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   08-07-2007, 3:05 AM
Boost your gamerscore guide V 1.0

                                      Boost your gamerscore guide                                      

By: X Frank West X and JD Buck

                                               Table of Contents                                               

To quickly get to a specific part of the guide, use quick find (Ctrl + F) and enter one of the corresponding letter and number combinations below.
  • Introduction ~ FJ00
  • Updates ~ FJ01
  • College Hoops 2k6 ~ FJ02
  • DiRT ~ FJ03
  • EA Sports Fight Night Round 3 ~ FJ04
  • Fuzion Frenzy 2 ~ FJ05
  • History Channel: Civil War ~ FJ06
  • Kameo: Elements of Power ~ FJ07
  • Madden NFL 06 ~ FJ08
  • Madden NFL 07 ~ FJ09
  • MLB 2k6 ~ FJ10
  • NBA 2k6 ~ FJ11
  • NBA Live 06 ~ FJ12
  • NBA Live 07 ~ FJ13
  • NBA STREET Homecourt ~ FJ14
  • NCAA Football 07 ~ FJ15
  • NCAA March Madness 07 ~ FJ16
  • Need For Speed Most Wanted ~ FJ17
  • NHL 2k6 ~ FJ18
  • Open Season ~ FJ19
  • Peter Jackson's King Kong ~ FJ20
  • Pirates of the Carribean: At World's End ~ FJ21
  • TMNT ~ FJ22
  • Acknowledgements ~ FJ23
  • Disclaimer ~ FJ24

FJ00                                           Introduction                                               

Ok, before reading this there are a couple of things you should know.

  • The guides are written by JD Buck and myself.
  • As soon as I play a game that I feel is suitable, I will update this.  I will try to get a few games together before I update though.  I hope to keep it updated to keep others in the know on what games are easy.  I also plan to add an arcarde section soon.
  • I will make it known when there is an update, I will ask that the title be changed to make it known.  I will also add it to the update section below this, by adding a bullet with the date and what games I added.
  • For the games I wrote for, I added the amount at which I thought you could gain quickly and in a short amount of time.
  • JD also said that the advice he gives is for gamers who are getting ALL the achievements.  Nearly every game has a certain level of easy ones that can be obtained within a few hours.  This advice is for the completionist in all of us that wants every achievement possible before moving on. 
  • If you have a question about any game on this guide, simply pm me with your questions.  I will answer the best I can, if I don't have an answer, I will find you one or direct you to someone who does.

FJ01                                             Updates                                                  

There are currently no updates to this guide, but more are coming.


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   08-07-2007, 3:09 AM
Re: Boost Your Gamerscore Version 2 FAQ
FJ02                                      College Hoops 2k6                                         

These are easy and achieveable in a single game.  Just play regularly with the achievement discriptions in mind.  You can also alter yours and the opposition's player's stats to your advantage as well as the sliders in the stats to your advantage.  The 40 points and 15 3 pointer's acheivements will come together if you just use the same player.  For steals, just try to steal everytime the opposing team is comming up the floor.  Once you have 20, focus on trying to block.  Be sure to always use the same player as you need 6 with one person.  Those will all come fairly quick, and then you have to get 45 rebounds.  If you have all of the rest finished and badly need rebounds, just intentionally miss on your own end to try to get rebounds and then try to get as many as you can on the other side as well.

FJ03                                                DiRT                                                     
One of my more favorite games to hit the system so far.  DiRT is an off-road rally racing game.  More arcade-like than a sim like Forza 2, but still challenging on the higher difficulties.  Most of the achievements are pretty straight forward and you will complete as you naturally progress through the Career Mode portion of the game.  You can choose one of five difficulties in single-player.  The event achievements will unlock on any of the five.  However, the easier difficulties will not pay out as much money.  If you want all 1,000 points you will have to own all 46 cars in the game, many of which you have to buy with your winnings.  The game forces you to challenge yourself a little if you want all the cars.  This game is worthy of your effort and experienced gamers will be able to win most of the events on the Pro Am or Amateur settings (2nd and 3rd most difficult, respectively).  The money you earn will allow you to finish buying all the cars about the time you complete the Career Mode portion.
 
There are mileage achievements at 100, 250, 500 and 1,000 miles.  They only apply in Career Mode.  Online events and any other single-player mode do not count towards that total.  If you breeze through Career Mode on Rookie you will probably finish with less than 500 miles.  To acquire the 1,000 miles you will be forced to replay many events multiple times.  That will probably be the last achievement you unlock and it will likely become tedious even if you're a big fan.  Another single-player mode is Rally Championships.  There are three of those to complete for achievements and each has a short or long version, I recommend taking the short to keep the number of events down.  Again, these miles don't count towards the mileage achievements.
 
There are only three online achievements.  The online in general is pretty limited as most of the effort by the developers was put into the single-player.  There's no head-to-head racing as it's all time based point-to-point competition.  Despite the achievement description saying they must be earned in Ranked events, that is not the case.  They can all be earned in private, Player matches.  An excellent game with attainable achievements, what more could you ask?
 
FJ04                          EA Sports Fight Night Round 3                                 

This game provides fun, easy gamerscore.  For this game, simply set the game on easy and play through the single player.  Just keep playing until you unlock all of the achievements.  That will get you all of the achievements in a fairly short amount of time, but if you want to make fights end sooner, as well as progress through the game faster, you can turn cheap hits off and use them in the fights to beat your opponents faster.

FJ05                                         Fuzion Frenzy 2                                           

This game may be an easy 1000 points, but it is also a very dreadful.  This game is far from fun, the controls are horrible, and it is very boring. Start off by going into the main battle mode.  Set all of the bots on easy, make it so you only need to win 2 planets, and that it takes 3 wins to the planet.  Do this with each character.  Once you finish that, got into the minigame game mode and create a custom game.  Then go through the list of games and be sure to play each one.  Once you finish all of that, you should have all of the achievements except for the online ones. The online ones are best done by getting a freind to help you and use 2 bots set on easy.  Do as the achievements state, and you will finish this game with the full 1000.  You can also try finding someone already playing it but I wouldn't count on it.  You can also post in this thread if you are looking for a partner.

FJ06                              History Channel: Civil War                                  
Basically, a COD2 dressed in the Civil War era.  It's just not as hard and exciting, and there's no multi-player whatsoever.  An underrated FPS with simple achievements as long as you go in with a plan.  The achievement system has a couple quirks to be aware of.  There are specific weapon kill achievements that do not stack.  Meaning, if you complete a level and get 20 pistol kills and you replay the same level but this time get 21 pistol kills, you get 21 towards the achievement not 41.  This is also true for the overall kill achievements like, Captain, Colonel, General, etc.
 
With this in mind, what I found was to play for all the weapon achievements first to get them out of the way.  People were having problems with the 100 Pistol Kills in particular, so I highly recommend getting that one on your first play-through.  What I did, was play through the whole game on Easy obtaining the weapon kills using one weapon at a time until the achievement unlocked.  There are 3 accuracy achievements on each level that do stack.  I would play through the level once, killing everyone with my respective weapon.  I would then immediately replay it shooting one person at close range and then run through the level without firing another shot.  Melee strikes don't count against your accuracy, but typically you can run right past enemies on Easy.  If you do have to fire again, make sure you hit your target or you will quickly go below the 95% required accuracy.  Cannon shots will count against you so don 't use the cannon even when the AI tells you to.  Bingo, three achievements per level.  There are links on websites that give the locations of the pictures and letters you have to find for the Bookworm and Journalist achievements. 
 
After getting all the accuracy and weapon achievements, I played the whole game start to finish on Hard to get the full 1,000.  One good feature of the game is the ability to save at any time.  This is great when you get through a difficult point you can save without having to advance to a checkpoint.  You will die easily on Hard so save often.  You may have to replay a couple levels and kill everything in sight to boost your kills over the 750 mark for the General achievment, as like I mentioned before, they don't stack.  Overall a good, but limited game I definately did not regret playing.
 
FJ07                               Kameo: Elements of Power                                  

To start off, play the game on the easiest difficult.  Once you finish, you will have gotten yourself 600 points.  This game is easy and suprisingly quite fun.  I had a lot of fun with it and I wasn't expecting it at all.  Once you have that done, you will need to play the coop.  These are also quite easy.  The only problem with these are is that you might have trouble finding someone online.  I found it easier to plug in a second controller and have a friend play as the second person.  The rest of the achievements can be quite difficult.  For 100% completion, I would suggest using this checklist to find where all of the Fruits, Elixers, and Mystic Eyes are, you need to find them all to get 100% completion.  For the A ranking achievements, I would suggest using this guide.  Once you finish all of those, you will have all of the achievements that have a point value.

FJ08                                       Madden NFL 06                                           

These are all eazy with a few being a bit time consuming.  Start off by making a new franchise, as all of the achievements are attainable in this gamemode.  For the first one, simply enter the history book.  Next, if you pay attention to the top right corner of the screen sometimes you will see a black circle with RS in the center.  Simply click the right stick for an achievement.  Then go into the settings at set it on rookie with mid to long quarter lengths, I thought 10 minutes was perfect for these.  You can acheive the next 7 in the first game.  Simply do as the achievement states and you will get the points.  Those achievements are Rush for 200 yards, Pass for 350 yards, 4 sacks, a touchdown, and a first down.  If you win, you will get an additional two achievements, an offline win and a franchise win.  Now, you can continue playing the first seaon or just simulate, but if you do simulate, be sure that your team gets into the superbowl.  When they do, just play the game and win.   Now for the tough one, complete 30 years of franchise.  This one takes a bit of time.  If you really want to play though, you can, but I would recommend simulating.

FJ09                                       Madden NFL 07                                           

First off, these are actually all pretty easy and best done by simulating a franchise.  This is what I would reccomend starting off doing.  Make a new franchise, make is so you own all 32 teams, and simulate.  Continue to do it untill you get 30 years as well as a Madden level of 50.  By then you should have most, if not all, of the season record achievements as well.  If you miss any, you will probably need to play a season and go for those records.  While you do that, you could also win all of your games and get a Perfect Season which you probably won't get in the first 30 years.  What you could do, is play the first season and get as many as you could.  While you were doing that you can also get all of the game record acheivements as well and get those out of the way.  That's up to you, if you would rather do those later in Play Now games that would also work.  Your choice.  If you have access to a save game of NCAA 07, when you are in Franchise mode and get to the draft, upload a roster.  For the next few, you will have to do a few different tasks.  Start off by creating a player, then switch it to All madden and get a shutout, play a live opponent game, and play a minigame.  Once you complete all of that, you only have the superstar achievements remaining.  All of these can be attained by simulating or playing.  Make a new superstar of the appropriate position for the achievement you are seeking, and simulate.  You should get the season ones in a few tries and the career ones after a few, or possible quite a bit more, seasons.

FJ10                                             MLB 2k6                                                 

I would start off by changing the settings to how you prefer them and be sure to have it set on pro difficulty.  Now, if you want to, you can alter both yours and the opposing team's stats to make it easier for you.  In the game, just try to get as many strikouts as you possibly can, and try to get a homerun with every batter.  If you don't get a homerun but still get on base, be sure to steal.  That way you are working towards your steals.  For the wall climb, wait until they have a power hitter up and pitch it straight down the plate with a fastball.  Then, if it works, run towards the red triangle that appears and hit the dive joystick.


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   08-07-2007, 3:16 AM
Re: Boost Your Gamerscore Version 2 FAQ
FJ11                                             NBA 2k6                                                 

I found this game to be the easiest game available for gamerscore.  Simply play a game on the rookie, with the longest quarters, and you can get all 5 achievements netting you 1000 points.  You can alter the game sliders and your player's attributes to make it easier for you as well.   What I would do is focus on one player and score 50 points with him, 15 3 pointers with him, and then I went for steals and assists to get the triple double.  Those points will also help you towards the 140 points acheivement.  The final one is 20 reboands, this should be pretty easy to do as your center will most likly get 20 on both offense and defense.  If you are getting towards the end, simply shoot from far back and intentionally miss, this will help towards rebounds.

FJ12                                          NBA Live 06                                              
  • NBA Live 07 Forum (No 06 Forum)
  • Achievement List
  • Easy 960/1000
    • The reason why I put that it is easy to get 960 is it may prove difficult to find an online opponent.  But if you can, then you can net 1000 points, if you win.

Start off by going into the rosters and creating a player, that nets you the first 20 points.  After that, set the quarter length at the shortest possible, and win a game on each difficulty.  Just pick a good team, and play a bad team to make these go the quickest.  For this game you can edit the stats and settings in your favor as well.  The rest can be gained in one season if you get lucky.  To ensure it will happen, you can alter some of your players' stats.  If you alter 3 of your players' stats, that should do.  After that, simply simulate the first season.  That should get you 6 achievements with a gamerscore gain of 775 points.  For the final one, try to find someone online and once you do, simply beat them for the final achievement and 40 gamerpoints.

FJ13                                          NBA Live 07                                              

For the first 600, I would reccomend doing a little altering of your player's attributes.  This will make it easier for doing the certain finishing moves.  Once you have that done, start a game on the easiest difficulty and with longer quarters.  Once in the game go into the start menu and find the controller configuration list.  Find what button/thumbstick variation is needed for each move.  Keep trying and eventually you will get the hang of it and once you do, they unlock pretty quickly.  For the next couple, you need to find online opponents.  I don't know how many people still play this, so this could be a problem for you.  First, check the lobbies.  If you find someone in a lobby, invite them to a ranked game.  Win the game and get two more achievements.  For the next one, you need to find someone online who will play you in an online coop game.  You both can use second controllers and let them just stand there.  For the last doable achievement, you need to play with 4 people on your console.  Simply do that, and net yourself another 50 points.  That leaves you with 900 points.  The last one is nearly impossilbe.  There has been a few times in which organized groups have made it happen, but I wouldn't expect another one of those to happen.

FJ14                               NBA STREET Homecourt                                   

A fun game with an easy achievement system.  This game doesn't require you to be a big sports fan or have knowledge of the game of basketball.  Although it adds to the fun a little if you're familiar with the NBA and its players.  This is hardly a sports sim.  It is a free-for-all dunkfest, block party and 3-point bombs.  Most of the achievements will unlock as you naturally progress through the Career mode no matter what difficulty you choose.  In the beginning you will be asked to create your own player.  Size matters not as players of all heights will soon be skying through the air.  Your baller will level up by winning street challenges in 3-on-3 competitions against the AI.  When you get to Level 5 you get the Freaked achievement.  It lets you max out one of your players skills.  I recommend maxing your Shooting.  From this point on, you will rarely miss a 3-point shot which really helps getting through challenges quickly.  The Ash Park and Rupert Bell Champ achievements are tournaments that will pop up as a challenge in the later stages of Career.  When you see one, join it and win the tourney to unlock them.
 
Some of the other achievements are for performing special moves, dunks, and shots during the course of a single game.  These do not have to be earned in Career and can be done in quick play modes.  For the Ultimate Finish achievement play a quick play, Gamebreakers-only game.  Set a low winning score and simply win the game.  Gamebreakers can be earned by doing trick moves, followed by trick dunks.  A Gamebreaker meter is at the top of the screen.  When it's full, run to the circle in the middle of the court and hit Y.  You are now in Gamebreaker mode.  Do more tricks and then a monster dunk to get bonus points.  This applies to any mode off or online.
 
There are only two online achievements.  Play ten games (Online Showdown) and win ten in a row (King of the Court).  These can be Ranked or private/public Player matches.  Legit or boosting, the choice is yours.
 
FJ15                                      NCAA Football 07                                          

Most of the in game ones are redeamable in a game or two.  They are not too difficult and if you do as the achievement describes, you will get them.  What I did was just work my way down the list in mid to long games and when I would complete one objective, I would move on to the next.  Just keep an eye on the stats and it shouldn't take you too long.  Next are the minigames, they are all easy and shouldn't take you more than a few tries and the you can move onto the dynasty mode achievements.  Now, if you want, I am fairly certain you can alter the stats of your players, this will help you to get some of them.  Now, you can either play or simulate the first season.  If you play, you have a much better chance at gaining as many as possible.  Just win every game, and you will get most of them.   The last two are 3 seasons championships in a row and a conference win.  You can either sim the three seasons and hope but I thought it was just easier to play through.  Note that if you do sim, you MUST play the championship games.  For conference champs, you need to pick a team in a conference that has a championship game, then just win it.  I found the last two to be to difficult and I ended up not getting them, they are 5 star recruiting and 60 years of dynasty.  For 60 years of dynasty, simply simulate your way through and you will eventually get it.  For 5 star recruiting, here is a little guide to help you with it.

FJ16                               NCAA March Madness 07                                  

Alright, to start off you need to make a little change to your rosters.  Once that's done, go into the online mode and upload your roster, that will get you 30 points.  For the next few, I would recommend setting it on the easiest difficulty and the shortest half lengths.  Also go into the rules and turn them all off.  Then, once your in the game get the ball and just stand on your end.  Do this the entire game and then at the end, i would say 1 or 2 seconds left, shoot and make it.  That will get you no turnovers and the buzzer beater win.  For the rest of the easy ones, simply play the games.  What I do is look at the achievements and figure wich I find to be the easiest, and just go down the list.  Keep an eye on the game stats and move onto the next one when you finish another.  Remember that you can use the gamesliders to your advantage, you can alter the player's attributes in your advantage, and you can plug in a second controller and have a friend help you.  This makes the ones like blocking and rebounding much easier.  For the online ones, simply do as it states.  I couldn't find anyone online when I was trying to find them so I didn't include those in the count for easy as that could prove difficult for you.

FJ17                           Need For Speed Most Wanted                                

Okay, this game is pretty easy for most.  But for not so great racers like myself, these can be a little tough.  For this game all you need to do is play through the career mode and continue up the blacklist.  Once you get to the top, you will have all of the achievements.  Pursuits are the hardest thing for me and completing the milestones, here is a guide that will help you with pursuits.


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   08-07-2007, 3:18 AM
Re: Boost Your Gamerscore Version 2 FAQ
FJ18                                            NHL 2k6                                                  

Another quick, easy game.  For the first 3 I would set on Pro and turn penalties on High.  Then, do whatever you please to get the refs to call penalites.  What I did was check the goalie, that sends you to the box every time.  Once you have two players in the box, score a goal getting you 200 points.  If I remember correctly, this would bring all of the oposistions players to your side making it easier to get a breakaway.  That will net you another 50 points.  Then, just score a goal with a defensmen.  For the final easy achievement, change it to All Star difficulty.  Win the opening faceoff and skate down and score a goal, that will gain you another 350 points.  As for scoring on a penalty shot, I found this one to be quite difficult and much too time consuming to continue to try to get.  To do it, the best solution is to have two controllers.  What you need to do, is have the second player check you in the back, trip, or slash you once you get on a breakaway.  Once you hit it correctly and get the penalty shot, simply score.  You can have the second player go into crease control as the opposing and have him intentionally let it go by.

FJ19                                          Open Season                                              

This game is very easy.  There are a few things that could prove a bit tough, the badges and the Snow Blitz level.  I would suggest using a walkthrough for both of these, if you don't, there is a good chance you will miss a badge and if you do, you don't want to have to go through the entire game looking for those missing badges.  Some of them are pretty tricky to find as well.  Aside from going through the game, all you need to do make sure you get maximum wild points on all levels and collect all of the badges.  I would also suggest keeping an eye on the store section of the menu as you progress through the game, you will need to buy all of the Wild Skills.  These will help you during the game as well as get you an achievement.

FJ20                               Peter Jackson's King Kong                                  

One of the easiest games out there for gamerscore.  Simply play through the game on easy and you will unlock all of the achievements.  Some of the characters can be glitchy at times when they are supposed to be following you.   If you wait it out, which is what I did, they will eventually straighten up and follow you again.  I think you can restart the level and try it again but I didn't see the point as it could happen again.  If you want, you can also use cheats for this game.  Some of the cheats do affect achievements when you enter them, so be aware of that.  I personally didn't use them so I don't know which ones do.

FJ21                   Pirates of the Carribean: At World's End                       
Typically movie tie-in games are terrible.  This one's a little bit of an exception.  It's short, with attainable achievements, but no replay value whatsoever.  You can delete your save from your HDD after you're finished with this one because there's no reason to put it in your tray......ever.  The main story line achievements unlock as you progress on any difficulty.  These are the 'Finish Move' achievements for Jack, Will and the lovely Elizabeth.  Every level will also have seven specific items for you to find, whether it be Paprika Tins or things like Bottles of Rum.  Often they are sitting out in the open and sometimes in chests you have to open.  Find all seven of the items on a level to unlock a 25 point achievement.  There is also a single Calypso Piece on each of the eleven levels.  Find all eleven for a whopping 150 pts.  There are guides on gaming sites to help you in your quest for these items. 
 
There are eight Jackanism chests scattered throughout the game.  They have a distinct green hue that stand apart from other chests.  You have to acquire three little shrunken heads to open the Jackanism chests.  These heads are found around the levels and in chests, but you will also have to rely on them being left behind by defeated enemies.  Collect three and engage your Jackanism sword in the vicinity of the chest to open them and unlock the achievement.  The skulls lead me to the only real tedious achievement in the game.  It accurately titled Collect 100 Souls.  When you pick up a skull and activate it, you are given about 5 seconds during which time your cutlass turns into a green, flaming Jackanism sword.  Each enemy you strike during that time counts as a collected souls.  Sounds easy, but the game can be stingy when it comes to dropping skulls.  Two levels I found to acquire lots of souls were Por t Royal and Isla Cruces.  Enemies will continue to respawn, giving you opportunities to kill enemies and hope they drop a skull so you can do some soul collecting.  The souls don't stack and if you die and didn't save for a while, you'll have to start over so keep an eye on your health.  This part will get repetitive but it's worth 150 points and no self-respecting completionist wants to settle for 850/1,000 on this game.
 
FJ22                                               TMNT                                                   

This game is very easy as well.  Simply play through the game and you will unlock all but one achievement.  I would reccomend using team attacks as much as possible, they can prove very useful when it comes to the bosses.  I didn't know about the team attacks until the final battle as I had the TV muted, but once I figured them out I wished I had known longer.  If you get stuck, you can use this guide to help you on your way.  Once you finish the game, you will still need to find your first coin.  Replay the first mission and find one of the gold coins to finish this game with the full 1000 points.

FJ23                                     Acknowledgements                                        
  • JD Buck ~ Thank you so much for helping me with this.  I can't express my gratitude enough.  I really do appreciate it.  Not only that, but whenever I have a question regarding a game you are always ready to help. 
  • PeeKnuckle ~ A true friend.  Thanks for the help with everything I need and telling me to keep at it.  I greatly appreciate the help and am extremely happy to have you as friend Puknee.  Lol, sorry for the rants and I appreciate you being there to lend an ear...well, I guess it would be eyes.  Anyway, thanks for always being there and for being such a great friend.
  • AttackSloth32 ~ My insperation.  Your helpful guides and faq's have inspired me to write another.  Your guides are some of the most helpful I have read.
  • Cruddymutt ~ My gamerscore competitor and a great friend.  Without the friendly competition I wouldn't be near the gamerscore hunter that I am today.  Well, I guess Pierre kinda helped out with that as well didn't he.  LOL. 
  • ZaaM IT ~ A great friend and helper.  Anything I have ever wondered or needed help with you have been there.  Thank you so much for always helping me with my guides, the editing, and any question I could ask.  You always have an answer and on the rare time that you don't, you find one. I greatly appreciate that.
  • Everyone over at the ATC.  A great community and some of the funnest people to talk to around.
FJ24                                           Disclaimer                                                

This guide is property of myself, X Frank West X, and JD Buck. You may not reproduce, sell, change, or claim this guide as your own. It is not authorized to be used on any site except for Xbox.com or the ATC forums without prior permission from myself.  However, linking directly to this guide is permitted.


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