I just completed the England level time trial unlocking the full 1000 points and found all the hidden artefacts finally unlocking all of the concept art and models (which is pretty cool), the cheats (which is pretty pointless), and all of the outfits. The outfits serve no purpose, though some are very well done. Goth Lara with mascara tears is my personal favourite as it is the most odd. I’m sure the younger demographic will enjoy Bikini Lara though.
Its the first game I’ve got the full 1000 points for. Each game has a different way of giving them out. I like Legend’s method, as it promotes you replaying the game and finding all the secrets, without going insane. There are some out there that just seem to be designed to instil madness, Ghost Recon and its get to the top of the leaderboard achievements for example. Multiplayer ones can be annoying especially ones to pull off a specific stat based trick like rack up 100 kills only using your toothbrush or something. I call it the BF2 effect after players of Battlefield 2 who run around the map with a knife getting shot in the face while your team are trying valiantly to storm a building, in order to unlock the knife badge. Dead Rising’s are interesting, as they consist of 50 20 point achievements, lots to do there.
Need for Speed: Most Wanted seems to have an easy set of achievements to get, you basically have to complete the game. I can’t get them though, because playing the game with its cheating AI makes me want to throw the controller at the TV.
Loved playing thru tomb raider aswell. found it to be one of the better incarnations of the series. glad to hear you got it finished. congrats on the 1000 GS : )
I liked the way test drive unlimited gave achievements out and tracked them. You could go to the options menu and a you could get info on say # of multiplayer races won, miles driven, challenges comnpleted etc. More games should be like this.