This Week In Ch33v0z, The Mixed Bag Edition Part 2

The obsession continues. Ch33v0z are a callin' and I'm answering that call. We've got a new game this week! Plus I finished up the boost-a-thon that was TimeShift Multiplayer. I worked some co-op cheevz this week, and locked up a ton of the sweetest ch330vz!



Mutant Storm Empire


Empire World 4-Complete World 4 on any difficulty-20G





Empire World 3-Complete World 3 on any difficulty-15G





Empire World 2-Complete World 2 on any difficulty-10G





Empire World 1-Complete World 1 on any difficulty-10G





2x Multiplier-Get the multiplier to x2 in Single Player-5G





Empire Level 1-Complete Level 1 on any difficulty-5G





Beastie Combo-Get a Beastie Combo by shooting a certain amount of only 1 type of beastie-5G




Mutant Storm goodness! That's right, I bought another Mutant Storm game! It's great! Classic arcade style top-down shooter, with online co-op (Now I just need some friends that will plop down the 800 MS points to play it with me). It's a lot of fun, and looks great.

Empire World 1-4 are pretty simple, just beat each of the 4 levels in each world. You can put the difficulty to easy, and still get the cheevoz.

Beastie Combo isn't hard, it's just not explained very well. Each enemy or "beastie" has a combo number. So, if you shoot one of the purple enemies in the very first section of the game, a number will pop up at the top of the screen. For example, after killing one of the purple beasties, the number 7 will pop up. That means you have to kill 7 more enemies of that color and type. As you kill them the number will drop. Use caution to avoid other beasties, killing a different beastie before reaching your goal number will void your attempt.

Empire Level 1 is the easiest of the ch33v0z. You'll get this one for completing the first level of the first world.


Schizoid


Seafood Buffet-Destroy 2500 Scorpios-20G





One Mind, Two Goals-Earn 20 silver or gold medals in Uberschizoid mode-20G




This is a great game, I can't say it enough. Uberschizoid mode is ridiculously hard but the challenge is fun. At press time, I'm ranked 109th in the world at Uberschizoid! w00t! I have been ranked as low as 83rd. On to the cheevz.

One Mind, Two Goals is a pretty difficult cheevo, but not entirely unattainable. You just have to get 20 medals in the uberschizoid mode. Bronze, silver or gold... any combination thereof.

Seafood Buffet will just happen with time. It actually shouldn't take you too long. Just play.


ASSAULT HEROES


Twin Medal-Finish a zone in Co-op mode-20G





Speed Freak-Finish a zone in less than 15 minutes-20G




Twin Medal and Speed Freak can both be done on the first level. Just get a buddy to play through with you and don't dilly-dally, you'll have these two in a snap!

Burnout Paradise


Online Racer-Completed an online Race-10G





Criterion Fever-Caught Criterion Fever-20G





Just for Pics-Made Your First online Rival-10G





I'm sad to say, but Burnout is about at it's end of usefulness for my cheev harvest. There comes a time when you have to weigh out the pros vs. the cons. It's really a ch33v0/time invested ratio. I've snagged all the cheevz that this game warrants, if I want to get anymore I'll have to put some serious time into this game and I just don't like it enough to do that. Don't cry though, it's going to a better place... returned to Gamefly. I will give it another once over and possibly scoop up a couple more.

Online cheevz where the flavor of the week. These all took about 10 minutes, and should be easy to get.

Online Racer basically just completing one race. Easy enough.

Just For Pics is making a rival. So, basically someone has to crash into you and get a takedown, they also have to have a camera attached. It happened to me while I wasn't paying attention.

Criterion Fever is a "Viral cheevo" which means that you spread it. So, I took down a person that had the cheevo, and therefore was awarded the same cheev. Now if someone takes me down, they'll get it... and so on, and so on.

TIMESHIFT

TimeShift Champion-Won 100 multiplayer games-50G





TimeShift Veteran-Played 100 multiplayer games-25G





Did I Do That?-Scored a Fury Kill-30G





Have It Your Way-Hosted and completed 10 games with custom presets-10G





MVP-Captured 25 flags in Capture the Flag-20G





Are You Cheating?-Score 30 headshots with any weapon in multiplayer games-20G





Boy in the Bubble-Scored 30 kills while trapped in a Time Grenade-30G





Yoink!-Retrieved 50 flags in Capture the Flag-20G





…Is On Your Side-Killed 50 opponents in Time Grenades or Time Fields-25G





Anytime, Anyplace-Won a Ranked match on every map-25G





Jack of All Frags-Won a Ranked match in every game mode-25G





Nuclear Winter Wonderland-Won a Ranked Meltdown Madness game by at least 30 seconds-25G





King Me!-Won a Ranked King of Time game by at least 5 points-25G






It's time to bid a fond farewell to TimeShift, for it's been sent back to Gamefly! I'll always remember the good times. The action packed, challenging, and very fun single player... and the hours of boosting multiplayer! Memories... misty water colored memories!!! Ok, I've gotten something in my eye... let's get to the cheevz.

Ok, lots of these are pretty well described in the cheevo descriptions. The user interface for setting up matches kind of blows, so getting this all down to a science is going to take a while. First thing you'll need to know is that you need a partner for boosting. Just one person will do!

Anytime, Anyplace and Jack Of All Frags should be done first. Piece of advice, write down all the maps and whether you've played on them or not. Going back and replaying maps that you "think you've played" blows. Get it done right the first time and write it down! You'll also want to make the score level (that's the number you need to hit to WIN the match) at 1. There are a total of 14 maps with the standard disc and 6 different gametypes. Have at it folks.

... Is On Your Side, Boy In The Bubble, and Are You Cheating? should be done in conjunction. Here is the most effecient way to do it: Throw a time grenade and step inside the time bubble, go for a head shot. Wash, rinse, reapeat. You can also other cheevz like Yoink! into the mix.

Have It Your Way is easy, but you must remember that the matches have to be "player matches" and not "ranked matches".

Did I Do That? is the hardest cheevo in the multiplayer, even if you are boosting(unless you have 5 other people playing TimeShift, in which case you should call Guiness World Records... because that's got to be some kind of milestone). You have to get a fury kill. That is 5 kills in 15 seconds. With two people it's doable, and the game will notify you of your progress as you are getting kills.

With two people this can be done on the first map (MP1). You have to set the kills to "instakill" and set the respawn to instant. Also, make the starting weapon the carbine. The player getting the kills will stand in the small room along the wall... it has a red light and a ladder. Face your character to the end of the alley. The second player will walk to the entrance of that alley, and you will shoot him as soon as he comes into view. Set your score to win at 25 or so. Good Luck.

You should also keep in mind that each of these games played will count to your TimeShift Veteran and TimeShift Champion cheevos. Once you have reached all other goals, set up a small map (MP1) and set the score to win at 1, with instakills and no warmup. This will expedite your win numbers.

Well, as you can see the the Ch33v-rush continues. I'm doing what I can, and getting cheevz in the process! Look for new games next week, both in the arcade and from Gamefly! I've got my eye on Lost Via Domus, because I've heard it's a quick and dirty 1000 points! Keep your eyes open cheevo miners, thar be ch33vz en them thar hills!

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!


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