

Go on at least one date with every potential girlfriend. Win at least $1,000 in a single spin of the Wheel of Fortune. Sneak into the underground base without setting off the alarm above ground during “Black Project”. Score at least 30 points in the basketball mini-game.įind Mike Toreno without any of the referenced locations during “Mike Toreno”.Ĭomplete the “Saint Mark’s Bistro” mission. All GTA San Andreas Remastered Achievements & Trophies Getting Startedīuy 8 meals from Cluckin’ Bell throughout the game. Here’s a list of all GTA San Andreas Remastered achievements and trophies for the completionists out there determined to tick them all off. This time around, there’s even more replayability thanks to the addition of an achievement system.
#SAINTS ROW 2 ACHIEVEMENT SERIES#
The reason I'd embraced Crackdown and Assassin's Creed II, and eventually quit playing Saints Row 2 and Grand Theft Auto IV, I remembered, is because having to drive to go places always ends with me in flames.Rockstar Games’ remaster of the GTA trilogy brings one of the most beloved and popular series of open-world games back in the limelight once again. I never found out if cabbing hid an achievement I ran my cab into one too many telephone poles, and had to bail out as it exploded into a fireball. I tried not to ding my car up too much, I followed directions, and I kept at it for a while. It didn't feel like role-playing - and it also didn't feel like a meaningless grind. Grand Theft Auto isn't any more real than Scarface just because you happen to play one of the written parts, right? But driving this cab around Stillwater wasn't anything like acting. People like to say the things that happen to you in a game "actually" happen, and I sometimes write this off as wishful thinking.

I got quickly caught up in the cycle of picking up passengers and carting them to different addresses. But unlike Pacific City last month, Stillwater made me a part of its rhythm. I didn't know if achievements were involved. Ten seconds into the game and I was driving as a cabbie. Every corner you turn in Saints Row 2 offers something to do. Only in this game would you stumble into a job. I learned this the hard way when I hopped into my first Stillwater car after months of being away. But it's also, amazingly, a game about responsibility.Īchievements here are real work. Saints Row 2 packs dirt into every nook and cranny it can find. It's about the scuffle that breaks out between you and the pimp you accidentally elbowed on the sidewalk, the squeal of tires across pavement and broken bones, the filth that comes out of your own mouth. Instead, Saints Row 2 keeps to the street. It doesn't dangle Agility Orbs or feathers above your head, inviting you to transcend your worldly concerns.
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The game isn't generous with achievements. Which made my recent return to Saints Row 2 particularly ironic. After finishing Crackdown last month for a cheap 115 achievement points, I started to realize that achieving isn't fun when it feels mandatory. Open worlds leave ample room for fun off the beaten path, and so reward exploration and experimentation - enough that following the main narrative in a sandbox game can feel beside the point.

Achievements fit sandbox games like a glove.
