XBOX 360 E User Guide
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Over or Under—Achievements Achievements are your...well, they’re your game achievements. Every Xbox 360 game has a set of achievements that are unlocked as you progress throughout the game. In Dead Risingfor example, you’ll unlock an achievement after destroying 100 objects. The Achievements section of your gamer pro- file is a quick snapshot of your recent achievements in games (both retail titles and Xbox Live Arcade games). Small icons proudly demonstrate your accomplishments in every game you’ve played. Typically, retail games grant anywhere from 900 to 1,000 achievement points; Xbox Live Arcade titles all have 200 achievement points. The Fruits of Your Labor—Gamerscore Tied intimately to achievements, gamerscore is the aggregate of all your accomplishments. Each achievement has a certain point value. When you unlock a new achievement, the number is added to your gamerscore. Again, there will be more on this in the next chapter. Street Cred Online—Reputation Imagine this: You’re playing Fight Night Round 3online and utterly owning another player. Suddenly, he pauses the game and never returns. Not cool, right? That is why your reputation now has a visual representation on your gamer card. The Reputation feature of the gamer card helps you find players that believe in truth, justice, and the fair-gaming way. After playing online with someone, you can rate your opponent’s performance. That affects your opponent’s gamer card reputation and in turn, increases or decreases the amount of stars he or she has filled up. You’re likely to have a better play experience with someone sporting a higher reputation score than a lower one. 56 Xbox 360™Han dbook Overachievers take note! For more in-depth exploration of achievements, flip to the next chapter, “Making Your Mark.” TIP Even if you don’t play online, it pays to set up your gamer card and gamer profile while having your Xbox 360 connected to the Internet. Gamers who primarily indulge in single-player games can still show off their accomplishments and gamerscores. If you’ve done some remarkable things in a game, you ought to shout it out loud! NOTE Protected by copyright. Unauthorized or unlawful copying or downloading \ expressly prohibited.
Hide Your Ugly Mug...With a Monkey’s Face—Gamer Picture and Personal Picture Your gamer picture is an icon that can be seen by other players on Xbox Live and Xbox.com. You can select a picture that shows who you are as a gamer or an image that says something about you personally. There are a limited number of pictures to choose from on your Xbox 360, but more are made available for purchase nearly every day on the Xbox Live Marketplace.The gamer picture is another simple way to let other players know what you’re about. You’ll know sports fans when you see players brandishing the MLB or NFL logo of their favorite teams. You’ll recognize a shooter fan by his or her Halo® 3gamer picture. Who knows what you can tell about a person whose gamer picture depicts a fine wood finish? But it’s nice to know the option is there. As its name indicates, the personal picture is...well, more personal. You can select another image that can be seen only by people on your friends list. You can even take a picture using the Xbox Live Vision camera and use it as your personal picture. This is a nice way to share a little something with your nearest and dearest Xbox 360 pals. 57 Identify Yourself! Reputation is a nice self-governing sys- tem on Xbox Live that you should alwaystake advantage of. Reward players you’ve had a good time with by giving them their props. And ding those sore losers who cheat or quit out of games in lieu of taking a loss. TIP After playing with a gamer, you can select the recent player’s gamer card. If you submit a preferable-player review, you become more likely to play with that gamer in the future. The same goes for when you want to avoid being matched with a player. After playing with someone who you do not want to match with again, you can submit negative feedback. This will make it harder for them to match with you. NOTE Be very careful when submitting a negative player review. Think it through. By submitting a negative player review, you affect their rep, and avoid them. You can later change your review and make that player a preferred player, but it will not affect the player ’s rep! CAUTION To change your gamer picture(s), click on your gamer card from any of the Dashboard blades, choose Edit Gamer Profile, and select Gamer Picture. There you can change your gamer picture, your personal picture, download new ones, or take a personal pic with the Xbox Live Vision camera. TIP Protected by copyright. Unauthorized or unlawful copying or downloading \ expressly prohibited.
Say It Without Saying It—Motto Your motto can be as simple as one word or as complex as “l33t” speak. It’s really all up to you, but the main point of it is to further describe who you are as a gamer.Pick something short, naughty, bold, or brilliant. As long as it reflects who you are and what you want to say, you really can’t go wrong here. Try some of the following on for size, but remember you only have 21 characters to work with. Brevity is the soul of wit, they say. 58 Xbox 360™Han dbook PC-bound gamers, take note: You can also edit your gamer profile online on Xbox.com. Log in to your profile and select Account Management. Voila! TIP “Hello.*bang* Goodbye.” “C u @ the finish line” “For victory!” “for the win!” “I love cows.” “luv2Frag” “Walk away. Trust me.” “Sign off now I’ll win” “NoobMasterPwner” “OmgWTFbbq!!1” “I pwn ju” “www.iwinyoulose.com” “Jump Out” “Work hard, Play hard” “Frag happens” “Sucks to be you!” “Yes, I’m a girl” “All your base” “Are belong to us” Bragging Rights After spending many long hours beefing up your gamerscore, playing nice online, and mulling over the wittiest motto, it’s only right that you exercise your right to brag. You have to know how to brag right, though. Telling people at the grocery store that you unlocked every achievement in Chromehoundswon’t have the same impact as, say, posting your gamer card on your MySpace page. That is why, in addition to allowing other players to see your gamer card on Xbox Live and Xbox.com, Microsoft has a quick and easy way for you to display it on any website. To show off your hard gaming work... 1. Log into Xbox.com. 2 . Go to My Xbox. 3. Select the Profile subsection. 4 . Click on the “Learn how to put your gamer card on your Web site” link under your gamer picture. 5 . Cut the HTML code and paste it anywhere your heart desires (online anyway). Protected by copyright. Unauthorized or unlawful copying or downloading \ expressly prohibited.
Sizing Up the Competition If you get a kick out of scanning other people’s gamer cards, then you’re going to love checking out their gamer profiles. The gamer profiles give you more in-depth information on Xbox Live players and even more ways to sum them up.Available for viewing on your Xbox 360 or on Xbox.com, gamer profiles share more intimate details about a player’s gaming habits. You’ll be able to see what players’ favorite games and genres are, as well as what other gaming systems they own. You vs. Them The juicy stuff is getting to see a player’s achievements, gamerscore, and recently played games. You’ll be able to see a person’s entire gaming history on Xbox 360: Every game played, achievements, gamerscore broken down point by point, and the total number of games played are right there at your fingertips. You can even compare your achievements and gamerscores with another’s. Of course, this information can be used for much more than just spying somebody’s stats. You use this info to find people with the same gaming tastes. If you’ve found someone who has played most of the same games you have, or has hit roughly the same number of achievements, chances are that player will make a great gaming par tner. Game Scouting Gamer profiles can also be used to learn about new games. Say you’ve hit it off with someone chatting on Xbox Live and you’ve added that person to your friends list. Check out the player’s gamer profile to see if he or she is playing any games you’re not. If you’ve found that you have similar tastes, pick up or download a demo of the games he or she has been playing. You might be pleasantly surprised. Collecting Friends The gamer card and gamer profile are great ways to find playing partners and friends on Xbox Live. Like baseball cards, people can collect the virtual you if they like what you’re all about. In turn, you can sift through millions of gamers around the world to find people to connect with. If you have a limited amount of time, treat the gamer card as a quick snapshot to find kindred gaming spirits. If you have more time, delve into others’ gaming profiles. Both are valuable tools to help you find the right people to game with. They enhance your gaming experience immensely when put to good use. So get to it! 59 Identify Yourself! Protected by copyright. Unauthorized or unlawful copying or downloading \ expressly prohibited.
Profile to Taste Microsoft realizes that gamers’ tastes and pref- erences sometimes evolve from game to game. That’s why you can always edit your gamer profile. Any of the above settings can be changed.After setting up your gamer card and gamer profile, you can then select your gamer card from any of the first three blades and you will be taken to a new screen where you can view your games played, rep, edit your gamer profile, and more. Memory Lane The View Games screen leads to a list of every game you’ve ever played. Even if it was for two minutes, it’s on this list. Sorted by most recently played game, this screen also lists your achievement score of each game. This is a great way to keep track of your gaming habits or to see which achievements still need to be attained. Change Things Up Edit Gamer Profile lets you change your gamer and per- sonal pics, motto, Gamer Zone, gamertag, and privacy settings. That’s about it. 60 Xbox 360™Han dbook Protected by copyright. Unauthorized or unlawful copying or downloading \ expressly prohibited.
How You Doin’? The View Rep screen contains a short synopsis of how you’ve been rated while playing online. Have you been misbehaving? If so, the View Rep screen will be sure to raise some flags for you.It explains rep and breaks down how you’ve been rated into percentages. The categories are Trash Talk, Language, Disruptive, Aggressive Behavior, Unsporting, and Quit Early. Play Your Way This is probably one of the most useful and time-saving features on the Xbox 360. The Game Defaults option allows you to customize your preferences for three different genres (General, Action, and Racing). By making use of this feature you will save time every time you play a new game. Set your action pref- erences and never worry about whether your y-axis is inverted or not. GENERAL DEFAULTS INCLUDE: Difficulty: Choose the default difficulty for your games. Primary Color: This feature will depend on the game. Secondary Color: This feature will depend on the game. Controller Sensitivity: Choose how quickly your cursor reacts to your button and stick commands. ACTION DEFAULTS INCLUDE: Y-Axis: Invert the axis or leave it normal. Movement: Choose which stick controls movement. Auto-Aim: Toggle it on or off. Auto-Center: Toggle it on or off. RACING DEFAULTS INCLUDE: Transmission: Do you like manual or automatic? Camera Angle: Choose to view the race from behind the car, inside the car, or in front of the car. Brake Control: Choose to use the trigger or a button to brake. Accelerator Control: Choose to use the trigger or a button to accelerate. 61 Identify Yourself! Protected by copyright. Unauthorized or unlawful copying or downloading \ expressly prohibited.
Manage Your Account and Auto Sign-In The last two features are great, though you will most likely use them far less often than any of the above. If you ever need to update your address, billing infor- mation and so on, go to Account Management.To automatically sign in when you turn on the Xbox 360, enable auto sign-in. That’s it! 62 Xbox 360™Han dbook Remember, auto sign-in is gamertag specific, so you won’t be able to have two gamertags on the same console with auto sign-in enabled. NOTE Protected by copyright. Unauthorized or unlawful copying or downloading \ expressly prohibited.
Xbox 360™Han dbookThe Official User ’s Guide 05: Making Your Mark Protected by copyright. Unauthorized or unlawful copying or downloading expressly prohibited.
OVERACHIEVING How does one leave a mark on the gaming community, aside from making witty comments while creating total carnage online? Achievement points, that’s how. Before achievement points and gamerscores, the only proof you had that you had mastered a game was the wear and tear on your thumbs. Not anymore, diligent gamer.Microsoft has introduced a new and exciting game element to the Xbox 360 with its achievements system. This feature is found in every game for the Xbox 360, whether it’s a boxed game you’ve purchased at a store or a title you’ve downloaded on Xbox Live Arcade. It’s a simple but incredibly effective system that extends the value of games and really changes the way you play. Not Quite Like Running a 10k, but... Achievements are side tasks in a game, not nec- essarily tied to the plot line or in-game objectives: scoring a goal in under a minute in NHL 2K6or playing 40 skip cards in Uno ™ , for example. Each achievement is worth a certain number of points. And while those points are usually an indication of how hard the achieve- ment was to accomplish (more points for tougher tasks), the ultimate chal- lenge is unlocking every achievement in a particular game. After you’ve unlocked an achievement, its points are reflected in your gamerscore (part of your gamer profile). While it’s not a complete reflection of game-specific skill, other players can see your overall gaming prowess when they take a gander at your profile on Xbox Live or Xbox.com. It isn’t a scientific measurement by any means, but it is cool to have a ridiculously high gamer- score...you know, for bragging rights and all. 64 Xbox 360™Han dbook Ultra-competitive players, listen up! Hit up Xbox.com’s personalities sec- tion and check out the Treit & True column on gamerscore. Ryan Treit gives you the lowdown on the easiest achievements with the highest gamerscore rewards. This is a great way to boost your gamerscore and show the world you’ve got game (whether it’s tough or not). TIP Check the achieve- ments and their points for any game you’ve played by pressing the Xbox Guide button and clicking on your gamer card. TIP Protected by copyright. Unauthorized or unlawful copying or downloading \ expressly prohibited.
Gaming Beyond Achievements have dra- matically changed the way we experience games. Before achievements, games ended with a “Game Over” or credits screen. Not anymore. This is the next gen, right?After you’ve completed a story-based title or fin- ished a season in a sports game, achievements add depth to your gaming experience when reflected in your gamerscore. How can you let a beaten game gather dust when you still have achievements to unlock? Every Point Counts Take a game like Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Legend , for example. In addition to getting warm fuzzies for beating the England stage, you’ll also unlock an achievement and add 75 points to your gamerscore for your efforts. That’s just awesome! You can also unlock achievements when you collect a certain number of bronze and silver rewards. You can play this game on other video game consoles, but only the Xbox 360’s achievement system gives you a bonus that stays with you throughout your gaming career. Long after Lara Croft has come and gone, you will be able to say, “Yeah, I mastered Legend,” and the Achievements tally on your gamer profile will prove it. Achievements also increase replay value, adding hours to your experience. Say you want to run through Dead Rising just to watch the story unfold. You’ll haveto play the game again more thoroughly to unlock its achieve- ments and increase your gamerscore. It is nearly impossible to unlock every achievement in one play-through. You doubt it? Go try. Value is the key here and achievements deliver it in spades. 65 Making Your Mark Protected by copyright. Unauthorized or unlawful copying or downloading \ expressly prohibited.