Achievement Guide NBA 2K8 Written By - Escaperer E-mail - [email protected] This is an Achievement Guide for the Xbox 360 game NBA 2K8 This guide may only be distributed for personal use. It cannot be sold or put on websites without my express permission. Sites that this Achievement Guide can be posted in: www.gamefaqs.com www.neoseeker.com www.supercheats.com Copyright Martin Simutis 2007 ------------------------------------- Version History ------------------------------------- 1.0 - Added the Achievement Guide 1.1 - Added a list of websites this guide can be posted in and added an achievement I forgot previously -------------------------------------------------------------------------- NBA 2K8 is a very fun basketball sim, but some of those achievements may be challenging. This guide is written so you get these achievements fast and with minimal effort, however, if you don't like the techniques listed here you may complete the achievements on your own, it isn't terribly difficult. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- 30 Assists 20 Points ------------------------------------- Straightforward. Complete 30 assists with a team, doesn't have to be one player. I recommend to simply set all of your game sliders in the options menu under My NBA to 100 and the CPU to 0. This way the achievements are easy to accomplish. ------------------------------------- 15 Blocks 20 Points ------------------------------------- This is a very annoying achievement. My best advice is to make a quarter 12 minutes long. This way you have plenty of time to get 15 blocks. If you are still struggling try this. When the point guard for the CPU is getting close to the 3 point line start hitting Y and trying to block with every player thats close to the point guard. This should leave the floor open and the CPU will more likely than not try to get to the hoop for a layup. That's when you switch to your Power Forward or Center and block the shot when the Point Guard is trying to get the layup. Don't have to finish the game to unlock this achievement. ------------------------------------- 15 Steals 20 Points ------------------------------------- Easiest way to do this is set fouls to 0 and Stealing to 100 (for the user team of course) in the Game Sliders section. ------------------------------------- Rebound Margin +7 20 Points ------------------------------------- All you need to do is get 7 more rebound than the opposing team. Must finish the match in order for the achievement to count. Put the opponents shooting at 0 in the game sliders section and you will have tons of rebounds to get ------------------------------------- 15 Threes 15 Points ------------------------------------- Make 15 three-point field goals in a single game. Don't have to finish the game for this achievement to count but I recommend you do this with the 3-for-all achievement and finish the game. More on 3-for-all later ------------------------------------- Defensive FG% 15 Points ------------------------------------- You have to hold the opposing teams FG percentage below 40%. Very easy if the CPU game sliders for shooting are set to 0. They will likely have 0% then. Must finish the game for the achievement to register. ------------------------------------- Lights Out 15 Points ------------------------------------- You need to have a FG% above 55 with minimum 40 FG's attempted. Easy with your sliders set to 100. Just shoot and you will make the shot unless you're at the half-court. Must finish the game for the achievement to register. ------------------------------------- Track Meet 15 Points ------------------------------------- All you need to do is score 15 fastbreak points with a team. You get fastbreak points when it's a 1-1 or 2-1 situation. Best to do when stealing the ball. Simply steal the ball, sprint and do a layup/dunk. It's not hard at all. Don't need to finish the game for the achievement to register. ------------------------------------- Second Unit 15 Points ------------------------------------- You have to score 40 points with your bench player. Shouldn't be hard. Once the game starts, make some substitutions and score with the bench players. Don't need to finish the game for the achievement to register. ------------------------------------- Inside Domination 20 Points ------------------------------------- You need to score 60 points from the paint. I will assume you know where the paint is, if you don't, why are you playing this game in the first place. Your best bet is to simply dunk in most of your attacks. Shouldn't be hard to get this achievement. You don't need to finish the game to unlock this achievement. ------------------------------------- Good Hands 20 Points ------------------------------------- You need to get 20 assists while getting no more than 5 turnovers during the game. Set all of the defense and attributes of the CPU to 0. Then just don't make crazy Steve Nash passes on Shaq and you're good. Must finish the game for the achievement to be unlocked. ------------------------------------- All Hustle 15 Points ------------------------------------- For this one you'll need 10 offensive rebounds, 5 blocks and 5 steals. The steals shouldn't be a problem. The blocks shouldn't be a big deal either, but if you followed my advice with the User Shooting set to 100 you'll need to adjust that. Simply set your shooting to 0 and just get offensive rebounds. Since neither you nor the CPU team are scoring you shouldn't have much problem with this. You do not have to finish the game to unlock this achievement. ------------------------------------- All Heart 15 Points ------------------------------------- You need to start the 4th period losing by 10 or more points and then win the game. I suggest you set the CPU shooting to 100 and the User shooting to 100, and play 2 minute period matches. Let the computer be ahead by 10-15 points during the first 3 periods, then in the 4th one simply set the CPU shooting to 0 and come back to win. You do have to finish the game for this achievement. ------------------------------------- 3-for-all 20 Points ------------------------------------- You have to make 10 3-pointers while staying above 45% 3PT shooting percentage. Impossible to mess up if you have 100 Shooting set up (unless you shoot from mid-court...). Must finish the game to unlock this achievement. ------------------------------------- Lockdown 20 Points ------------------------------------- Get 10 blocks and 10 steals during a game. You should accomplish this while doing the 15 blocks achievement. Don't have to finish the game to unlock this achievement. ------------------------------------- Ice Water 15 Points ------------------------------------- You need to FT over 85% and throw at least 15 FT's with any team. The best way to do this one is to simply set fouls to 100, FT difficulty to 0 and pick a good FT team. You must finish the game to unluck this achievement. ------------------------------------- Suns vs. Lakers 15 Points Spurs vs. Mavericks 15 Points Pistons vs. Heat 15 Points Suns vs. Mavericks 15 Points Lakers vs. Clippers 15 Points East vs. West 15 Points ------------------------------------- You must win with the user controlled team on All-Star difficulty. You can control whichever team you want. Best way to do this one is set the game to 1 minute, adjust the sliders so the CPU is horrible, set the difficulty to All-Star and play each of the games. Must finish the games to unlock the achievements. ------------------------------------- LeBron James 25 Points ------------------------------------- Score 35 Points, get 7 rebounds and 7 assists with LeBron James. LeBron plays for the Cleveland Cavaliers. Simply do everything with him, not hard at all. Do not have to finish the game to get this achievement. ------------------------------------- Dwayne Wade 25 Points ------------------------------------- Score 30 Points, get 9 rebounds and 9 assists with Dwayne Wade. Dwayne plays for the Miami Heat. ------------------------------------- Kobe Bryant 25 Points ------------------------------------- Score 40 points, get 5 rebounds and 5 assists with Kobe Bryant. Kobe Bryant plays for the LA Lakers. ------------------------------------- Allen Iverson 25 Points ------------------------------------- Score 30 points, get 10 assists and 5 steals with Allen Iverson. Allen Iverson plays for the Denver Nuggets. Do this one together with Carmelo Anthony. ------------------------------------- Steve Nash 25 Points ------------------------------------- Score 20 points and get 15 assists with Steve Nash. Steve Nash plays for the Pheonix Suns. ------------------------------------- Dwight Howard 25 Points ------------------------------------- Score 20 Points, get 15 rebounds and 5 blocks with Dwight Howard. Dwight Howard plays for the Orlando Magic. ------------------------------------- Gilbert Arenas 25 Points ------------------------------------- Get 35 points, 5 steals and 5 3-pointers with Gilbert Arenas. Gilbert Arenas plays for the Washington Wizards. ------------------------------------- Carmelo Anthony 25 Points ------------------------------------- Score 40 points and get 8 rebounds with Carmelo Anthony. Carmelo Anthony plays for the Denver Nuggets. Do this one with the Allen Iverson achievement. ------------------------------------- Chris Paul 25 Points ------------------------------------- Score 25 points, get 10 assists and 5 steals with Chris Paul. Chris Paul plays for the New Orleans Hornets. ------------------------------------- Kevin Garnett 25 Points ------------------------------------- Score 25 points, get 15 rebounds and 7 assists with Kevin Garnett. Kevin Garnett plays for the Boston Celtics. ------------------------------------- Yao Ming 25 Points ------------------------------------- Score 30 points, get 15 rebounds and 5 blocks with Yao Ming. Yao Ming plays for the Houston Rockets. ------------------------------------- Chris Bosh 25 Points ------------------------------------- Score 30 points, get 15 rebounds and 2 blocks with Chris Bosh. Chris Bosh plays for the Toronto Raptors. ------------------------------------- Sprite Slam Dunk 35 Points ------------------------------------- Win the Slam Dunk Contest with LeBron James. You can control all 4 contestants and let LeBron win, but before you do this one make sure to pick Vince Carter, Jason Richardson and Tracy McGrady as the other 3 contestants for the other achievements. ------------------------------------- Kobe Bryant Dunk-Off 35 Points ------------------------------------- You must defeat Kove in a dunk-off. After you win the dunk contest, random people may challenge you, except they're not random. The 6 outcomes are VC, TMac, LeBron, Richardson, Kobe or nobody challenges you. With all 4 out of the way (look at the Sprite Slam Dunk achievement) it can either be Kobe or nobody. Keep doing the dunk contest until you beat Kobe. ------------------------------------- Trivia 35 Points ------------------------------------- Answer 30 Trivia questions correctly. Go to Options/Presentation and turn off all of the loading screens except trivia. Now everytime you go play a game you get to answer a Trivia question. ------------------------------------- 3pt Shootout 25 Points ------------------------------------- Win a 3pt Shootout in the NBA Blacktop. Simply pick a good 3 point shooter and go against 3 poor 3 point shooters. Shouldn't need more than about 8 points to win. ------------------------------------- Create Player 10 Points ------------------------------------- Create a player by going into Options, Manage Roster and Create Player. Must create the player for the achievement to be unlocked, can't just go into the mode. ------------------------------------- 2K Beats Playlist 10 Points ------------------------------------- Go to Features/2K Reelmaker. Don't need to make a playlist for the achievement to register ------------------------------------- Online Ranked Game 15 Points ------------------------------------- Win an online ranked game...pretty straightforward ------------------------------------- Online Blacktop 15 Points ------------------------------------- Win a ranked online Blacktop game. Straightforward. ------------------------------------- Online League Game 15 Points Online Tournament Game 15 Points ------------------------------------- Compete in an online league and tournament game. You do not have to win. ------------------------------------- 3 Online Streak 15 Points 5 Online Streak 20 Points ------------------------------------- Win 3 and 5 online ranked games in a row. ------------------------------------- 5 Online Wins 15 Points 10 Online Wins 25 Points 20 Online Wins 35 Points ------------------------------------- Win 20 Online Ranked games. Doesn't have to be in a row. ------------------------------------- Online Draft League 10 Points ------------------------------------- Simply participate in an Online Draft. That's pretty much it. The online achievements may be a pain but it isn't that bad. As for the other achievements, you can easilly get those in about 4-5 hours of play. Really, 890/1000 points can be achieved in a day of playing without much effort on the part of the player. It's the online ones that will give you trouble.