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    Gears of War 3

    Game » consists of 8 releases. Released Sep 20, 2011

    The third and final installment in the Marcus Fenix trilogy. Taking place on the apocalyptic planet Sera, 18 months after the ending of Gears of War 2, players will once again take control of C.O.G. soldier Marcus Fenix as he takes on the Locust threat and their Lambent rivals.

    Simple way to earn the Onyx Medal Achievement.

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    #1  Edited By JTB123

    Kind of stumbled upon this while playing this part on my insane run, you earn a crazy amount of points by playing through chapter 1 of Act 3. You'll need 7.5 mill for the onyx medal, or you could just complete the campaign on insane, but this is not only quicker, but also a ton more fun as playing solo insane is beyond frustrating.  I've put a couple of improvements to the video in the description as I found them out later, my best score for this section is 704,170 and it took about 20 minutes.  
     
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8vP0Nl112U 
     
    Hope this helps out anyone that wants the achievement. 

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    #2  Edited By EuanDewar

    Gears of War is, something I go fucking crazy for

    *throws down pen*

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    #3  Edited By RandomHero666

    Thanks, I already got an Onyx for interacting with objects by pressing X by the Thrashball machine 4000 times, but I'll do this too

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    This is an excellent tip. Thanks, duder!

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    #5  Edited By JTB123
    @RandomHero666 said:
    Thanks, I already got an Onyx for interacting with objects by pressing X by the Thrashball machine 4000 times, but I'll do this too
    Holy crap, that is hardcore farming. 
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    #6  Edited By Scottish_Sin

    Thanks for this. Being using it to get that Force Multiplier achievement as well.

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    #7  Edited By OmegaPirate

    Will be sure to try this, thanks

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    #8  Edited By GunstarRed

    Or just play the game. Most of those medals come naturally with play of certain modes. I played a bunch of horde and I have nearly 3 onyx medals already for certain things. This hardly needs effort if youre playing semi regularly.
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    #9  Edited By RandomHero666
    @JTB123 said:
    @RandomHero666 said:
    Thanks, I already got an Onyx for interacting with objects by pressing X by the Thrashball machine 4000 times, but I'll do this too
    Holy crap, that is hardcore farming. 
    The medal is for doing it 2000 times but I had to do it 4000 times for whatever reason, didn't take that long as I was watching a film while tapping X.
     
    Also.. there is a "prestige" thing where if you meet the requirements for Onyx again after you get Onyx a number replaces the 4 stars.... anyone know if there's any benefit in doing that?

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