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Linked Achievements For Gears Of War 2

By Pete Haas: 2008-07-27 13:14:19
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Linked Achievements For Gears Of War 2 Epic Games re-released the original Gears of War earlier this summer to give new Xbox 360 owners a chance to check it out. It might be a good idea if you're planning on buying the sequel this November, because some of your accomplishments from the first game will unlock features in the second.

GoW designer Cliff Bleszinski gave a presentation on the sequel at Comic-Con on Saturday and mentioned the game would include "linked Achievements." He gave three examples of how they would work. If you completed the first act of Gears of War, you would unlock a playable Anthony Carmine in Gears of War 2. If you found 10 COG tags, you would unlock a playable Lieutenant Kim. Killing the last boss, General RAAM, would likewise unlock him as a playable character.

I assume these are all multiplayer-only skins because all three of these characters die in the first Gears of War game. I guess that's a spoiler but is it really that surprising that Random Space Marines #4 and #5 and the final boss get killed? Given how similar all three examples of linked Achievements were, it's possible that all of the unlockables will be limited to multiplayer vanity content. You'll be able to demonstrate your 1337-ness but it won't change gameplay in any concrete fashion. The Limited Edition for GoW2 will ship with a code for a gold-plated Lancer Assault Rifle for online matches so maybe the game will have linked Achievements to unlock new weapon skins, too. I want my Lancer covered in platinum, Bleszinski.

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