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Halo: Reach |OT6| There Are Those Who Said This Day Would Never Come
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kittens
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Wow @ the achievement for beating the game using only Kinect controls.
The Librarian
Banned
I don't get it. What's wrong with peopleZeouterlimits said:
going through Halo on-foot the first time? Halo's sandbox can be played both ways.
A lot of the achievements seem really cool, but I do have some issues with some of them, like:
1.
Complete The Library on Legendary in 31 minutes? How are you suppose to do that?! D:
Co-op is just two players in CEA, right? Anything above will certainly brake the game's difficulty...
And there's still split-screen co-op right?
And...
LOL
And there's still split-screen co-op right?
Complete the level The Library on Legendary difficulty in 30 minutes or less.
Complete the level Two Betrayals on Legendary difficulty without picking up a new weapon.
These two are going to be tricky, The Library will most likely have to be co-operatively done, unless there are (tricky) shortcuts.
Complete the Warthog ride on the level The Maw without being forcibly ejected from your vehicle.
Complete the Warthog ride on the level The Maw on Legendary difficulty with at least a minute remaining on the countdown.
If you manage the former, you probably manage the latter as well. I think. Too bad i can't remember how fast i've managed the driving section on Legendary.
After activating the map in the level The Silent Cartographer, complete the rest of your mission without firing a shot on Heroic difficulty or above.
Since the name's "Grenadier" i assume melee and 'nades are allowed.
Complete any level with iron and two other skulls active at Heroic difficulty or higher.
Ugh, i hate Iron skull... oh well i can manage this. (In co-op it'll be easyish.)
Complete the level Two Betrayals on Legendary difficulty without picking up a new weapon.
These two are going to be tricky, The Library will most likely have to be co-operatively done, unless there are (tricky) shortcuts.
Complete the Warthog ride on the level The Maw without being forcibly ejected from your vehicle.
Complete the Warthog ride on the level The Maw on Legendary difficulty with at least a minute remaining on the countdown.
If you manage the former, you probably manage the latter as well. I think. Too bad i can't remember how fast i've managed the driving section on Legendary.
After activating the map in the level The Silent Cartographer, complete the rest of your mission without firing a shot on Heroic difficulty or above.
Since the name's "Grenadier" i assume melee and 'nades are allowed.
Complete any level with iron and two other skulls active at Heroic difficulty or higher.
Ugh, i hate Iron skull... oh well i can manage this. (In co-op it'll be easyish.)
And...
"Popcorn.gif"
ElzarTheBam
Member
lybertyboy said:
Thank you for the answer! Yes, I agree, these are some of the best achievements in term of variety I have seen since...reach.
Hypertrooper
Member
People are doing something wrong, if they play a game just for the achievements.Zeouterlimits said:
And damn at the Beachhead achievement. Not doing a Warthog Launch on TSC is hard for me. Because I'm doing it the whole time, and I need the nades.
ncsuDuncan
Member
<3 that Achievement List. But no Tower to Tower achievement?
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I'm not saying he should skip over entire sentences without reading them, just that if one sentence is too confusing to understand, skip trying to puzzle it out and just move on to the next sentence.
I was unaware of that Cryptum glossary, that's pretty useful.
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Better that than getting frustrated and dropping the book entirely.Slightly Live said:
I'm not saying he should skip over entire sentences without reading them, just that if one sentence is too confusing to understand, skip trying to puzzle it out and just move on to the next sentence.
I was unaware of that Cryptum glossary, that's pretty useful.
The Henery
Member
Actually impressed by those achievements, some look genuinely challenging, makes a change.
Rickenslacker
Banned
Yep. I'll be doing things in CE I haven't before. It's why I generally like achievements.thee henery said:
Domino Theory
Crystal Dynamics
GhaleonEB said:
Yeah the first half of the book is a very slow burner. Once you get about 60% of the way through it, everything ramps up and gets explained. I was confused on who and/or what those things were as well, but they've been cleared up at the point I am now (less than 80 pages left).
Seriously though, chapter 34 is amazing. It describes (big spoiler)
the detailed origin of the Flood and why Forerunners decided on creating Halos and Shield Worlds.
ElRenoRaven
Member
lybertyboy said:Yes. Definitely QFT.
Very freaking cool. Some damn hard looking ones but they all look doable. I can't wait to get 1000/1000 on the greatest game ever.
How many achieveables you're going to get on your first playthrough?
If i play on Legendary, i can get around 28 achievements (+- a couple), if co-op (on Legendary ofc) then over 30.
But i do not know if i play on Legendary at first. And co-op is unlikely due the launch day being 15th... My brother won't be home and i doubt my friend will bother with the game day one. Or with co-op even if he gets the game.
If i play on Legendary, i can get around 28 achievements (+- a couple), if co-op (on Legendary ofc) then over 30.
But i do not know if i play on Legendary at first. And co-op is unlikely due the launch day being 15th... My brother won't be home and i doubt my friend will bother with the game day one. Or with co-op even if he gets the game.
Incorrect. I recently read Dune, which is drowning in terms (there's a dictionary in end, which is nice). And my favorite book of all time is The Lord of the Rings. The words are not the problem.ncsuDuncan said:I personally loved Cryptum, but I think Ghaleon has trouble with this:
My only suggestion is to power though it - if something is confusing just skip that sentence. Things start making more sense eventually and it would be a shame to miss out on the amazing content of the last few chapters.
The problem is, they are not contextualized (yet) in Cryptum. The difference in how world building in Dune and Cryptum is enormous, yet they both did similar levels of lifting (in terms of language).
(The graph kind of ticked me off honestly.)
Slightly Live
Dirty tag dodger
Not liking the level specific achievements. Time-based challenges are a pain in the arse.
Hypertrooper
Member
Are we posting the popcorn.gif achievement pic instead of a popcorn gif? Just askin'.
Domino Theory said:
Very insidious (ch 34 spoiler)
the way the flood virus initially took hold of the Human and San'Shyuum pets to spread itself, then slowly began to infiltrate the population by, what sounds like, brainwashing them to only want to spread it even more. The forcible eating of glutenous flood infected humans was particularly atrocious, I had to re-read that line a couple of times before it sunk in. I'm still not really sure how the Outsider/last Precursor fits in with the flood, is it like the proto-gravemind? or is that something else entirely?
I'm digging most of the Achievements, but I can already spot the ones that will be a pain. Still, they're the sort of stuff I've wanted Campaign Achievements in general to bend toward. I'm happy.
No damage taken on Heroic is going to be rough. I can't think of a single level where that is something I've ever come close to.
Perhaps "Halo" by staying far away from the encounters....
I wish there was one for Assault on the Control Room as well. So good....
No damage taken on Heroic is going to be rough. I can't think of a single level where that is something I've ever come close to.
Perhaps "Halo" by staying far away from the encounters....
How Pedestrian
Complete the level Halo on any difficulty without entering a vehicle.
Complete the level Halo on any difficulty without entering a vehicle.
I wish there was one for Assault on the Control Room as well. So good....
Devolution
Member
I hope some of you jerks can play late tonight. School is kicking my ass.
Hypertrooper
Member
I'm liking them. Aren't that easy like the Halo: Reach ones.Slightly Live said:
Otherwise the achievements give me a lot of hope for an amazing Halo 4 achievement list. Heavy Cryptum spoiler:daedalius said:
One of the fan-theories is that the Flood is the revenge of the Precursor. And some people believe he is the Gravemind. I think Tha Robbster posted a post entry about this theory a hundred pages ago(lol). I hope we won't find out, what the Precursor is until the Reclaimer Trilogy. Otherwise only the Didact/Bonesteller met the Precursor, right? Chakka wasn't present I think.
The Librarian
Banned
Yeah. I have never, EVER liked anything time-based in a videogame. All it does is make me nervous, which leads me to screw up, which then frustrates me...Slightly Live said:
I was thinking The Pillar of Autumn.GhaleonEB said:
squidhands
Member
Gonna have to brush up on some speed runs for some of these Legendary achievements, The Library ones in particular. Can't wait.
ElRenoRaven
Member
Dax01 said:
I don't mind timed ones as long as they aren't just total bullshit. These seem doable. Also if the one for taking damage is only limited to the one player and achievable in co-op then send one player ahead of you at all times while one sits back. Easy breezy. That's assuming it is. If not then just keep long range weapons and take it very slow in solo play and the first level is pretty easy to not take damage on.
Photolysis
Banned
Excellent achievements for the most part. Some of those look very challenging (TB without picking up new weapons?).
EDIT: Though I do wonder why all Halo games stick to that boring Roman numeral format for level completion achievements. The names in this case are pretty lame as well. Should have thrown some quotes in there!
EDIT: Though I do wonder why all Halo games stick to that boring Roman numeral format for level completion achievements. The names in this case are pretty lame as well. Should have thrown some quotes in there!
Devolution
Member
wwm0nkey said:
Gotta find them hidin' spots on Countdown and Boardwalk.
ElRenoRaven
Member
Homeboyd said:
1000. As said there are no MP ones. I could see some mp one's coming to Reach though when they release the HCEA mappack. Course if there aren't then it don't bother me.
xxjuicesxx
Member
I cant believe this game comes out so soon.
ncsuDuncan
Member
I should have included the alt-text for the graph:GhaleonEB said:
"Except for anything by Lewis Carroll or Tolkien, you get five made-up words per story. I'm looking at you, Anathem."
Sorry, I just assumed you were familiar enough with xkcd comics to know the creator was joking.
Hmmm, it's been a while since I've read Dune. I think I'll pick up one of the unread sequels I have on my shelf.
A month from tomorrow! HYPE.xxjuicesxx said:
Don't remember this being posted here. http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/books/rando-ems/HALO-spreads.pdf
A preview of the World building art book. New to me at least.
A preview of the World building art book. New to me at least.
Hypertrooper
Member
1000GS via DLC till 1750GS. They will add the MP achievement to Reach. =) It would be awesome 343 patch some new achievements later, but I don't think that this is possible. :^(Homeboyd said:
ElRenoRaven
Member
Homeboyd said:
Yup. I'm ok with that even though I hate the change to allow DLC achievements. I worked so hard for my 1000/1000 on Halo 3 and ODST and what happens? Bam it's not 1000 anymore you dumb bastard. Kind of loses the accomplishment factor to me. Namely because first I have to buy said DLC. Second said DLC is always Multiplayer focused, and third it's a crap shoot with matchmaking if you'll ever get the proper map, gametype, etc.
Blue Ninja
Member
Sai-kun said:UNGH ACHIEVEMENTS
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Awesome list. Looks like Heroic for my first playthrough, co-op of course, and then solo legendary
Can't wait!
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I'll probably do it the other way around. Solo heroic first, and then Legendary co-op. I'm assuming the co-op achievements stack, so I'll have those knocked out of the park immediately.