Points>Life: Recap Edition
by Xav de Matos 
{ May 27th 2008 at 10:05PM }
Each week, X3F tips gamers to the tricks of the trade of Achievement hording in Points>Life. Every week a new achievement is unlocked to help you continue your unhealthy obsession with the Xbox 360 meta-game.
This week on Points>Life we're giving you nothing! Well, actually what we're doing is going back and recapping the tips we've given you and added a little postmortem comment. After releasing each feature the X3F Army shared best practices on other methods to obtain similar achievements.
This week we go back to the last eight weeks of tips and tricks, so if you're new to Points>Life ... today is your day!
Call of Duty 4: Modern WarfareEp.01 -- Points>Life: One Shot, One Kill
Gamers found this tip helpful overall, also stating that hiding in the ticket booth near the bumper car circuit helpful to get this Veteran Difficulty achievement.
Halo 3Ep.02 -- Points>Life: Hungry? It's the Famine Skull!
Readers told us that using a friend as a human boost or driving a vehicle to the position near the skull helped obtain this skull based achievement.
CrackdownEp.03 -- Points>Life: You So Flippin' Crazy
In the video we say this achievement is possible with other vehicles besides the one used (from the DLC) but commenters have told us it's impossible. Keep that in mind looking to score this one.
IkarugaEp.04 -- Points>Life: Perfecting Polarity
Other than telling us our epic run failed in spots, commenters agreed this one is was a pretty solid look at getting the an 'A' rank on the first level in the legendary shooter on XBLA.
Half-Life 2: The Orange BoxEp.05 -- Points>Life: Your Own Worst Enemy
Almost copping out and giving away one of the easiest points ever, we turn around and tip readers off to earning nearly every point in Team Fortress 2.
Grand Theft Auto IVEp.06 -- Points>Life: Six Golden Stars
Tipsters told us that driving through the subway system on a motorcycle is another sure fire way to get the Six Star Wanted Level achievement in GTAIV.
Rainbow Six VegasEp.07 -- Points>Life: The Beginning and the End
This tip showcased using equipment and a glitch that allows gamers to bypass the entire final level.
Rainbow Six Vegas 2Ep.08 -- Points>Life: Fire It Up!
This glitch showed off how to trigger a never-ending stream of enemies to help build your rank. One tipster sent us a YouTube link that showcased another way to pull this off, but it relies on your squad who can be problematic.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
dieter @ May 27th 2008 10:20PM
For anyone looking for achievements, Viking is a very good game. I just finished playing through it, and it is a pretty easy 820 or so points while the game is very enjoyable. I'd highly recommend it as a rent.
StLouisRibs7734 @ May 27th 2008 10:24PM
Heres a tip if you go back to gta:
to get the walk free, ffirst get roman's cab to be phone ready and whiile he is coming get a 3 star rating. Then, when he picks you up, fire your machine gun out the window. When you get 4 stars, skip cab ride. *Bing* 50G-Walk Free
Philip (Fernando Rocker Defence Force) @ May 28th 2008 1:16AM
Also, if you want to get the survive for 5 minutes on 6 star wanted, before you have unlocked all the islands get a helicopter fly over a locked island, and just let the heli sit there and after five minutes, ch33vo.
Deck @ May 28th 2008 1:37AM
Does the Subway trick really work? I need to get the 6 star achievement still yet I have already completed the story so the way in the video will not work sadly for me.
matazah @ May 28th 2008 7:01AM
No it wont work bc you only get six stars from the subway if you travel to an unlocked island through the subway.
Deck @ May 28th 2008 11:27AM
Ahhhh gotcha...well thanks for letting me know. Too bad I don't have an old save before they were unlocked, but that's long gone!
I guess its time to get 6 stars the ol' fashioned way!
Brian @ May 28th 2008 4:18AM
Link error!
The link for the test "Crackdown" leads to
http://www.xbo360fanboy.com/tag/crackdown
Notice the second 'x' is missing from xbox.
Xav de Matos @ May 28th 2008 4:50AM
Fixed.
Brian @ May 28th 2008 4:20AM
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whoops