Publisher Xitilon told to reverse easy achievement changes for some of its games

J4CKA1 said:I bought these in the sale, without realising they had been patched, and have earnt 2000/3000 in about 15 mins max in each of them - it is the base game GS that is difficult to get. The DLC achievements pop easily.

Fejer said:I agree. I am indeed one of the victims :(

x SATELE SHAN x said:You're not alone

I was hoping that Xitilon would revert the names of the achievements... but leave the easier unlock requirements. Drat.

I know I'm a bit late to comment but I still think this is a joke. Making achievements easier fair enough, they shouldn't make them harder after people have unlocked them it just isn't fair. It's a load of tosh as well as I seen a few peoples comments before about it happening on other games, remember when R6: Siege changed like all their achievements? But yeah that's fine.

I personally think that problem was not quite that the achievements were made eeasier, but that the original achievements very replaced by completely different ones with new tasks. It's clear from the video guides for Castle of no Escape 2, that those are completely unrelated to what the achievements now ask you to do.

Whew, just got my refund on this garbage.

mcnichoj said:I read garbage as "mortgage" and was about to PM you...

So the Dev for Cold Silence is adding 1000 achievements in an update and rewarding the 13 people who had the a specific difficult achievement before the update by putting them in game. Pretty neat
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GVaAiyhJVqE&feature=y....be

IGH KelliKat said:I played this a couple of years ago when it came out on the PC. It was not published by Xitilon but by Half-face games and I got it as part of a Half-face games bundle. Xitilon was the one who changed the achievements. The Steam achievements were not changed.

On TA, there was a lot of discussion about easy achievements & getting games just for score. I see it a little differently. Xitilon changed the nature of the game. The game lacked polish, but it did a very good job at atmosphere & interesting use of color to create a lurking sense of dread. Although I haven't played the X1 version, I feel that removing the challenge transforms it into a game with bad graphics & no audio that you spend half an hour on to get a bunch of achievements. I like achievements but, in this case, it was the challenge of the game and not its 60 achievements that made it worth playing.

Allgorhythm said:Ok, but what’s that got to do with the dev adding content to the game featuring the people who did it originally?

Interesting. I didn’t have any of the hard achievements in the game so not sure what achievement specifically is being referenced, but that’s pretty cool. Achievement hunting is some weird niche shit man

Inferno118 said:I don't think it was even especially hard. It may have just been to reach the final chapter. The game just didn't sell well. I see people saying it's shit but I quite enjoyed it. I enjoy figuring games out for myself and exploring. A lot of cheevo hunters seem to go straight to video guides, get the achievements and get out.

For anyone, like me, who doesn't auto update games for right now you can choose "Cancel" instead of update on the game and still unlock everything when it used too in under an hour. I had forgotten about finishing this and only recalled it after the change so chose not to update and try my luck as I am terrible with platformers and had no desire to play through to where the last ones I had left unlocked. Following an old video guide they started popping when they were on the video (just with the old names/descriptions)

I contacted Xitilon via email to see if he still had the old achievement descriptions to try and figure out which ones I might have never got done. I'm not sure if he does or not as he misunderstood my email and gave me the new ways of getting the ones I had left. I played through with an alt using the guide to kind of judge where the last one might be and found it, hopped over to main and within a couple minutes had it there too

Reviewing the comments, it appears the real challenge is not in the achievements becoming more difficult but coping with the glitches & bugs accompanying the changes.

Allgorhythm said:It's a strange study from what I've read. I'm pretty sure it was really hard (finishing the whole game on all 5 or 6 difficulties, one being I think permadeath) and only a handful had done it. Then he changed all his achievements and unlocks to extremely easy things. Following a video walkthrough after that update would get you all 60 in like 20-60 minutes depending on your luck and ability to platform. You skipped over half the levels and original unlocks/story. They're apparently back to original. Can't vouch as I just bought it and the other games from the publisher for a quick GS January and the bonus rewards

Fejer said:the completion times are based off the times it took people, it will never get changed to not reflect those who got it when it was easy. its like DC Universe, it says completion is what an hour or so, yet that is not a real representation because its only that low if you pay for stuff. when i mentioned the time as being wrong i was told exactly what i am saying here. those numbers are part of it even if we dont like it.

Fejer said:If I had to guess they just won't be included in those posts anymore. Maybe I missed one but I don't believe they've been on sale since the change back so thus haven't been in there.

EazyE2285 said:I personally fell for "Castle of no Escape 2", which was listed in a sale after the update and I would rate with as a 4-6 hours game and is more difficult/skill dependent. Reactor X is still very easy to complete.

Wouldn't it be great if THQ Studio Australia came out with a 1000 Gamerscore title update for Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Burning Earth. It would have fun achievements like, "Beat the Chapter 7 Boss" and "Discover all six secrets in the game."