November Summary

November has been brilliant mainly due to the newly launched Xbox One which alone has brought in 74 achievements and this means a new era has begun with two systems providing achievements with the Windows 8 games coming under the Xbox 360 collection.

November 2013 (2012 in brackets)



128 Achievements unlocked (86)
23 Games played  (12) and 2 Apps *

3713 TA points** (1760)
1835 Gamerscore (1145)

*Xbox One features app achievements so are not included with game stats.
**includes DLC recalculation from March and is the total earned so losses not included.


A superb month which has continued the success from earlier through the year and even though the main goals look unlikely, it would be nice to beat last years records.

Dead Rising Survival Gold Ends November

As yesterday was the last day of the month, I looked to get as close as possible to finishing Dead Rising 3 completely but have reached 48/52 achievements with the final four needing a massive amount of time to earn so will be attempted further in the future so other games can be played.

Five achievements were unlocked taking the achievement streak to a stunning 200 in 42 days which is exceptional seeing as this year I only hit that over five months. Anyway, the unlocking began with Genius of Zombie Slaying (25G) for killing a total of 72,000 zombies while Almost Famous (25G) popped up for completing 25 PP trials.

Certified Survivalist (5G) unlocked for earning 25 bronze medals in the Survival Training and was instantly joined by Surviving Training Specialist (10G) for earning 25 silver medals and to complete the set, Survival Training Master (20G) for earning 25 gold medals and closed the November achievement haul.

A selection of the successful training can be seen in the below video...

 

Dead Rising 3 Story Complete

After a long few days of consistently playing Dead Rising, I am proud to finally say that I have completed my first story mode on the Xbox One and now sit on 43/52 achievements after a day of four unlocks and a challenge which began with Master of Massacre (20G) for killing 53,597 zombies and soon followed by Them's the Facts (30G) for completing the mission -'The Facts'.

Complete Package (50G) unlocked after completing Overtime mode otherwise known as chapter eight and Master Mechanic (10G) came for creating every combo vehicle.

Time Attack was the unlocked challenge for completing chapter seven during launch week and the achievement streak now sits at 195 in 42 days.

Dead Rising 3 Hits The Highest Level

Today marks exactly one week since the launch of Xbox One but despite having several games, one has taken up most of the time in the shape of Dead Rising 3 which saw six unlocks yesterday beginning with Master Builder (30G) for collecting 100 blueprints while The Doctor is Out (30G) popped up for completing chapter six.

Maxed! (50G) unlocked for reaching level 50 and was instantly followed by Specialist (50G) for maxing out a single attribute.


Be a Dick! (5G) unlocked for joining a co-op game while Envious (25G) looked in for defeating the psycho - Kenny.

Xbox Music Snaps WIth Dead Rising 3

Dead Rising 3 continued to gain playtime on the Xbox One with three more unlocks beginning with Sidewsiped (10G) for completing 20 side missions while Slothful (25G) came after defeating the Psycho called Theodore.

Fashion Plate 5G) came after collecting 100 clothing items but the unlocking was twofold last night as while playing DR3, I had Xbox Music 'snapped' next to the game and while listening to a variety of music which resulted in four unlocks but for no gamerscore with them being on an app rather than a game.

 Welcome To The Jungle came for listening to ten songs and was soon joined by Same Old Song and Dance for toggling repeat ten times.Can't Touch This unlocked for using voice control to control playback ten times.

Finally, The Gambler unlocked for toggling shuffle ten times to cap off a decent day for achievements and brings the current streak to 185 in 40 days.

Dead Rising 3 Collects And Combines

A early morning and late evening session on Dead Rising 3 saw 12 unlocks bringing the game's total to 30 for 400G and at the same time brought the achievement streak to 177 in 39 days.

A few minutes into the day and up popped T.I.O.D. Disciple (5G) for creating a total of 50 combos while Family Man (20G) unlocked after successfully completing chapter three.

Expert (15G) unlocked as I reached level 25 which has taken a lot of effort but gladly is halfway to the hallowed maximum of level 50 and soon after Lusty (25G) popped up for defeating Psycho - Dylan.

Help Wanted (10G) came after adding five survivors to the bulletin board with Engineer (10G) popping up for collecting 50 blueprints for use in combo situations.

Prestitigous (10G) unlocked for completing ten PP trials an was swiftly followed by Happy Camper (20G) for completing chapter four.

Prideful (20G) unlocked for defeating Jherii in a gym which was a bit strange at times seeing her sitting stop my character with a weight in had but to no avail as it turned out to be quick and easy whereas Collector (5G) popped for collecting a total of 250 weapons.

Day at the Museum (20Gg) unlocked for completing chapter five with the night ending with the pop up of Gang-Banger (5G) for successfully leading a full survival posse.