Achievements

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Thought it would be fun for people to list some of their favourite achievements. Try the following format but feel free to add your own categories.


Proudest Achievement
Tomb Raider: Anniversary - IRON Raider (160gp - 4x40)
For the last couple of weeks I have desperately been trying to complete these. There are four - one for each of the four countries over fourteen levels. Essentially you have to complete every country without dying. If you try and get the achievements from the off when you first play the game you can cheat by saving the game at the last checkpoint and reloading when you die, but once you finish the game you can only replay levels and can't save in the middle of one. I've just managed to do it properly by completely restarting the level if I die. Took me freaking ages considering every mistake is a potential death - bottomless pits, missed jumps, leaps of faith, mistakes in combat... Really pleased I got them though.


Biggest WTF Achievement
COD4 - Rescue Roycewicz (20gp) and Man of the People (10gp)

Complete accidents. Knifed the guy on the stairs as he attacked a fellow soldier, and later on recklessly shot a man in the head through the wall of a hut, saving a farmer!


Funniest Achievement
Bioshock - Toaster in the Tub (10gp)

If you've played Bioshock you no doubt have this achievement as well.


Best Achievement Aiding Replayability
The Orange Box - Little Rocket Man (30gp) or The One Free Bullet (40gp)

Ignoring the Tomb Raider achievements I went back for which didn't really add anything to the game, these two changed the game enough to make it more challenging in ways that differed from the normal modification of simply making the regular game harder. These made me think outside the (orange!) box far more.

Most Anticipated Achievement

Bioshock - Bulletproof (100gp)

This is a new bonus achievement recently added. Complete the game on hard without using a Vita-Chamber. Similar vein to the IRON Raider achievements which gave me a real challenge. Look forward to it!