Update Yanks Medic Achievement Cheats Out of TF2
Posted by Chris on Sunday, May 4th, 2008 at 7:44 pm under Valve, Half-Life, Gamer Life, Computer, Game Platforms, Games, Game Companies
Tagged: achievements, patch, steam, team fortress 2, update and valve
I can’t even explain how excited I was to have GTA IV and the new Goldrush update for Team Fortress 2 come out on consecutive days last week. Aside from suddenly getting very sick and not being able to play much TF2, the biggest disappointment about the update was the inclusion of cheats that could be entered into the console which would unlock all of the new Medic achievements and, by extension of that, the new medic weapons.
It goes without saying that allowing people to cheat and unlock those achievements is a real bummer. If people want to get their hands on the weapons without unlocking the achievements, that’s fine – just set a small requirement, like play Medic for 10 hours. But giving away achievements was a lame way to do it.
Luckily, Valve issued an update to the game this week which removed the console commands, although players who have already nabbed the weapons still have them. Valve claims they know who used the cheats, so hopefully everything will be straightened out and I can get on with upgrading my bonesaw.
via Steam News
If you found this story interesting, why not subscribe to our RSS feed to get your daily fix of gaming news?
May 4th, 2008 at 8:47 pm
Bunnies.
May 4th, 2008 at 8:50 pm
Oh, and flowers too.
May 4th, 2008 at 9:07 pm
I don't still have my weapons so no.
May 4th, 2008 at 9:18 pm
um, yeah, welcome to a gaming website, "guy who writes crazy comments and then comes back to write more crazy comments." you must be very very busy if you take the time to write these rants on all the gaming blogs.
anyhoo, yeah, i was wondering how i kept seeing people with those new weapons on the first day the update was released. i just assumed they were very skilled achievement whores
May 5th, 2008 at 5:56 am
Film your own suicide? The only people that would enjoy it would be nutcases like you.
May 13th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
[…] suddenly getting very sick and not being able to play much TF2, the biggest disappointment about thhttp://news.filefront.com/update-yanks-medic-achievement-cheats-out-of-tf2/Radcliffe Looks To Right Wrongs Sporting Life via Yahoo! UK & Ireland SportPaula Radcliffe is […]