Achievement Unlocked
Genre: Satirical Action
Platform: Browser (Flash)
Developed by: Armor Games (jmtb02)
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The Scoop: “Don’t worry, meta-gaming is all that matters.”
Achievement Unlocked’s slogan pretty much says it all. I think all gamers can admit to doing something in a game they wouldn’t normally have done, all for the satisfaction of earning another achievement/trophy/medal/pat on the back. It’s human nature. And it’s especially GAMER nature. We like seeing lists of things checked off. We like seeing “100%” next to our save files. And that’s what this game is all about.
AU itself is very, very simple. And brilliant. You control an elephant, in a single room. Within this single room, there are one hundred achievements to earn. The achievements are the game. You’ll earn one for jumping, one for dying, one for standing still. You’ll have earned several by the time you actually begin playing the game (for preloading the Flash file, for viewing the Armor Games logo, and for viewing the menu).
Not all the achievements are that obvious, though. After I got past the initial humor and absurdity (I earned literally about 40 achievements in 15 seconds just by jumping around the stage), I got down to business. And it’s amazing how much developer jmtb02 managed to squeeze out of this one room. You’ll earn an achievement for killing your elephant super quickly. Another for touching all the walls. Etc.
I don’t wanna oversell this one… AU isn’t going to win any GotY awards. But I did enjoy it quite a bit. Enough to get all 100 achievements. I admit I had to cheat to get the last couple… but it’s ok… there’s an achievement for cheating, too :)
(24 votes, average: 4.42 out of 5)
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This game is great! Once I started playing I wasn’t satisfied until I had unlocked everything. I think I got about 95 before I had to use the cheat sheet.
It’s pretty funny how many achievements they squeezed into this game.
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