Friday, 5 December 2014

Worms Battlegrounds and Pro Evolution 2015 Debut

The December Games With Gold title for Xbox One came in the form of Worms Battlegrounds which debuted on December 2nd and carried into the following day with a combined total of five achievements.

Liking the TasteTara’s in a PinkleTara's in a Pinkie (20G) unlocked after completing "The Mission Before Time" and was followed by Liking the Taste (20G) for killing a total of 10 enemy worms.


Group UpBehold!Behold! (20G) ended the day by unlocking after deploying a legendary weapon that had been received in a weapons crate. The following day began with the popping up of Group Up (50G) for completing "Meat In The Middle".

Very MoreishVery Moreish (20G) ended the day after unlocking for killing a total of 100 enemy worms.  December 4th saw the third debut of the month in the shape of Pro Evolution 2015 which was a Black Friday deal shared purchase with Tonyboykid and saw two achievements.

Silver Collector : BasicFirst Win: ExhibitionFirst Win: Exhibition (10G) unlocked after defeating the COM for the first time in Exhibition and was later followed by Silver Collector: Basic (15G) for obtaining Silver in all basic levels of Skill Training.






Disney Fantasia Music Evolved Composes

Careful ComposerRecording ArtistAfter ending November superbly, Disney Fantasia Music Evolved began December even more stunningly with seven achievements to start the month off which started with Recording Artist (5G) for recording my own unique music in a Hot Spot for the first time with Careful Composer (5G) popping up for spending 120 seconds working on a recording in a Composition Spell.


Page TurnerSpelling It OutSpelling It Out (10G) unlocked after discovering my first Composition Spell in a realm and was followed by Page Turner (5G) for viewing a journal page while exploring a realm.


Multi-instrumentalistFeeling CrabbyFeeling Crabby (10G) unlocked for coaxing a shy performer out of his shell in The Shoal and on a return to the main menu and a browse, up popped Multi-instrumentalist (10G) for making music with seven different instruments in a single visit to The Workshop.


Broom MateThe day ended with Broom Mate (10G) which unlocked after bringing the celebrated broom to life in The Workshop. 







November 2014 Summary


A superb month focused mainly on the Xbox One saw a best haul of the year beating October's record with a second successive century of unlocks on the Xbox One itself due to the raft of new releases in the month with Halo TMCC proving to be a huge factor.

Significant milestones in the month were reaching a total of 30,000 TA points on the Xbox One and moving to under 150 away from 1000 unlocks on the console in the month of its Year One anniversary.


November 2014 (2013 in brackets)



184 Achievements unlocked (128)

21 Games played  (10)


9392 TA points (2889) 

4515 Gamerscore (1835)


This year as mentioned since August will be my best ever gaming year and will certainly see most of the remaining  gaming goals reached in a single year with the next big gamerscore goal now at 125,000G.


Disney Fantasia Music Evolved Debuts

After being inspired by a Stallion83 twitch stream of the game, I snapped up Disney Fantasia Music Evolved via the Amazon Black Friday deals but after an hour's play, felt it would be well worth the full value where I unlocked four achievements.

HaberdashingThe New ApprenticeThe New Apprentice (5G) unlocked after starting my apprenticeship with some help from the humble guide, Percy and after playing a few levels, Haberdashing (50G) popped up after earning the right to wear "The Hat".


Off the RecordMusical ScoreMusical Score (5G) unlocked after completing a score goal and revealing a remix and was followed by Off the Record (5G) for viewing a recording of a saved performance. 



Thursday, 4 December 2014

Halo TMCC Combines With Project Spark

Rule Your Thirst!After a superb start to November saw a flourish on Halo TMCC and Project Spark, the two combined across three days from the 27th-29th with the first day seeing Halo TMCC result in four achievements beginning with Rule Your Thirst! (5G) for finding and destroying the BLAST soda can on Warlord.

Gate Your Thirst!Worship Your Thirst!Worship Your Thirst! (5G) popped up for finding and destroying the BLAST soda can on Shrine and was followed by the unlocking of Gate Your Thirst! (5G) for finding and destroying the BLAST soda can on Stonetown.


Bloody Thirsty!Tour of DutyTour of Duty (10G) unlocked for completing a game in every one of the six updated Anniversary MP maps to end the day but the session continued into the next day with the popping up of Bloody Thirsty (5G) for finding and destroying the BLAST soda can on Bloodline.

Haakon's NemesisBLASTacular!BLASTacular (10G) unlocked for destroying all of the Halo 2 Anniversary Multiplayer BLAST soda cans and completed the day's action.  Project Spark entered on the 29th and the day's play resulted in four achievements starting with Haakon's Nemesis (10G) for defeating the Black Knight with Haakon in Crossroads.

Avalon's NemesisHaakon HeroHaakon Hero (10G) soon popped up after finishing my first crossroads experience with Haakon and later on was joined by Avalon's Nemesis (10G) for defeating the Flame Warrior with Avalon in Crossroads.


Avalon HeroThe session ended with the unlocking of Avalon Hero (10G) which came after finishing my first crossroads experience with Avalon.








Monopoly Plus Complete

Out of StockBusiness MasterAfter debuting Monopoly Plus the previous evening, November 26th saw the resuming of the game result in the completion after the final 10 achievements unlocked starting with Business Master (80G) for completing two colour sets in one trade. Out of Stock (110G) popped up for seeing the bank run out of houses.


Great IncomeVIPVIP (30G) unlocked after building my first hotel while Great Income (100G) popped up for collecting a rent payment of more than M700.




The MasterNow We Can PlayNow We Can Play (200G) unlocked after building a hotel on each property of at least two colour sets during the same game with The Master (50G) popping up for winning a game.


Your WayChampion Champion (50G) unlocked after winning a six player game and was instantly followed by Your Way (50G) for winning a game using one "House Rule".



PrecociousPole PositionPole Postion (30G) unlocked after being the first player to start a game with the illusive final unlock popping up in the form of Precocious (30G) for collecting a rent during the first turn.