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.

The 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".


Musical 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. 

Halo TMCC Combines With Project Spark

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.

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.


Tour 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.

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.

Haakon 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.


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

Monopoly Plus Complete

After 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.


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




Now 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.


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".



Pole 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.

NFS Shift 2 Combines With Halo TMCC While Monopoly Plus Debuts

A day across the two consoles began with an midnight co-op session on Need For Speed: Shift 2 Unleashed with Tonyboykid resulted in a duo of achievements beginning with Recommended (5G) for completing an event recommended by a friend while In The Zone (10G) popped up for winning an online event with helmet cam.

A quick play on Halo:TMCC saw a single achievement in the form of Third Time's A Charm (5G) for playing Halo 3 on the 25th of any month. After setting up a share across Xbox One with Tonyboykid we combined to play Monopoly Plus which saw five achievements starting with Good Start (30G) for owning my first property.


Bargain Master (30G) unlocked for buying a property by saving at least 10% of its original value with Collector (150G) popping up for owning one property of every colour.



Investor (30G) unlocked for buying my first house with the session ending after the popping up of Lucky Draw (30G) for earning more than M100 from a card.
 

Limbo Debuts In Style

After being announced as a special Year One gift for Xbox One early adopters, Limbo released just a day later and a two hour session saw five achievements starting with Wrong Way (70G) for 'that's not right' with Altitude is Altitude (70G) for 'exploration off the ground'.


It's Stuck (70G) unlocked after 'preparing a dry landing' while Urban Exploration (70G) popped up after 'involving heavy lifting.

Alone in the Dark (70G) unlocked after going 'beneath the arthropod' to end the session but I resumed on the game the following day with Climbing the Cog (70G) popping up for 'not pulling the lever because you can'.


The final unlock of the day came in the early afternoon when serious back pain meant the session had to end with the unlocking of Backtracking (70G) for 'riding the crates'.