When announcing the 30-game compilation Rare Replay onstage during Microsoft's E3 presentation, developer Rare announced up to 10,000 achievement points were up for grabs in the collection.
However, achievement hunters may need to take note of one minor detail before jumping in. Speaking with Rare Gamer, Rare's Jason Thomas clarified that the games in the Rare Replay collection are linked to the Xbox 360 releases of Rare classics, meaning that any points one might have earned in the Rare games previously available on the Xbox 360 cannot be re-earned and are instead counted toward the overall achievement score in Rare Replay.
While those points cannot be earned again for playing the same game, there's still some benefit to having the points on your existing account. According to Thomas, those who previously played the games on 360 will unlock bonus content faster due to already having the achievements from the digital game.
"So the 360 games [in the Rare Replay digital collection] are as they currently are on the 360, nothing added or taken away. The benefit of this is that you get to use your existing achievements to get a head start in unlocking the bonus content within Rare Replay," he said.
This communication between both the games and Xbox systems also means players will already have a head start in many of the games thanks to the ability to import save data.
"Furthermore, your saves carry across too thanks to the wonders of the Cloud – if you saved it up there on 360, it’ll be there on Xbox One. Now some swift maths should then give you a hint as to how much Gamerscore is within the remaining games and it’s fair to say we’ve pushed the boat out on that one and broken normal conventions," he said.
Rare Replay is a compilation of classic Rare games including Banjo-Kazooie, Battletoads, Conker's Bad Fur Day, Perfect Dark, and others. It will be available for the Xbox One on August 4, 2015.
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