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5Mar 09

Games with Easy Xbox 360 Achievements part 1

I am fed up of seeing threads popping up on the Xbox 360 board about games with 'easy' achievements or games to easily 'boost' your gamerscore. I decided to take it upon myself and create a simple guide to help out those new and clueless users who are interested in boosting their gamerscore.

Now before I get started, I would like you all to please read the following:

1. Your gamerscore is just a number and means nothing other than bragging rights. You own nothing on the internet so remember this; you can have an extremely high gamerscore, then some jackass hacks and steals your Xbox live account. Xbox live support only gives you false hope, doesn't do anything and you loose everything (true story, it happened to me)

2. I do plan to write up more of these in the future, featuring 10 game at a time.

3. Recommendations are fine, however lists will be based on my experiences and mine alone. I will not include a game unless I have a certain amount of experience with it, so obviously if I have not played and completed the game, it will not be on the list. Simple.

4. This entry may contain some minor spoilers

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Avatar: The Last Airbender -- The Burning Earth
Avatar: The Last Airbender -- The Burning Earth
This game is the mother of easy achievements. It contains only 5 achievements and all of them are based on combo attacks. If done correctly, you can get full 1000GS in about 3 mins from the title screen (this includes loading time and cut-scenes). As soon as the game starts, simply run to the extreme left and blast the enemies with 'B' button. Try to blast them when they are lined up behind each other for additional hits and don't let them get too close to you. When you kill the first wave, a cut scene will play and another wave will attack. Repeat the above attacking pattern and you'll get to 50 hits in no time (which is the final combo hit achievement)
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NBA 2K6
NBA 2K6
This game contains 5 achievements. They are easy to get and you can get all achievements in a single game once you know what you are doing. You can get full 1000GS in no more than an hour. It may take inexperienced gamers a little longer, but don't expect to spend a long time to get all these achievements. I'm not going to explain how to get these, figure it out on your own or do your personal research. I will give you a hint, play around with the options and the game sliders to increase your team's potential.

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Lost: Via Domus

Lost: Via Domus
This game has an easy 1000GS, however to get them all you may need the assistance of guide. Most of the achievements are based or storyline or involves you taking certain pictures. The pictures are specific and can easily be missed. Even if you play this game through the first time and use a guide to assist you with the achievements second time round, expect to spend around 10 hours with this game.

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TMNT
TMNT
This game contains a quick and easy 1000GS. The game itself is extremely easy. Just by completing the storyline, you'll get a whopping 920GS. Just meet the requirements for the remaining 2 achievements and 1000GS is easily yours. This game should take you no more than 5 hours.

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Fight Night Round 3
Fight Night Round 3
This game contains an easy 1000GS and you can be able to get it in about 5 hours if you tweek the options a bit. Basically all the achievements are earned by winning the sponsored events. Once you've created your player, purchase the illegal moves, Low blow and Elbow to the face. Go to the options lower the difficulty and turn illegal moves off. When fighting, spam your opponent with illegal blows and he should go down easily without much of a fight, even if their stats greatly surpass yours.

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BioShock
BioShock
Bioshock contains some easy echievements and is one of the best games you'll be playing for achievements. By default it contains a total of 1100GS. Firstly you need to refer to an achievement list to get an idea of what needs to be done and do it. A certain ending will unlock 100GS and harvesting/saving every little sister will net you 40GS. Other achievements can be unlocked simply by fully researching all the enemies in the game, hacking things, upgrading weapons and plasmid/tonic tracks, creating ammo etc. You do have the ability to save almost anywhere in the game so replaying it on the hardest difficulty for that achievements may not be as difficult as other games. In all, if you get the best ending in the game, and follow the achievements from your Xbox360 or a list, you should get around 800GS in your first playthrough which should take you about 10 hours (maybe more depending on how much you explore).

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Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie
Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie
Just play the game from start to finish. At the end of certain chapters, you'll unlock achievements. All the achievements are based on the storyline and cannot be missed. Easy 1000GS for around 5 hours.

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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Hard Evidence
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Hard Evidence
This game is an easy 1000GS. It has 5 achievements, worth 200GS a piece. The game itself has 5 episodes and the end of each episode, you'll unlock a 200GS achievement. In all it shouldn't take you more than 5 hours to complete this game and rack up all the achievements. The first episode will take you about an hour to complete, maybe more, as you get familiarize yourself with the gameplay elements. Once you do so, the other episodes will become extremely easy and completing them will be a breeze. However, it isn't recommended you skip the cut-scenes, because some of them will contain vital information and you may find yourself stuck in the game.

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Jumper: Griffin's Story
Jumper: Griffin's Story
Jumper contains some easy achievements, however getting full 1000 will take some work and a lot of patience because this game is horrible. The game contains 20 achievements worth 50GS a piece. You can probably get at least 600GS easily during the course of game which will take you around 2 hours to complete. The other achievements will be fustrating and difficult to get such as the achievement for not dying during the game, which is almost impossible, because the second to last and last boss are brutally difficult. Still 2 hours with a crappy game for around 600GS isn't bad.

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Enchanted Arms
Enchanted Arms
For all those of you obsessed with getting 1000GS for games you've played, this game is for you. This game contains a very easy 1000GS, however thy are a bit time consuming to get. This is an RPG, so on average, you'll spend about 40 hours with this one. All achievements are storyline based and unlock when bosses are defeated. Easy 1000GS, but it takes some time. Please take note: Before you enter the final area in the game, make multiple save files. You are given a choice before you battle Touya at the Ice Palace, the choice you make will affect the ending and only the best ending will give you a 150GS achievement

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Thank you for reading. I hope this helps some of you people. More to come in the future.

Edit 1: I updated Enchanted Arms. Thanks to Pfilosophy for jogging my memory. I forgot an achievement can be missed if a wrong choice is made.

206 Comments

  • Ruhdezee

    Posted Mar 5, 2009 2:07 pm PT

    yea people who clog the forums with that kinda stuff irk me. good guide though another easy one IMO is the CALL OF DUTY GAMES. If u beat it on veteran u usually have around 900 score. but good blog post

  • nintendoboy16

    Posted Mar 5, 2009 2:10 pm PT

    Damn, good list,

  • ishoturface

    Posted Mar 5, 2009 2:14 pm PT

    im getting king kong but not just for the achievements.. i loved the movie

  • gerudoman320

    Posted Mar 5, 2009 2:18 pm PT

    NICE LIST...dont like to get points like that but,..NICE

  • reckeweg

    Posted Mar 5, 2009 2:18 pm PT

    Hi Soul good blog. I may have to check out the Airbender game syke!!

  • kcwsk8

    Posted Mar 5, 2009 2:21 pm PT

    I noticed there are a lot of movie/TV show games. Does that tell us something?

  • shadowfox417

    Posted Mar 5, 2009 2:22 pm PT

    Basically any game that does not require you to get achievements online can be easy to obtain 1000GS. For instance Dead Space, the game has no online play and although the achievements take a bit of work, they are still easy to get because, the game is not very long.

  • TTDog

    Posted Mar 5, 2009 2:23 pm PT

    I bough King Kong purely for the points, a pretty decent game when you consider its age.

    Enchanted Arms was another I worked my way through but before I was bothered about scoring points, decent enough story... a bit too much homosexuality... but apart from that not too bad.

    If you use the casino cheat it can be considerably shortened as half the grinding isn't needed.

  • iowastate

    Posted Mar 5, 2009 2:24 pm PT

    quite a list - those games look fun

  • travisstaggs

    Posted Mar 5, 2009 2:35 pm PT

    Jumper Griffins Story I wouldn't even play it for the achievements.

  • eagles_band

    Posted Mar 5, 2009 2:51 pm PT

    Bioshock prob has the hardest achievements on your list.I did a simple play through and got around 500 without looking at the achievements beforehand.

  • tdot10462

    Posted Mar 5, 2009 2:53 pm PT

    Yeah BioShock gives a lot of gamer points but I wouldn't call them easy to get especially when you run into a Big Daddy...

  • jbot666

    Posted Mar 5, 2009 3:06 pm PT

    Good read but is exactly why I put zero stock in someone's gamerscore, I mean, Jumper and CSI, really? *shudders*

  • DeathHeart95

    Posted Mar 5, 2009 3:07 pm PT

    Well, most sports games (mainly older ones) have easy achievements. The main exception seems to be NHL 09. Getting the Legend Card online is a real pain.

  • SweetMusic

    Posted Mar 5, 2009 3:07 pm PT

    Midnight Club: Los Angeles has some easy achievements. Also, new achievements are coming in the new South Central DLC that might be easy.

  • beyondhorror

    Posted Mar 5, 2009 3:12 pm PT

    I'm amazed at how varied acheivments harvesting can be, take Prince of Persia, it's almost like "switch the game on ...5 points! ...run around abit, listen to the princess rabbit on ...250 points! then bang it's hard again. My friend and I think Capcom games are incredible tight for score though. Online achievments are aimed at very socialiable Gold account holders.

  • Daytona_178

    Posted Mar 5, 2009 3:49 pm PT

    Iam gonna bookmark this blog,,,,make sure to make another one!

  • Avenger1324

    Posted Mar 5, 2009 4:02 pm PT

    If you need something to jog your memory for easy games - Check here

    Sorry to hear you had no luck getting your GT back

  • jb0Ogi3

    Posted Mar 5, 2009 4:04 pm PT

    Um to me easy achievements are the ones you can get really fast. Spending 40 hours with a game for 1000points isn't easy. That's like weeks or even months of work.

  • Travo_basic posted Mar 5, 2009 4:08 pm PT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    Travo_basic

    Posted Mar 5, 2009 4:08 pm PT (hide)

    I still need to rent the LOST game.

  • Lancing

    Posted Mar 5, 2009 4:12 pm PT

    there is nothing easy about call of duty's veteran campaign.. those were the most challenging FPS moments I have ever experienced.

  • ruff_edgz

    Posted Mar 5, 2009 4:25 pm PT

    I do like RPG's and I was always interested in playing Enchanted Arms when I first bought my 360, I might take another look at it

  • PhilWil92

    Posted Mar 5, 2009 4:30 pm PT

    Need for Speed: Most Wanted is super easy too. Just beat everyone on the Blacklist (storyline) and you get all 1000G.

  • princesszelda

    Posted Mar 5, 2009 4:40 pm PT

    Great blog!!! I have played all of those games except for Jumper and Enchanted Arms (which I actually want to get).

  • halfpike95

    Posted Mar 5, 2009 4:45 pm PT

    Fight night round 3 is by far the easiest game i have ever played. In a week or two i got 1000 gamescore from that one game! Its really realistic. Very good fighter game. By the way call of duty modern warfare is definatly my favorite and most played game right now. I cannot wait until modern warfare 2 comes out.

  • halfpike95

    Posted Mar 5, 2009 4:53 pm PT

    Call of duty modern warfare is definately my favorite game. Can't wait until modern warfare 2 comes out. By the way fight night round 3 is an awsome fighter game and it only takes a week to get 1000 gamescore.

  • king23_

    Posted Mar 5, 2009 5:02 pm PT

    I don't own any games with extremely easy trophies, but I hear Burnout Paradise has some of the easiest.

  • Lopur94

    Posted Mar 5, 2009 5:09 pm PT

    Great guide! Maybe i can borrow Avatar, TMNT or King Kong from a friend... Lol Jumper! Maybe achievements are the only thing it's good for...

  • Master-Thief-09

    Posted Mar 5, 2009 5:12 pm PT

    Another one is PURE. I found them pretty easy, got 600G without trying.

  • adolfobaja

    Posted Mar 5, 2009 5:15 pm PT

    nice list

  • NightmareCV

    Posted Mar 5, 2009 5:33 pm PT

    i learned after Phantasy Star Universe that it is not worth playing games for achievements. that game was so bad...i wanted to get rid of it so bad but i wanted the last 400. most easy achievement games are really bad. bioshock is one of the few exceptions because it is an awesome game.

  • oldhead666

    Posted Mar 5, 2009 5:46 pm PT

    why would you play rubbish games though, minus bioshock, if i check someones gamerscore and they're rocking these kinda games, suddenly not so cool.
    i won't even get the free doritos game, these kind of things dirty my score and defeat the point for me

  • JustPlainLucas

    Posted Mar 5, 2009 6:06 pm PT

    I never understood boosting your gamerscore. I mean, sitting through bad movie licensed games and kiddie games just to get your GS up? People don't seem to excerise much good judgement.

  • N-REAL

    Posted Mar 5, 2009 6:13 pm PT

    I guess I have nothing to say...... I haven't played any of those games........

    but....the way you make recommendations is great! BTW, don't forget to blog your final choice for PS3/Wii...

  • wiifan001 posted Mar 5, 2009 6:23 pm PT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    wiifan001

    Posted Mar 5, 2009 6:23 pm PT (hide)

    Pfft! Achievements. I think of video games are for you to complete the game and come up with your own ideas, not for companies to tell you what you're achievements should be.

  • armyman_22

    Posted Mar 5, 2009 6:37 pm PT

    wow those are some good tips.....although I didnt know someone could hack you account which is very foul.....but thats the internet for you. Lazy F'ers.

  • LadyInque

    Posted Mar 5, 2009 6:38 pm PT

    Really nice games

    XO XO

  • Arete_

    Posted Mar 5, 2009 6:40 pm PT

    I don't necessarily agree with bioshock.

  • romans828_2002

    Posted Mar 5, 2009 7:33 pm PT

    Bioshock is a little bit more challenging, as you can easily miss one audio guide or tonic. The brass balls achievement was also pretty tough, especially when you don't have the early weapons to take down the big daddies.

  • 93soccer

    Posted Mar 5, 2009 7:58 pm PT

    lool some of this games are soo boring to play tho.
    Anyways my friend has 12k GS and played NONE of these games

  • jetman36

    Posted Mar 5, 2009 10:05 pm PT

    another good game to add to the list is Need for Speed Most wanted. just beat the story and you get all 1000 gamer points. although the last couple of races are not exactly easy to win to say the least but at least you don't have to go out of the way of the main story to get all the points.

  • ktwq

    Posted Mar 5, 2009 10:13 pm PT

    What about The Bourne Conspiracy? Achievements seem simple enough

  • GodsPoison

    Posted Mar 5, 2009 10:28 pm PT

    Yknow it would be nice if you actually got something for having a certain level of GS, like maybe some free downloads from microsoft or maybe even in game stuff like in Dead Rising, getting Zombie genocider unlocks the real megabuster as a weapon and other random stuff. just saying, as they are both trophies and acheivments do nothing.

  • raahsnavj

    Posted Mar 5, 2009 10:32 pm PT

    Of these though, only Bioshock is worth subjecting yourself too...

  • TeabagChampion

    Posted Mar 5, 2009 11:08 pm PT

    You're right about what you said about Bioshock, and it sucks to know that someone has hacked your account. Have you checked online to see who hacked it? Sometimes you can figure that out by going online while you are not on xbl and checking out your old screen name. Secondly, try to see if you can add your old screen name to your new one to track the hacker down.
    I'm sure that if you call with enough information, they can help you out with something.

  • tidyspidey

    Posted Mar 6, 2009 12:18 am PT

    I couldn't care less about gamerscore.... if someone I knew really did want to think less of me because I had a low gamerscore, then I wouldn't want to know them in the first place.

    I do occasionally love getting individual achievements that are hard to get on games I actually like - it's the achievement itself, not the number of points it gives, that I like with the gamerscore system.

  • kekejefferis posted Mar 6, 2009 2:43 am PT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    kekejefferis

    Posted Mar 6, 2009 2:43 am PT (hide)

    Maybe you should compile a list of games actually worth playing for the points.
    I highly doubt many people would be willing to buy most of these games just for the points because they truely do suck***.

  • zgreenwell

    Posted Mar 6, 2009 5:05 am PT

    I've got most of these. Enchanted arms I did have 1k on, but it is on my old profile.

  • picklesrocks

    Posted Mar 6, 2009 5:25 am PT

    you get 5g for getting trodden on by the golem in legendar and some g for pressing the start button on the simpsons game

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