Achievments.....

Most of the games now are making the majority of pts achievable through online play.  I don't agree with this trend.  I think almost all acheivements should be available through the single player game (unless it is an online only game) this way EVERYONE has a chance to earn a decent gamer score even if they don't like to play online.  

In the past this was not really an issue as your gamerscore really only applied to braggin rights.  But now with the onset of these challenges that will reward you based on your gamer score I think MS should begin to mandate that at least 2/3rds if not all achievments be available through the single player (offline) experience.

Not gonna happen with them pushing the Xbox Live service.

2/3 offline would not make sense whatsoever. 50/50 maybe. You don't have to get every achievement. With that in mind I have traded in games I hated b4 getting even the easiest of achievements remaining (Top Spin comes to mind).

Not gonna happen with them pushing the Xbox Live service.

2/3 offline would not make sense whatsoever. 50/50 maybe. You don't have to get every achievement. With that in mind I have traded in games I hated b4 getting even the easiest of achievements remaining (Top Spin comes to mind).

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I agree with you that its not gonna happen.  Certainly I would like to see it happen but like you said...pushing LIVE means they will want to keep things happening there.  I also have traded in games before getting the easiest of achievments in the game because of my hatred of the game overall.  LOL...with the $60 price tag now...i have become a tad more cautious on my buys.

I have said it before and I shall say it again. Microsoft are incredibly sly when it comes to marketing their products. They have some of the best marketing people in the business. If it means new people purchasing xbox live in order to obtain much needed achievement points in order to be 'rewarded', microsoft will require that more achievements be only attainable through online play.

It sucks, but that's life. I do agree, however, as I don't like playing online to get achievements. I think more achievements should be geared towards single player.

I just hate it when the force you to play ranked games to get the achevements.Silomin

I only get the achievements for the games that I like.  Some of the games I've put into my 360 I haven't gotten a single achievement since I didn't enjoy playing the game (Burnout Revenge, King Kong, Fight Night and 4 arcade titles come to mind instantly).

Whatever, if you want single-player achievements then get Oblivion, that 1000 points and all offline at that.