Turok developer “plans” to remove Grab Bag achievement
Things have been pretty slow in the news department, thanks to the impending Christmas holidays. However, when news of Turok’s Grab Bag achievement reached my ears, I just knew there was something to thrash about the upcoming dino-shooter.
Never heard of the Grab Bag? Let me enlighten you then.
This achievement may be the worst you’ve ever heard of because it rewards you 10 points for killing “at least one creature, one enemy, one teammate, and yourself in the same round of a public match.” This means you’re rewarded for being an achievement whore and killing your teammates.
The latest update is actually good news because Propaganda Games, Turok’s developer, is readying a patch for the Grab Bag achievement. Josh Holmes, VP at Propaganda, explained:
“What we found was that players playing their first match in Turok—almost every player—was (accidentally) killing himself, a teammate and an enemy with a grenade or a Stick Bomb gun and so we thought ‘hey, we should give them an achievement for that’, as kind of a joke.”
I don’t think it’s funny, and I’m sure many people would agree.
Holmes defends their original idea by saying that from his experience, people concerned with multiplayer achievements are those who set up a private match, and won’t try it in public ones.
Josh, you must’ve lived a sheltered life. Instead of readying a patch in case the problem shows up in multiplayer, why not get rid of it altogether? Achievement whores would do anything. I haven’t played as much multiplayer as the average foul-mouthed Xbox Live tween, but I can tell you that I’ve had my fair scars from teammate killing.
I don’t see why such a big deal is made of this. I don’t see a problem with killing team members in my first match ever – it’s just a game, right?
Saint’s Row has an achievement that’s awarded after you kill 50 innocent pedestrians with melee attacks. That’s one achievement that the world could do without.
However, awarding a player points for a team kill? Perfect! Not only do you get points for being a n00b, but you also get to piss off people who really get bothered by team kills.
I may play the game and start team killing just for fun – who needs the achievement points?
I’ve never heard of awarding players for being a n00b.
Hey Klopzi, I didn’t know you had it in you. Team killing? I better stay out of your way in multiplayer. :P