Week of 24 Dec 2023
“what R u up 2?”
Achievements Earned In:
- Race Pro
- Halo Wars
- Watch Dogs
I started the week still grinding experience in Halo Wars, so I needed another game to keep my streak going in the meantime. I turned to Race Pro, just grabbing a couple achievements on Sunday and one especially on Christmas, when I got blasted and barely even managed that! Still not really playing this much, since it’s just… so boring.
Achievements unlocked: 7 (+4) | Completion: 14%
Spent all day Sunday grinding through the multiplayer ranks in Halo Wars, doing the same method over and over again, finally crossing the finish line right before midnight. It was mind-numbing, but it’s no worse than any other grind I’ve done. Heck, it’s been a while since I did one of these at all! Definitely didn’t miss it. They actually removed the need to rank up in the Definitive Edition so, since the rest of the completion was so easy, I may do that version someday.
Achievements unlocked: 58 (+1) | Completed
Just gonna keep warm here.
With the wars of Halo completed, it was time to move to my next “big” game: Watch Dogs. Right off the bat, I just didn’t like the game. Something about the aesthetics and colors (or lack thereof) just makes the almost-decade old game not fun to play. It doesn’t help that the overload of UI on the screen when you start can be more than a little jarring, though that has gotten easier to manage as I’ve played. I really didn’t play a whole lot of the campaign in the game as I tried to get the multiplayer to work. I actually jumped on this game ASAP after the flagging of the online achievements as unobtainable was then reversed last week! I don’t know why, as my testing so far has found myself unable to match with my other Xbox/account, so for now that’s just gonna have to sit there incomplete. And, otherwise, I don’t see this completion causing much of an issue. I’ve heard the drinking minigame is a huge pain, but it can’t be worse than the one in The Good Life… right?
Achievements unlocked: 9 (+9) | Completion: 18%
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