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  • 12.11.2007 6:34 PM PDT
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Posted by: Revenger117
I think there should be acheivements for halo combat evolved if it's being sold on X box LIve Marketplace. I'd buy it if there were acheivements but since there's not, i won't buy it. I already have it on disk so what's the point of buying it on Marketplace?

There isn't any.

Only if you didn't have it already.

  • 12.12.2007 2:50 AM PDT

Posted by: Revenger117
I think there should be acheivements for halo combat evolved if it's being sold on X box LIve Marketplace. I'd buy it if there were acheivements but since there's not, i won't buy it. I already have it on disk so what's the point of buying it on Marketplace?

The reason its on there is because some people never played halo 1 before and seense you can rarly find anymore they put it for download.

  • 12.13.2007 11:11 AM PDT
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What these guys said. It's obviously not meant for people who already have the game like us.
Posted by: Revenger117
I'd buy it if there were acheivements but since there's not, i won't buy it.
Why, because you think you're not having fun unless some artificial indicator of success and progress gratuitously rewards you, especially if unlocking them lacks challenge or difficulty? There's nothing wrong with the Achievement system or gaining them; I like unlocking them myself. It's just that you should value the experience of playing the game itself. I'm not trying to criticize or demean you, but why buy and play a game merely to unlock Achievements, especially in this case when you already own it?

  • 12.13.2007 12:59 PM PDT
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I agree. It's a lot more fun.

  • 12.13.2007 1:05 PM PDT
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Posted by: Revenger117
yup im an acheivement whore lol

i love getting acheivements
i know I should just play games for their real value
I like getting Achievements too, and if you're one of those people with five-digit plus Gamerscores, then that's fine, but the fact of the matter is they don't really do anything outside of Live (which is why I wouldn't suggest spending too much time on them).

The Achievement system was made to compliment your identity and keep track of your accomplishments, how many games you've played, and how well you've played them. However, with so many Gamerscore whores with the major intention of gaining as much Gamerscore as they possibly can, along with some developers making it easy to gain Achievements in their game(s) than others, it's been perverted to the opposite, where the Achievements are the goal, and the experience is secondary.

  • 12.13.2007 6:07 PM PDT
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I bought Halo: CE from the market place because I never got the original, but without achievements or online play theres nothing compelling me to play it at all.

I played a few online games on it over XBC (The only way to play Halo CE online other than PC) but it's really hard to find players from the UK and PAL wont interact with NTSC versions of the game.

  • 12.15.2007 9:55 AM PDT
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So now I'm a beta tester. Let's see where this goes.

I just recently looked at my "View Games" section on my gamertag. I now lists halo as one of my played games with 0 of 0 achievements. This could really mean nothing but Microsoft might start handing out achievements for Xbox originals. However that possibility is still a long shot.

  • 12.15.2007 3:59 PM PDT