So I'm looking at ME 1 in my backlog & groaning about the 
still numerous achievements that I've yet to obtain to get
the S-rank.  What a serious fucking pain it is!!!   Play the 
game, each & every mission, in order to get those fucking
infernal Ally achievements.   And the long service medal,
to reach 60th level.  I can tell you that from 59 to 60 is such
a bitch.  I've got 100k xp to earn it & all I'm getting is a piddly
100xp here or there.  At that rate, I'll be playing through it 
yet again!  
 
Finally I've come up with an idea to get at least four of
these damnable achievements in one play through.  I've
started my next game with the 59th level character, using
insanity, & then using 2 of the Allies I haven't used yet,
Kaidan/Liara.  Sadly it does mean I have to play through
the whole damn game, in full, to get those Ally achievements.
That will net me the insanity, long sevice, & two ally 
achievements in one game.
 
After that, I'm only left with the biotics & the Soldier 
achievement, although that sounds like that could take
a really long time to complete as well & lastly the boring
engineering ability achievement.  Let's face it:  ME1 is
definitely one of those games where you wished to God
you had read the Achievements before you ever started
playing the game!  Had I done that, I would have NEVER
mixed & matched my team through the entire game the
first time around (receiving 0 ally achievements for doing
so & I spent 60 hours finishing that one playthrough!).
It seems like I'll never be done with this fuckin' game.

So I'm looking at ME 1 in my backlog & groaning about the 
still numerous achievements that I've yet to obtain to get
the S-rank.  What a serious fucking pain it is!!!   Play the 
game, each & every mission, in order to get those fucking
infernal Ally achievements.   And the long service medal,
to reach 60th level.  I can tell you that from 59 to 60 is such
a bitch.  I've got 100k xp to earn it & all I'm getting is a piddly
100xp here or there.  At that rate, I'll be playing through it 
yet again!  
 
Finally I've come up with an idea to get at least four of
these damnable achievements in one play through.  I've
started my next game with the 59th level character, using
insanity, & then using 2 of the Allies I haven't used yet,
Kaidan/Liara.  Sadly it does mean I have to play through
the whole damn game, in full, to get those Ally achievements.
That will net me the insanity, long sevice, & two ally 
achievements in one game.
 
After that, I'm only left with the biotics & the Soldier 
achievement, although that sounds like that could take
a really long time to complete as well & lastly the boring
engineering ability achievement.  Let's face it:  ME1 is
definitely one of those games where you wished to God
you had read the Achievements before you ever started
playing the game!  Had I done that, I would have NEVER
mixed & matched my team through the entire game the
first time around (receiving 0 ally achievements for doing
so & I spent 60 hours finishing that one playthrough!).
It seems like I'll never be done with this fuckin' game.

It's not that bad, there are far worse achievement lists.
 
Why is your formatting all over the place?

"Why is your formatting all over the place? "

" @vidiot said:

"Why is your formatting all over the place? "

He's been doing that for quite some time now.  I think it's mostly done to draw attention to the fact that he's doing it. "

I did one 100% run of ME1 and it completely killed any desire to ever go back and play that game.  People complaining about DA2 haven't driven the mako around several desolate planets to find one of the same 3 areas and kill everyone inside.
 
I have, S-Ranked ME2 however, that only required 1 or 2 playthroughs.

I actually had a fucking blast getting all the achievements in ME1. It forced me to use all the characters to their fullest and I don't know, it actually kind of made the game more fun.

I remember getting all the achievements and then Fucking EA releases dlc a day later. >:[

" @Hailinel said:

" @vidiot said:

"Why is your formatting all over the place? "

He's been doing that for quite some time now.  I think it's mostly done to draw attention to the fact that he's doing it. "

That's...dumb. "

" I did one 100% run of ME1 and it completely killed any desire to ever go back and play that game.  People complaining about DA2 haven't driven the mako around several desolate planets to find one of the same 3 areas and kill everyone inside.  I have, S-Ranked ME2 however, that only required 1 or 2 playthroughs. "

" It's not that bad, there are far worse achievement lists.  Why is your formatting all over the place? "

" @vidiot said:

" It's not that bad, there are far worse achievement lists.  Why is your formatting all over the place? "

Because he's a poet, gosh damn it! "

" @Otogi said:

" @vidiot said:

" It's not that bad, there are far worse achievement lists.  Why is your formatting all over the place? "

Because he's a poet, gosh damn it! "

I'm at a lost.  Either Halilinel or me are being cursed at, and I'm being told in order to understand the context of a very specific formatting: I should go skim-through and hunt down someone's specific blog entry.   Yeah. That's not going to happen. "

The 360 version is already terrible and the achievements just make it even more painful.
 
I'm still surprised I've managed to play through it 3 times, as well as twice on PC. Uhh.

" @Lind_L_Taylor:  I would suggest running a Soldier, Adept, and Engineer class to cover all of the weapon, biotic, and tech based achievements. Also be sure to check out the discussion in the Asari Ally Achievement page to plan your actions before doing any of the side missions on the citadel. "

Man. That 930 points that I earned in Mass Effect 1 sure do look good right now. I think my hour count overall was around 67 hours. Also, for the record -Mass Effect 1 > Mass Effect 2.

" Man. That 930 points that I earned in Mass Effect 1 sure do look good right now. I think my hour count overall was around 67 hours. Also, for the record -Mass Effect 1 > Mass Effect 2. "

That's why I'm glad I've never even seriously considered getting the full 1000 in Mass Effect 1. Stupid grinding is stupid, and the gameplay isn't good enough for me to seek out every single cookie cutter sidequest in even one playthough.

Achievements are evil (I mean real evil here, not kidding). the ME1 S-Rank is just stupid. I have no respect for anybody who got all the points.

I require an explanation of why you organize your text like that.... 
 
And Ya im replaying ME1.... its reminding me how much they improved and also made me less annoyed they got rid of elevators and inventory

" @Lind_L_Taylor: If you don't enjoy playing the game just stop!  Play something or do something you enjoy.  I had a great time with ME1.  I think I ended up playing thru that game 7 times.  I only did the resources once on the first play thru, and only did mission-list-complete on 3 or 4 play thrus.  loved them all tho.  That game and Fallout 3 kept me busy for over a year :)  Great times. "

" The 360 version is already terrible and the achievements just make it even more painful.  I'm still surprised I've managed to play through it 3 times, as well as twice on PC. Uhh. "

" Achievements are evil (I mean real evil here, not kidding). the ME1 S-Rank is just stupid. I have no respect for anybody who got all the points. "

Get out of your Mako to get tons of XP for kills. Play on the highest difficulty. Get a walkthrough/side planet maps. Etc. I've played enough of the game enough times on enough machines to have pretty much all that stuff one way or another, and it's really not that much work until you get into the part where you need to play the game like 4 times just to get the ally achievements.