XBLA... achievements

[BShoyer]

so any news on how they're doing the achievements for the xbox versions of sam & max?
it's not something that would make me re-buy the episodes, seeing as i already own them all for PC, just curious really.

also... come on with some news for season 3! please, just the tiniest nugget of info would be apreciated.

[Guy in a Box]

If they do achievements for S&M, I could definitely see one for 201 for "naming famous websites" or something. YouTube, Myspace, and eBay.

[patters]

Originally Posted by Guy in a Box

If they do achievements for S&M, I could definitely see one for 201 for "naming famous websites" or something. YouTube, Myspace, and eBay.

you have to do achievements on 360

[Guy in a Box]

Well, I've only played a small amount of X360 games, so I wouldn't know.

[tabacco]

XBLA games are required to have 12 achievements totaling 200 points, so you can count on that

[Seg]

Originally Posted by patters

you have to do achievements on 360

Specifically, all XBLA titles (downloaded games that are new; Not Xbox Originals) must have exactly 12 achievements and all totaling 200 Gamer score points. No more, no less, no exceptions.

For reference: Disc based Xbox 360 titles on the other hand can range between 5 and 50 achievements, all must total 1000 Gamer score points. You can even do 'secret' achievements on disc games (but can't on XBLA). Again, Sam & Max will not be on a disc for Xbox360.

More info on achievements on Xbox here: http://gamerscoreblog.com/team/archi...01/540575.aspx

Edit: Tabacco beat me, but I was more informative and cited a source!

[patters]

Originally Posted by Seg

Specifically, all XBLA titles (downloaded games that are new; Not Xbox Originals) must have exactly 12 achievements and all totaling 200 Gamer score points. No more, no less, no exceptions.

For reference: Disc based Xbox 360 titles on the other hand can range between 5 and 50 achievements, all must total 1000 Gamer score points. You can even do 'secret' achievements on disc games (but can't on XBLA). Again, Sam & Max will not be on a disc for Xbox360.

More info on achievements on Xbox here: http://gamerscoreblog.com/team/archi...01/540575.aspx

Edit: Tabacco beat me, but I was more informative and cited a source!

all of which can be expanded by dlc

[Guybrush Threepwood]

Point - 20 points
Click - 20 points

[DaVince]

The "Did You Try?" sections on each episode's web page make pretty good achievements. And then there's stuff like finding the easter egg in the White House's courtyard in season 1...

[Guy in a Box]

Unnecessary Secret Finder - 20 Points

[Seg]

Originally Posted by patters

all of which can be expanded by dlc

True, but you can't have game specific DLC that's simply achievements. The title as offered will contain all episodes of the respective season. Nothing really to DLC from within the season at that point.

[Ribs]

if season 3 runs on same basic engine as s2 (it should, t3 ftw) you could just release Season 3 as DLC, 800 points a DLC, With one achievement. (Probably like, complete the DLC EPISODE!!!)

And, just for the sake of confusion, Terminator Three Was a bad movie.

[DrRocketGenius]

Originally Posted by Seg

You can even do 'secret' achievements on disc games (but can't on XBLA).

N+ had a secret achievement, and that was on the XBLA.

[ted12]

I had a completely crappy acheivment idea

Pasturized!-20 points

This should be self-explanatory if you've played 106

[LuigiHann]

Originally Posted by StLouisRibs

And, just for the sake of confusion, Terminator Three Was a bad movie.

Yeah, it really was. My friends and I deemed it "not canon to the Terminator series."

Also, each season of Sam & Max will be a single download on XBLA? I assume you haven't finalized pricing yet, but any idea what the filesize will be?

[Freelance Poster]

I never bought into the allure of "achievements", and I still really don't get what the big deal is.

[der_ketzer]

Originally Posted by Freelance Poster

I never bought into the allure of "achievements", and I still really don't get what the big deal is.

They are what put fun back into videogames for me. For me Achievements add a lot to games and can even stretch the playtime you get out of a game. And the best part: If you don't like them you can still ignore them.
I still would like to see steamworks achievements for all TellTaleGames.

[jab1981]

Originally Posted by Freelance Poster

I never bought into the allure of "achievements", and I still really don't get what the big deal is.

It's the same allure that brings people like myself to go after many things in games. It's the equivalent of trying to obtain all 120 stars in Super Mario 64 on the N64. In some ways it's identical to the same "unlockables" that have been in games for years, but the brilliance of it is to combine it with EVERY single game available and the online community. It really provides a whole new way to game. It's gotten me to play some games in ways I never would have before.

But at the same time, I'm the type of gamer who regularly goes back through games to fill them in and I've been that way since the NES. I know there are people out there who buy one or two games a year and rarely finish more than half of them. So I can understand how the appeal of achievements can completely pass some people by. But as der_ketzer said, if you don't like 'em, just ignore them. It's the same as it was ignoring the 120 stars in Mario and burning through the "story" in a few hours. Having achievements just gives the rest of us more objectives to shoot for and another reason to pop in that $60 purchase for a little more play time.

In Sam & Max though, I'd imagine the achievements will be the standard achievements (i.e. finish this section for an achievement, pick up a specific item... etc). I hope they don't have anything along the lines of "finish the game in under XXX amount of time". Sam & Max isn't a game that should be rushed.

[Rather Dashing]

I get the allure of achivements. But to buy a game ONLY for those? When you get to that point, it's an addiction rather than something to add to the fun.

[SuperBosco]

There is some ideas:
20- "Does not compute! Does not compute!" You beat Reality 2.0
10- "happy exorcism Maxy Brown !!!" You did the exorcism in Ice station Santa
20- "It's a happy freelance Christmas miracle" you beat Ice Station Santa
10- "It's tropical, dude" you beat Moai Better Blues