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Tired of Online Cheevos

08/19/09 3:45 pm | #1

I am just realizing how isanely dumb online achievements are now as I am seeing more and more servers being closed because the game is a few years old. There are three games on my list that I will never be able to complete because of this. VERY FRUSTRATING!!

It made me think of another game today tho. Look at Brothers in Arms: Hells Highway and see what people who can think do. At first you think all the online multiplayer cheevos are 0 Gs WTF, but it is genius. If the server were ever to shut down for that game which they might in time I could still 1K.

All I am saying is that people need to think before they do... and that I need to get a lot of old games and try to 1 K them before they kill the servers on me. I am not paying 50 bucks a year to be screwed outta my cheevos.

Re: Tired of Online Cheevos

08/19/09 3:56 pm | #2

I personally like online achievements in general.Assuming the company makes reasonable ones, such as kills/rank that make you play and get over time instead of ones that want you to do certain ridiculous actions. Servers shutting down defiantly suck though.

Re: Tired of Online Cheevos

08/19/09 3:59 pm | #3

I agree with you wholeheartedly on this one.....don't make a game that you can play online for achievements and then shut the servers down. Sadly we can't really blame Microsoft on this one (I'm not sure I actually said that).

Basically there are plenty of games out there that have peer to peer networks. Both Gears 1 & 2 are played on someone "host" 360. As many times as I am irritated to no end by this (how many times have you been shooting someone in the back with your shotty and then get gibbed by that same person and they don't even turn around). It is better than a server shutting down completely. One of the interesting other options that certain games including Timeshift had (and had an achievement tied to it) was what certain games do allowing you to make your 360 the server to allow other people to play on it. You set your 360 up as a server on Timeshift for a total of 48 hours and you get yourself a nice achievement. It still had peer to peer - you could host and play the game - but it was a nice little feature to add.

I have heard (not sure if it is factual) that MS does charge the developers to keep their server up and running. That doesn't make a lot of sense to me as we pay 50 bucks a year to have live service and as much as I appreciate the updates they give us, I can't imagine they cost soooo much (especially given all the freaking advertising they sell now) that they have to charge to have a server up to host the 360 games. If that is the case however then my previous statement about it not being MS's fault was wrong and we can blame them...100%

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08/19/09 4:00 pm | #4

Quote by Blackmagic16:

I personally like online achievements in general.Assuming the company makes reasonable ones, such as kills/rank that make you play and get over time instead of ones that want you to do certain ridiculous actions. Servers shutting down defiantly suck though.

....... i hate those. :cool:

:cool:

Re: Tired of Online Cheevos

08/19/09 4:22 pm | #5

I hate any kind of achievements that require you to do it online. I go months without having Live because I can't afford it at times. Other than that, I don't care.

Re: Tired of Online Cheevos

08/19/09 4:24 pm | #6

Online achievements I think are pointless when it is like shoot one guy in the head while he is shooting the other guy in the head and while he is in the pause menu.

What I'm saying is that there are some ridiculous online achievements out there and that only way to get them is by boosting. Now boosting isn't bad in that you can get some pretty cool friends out of it but it is sometimes a hassle to get them set up. A perfect online achevements (if there are any on the game) is to have ones that are a part of the game play and not kill two people with a spartan laser while doing a headstand.

Re: Tired of Online Cheevos

08/19/09 4:27 pm | #7

you dont need the online ones in brothers in arms to complete the game, just the full gamerscore..

Re: Tired of Online Cheevos

08/19/09 4:31 pm | #8

Xxtime I know that what I was trying to say that is an example of people thinking. I can still get the complete gamerscore even if the server were to shut down. I will have it way before that happens but its still a great idea buy the makers of the game so people are not screwed outta gamerscore.

Re: Tired of Online Cheevos

08/19/09 4:46 pm | #9

I agree for the most part that online achievements suck. However, I can't sympathize about the whole server issue. I'm sure you can find out if a games servers are shut down before playing it. This is why i refused to whore out the older sports games. The main reason is because I think 2K games are garbage and I don't feel like wasting my time on some 2-3 year old sports game no matter how few and easy the cheevos are.

Re: Tired of Online Cheevos

08/19/09 4:47 pm | #10

Yeah but does it count towards completeing the game on the 100% tiles? I would really like to avoid going through all 10 prestiges on COD WAW if I can, I hate that games multiplayer.

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Re: Tired of Online Cheevos

08/19/09 5:02 pm | #12

I like playing online too don't get me wrong, I am down to giving a people a beatdown on Madden any day lol. There are just some that are dumb because they will close the server before you can get them. Some are just insane too, look at the belts in Fight Night. Not only do I have to beat a ton of people to get one belt, I have to beat a ton of people in 3 dif weight classes.

There are some pluses to it because I have boosted with some really cool people, but it really pisses me off when I can't 1 K a game. Especially ones like WWE 08 where I can't even break 800.

Re: Tired of Online Cheevos

08/19/09 5:07 pm | #13

I dont pay money for achievements, i pay money for my games.

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08/19/09 5:24 pm | #14

Quote by PureEvil x21:

Yeah but does it count towards completeing the game on the 100% tiles? I would really like to avoid going through all 10 prestiges on COD WAW if I can, I hate that games multiplayer.

i don't think so.
i have 1K in w@w but i don't consider it complete, which upsets me.

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