 by the time it's all said and done. The game could probably be 1000d inside 60 hours, but I'm really taking my time with it.
Left 4 Dead 2 got DLCd, and with it an achievement that requires play on 6 different weeks. While my principles force me to hate it, it is a little convenient, as this way I'll be okay with playing some longer games on my way to 100k. That achievement might end up being my penultimate to 100k.
I finished the Der Reise Nazi Zombies pack in W@W, and I just have 4 achievements left in Shi No Numa. I should be getting those or finishing Just Cause 2 within the week, depending on how I feel.
Monday, April 19, 2010
Modern Warfare 2 = DONE
Hells yeah. Finally got Wetwork done for the Star 69 achievement and the full 1000. I'm looking to finish off Bioshock 2 tomorrow, which will put me at 99.5% completion. I'm still not sure if I want to open up Just Cause 2 or finish off Braid and W@W at that point, but I guess I'll find out soon enough.
Left 4 Dead 2 = DONE
Actually completed it a few days ago, just haven't bothered to post. DLC is expected in a few days as well, so it won't last too long on my "Completed Games" shelf. DLC is scaring me more than ever now that I'm closing in on my 100% 100k. L4D2 is definitely getting DLC, and Bioshock 2, MW2, and Just Cause 2 (which I plan to start soon) might. Any one of those could update with an amount of points not divisible by 50 and mess me up. Although I could fix it with Dante's Inferno, Condemmed, Brutal Legend, Small Arms, or even Force Unleashed or Star Trek, I'd really rather not bother.
Current completion stands at 99.36%, with 585 points missing. 125 of those belong to Bully, which I'm saving, and the majority of the rest belong to World at War DLC, which I'm going to have to tackle soon. First on the list though, is completing Bioshock 2. I only have a few hours of MP left, which will make it the longest I've spent on any multiplayer game without ever boosting.
I've spent more time playing other games legit, like Saint's Row 2 (boosted a few medals that were ridiculous to earn legit), Gears of War 2 (300 legit hours was enough once boosting became possible) or Call of Duty 3. (played the hell out of it in Player matches before I cared about achievements and didn't want to play legit Ranked once I did care) But the <25 hours I'll be spending on Bioshock 2 will make it the longest I've spent on any game's MP achievements without ever boosting. That's almost sad, but whatever.
Once Bioshock 2 is done, I'll be trading off time between World at War solo and MW2's Wetwork whenever I can get a partner. After one of those is completed, I'll be starting Just Cause 2 or the Godfather 2, and possibly swearing off games that end in 2 after that. (not counting Crackdown 2)
Current completion stands at 99.36%, with 585 points missing. 125 of those belong to Bully, which I'm saving, and the majority of the rest belong to World at War DLC, which I'm going to have to tackle soon. First on the list though, is completing Bioshock 2. I only have a few hours of MP left, which will make it the longest I've spent on any multiplayer game without ever boosting.
I've spent more time playing other games legit, like Saint's Row 2 (boosted a few medals that were ridiculous to earn legit), Gears of War 2 (300 legit hours was enough once boosting became possible) or Call of Duty 3. (played the hell out of it in Player matches before I cared about achievements and didn't want to play legit Ranked once I did care) But the <25 hours I'll be spending on Bioshock 2 will make it the longest I've spent on any game's MP achievements without ever boosting. That's almost sad, but whatever.
Once Bioshock 2 is done, I'll be trading off time between World at War solo and MW2's Wetwork whenever I can get a partner. After one of those is completed, I'll be starting Just Cause 2 or the Godfather 2, and possibly swearing off games that end in 2 after that. (not counting Crackdown 2)
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