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    Achievements are extra challenges added into video games that sometimes carry a point value or unlock bonus material, and are sometimes solely for bragging rights.

    Your Most Wanted Achievements: 7/4 - 7/10

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    Edited By jeff

    Trine, once again proving that people still love grappling on stuff.
    Trine, once again proving that people still love grappling on stuff.
    OK, here we are, one week later, and it's time to stare at the most popular achievement-related pages on Giant Bomb. Unlike last week's list, which took into account all of the data we've collected thus far on achievements, we're now going weekly. So this data only goes back as far as Saturday, July 4.

    Let's start with the most requested achievement lists on the site, which I've expanded to ten games just for the heck of it.

    Top Ten Achievement Sets - 7/4 - 7/10

    1. Trine
    2. Ghostbusters: The Video Game
    3. BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger
    4. Red Faction: Guerrilla
    5. Prototype
    6. Plants vs. Zombies
    7. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10
    8. Fight Night Round 4
    9. Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood
    10. UFC 2009 Undisputed
    So Prototype seems to be slipping down the charts, which isn't a surprise since the game is just about a month old now. Ghostbusters: The Video Game, however, holds onto its second place spot. And hey, how about Trine, huh? That's a pretty big debut. In case you were wondering, Trine is actually the most popular game on the Giant Bomb right now, if we're just talking traffic.

    While I'm getting all list-crazy, I thought you might be interested in what new achievement lists have been added to the site since last week. Wonder no more!

    Football for college kids!
    Football for college kids!

    New Achievement Sets - 7/4 - 7/10


    Yes, you can finally see the Korean achievements for Speak Out English, which sounds like some sort of weird edutainment "teach English to Koreans" thing. And hey, someone out there has an early retail copy of NCAA Football 10, which doesn't ship until 7/14. As someone who's been known to get ahold of games before they come out, let me tell you: pre-release points are the sweetest points.

    With that, let's move on to the most popular individual achievements on the site last week. Self-Deception is still totally huge, probably due to its non-specific description, which makes it sound like something you should automatically get for completing the game. I'm also willing to entertain the thought that I'm obviously skewing the results a bit by linking directly to the top ten achievements.

    Whoops, wrong Prototype. 
    Whoops, wrong Prototype. 

    Top Ten Individual Achievement Pages - 7/4 - 7/10

    1. Prototype - Self-Deception
    2. Ghostbusters: The Video Game - I Love You When You Rough-House!
    3. Fable II - The Fowl Player
    4. Prototype - Return Fire
    5. Prototype - Web of Knowledge
    6. Ghostbusters: The Video Game - Ghostbusters Drinking Game
    7. UFC 2009 Undisputed - That was easy!
    8. UFC 2009 Undisputed - World Class Grappler
    9. Ghostbusters: The Video Game - Egon's Guinea Pig
    10. Red Faction: Guerrilla - Revolutionary
    ADDED BONUS FACT! Only four of the 2,218 people we've spotted playing Red Faction: Guerrilla have Revolutionary. That's 0.2%. You know, by the time I was getting near the end of that game, the last thing I wanted to do was go around and complete all those side missions. So I'm not too surprised that it's a rare one.

    Meanwhile, on the back end, Andy and Dave are working on some new charts and graphs that'll add all kinds of cool "who's playing what" and "how many achievement unlocks is this game seeing per day" data. And we've been talking about different ways to handle secret achievements. So stay tuned for all that and I'll be back with more of the same next Friday.
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    #1  Edited By jeff

    Trine, once again proving that people still love grappling on stuff.
    Trine, once again proving that people still love grappling on stuff.
    OK, here we are, one week later, and it's time to stare at the most popular achievement-related pages on Giant Bomb. Unlike last week's list, which took into account all of the data we've collected thus far on achievements, we're now going weekly. So this data only goes back as far as Saturday, July 4.

    Let's start with the most requested achievement lists on the site, which I've expanded to ten games just for the heck of it.

    Top Ten Achievement Sets - 7/4 - 7/10

    1. Trine
    2. Ghostbusters: The Video Game
    3. BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger
    4. Red Faction: Guerrilla
    5. Prototype
    6. Plants vs. Zombies
    7. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10
    8. Fight Night Round 4
    9. Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood
    10. UFC 2009 Undisputed
    So Prototype seems to be slipping down the charts, which isn't a surprise since the game is just about a month old now. Ghostbusters: The Video Game, however, holds onto its second place spot. And hey, how about Trine, huh? That's a pretty big debut. In case you were wondering, Trine is actually the most popular game on the Giant Bomb right now, if we're just talking traffic.

    While I'm getting all list-crazy, I thought you might be interested in what new achievement lists have been added to the site since last week. Wonder no more!

    Football for college kids!
    Football for college kids!

    New Achievement Sets - 7/4 - 7/10


    Yes, you can finally see the Korean achievements for Speak Out English, which sounds like some sort of weird edutainment "teach English to Koreans" thing. And hey, someone out there has an early retail copy of NCAA Football 10, which doesn't ship until 7/14. As someone who's been known to get ahold of games before they come out, let me tell you: pre-release points are the sweetest points.

    With that, let's move on to the most popular individual achievements on the site last week. Self-Deception is still totally huge, probably due to its non-specific description, which makes it sound like something you should automatically get for completing the game. I'm also willing to entertain the thought that I'm obviously skewing the results a bit by linking directly to the top ten achievements.

    Whoops, wrong Prototype. 
    Whoops, wrong Prototype. 

    Top Ten Individual Achievement Pages - 7/4 - 7/10

    1. Prototype - Self-Deception
    2. Ghostbusters: The Video Game - I Love You When You Rough-House!
    3. Fable II - The Fowl Player
    4. Prototype - Return Fire
    5. Prototype - Web of Knowledge
    6. Ghostbusters: The Video Game - Ghostbusters Drinking Game
    7. UFC 2009 Undisputed - That was easy!
    8. UFC 2009 Undisputed - World Class Grappler
    9. Ghostbusters: The Video Game - Egon's Guinea Pig
    10. Red Faction: Guerrilla - Revolutionary
    ADDED BONUS FACT! Only four of the 2,218 people we've spotted playing Red Faction: Guerrilla have Revolutionary. That's 0.2%. You know, by the time I was getting near the end of that game, the last thing I wanted to do was go around and complete all those side missions. So I'm not too surprised that it's a rare one.

    Meanwhile, on the back end, Andy and Dave are working on some new charts and graphs that'll add all kinds of cool "who's playing what" and "how many achievement unlocks is this game seeing per day" data. And we've been talking about different ways to handle secret achievements. So stay tuned for all that and I'll be back with more of the same next Friday.
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    #2  Edited By Bruce

    It'd be helpful if you guys listed the secret onez....

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    #3  Edited By Bigandtasty

    Look at all them Speak Out English rares. I need my smart Korean friend and a way to get that to work on a U.S. 360 now.

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    #4  Edited By cityofdis0

    Its awesome seeing what games Giantbombers play and their achievment. Keep it up.

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    #5  Edited By Ineedaname

    Prototype in there two weeks running =O, nice to see people are playing Trine aswell.

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    #6  Edited By Seraphim84

    I find the Speak Out English one exceptionally hilarious since no one in Korea even knows what the hell a 360 is aside from the select few kids who go to the game rooms (to play FIFA of course).  Then again, who'd even care about consoles when you have a PC game like Kart Rider?

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    #7  Edited By godzilla_sushi

    I like this article Jeff!

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    #8  Edited By MattyFTM  Moderator

    It's awesome to see Trine on top. I thought it might be popular, but not THAT popular.

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    #9  Edited By RHCPfan24

    Wow, good for Trine!! I would guess that Brad's glowing review is part of the reason why it is high up on the list. I really do want to play it when it comes out on PSN.

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    #10  Edited By nail1080

    Holy **** what's happening to gaming? This is so lame...

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    #11  Edited By musdy

    Love the old John cena reference!!

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    #12  Edited By lordofultima

    Love the "prototype" reference w/ the John Cena thumb Jeff. OHIO VALLEY OH SHIT SON!

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    #13  Edited By Damien

    This is one of my favorite features of the gbomb, keep it up!

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    #14  Edited By Ouroboros

    Thank you for thinking of a way to fix secret achievements - I want to see secret achievements that I've unlocked, like it is on my Xbox profile.

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    Am I the only one who doesn't understand what an "Achievement Set" is? Are these based just on how many visits an achievement page gets?

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    #16  Edited By Fiveoutafive

    Is this what is replacing the points report, I miss those something fierce!

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    #17  Edited By MatthewMeadows

    Seeing all of this awesome community stuff makes me want trophies on the system even more!

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    #18  Edited By FlipperDesert

    The idea of a game that teaches English having a poorly transated title just made my week.

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    #19  Edited By Donkey_Kong

    Whats wrong with my account? I got certain L4D steam achivments awhile ago and it seems to have stopped updating. Whats the story?

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    #20  Edited By LordAndrew
    Jeff said:
    "In case you were wondering, Trine is actually the most popular game on the Giant Bomb right now, if we're just talking traffic. "
    That's pretty cool. Also, I love the fact that you called the site "the Giant Bomb".
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    #21  Edited By Insectecutor

    Top ten lists of your website hits? Really? I thought you mocked this kind of link farming on April Fools. I'm not interested in your Sitemeter stats, good day to you, sir!

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    #23  Edited By JJOR64

    Why does it say Xbox Live twice on the SFIV achievement page.  Shouldn't it say Xbox Live and Games for Windows Live?

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    #24  Edited By aaox

    I've hit an achievement deadfall.

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    #25  Edited By Claude

    What stories do I need to preserve? What achievements do I wish to indulge in? Trine? ... Still thinking.

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    #26  Edited By skrutop

    Dude, I'll never show up on any of the top lists.  I rarely, if ever, get games right when they come out.

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    #27  Edited By dethfish

    I love charts!

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    #28  Edited By sjschmidt93

    Good to see Trine up there.

    I can guarantee though, if GB wouldn't have reviewed it it would be no where to be found on that list. Played the demo and it kicks ass... will probably buy it soon.

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    #29  Edited By baller23

    are you guys working on getting PS3 Trophies up on here?

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    #30  Edited By comradecrash

    Yeah, i didn't really want to do all thos side missions in Red Faction either...but that was because I rented the game and I was running out of time!

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    #31  Edited By Crono

    I love this sort of data.  Those charts and graphs are gonna be awesome! :D

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    #32  Edited By ajamafalous

    I see what you did there with John Cena.

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    #33  Edited By EightBitShik

    I really hope yall stick this feature. I enjoy looking at the stats and I can't wait to see more.

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    #34  Edited By Undeadpool

    I APPLAUD the Jon Cena/Prototype reference. Well done, fellows. Well done indeed.

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    #35  Edited By Media_Master

    good

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    #36  Edited By Lind_L_Taylor

    So where to the Trine achievements go? Are they hooked into XBLA? Or the Steam Achievement system?  Perhaps I don't have to wait for the XBL version after all.  The stats system of GB is great.  It's a very novel idea for the website.

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