This Week In Ch33v0z, The Caught Up Edition

That's right, I'm finally back on a normal cheevo schedule! Well, not completely... I kind of pumped this one out today, so forgive the shortness. Soon I will be working on these from home instead of work, so my true literary greatness will be fully realized. Anyway, on to the cheevz! (Oh, and if you were wondering... YES, I'm phoning it in with the picture below. )




Geometry Wars 2

Wax Off-Perform the Wax On achievement twice in a single game, don't forget to breathe-15G




This fucking game! It's so awesome, and so damn annoying at the same time! I'm not the only one that feels this way!

Anyway, after a few unsuccessful attempts to capture the coveted Wax Off cheevo, I finally nabbed it! No tips here, just practice.

Mercenaries 2: World In Flames

The Hero and the Madman-You completed Mercenaries 2-50G






No Compromise, No Regrets-You battled for Caracas-20G






We'll Burn the Sky-You unlocked all landing zones-50G






Longing For Fire-You achieved maximum Chinese mood-10G






You Better Run-You verified Carmona-20G






Damage, Inc.-You used 20 airstrikes in co-op-50G






Runnin' with the Devil-You verified Blanco-20G






Nothin' But a Good Time-You destroyed 200 objects from the gunner seat in co-op-50G





Everybody Wants Some!!-You played with a Mercenaries 2 developer or a player who already had this Achievement-50G





Island of Domination-You achieved maximum Pirate mood-10G





Highway to Hell-You completed three races-10G





So I finally beat this game! I really love it, and I'm having a great time going through and finishing off all the side missions.

Quick tip on those of you that want to squeeze all the cheevz from this one: Make nice with ALL of the factions and unlock ALL of the stores, because after the last mission you can't get to some of them.

Almost all come with normal play, with the exception of Damage Inc., Nothing But A Good Time, and Everybody Wants Some. Those are picked up during co-op play, all of which I'm more than happy to help with. Thanks to Mike53414 I was able to pick up the viral cheevo, Everybody Wants Some.


Too Human

Without Equal-Defeat 1000 polarity enemies-10G






The Blood of Heralds-100 enemy leaders conquered-10G





Too Human, A.K.A. the level grind! Just working my way slowly through the levels. Pickin' up cheevoz along the way. Nothing that some time and perseverance won't get you, keep pluggin' away to get these cheevz.

That's it for this week! Short, sweet and full of cheevz. That's just the way I like it. Look for some more Mercs cheevoz and maybe a new game!

This Week In Ch33v0z, The Battlefield Is The Bomb Edition

Another week brings another fresh crop of sweet cheevoz. I was able to round up some more in Geometry Wars 2, a few in Battlefield: Bad Company, and my final cheevoz in the crapfest that is Kane and Lynch: Dead Men.



Geometry Wars 2

Surf-Dodge 8 lines of enemies in Waves without firing a shot, or destroying any enemies-15G




Millionaire-Score at least 1,000,000 points in all single player modes-15G





Another week with the fun, challenging, and frustrating Geometry Wars 2. No real tips for these cheevz, just some patience and a little bit of luck. Damn you to hell GEO WARS!


Kane & Lynch: Dead Men


Return to Sender-Throw back enemy grenades-10G





Boomstick-Shotgun messiah-20G





Teflon-Avoid damage on a level-20G





Pushblade Symphony-Points for getting up close and personal-20G





Sun Tzu-Let your crew do the dirty work-20G





Damned if you do-Let them burn-20G





Iron Flower-Complete the game on hard-50G





Damned if you don't-No rest for the wicked-30G





This bad boy is on it's way back to Gamefly! Thank god! I had to take a week of from playing it, because it got kind of boring. Let me just say that for a third person shooter, it's mediocre. The online play and lack of online co-op make me hate this game. The controls do not lend themselves well to multiplayer.

Boomstick, Return To Sender, and Pushblade Symphony just require repeating the same action a certain number of times. Not hard, can be done on any levels.

Sun Tzu can be done on any level where you have a full crew, I did it on the Reyemoto level. Just push the Y button and make your crew do all the killing. Just to make it easy, set the level to "Aspirin".

Damned If You Do and Damned If You Don't are rewarded for choosing one of the two endings. Instead of having to play the last level twice, just (spoiler alert) choose to abandon your comrades and leave in the chopper with Jenny. When the cheevo unlocks, pause the game and restart the scene, then choose to help them.

Battlefield Bad Company


Drive By-100 kills using vehicle-25G





Never Used a Door-Destroyed 1000 walls-15G





Staying Alive-Completed one mission without dying (any difficulty)-15G





Always get paid in gold bars-Completed 'Welcome To Bad Company' on normal-15G



The sleeper hit, I'm still having tons of fun with this game. So much fun in fact I bought the game from Gamefly. Which was pleasant and easy. My Battlefield case and new rental game are already in the mail!

All the cheevos are pretty self explainatory. Good times are had by all!

That's it for this week. Yes, it was a bit lighter than I'm used to, but all of my gaming attention is wrapped up in Battlefield. Stay tuned for new games! Frontlines: Fuel of War is my next Gamefly pick, and another unannounced game will be speeding towards my mailbox soon (crosses fingers for Civilization Revolution or Viking!). Next week also brings a newly released game, Too Human! I'll have my hands full for the next couple of weeks! Let the cheevz flow!

This Week In Ch33v0z, The Battlefield: Bad Geometry Wars

Cheevtastic isn't a word that's thrown around lightly... actually, it's not even a word, but I digress... This week was full of sweet cheevz, and something that I found surprising, a good game. That's right, in the middle of all this cheevo harvesting, it's easy to forget that some games are actually good. This brings me to my new game this week, Battlefield: Bad Company. I did manage to get in a couple of games of Geometry Wars 2, and that's about it. Get ready for your lesson in cheevz.



Geometry Wars 2

Phobia-Score 1,000 points in Waves without collecting any geoms-15G





Slalom-Chain together 5 gates in 5 seconds. Crossing at least one gate every second-15G




Geometry Wars 2, more modes than the last, twice as fun... and some great cheevoz. This week I managed to grab two sweet cheevz.

Slalom is done in Pacifism mode. The best way to get this one is to fly your ship around, avoiding enemies and gates, for about 20 seconds. When the gates start to pile up, try to hit a cluster and get 5 at once. Warning: avoid the yellow ends of the gates, they will kill you!

Phobia is actually pretty easy. This one is done in the Waves mode, and you just have to kill as many enemies as you can while avoiding the little geoms(the little yellow shapes that appear after destroying an enemy). Once you hit 1000 points, the cheev will unlock.

Battlefield: Bad Company

Be the best-Placed #1 in a Ranked Match-20G





Catch The 'Bad' Moment-Took 3 pictures using the image system-15G





Master Sergeant-Reached Rank 8-15G





With My Devil Dogs-Used Squad in the menu, found a friend and played one round-15G





Here is your DD-214-Completed 'Ghost Town' on hard-30G





One In a Million-Hit hostile helicopter with laser designator-20G





Capitalist pigs, very nice-Completed 'Crash and Grab' on hard-25G





On Top of The World-Climbed to the highest spot in the game-20G





Russia?-Completed 'Air Force One' on hard-25G





Death From Above-Killed 25 enemies in a helicopter-20G





The Anti-Mechanic-Destroyed 50 vehicles. (containing enemy AI)-20G





Been There, Drove That!-Drove all vehicle types (Jeep, Tank, Heli, Boat)-20G





Cart Wheels-Completed 'Par for the Course' on hard-25G





Half way thru-Found half of all collectables-20G





Say goodbye to the gold!-Completed 'Crossing Over' on hard-25G





Dog owner!-Collected 5 unique dog tags-20G





Specialist-Reached Rank 3-10G





Get me started-Played one complete ranked online match-15G





Where are they going so fast?-Completed 'Acta Non Verba' on hard-25G





Manic Lumberjack-Knocked down a small forest-15G





The Hypochondriac-Used auto Injector 50 Times-20G





Home Wrecker-Destroyed 200 Walls-15G





You found it you keep it-Found 5 unique collectables-15G





I Love Gold!-Found one gold bar-10G





Action, not words!-Completed 'Welcome To Bad Company' on hard-25G





Killer on the loose-Killed 25 enemies-25G





So Battlefield: Bad Company, what can I say? I played in the beta test, and I didn't like it. I thought it was boring and had some fundamental flaws. I chose to skip the purchase when it originally released. Luckily, with Gamefly, I'm able to give games a second chance. They have fixed some of the issues that I had originally, and of course it's still not perfect... but its' fun as hell. Get a group of friends together and form a squad, and fun will be had by all. The game doesn't take itself to seriously, and you get to kill people.

Most of the cheevos are pretty self explanatory. I have one HUGE problem with the ch33v0z in this game. Each level will reward you with a cheevo unlock, there is a cheevo for finishing the level on hard and also for normal. This is not uncommon in games, but what is uncommon is that the cheevos are not "stack-able". Which means you'll have to play the game once on hard and once on normal. NOT GOOD PROGRAMMING!

Be The Best is one that I'm proud of. In a ranked match, be the top player of the game... that's right, top score for both teams! No tips, just luck (or skill).

Catch The 'Bad' Moment is also very easy. Get into a multiplayer game, push up on the d-pad at anytime to get a screen shot. You'll see a message indicating that it's being uploaded. You'll have to wait a few seconds before it's ready to snap another shot. Do this 3 times to score the cheev.

With My Devil Dogs involves you inviting a friend to play a match. Once the round is completed, the cheevo will unlock.

One In a Million should be done in the last level. I'm sure there are other ways, but this seems the easiest. You can do it on easy difficulty if you want, I did it on Hard because I'm a bad ass. There is a chopper at the end of the mission, it will fly from point to point, stopping to shoot. Use your the laser designator at the end of the pier to paint the target. You should target the chopper while it's in motion, this should allow you a few seconds of time to get your bomb on target.

On Top of The World can be attained on the "Cash and Grab" level, A.K.A. "The Monastery Level". Get to the monastery, find your squad and after the cut-scene head up the stairs of the monastery. Here is a video.

Dog Owner is one of the more irritating cheevoz. Not because it's difficult, but because the knifing button layout and game mechanic are so screwed up. I'm not going to get into the issue I have, but if you've ever play COD4 you'll understand. Just knife five enemies to get their dog tags. Remember, it has to be 5 unique enemies (so no knifing your friends over and over!).

So that's about it for this week. I am still sitting on Kane and Lynch, and hopefully I can power through that this weekend. Look for some more Battlefield cheevoz. There is an open call for Kane and Lynch multiplayer cheevo boosting for the weekend, so if you have the game and are ready to get your cheev on, send the ol' ZN a message. Good luck, and let the cheevz be with you.