From the general Easiest and Hardest from each genre of gaming to the Best and Worst overall game for achievements in general (not to mention fun categories like Best Achievement Picture and Best Potential for an Upcoming 2008 Release), the time has come to cast your votes for the 2006-2007 Achievement Awards, put on by x360a.org!
Head to the address below to vote. Registration is required.
http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=931
This is the second year for the awards. The previous winners (from 2005-2006) can be viewed at the address below:
http://www.xbox360achievements.org/news.php?id=337
The presentation and graphics for this year's winners will be much improved.
Huzaifah from eXputer: "Sleeping Dogs from the early 2010s is one of the best open-world games out there but in dire need of a resurgence."
You say "yet" as if it's even possible anymore. United Front Games is gone, along with anyone that made this game what it is
That’s what happens when games sell poorly. And I’ve seen people wonder why people cry when a game sells badly… this is your answer.
Majority of the time it's true but if a company/publisher is big (in terms of money), they can take a hit or 2. e.g. I am not worried about Rebirth sales as Square will make Remake 3 anyway but if FF 17 doesn't sell then Square might need to look for alternative. <-- my humble opinion
Oh okay, Activision owned True Crime, but when that didn’t sell as intended it was canceled. Six months later Square Enix bought the rights and changed the title to Sleeping Dogs.*
*As per Wikipedia
Sleeping Dogs was a sleeper hit back then. It was fantastic. It actually still is. Would love a sequel to this, or at least a revive of True Crime series.
Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle-earth II was an intriguing and unique RTS title, that sadly suffered in its console port.
Was just thinking about this game and wishing I had a way to revisit it. The way EA scrubs these titles from existence once their licensing runs out is horrid.
Indeed. The game can still be played online on PC.
Xbox 360 players, though? Bang outta luck.
Clive actor Ben Starr plays kiss, marry, kill with Final Fantasy characters, and decides to off Cid from Final Fantasy 12.
Ew VO actors and their cringe core. Fiverr voice actors could out perform this chump.
How about making some good games to play before making generic crap filled with "fun" achievements.
A lot of people cry out that they don't need Achievements to prove how good they are; they claim that everyone already knows.
Several things in reply to that mindset: First, Achievements are not about bragging rights, certainly not in their initial value. They are about 'completion' and 'determination.' And Second, when Achievements are used as bragging rights among friends they add greatly to the ever present level of competitiveness friends already enjoy!
Quality Achievements, those that require effort and perfection, raise the bar for the average gamer. They present in-game hurdles for gamers to strive for and to add a sense of additional accomplishment and fun within the game.
Honestly, I would challenge anyone who does not see the value of well thought out Achievements (as well as Sony's future implentation of Trophies in Home) as being at least a little bit dishonest.
Come on, don't even the least competitve-centric individuals 'keep score' for at least some elemnts of their life?
Who plays basketball without keeping score? Who would attentd school only to say "Don't bother giving me grades. I KNOW how good I am!"
Really! Heck, how many people track their gas mileage as if it were some betting board!
Achievemts are great! Don't pretend they are not. C'mon Sony fans, walk tall and don't act like a NOODLE! I will stand firm with you against any who make light of Home's Trophies.
These are simply Sony's implementations of Microsoft's Achievement system. Neither share the same implementation, but both share the same purpose---a sense of achievement and a source of extra challenge.
Lastly, if and truly IF, you don't care about achievements or trophies then go somewhere else. This thread is ABOUT Achievements and which ones gamers liked the best, hated the most of laughed the hardest at.
My favorite will always be the one that required me to use the harpoon gun and spear five gang members to the side of a vehicle in Crackdown. I laughed long and hard at that one. The site of my car and my co-op partner's cars racing through the streets with a total of ten gang members flailing wildly from the sides of our cars will not soon be forgotten: it was pure hilarity--sick hilarity---and totally pure crazy fun!
Isn't that what games are supposed to provide? Without Achievements, I would have missed out on far too many similar moments.
I hope you guys enjoy your 'trophies' as much as I enjoy my Achievements!
- BIGBAER