Upon noticing that out of a possible Gamerscore of 31270 I only have 9835 points I realised that I should start caring about achievements a lot more than I already do. I had a look back over my older games to find that I had missed out some fairly simple achievements (finish story mode with first character in N3) through to some that I doubt I will ever get, not only because I can’t be bothered, but does anyone play Perfect Dark Zero online anymore for me to get the online achievements?
So my challenge is to go back through some of my older games and start bumping up my Gamerscore with at least one achievement a week. Whichever game is at the bottom of my “Games Played” list will be the contender for the week (XBLA games and/or games I borrowed or currently have leant out to others will not be inlcuded). Once the game has been chosen, it’s just a matter of getting one of the untouched achievements. They can be as hard or as easy as I choose, but there will be some games where I have no choice. Once the achievement has been reached, the game should be at the top of my “Games Played” list and another title will be chosen. How long will this go on for? Will I get bored of having to play through my old games while newer ones appear? You betcha, but that’s part of the enjoyment. My pain = your enjoyment.
Check past the break to see what I have in store for me this week and what happened with last week’s attempt.
Last week’s challenge was: Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 - Beat Luke Donald. I’m pretty happy to announce that I didn’t have to beat anyone else before getting the chance to take on Luke Donald. My first attempt saw my 2 holes behind by the 9th, and all I needed were those 9 holes to remember how good I could be at this game. After restarting the challenge I found myself 5 ahead by the 9th, and managed to have the entire Pro Challenge finished by the 13th hole. Didn’t grab any other achievements for Tiger Woods 07 but I did manage to score myself an eagle and an amazing chip in from halfway down the fairway. Another good week, and I’m really enjoying going back to these older games.
I now have an updated Gamerscore of 11130 of a possible 34320.
6 out of 6 achievements gotten and a whole bunch of others added to that list simply because my focus changes now I’m going back to the older titles. This week contender is Viva Pinata. I really enjoyed playing this game, but I found finding the achievements incredibly difficult (this is going by the fact that I never used to look at what achievements I had to get, and would just be happy with ones I stumbled upon). 14 of the achievements giving me only 280 points. Leaves me, yet again, with a whole bunch of achievements vying for my attention. And they are:
- Master Challenger
Successfully completed 20 Factory requests - Romancer
Become Master Romancer for 5 species - Master Romancer
Become Master Romancer for 20 species - Master Collector
Made 50 species resident - Garden Value Master
Garden worth 100,000 chocolate coins - Piñata Value
One Piñata worth 5,000 chocolate coins - Piñata Value Master
One Piñata worth 10,000 chocolate coins - Master Green Fingers
Grown 25 plants to maturity - Wealthy
Player has 25,000 chocolate coins - Helper Name Caller
Named a Helper - Master Talent
Player has reached Level 50 - Wealth Master
Player has 100,000 chocolate coins
And a whole bunch of secret ones (SPOILER WARNING)
- Chewnicorn Healing
Player has healed a Piata with the Chewnicorn’s power. - Cluckles Hatches Egg
Player has hatched an egg using the Cluckles. - Cocoadile Tears
Player has attained full bonus growth for a plant using the Cocoadile tears. - Crowla Delay
Player has distracted Dastardos with the Crowla. - Diggerling
Employed a Diggerling. - Evolver
Evolved Two Species. - Gatherling
Employed a Gatherling. - Horticulturist
Full bonus growth for 5 plants. - Longevity Master
Played the game for 50 hours (real time). - Macaracoon Gift
Player has been brought a Romance Sweet by a Macaracoon. - Mallowolf Howl
Player has used the Mallowolf to scare off Ruffians. - Master Evolver
Evolved 8 species. - Master Horticulturist
Full bonus growth for 25 plants. - Master Sour Tower
Tower of Sour has 6 pieces. - Pigxie Prize
Cross Romancing a Swanana and a Rashberry. - Sherbat Dance
Player has distracted Dastardos with the Sherbat. - Shovel Strength
All the Shovel Handle upgrades. - Sprinkling
Employed a Sprinkling. - Taffly Fertilizer
Player has made fertilizer with the Taffly. - Variants
Made 5 variant Piñatas. - Variants Master
Made 20 variant Piñatas. - Watchling
Employed a Watchling. - Watering Can Do
All the Watering Can upgrades. - Weedling
Employed a Weedling.
I’m not too sure how hard/easy these are going to be. There’s a crapload there, and with GTA 4 arriving this week I want to spend as little time as possible working on this week’s challenge. So there is one that is ridiculously easy. And I’ll do anything to get this challenge out of the way quickly, especially if it scores me 20 Gamerscore points.
The challenge this week is: Viva Pinata - Helper Name Caller
Don’t look at me like that. GTA 4 for crying out loud!
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