Arcades Dominate November Opening Week

This year has seen the traditional daily updates suffer massively to the point where there have been less than 50 posts across the year as a whole so for the rest of the year, I will be testing out the prospect of weekly summaries instead.

The month began with  plays across Project Spark and Boggle both on the Xbox One and the outcome saw four achievements and a haul of 175 G.

The next day saw another session on Boggle with a quick stop on Battle Islands which was also on the Xbox One.

The day saw a small haul of three achievements and 300 G.





A new game graced the Achievement Chase as Sparkle Unleashed on the Xbox One an a good intro session saw two unlocks. The game gives an easy start as 150 G came rapidly.





Another new game to add to the list after my co-op partner came across Spectra for the Xbox One.

So I had a quick go and came away with a single achievement and 10 G too.

A puzzling session saw Frozen Freefall and Sparkle Unleashed combine on the Xbox One.

The outcome was a share of five achievements with a huge haul of 300 G with Sparkle dominating the total.

 Continuing the influx of new arcade games this month, the sixth saw the introduction of Pneuma- Breath of Life on the Xbox One.

The session was a quick one but a good puzzler too with two achievements resulting in 200 G.

        
 The week closed with a bumper day with Q debuting while Sleeping Dogs, Pneuma: Breath of Life and Unmechanical Extended returning.

The quartet of games combined in five achievements and a total of 254 G as the pursuit of 150,000 G grew closer.       

Sept/Oct Backlog Summaries

After a complete neglect of what is still my strongest blogging strand, the September and October summaries need to be done.

September

As the year reaches its final third, September saw a reasonable haul overall as it continued the run of 100+ unlocks in a month.

The main positives in the month were the milestones of 140,000 G and 7250 unlocks (without apps). In terms of numbers, September saw a total of 125 unlocks with a spread of 118 on Xbox One and a seriously low seven on the Xbox 360/Windows platforms.

Sadly, there were no completions this month but progress was made towards future ones with a haul of 2,425 G split 2,330 (X1) and 95 (X360/Win) coupled with 4,375 TA split at 4,184 (X1) and 191 (X360/Win).

October 

After December 2014 claimed the title of 'Best Ever Month' with a 200+ unlock haul, thoughts of a new record were far from the focus when October began but very different when it ended.

A stunning month also featured a new 'Best Ever Day' on the 16th which saw 100 unlocks and over 2000 TA/G to smash the previous best from March 27th.

Numbers wise, a first ever 250+ in 252 unlocks saw a good split of 159 (X1) and 93 (X360/Win) with the latter being the best 'last gen' count of the year.

The TA also saw a record haul of 8,271 with a fairly imbalanced split of 6,382 (X1) and 1,889 (X360/Win) while completing the trio of success was a huge 5.495 G which was split 4,290 (X1) and 1,205 (X360/Win).

Of course, being the best month meant a lot of milestones being reached with the main successes being reaching 7,500 achievements, 145,000 G, 230,000 TA and the 40% completion rate which includes reaching 55 completions overall.

In terms of completions, October saw a quartet with the trio of The Walking Dead Season One (X1) and both versions of Season Two coming on the 100 unlock day of the 16th while Slice Zombies Kinect came on the 20th.

Watch Dogs/Killer Instinct Open September

A new month begins with the continuation of Watch Dogs (X1) across the first and second with five unlocks on the opening day. Basest Base (50G) began the run after completing every Gang Hideout with Freeware (100G) popping up after unlocking every Skill in the Skills Tree.



Sanity Check (15G) unlocked after collecting all 8 Burner Phones and was swiftly followed by Darkness Looms (15G) after completing the final mission of the Missing Persons Investigation.



Saturday Night Special (15G) ended the day by unlocking after the completion of the final mission in the Weapons Trade Investigation. The next day saw three further unlocks starting with Revoking Client Privileges (15G) for completing the final mission in the Human Traffic Investigation.



The aptly named End of Line (30G) completed the session by popping up after completing 40 Fixer contracts. The next day saw a last-gasp unlock come on Killer Instinct (X1) in the form of Maya Novice (20G) after reaching 30 fight challenges with Maya.

August Summary

After catching up a huge backlog with monthly summaries, August comes after the resuming of updates which will hopefully continue in the future.

After July set a new record for unlocks in  month, August saw a slow down while still continuing the 100+ unlocks across a month.

The biggest positive of the month was reaching a total of 1000 unlocks for the year as the milestone of 225,000 TA edged closer.

In terms of numbers, August saw a total of 126 unlocks with a split of 118 on the Xbox One and just eight on the Xbox 360/Windows platforms.


Sadly, there were no completions this month but progress was made towards future ones with a haul of 2,535 G split 2,395 (X1) and 200 (X360/Win) coupled with 5,573 TA split 5,256 (X1) and 317 (X360/Win).

Watch Dogs Closes August

The month came to an end with a session on Watch Dogs (X1) which saw three unlocks starting with Free Radical (30G) for escaping a level five police chase with Geolocated (30G) following after checking in at every hotspot.

The session ended with the unlocking of Read-only (15G) after completing the final mission in the QR Code Investigation.

Dogs, Spark, Fitness and Boggle

The penultimate post of the month covers the days from the 25th-30th starting with the 25th which saw a quick stop on Project Spark (X1) and the single unlock of Match Game 25 (75G) for making 25 matches in Treasure Trove.



The next day saw a split starting with Xbox Fitness (X1) featuring the unlock of Perfection Perfected (75G) for completing 10 sessions with a 5-star rating. A quick go on Watch_Dogs (X1) saw Magic Smoke (10G) pop up after killing four enemies within a single instance of Focus.



The following day saw the same split but with two more unlocks on Watch_Dogs (X1) in the form of Who Is Raymond Kenney (10G) for completing Act 2 with Clear Signals (30G) popping up after unlocking every ctOS Tower.



A quick stop on Xbox Fitness (X1) saw Advanced (100G) unlock after earning a total of 100 workout stars. Watch_Dogs (X1) began the next day with four unlocks starting with One Down, One to Go (15G) for completing Act 3.



Disk Space Full (30G) clicked in after unlocking every song with the SongSneak app with Vengeance (15G) popping up after completing Act 4.




Log Off (100G) unlocked after completing Act 5 with the session continued into the 29th with one more unlock in the form of Peephole (30G) after completing every Privacy Invasion.



The final day of the post saw the debut of Boggle (X1) with the single unlock of Spelling Bee Contender (50G) after finishing first in an online game.