History VideoGame / AchievementUnlocked

* VideogameCrueltyPotential:

* AWinnerIsYou

* GuideDangIt: One of the achievements is for visiting the [[spoiler:hint page]]

* ParadiegeticGameplay: In ''Achievement Unlocked 2'', one set of achievements require access to a special coffee-related area, only able to be reached by opening two windows of the game simultaneously, with the second one leading you to the coffee area.

* WaitingPuzzle: Supposedly, you get the "Don't move a muscle achievement" by standing still. However, the way the game is coded the achievement unlocks the exact instant the game starts, even if you're moving.
* WelcomeToTheRealWorld: The first sequel's top level is supposed to be [[spoiler:the real world (called the cataclysm), with a dramatic music playing when you enter it. The background is a picture of a city (from the picture, it's probably Chicago) at twilight. You even get an achievement if [[TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth you kill yourself in the cataclysm]].]]

** The hamster wheel in the second game maxes out at [[Film/BackToTheFuture 88 mph]].

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Two subsequent sequels were made. The first of them, ''[[http://armorgames.com/play/6561/achievement-unlocked-2 Achievement Unlocked 2]]'' pokes fun at the concept of DownloadableContent. It also has a Time Trial challenge and a multiplayer mode. ''[[http://armorgames.com/play/13196/achievement-unlocked-3 Achievement Unlocked 3]]'' extends the amount of achivements to 400, includes a ladder system, and adds an ExcusePlot where you collect pellets for the Hamster King.

* GottaCatchEmAll: This is pretty much the whole point of the game, to get all the achievements. You even get an achievement for getting an achievement!

** "Can't Follow Instructions" in the sequel. [[spoiler: You right-click, and click [[SchmuckBait "Don't Click Here."]]]]
** The craziest of them? [[spoiler:Type the game's URL in another tab while you're still playing it, and you'll gain access to the Hot Coffee screen. Move about in that mini-stage, and stand onto the coffee cup to get more achievements]]. But wait, there's more: [[spoiler: in that secret screen, there's ''another secret screen'', named Cold Coffee. It's found by falling off the side of the Hot Coffee screen. Standing on top the Cold Coffee mug also gives you an achievement]]. It's pretty safe to say that [=AU2=] also pokes fun at the very notion of GuideDangIt.
*** Later builds of the game, however, change the name of the achievement to "two browser windows", giving you more of an idea of what you're supposed to do.

* MoodWhiplash: [[spoiler: The Cataclysm (or Roof) in the second game.]]

* WelcomeToTheRealWorld: The first sequel's top level is supposed to be [[spoiler: the real world (called the cataclysm), with a dramatic music playing when you enter it. The background is a picture of a city (from the picture, it's probably Chicago) at twilight. You even get an achievement if [[TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth you kill yourself in the cataclysm]].]]

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* ObviousBeta: The third game. Several achievements are glitched, and the frame rate is horrible.

* SideView

* CharacterCustomisation: The first game lets you change the elephant's color, while the third lets you change his headwear and clothes.

* FatBastard: King Hamster

* ItsUpToYou: Seriously.

''I played Row Row Row Your Boat. I ran in a giant hamster wheel. I even pooped a pastry. [[ItMakesSenseInContext In the end, it all made sense.]] I needed to achieve. I needed to win. And even though I got there with a bit of stress, time-wasting, and lack of diginity, I achieved what few have ever done.''\\\

* TakeThatAudience: The games have some snark towards the kind of player who would devote themself towards gaining absolute 100% completion of a time-wasting online game where you win by doing pretty mundane things. Such as the kind of player who is playing ''Achievement Unlocked''.

* AchievementMockery: See above.

* BraggingRightsReward[=/=]CosmeticAward: Pretty much the whole game, but especially the "Too Much Free Time" achievement, which you get for [[HundredPercentCompletion getting every other achievement in the game]].

* TakeThatAudience: The games have some snark towards the kind of player who would devote him-or-herself towards gaining absolute 100% completion of a time-wasting online game where you win by doing pretty mundane things. Such as the kind of player who is playing ''Achievement Unlocked''.

''[[AntiPoopSocking Now go play outside or]] [[CallBack help your sister move]] [[AntiPoopSocking or something...]]''

* {{Deconstruction}}: Of the Achievement system.
** DeconstructionGame

''[[Administrivia/WelcomeToTVTropes Welcome to Achievement Unlocked 2.]]''

** Later builds of the game, however, change the name of the achievement to "two browser windows", giving you more of an idea of what you're supposed to do.

* TheMagicTouch: Touching blocks (floors/walls/ceilings), and spikes usually makes them change color. There are several achievements for painting specific amounts of them.

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** From the first game, [[Film/ThreeHundred "THIS IS SPARTA"]], [[Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy "Meaning of Life"]], [[Music/TheBeeGees "Stayin' Alive"]], [[Film/RockyHorrorPictureShow "It's a Jump to the Left" and "And it's a step to the Ri-i-ight!"]].

** The two number point achievements mentioned in Guide Dang It are quite simple for anyone able to do mid-level mathematics.
*** Or for those who have the ability to obtain and use a calculator.
*** Or do a simple Google search for cheats.

** From the first game, [[ThreeHundred "THIS IS SPARTA"]], [[Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy "Meaning of Life"]], [[Music/TheBeeGees "Stayin' Alive"]], [[Film/RockyHorrorPictureShow "It's a Jump to the Left" and "And it's a step to the Ri-i-ight!"]].

* SolidGoldPoop: In the sequels, the elephant can poop pastries, and eat them too.

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