Dark Sector PS3 "Entitlements" explained

By Robert Purchese Published 6 March, 2008

Achievement system a one off.

D3Publisher has told Eurogamer that the PS3 "Entitlement" system in Dark Sector is a one off.

It was responding to a rather premature announcement of the Xbox 360 Achievements for the game, which were listed alongside identical PS3 rewards called "Entitlements".

Developer Digital Extremes had been working on this from the outset as a way to reward you for your hard work, according to a spokesperson for the publisher, but it is a system restricted to Dark Sector and not one you will see in other PS3 titles.

Dark Sector is due out in April with a demo likely to appear around that time.

The Achievements / Entitlements can be found below. They total 700, which is bizarre.

Level Completion (300 points)

  • Name: Prologue
  • Description: Completed Chapter 1
  • Achievement Parameter: Complete Chapter 1
  • Score: 10
  • Name: Exposure
  • Description: Completed Chapter 2
  • Achievement Parameter: Complete Chapter 2
  • Score: 10
  • Name: Baggage Claim
  • Description: Completed Chapter 3
  • Achievement Parameter: Complete Chapter 3
  • Score: 10
  • Name: Moths To The Flame
  • Description: Completed Chapter 4
  • Achievement Parameter: Complete Chapter 4
  • Score: 10
  • Name: The Shipment
  • Description: Completed Chapter 5
  • Achievement Parameter: Complete Chapter 5
  • Score: 10
  • Name: The Bait
  • Description: Completed Chapter 6
  • Achievement Parameter: Complete Chapter 6
  • Score: 10
  • Name: Industrial Evolution
  • Description: Completed Chapter 7
  • Achievement Parameter: Complete Chapter 7
  • Score: 10
  • Name: Unnatural History
  • Description: Completed Chapter 8
  • Achievement Parameter: Complete Chapter 8
  • Score: 10
  • Name: Threshold Guardian
  • Description: Completed Chapter 9
  • Achievement Parameter: Complete Chapter 9
  • Score: 10
  • Name: The Dark Sector
  • Description: Completed the game
  • Achievement Parameter: Complete the game
  • Score: 100
  • Name: Dark Sector - Brutal Difficulty
  • Description: Completed the Game on Brutal Difficulty Achievement Parameter: Complete
  • the Game on Brutal Difficulty
  • Score: 110

Combat (200 points)

  • Name: Headhunter
  • Description: Decapitated 30 enemies
  • Achievement Parameter: Decapitate 30 enemies
  • Score: 10
  • Name: Incinerator
  • Description: Incinerated 30 enemies
  • Achievement Parameter: Incinerate 30 enemies
  • Score: 10
  • Name: Electrician
  • Description: Electrocuted 30 enemies
  • Achievement Parameter: Electrocute 30 enemies
  • Score: 10
  • Name: Jack Frost
  • Description: Killed 30 frozen enemies.
  • Achievement Parameter: Kill 30 frozen enemies
  • Score: 10
  • Name: Finesse
  • Description: 30 Aftertouch kills
  • Achievement Parameter: Kill 30 enemies with Aftertouch
  • Score: 40
  • Name: Hardball
  • Description: 30 Power-throw kills
  • Achievement Parameter: Kill 30 enemies with Power-throw
  • Score: 35
  • Name: Sharpshooter
  • Description: 30 Headshots
  • Achievement Parameter: Get 30 headshots
  • Score: 10
  • Name: Glaive Master
  • Description: Completed a level by only using the Glaive Achievement Parameter:
  • Complete a level by only using the Glaive
  • Score: 10
  • Name: The Finisher
  • Description: Performed 30 finishers
  • Achievement Parameter: Perform 30 finishers
  • Score: 10
  • Name: Double Decap Latte
  • Description: Two decapitations in one shot Achievement Parameter: Get two decapitations
  • in one shot
  • Score: 15
  • Name: Jack the Jackal
  • Description: Took the Jackal for a ride
  • Achievement Parameter: Take the Jackal for a ride
  • Score: 35
  • Name: Skeet Shooter
  • Description: Shot 10 projectiles in mid-flight.
  • Achievement Parameter: Shoot 10 projectiles in mid-flight
  • Score: 10
  • Name: Weaponsmith
  • Description: Applied 5 upgrades in the market Achievement Parameter: Apply 5
  • upgrades in the market
  • Score: 10
  • Name: Greed
  • Description: Collected over 50,000 rubles Achievement Parameter: Collect over
  • 50,000 rubles
  • Score: 10
  • Name: Researcher
  • Description: Collected 10 weapon upgrades Achievement Parameter: Collect 10 weapon
  • upgrades
  • Score: 10
  • Name: Master Researcher
  • Description: Collected all the weapon upgrades Achievement Parameter: Collect
  • all the weapon upgrades
  • Score: 15
  • Name: Rebound
  • Description: Killed an enemy with a reflected projectile Achievement Parameter:
  • Kill an enemy with a reflected projectile
  • Score: 15
  • Name: Ghost
  • Description: Used cloaking to get a finisher Achievement Parameter: Use cloaking
  • to get a finisher
  • Score: 35

Multiplayer (200 points)

  • Name: Glory
  • Description: Finished best overall in a ranked match (Multiplayer) Achievement
  • Parameter: Finish best overall in a ranked match (Multiplayer)
  • Score: 30
  • Name: Veteran
  • Description: Scored 500 points (Multiplayer) Achievement Parameter Score 500
  • points (Multiplayer)
  • Score: 30
  • Name: Hero
  • Description: Scored 5000 points (Multiplayer) Achievement Parameter: Score 5000
  • points (Multiplayer)
  • Score: 40
  • Name: Champion
  • Description: Best overall in a ranked team game (Multiplayer) Achievement Parameter:
  • Finish best overall in a ranked team game (Multiplayer)
  • Score: 30
  • Name: Comrade
  • Description: Scored 500 points in ranked team games (Multiplayer) Achievement
  • Parameter: Score 500 points in ranked team games (Multiplayer)
  • Score: 30
  • Name: Hero of the people
  • Description: Scored 5000 points in ranked team games (Multiplayer) Achievement
  • Parameter: Score 5000 points in ranked team games (Multiplayer)
  • Score: 40
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Comments (21) Latest comment 4 years ago

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  • tesco #1 4 years ago

    description: copy x360
    achievement parameter: repeat first statement.

  • agparrot #2 4 years ago

    Jeez, you might have put the spoiler tags on.

    Anything out near GTA IV, is, sadly, for me, not going to happen until winter, most likely. Remember being interested in this a while ago when they 'changed the style' or whatever.

  • Dafridge #3 4 years ago

    The term Entitlement is such a blatant 360 rip off and doesn't even make sense.

    I would have preferred a term that sounded less like a weak imitation.
    e.g. Accolade

  • Olemak #4 4 years ago

    What was the name of achievemnts in Drake's Fortune? Medals, was it?

  • penhalion #5 4 years ago

    This is something Sony need to fix. Clearly gamers want to have some recognition for their achievements within a game. At the moment there is no consistent way for them to have that if they play a PS3 game. The main sticker is that the medals, accolades or achievements are not visible to your friends (which let's face it is why we collect them in the first place).

    Most of us secretly want to have those "Your a bit crap aren't you mate" moments. The monets where we say "Hey you're struggling on kill em all X aren't you...of course I've finished that so I can help you...I even got the secret kill more than that achievement".

    Yes I'm sad like that. At the old get togethers I like to boast a bit about my gaming skills. The achievements are the equivalent of the photo evidence if you will ;)

  • kangarootoo #6 4 years ago

    "description: copy x360
    achievement parameter: repeat first statement"

    "The term Entitlement is such a blatant 360 rip off and doesn't even make sense"

    Can I balance a big fat SO WHAT on top the pile. Seriously, who bloody cares if its a copy of 360 achievements, and even more seriously who cares what they call the things. Is it fun? If so, mission accomplished.


    "This is something Sony need to fix. Clearly gamers want to have some recognition for their achievements within a game."

    They have trophies on the cards, as shown in some Home related movies somewhere or other. Those are in the same ballpark I believe.


    On the subject of achievements, I have changed my stance on them recently. It used to be the case that I didn't care a tinker's fart about the points, but I quite liked the achievements. But recently I've been going off achievements too.

    They seem to keep popping up and messing with my own ideas about how I performed in a game. I play a game, I have a good time, I did the stuff I wanted to do. Then a browse through the achievement list shows I in fact, contrary to previous belief, suck in several ways I hadn't even imagined. I then troop back through sections of the game, laboriously repeating things, not because its fun but because I feel like I should.

    Well I've had an epiphany. I don't bother with them anymore. Achievements I earn through normal play may bring a smile to my face, but I don't go seeking out the ones that I didn't get already doing things my way. And I still don't care about the points, so everyone is happy.

    As a plan, its not for everyone. But it works for me :)

    Edit: I will say actually, on the note made by penhalion, comparing achievements with friends is still fun. Its just when I feel like I am setting myself goals that aren't much fun to pursue that I get all grumpy.
    Edited by 1 at 06/03/08 @ 13:34

  • GamesProgrammer Verified Games Team Programmer, Eutechnyx Ltd. #7 4 years ago

    @penhalion

    Strange cos among my friends none of us give a shit about our 360 Gamer Score, in fact people that have a massive gamer score are slightly looked down on for not having much life out side of the 360.

    As most of us have realised its not really a Number that shows your skil, itsl more of a number that shows Quantity of games youve played through.

    For example if you had 2 mates and 1 had slept with 10 Sexy models and the other had slept with 50 Fat Momas who would you be more impressed with?

  • Hughes. #8 4 years ago

    I'm sick of people ripping off Microsoft's ideas. Have you seen that iPod thing? Total rip-off of the Zune. They ought to sue.

  • Machetazo #9 4 years ago

    "They have trophies on the cards, as shown in some Home related movies somewhere or other. Those are in the same ballpark I believe. "

    Is it likely that those trophies still feature captured footage in the Trophy Room of the moment of brilliance where you beat the target? I think they will reduce those clips to one per game, or something - else space would be taken up too quickly!
    Edited by 1 at 06/03/08 @ 13:47

  • kangarootoo #10 4 years ago

    "For example if you had 2 mates and 1 had slept with 10 Sexy models and the other had slept with 50 Fat Momas who would you be more impressed with?"

    I suppose it would depend on whether you valued charisma or stamina.

  • windflaw #11 4 years ago

    I think a better name for Achievements (and the like) would be Challenges.

    Achievements, Entitlements, Accomplishments...they all have a 'Ooh, look at me and what I did and how great I am' vibe. The Challenges moniker suggests that the fun is in the doing, not in keeping score and bragging afterwards. It also sounds more like they exist outside the core gaming experience as optional extras, which is as it should be.

    I find saying 'Hey, I got this achievement' a touch smug; embarrassing, even. Saying 'Hey, I completed that challenge' would be much better, as it doesn't suggest that I'm attaching value something that at the end of the day is pretty much worthless in real terms. I'd much rather talk about how much fun I had with a game than how many boxes I ticked along the way.

    Having said that, I do actually like how Achievements give you more stuff to do if you want to. I just think they've been horribly branded.

  • DAN.E.B #12 4 years ago

    Achevements are needed on PS3, MS got it spot on with these it was a great idea they add alot of replay value. it would be a steal from MS but sony dont do there own ideas do they
    sixaxis anyone?

  • miiiguel #13 4 years ago

    "I just think they've been horribly branded. "
    What you mean ? It's a success, as far as I know... .

  • DanWhitehead #14 4 years ago

    THQ's Conan game also had rewards on the PS3 that mirrored the 360 Achievements.

  • miiiguel #15 4 years ago

    The big diference between both systems is, IMO, the PS3 ones aren't PSN globaly integrated.

    "Achievements, Entitlements, Accomplishments...they all have a 'Ooh, look at me and what I did and how great I am' vibe."
    Why ?, I mean, what's the deal with this assumption that we know what's supposed to be fun to OTHERS ? I don't want to impose my idea of fun to anyone. For instance, I like to do the Achievemtents (for reasons like, value for money - there's no renting where I live; exploring the whole game), but it's not an hierarchical thing. Sometimes a Live friend says "oooh so many Achivements! How do you do that?", and the answer is obvious: "just play the game..., if you want", it has nothing to do with beeing more or less than any other fellow video-gamer. I don't think I'm better than anyone, the same way I find it offensive if someone claims I have no life or such. It's a personal thing, and people should mind their own fun.
    Edited by 1 at 06/03/08 @ 14:34

  • DFawkes #16 4 years ago

    I'm always surprised no one mentions Devil May Cry 4, which has "Accomplishments". These aren't just in-game thing, when you get one it comes up as a system message, like an Achievement. You can also compare your Accomplishments online to anyone on your friends list.

    But I hope no PS3 games get them. I started to despise the system - it made me lose sight of just enjoying games, as I'd always seek out those flippin' points. The one good thing that came out of it is I no longer always play games on Easy, but I don't want to worry about playing the way the developer wanted, I want to do it my way. It's not like I'm a fanboy kidding myself I don't want them to spite Microsoft in case we don't get them - I had a 360 for a year, loved them at first, then grew more and more hateful towards them to the point gaming was a grind, not a pleasure.

  • miiiguel #17 4 years ago

    About Achievements: "I'm attaching value something that at the end of the day is pretty much worthless in real terms."
    Video-gaming (and any ludic activity, actualy) is worthless. Let's just be glad we can do them.

  • kangarootoo #18 4 years ago

    @DFawkes

    So I'm not the only one :)

  • Les #19 4 years ago

    "I really hope they dont put this on too many games in the future."

    Very true. Only Americans can come up with this kind of stuff...

  • Les #20 4 years ago

    "Most of us secretly want to have those "Your a bit crap aren't you mate" moments."

    I guess that's an Anglo-Saxon kind of thing... :p

  • mooseman721 #21 4 years ago

    I think the whole achievement/entitlement thing is a bit sad. Oooh, i've got more points than you, I must be great. Or maybe not.........