Method Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 (edited) Road Maps are a prologue to achievement guides that layout the fastest and simplest order to get all http://www.xbox360achievements.org/images/site/gp-g.jpg in a game. They also assist the gamer by informing them of any glitches, missable achievements, an overall estimate of the achievement list's difficulty and a rough estimate of how many hours it will take to earn all of the game's achievements. Road Maps are being managed and accepted by the Guide Team. Although I am taking the lead on the maps, you can PM any member of the team with a question/thought/concern. Most of us are on everyday and will reply to your message as soon as it is received. Please do not ask anyone to reserve a game so that you can be the one to write a map for it. Much of what is contained in this walkthrough is intuitive and will come as no surprise to most of you. However, please be sure to follow the guidelines herein to limit mistakes and expedite the process of getting your work posted on the main site. 07/02/09 EDIT: As of today, the guide team will no longer be activating a road map until we have a guide posted as well. Too many people get confused and complain when they go to the guide page and it is blank aside from the road map. 02/10/10 EDIT: As of today, submissions that do not follow the overview format, have spelling/grammar errors or are not detailed enough will be automatically denied and no PM sent to the author asking for a resubmit. Overview (Click on a topic to be taken to that post): 1) Identify a game that doesn't have a road map or has one that needs significant improvement. 2) Play the game and earn all/most of the achievements. 3) Post here to tell the community you're working on a game's map 4) Write the Road Map 5) Submit the map to the Submit Forum 6) Frequently Asked Questions 7) Retail Games with completed Road Maps (A-M) 8) Retail Games with completed Road Maps (N-Z) 9) Arcade Games with completed Road Maps Edited February 10, 2010 by Method Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Method Posted December 3, 2008 Author Share Posted December 3, 2008 (edited) STEP ONE: Identify a game that doesn't have a road map or has one that needs significant improvement. Obviously before you can write a road map for a game you must choose the game for which it's going to be written. Since the road maps are being implemented so long after achievement guides, most games do not have one associated with them. To be sure that a game does not have a road map written for it, you should check both the main site and this thread. If after doing this you find that there is no map, you have completed step one. STEP TWO: Play the game and earn all/most of the achievements. This step should come as no surprise to anyone. It's very hard to write a good road map if you haven't played the game and gotten most or all of it's achievements. We want to make sure that we are putting out quality products here on x360a. This means we will be checking your gamercard with your submission to ensure you haven't skipped this step and thus significantly lowered you map's credibility. Edited January 28, 2014 by troy0891 removed obsolete step Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Method Posted December 3, 2008 Author Share Posted December 3, 2008 (edited) STEP THREE: Write the Road Map The road map consists of four sections, an overview, an introduction, an abbreviated walkthrough and a conclusion. All four sections are essential to making the map, however only the abbreviated walkthrough does not have a set format. Below is a description each section and what to consider when writing it. Overview: -Estimated achievement difficulty: Based on a scale of 1-10 (10 being hardest) -Offline -Online -Approximate amount of time to 200/1000http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/site/gp-g.jpg -Minimum number of playthroughs needed -Number of missable achievements -Do cheat codes disable achievements? -Does difficulty affect achievements? -Glitchy achievements -Unobtainable achievements -Extra equipment needed? As you can see the overview is meant to be an at-a-glance summary of the game's achievements. Achievement difficulty is completely subjective. The two main factors to consider when scoring a game are skill required and time. The Offline/Online portions are a breakdown of the game's achievements by number of achievements and gamerscore that can be achieved both online and offline. The format for these is number of achievements followed by total gamerscore in parenthesis. Approximate amount of time to 200/1000http://www.xbox360achievements.org/images/site/gp-g.jpg is meant to give gamers a rough estimate of how long they should expect it to take them to get all the game's achievements. The time measurement should be done in hours with a range that starts with the time it would take a skilled gamer to the time it would take a novice gamer. The minimum number of playthroughs needed is there for games who have non-stackable difficulty achievements or require multiple playthroughs with different characters. The number of missable achievements obviously represents achievements that can be missed. However, when we say missed we mean that in the sense that there is something you can do in the game to miss this achievement to the point that you will have to start all over again to earn it. Glitchy achievements are those that sometimes do not unlock for some reason but can be attained if the requirements are met again. Unobtainable achievements are unattainable because of developer error. Extra equipment achievements are those that require a second (or more) controllers for a local game, a vision camera or other peripheral to get those achievements. In most games, the use of cheat codes disables your ability to earn achievements. However this is not always the case. To find this out you should either consult this thread or try the cheats yourself to confirm if they have any effect. Last underneath the overview you should write a brief two to three sentence synopsis of why you gave the game the difficulty score that you did. Introduction: This is where you layout most of the game's ins and outs. In here you should discuss the number of playthroughs needed and why, any serious or game-ending glitches and how to avoid them, and any missable achievements and how to ensure you do not miss them. Finally if cheats don't disable achievements then put them here and where to input them in the game. If there's anything not mentioned above that you would like to discuss this is the place to do it. Abbreviated Walkthrough: This is the main content of your map. In here you will layout the simplest and fastest way to get all of the achievements for the game. There is no set format for this portion but it's best to put it into steps. Simply make your instructions clear enough and easy to follow so that the reader will get the achievements naturally. If you want to link a walkthrough or other valuable information then make your first step a preparation one and link them there. Be sure to include both online and offline achievements in this section as well whether or not the game has any sort of internal checklists to track achievement progress. If the online achievements cannot be gotten in the same mode as the offline ones, then include effective boosting methods here too. Conclusion: The conclusion is a simple wrap-up of the road map. It should include advice and what a reader should do if they get to the conclusion and are still missing achievements. In general this section should only be about 3-4 sentences. Now that you know the layout of the road map here are some general tips to consider when making your road map. - Just like achievement guides, we're looking for road maps that are written with no spelling or grammar errors. Refrain from using obscure acronyms and 1337 speak. To reduce your errors I suggest you write the map in Microsoft Word so that you can use spell check. Also before you submit your guide it is highly suggested that someone else you know that has a knowledge of proper English writing look over your road map to find any errors you may have missed. - Make your abbreviated walkthrough easy to follow. By this I mean that you should be very descriptive. Don't say things like "then you have to jump near the big thing." Put in a lot of detail so that the reader doesn't feel confused as to what you mean. - Instead of using "B" or "X" or "1000g" use the button images here: http://www.xbox360achievements.org/images/site/gp-g.jpg - DO NOT write about how to get achievements using cheating methods. By this I mean that advocating practices such as account trading, gamesaving or hacking will mean your submission is immediately rejected and you may receive a ban as well. Edited January 28, 2014 by troy0891 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Method Posted December 3, 2008 Author Share Posted December 3, 2008 (edited) STEP FOUR: Submit the map to the Submit Forum This is very easy. Once you have finished your road map and think it's ready to be submitted for guide team approval, go to the Submit Forum. This is a public forum so you will still be able to see your submission until the Guide Team has taken it and is actively working on it. Please don't message us asking what happened to it. If it's not there, we're working on it. Please do not make changes to a submitted guide or roadmap without notifying someone on the Guide Team. DO NOT MAKE A THREAD FOR YOUR ROAD MAP IN THE GAME'S FORUM AND JUST SUBMIT A LINK TO YOUR ROAD MAP. The following is a final quick checklist that you should go through before submitting your road map: - Everything is left in the default font, size, and color. You can bold or italicize a few things for emphasis, but keep it minimal. - All buttons have images for them (see above for actual images) - Spelling and Grammar are impeccable - The road map has all four required sections completed to standard - No spoiler tags. They don't work on the main site, and anyone looking at the road map should expect there may be a minor spoiler. If you want to make a big chunk of text (like a full locations list or walkthrough), make your own thread for it in the forums and put a link in the map. - You've given all credit where it's due. Once the road map has been submitted, it will be moved to the Guide Team board, where we will revise, proofread, verify and accept or deny it. Depending on the quality of the content of the map and how new the game is will determine the speed in which the map is posted to the main site. Edited January 28, 2014 by troy0891 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Method Posted December 3, 2008 Author Share Posted December 3, 2008 (edited) FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQs): What do I do if I see a map that needs a significant revision or I want to add something to an existing road map? If you want to try to make a better Road Map that’s fair game but there’s no guarantee that it’ll be accepted. If you’ve got an update for a map that's already in place, simply send a PM to either myself (Method) or Andrew x360a with the title "Road Map update for A GAME." What do I get for submitting a road map? First, you will receive gratitude from the staff and x360a community for increasing the site's quality, increasing our achievement hunting productivity and reducing our frustration. You will also reveive an award for writing a certain amount of road maps: http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/images/awards/th_mapbronze.jpg Road Map Bronze - Write three published Road Maps http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/images/awards/th_mapsilver.jpgRoad Map Silver - Write six published Road Maps http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/images/awards/th_mapgold.jpg Road Map Gold- Write ten published Road Maps How do I know if my road map has been accepted? You will not receive any sort of notification that your map has been accepted. You will know when you see it on the main site. If you PM me an updated map I'll let you know if it will be put on the site. I'm new to the site can I write a map? Any member can write a road map. There are no post count or minimum time as a member requirements. Can I reserve a game's road map? No. Also, just because you post here saying that you're working on a road map it doesn't mean that your road map is the only submission we'll accept. I highly encourage the members of the site to work together if they both want to write a map for the same game. I'm writing an achievement guide for a game, should I write a road map too? The simple answer here is yes. Although it is not required that you include a road map with your achievement guide submission, it will definitely show your dedication to a quality product. However our long term goal is that all achievement guides have a road map included with them in an achievement guide submission. I've previously written an achievement guide and now I want to put the road map in there too, what should I do? It should go into your achievement guide's thread as the first post. Ask a mod to add a post for you if you there's no room to make it the first post currently. What if there is no achievement guide for a game on the main site? Can I still submit a road map for it? Yes. Please let us know in your submission that there is no guide for the game on the main site. This way we can activate the guide tab for that game to make your road map viewable. I found an error/typo in an already published road map, who do I tell? If you find any errors/typos in any of the site's published achievement guides and road maps please let us know all the relevant information HERE. Edited December 7, 2009 by Method Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Method Posted December 4, 2008 Author Share Posted December 4, 2008 (edited) Retail Games with Completed Road Maps (A-M): Note: Some of the games listed may still be pending activation 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand Ace Combat 6 Afro Samurai All-Pro Football 2008 Alone in the Dark Amped 3 Armored Core 4 ARMY OF TWO™ Assassin's Creed Assassin's Creed 2 Asterix at the Olympic Games Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Burning Earth Backyard Football 2010 Band Hero Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts Batman: Arkham Asylum Battlefield: Bad Company Bayonetta Beautiful Katamari Beijing 2008 Bionic Commando Bionicle Heroes Bioshock Bioshock 2 Blacksite: Area 51 BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger Blazing Angels Blue Dragon Borderlands Brave: A Warrior's Tale Brian Lara International Cricket 2007 Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway Brutal Legend Bullet Witch Bully: Scholarship Edition Burnout Paradise Burnout Revenge Cabela's African Safari Cabela's Big Game Hunter 2008 Cabela's Dangerous Hunts 09 Cabela's Outdoor Adventures 2010 Call of Duty 2 Call of Duty 3 Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Call of Duty: World at War Call of Juarez Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood Cars Cars: Mater-National Cars: Race-o-Rama Chromehounds Clive Barker's Jericho Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Command & Conquer 3 Kane's Wrath Conan Condemned 2: Bloodshot College Hoops 2K6 College Hoops 2K8 Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 Condemned: Criminal Origins Crackdown CSI: Hard Evidence Culdcept Saga Dante's Inferno Dark Sector Darkest of Days Darksiders: Wrath of War Dead or Alive 4 Dead Rising Dead Space Deadliest Catch: Alaskan Storm Deadly Premonition Def Jam: Icon Devil May Cry 4 DiRT Disney's Bolt Disney Sing It: High School Musical 3 Disney-Pixar UP Dragon Age: Orgins Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit Dynasty Warriors 6 Dynasty Warriors 6: Empires Dynasty Warriors: Gundam Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2 Dynasty Warriors 5: Empires Earth Defense Force 2017 Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Enchanted Arms Eragon Eternal Sonata Fable 2 Far Cry: Insincts Far Cry 2 F.E.A.R. F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin F.E.A.R. Files Fifa 06 Fifa 07 Fifa 09 (1250) Fifa 10 Fifa Street 3 Fifa World Cup Fight Night Round 3 Final Fantasy XIII Forza Motorsport 3 Fracture Frontlines: Fuel of War Full Auto Fuzion Frenzy 2 Game Room Gears of War Gears of War 2 Ghostbusters Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfigther Golden Compass Grand Theft Auto IV Guilty Gear 2 Guitar Hero II Guitar Hero III Guitar Hero 5 Guitar Hero: Aerosmith Guitar Hero: Metallica Guitar Hero: Smash Hits Guitar Hero: Van Halen Guitar Hero: World Tour GUN Halo 2 (PC) Halo 3 Halo Wars Hannah Montana: The Movie Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince History Channel: Civil War History Channel: Battle for the Pacific Hitman: Blood Money Hour of Victory Hour of Victory (PC) How to Train Your Dragon Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs Infinite Undiscovery Iron man James Cameron's Avatar Jumper: Griffin's Story Jurassic: The Hunted Karaoke Revolution: American Idol Encore King Kong Kung Fu Panda Last Remnant Left 4 Dead Left 4 Dead 2 Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon Legendary Lego Batman Lego Indiana Jones Lego Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues Lego Rock Band Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust LMA Manager 2007 Looney Tunes: Acme Arsenal Lord of the Rings: BFME 2 Lord of the Rings: Conquest Lost Odyssey Lost Planet Lost: Via Domus Madagascar Kartz Madden NFL 06 Madden NFL 07 Madden NFL 08 Madden NFL 09 Magna Carta 2 Marvel Ultimate Alliance Mass Effect Medal of Honor: Airborne Meet the Robinsons Mercenaries 2: World in Flames Metro 2033 Midnight Club: LA Mini Ninjas Mirror's Edge (1250) MLB 2K6 MLB 2K8 MLB 2K10 MLB Front Office Manager Monopoly Monster Jam Mortal Kombat vs DCU MX vs. ATV: Reflex My Horse & Me 2 Edited May 13, 2010 by Method Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Method Posted January 8, 2009 Author Share Posted January 8, 2009 (edited) Retail Games with Completed Road Maps (N-Z): Note: Some of the games listed may still be pending activation Naruto: Rise of a Ninja Naruto: The Broken Bond NBA 2K6 NBA 2K7 NBA Ballers: Chosen One NBA Live 06 NBA Live 07 NBA Live 08 NBA Street Homecourt NCAA Basketball 09 NCAA Football 07 NCAA Football 09 NCAA Football 10 Need for Speed: Most Wanted Need for Speed: Undercover Night at the Museum: Battle for the Smithsonian Ninety-Nine Nights NFL Head Coach 09 NFL Tour NHL 2K6 NHL 2K10 NHL 07 Ninja Blade Ninja Gaiden II NPPL Championship Paintball '09 Onechanbara: Bikini Samurai Squad Open Season Operation Darkness Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising Overlord Overlord II PDC World Championship Darts Perfect Dark Zero PES 2008 Phantasy Star Universe Pimp My Ride Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Pure Prey Prince of Persia Pro Evolution Soccer 6 Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 Project Sylpheed Quake 4 Quantum of Solace Raiden Fighters Aces Rainbow Six® Vegas Rainbow Six Vegas 2 Rapala Tournament Fishing Rapala Fishing Frenzy Raven Squad: Operation Hidden Dagger Red Faction: Guerrilla Resident Evil 5 Resonance of Fate Rise of the Argonauts Robert Lundlum's The Bourne Conspiracy Rock Band Rock Band 2 Rogue Warrior RTL Winter Sports 2009 Sacred 2: Fallen Angel Saints Row Saints Row 2 Samurai Warriors 2: Extreme Legends Scene It? Box Office Smash Scene It? LCA SCORE International Baja 1000 Secret Service Section 8 Shadowrun Shaun White Snowboarding Shellshock 2: Blood Trails Sherlock Holmes vs. Jack the Ripper Shrek the Third Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution Silent Hill: Homecoming skate skate 2 Ski Doo: Snowmobile Challenge Soldier of Fortune: Payback Sonic the Hedgehog Sonic's Ultimate Game Collection Soul Calibur 4 Space Chimps Spider-Man Friend or Foe Spider-Man: Web of Shadows Splinter Cell: Double Agent SpongeBob's Truth or Square Star Ocean: The Last Hope Star Trek: Legacy Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Stoked: Big Air Stranglehold: John Woo Presents Street Fighter IV Stuntman: Ignition Summer Athletics Superman Returns Superstar V8 Racing Supreme Commander Surf's Up Tales of Vesperia Tekken 6 Tenchu z Terminator: Salvation Tetris Evolution The Beatles: Rock Band The BIGS The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena The Club The Club (PC) The Darkness The Godfather II The Orange Box The Simpsons Game The Spiderwick Chronicles Thrillville: Off the Rails Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 TMNT Tom Clancy's EndWar Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction Tomb Raider Anniversary Tomb Raider: Legend Tomb Raider: Underworld Tony Hawk's American Wasteland Tony Hawk's Project 8 Too Human Top Spin 3 Transformers: The Game Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Trivial Pursuit Tropico 3 Turok Two Worlds UEFA Champions League 2006-2007 Unreal Tournament 3 Vampire Rain Vancouver 2010 Velvet Assassin Venetica Viking: Battle for Asgard Viva Piñata Wall*E Wanted: Weapons of Fate Warriors Orochi Warriors Orochi 2 Wartech: Senko No Ronde Wet Wheelman Winter Sports 2: The Next Challenge World Snooker Championship 2007 WSC Real 09: World Snooker Championship WWE: Legends of Wrestlemania WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2009 X-Blades Xmen: The Official Game Xmen Origins: Wolverine You're In The Movies Edited May 13, 2010 by Method Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Method Posted January 8, 2009 Author Share Posted January 8, 2009 (edited) Arcade Games with Completed Road Maps: Note: Some of the games listed may still be pending activation 0 Day Attack on Earth 1 vs. 100 3D Ultra Minigolf A Kingdom for Keflings Aegis Wing Age of Booty Alien Breed Evolution Alien Hominid HD Altered Beast Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? Arkadian Warriors Arkanoid Live Assault Heroes Banjo Kazooie Bankshot Billiards 2 Battlefield 1943 Bejeweled 2 Big Bumpin Bionic Commando Rearmed Bomberman Live Braid Bubble Bobble Neo Buku Sudoku Call of Duty Carcassonne Castlevania: SOTN Castle Crashers Catan CellFactor: Psychokinetic Wars Cloning Clyde Comix Zone Contra Crystal Quest Darwinia+ Dash of Destruction Defense Grid: The Awakening Dig Dug Domino Master Doom Double D Dodgeball Duke Nukem 3D Ecco the Dolphin Eets: Chowdown Fable 2 Pub Games Family Game Pack: Connect Four Family Game Pack: Sorry Feeding Frenzy Feeding Frenzy 2 Flock Frogger Galaga Garou: Mark of the Wolves Gauntlet Gel: Set & Match Geometry Wars 2 Geometry Wars Evolved Golden Axe Golf: Tee It Up Gunstar Heroes Hardwood Backgammon Heavy Weapon Hexic HD Interpol Lazy Raiders Live Draft Tracker Live Score Tracker Luxor 2 Madballs in Babo: Invasion Madden NFL Arcade Marathon: Durandal Marble Blast Ultra Marvel vs. Capcom 2 Matt Hazard: Blood, Bath and Beyond Mega Man 9 Mega Man 10 Military Madness: Nectaris Minesweeper Flags MLB Stickball Mr. Driller Online Ms. Pacman N+ NBA 2K10: Draft Combine NCAA Basketball 09: March Madness Edition New Rally-X NHL 3 on 3 Arcade Pac-Man Pac-Man C.E. Panzer General: Allied Assault Peggle Penny Arcade: Episode 1 Penny Arcade 2 Pocketbike Racer Portal: Still Alive Prince Of Persia Classic Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords Qix++ Rainbow Islands: Towering Adventure Rez: HD Rock Band Track Pack: AC/DC LIVE Rock Band Track Pack: Classic Rock Rock Band Track Pack: Country Rock Band Track Pack: Volume 2 Rocky and Bullwinkle Root Beer Tapper Sam & Max Save the World Schizoid Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter Shadow Assault/Tenchu Shadow Complex Small Arms Sneak King Sonic the Hedgehog Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Soul Calibur 'Splosion Man SpongeBob SquarePants: Underpants Slam Spy Glass Board Games Star Trek D-A-C Streets of Rage 2 Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo HD Remix Switchball Texas Hold'em The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai The Maw Tinker TiQal TMNT: Turtles in Time Re-Shelled Trials HD Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 Undertow UNO UNO Rush Vandal Hearts: Flames of Judgment Vigilante 8: Arcade Wallace & Gromit Episode 1: Fright of the Bumblebees Wallace and Gromit: Episode 2 Warlords Watchmen: The End is Nigh Watchmen: The End is Nigh Part 2 Wik: Fable of Souls Wolfenstein 3D Word Puzzle Worms Worms 2: Armageddon Zombie Apocalypse Zombie Wranglers Edited May 13, 2010 by Method Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P1TTMAN Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 DO NOT MAKE A THREAD FOR YOUR ROAD MAP. ALSO DO NOT JUST SUBMIT A LINK TO YOUR ROAD MAP. I guess you mean "don't make a thread in the regular forum for that game?" I submitted a road map yesterday in the submission forum as a "New thread;" didn't see any other option and I hope I didn't do it wrong. I also didn't read this thread first (oops), so my map didn't have any conclusion; I was just basing mine on the CoD4 one. Oh well. Thanks for this great idea by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlocR Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 Hi! Great idea Method, although i thought of it a few months ago. Well, i guess you were first, but what the hell, who cares. I'm working on a road map for The Darkness right now, and i predict it will be finished in 1-2 weeks (sorry for not being able to finish it faster, i have a lot of homework right now.) I will also write roadmaps for Alien Hominid HD, Portal: Still Alive and Wik: The Fable Of Souls. Anyone out there who wants to play The Darkness? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Waddo Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 (edited) Currently have a few road maps in progress: Bioshock (In-Progress) Fifa 09 (Done and Submitted) Edited January 8, 2009 by J.Waddo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJBDude Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 I haven't ever submitted an Achievement Guide before and have always wanted to, just not had the chance as people always rush to making them (and lots are pretty poor in my opinion). Road Maps gives me the chance to do something for the site and I think I will jump on this opporunity. I played FIFA 07 for dozens of hours getting the achievements a year and a bit ago and it would be a good game for me to choose as I have the knowledge on how to get the achievements, something most people don't as they never bother to go for 300 wins. Sooooo: FIFA 07 Will spend an hour when I have some spare time at some point to get it done, shouldn't be too hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jukkakhan Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 (edited) These are pretty fun to do and they're not as daunting as a full achievement guide Rock Band (Submitted 5/23) Rock Band 2 (Submitted 5/23) Castle Crashers(Linked here) Prince Of Persia Classic (XBLA)(Linked here) Tomb Raider: Anniversary(Linked Here) Tomb Raider: Legend (Linked here) Tomb Raider Underworld (Including Beneath The Ashes/Lara's Shadow) (Linked here) Undertow (Linked here) Worms(Linked here) Edited May 29, 2009 by jukkakhan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INFERNOII Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 (edited) In progress of completing one for the original Gears of War. Gears of War(Finished and submitted) Submitted now: Sonic's UGC (Feb.17.09) Edited February 17, 2009 by INFERNOII Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jappe XBA Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 I decided to help x360a again and try doing a Road map Working on: Bully: Scholarship Edition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StlrsRoc Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 (edited) Grand Theft Auto IV is on the main site now. (Link) Edited January 13, 2009 by StlrsRoc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Method Posted January 10, 2009 Author Share Posted January 10, 2009 (edited) The FAQ has been updated to reflect the newest awards. Just one more incentive for you guys to get published . Also just a quick note, so far we have received a great response to the road maps and have gotten a lot of submissions. Most of those submissions are very good, but here are some trends I'm noticing: - Use some sort of spell check before you submit your map. This may seem implied but almost all submissions have some sort of blatent error that a spell check would find. - Use the button icons posted in the FAQ. There are still a few people using things like RT of LS instead of the pictures provided. This also includes using the http://www.xbox360achievements.org/images/site/gp-g.jpg icon instead of saying 1000g or 1000G. - Don't use a font other than Verdana or a size other than two. It makes putting it on the site annoying. - Have someone look over your map before you submit it. Preferably someone who has played the game the road map addresses. - Now that there is an award associated with these please don't think that submissions that look sub-par will be added just because. Really take the time to put the effort needed into these so that everyone can benefit from your labor. Thanks again for all the support. Keep up the good work and keep the submissions coming. Edited January 10, 2009 by Method Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_b1ues Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 In Process Farcry 2 Pretty much done as i did this when i first wrote the guide. In Process Viva Pinata Trouble in Paradise Unreal Tournament 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krueger Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 (edited) Working on Scene it? BOS and Paintball 2009 Edited January 15, 2009 by Krueger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blechclic1 Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 Heelo peeople Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axe Argonian Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 I submitted a BioShock road map yesterday and a Ninja Gaiden 2 map today. I hope it still counts, because I didn't realize this thread existed until right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dakisbac Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 (edited) Method, do you think you could add some sort of grading scale to the rankings out of 10. Like you said, it's subjective, what I might classify as 5/10 someone else might find a 6 or 7/10, however I feel that including a standard for everyone to follow is a good idea. For example, you could classify 10/10 as "near impossible". You'll still have some variety for what some people deem "near impossible" but at least you'll have more consistency. While I'm making the suggestion, I guess it would be fair to include my own list. 0/10 Effortless 1/10 Simple 2/10 Very Easy 3/10 Easy 4/10 Light 5/10 Average 6/10 Challenging 7/10 Demanding 8/10 Difficult 9/10 Arduous 10/10 Near Impossible Edited January 10, 2009 by dakisbac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordvader178 Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 There is a difficulty rating at the top of the road map. People know if it's 5, it's moderately hard. If it's lower its easy, if it's higher it's relatively hard. If it's 10, your fucked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dakisbac Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 I know there's a rating at the top, I've written one already. The idea here is that the people creating the maps will be more consistent with the ratings if we have these guidelines to follow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Method Posted January 10, 2009 Author Share Posted January 10, 2009 (edited) Method, do you think you could add some sort of grading scale to the rankings out of 10. Like you said, it's subjective, what I might classify as 5/10 someone else might find a 6 or 7/10, however I feel that including a standard for everyone to follow is a good idea. For example, you could classify 10/10 as "near impossible". You'll still have some variety for what some people deem "near impossible" but at least you'll have more consistency. While I'm making the suggestion, I guess it would be fair to include my own list. 0/10 Effortless 1/10 Simple 2/10 Very Easy 3/10 Easy 4/10 Light 5/10 Average 6/10 Challenging 7/10 Demanding 8/10 Difficult 9/10 Arduous 10/10 Near Impossible That ranking system you proposed is implied to be honest. When I rate games I mostly base it off of the amount of skill it takes to get the achievements and then maybe raise it a little if it takes a long time as well. I thought about making a scale that maybe said something like if a game has 40+ achievements and takes 10-15 hours it's a 4/10 or something. But this wouldn't work since many games of varying difficulty fall in that category. This is why we left the difficulty rating up to the author of the map. Without a tangible set of criteria I'm afraid the ranking will stay completely subjective. In the end it's only meant to give you a rough idea of the game. Your descriptions within the map are what should really elaborate on why you gave it the difficulty score you did. Clive Barker's Jericho. LINK Edited January 11, 2009 by Method Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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