Mass Effect 3's Achievement list has gone online, and it's an action-packed affair. Don't read below this line unless you like the smell of spoilers in the morning.
In a considerate twist, you won't have to play the online Galaxy at War multiplayer mode to accrue the full 1000 Gamerscore - a slew of the Achievements have online and offline unlock criteria.
Old favourites like Paramour and the Long Service Medal return. Interestingly, there's no Achievement for making use of Kinect.
Thanks as ever to X360a for the goods. Give our Mass Effect 3 hub a whirl for more on the game, including vital intel on fighting Cerberus, the fates of the races, the new Normandy and which major Earth cities you'll get to shoot up.
* Bringer of War (10) - Chase down an assassin.
* Mobilizer (15) - Bring a veteran officer aboard.
* World Shaker (15) - Destroy an Atlas dropped from orbit.
* Pathfinder (15) - Explore a lost city.
* Tunnel Rat (15) - Survive the swarm.
* Party Crasher (15) - Sabotage a dreadnought.
* Hard Target (15) - Call down an orbital strike.
* Saboteur (15) - Disable a group of fighter squadrons.
* Arbiter (25) - Win a political stand-off.
* Last Witness (25) - Extract ancient technology.
* Executioner (25) - Defeat an old adversary.
* Well Connected (15) - Send a warning across the galaxy.
* Fact Finder (15) - Discover an enemy's monstrous origin.
* Liberator (15) - Stop a Cerberus kidnapping.
* Problem Solver (15) - Evacuate a scientific facility.
* Patriot (25) - Make the final assault.
* Legend (50) - Mission accomplished.
* Shopaholic (10) - Visit a store in the single-player campaign.
* Master and Commander (50) - Deliver most of the Galaxy at War assets to the final conflict.
* Lost and Found (25) - Dispatch 10 probes to retrieve people or resources in Reaper territory.
* Long Service Medal (50) - Complete Mass Effect 3 twice, or once with a Mass Effect 2 import.
* Insanity (75) - Finish the game on Insanity without changing difficulty after leaving Earth.
* A Personal Touch (10) - Modify a weapon.
* Paramour (25) - Establish or rekindle a romantic relationship.
* Combined Arms (25) - Perform any combination of 50 biotic combos or tech bursts.
* Focused (25) - Evolve any of your powers to rank 6.
* Recruit (10) - Kill 250 enemies.
* Soldier (15) - Kill 1,000 enemies.
* Veteran (25) - Kill 5,000 enemies.
* Bruiser (10) - Kill 100 enemies with melee attacks.
* Untouchable (10) - Escape a Reaper in the galaxy map.
* Defender (25) - Attain the highest level of readiness in each theatre of war.
* Overload Specialist (15) - Overload the shields of 100 enemies.
* Sky High (15) - Lift 100 enemies off the ground with powers.
* Pyromaniac (15) - Set 100 enemies on fire with powers.
* Eye of the Hurricane (10) - Kill a brute while it's charging you.
* Mail Slot (10) - Kill 10 guardians with headshots from the front while their shields are raised.
* Hijacker (10) - Hijack an Atlas mech.
* Giant Killer (10) - Defeat a harvester.
* Enlisted (5) - Start a character in multiplayer or customize a character in single-player.
* Tour of Duty (20) - Finish all multiplayer maps or all N7 missions in single-player.
* Always Prepared (10) - Obtain two non-customizable suits of armour.
* Tourist 5 Complete one multiplayer match or two N7 missions.
* Explorer (15) - Complete three multiplayer matches or five N7 missions.
* Gunsmith (25) - Upgrade any weapon to level 10.
* Almost There (15) - Reach level 15 in multiplayer or level 50 in single-player.
* Peak Condition (25) - Reach level 20 in multiplayer or level 60 in single-player.
* Battle Scarred (25) - Promote a multiplayer character to the Galaxy at War or import an ME3 character.
* Unwavering (50) - Finish all multiplayer maps on Gold or all single-player missions on Insanity.
6 comments so far...
golliwoza on 6 Feb '12 said:
Its good to see players can still get the full lot without touching multiplayer if they dont want it. I will no doubt give multi a good go and possibly enjoy it.
It would be nice to see more developers do this with games where multiplayer is secondary.
And I can see myself getting bruiser easily as I like getting up close and personal.
whelly1985 on 6 Feb '12 said:
ive only just started playing mass effect 2 after having it for god knows how long (hangs head in shame) its awesome, these achievements look just like the previous 2 mass effects, shouldnt be too hard
sonicmark on 6 Feb '12 said:
Bioware got it right, just like Visceral did with Dead Space 2
. I hate being forced into online gaming just because I want a certain achievement.
ipsofacto on 6 Feb '12 said:
Reach level 60?! ohhhhhhh my god. still haven't managed that on mass effect one and i'm on my third playthrough...
I can think of worse things than endlessly playing mass effect though
sonicmark on 8 Feb '12 said:
3rd playthrough and you haven't reach level 60 yet? What difficulty are you playing it on? :S.
TheIcemanCometh on 10 Feb '12 said:
Isn't Galaxy at War what they're calling the multiplayer/co-op? If so, the Master and Commander achievement will require you to play it. So there's at last one achievement you'll have to do outside the single player.
Or am I missing something?