Game Perfectionist

**Achievement Hunter** is a weekly YouTube video game review show created by Caroline Killian. Nearly every week, Caroline takes a game and plays through it while doing some optional content. In each episode, Caroline sequentially discusses several aspects of the game, hitting the story, presentation, gameplay, the final boss, and the overall difficulty of doing some tasks of the game and any rewards that come along with it. All episodes end with a final score as to whether or not the game is potentially worth achievement-hunting, ranging from "Achieve It!", "Finish It!", "Play It!", "Peek At It", or "Give It" (formerly "Burn It"). Ratings in between these scores were also used (Finichieve it, Finiplay It, Pleek At It, and Geek It), but were later retired in Season 6.

The show uses part of the song Can't Stop Me Now, created by EliteFerrex on Newgrounds.com.

## Show Structure

### **Seasons 1-5**

#### Level 1: Story

This segment goes over the plot of the game. If the game is a sequel, it will go over important parts from the previous game(s).

#### Level 2: Presentation

This segment focuses at the artistic stylization of the game; the graphics, the soundtrack, and atmosphere.

#### Level 3: Gameplay

This segment focuses on the controls, the in-game feel, and mechanics implemented into playing the game.

#### Level 4: Final Boss

A description of the game's final level, including an in-depth analysis of the final boss and how to defeat it.

#### Level 5: Perfection Bonus

The Perfectionist Bonus gives a recap of the completion process and the rewards for completing each task.

#### Level 6: The Results

Making a debut in Season 2, The Results is a recap, for lack of a better term. Aside from the basic rundown of what it takes to complete the game, Caroline will start to conclude her thoughts on the game overall.

#### Final Score

Final Score is where Caroline gives her final thoughts on the game, including any problems she had and whether or not the game is worth potentially completing. All episodes end with a perfectionist rating, indicating the recommendation of completion for the game.

### **Season 6**

During Season 6 of the show, Game Perfectionist had taken a huge change in terms of structure. The intro was downgraded to the NES controller, and had a different appearance compared to previous Perfectionist intros. The show segments have drastically changed as well, but still discuss the same topics.

#### The Lore

The Lore is a segment that goes over the development process of the game, any relevant background info, and what led to the creation of the game. This segment will also take some time to give a general overview of all the steps necessary to complete the game 100%.

#### The Adventure

The Adventure is where the game's story is explained. The segment will also discuss the overall presentation, hitting the atmosphere, the graphics, and soundtrack for the game.

#### The Brawl

The brawl discusses several aspects of the gameplay and controls. Towards the end of the segment, Caroline will start to give her overall opinions of the game.

#### The Results

The Results will go over what is gained from completing everything in the game, if there's any rewards, as well as the time put in to completing everything the game has to offer. Caroline will start concluding her opinions of the game.

#### Final Score

This is where Caroline gives her final thoughts of the game. Unlike previous seasons, Season 6 has an updated rating system, such that half ratings are no longer used. The show going forward will only use 5 ratings, them being "Complete It", "Finish It", "Play It", "Peek At It", and "Give It".

## The Perfectionist Rating System Explained

### Complete It!

The game is exceptional and completing it 100% is a joy, regardless of if there's a reward or not. Even if Caroline doesn't have the time on her hands to do it herself, she recommends that everyone gives completing it a shot.

### Finish It!

The game is great (often as good or better than a game awarded a Complete It! rating) but for one or more reasons (which Caroline details in the videos), perfecting the game just isn't fun or necessary.

### Play It!

The game is good and should be experienced, but there's a lot of flaws that people might not enjoy from it, including Caroline herself. If one ends up enjoying the game, he/she might elect it to a better rating, but, as Caroline will detail in the video, these levels of engagement can't be undoubtedly recommended.

### Peek At It!

The game has its merits but there's too many flaws that it can't be recommended to the average viewer. It's best to be cautious and do more research. If you're still on the fence, consider adding it to your wish list or waiting for a price drop.

### Give It!

Avoid it at all costs. If one is to currently own the game, he/she is ought to give it away for free to someone who will get enjoyment out of it. (This rating replaced the former Burn It! rating starting Season 4.)

### Burn It!

Avoid it at all costs. It belongs to hell. (This rating was updated to Give It! starting Season 4.)

## Additional Segments

Elite Trio Trivia

If there's a notable piece of obscure information or trivia about the game, the segment will have on of the three main members of The Elite Trio explain the piece of trivia. This is a nod to The Elite Trio show, as it puts an emphasis of gaming trivia throughout Let's Plays.

## List of Episodes

Each color has a different meaning.

Blue is a standard review of a game that Caroline has previously played/completed.

Green is a blind review.

Red is a special episode.

Orange is a Collection Pack episode.