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Anyone else trying for the 10,000 gamerscore for Microsoft Rewards points?

Posted on 5/19/21 at 11:41 am
Posted by imjustafatkid
Alabama
Member since Dec 2011
58032 posts
Posted on 5/19/21 at 11:41 am
It ends in a couple weeks. It seems like they do this every few months, and I've knocked it out the last few times. I really enjoy spitting out achievements like this, especially on games I'd have never played otherwise.

I reference the Microsoft Rewards reddit, Maka's Guides on Youtube, or Rewards Hunter on Youtube and knock out super easy achievements, but thought I might list out the games I've used for these challenges in case it might help someone out with this or with getting cheap and easy gamerscore in general, and I'd love to get suggestions from others as well. The large majority of the games I have listed out below are either free in general, were previously given away as part of Games with Gold, or were on Game Pass when I completed them.

Here are some of the games I've used for the gamerscore challenges so far, and how long each took me to complete. I know there are others that aren't listed here, but I can't think of them at the moment.

Fallout 4 on PC (630GS) - 5 minutes - LINK
Skyrim on PC (840GS) - 5 minutes - LINK
Rec Room (700GS) - 5 minutes - LINK
Pillars of Eternity 2 on PC (1000GS) - 5 minutes - LINK
Fractured Minds (1000GS) - 10 minutes - LINK
Don't Starve on PC (1000GS) - 10 minutes - LINK
Surviving Mars (2000GS) - about 10 minutes, 1000 GS on XBox and PC each - LINK
Five Nights at Freddy's 2 on PC (1000GS) - 20 minutes - LINK
The Little Acre (1000GS) - 30 minutes - LINK
Subnautica (1000GS) - 30 minutes - LINK
My Friend Peppa Pig (1000GS) - 45 minutes - LINK
The Gardens Between (1000GS) - 1 hour - LINK
Donut County (1000GS) - 1 hour - LINK
DOOM 64 (1000GS) - 1 hour - LINK
ARK: Survival Evolved (1500GS) - 1 hour - LINK
PixARK free trial (1000GS) - 1 hour - LINK
What Remains of Edith Finch (1000GS) - 1.5 hours - LINK
Rain on Your Parade (1000GS) - 2 hours - LINK
Telling Lies (1000GS) - 5 hours with checklist - LINK

No links below, just games I have also used for easy achievements:

Any Telltale game (1000GS each) - 8-10 hours each - no guide necessary, very easy to get all achievements

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice (1000GS) - 8-10 hours - hardest achievement is collecting all the lorestones; I'd either use a guide for that or skip that achievement completely, because even though the ones you collect during the first playthrough are saved, you still have to play completely back through the game to any that you may have missed, with no chapter select

A Plague Tale: Innocence - 15-20 hours - GREAT game; easy to get about 700GS and not extremely hard to get the rest but I didn't feel like going back and doing the work to upgrade the equipment all the way

Mortal Kombat 11 (not free or on Game Pass) - Each of the original fighters has an achievement for completing 2 unique fatalities (stage fatalities work); pretty easy to rack up some gamerscore with this one; you'll also rack up some other random achievements while doing this, especially if you are doing like I am doing and just hitting up an easy tower on very easy difficulty with each character to see their endings

MLB The Show 21 (230 GS) - maybe 30 minutes - open the game, play home run derby, make yourself every player in the derby; you will easily get 190 GS on your way to the 100 HR achievement and the achievement for winning a home run derby; another easy 20 GS for opening your first pack of cards and yet another easy 20 GS just for starting "Road to the Show" and getting drafted at the beginning

Microsoft Solitaire on mobile - if you log in to your XBox account in the app, the achievements you rack up while playing Solitaire also record on your XBox; this is the case with a lot of Microsoft mobile games but Solitaire is the only one I play
This post was edited on 7/17/22 at 1:46 am
Posted by Phate
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2006
11773 posts
Posted on 5/19/21 at 1:51 pm to
Sony used to do this with trophies. After 10 platinum trophies they would send you a $10 PSN card. This got me into trophy hunting and now I'm around 320 platinum trophies. For anyone who is going to do this in addition to Maka you can check out IBadDriverI on YouTube. He plays on PlayStation but the gamerscore requirements should be the same as trophy requirements. Also look at any Ratalaika game. Most of the time they are short and very easy.
Posted by LewDawg
Member since May 2009
76555 posts
Posted on 5/19/21 at 1:58 pm to
Damn, I might have 2. Ghost of Tsushima is 1 for sure
Posted by bad93ex
Walnut Cove
Member since Sep 2018
30808 posts
Posted on 5/19/21 at 2:28 pm to
It's been a long time since I did any achievement hunting and I would like to get over 100k score.
Posted by imjustafatkid
Alabama
Member since Dec 2011
58032 posts
Posted on 5/19/21 at 2:31 pm to
Thanks for the suggestions y'all!

I just thought of another one that I did during the previous gamerscore challenge: NHL 94 Rewind. Took me 3-4 hours because I suck at hockey games. LINK

ETA: Little Nightmares is another good one I missed. Fun game, about 1-2 hours for a full achievement walkthrough with a guide. LINK
This post was edited on 5/19/21 at 2:34 pm
Posted by Phate
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2006
11773 posts
Posted on 5/19/21 at 2:38 pm to
I would think Gamepass would be great for this. I always pay attention to the PS Plus games and see if any are easy platinums.
Posted by imjustafatkid
Alabama
Member since Dec 2011
58032 posts
Posted on 5/19/21 at 2:41 pm to
quote:

I would think Gamepass would be great for this.


It is. Sometimes I just look through all the indie games on there and see if any of them have a 1-2 hour 100% completion guide I can burn through. I was never able to hit any of the 10,000 GS challenges before I got Game Pass.
Posted by imjustafatkid
Alabama
Member since Dec 2011
58032 posts
Posted on 5/23/21 at 2:45 am to
Ten days left in the gamerscore challenge. Still plenty of time to jump in and complete it before it ends, if you haven't started yet.

I'm up to about 7,500 GS for this challenge, 114,810 GS overall.

Today I did Full Throttle Remastered (1000GS). Took a little over an hour following along with one of Maka's guides. LINK

Then I got 1230 GS out of a possible 1250 from Age of Empires: Definitive Edition on PC. Only achievement I didn't get was for winning a ranked ELO game. No thanks. Used a walkthrough on True Achievements. Took about 4 hours while watching tv with the family. LINK

Thinking about doing Day of the Tentacle Remastered tomorrow. Trying to decide if I have the patience to double up on that 1000GS on both PC and XBox. Might save one of those for the next 10k challenge.
This post was edited on 5/23/21 at 2:50 am
Posted by Old Money
LSU
Member since Sep 2012
39603 posts
Posted on 5/25/21 at 11:38 am to
I have like 100k+ gamerscore and havent touched my xbox in like 10 years. Haven't thought about that in a minute. I used to love achievemnt hunting
This post was edited on 5/25/21 at 11:39 am
Posted by imjustafatkid
Alabama
Member since Dec 2011
58032 posts
Posted on 5/30/21 at 6:50 pm to
quote:

I used to love achievemnt hunting


I enjoy it, but I really only do this sort of thing when MS Rewards is doing a promotion. Just seems like an added bonus to get $10 along with the achievement hunting.

If anyone is stuck trying to get that last 1,000 gamerscore, Conan Exiles is a quick 30 minutes for 1,000 GS with this guide from Maka. Just came to Game Pass a few days ago. About to use this for my last run to 10,000 (will actually end up over 10k). The promotion ends in 2 days.

Used Telltale's "Tales from the Borderlands" and "Batman: The Enemy Within" for an easy 2,000 last week. Both great games. I think I must have gotten those free with Gold at some point.

ETA: I got 900 out of Conan Exiles. Don't care enough to try to find someone to co-op with to get the last achievement for standing on someone's head and killing them.
This post was edited on 5/31/21 at 1:49 pm
Posted by McCaigBro69
TigerDroppings Premium Member
Member since Oct 2014
45188 posts
Posted on 5/30/21 at 10:00 pm to
quote:

I'm around 320 platinum trophies


That’s a wild number to me lol. I have a single platinum (FFXV).

The trophy hunting culture is one that interests me solely because I’m not interested in it. I didn’t really know there was any incentive.
Posted by McCaigBro69
TigerDroppings Premium Member
Member since Oct 2014
45188 posts
Posted on 5/30/21 at 10:01 pm to
I enjoyed a lot of telltale games. Tales from the Borderlands especially.
Posted by imjustafatkid
Alabama
Member since Dec 2011
58032 posts
Posted on 5/30/21 at 10:56 pm to
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Tales from the Borderlands especially.


Was hilarious. I liked it far more than I thought I would.
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