Gears of War 2 to feature linked achievements

Author: Joe Martin
Published: 28th July 2008
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Gears of War 2 to feature linked achievements

Gears of War 2 will feature linked achievements that will tie in to the original game.

At Comic-Con 2008, Epic has announced some new features for the next Gears of War game - including the ability to use backwards-compatible and linked achievements that tie in to the original game.

What does that mean? Well, basically it means that if you've got certain achievements unlocked in the first game then the new Gears of War 2 will detect that and unlock some bonuses and extras for you. If not, well, boo-hoo then.

Epic's Cliff Bleszinski gave three examples of these achievements to Kotaku, so check them below.
  • Complete Act One in Gears Of War, unlock a playable Anthony Carmine in Gears of War 2
  • Find 10 COG tags in Gears Of War, unlock Minh Young Kim in Gears of War 2
  • Kill Raam in Gears Of War, unlock a playable Raam in Gears of War 2
Cliff then went on to drop a bit more news about the game, saying that film composer Steve Jablonsky had been recruited to write the score for the new game. Jablonsky's previous work includes the score for the Transformers and Texas Chainsaw Massacre films.

Gears of War 2 is set for release as an Xbox 360 exclusive on the 7th of November this year - not that that bothers Sony though.

Which achievements have you got that you are proud of? Let us know in the forums.
Quote liratheal 28th July 2008, 10:53
I caught this briefly on another site. Interesting, to say the least. I'm wondering if there's any more than the ones they've announced, and what they'll be.
Quote CardJoe 28th July 2008, 11:04
I'm just hoping there are other ways to unlock that content without having to go through the original Gears.
Quote liratheal 28th July 2008, 11:08
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Originally Posted by CardJoe
I'm just hoping there are other ways to unlock that content without having to go through the original Gears.

I would assume so - Though, the original Gears is pretty short work if you do it Co-op. Six or seven hours on Hardcore (I think it's Hardcore anyway.. Whatever the middle one is), maybe eight on Insane.
Quote ComputerKing 28th July 2008, 11:20
Are you kidding me! 360 again!!!! :( I hate this machine. Why the hell they release it on all machines in one time!!!
Quote Jamie 28th July 2008, 11:21
I've got all those achievements :D
Quote DougEdey 28th July 2008, 11:22
These aren't anything new really, Rainbow 6 Vegas 2 did it but it actually unlocked an achievement...
Quote liratheal 28th July 2008, 11:25
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Originally Posted by DougEdey
These aren't anything new really, Rainbow 6 Vegas 2 did it but it actually unlocked an achievement...

Well. Sort of.

It only took them a few months to patch it so people actually got the achievement :p

But agreed - They're not new.
Quote rollo 28th July 2008, 22:34
Gears of War 2 is set for release as an Xbox 360 exclusive

this is missleading

as we all know the pc release will follow
Quote DXR_13KE 29th July 2008, 01:15
other games have already done it.... i remember some doing it on the PS and PS2
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