List of Games with Good Achievement Point Layouts

Personally, I think the achievement point system on the 360 makes games all the more fun to play. However, I think ony some companies really put some time and effort into allocating their points, while the others seem to just throw them in there at the last minute (or so it seems). I personally find, that a game with a good achievement point layout adds a huge amount to the fun factor of the game. In fact, I think I am more likely to finish the game, or simply play it longer if the achievement points make sense.

A good achievement point layout in my opinion, is a game that gives the player a good portion of the achievment points from playing the single player. This may include passing through certain levels, having a certain number of kills, etc. While another portion is meant for the online experiance. The main idea is, every achievement makes sense.

Examples of a bad achievement point layout is a game that gives you almost no achievement points for completing the single player on normal settings. Usually the points are allocated mostly in tedious tasks that a user would have absolutely no fun in obtaining.

So what games do you think have a good achievement point layout? Here is my list

Games with a good achievement point layout
Gears of War
Rainbow Six: Vegas
COD2
COD3
NBA Street: Home Court
Viva Pinata
Oblivion

Games with an awful achievement point layout
Burnout: Revenge

(I'll edit more in as I remember them. Note that I am not listing games that have a mediocre layout, the ones that are really good and really bad)

I think Oblivion has an excellent achievement layout. It all comes through the course of natural playing of the game rather than rediculous things like collecting little gizmos throughout the game or killing a million players/creatures or whatever. All the achievements come from someone just playing the game naturally, and yet it takes a long time to get them all.nocoolnamejim

Personally, I think the achievement point system on the 360 makes games all the more fun to play. However, I think ony some companies really put some time and effort into allocating their points, while the others seem to just throw them in there at the last minute (or so it seems). I personally find, that a game with a good achievement point layout adds a huge amount to the fun factor of the game. In fact, I think I am more likely to finish the game, or simply play it longer if the achievement points make sense.

A good achievement point layout in my opinion, is a game that gives the player a good portion of the achievment points from playing the single player. This may include passing through certain levels, having a certain number of kills, etc. While another portion is meant for the online experiance. The main idea is, every achievement makes sense.

Examples of a bad achievement point layout is a game that gives you almost no achievement points for completing the single player on normal settings. Usually the points are allocated mostly in tedious tasks that a user would have absolutely no fun in obtaining.

So what games do you think have a good achievement point layout? Here is my list

Games with a good achievement point layout
Gears of War
Rainbow Six: Vegas
COD2
COD3
NBA Street: Home Court
Viva Pinata
Oblivion

Games with an awful achievement point layout
Burnout: Revenge

 

(I'll edit more in as I remember them. Note that I am not listing games that have a mediocre layout, the ones that are really good and really bad)

rimnet00

What is wrong with Burnout Revenge exacty? Its tough, sure, but I think its alright. Smash TV is horrid. Test Drive Unlimited is great. Moto GP is a pain! Oh and SONIC THE HEDGEHOG, by far the worst!

I personally think you should cut COD2 from the good list. There aren't any multiplayer achievements and the single player achievements are spread out enough. Also NFS: MW had a pretty weak layout. All you had to do was play through the game, even though there's a huge challenge section and online multiplayer. Crackdown has a really good achievement layout. Double Agent has a good one, too, but the one for beating the single player on Hard I could not imagine getting. I couldn't even get through the first level on that difficulty...The_Fell_One

While I loved GRAW, not only did it have funky achievements, but the layout was terrible. 2 points for Co-Op? I think I'll pass.THEWINDWAKER10

R6, COD 3 (not 2), Oblivion, Viva Pinata,

PS: don't get me wrong, I liked COD 2 better than 3, but in COD 2 you get all the achievements by completing the game on veteran. 

Whats wrong with burnout's achievements...?Super-Trooper

Crackdown had very fun achivements.