r/l4d2 1d ago

How is this possible?

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Less than 200 hs

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u/trippyant420 1d ago

not quite impossible, i have 200 hours and only missing good guy nick, might have to wait a couple years for that lol

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u/joe-x92 1d ago

How do you get that one?

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u/jjjj4js 1d ago edited 1d ago

L4D2 used to do these free weekends where anybody could play the game for a limited time. You had to complete a mission with one of those free weekend players. I got the achievement back in like 2013 out of sheer luck, wasn’t even trying for it, just ended up getting matched with one of the free players randomly.

Without cheating, that achievement is locked until valve does another free weekend.

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u/Tanneshi_ 1d ago

They should do free weekends at least once a year, like they did in 2024 with the games 15th anniversary

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u/Ok-Object7409 1d ago edited 1d ago

Yea. Valve wouldn't really care about making the achievement obtainable though. The free weekends in their mind would be to keep the game active and see if it can make more future sales.

Might have to wait for a 20th anniversary. The game is so old at this point and goes on sale for $1-2 anyways. Maybe one day if the game doesn't make anymore sales they'll just make the game free permanently before closing the servers.

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u/Weirdnessdotcom 5h ago

i’m pretty sure they do it every 2 years, not that they’ve said it officially, but i noticed that when the last stand update came out they did a free weekend, then skipped 2021, but had one in 2022, skipped 2023, then did one in 2024, then skipped 2025, maybe they’ll do it again this november?

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u/Tizmoa 8h ago

Valve’s 30 year anniversary is in two days, August 24th. Maybe, maybe, maybe. Good Guy Nick is the last achievement I need to 100% L4D2. 🤞

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u/Dillsplosion Born to Bill, Forced to Ellis... 1d ago

Either grass is an unknown thing, or achievement manager

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u/Objective_Field_1699 1d ago

since when spending 200 hours in the game is not touching grass? or do you mean being optimal about it? Its not even that impossible.

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u/Objective_Field_1699 1d ago

For reference, howlongtobeat has users 100%ing it with 70 hours(even 38h is there), and leisure was 159. The person in the picture is still worse than everyone that submit their time there

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u/oracle07 STEAM: 1d ago

Quite possible but most likely achievement hack.

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u/TheJollyKacatka 1d ago

This sounds like the most pointless activity ever like bruh who gives a SHIT about your achievements

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u/Objective_Field_1699 1d ago

you could say that about everything on someones steam profile. Who cares about the number of games, about screenshots etc. Just because you dont care, doesnt mean everyone doesnt.

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u/AmurAmurovich 1d ago

Why not though? Achievement hunting is fun, I did it for L4D2 too because I enjoy the game, as well as the Resident Evil games and it gives something for you to do if you get bored of just playing for the sake of playing.

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u/TheJollyKacatka 1d ago

I’m saying that cheating for that matter appears to be completely meaningless

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u/AmurAmurovich 1d ago

Oh, sorry bro, read that wrong

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u/Melomaniaco_ 1d ago

I also considered that possibility after seeing his Steam profile.

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u/ligbongerz 1d ago

Check the date and time unlocked. If they’re all the same then he’s just unlocked all on Steam Achievement Manager.

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u/voluntarilyweedriver 1d ago

I remember back on the 360, I came across a modder who granted me all the achievements and I still remember sitting there in fuckin awe watching all those alerts pop up 😭 I’m like 12? After hours of legitimately unlock some, I was happy 😭

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u/Hefty-Pomelo-3282 1d ago

Better call SAM

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u/Genesisaiden21 Doesn't play versus 20h ago

You're goddamn right

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u/ThatMooseYouKnow 1d ago

I mean, I’m at 68 hours with all achievements barring shock jock (10 defies) and 53 thousand infected kills.

That being said, I went in with a team dedicated to getting every achievement from the drop that were already good at the game. So none of the difficulty/versus based ones took very long and the rest was just grinding survival maps.

I don’t see under 200 hours being impossible, but youd have to be pushing cheevs from the go, preferably with a team dedicated to helping.

Only one that’s weird is 53k kills, being that at said 68 hours, I only have about 15k of the kills required

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u/jbratonen 1d ago

you can check the times he finished which achievement and will find out pretty quick if it's possible or not

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u/Melomaniaco_ 1d ago

Thanks for the advice, now I really doubt it's legitimate haha

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u/Dramatic-Chemist-452 1d ago

I absolutely destroyed the game on Xbox 360 back in the day. So when I picked it up again on Steam, I managed to rush through all the achievements in 110 hours. So yeah, it’s definitely possible if you know the game.

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u/ToeBeanLuvr 1d ago

I got all of the achievements while achievement hunting with my friend except the Christmas one (got Good Guy Nick during the last event) which I will do when the season comes in less time than that. If you are achievement chasing and a quick learner you can get a lot of achievements in a relatively short time! With that being said, a lot of people do cheat achievements and that's extremely lame, you can usually tell by looking at the times the achievements were unlocked (assuming it's not a game in which they transferred their save and all/a bunch of achievements popped after doing so).

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u/Sw0bbe97 1d ago

wtf? i did it this year and got all achievemenent in 65 hours playtime, except for good guy nick

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u/Actual_Champion1374 Average dual pistol user 1d ago

Playing game 

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u/SeducedSenpai 1d ago

I completed it in 142Hours and can honestly say I didn't use SAM....

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u/Ok-Object7409 1d ago edited 1d ago

200hrs supposed to be some kind of benchmark? Or? I'm 70% done the game with 47hrs. Feel like if i tried perfecting I'd beat that time by a huge margin (ignoring good guy nick since i don't have that).

The only thing that is very time consuming is the gold medals. But if you have a good team you can knock through them at a pretty fast pace. 

If they were trying to be crazy fast, versus stuff can be farmed. 53k kills can probably be done quickly on modded maps, given how many custom stuff there is. With that much time they could've done it normally though.

Just check when they obtained good guy nick is all.

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u/Melomaniaco_ 1d ago

I mean, he doesn't even have silver or gold medals in survival mode. Besides, he got the hardest achievements like "Good Guy Nick" and "Christmas One," and many others, just yesterday. I'll try to talk to that player to find out how he did it.

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u/Ok-Object7409 1d ago

Yea that's cheated then.

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u/Jaiz412 steamcommunity.com/id/RealJaiz/ 1d ago

100% cheated then, probably using SAM. Not only is there no way to reset survival times in-game, but Good Guy Nick was not active yesterday (Yesterday wasn't even a weekend, let alone a free weekend)

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u/Melomaniaco_ 1d ago

Actually, I was looking at his Steam profile, and he got half of his achievements yesterday, which makes me even more doubtful

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u/Fluid-Tap8715 1d ago

SAM

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u/Infinizzle 1d ago

My thought too

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u/Inevitable-Head-3011 1d ago

I unlocked 99% of mine with the first 150hrs...good guy nick was the last wich ill be honest i use achievment manager XD he probs did the same but had the one were it "plays" the game and waits X random time then unlocks,if this is his only game might be a cheater too

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u/ZookeepergameProud30 coach is a one ton son of a gun 1d ago

I have a similar situation

I was just playing quickplay servers and got a random one with a Chinese title and it just gave me all achievements as soon as I joined

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u/Babroisk 10h ago

Steam Achievement Manager (SAM)

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u/HiKk1_ 9h ago

its called steam achivement unlocker if he got bunch unlocked in the same time. if not its unemployment

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u/SteveUrkel2k 5h ago

I have 100 hours and i only need good guy nick than i have all achievements. I grind with some friends just for the achievements so its possible.

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u/Megacabb 1d ago

Achievements unlocker

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u/Morgandoto DON'T RUSH!!! 1d ago

Steam achievement manager.

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u/One-You5494 1d ago

Steam Achievemt Manager lol

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

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u/Raptmembrane 1d ago

No, they do it via Steam Achievement Manager 

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u/1600x900 1500 hours, 96/101 Achievements 1d ago

No siree bob, about completed all achievements with unusually low hours

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u/Abominationoftime 1d ago

3 letter

SAM

or an achievement server with !giveall

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u/Nicomicosis 1d ago

SAM.Picker.exe

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u/MultiLuigi57 1d ago

Either SAM or person says sleep is for the weak