Monday, August 20, 2007

Embarrassed by the Tiny amount of Achievement Points you have? These games will help you double your Gamerscore in a mere weekend or two.





1. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Ubisoft)
The current undisputed king of easy Achievement Points. Insert this disc into your 360, and the damn thing starts coughing up points faster than you cough up singles at Flashdancers.
Time required: About four hours
Brace yourself for: Turtles shouting "booyah!" again and again (and again).
Challenge factor: 1/5



2. Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie (Ubisoft)
The former champ of easy-pickings Achievement Points has been demoted one ranking by the cushy TMNT—but by only the slimmest of margins.
Time required: Six hours
Brace yourself for: Those skivvy-soiling confrontations with the game's V-Rex.
Challenge factor: 2/5



3. GUN (Activision)
One of the most underrated games of all time—why aren't more video games set in the Old West, for Christ's sake? GUN features a bathtub scene with a hooker, an expert safe-cracker named Soapy, and some of the softest Achievement Points this side of Dodge City.
Time required: Around 10 hours
Brace yourself for: The game's frustrating try-and-die boss fights.
Challenge factor: 4/5



4. Fuzion Frenzy 2 (Microsoft)
This game is known as a "party game," which means you're supposed to invite a bunch of your friends over and talk shit as you play through a host of minigames. We tried this with a group of our friends, but they weren't enjoying themselves. So they threw a blanket over the smallest person at the party and beat him mercilessly. Thankfully, the disc's 14 Achievements are even less challenging than filling out an MLB All-Star ballot.
Time required: Two to three hours
Brace yourself for: The game's cheese-ball announcer.
Challenge factor: 2/5



5. Madden NFL 06 (EA Sports)
You want 400 of the easiest points you're ever going to earn? Madden 06 will give them up only if you complete 30 years in the game's Franchise mode. Sound daunting? It's not. Just sim your way through those 30 years, you daffy bastard.
Time required: Start the simming at dusk, and the points will be yours by dawn.
Brace yourself for: Having to look at cover boy Donnie McNabb, whose '06 season ended prematurely with a hernia. Long live the Madden curse!
Challenge factor:1/5

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