Capn Doug Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 A little while ago, my buddy got one of the Lego Rock Band 100% achievements on Super Easy. The others in my group of Rock Band friends all have the achievement, but we got it on hard or expert. Got me thinking, are there achievements that we should be ashamed to have gotten? Sometimes we get an achievement that is glitched in our favour (Conan's Strength of 10 men for me) whether puposly or accidentaly, other times we run the last hundred meters of our friend's marathon (GH World Tour has a few achievements like this). Sometimes we use cheat codes, other times we monkey with the difficulty so that it is impossible not to get the achievement. Sometimes we do things that we would never do in the game just to get the achievement. Other times, we save the game in order to get an achievement for doing something one way, then reload to do it the other (Orange Box's Sumbissive & Defiant). So the question I want to put out there is, "Are there achievements that you have gotten that you are ashamed of?" It can be for any reason, but do you have any, or are points points no matter how you get them? For me, Conan's Strength of 10 Men glitched and I got it without deserving it, but I probably would have gotten it eventually, now I just don't have to try for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phate Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 Nope, can't say I'm ashamed of any of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massa Siggy Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 (edited) All of my arcade game achievements, like Dash of Destruction or Small Arms (not Worms though, I actually enjoyed that one). They just show how much of a GS addict I am. Haha. And as far as getting one I don't think I deserve, the "Be The Knife" achievement on Resident Evil 5, where you deflect an arrow with a knife. I got it while screwing around, didn't even know it was an achievement, and got 60G. I felt like I should have had to try harder for those points. Haha. Edited November 28, 2009 by Massa Siggy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starstrukk X360A Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 I haven't gotten any achievement I'm ashamed of. I doubt someone's actually going to question me about them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qu1ck2sh00t Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 Me and a couple friends started boosting for Halo 3 multiplayer achievements almost all of them we got like the extermination one and 5 kills within 4 seconds of each kill none of use would be able to do that so we said screw and we got exp suspended for 2 weeks. It was worth it I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The BEAst in I Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 all of the achievements from the pc version of fallout 3 except for the first couple. cause i used the cheat code. not proud but i cant undo it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beer is gud Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 Nope, why be ashamed of any achievements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightbeam Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 Being ashamed of achievements is so trivial, and for anyone to judge you would just be pathetic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr ZaNiaC Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 All of my arcade game achievements, like Dash of Destruction or Small Arms (not Worms though, I actually enjoyed that one). They just show how much of a GS addict I am. Haha. And as far as getting one I don't think I deserve, the "Be The Knife" achievement on Resident Evil 5, where you deflect an arrow with a knife. I got it while screwing around, didn't even know it was an achievement, and got 60G. I felt like I should have had to try harder for those points. Haha. Why would you be ashamed of that? The game was free and it was a bit of fun attached to it. Nothing to be ashamed for.. I don't have any achievements that I am ashamed of. NBA Street Homecourt had kind of easy achievements that took me about 8 hours. But I enjoyed that game because I love basketball. So I have nothing to be ashamed of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadiantViper Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 Team Fortress 2, you can get the different map achievements (as well as some others) by using system link (it works even with just 1 player). I used it only for the Gravel Pit one ("Defend Gravel Pit without giving up a capture" since it's pretty hard/lucky to get anyways), but for the record I've met the requirements twice since in a real match. I try to avoid this as much as possible even when most do it, for example Fallout 3's level achievements. You can just reload a save and change your karma for the 12 different achievements (3 for each karma, at levels 8, 14 ,20 - at level 30 you can use a perk which makes it even easier) but I actually got 3 different characters to level 30. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capn Doug Posted November 29, 2009 Author Share Posted November 29, 2009 I did that Fallout 3 trick, too. Mostly because I bought a lot of games at the same time, including Fallout, and sort of wanted to play everything. Plus, I wasn't sure that there was going to be a lot of replay value (there is eminant replay value) unless I genuinely wanted to be a bastard, which seemed cruel to do to those nice people of the Capital Wasteland. Coincidentally, after playing Fallout, I decided to make sure I was no longer staying up until 5 in the morning playing games, because at that point in time, the line between me and the Lone Wanderer started to blur. Ahem... Anyway, only the sports games have those acheivements that I feel kind of ashamed of. There are some, like score a goal with your goalie, that I don't think I would ever come by naturally, so I got a friend to trade those ones instead of trying to get it naturally. Though for the record, I did score while 2 men down legit to get that achievement. Kind of proud of that one. My only real desire, sometimes (when i am not in power gamer mode), is that I didn't look at the achievement list before playing a cool game. Then I could be pleasantly surprised when I get an achievement. Plus it changes the way I play the game. I did that with the first game I played (Fable II), then decided not to play games a second time just to get achievements. Some games just aren't worth that second play through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burning Karma Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 I'm not ashamed of any of my achievements. Nor do I ever plan to be. I loves 'em. All of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XxHamRxX Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 Well im not ashamed of them yet but thats cause i dont have them yet but sometime soon my friend is gonna come round and finish off my expert careers for gh2, wt and rb. i can get to like 3 songs to go then nah. which i really hate. at one point i was gonna get one of my really good gh m8s to get me the inhuman achievement but then i thought maybe not;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q ipoddy Q Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 I'm quite ashamed of timed achievements such as play for 50 hours on Viva Pinata lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firestorm356 Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 For failing a song on Easy on Guitar Hero 3, but it was my sister playing so its kind of ok. Proudest on that game however is the Inhuman Achievement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dakisbac Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 Closest to shame would of course be Avatar, but I don't care what people think of my games played. Plus, when people have 1000d certain games that I've 1000d, then they can talk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ebonix Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 I feel shame for anyone who has any Avatar The Air Bender achievement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xI C0uch P0tat0 Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 Any 'press start' achievements. Such as The Simpsons and NFL Draft and Score Trackers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phate Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 I feel shame for anyone who has any Avatar The Air Bender achievement. Why? You've got NBA 2K6 on your list. It's basically as "bad" as Avatar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neklaf Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 I'm definitely ashamed of my Dashboard of Destruction achievements. But I'm even more embarrassed that I don't have... Extinction Event 10G Win a multiplayer game ...because nobody's ever in the lobby! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainSpanner Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 Why be ashamed of any achievement? At the end of the day, every game has 1000G's to be earned and there will always be a harder or easier game to get it on. Im not embarrased of any game ive played, let alone completed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burning Karma Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 Extinction Event 10G Win a multiplayer game ...because nobody's ever in the lobby! You have to do that in a local multiplayer game, not over Live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Der Fuhrer1604664276 Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 There is no such thing as a shameful achievement, if you met the requirements for the achievement then there is nothing to complain about it is up to the developer to choose the difficultly of the achievements, and if cheats or glitches exist around the achievement that too is the developers fault and you should not feel bad for having exploited it as long as you did not use outside tools to edit the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neklaf Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 You have to do that in a local multiplayer game, not over Live. I... did not know that. Thanks for the tip! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LicensedForwar Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 I get annoyed at ppl with large scores yet you look at there games they have 100% some pretty easy ones and the ones that take more time or skill have only like 50% completion. Im not in position to talk really as of yet given i haven't been gaming on my new account for a long time. But in time i hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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