Gears of War 4 is coming next month, and as a pretty big fan of the original games that aren’t suffixed with Judgement, I’m pretty excited. It looks to be going a little back to its rots with more scares and less balls-to-the-all action, and that can only be a good thing.
Gears of War may have been a short game with underdeveloped sacks of meat muscles as its main characters, but it had a certain charm (especially in co-op), and it refined many of the mechanics it lovingly pilfered from Resident Evil 4. The crouching behind conveniently places knee-high cover even influenced an entire generation of similar action games.
This new game features a more diverse cast, and people who don’t look like rubber sacks stuffed with walnuts. They also don’t sounds like their vocal cords have been replaced with cheese graters, so that’s nice. That’s probably enough tangential twaddle though. The game is out next month, and because it’s an Xbox (and PC!) game, it’ll play host to a bunch of achievements. We’ve already detailed what you’ll need to do to get the coveted, nigh impossible “seriously?” achievement this time around – but here’s all the other ones. Don’t stress about spoilers though, because all the story-specific ones have been listed as secrets.
GENERAL GAMEPLAY
- Zen and the Art of Reloading – Perform 25 perfect active reloads [5G]
- Drop the Beat…down – Get 3 Dropshot headshots [5G]
- Now That’s a Knife! – Kill 10 enemies with combat knife after yanking or kicking [5G]
- Triple Play – Kill 3 enemies with a single Buzzkill shot [5G]
- Whoomp, There It Is! – Knife execute an enemy that was yanked over cover by another player [5G]
- I Live. I Die. I Live Again! – Rescue someone from inside a Snatcher [5G]
- Pounsus Interruptus – Kill a Pouncer mid-pounce with Shotgun or Chainsaw [5G]
- Stop Hitting Yourself – Kill a Guardian with a Guardian weapon [5G]
CAMPAIGN
- 16 Story Progression Achievements [80G]
- Ready for More – Complete all campaign Acts (any difficulty) [10G]
- Learned the Hard Way – Complete all campaign Acts on Hardcore or Insane Difficulty [20G]
- The Night is Dark and Full of Terrors – Complete all campaign Acts on Insane Difficulty [30G]
- Come And Knock on My Door – Complete one Act in Co-op Campaign (any difficulty) [5G]
- Brothers Till The End – Complete all Campaign Acts in Co-op (any difficulty) [20G]
- The Sound Of Silence – Complete the Campaign without dropping your inheritance [25G]
- Collector – Recover 5 Campaign collectibles [5G]
- Pack Rat – Recover 10 Campaign collectibles [10G]
- Completist – Recover all Campaign collectibles [15G]
- Remember the Fallen – Recover all COG Tags during the Campaign [15G]
- But You Can’t Pick Your Family – Find 5 weapons in snot bubbles [5G]
- Look out! Uh… Never Mind – Kill 25 enemies by dropping pods on them [5G]
- –Spoiler Protected– Kills [5G]
- Gone With The Windflare – Kill 15 enemies using the environment during a windflare [5G]
VERSUS
- Big Ol Hero -Get the “Big Ol Hero” Ribbon ten times [5G]
- Bounty Hunter – Complete 20 Bounties [10G]
- Chest Candy – Earn one of each launch Ribbon [10G]
- Custom Made – Win a match using a non-Starter Character and non-default Weapon Skin [5G]
- Ranked and Filed – Achieve a rank in all launch Core and Competitive game modes [5G]
- Rollin’ With the Homies – Earn the maximum Consecutive Match Bonus in Versus [5G]
- Say Hello to My Little Friend – Get the final winning kill in Arms Race [5G]
- How’s it Going to Work? Teamwork! – Win a Casual Co-op Versus match [5G]
- Teamwork Makes the Dream Work! – Win a Normal Co-op Versus match [5G]
- Talent Gets Kills, Teamwork Wins Games! – Win a Hardcore Co-op Versus match [5G]
- To Go Fast, Go Alone. To Go Far, Go Together – Win an Insane Co-op Versus match [5G]
HORDE
- At First I Was Afraid, I Was Petrified – Survive the first 10 consecutive waves of Horde in a squad (any difficulty, any map) [10G]
- Bilford Bogin! – Complete 50 consecutive waves of Horde in a squad (any difficulty, any map) [25G]
- I’ve Killed Things, Seen Places – Complete 50 consecutive waves of Horde in a squad on every Launch Series map (any difficulty) [50G]
- I Have Approximate Knowledge of Many Things – Complete 50 consecutive waves of Horde as Scout on Insane in a squad (any map) [20G]
- Job’s Done – Complete 50 consecutive waves of Horde as Engineer on Insane in a squad (any map) [20G]
- Oh What a Day! What a Lovely Day! – Complete 50 consecutive waves of Horde as Soldier on Insane in a squad [20G]
- I Choose Violence – Complete 50 consecutive waves of Horde as Heavy on Insane in a squad (any map) [20G]
- Give a Name. Any Name. – Complete 50 consecutive waves of Horde as Sniper on Insane in a squad (any map) [20G]
- I Have a Very Particular Set of Skills – Upgrade a Skill card to maximum level [5G]
- Skills That Make Me a Nightmare – Upgrade 5 Launch Series Skill cards to maximum level [10G]
- Classy Move – Reach level 10 in one Horde Class [5G]
- Stay Classy – Reach level 10 in every Launch Horde Class [10G]
- Gold Digger – Spend 100000 Power in the Fabricator (across all sessions) [10G]
- Sugar Daddy – Deposit 1,000,000 power in the Fabricator lifetime [10G]
- Tea. Earl Grey. Hot. – Upgrade Fabricator to maximum level (in one session) [5G]
- Call a Dr. If Lasting More than 4 Teammates – Resurrect 4 teammates using the Fabricator in a single session (any difficulty) [5G]
PROGRESSION AND CARDS
- Level 10 – Reach level 10 [10G]
- Level 50 – Reach level 50 [25G]
- It’s a Start – Earn 1000 Credits lifetime [5G]
- Moving on up! – Earn 10000 Credits lifetime [10G]
- I’m Drumpf – Earn 100000 Credits lifetime [20G]
- Craftsman – Craft a card [5G]
- Master Craftsman – Craft a Legendary card [10G]
- Thank You, Sir. May I Have Another? – Re-up once [10G]
- Please Sir, Can I Have Some More? – Re-up ten times [100G]
- Seriously 4.0 – Complete Insane Campaign, ribbons, rank placements, Horde maps, re-ups, classes and five skills [200G]
Last Updated: September 23, 2016
