Overview:
-Estimated achievement difficulty: 6/10
-Offline: 48
-Online: 2
-Approximate amount of time to 1000: 5-10 Hours
-Minimum number of playthroughs needed: Several per sport
-Number of missable achievements: None
-Do cheat codes disable achievements?: No Cheats
-Does difficulty affect achievements?: No
-Glitchy achievements: No
-Unobtainable achievements: No
-Extra equipment needed?: Kinect Sensor Required
-Is there DLC? Yes
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Maple Lakes Golf Pack
- Difficulty: 8/10
- Time to 125: 3-5 Hours
- Unobtainable: None
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Midnight Mountain Ski Pack
- Difficulty: 6/10
- Time to 250: 2-4 Hours
- Unobtainable: None
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Basketball Challenge Pack
- Difficulty: 2/10
- Time to 250: 1 Hour
- Unobtainable: None
Introduction:
Kinect Sports: Season Two features six brand new sports, the new Challenge Play mode, new mini-games, Xbox LIVE matches, and more. For the best experience, you should have 5-10 ft. of space between you and your TV for absolute accuracy. Also try to remove any obstacles on your sides if you can, as some of the game requires you to move far left and right. Compared to the first Kinect Sports, this one is less taxing on your body. The achievements are a little less difficult as well, aside from a few tough ones thrown in.
The achievements are split up nicely between the six sports, with additional ones for exploring some of the game's additional features. Most of the achievements are extra little goals that you can attempt to obtain through normal play, most don't require too much setup.
Play through the six sports:
Golf - You'll have to play a full nine holes under par, then after that you can pick individual holes to work on the remainder of the achievements. You'll also have to play the mini-game here.
Tennis - Some of your tasks are better suited for Rookie difficulty, while others work better on Champion, so you may need to play a few matches here. There's also another mini-game to play
Darts - This takes a great deal of patience, and you may find yourself starting over for some of these. There are decent ways to combine achievements in each round, but sometimes you'll just want to focus on the easiest way of getting one achievement rather than taking risks or overthinking things to attempt several at once. Again, there is a mini-game as well.
Baseball - There are only two innings in each game of Baseball, but you'll likely knock of few of the achievements off in each game. The CPU isn't very good so you will be rounding the bases often. Everything is rounded off with another mini-game.
Football - This sport stands apart because it does require quite a bit more physical activity in comparison to the others. Some of the achievements are made easier by playing a 2-player versus game, but you're actually playing alone and playing as both teams. Still though, a few achievements are going to give you troubles, so expect multiple attempts.
Skiing - The easiest sport for sure. You'll get several of the achievements in your first race, get some perfect runs, another mini-game task, and Skiing will be done in no time.
Misc. Achievements:
You don't even really need to concentrate on any of the additional ones besides the two online achievements, the others come naturally with minimal play or are something you'll stumble upon anyway. Send out a challenge to a friend and beat one of theirs and this group of achievements are complete.
Conclusion:
For better or worse, Season Two is an easier completion then its predecessor. There's still quite a bit of challenge here though so congratulate yourself on a job well done.
DLC: Maple Lakes Golf Pack
Introduction:
Welcome to the Maple Lakes Golf pack DLC on Kinect Sports: Season 2! This will offer you nine new, great courses for you to enjoy for a total of 18 courses in the game. This pack is available for 400msp or with the all-access pass on the marketplace. So without further ado, lets get golfing!
Play through all 18 holes:
The first thing you're going to want to do is start up a 18-hole match to get the "Out for the day" achievement out of the way, and get you into the golfing zone. This will take about 45 minutes so make sure you have at least that long without having to turn your console off.
Single hole matches:
Now that you went through all of the courses, you can start going for the other achievements. Load up the courses needed for the remaining achievements in a singe hole match and do the tasks needed. These are not easy, and directions can be confusing, which is why I included videos for each achievement. Watch the video and get a visual on everything you need to do for each one, even the slighting mistake can mess up your chances for the achievement.
Conclusion:
Overall, this is not an easy DLC, but it is a fun one. So get ready for some fun, but also a little bit of frustration. Remember to watch after practice shots to make sure your line of sight didn't move, because it will happen. Goodluck!
DLC: Midnight Mountain Ski Pack
Introduction:
Welcome to Kinect Sports Midnight Mountain Ski Pack! This is a DLC pack for 400msp or comes included with the All-Access Pass on the marketplace. This DLC adds 3 new veteran Skiing courses which are much harder than the other courses. The achievements will not take too long, but will test your memory and reaction time.
Play The Courses:
First you will need to beat a pro rival on any of the new courses, once you beat him you will unlock a champion rival. From here focus on learning the courses and going through them without missing too many gates, preferably none at all, to try to beat each time trial achievement.
Mop up:
You probably will have all of the achievements by just trying to beat the time trial achievements, however if you don't keep replaying and go slow to finish up the other two achievements.
Conclusion:
Overall this DLC pack is very fun and quite the challenge, with some focus and determination you can get it done in just a few hours depending on your skills. Goodluck!
DLC: Basketball Challenge Pack
Intro:
Welcome to the Basketball Challenge Pack DLC in Kinect Sports: Season 2! This is the only content that will offer you a whole new type of game to play. The challenge pack is available on the marketplace for 400msp or with the All-Access Pass. There will be three new minigames available with the pack, all with their own achievements. So what are you waiting for? Let's go play some basketball!
Alley-Oop Dreams:
This is a very easy minigame of just simple passing. All you need to do is making a passing motion to each teammate in green, and don't pass to the opposing red team. There are three easy achievements linked to this minigame and you should have no problem getting them all your first time playing the minigame.
Shot Party:
This is another easy minigame of timing your shots. You will need to shoot a basket to hit the green music discs to create a multiplier, while avoiding the red discs. There are three more easy achievements linked to this minigame that will take you no more than a few games to unlock. This is also a good minigame to shoot 200 baskets for the Super Hooper achievement.
3-Point Hero:
This minigame is a little tougher, you will be shooting three-point shots from various places on the court. Shoot them fast and efficiently before time runs out and make sure you make the bonus balls that come up every five shots, a basket with them will reward you with more time on the clock. There are another three achievements attached to this and they are a little tougher than the others. Just play through the game a few times and focus on completing the tasks and you will unlock them in no time!
Conclusion:
Overall, this is a very fun and straightforward DLC pack. The achievements will come very quickly and shouldn't take you much longer than an hour.
[x360a would like to thank litepink for this Road Map.]
[x360a would like to thank Foxxy kyle for the DLC Additions.]