Achievement Hunting |OT| Every point counts

SheepDip · November 13, 2023, 2:17pm

I think I’m going to try to make a new push to complete all of the TT Lego games. I had some momentum going in 2020-21 finishing 1 or 2 of them per month but I stalled out with a handful left.

Chyld989 · November 13, 2023, 2:55pm

I played through the DLC (which is the first game) first because I wasn’t sure how much it would matter story-wise, and I didn’t want to go backwards in mechanics. Boy am I glad I did. The story does matter (though not enough that I think you have to play it), but the mechanics are TERRIBLE. It’s one of the most poorly aged games I’ve ever played and would recommend people just skip this one unless you really want to get that 1000GS.

The actual Alice: Madness Returns game is great though. I really enjoyed the story that slowly unfolds as you find more and more of your previously locked away memories, the weapons are unique, the combat is fun, the platforming is fun without being having infuriating sections (which is not the norm for 3D platformers that came out in the 360 era). Very easy recommendation for anyone that likes the world of Alice in Wonderland, or just wants a fun 3D platformer.

SheepDip · November 13, 2023, 3:15pm

Tom:

…ry-wise, and I didn’t want to go backwards in mechanics. Boy am I glad I did. The story does matter (though not enough that I think you have to play it), but the mechanics are TERRIBLE. It’s one of the most poorly aged games I’ve ever played and would recommend people just skip this one unless you really want to get that 1000GS. The actual Alice: Madness Returns game is great though. I really enjoyed the story that slowly unfolds as you find more and more of your previously locked away memories, the weapons are unique, the combat is fun, the platforming is fun without being having infuriating sections (which is not the norm for 3D platformers that came out in the 360 era). Very easy recommendation for anyone that likes the world of Alice in Wonderland, or just wants a fun 3D platformer.

Blast from the past, nice. I agree with your thoughts on the games. Do you think you’ll go for the 1000? I remember one of the DLC costumes made nightmare difficulty much more manageable.

Chyld989 · November 14, 2023, 2:30pm

No, I don’t think I’ll try for the 1000. I didn’t get even half of the collectibles, which would mean needing to follow a guide to get all of those, and there are so many collectibles in this game that it felt I was looking at the guide more than playing the actual game (I originally started with the guide to try for the 1000GS). I may go back at some point and try to cheese the Nightmare achievements, but I’m happy with the 665GS and have a massive backlog already, so this is likely where I’ll end for this one.

saintsflow20 · November 16, 2023, 2:12am

Banged this one out before the game could even release! (JP version, releases tomorrow in the West)

Says 8 hours, but I left it running while taking breaks and whatnot. Took about 5 and a half hours, maybe 6?

Compared to Inti’s previous games, the achievement list (they are all story related, besides some optional quests which are extremely short, all just “go grab this item”) and game itself are FAR easier. Yeah, this is definitely a casual game for Love Live fans. Nothing wrong with that, but other Inti games tend to have very punishing optional hardcore modes (usually with achievements tied to them… ). I’d have liked to see something like that in this game too, but there isn’t any other modes besides just the main one, so there isn’t any replay value here compared to previous Inti titles.

The pixel graphics are on point as always for Inti, they could really make an amazing Castlevania teamed up with Konami… I liked Bloodstained, but man, the 3D visuals there were rough. And just look at some of the goofy attacks you can do lol

I think this game should have been ~$10 less, but I did get it with rewards points. I guess the Love Live license wasn’t cheap, because I think this is their most expensive game yet. So, if you want a fun, cool, -simple- metroidvania, I’d recommend it on sale.

That all said, I hardly knew shit about Love Live or Yohane before playing but I liked the characters so I think I’ll watch the show.

BigM_Milk4 · November 19, 2023, 8:55am

Completed Persona 3 portable, Persona 5 tactics and Phoenix wright trilogy this month.

Persona 3 portable is pretty good besides taturis, which can’t wait for the qof features that will come with P3 reloaded so can i go down a level to grind golden chest more quickly and easier.

I wish i played the Phoenix wright games a lot sooner because its definitely one of the best games i ever played.

Persona 5 tactics is alright, i didn’t mind the gameplay or the look of the game. For anyone who’s attempting to 1000 gs the game it requires 2 play throughs of the game to complete the compendium.

BrigadiersBlue · November 19, 2023, 10:00pm

Been busy with life in general lately and mostly been playing live service games like Halo and Overwatch in my free time. Now that I have more free time I’ve umped back into the achievement game so here’s a quick recap of my recent completions! Completion #89: Frog Detective: The Entire Mystery

Fun, quirky little game. It has its charm and is a easy completion. I would recommend the game especially since it’s in GP.

Completion #90: Jusant

This was such a fun surprise for me! Wasn’t expecting to enjoy it as much as I did, the climbing was fun and they added new mechanics just as you start to get used to it to keep it interesting. The atmosphere was wonderful too, if you get the chance please give Jusant a chance, 100% worth it in my eyes.

Completion #91: Quake II

This was a fun, nostalgic completion. Old school FPS with a relatively easy completion, no need to hunt down all the secrets or nothing, just an nice and easy complete the levels on any difficulty.

BrigadiersBlue · November 19, 2023, 10:13pm

Completion #92: Monster Hunter Rise

This is a special completion for me, I’m a huge Monster Hunter fan and I’m so happy to see the series on Xbox and it seems likely to continue to stay a multiplatform series moving froward! Monster Hunter does have a sizeable learning curve, but Rise is arguable the easiest to get into for anyone new or returning to the series. Super easy to pick up and play in both quick spurts or longer play sessions. Combat is fun and fluid and most of the monsters are a blast to hunt. Honestly I could go on and on talking about the game but I’ll spare you all from what could easily become a shorty novel

. If you’re remotely interested in trying out the game I highly recommend it!

CryOn · November 19, 2023, 10:46pm

How was your experience with crown hunting ? I did it in World and I hated it so much.

BrigadiersBlue · November 19, 2023, 11:13pm

Crown hunting is way easier in Rise, World dropped the rates super low and it’s the main reason I haven’t finished it yet. There’s plenty of quests that give guaranteed crowns and the normal rate for crowns in Master rank is 10% large, 6% small. If i remember correct the rate for world was only 2 or 3% for both small and large.

CallMeCraig · November 20, 2023, 2:03pm

Here are the results for week #166:

#	User	Gamertag	Initial GS	Final GS	Gains	Points
1.	@BigM_Milk4	BigMMilk-9208	58114	63864	5750	50
2.	@UnveiledArk	UnveiledArk	506865	510565	3700	48
3.	@judge	judge	516704	520354	3650	46
4.	@ShadowlessEdge	Shadowless Edge	982051	985136	3085	44
5.	@Plagueborne	The Wicked Soul	1271641	1274261	2620	42
6.	@KARMAgoesHARD	KARMAgoesHARD	888299	890154	1855	40
7.	@SheepDip	Ryuukishi634	483640	485440	1800	38
8.	@BrigadiersBlue	Brigadiers Blue	148300	149510	1210	36
9.	@Chyld989	Chyld989	532810	533615	805	34
10.	@DeusJabu	DeusJabu	222245	223045	800	32
11.	Mark3	Mark 3	192005	192745	740	30
12.	Scottish_Sin	Scottish Sin	621544	622274	730	28
13.	profjjj	profjjj	161144	161849	705	26
14.	CallMeCraig	matsze	332112	332783	671	24
15.	NierlyCrazy	Nierly Crazy	524443	525088	645	22
16.	PhantomFox	PhantomFox75-460	81787	82362	575	20
17.	Knottian	Knottian	248883	249388	505	18
18.	Akosii	Akosii	426806	427176	370	16
19.	TheAshCohen09	TheAshCohen09	188469	188754	285	14
20.	Foorbits	Foorbits	51308	51583	275	12
21.	FunkyOne	Sir Funkified	269625	269870	245	10
21.	Sikamikanico	Sikamikanico	154410	154655	245	10
23.	TangHao	Amir-8983	82212	82437	225	6
24.	dfunktjester	dFunkt jestEr	140456	140661	205	4
25.	BadMoodJones	Junglee91	161363	161478	115	2
26.	BeardoN7x	BeardoA7x	142520	142630	110	1
27.	n0tjack	n0tjack	246168	246273	105	1
28.	Kreten	Cro Kreten	279628	279728	100	1
29.	michael	Rngesus37	49007	49097	90	1
30.	MasterLeePhD	Master Lee PhD	467449	467524	75	1
31.	supercommodore	supercommodore	40010	40080	70	1
32.	MMarfil	MMarfil	110571	110636	65	1
33.	FairyEmpire	baboy1337	525619	525674	55	1
34.	APOPHIS1989	APOPHIS1989	445155	445205	50	1
35.	binarymelon	binarymelon	45446	45491	45	1
36.	Xumbrega	ctZz1	163594	163634	40	1
37.	dscharles	dscharles	89171	89196	25	1
38.	TheSlickTony	TheSlickTony	129358	129378	20	1
39.	Mort	Mortaigne	234158	234173	15	1
39.	low187	ShadowArceus5	295753	295768	15	1
41.	RoslindaleOne	RoslindaleOne	419750	419760	10	1
41.	OneBadMutha	OneBadMutha	72104	72114	10	1

And here is the current General Points Ranking for Season 6:

#	User	Gamertag	Points
1.	ShadowlessEdge	Shadowless Edge	1069
2.	Plagueborne	The Wicked Soul	1040
3.	KARMAgoesHARD	KARMAgoesHARD	1038
4.	CallMeCraig	matsze	1007
5.	Chyld989	Chyld989	917
6.	judge	judge	822
7.	MasterLeePhD	Master Lee PhD	795
8.	SheepDip	Ryuukishi634	732
9.	BrigadiersBlue	Brigadiers Blue	721
10.	FairyEmpire	baboy1337	679
11.	DeusJabu	DeusJabu	675
12.	APOPHIS1989	APOPHIS1989	651
13.	Scottish_Sin	Scottish Sin	639
14.	UnveiledArk	UnveiledArk	609
15.	NierlyCrazy	Nierly Crazy	589
16.	n0tjack	n0tjack	548
17.	Bugalugs214	bugalugs214	537
18.	dfunktjester	dFunkt jestEr	439
19.	Akosii	Akosii	437
20.	Mort	Mortaigne	429
21.	Knottian	Knottian	394
22.	binarymelon	binarymelon	382
23.	dscharles	dscharles	265
24.	profjjj	profjjj	258
25.	Shadowgasm	Shadowgasm	243
26.	BadMoodJones	Junglee91	238
27.	RoslindaleOne	RoslindaleOne	222
27.	MrZweistein	MrZweistein	222
29.	OneBadMutha	OneBadMutha	219
30.	BananaBox39	MaidenLOKO	216
31.	low187	ShadowArceus5	215
32.	Sikamikanico	Sikamikanico	194
33.	FunkyOne	Sir Funkified	174
34.	BigM_Milk4	BigMMilk-9208	162
35.	michael	Rngesus37	82
35.	TheSlickTony	TheSlickTony	82
35.	Cyime	Cyime	82
38.	supercommodore	supercommodore	81
39.	TheSego	The Sego	80
40.	TheAshCohen09	TheAshCohen09	78
41.	Mark3	Mark 3	73
42.	Kreten	Cro Kreten	66
43.	TangHao	Amir-8983	59
44.	PhantomFox	PhantomFox75-460	53
44.	BeardoN7x	BeardoA7x	53
46.	Running_Riot	BoutTreeFidy-208	47
47.	Zonky	Zonky	39
48.	MMarfil	MMarfil	23
49.	brunopcosta1	brunopcosta1	17
50.	Foorbits	Foorbits	15
51.	Xumbrega	ctZz1	13
52.	DanCasual	SR1 Dan	12
53.	xJavontax	xJavontax	4

Every Gamerscore earned from now until next Monday 06:20 AM (UTC) will count towards week #167’s ranking. Every Gamerscore earned until December 1, 2023 06:20 AM (UTC) will also count towards November’s ranking.

Don’t forget that this topic is first and foremost destined to talk about all your achievements and trophies, discuss completions and even try to gather people for a boosting session! The ranking is just a side activity to take part in. Good luck everyone and happy hunting!

MasterLeePhD · November 20, 2023, 4:48pm

Man! I really need to get my finger out and play me some Persona games. Busy playing Final Fantasy 7 Remake on my Steam Deck, really enjoying it but missing those sweet sweet achievements.

Some amazing completions people!

CryOn · November 20, 2023, 5:50pm

Regular 2-3% and tempered give 6% for small and 3% for large. There were a handful of event quest in MHW for around 10-12 monster that raised the crown spawn rate. But of course monster like Seething Bazelgeuse or Blackveil Vaal Hazak were not included.

BrigadiersBlue · November 22, 2023, 1:29am

Powerwash Simulator DLC Completion

Decided to grab both DLC packs for Powerwash Simulator and it was fun. Enjoyed seeing and washing iconic things and locations from both Spongbob and Back to the Future, wild combo if you ask me

, but enjoyable nonetheless.

BrigadiersBlue · November 23, 2023, 8:37pm

Completion #93: Duck Nukem 3d 20th Anniversary Edition

Bought this on sale a few days ago and had a blast with it honestly. Just dumb, stupid Duke Nukem shenanigans with a pretty easy but fun completion to boot. It’s still on sale currently for $1.99 US and for that price I say it’s worth it for sure.

Completion #94: Ghostwire Tokyo

Man oh man did I love Ghostwire! Went in pretty blind back when it launched in Game Pass and I loved every minute of it! It has so much style and character, combat is fun, especially as you upgrade your skills, it’s got the prefect vibe of creepy but not going so overboard a non horror fan wouldn’t enjoy it, and boy did the DLC mission set in the school that came with the GP version of the game wow me. It was amazing. The game is great but it does have some areas it could work on, traversal is ok at best, finding some of the collectables is a pain with the very vague will o’ the wisp esk locator, and a few enemy types just feel like sponges for no good reason. But all in all it’s a great first game in what will hopefully become a series! Oh and the rouge like game mode is pretty fun too, I was only missing the two achievements tied to it to complete that game or else I’d have beat in back when it launched, it’s a little grindy to complete 100% and has some RNG involved in getting specific levels to spawn to collect some things but it was fun overall and I loved the sense of progression it gives!

Terrin · November 23, 2023, 9:54pm

Loves ghost wire such an underrated title.

I wasn’t a fan of the rogue light mode they added myself but I lost hours in the main game

BrigadiersBlue · November 24, 2023, 4:41am

I wasn’t feeling it at first but the more I played it the more it grew on me, the sense of progression as you power up and eventually become god like one shotting everything and trying to speed run the levels was way more addicting then I thought it would be.

CallMeCraig · November 24, 2023, 10:26pm

333.333

right on target. that was my achievement goal for the year. had to shoot down 100 helicopters with a second controller in GRAW for 16 points to make the gamerscore land on #####3. thank the lord for backwards compability

Mort · November 24, 2023, 10:40pm

Haha, very nice. I managed to land on 77,777 once, never had an even number since hehe.

CallMeCraig · November 27, 2023, 2:33pm

Here are the results for week #167:

#	User	Gamertag	Initial GS	Final GS	Gains	Points
1.	@BigM_Milk4	BigMMilk-9208	63864	68164	4300	50
2.	@BrigadiersBlue	Brigadiers Blue	149510	153310	3800	48
3.	@Plagueborne	The Wicked Soul	1274261	1277146	2885	46
4.	@judge	judge	520354	521884	1530	44
5.	@KARMAgoesHARD	KARMAgoesHARD	890154	891314	1160	42
6.	@ShadowlessEdge	Shadowless Edge	985136	985966	830	40
7.	@Akosii	Akosii	427176	427986	810	38
8.	@Chyld989	Chyld989	533615	534280	665	36
9.	@CallMeCraig	matsze	332783	333408	625	34
10.	@FairyEmpire	baboy1337	525674	526259	585	32
11.	NierlyCrazy	Nierly Crazy	525088	525613	525	30
12.	DeusJabu	DeusJabu	223045	223555	510	28
13.	dfunktjester	dFunkt jestEr	140661	141111	450	26
14.	Knottian	Knottian	249388	249798	410	24
15.	SheepDip	Ryuukishi634	485440	485830	390	22
16.	Scottish_Sin	Scottish Sin	622274	622624	350	20
17.	TangHao	Amir-8983	82437	82767	330	18
18.	APOPHIS1989	APOPHIS1989	445205	445435	230	16
19.	PhantomFox	PhantomFox75-460	82362	82547	185	14
20.	BadMoodJones	Junglee91	161478	161658	180	12
21.	profjjj	profjjj	161849	162014	165	10
21.	FunkyOne	Sir Funkified	269870	270035	165	10
23.	supercommodore	supercommodore	40080	40240	160	6
23.	Mort	Mortaigne	234173	234333	160	6
25.	Sikamikanico	Sikamikanico	154655	154800	145	2
26.	MMarfil	MMarfil	110636	110756	120	1
27.	TheAshCohen09	TheAshCohen09	188754	188869	115	1
28.	dscharles	dscharles	89196	89296	100	1
29.	binarymelon	binarymelon	45491	45581	90	1
30.	n0tjack	n0tjack	246273	246358	85	1
30.	RoslindaleOne	RoslindaleOne	419760	419845	85	1
32.	Xumbrega	ctZz1	163634	163714	80	1
33.	Foorbits	Foorbits	51583	51643	60	1
34.	DanCasual	SR1 Dan	220736	220786	50	1
35.	TheSlickTony	TheSlickTony	129378	129408	30	1
36.	BeardoN7x	BeardoA7x	142630	142650	20	1
37.	MrZweistein	MrZweistein	162555	162565	10	1

And here is the current General Points Ranking for Season 6:

#	User	Gamertag	Points
1.	ShadowlessEdge	Shadowless Edge	1109
2.	Plagueborne	The Wicked Soul	1086
3.	KARMAgoesHARD	KARMAgoesHARD	1080
4.	CallMeCraig	matsze	1041
5.	Chyld989	Chyld989	953
6.	judge	judge	866
7.	MasterLeePhD	Master Lee PhD	795
8.	BrigadiersBlue	Brigadiers Blue	769
9.	SheepDip	Ryuukishi634	754
10.	FairyEmpire	baboy1337	711
11.	DeusJabu	DeusJabu	703
12.	APOPHIS1989	APOPHIS1989	667
13.	Scottish_Sin	Scottish Sin	659
14.	NierlyCrazy	Nierly Crazy	619
15.	UnveiledArk	UnveiledArk	609
16.	n0tjack	n0tjack	549
17.	Bugalugs214	bugalugs214	537
18.	Akosii	Akosii	475
19.	dfunktjester	dFunkt jestEr	465
20.	Mort	Mortaigne	435
21.	Knottian	Knottian	418
22.	binarymelon	binarymelon	383
23.	profjjj	profjjj	268
24.	dscharles	dscharles	266
25.	BadMoodJones	Junglee91	250
26.	Shadowgasm	Shadowgasm	243
27.	RoslindaleOne	RoslindaleOne	223
27.	MrZweistein	MrZweistein	223
29.	OneBadMutha	OneBadMutha	219
30.	BananaBox39	MaidenLOKO	216
31.	low187	ShadowArceus5	215
32.	BigM_Milk4	BigMMilk-9208	212
33.	Sikamikanico	Sikamikanico	196
34.	FunkyOne	Sir Funkified	184
35.	supercommodore	supercommodore	87
36.	TheSlickTony	TheSlickTony	83
37.	michael	Rngesus37	82
37.	Cyime	Cyime	82
39.	TheSego	The Sego	80
40.	TheAshCohen09	TheAshCohen09	79
41.	TangHao	Amir-8983	77
42.	Mark3	Mark 3	73
43.	PhantomFox	PhantomFox75-460	67
44.	Kreten	Cro Kreten	66
45.	BeardoN7x	BeardoA7x	54
46.	Running_Riot	BoutTreeFidy-208	47
47.	Zonky	Zonky	39
48.	MMarfil	MMarfil	24
49.	brunopcosta1	brunopcosta1	17
50.	Foorbits	Foorbits	16
51.	Xumbrega	ctZz1	14
52.	DanCasual	SR1 Dan	13
53.	xJavontax	xJavontax	4

Every Gamerscore earned from now until next Monday 06:20 AM (UTC) will count towards week #168’s ranking. Every Gamerscore earned until December 1, 2023 06:20 AM (UTC) will also count towards November’s ranking.

Don’t forget that this topic is first and foremost destined to talk about all your achievements and trophies, discuss completions and even try to gather people for a boosting session! The ranking is just a side activity to take part in. Good luck everyone and happy hunting!