If you've been playing Crackdown co-op style, then we need your input. After playing co-op with a friend the last two nights we noticed a problem with the achievements in the game. The problem arose when I was invited to a co-op Crackdown session, which was easy enough. Hours went by, we were leveling up our characters, earning achievements for such deeds, and even picked up the "Double Trouble" achievement. It was bliss until we killed every gang member in Los Muertos. My friend (who was hosting the game) unlocked two achievements, both the "Los Muertos Intel Master" and "Los Muertos Cleanser". But there was a problem, I didn't receive any achievements. We then exited the game, I started a solo campaign by myself and noticed that all the progress I made in co-op with my friend was remembered except for how many gang members we found/killed. My agent's skill levels were retained, all agility orbs remembered, and even the supply points were marked as located. But it still showed that I haven't killed or found any of the 21 gang members and therefore haven't earned those corresponding achievements.So fanboys, do you have a similar story or is this a weird one-off incident? Have you been playing co-op and earning achievements pertaining to taking down the gangs and its members? I've sent out a query to the powers that be and hopefully we will get some answers, because playing co-op and not earning certain achievements is ridiculous. Again, any information from you guys would help to get this issue figured out.
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2-23-2007 @ 11:07PM
Justin U said...
Its not a glitch, its not a bug.
It happens with EVERYONE. Its mean to be that you are helping the friend, and its not reflected upon your own campaign.
Not like its hard if you were levelling to get those guys dead.
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2-23-2007 @ 11:10PM
Bangbang... said...
**but you are still only there to help the host beat the bosses.
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2-24-2007 @ 6:03AM
svobs said...
same problem here!
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2-24-2007 @ 9:10AM
Steve said...
hm. well last night when i was playing with one of my friends we ran into the whole "why isnt the boss here in the quarry thing. we actually had to backtrack across half the map, then go back and it was fine. but what i thought was interesting was i found the observatory and the globe. so i was going around killing the gang members with it for the achievement. after i got it my friend tried the same thing but found out since i got the achievement he did also. i had no idea thats how it worked.
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2-24-2007 @ 10:47AM
Jason said...
"Yeah, I had a big problem in a co-op game with a friend where after we killed Mrs. Timbol (on the Shai-Gen island) the rest of the bosses just disappeared. Their markers were there, but when we got to the base there would be nothing; no gangsters, no boss, not even any goddamn cars or boxes."
Yep--had this exact issue yesterday. Frustrating because the only way to get the bosses back was to restart the game. We wondered if maybe it was because I had already beaten them in my game and he hadn't--some kind of co-op bug mixing up the progress.
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2-24-2007 @ 12:46PM
Rami Selim said...
I noticed that I got a couple of achievements soon after I started playing WITHOUT actually doing them. For example I got the Base Jumper achievement without ever climbing the agency tower (I was level 2 agility). It was weird. Another one was the Airtime Assassin. I got that without actually doing it either. This was all in solo play however.
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2-24-2007 @ 12:53PM
Kalroy said...
Here's something I noticed last night. Let the host be the first one to get to the boss area. His game, his script triggers is what I figure. On the other hand it was kinda nice just exploring without being firefly'd constantly.
Kalroy
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2-24-2007 @ 2:03PM
robk said...
yup i played through each city and then had to go through again by myself and do it again to get the achievements for myself. it wasn't to hard but a bit annoying
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2-24-2007 @ 2:32PM
ericdrum said...
It's like Justin and BangBang said. I knew the game would be like this 2 weeks before it came out after I had read someones impressions. I have no problems with how they implemented this. It's fine with me.
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2-24-2007 @ 3:44PM
Rane Pollock said...
What's wrong with having to go back and beat a boss by yourself? It's not like the game isn't fun enough and it's a chore. Just get in there and get your skill for kills and quit complaining.
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2-24-2007 @ 5:31PM
robby2009 said...
I have been playing co-op over Xbox Live basically the past two days, non stop (it's fantastic!), and I have not run into this problem. Everything we did is "remembered" in my single player game. I just went and booted it up, to make sure, and everything was just as we left it in co-op. This must be an isolated problem.
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2-24-2007 @ 6:31PM
Smokestorm said...
This doesn't sound like proper co-op, should be like gears when you defeat th bosses together yo uboth get the achievments, who know myabe they will patch it cos it sucks this way
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2-25-2007 @ 3:46PM
Aaron said...
You did get anything because you are playing his game because he hosted it
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2-25-2007 @ 7:55PM
LR said...
There's definitely some glitches in co-op mode. A friend and I have been playing together, and we removed three gangs together-- but he did most of the work. I receive the achievements for this, and he did not.
He had to replay again in solo mode to gain the achievements.
Also, occasionally the gang members simply disappear in co-op mode. It's most certainly a bug, as this never happens in solo mode. But it's happened a couple of times now, most notably when we were fighting the last boss of Shai-Gen, and the gang members leading up to him would simply disappear and provided no challenge at all as it was just a matter of running up the building to face NOONE! Gang members were also missing from the final fight.
Those issues aside, the game is a lot of fun, in both co-op and solo mode
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3-02-2007 @ 5:16PM
Czar Valo said...
yea..this happened to me too. I was a little mad that i didnt get the achievments. But hey, once we finnish the game on his host..i can host and we can play the game again.
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3-05-2007 @ 3:59PM
Got Nutzz said...
What I want to know is if I get a orb in someone else's game that he hasn't got will he be able to get it after i get it or vice versus??
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3-30-2007 @ 6:18PM
Ian said...
yeah, I beat the game in single player and got all the gang leaders by my self, so does that mean that i can never get any of the co-op achievements?
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4-05-2007 @ 8:02AM
andynic said...
Guy's, Guy's, Guys,
When you join another friends game on Crackdown, you are just taking your character over to their game and effectively, helping them complete THEIR story.
I cannot see why people have a problem with this as 2 sets of bosses means more gameplay over a fantastic game.
If you are struggling to beat a boss after helping out a freind on theirs, why not ask them to return the favour.
Great game and still not completed fully yet but just wish the bad guys would not just disapear after taking over the city.
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