This Week In Ch33v0z, The Majestic Ch33v0 Falls Edition

That's right folks, I unleashed a fury of the sweetest cheevos you could imagine. The list is long, strong, and I'm down to get some friction on*. This week brought 2 new arcade games, the long awaited Schizoid and the newly discovered Mutant Storm Reloaded. I also embarked on some sweet ass boosting in Timeshift Multiplayer with fellow ch33v0 farmer, Pepsi3. Sit back and enjoy the cheevz.


Mutant Storm Reloaded


Tally Mode completed-Complete all 89 levels in Tally Mode-15G





Adventure Mode completed-Complete all 89 levels in Adventure Mode-15G





Green Belt-Get the difficulty to Green Belt-15G





Orange Belt-Get the difficulty to Orange Belt-10G





Yellow Belt-Get the difficulty to Yellow Belt-10G





4x Multiplier-Get the multiplier to x4-10G





2x Multiplier-Get the multiplier to x2-5G





This is a great game, that I've been having a lot of fun with. That sad thing is that this particular arcade game was one of the launch downloads for arcade back in 2006. It's been sitting there, this whole time and I knew nothing of it. Just another reason why the marketplace needs a way to sort XBLA titles. Anyway, on to the cheevz!

You begin with a white belt(just like in martial arts) that designates what difficulty you are playing at. When you reach the 20th room, you will unlock the Yellow Belt cheevo and difficulty level. Restart your game at level one, and choose this higher difficulty, make it to level 20 and you'll unlock the next cheevo and level... wash, rinse, repeat.

Tally Mode Completed and Adventure Mode Completed require that complete each of the 89 levels in their respective game modes. Not hard to do, but it's a lot of gameplay. Just play through the game and you'll get both of them.

2X Multiplier is very easy to get. You will have a multiplier bar on your screen, the more enemies you kill the more the bar fills up. Get to 2x multiplier, finish the level and you unlock this cheev. Caution: losing a life starts your multiplier bar at 0. 4X Multiplier is the same thing, but much harder because it will taking you a lot longer to fill the bar after it reaches 2x.


Schizoid

Playing The Field-Play a game in each mode - Xbox LIVE, Local Co-Op, Wingman Bot Training, and Uberschizoid-15G





21st Century Schizoid Man-Complete level 21 ("Tyger Tyger") either in Local Co-Op, Xbox LIVE, or Uberschizoid-15G




Schizoid Sensei-Earn 10 medals (any combination of gold, silver, and bronze) over Xbox LIVE-20G




Flitt Breeder-Get a gold medal on level 5 ("My Man Flitt") without destroying any Flitts-10G





Sploderific-Destroy all enemies on level 12 ("Smartbomb") with a single smartbomb-10G






Wired-Destroy an enemy with a razorwire-10G





I've been waiting for this game ever since I heard about it over a year ago. Schizoid is billed as "The Most C0-0p Game Ever", which roughly translated means: "ZEBRA NINER MUST BUY THIS GAME". I love co-op games, that's what I love most about video games... it makes me happy. The only thing that makes me happier are games with co-op cheevoz, and this one is chock full of them! w00t!

Most of the cheevz descriptions in this game are self explanatory. and 21st Century Schizoid Man and Wired are just going to happen while playing this game.

Sploderific, while also being a ch33v0 named by a blogger on one of my favorite Xbox sites, is really easy to get. Just make sure that before you detonate the smart bomb, you and your wingman are as close to the enemies as possible, and that you are close to each other(physically, not emotionally... that's your own business).

Flitt Breeder is easiest when done with a competent co-op partner, or like me, in Uberschizoid mode(control both ships with one controller). Just don't kill any of the enemies, and avoid getting hit. All red and blue enemies will turn into yellow flitts, giving you a cheevo.

Playing The Field is one of the easier cheevz to get. It requires that you play one level in each mode. The first level will do fine. Just load up each mode and play one level, you'll need two controllers to play local co-op mode.



Assault Heroes


Assault Hero-Complete the game-30G





Peace Maker-Finish a zone killing less than 50% of the enemies-20G





Small Arms Expert-Finish a zone without using grenades or nukes-20G




Unstoppable-Finish a zone without losing a life-10G




The great thing about this game, is that ALL of the cheevz can be unlocked on the easiest difficulty. So put it on easy to get these cheevz, yeah it's cheap, but it's all about the sweet ch33v0z.

Small Arms Expert and Unstoppable can be snagged on the same playthrough, just play from the beginning of zone 1 on easy difficulty. Make sure not to die or use your grenades or nukes, stay in your vehicle and keep moving!!!

Peacemaker is actually VERY easy. Load up area 4 of zone 1, take care to avoid all enemies that you can(you'll have to kill some of them). Once you destroy the large mechanical wall, you'll finish the zone.



Burnout Paradise


Rampage!-Got a Takedown Rampage-20G





Daredevil-Land a 2 barrel roll jump-25G






Boosting Around the World-Got a x20 Boost Chain-25G




Watt?-Time Road Rule beaten on Watt St-10G





These a few of the trickier cheevz that I've come across in this game.

Watt? is probably the easiest, first thing you need to do is find Watt St. It's near the very first junkyard in the game. Once you find the street, push up on the D-pad until it shows you the road rules time for Watt St. Make sure you have a fast car, gain some speed and head down Watt St. Head all the way down the road and try to beat the time that at the top of the screen. Should only take one or two tries.

Rampage is attained in a Road Rage event. You'll need to choose the heaviest and strongest car you have. It's simple if you are careful, all you have to do is hit 10 cars in a row without being taken down or crashing. It must also be done in short order, there can't be a lot of time in between take downs.
Boosting Around The World is actually pretty easy, but you need a steady hand and some patience. Grab a speed car and head to the baseball stadium, it's in the lower right corner of your map. Push left or right on the left stick, hit the boost and do a burnout. Hold the position, and the X button all the way to the end of your boost... this should give you another full boost bar. Get to a 20x multiplier and you'll have the cheev!
Daredevil is going to take the right car, and some luck. I found that the pink 1957 Cadillac was the most agile in the air, and provided enough spin to get me the cheev. Grab a stunt class car and head to the ramps at the beach. It's near the first junkyard, upper right corner of the map.



TimeShift

TimeShift Multiplayer Ch33v0z:

Keep Away!-Won a Ranked Capture the Flag game without the other team capturing your flag-25G




Bullets Are Expensive-Whacked 25 opponents with melee attacks in multiplayer games-20G




Berserker-Went on a Reaper Spree-30G





Not Even Close-Won a Ranked 1v1 game without dying once-25G





The First of Many-Won a Ranked match-10G





I Don't Rent, I Own-Won a Ranked Deathmatch game by at least 5 kills- 25G





There were so many cheevos I had to break this one into a two parter! Unfortunately, TimeShift multiplayer is a ghost town. Luckily a friend has the game as well, so boost we shall!

Host a game, and set your presets to match what you want. You can set the score limit or time limit, which will make farming these cheevz out much quicker. For example: Set a 1 vs. 1 match to a score limit of 1 kill... after the first kill you'll unlock the Not Even Close and The First Of Many cheevos at once. Try to combine as many as you can.

Berserker is accomplished by getting a kill streak of 25. Play a small map, let one person get to 25 then switch... these have to be in a row! May as well make all of the kills melee kills and snag the Bullets Are Expensive cheev while you are at it.

You get the idea... now get to it.

TimeShift Single Player Campaign Ch33v0z:


You're It-Tagged 15 enemies with Clutch Grenades-10G




Beginner's Luck-Completed a level without dying on Casual difficulty-15G





That Guy Is Swift-Completed a level without dying on Skilled difficulty-25G




Death-Proof-Completed a level without dying on Elite difficulty-35G





Alpha District Revisited-Casual-Completed Act 6 "Alpha District Revisited" on Casual difficulty-40G




Alpha District Revisited-Skilled-Completed Act 6 "Alpha District Revisited" on Skilled difficulty-55G





Alpha District Revisited-Elite-Completed Act 6 "Alpha District Revisited" on Elite difficulty-70G




Airborne - Casual-Completed Act 5 "Airborne" on Casual difficulty-10G





Airborne - Skilled-Completed Act 5 "Airborne" on Skilled difficulty-15G





Airborne - Elite-Completed Act 5 "Airborne" on Elite difficulty-20G




Munitions Plant - Casual-Completed Act 4 "Munitions Plant" on Casual difficulty-10G




Munitions Plant - Skilled-Completed Act 4 "Munitions Plant" on Skilled difficulty-15G




Munitions Plant - Elite-Completed Act 4 "Munitions Plant" on Elite difficulty-20G




The Forgotten - Casual-Completed Act 3 "The Forgotten" on Casual difficulty-10G




The Forgotten - Skilled-Completed Act 3 "The Forgotten" on Skilled difficulty-15G





The Forgotten - Elite-Completed Act 3 "The Forgotten" on Elite difficulty-20G



Not a lot of tips for these, other than being a bad ass mo fo. Just play through on the hardest difficulty and get r done.


That is it! If you can believe it! Ch33v0z rain from the heavens. Next week look for more ch33vz from TimeShift, Burnout, Schizoid and maybe even a new game! I've got my eye on a few XBLA games. I'm off to the cheevo grind, I'll see you next week!


*Hey, you made it to the bottom! Tell me what this reference is and I'll give you a cookie... well, an E-cookie.

Ch33v0z In A Minute!

I've been on a hardcore multi-directional shoot-em-up rampage these past couple of weeks and I thought it would be appropriate for me to show case some of the easy and quick ch33v0z that you might grab. These are all XBLA games, so you can get your cheev on right now!

Assault Heroes

Exterminator-Defeat the giant spider-10G This game is a good one for cheevos, for two reasons. It can be played in co-op mode locally or over live, and you can play the whole game on EASY to get the cheevz! This first ch33v0 can be snagged on the first level of the game. The giant spider is located about half way through the first level. It must be noted that the cheevo unlocks once the zone is completed.


Mutant Storm Reloaded

2x Multiplier-Get the multiplier to x2-5G This is a fun game! I really like it... a lot. It's got 89 levels of bullet laden action, and it's for the hardcore only. That being said, this game has 8 levels of difficulty so you can play the entire game on the lowest level and pick up a good amount of ch33vz. This cheevo requires that you get a 2X multiplier, which means you can't get hit until you get to that multiplier number. The good news is, that it should unlock in the second level on the easiest difficulty... so we are talking about 45 seconds.

Undertow

Dive Master-Get 100 kills. Unlocks a Gamer Picture!-10G
In the world of multi-directional shooters, 100 kills is peanuts. You should have this bad boy unlocked in about 10 minutes... or it's free, guaranteed.



Booyah, get your old school shooter on and unlock some of those sweet ass ch33voz. Be on the lookout for some more SHMUPS, because my thirst is not yet quenched!

This Week In Ch33v0z, The Burnout Assault Portal Edition

In honor of the holiday this week, I'm putting this up one day early. God Bless America, for the freedom to work the ch33v0z is my right!

I've been pretty busy these last couple of weeks... since no one is willing to pay me to play video games and blog about the sweetest cheevos, I have what some people call a "job". Even with my hectic schedule, I was able to wrangle up a few cheevoz for you folks to enjoy! I have two new games and I even dug deep in the vault and grabbed a couple of Orange Box cheevz!



Burnout Paradise

Perfect Rage-Got 10 Takedowns in Road Rage without Wrecking-5G





Spinnin' Around-Got your first 360 Flatspin-10G





Must Try Harder-Got your B Class License-40G





It's Showtime-Showtime Road Rule beaten on East Crawford Drive-10G





The Show Must Go On-Got a x10 multiplier in Showtime-20G





Rising From the Ashes-Repaired your car at critical damage in a Road Rage event-10G




Parallel Park-Power Park achieved with a 100% rating-20G





Underachiever-Got your C Class License-30G





Duckin' and Weavin'-Won a Marked man without being taken down-10G





Learning to Fly-Successfully landed 5 SUPERJUMPS-10G





Misdemeanor-5 Billboards collected-10G





Great Start-Won a Race-10G





Bottom of the Class-Got your D Class License-20G





Off the Beaten Path-25 Smashes collected-10G





Lookin' Good-Repaired your first wrecked car-5G





I expected a cheev grab when I rented this game, but it's actually pretty fun(if you disregard the terrible DJ Atomica, who I want to kill... and who never shuts up)! It's really beautiful, and the crash animations are fantastic. Oh, and road rage is the only event that's worth anything in the game, including the races and stunt runs.

It's all pretty much there in the cheevo descriptions. The licenses are attained an winning a specified number of events. Each time you get a new license, you'll be notified on how many events you need to win to advance to the next license. You also get a notification with each victory. Off The Beaten Path, Great Start, Misdemeanor, Lookin' Good, and Learning To Fly will all just happen during normal gameplay. Just drive around, and those will unlock the first time you play.

Parallel Park ch33v is a tricky one, it will probably require many tries. You have to e-brake slide into the space between to cars, creating a snazzy parallel parking job. What finally worked for me, and has worked consistently is e-braking into a spot at about a 45 degree angle, from about a lane away. As long as you don't smash the cars you are trying to park between, you should be good to go.

It's Showtime and The Show Must Go On aren't very hard, but they are rather boring. Activate showtime mode by pressing right and left bumper, and beat the specified score to get both cheevoz. Just do your first showtime on Crawford Rd(just north of the very first junkyard) and get both at once.

Duckin' And Weavin' , Rising From The Ashes, and Perfect Rage are more about luck than skill. I can't really give you tips.

Spinning Around took me the longest. It's basically pulling an e-brake slide right before you hit a jump. This will cause your car to spin in the air, a.k.a. flatspin. You have to hit a 360 before this one unlocks. I recommend the ramps at the beach, near the first junkyard. Use a car that has high marks for stunts. Be aware of the surrounding, because crashing into something or touching another object stops your flat spin.


The Orange Box: Portal

Fruitcake-Beat four Portal advanced maps-20G





Cupcake-Beat two Portal advanced maps-10G





I decided to get back into a little Portal this week. Remembering what a bitch the advanced maps were, and then also remembering that I had the official game guide for the Orange Box, I went ahead and snagged these two. I'm sure there are plenty of videos that you can use, but I can't put an endorsement on them.

Assault Heroes

Annihilator-Kill more than 85% of the total enemies in a zone-10G





Tricked Out-Max out all of the vehicle power-ups-20G





Exterminator-Defeat the giant spider-10G





After the greatness that is WOTB: Commando 3, I have been on a run of uni-directional shooters. I need them... I want them. So I'm working my way through the vast selection of SHMUPS on the Arcade and I came across this one. First of all, it's listed as a greatest hit, which means it's only $5. Secondly, it has CO-OP!!! If you know me, you know I loves me some co-op... fo' sho'!

I got the first 3 in the in the very first zone. I played it on Hard, which I've come to find out is NOT necessary. Apparently you can play the game, and get EVERY cheevo on EASY!!!! You might think this is a cheap move, but I'm all about the sweetest cheevos.

So this is an open call to anyone that reads this blog: I want to get 100% on these cheevz and I need a co-op partner! All are welcome! All are welcome!I'm still working on my Timeshift cheevz, that game is proving to rather difficult. Hopefully I'll have some news on that one next week, and hopefully I'll have some co-op cheevz for Assault Heroes! Stay strong my brothers in cheevz... stay strong. Happy Independence Day!