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Your most hard-gotten gaming achievement
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chixdiggit
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Crunched said:
I played the whole game to the end with that damn gnome but didn't realize I had to put him in the shuttle. Never again will I attempt that.
Nuclear Muffin
Banned
Unlocking Master Mode in Super Monkey Ball (and finishing it!)
Nothing will ever top that for me
Wow! Now that is truely hardcore! Well done mate!
Nothing will ever top that for me
Wow! Now that is truely hardcore! Well done mate!
VeryGooster
Banned
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
3 hours of restarts for a one-minute stage...
Fallout 3
Not difficult in execution, just RIDICULOUSLY time-consuming! Close to EIGHT HOURS for this shit.
3 hours of restarts for a one-minute stage...
Fallout 3
Not difficult in execution, just RIDICULOUSLY time-consuming! Close to EIGHT HOURS for this shit.
I know this is gonna sound stupid. But it was something I wasn't even trying to do. And when it hit me, I was astounded and amazed. Its one of my proudest gaming moments in two decades.
Viva Pinata was a very fun game, and I'm not into farming all that much but this game was adorable. I played it for about 15 hours in my first playthrough but only to fail so much lol. I was trying to mature my pinatas and trying to attract some more but had a hard time doing that long term. I did a lot of reading up on this fights/food/variants and the like. But I was overwhelmed at that point and put it down. Typical of me really. Some months later, my SO's 360 died and he took mine while transferring everything onto a usb stick. Only problem? Viva Pinata is one of those rare titles that had a license applied towards saves too and therefore I lost my save. Not a big deal really because it was in a need of a serious do-over anyway.
So some more months later, I restarted it. Did a refresher and planned accordingly on how to keep attracting/feeding pinatas while I'm getting more new ones and breeding them while creating even more variants. I was on a ride that just doesn't seem to stop lmao. Finally, I got the Dragonache and I was a level 100 Gardener by then. It was fun and then I looked up on what else I needed to do and I saw that my last two achievements to get were to name a helper and to play the game for 50 hours.
That's right. I speedrun'd this game unintentionally! I just merely played the game so darn efficiently that I've already completed every darn achievement before the 50 hour limit. Master romancer for instance that requires romancing every pinata and to every variant included. It was insane but it was awesome. The best part was the achievement is the last one to be unlocked which is recorded on xblive and all to see.
This one is just gonna be my gaming moment for a while. And I don't really take much to extreme or be proud of much either but efficiency speaks in volumes of me.
Viva Pinata was a very fun game, and I'm not into farming all that much but this game was adorable. I played it for about 15 hours in my first playthrough but only to fail so much lol. I was trying to mature my pinatas and trying to attract some more but had a hard time doing that long term. I did a lot of reading up on this fights/food/variants and the like. But I was overwhelmed at that point and put it down. Typical of me really. Some months later, my SO's 360 died and he took mine while transferring everything onto a usb stick. Only problem? Viva Pinata is one of those rare titles that had a license applied towards saves too and therefore I lost my save. Not a big deal really because it was in a need of a serious do-over anyway.
So some more months later, I restarted it. Did a refresher and planned accordingly on how to keep attracting/feeding pinatas while I'm getting more new ones and breeding them while creating even more variants. I was on a ride that just doesn't seem to stop lmao. Finally, I got the Dragonache and I was a level 100 Gardener by then. It was fun and then I looked up on what else I needed to do and I saw that my last two achievements to get were to name a helper and to play the game for 50 hours.
That's right. I speedrun'd this game unintentionally! I just merely played the game so darn efficiently that I've already completed every darn achievement before the 50 hour limit. Master romancer for instance that requires romancing every pinata and to every variant included. It was insane but it was awesome. The best part was the achievement is the last one to be unlocked which is recorded on xblive and all to see.
This one is just gonna be my gaming moment for a while. And I don't really take much to extreme or be proud of much either but efficiency speaks in volumes of me.
larvi said:Or this:
You've just won the thread.
Seriously, congrats!
Anywho, something that comes to mind is get all the [norma] Medals on Star Fox 64 (looking forward to doing it again on 3DS...). Katina, constantly missed the Hit count by 1 or 2.
... Of course I'd feel a lot better if I could have done that on Expert mode too <.<
Laurentius
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Joe Prodigy
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SpacePirate Ridley said:
I came to post this! Except I have Red Yoshi, but other than that we have the same perfect game. Congrats!
Aside from that, I unlocked everything in Soul Calibur 4, Scott Pilgrim, and Arkham Asylum. Including all achievements. Woo.
Alex Anderson
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In Hot Shots/Everbody's Golf 5...
I finally shot -20 from the Long Tees on Golfasaurus Rex, but it took me about 50 hours over a few weeks to get it. A couple of times I got to the last hole (Par 4) and parred the damn thing. Pretty demoralizing. Finally got my -20 on a 20 foot putt which thankfully went in and spared me any more stress.
My best score on the Regular Tees is -19 and I want -20 or better, but I don't want to go through all that again. It'd be easier to do, too, but that took a lot out of me.
I finally shot -20 from the Long Tees on Golfasaurus Rex, but it took me about 50 hours over a few weeks to get it. A couple of times I got to the last hole (Par 4) and parred the damn thing. Pretty demoralizing. Finally got my -20 on a 20 foot putt which thankfully went in and spared me any more stress.
My best score on the Regular Tees is -19 and I want -20 or better, but I don't want to go through all that again. It'd be easier to do, too, but that took a lot out of me.
BobTheFork
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Good lord, not enough people understand how hard this is. I played at the G-0 rank for a long time and I used to have 3 online course records but I can't even touch that course with that score. I think I got -7 under for an 18h as my high. It usually goes well until something causes a +6 on a single hole.Alex Anderson said:
Not terribly impressive, but got the 'kerotan' rank in MGS 3 by shooting all the little frogs, beat all of the 'after the end of the game' dragon bosses in DQ8 and crafted every item in the game, beat Tidus' ultimate weapon chocobo race in FFX (still can't do Kimahri's bloody butterfly run though), platinumed Fallout 3 GOTY (not really hard, just time consuming!)
iconoclast
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Ballistik said:
I almost did this one... Raining Blood annihilates me though. And the real kick in the balls is that on my best run, I was like 4k away from the 5 star cut off. Eventually I gave up since I hate that song and the accompanying note chart.
I'm happy that I got the 20 expert FCs legit though.
NEOPARADIGM
Banned
astroturfing said:
I'm like 14-35 or something similarly awful against BPs. Mad props.
AndoCalrissian
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Roof of the castle in Mario 64 without any stars.
Laurentius
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Penguin nerd
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For me the first thing that comes to mind was getting the platinum in WipEout HD.
Opiate said:
I'm not. As large and impressive as those communities are, how many million people bought Mario 64 or Super Metroid, for example? And out of those millions who can lay claim to speed running Metroid in under an hour or getting to the roof of the castle with no stars? (slightly daft examples, I admit).
Whilst online multiplayer claims to fame are quite impressive, pulling something off that only a handful of people can do in a single player game with a player base of millions is way more impressive to me.
Edit: having said that, Daigo vs Justin Wong at Evo 2004 is right up there...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KS7hkwbKmBM
FormallyFamicom
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-Unlocking all of the cheats on Goldeneye 64 legit
-Finishing 160-2 with all nine of my starters having over 100 home runs in Ken Griffey Jr's Winning Run (mostly finishing a whole season of nine inning games)
-100% completion (or 103-104%, whatever the game stopped at) of DK64 without a guide
-Demolishing some dude at a Soul Calibur II tournament
Just reminds me of a time when I was truly good at games, since I'd never be able to do that stuff anymore.
-Finishing 160-2 with all nine of my starters having over 100 home runs in Ken Griffey Jr's Winning Run (mostly finishing a whole season of nine inning games)
-100% completion (or 103-104%, whatever the game stopped at) of DK64 without a guide
-Demolishing some dude at a Soul Calibur II tournament
Just reminds me of a time when I was truly good at games, since I'd never be able to do that stuff anymore.
iconoclast
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hylje said:
Ah, C'Thun. Few bosses are responsible for more DKP docks, I'm sure.
Easily one of my favorite boss fights in video game history.
ArcticDonkey
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I broke the top 200 in the Geometry Wars 2 pacifism leaderboards. that was a while ago though so I've probably been flung down a lot.
I unlocked the kid in Super Meat Boy. That was a bastard.
I unlocked the kid in Super Meat Boy. That was a bastard.
eso76
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Finished C64 Slap Fight ! a game many thought was one of those infamous cases of titles made literally impossible to beat, so that no one would discover devs didn't bother designing later levels. It wasn't that uncommon back then, but SF was not one of those.
Finished Bubble Bobble in the arcades without dying. That's rather easy i guess.
Finished Solomon's Key in the arcades without continuing (that was HYSTERICAL)
Finished Bionic Commando on Amiga, just to listen to the soundtrack for each level.
I swear it was the most unplayable turd ever released.
Oh, well, and Ridge Racer 1 time trial world record !1!!1 It was never made official though, so i guess it doesn't count. I developed some technique allowing you to drift for a split second only, cutting down lap times dramatically.
Yeah, well, i guess you could say i found an exploit.
Finished Bubble Bobble in the arcades without dying. That's rather easy i guess.
Finished Solomon's Key in the arcades without continuing (that was HYSTERICAL)
Finished Bionic Commando on Amiga, just to listen to the soundtrack for each level.
I swear it was the most unplayable turd ever released.
Oh, well, and Ridge Racer 1 time trial world record !1!!1 It was never made official though, so i guess it doesn't count. I developed some technique allowing you to drift for a split second only, cutting down lap times dramatically.
Yeah, well, i guess you could say i found an exploit.
ViperVisor
Member
I remember Crazy Taxi mini games being ridiculous in how little room for error there was. 3-S
100% Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 10 Tournament Challenges. Some are mental. Like the putting gold. And with the wind and shots always a little different with retries it takes it beyond normal gaming where it is often a solid state.
100% Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 10 Tournament Challenges. Some are mental. Like the putting gold. And with the wind and shots always a little different with retries it takes it beyond normal gaming where it is often a solid state.
Parallax Scroll
Banned
Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection. Whirlwind table.
After 6 hours of play I managed to roll the score around to negative points. This score didn't even get uploaded to the leaderboards because it was negative. The next day I played another 6 hour game and purposely died before it would roll over, netting the #1 spot on the XBL leaderboard.
After 6 hours of play I managed to roll the score around to negative points. This score didn't even get uploaded to the leaderboards because it was negative. The next day I played another 6 hour game and purposely died before it would roll over, netting the #1 spot on the XBL leaderboard.
CouchMaster
Member
Completed Ninja Gaiden Black on Master Ninja difficulty
Completed DMC3 on Heaven or Hell mode
And now I can't even complete a single level Vanquish without dying /sobs
Completed DMC3 on Heaven or Hell mode
And now I can't even complete a single level Vanquish without dying /sobs
TheVisualizer
Banned
two on 360 I am particularly proud of are:
DIrtyWeasel
Member
WTF! Akuma was in this game? I owned it on Sega Saturn and had no idea.Phoenix Fang said:Beating Magento in X-Men Children of the Atom. One of the worst end bosses I ever faced for a fighting game.
DJ Crimson
Banned
Yea
Augemitbutter
Member
i've had many of those, but the last time was.....
beating this on master ninja. it made me writhe in pain several times, but it was well worth it.
beating this on master ninja. it made me writhe in pain several times, but it was well worth it.
hylje said:
I think the hardest part was being a dick and get people do the right thing.
So true. When did you beat him?
Felt like herding cats getting people to beat pre-nerf Twin Emps as well. But not nearly as hard as pre-nerf C'thun.
As a hunter, a week of leading pulls in AQ or Naxx felt like forever. Feigning on Emp wipes never got old however.
iconoclast
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Virro said:
That's because pre-nerf C'thun was literally impossible to beat.
Every time I see some level 60 WoW pics I get super nostalgic. Raiding back then was the most fun I've ever had with a video game.
iconoclast said:That's because pre-nerf C'thun was literally impossible to beat.
Every time I see some level 60 WoW pics I get super nostalgic. Raiding back then was the most fun I've ever had with a video game.
I couldn't remember how many times they nerfed him before someone eventually got the kill... once? twice? same with 4H... and a bunch of other Naxx kills.
But yeah, the nostalgia is definitely there (even though I quit for good right before BC). I just don't think I could ever go back down that road again. Expecting excellence from the ever present 3 or 4 slackers in your raid really burned me out.
ShockingAlberto
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Akuma has been in every Vs. game but TvC, I believe.DIrtyWeasel said:
That's why him being in MvC3 isn't really a big shock. He's a tradition.