Anyone gold star the final countdown yet?

[ghostofjarjar]

Seems like the new trend this year is to put in 1 or 2 really hard-nosed achievements in each game.

Yeah really! No Blisters or Final Countdown Trophy for me.

[NoThru22]

What's wrong with having a few achievements that are really hard to get? Do people just want every game to be Naruto (or whatever that was) and give you 1,000 points in a few minutes? I am angry that Dirt 2 really doesn't have any skill based achievements and you can get 1,000 from just grinding. I am not proud of my 1250/1250 on Oblivion but I am proud of my 200/200 on Castlevania SoTN. I'm proud of my 1060 on Mirror's Edge.

[Nulien]

What NoThru22 said (except it was some Avatar game, not Naruto, as I recall). I think it's great when there are some achievements (skill-based ones, that is, not grinding-based) that a good number of people aren't going to get.

[ghostofjarjar]

I have no issue with a challenge but the stark contrast with the rest of the achievements is a bit overkill.

[xTyler]

Its aimed at the players who want to prove they play games all day. xD.

[Andyx1337]

I personally welcome Hard Achievements, but there's HARD to get, and Time Investing ones, AND THE ONES THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE YOUR FRIENDS OVER AND 3 FREAKING MICS!

[xTyler]

The only time consuming achievement I'm going for currently is the Zombie Genocidest on Left 4 Dead.

[Icyjoe14]

To answer your question why they would put a really hard achievement in a kids game is because most kids aren't as into gamerscore from what it seems to me, they see achievement unlocked and are happy for a minute then forget about it later.

[Reaver]

I personally welcome Hard Achievements, but there's HARD to get, and Time Investing ones, AND THE ONES THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE YOUR FRIENDS OVER AND 3 FREAKING MICS!

This.

And the 100% solo thing is understandable. You can't make getting 1000/1000 (or Platinum) that easy can you? It was probably more of a jab at the veterans coming in thinking, "oh, this game should be easy to get all the achievements/trophies on" then see the 100% solo award and its like, "damn thats gonna be almost impossible"

But I think if anyone practices enough at it its very possible. I don't plan on getting it anytime soon, but its a goal to set sometime. Maybe next year when I can actually hit those zig zag HO/POs better.

[NoThru22]

To answer your question why they would put a really hard achievement in a kids game is because most kids aren't as into gamerscore from what it seems to me, they see achievement unlocked and are happy for a minute then forget about it later.

Once again, where is this classified as a kids game? It is a family game. If it were "just" a kids game, do you think they'd put a song more than three years old on it? Or that wasn't Spongebob?