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Earn Achievements in Gears of War to Unlock Playable Characters in GoW2

Earn Achievements in Gears of War to Unlock Playable Characters in GoW2
Written Sunday, July 27, 2008 by Alan Pettit

Epic revealed at the currently ongoing San Diego Comicon that fans who played the original Gears of War and earned various achievements will get bonuses as playable characters in Gears of War 2, a feature they are calling "linked achievements." So far the only confirmed characters and their corresponding achievements are as follows:

  • Complete Act One, unlock Anthony Carmine
  • Find 10 COG tags, unlock Minh Young Kim
  • Kill Raam, unlock Raam
They didn't say specifically, but it is safe to assume these are just online character models. Is it a coincidence that all these people are dead? Is this the "return" of Carmine that Epic has been hinting at, or is it still possible that he will be resurrected and available during the actual campaign? I'm hoping the new spirutual character will bring resurrect him and we won't be seeing a Kerrigan situation like in Starcraft.
 
Update: Apparently not everyone has played Starcraft, which is a huge sin, but for those who don't know, Kerrigan was a Terran (human) hero who was killed and later resurrected by the Zerg (not exactly like Locust, but similar) and then fought as one of their heroes in the expansion.


User Comments
Comment #1 by Artamus
Sunday, July 27, 2008 @ 07:00:37 PM

Could anyone tell me, what was the Kerrigan situation in Starcraft ?

Comment #2 by JBURNICLE
Sunday, July 27, 2008 @ 07:00:59 PM

Sweet

Comment #3 by xLUNCHTREYx
Sunday, July 27, 2008 @ 07:01:16 PM

i wonder what seriously unlocks?

Comment #4 by Medaking
Sunday, July 27, 2008 @ 07:01:23 PM

Hmmm decent idea I guess pity for GoW newcomers who will inevitably 'want to play as the robot guy' -.-

Comment #5 by xLUNCHTREYx
Sunday, July 27, 2008 @ 07:02:38 PM

to artamus, kerrigan died in starcraft and was resurected (sp)in the expansion and was a hero for the zerg. BTW the zerg is a type of army you can play in that game.

Comment #6 by ch9209live
Sunday, July 27, 2008 @ 07:02:53 PM

comment #3, maybe your avatar :)

Comment #7 by Artamus
Sunday, July 27, 2008 @ 07:09:03 PM

@ xLUNCHTREYx, I do know what Zerg and Protoss are :P I just never played that game when i had it :D

For some people this idea is great, but maybe for the people that don't have Gears1 they'll make the characters available for maybe 100msp each ?

Comment #8 by cool4joe
Sunday, July 27, 2008 @ 07:11:20 PM

I hope they keep the "linked" ones kept to the easier achievements, just in case a person new to the series c an pick up the original and get them all. Other than that, I think this is a great idea.

Comment #9 by zulamun
Sunday, July 27, 2008 @ 07:13:18 PM

That's pretty damn easy? :P

Comment #10 by Don Manolo
Sunday, July 27, 2008 @ 07:13:59 PM

I assume people that haven't played gears1 (if they exist lol) can unlock those characters too by completing campaign or something similar right?

Comment #11 by What The Buck?
Sunday, July 27, 2008 @ 07:15:46 PM

Nice!

Comment #12 by ZERoANTHeM
Sunday, July 27, 2008 @ 07:17:24 PM

If there is one for seriously...they wanna be patching GoW pretty soon.....13k kills and still no achievement

Comment #13 by knockton55
Sunday, July 27, 2008 @ 07:23:24 PM

Wait, Kill RAAM...isnt he a gears 1 boss, that dies.

Comment #14 by acidgear 101
Sunday, July 27, 2008 @ 07:23:45 PM

Well this sounds like a great idea but it seems to be off to a bad start, sure the achievements listed a easy to get but all the characters that they unlock are already in GOW without needing to unlock anything. They are basically saying you have to play gears 1 to get some characters that were in the original free of charge(not talking price). If they were smart they would offer unique and new characters to unlock, not old ones that we all have seen before.

Comment #15 by knockton55
Sunday, July 27, 2008 @ 07:27:01 PM

Ahhh never mind, Know I get it....this is a really good idea, I wonder what seriously will unlock

Comment #16 by Zee
Sunday, July 27, 2008 @ 07:33:02 PM

Isn't linking achievements to other games against Microsoft
s policy for achievements? Isn't that why getting to rank 1 in PGR3 didn't unlock the buy everything from the shop achievement?

Comment #17 by laundryman
Sunday, July 27, 2008 @ 07:33:36 PM

I hope seriously doesn't unlock anything. Not just for the fact that I don't have it, but plenty of other people don't.

Comment #18 by zvblade
Sunday, July 27, 2008 @ 07:39:22 PM

seriously better unlock something that was hell getting lol

Comment #19 by Callum x360a
Sunday, July 27, 2008 @ 07:40:56 PM

@Zee: This isn't linking Achievements to other Achievements, it's linking Achievements to unlockables, just the same as Vegas 2.

Comment #20 by BLK DEM0N
Sunday, July 27, 2008 @ 07:46:48 PM

lol everyone has those achievements..

Comment #21 by Zee
Sunday, July 27, 2008 @ 07:49:37 PM

@J1MmY295
Never mind, I'm tired... I read it too fast :(

Comment #22 by Vince
Sunday, July 27, 2008 @ 07:52:12 PM

that could be something pretty interesting and even though i didnt get seriously i hope the people that did get it get some kind of unlockable for their efforts! or id b pissed for them haha

Comment #23 by StephenJ360
Sunday, July 27, 2008 @ 07:54:03 PM

People, please. Play Starcraft.

Comment #24 by xboxman96
Sunday, July 27, 2008 @ 08:04:48 PM

seriously unlocks a Brumack (how-ever you spell it) lol!

Comment #25 by SketchyTurtle26
Sunday, July 27, 2008 @ 08:24:35 PM

This is an amazing concept for sequels it keeps people interested in the origianal and true gamers get some benifit for getting achievements, which has been a downfall of acievements all along. finally somone thinks of a use.

Comment #26 by Callum x360a
Sunday, July 27, 2008 @ 08:36:46 PM

What I don't understand is people saying "I have Seriously, I best get something for it!" You have a damn Achievement AND Gamer Picture. People with General or Beans Bullets Bandages don't get anything other than an Achievement for their efforts, so stop saying EPIC should give you something.

Comment #27 by hispanicplaya
Sunday, July 27, 2008 @ 08:46:02 PM

YAY =]

Comment #28 by TESTUBE BABY 82
Sunday, July 27, 2008 @ 08:51:28 PM

VEGAS 2 ANYONE?

Comment #29 by nate64
Sunday, July 27, 2008 @ 09:26:05 PM

i hope seriously doesn't have an unlockable tied to it just because it's such a ridiculous achievement in the first place. but they should have unlockables for harder achievements like instead of just beating act 1, beat act 1 on hardcore or insane.

Comment #30 by Lord of Orion
Sunday, July 27, 2008 @ 09:47:08 PM

@ 6

That would be amazingly funny ... I would go for Seriously and only Seriously right away!

Comment #31 by Ruthless
Sunday, July 27, 2008 @ 10:24:17 PM

I hope its not alot of the achievements as GoW is the glitchy game for achievements ever, ive been done out of 200GS, bastards!!!

Comment #32 by Poisonheadcrab
Sunday, July 27, 2008 @ 10:39:59 PM

Carmine and Kim I understand...but RAAM died in Gears of War. Please tell me he does not become like Genshin in Ninja Gaiden 2. I do NOT want to fight the same boss 4 times before I'm done, please!

...but...what If General Raam is like Rah's Al Ghul in "Batman Begins" and has a decoy bear his name...?

Comment #33 by Itsbrown4606
Sunday, July 27, 2008 @ 10:44:38 PM

Cool, I've done all of single-player but not one achievement in multiplayer. I wonder what I'll get...

Comment #34 by dudecrazy108
Sunday, July 27, 2008 @ 10:54:35 PM

Awsome good for people who played the first one.

Comment #35 by RainofFireNZ
Sunday, July 27, 2008 @ 11:01:10 PM

This is an awsome idea but i hope they dont have one for seriously cause so many people have been glitched out of that it wouldnt be very fare, btw @32 why do you understand carmine and kim but not ramm, all three of them died......

Comment #36 by Blue Thunder28
Sunday, July 27, 2008 @ 11:09:02 PM

That's pretty good... nothing changes for me but a few of my friends may need to borrow my copy of gears before this on releases!

Comment #37 by Green1Chaos
Sunday, July 27, 2008 @ 11:20:06 PM

This a sweet idea.Some gamers have unlocked every single achievement for Gears Of War.To find out that the "linked achievements," is taking place for Gears Of War 2 is a excitement.

Comment #38 by Prototype Epyon
Sunday, July 27, 2008 @ 11:30:02 PM

Well this should be fun I beat raam by myself on insane I'm looking for it

Comment #39 by hellboundsoul
Monday, July 28, 2008 @ 12:19:46 AM

That's very cool that you get rewarded in other games based on your gaming achievements.

Comment #40 by Salsa di Omega
Monday, July 28, 2008 @ 12:35:22 AM

@poisonheadcrab

Really thinking all over the place there, no?

But this sounds interesting, but I never did get 2 or 3 cogs and got few of the MP achievements (if any?).

Comment #41 by Zoc
Monday, July 28, 2008 @ 01:09:37 AM

''Apparently not everyone has played Starcraft, which is a huge sin'' THAT was funny

Comment #42 by Luis Ownz
Monday, July 28, 2008 @ 01:46:47 AM

Sweet! I have those 3 above! Lol.
I betcha the "Seriously" achievement gets you to play as a mini-Brumak or something LOL.

Comment #43 by darquesyde
Monday, July 28, 2008 @ 02:01:26 AM

I like that idea. Cool rewards!

Comment #44 by JesusBread
Monday, July 28, 2008 @ 02:25:46 AM

I will break Cliffy B's legs if I can't play as Carmine. I switched gamer tags because I didn't like my earlier one. I got up to 1160 points in Gears of War on my old gamertag. I better be able to play as Carmine "eventually."

Comment #45 by hansen578
Monday, July 28, 2008 @ 02:26:35 AM

there having the same games such as multi team as halo 3 and now theyre having achievements that unlock online players such as halo 3's achievements unlocked armour for your charecter...

Comment #46 by SoulProphet85
Monday, July 28, 2008 @ 02:38:01 AM

how can you guys be saying that the characters suck? if these characters are dead, then they will be for online only. GoW 1 had both Carmine and Kim in online play. Same as RAAM. I don't see why everybody is like "oh they are dead, they shouldn't be able to be in GoW 2."

Epic is linking their games together so that this makes GoW 1 still have some replayability once GoW 2 comes out.

Comment #47 by PuttyGod
Monday, July 28, 2008 @ 05:57:51 AM

Good point. Hopefully seriously unlocks something... serious.

Comment #48 by Havince
Monday, July 28, 2008 @ 06:41:42 AM

agreed my seriously achievment has glitched aswell :-(

getting a character for completing on insame difficulty should be a good one

Comment #49 by Richmyster6907
Monday, July 28, 2008 @ 11:35:32 AM

Got all GoW GS woooo and I plan to do it all over again! in the sequel obviously

Comment #50 by lepricorn
Monday, July 28, 2008 @ 12:30:53 PM

i hope if u have seriously u get al golden guns or like a flaming marcus

Comment #51 by soldiermike16
Monday, July 28, 2008 @ 12:41:04 PM

i have 1250 at gears so i can get it all

Comment #52 by Shieldi
Monday, July 28, 2008 @ 02:19:30 PM

Nice!!!

Comment #53 by xpectsthexpctd
Monday, July 28, 2008 @ 02:42:02 PM

This makes me wonder, what would you get for the "Seriously" achievement? I hope you don't have to unlock the cowboy guy, he looks sick, plus my gamertag is PsycodlicCowboy.

Comment #54 by Invader Skooj
Monday, July 28, 2008 @ 04:05:02 PM

Got all of those so I'm good

Carmine in Gears 2 will be his brother, I found it on IGN

Comment #55 by THExLARGExBILL
Tuesday, July 29, 2008 @ 02:38:04 AM

Achievement unlocked - Seriously 50G
*Unlocked Carmine w/ no helmet*

Comment #56 by R Nels
Thursday, August 14, 2008 @ 02:13:40 PM

i havent gotten to RAAM in gears of war, and im really not looking forward to it, he creeps me out! :D

Comment #57 by PM3553
Tuesday, August 19, 2008 @ 04:59:40 AM

Would achievements from GOW PC unlock them too?

Comment #58 by ash356
Friday, August 22, 2008 @ 09:53:36 PM

Nice, lthough my Gears discs broke, i managed to get all of the above before it broke. its a tad too easy though.
@57, i can only assume it would, cause otherwise epic are swindling pc gamers.

Comment #59 by BEVS ALMIGHTY
Monday, September 01, 2008 @ 03:32:40 PM

i think they are being tricky here they are trying to get people to buy gears of war 1 if they have not got it already but i do thinik that it is a good idea and im happy cus ive already done all of them so ill have them 3 charecters as soon as i go on

Comment #60 by uegstevie
Monday, September 01, 2008 @ 08:46:38 PM

lol
raam is really easy to defeat on easy
i could kill him wid jus a pistol

Comment #61 by biggieshow
Friday, November 28, 2008 @ 08:25:30 PM

i got those achievement but it wont give me the charaecters....stupid game


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