17. Creating one's own level? Done (Quake and Serious Sam; one Quake level I created was all Shamblers and Fiends with just shotguns as the weapons)
25. Beat the Halo trilogy? (Done many times over) Online? (Ditto...everything from XB Connect to Live)
20. Wait in line for a game release? Done (I was the first person to buy Halo 3 at my Best Buy store, right after midnight)
21. Headshots? (Done x 1,000)
6. I haven't done 24 straight hours of ...
I spent more than 80 hours getting all 1050/1050 out of Mass Effect...am I an achievement wh0re? (I think I just answered my own question).
Achievements are gaming crack, meth, and smack all rolled into one.
Ten very good proofs of the potential of high-definition gaming this generation.
No Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath or Beyond Good and Evil?
W...T...F...?
C'mon, MS!
There's a CC right down the road from where I live, and honestly, they have very little traffic. Dumping their experienced (e.g., higher-paid) employees was a major mistake...most of the people they hire now are just warm bodies who have minimal experience, and have minimal training.
A buyout seems to be the only thing that will save them...there was a rumor for a while that Wal-Mart was going to acquire them. Now, it's Blockbuster, another troubled retailer. Smells like potenti...
I can actually see ONE--just ONE--positive thing about the RRoD: It will force MS to make sure that the next console is virtually indestructable, because the RRoD has given MS and their console a lot of bad press.
I've had two RRoDs out of four dead consoles...they're no picnic.
Definitely a must-buy for me...looks incredible.
Looks like there may be new illnesses coming this fall...r2auseum and killzoneitis, related to similar diseases like haloitis, gearsism and solidsnakeolis. :)
Some of you sound surprised at the quality of the graphics...this IS Insomniac, after all.
If there's a premium to be had--such as the cool T-shirt I got for pre-ordering Gears of War--then I'll do it. Otherwise, I won't bother.
10. Lagging/Lag-Outs
9. Modders/Cheaters
8. The Sh**ty Teammate
7. The Sh**ty Team
6. The Arguing Lobby
5. The Guy Who Breathes Into His F**KING MIC
4. The Unbalanced Team
3. The Guy Who Takes the Game WAY TOO SERIOUSLY
2. Racism
1. KIDS
Couldn't have said it better myself. I love the LIVE service, but the above reasons certainly can detract from the experience. I mostly stick to playing with people on my friends list.
LOL. Agree + bubbles, my good man.
LOVE Sarcastic Gamer.
The sad thing is, this isn't far from the truth.
Flame-bait.
This is a non-issue.
It's a SAVE FILE size, for pity's sake.
I have 1050/1050 on Mass Effect, and although it was time-consuming, it wasn't hard. Bioshock's "Brass Balls," on the other hand, is proving to be harder than expected.
Quake 4's online achievements are very time-consuming...yes, there's a 10,000 kill achievement, and a handful of weapon-based ones, as well. I have 525/1000 on Q4, and I'm quite happy with it.
Honorable mentions: Kameo's "A" rankings...you basically have to be perfect on each chall...
Marumaro is the Jar-Jar Binks of Blue Dragon...seriously, if you think Tingle is annoying, try tolerating this guy for five minutes. The game had its issues--it wasn't as good as it could have been--but removing Marumaro from it would have helped immensely. When it comes to mascots in JRPGs, there's a big difference between "cute and quirky" and "f****** annoying."
Honorable mentions: The annoying narrators from Viva Pinata: Party Animals and Scene it.
Back when I was more of a PC gamer, Quake 3, Counter-Strike, and Unreal were personal favorites. XBLA/PSN remakes, anyone...?
Even with him in the title role, it may still qualify as passable entertainment. I mean, it's Bruckheimer...he's the king of mindless action pics that manage to entertain in spite of themselves.
Expect lots of action, stunts, and humor...
...and no logic.
But it may still be fun.
That's it...I'm going to have to rent "No More Heroes." The more I hear about it, the better it looks.
Wait...he had a grip on reality WHEN?