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Payday!

Payday!

Be the overall top earner in each multiplayer campaign setting.

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How to unlock the Payday! achievement in Ghostbusters: The Video Game - Definitive Guide

**Edit: 12/19/2012 Apparently the Xbox servers are still up, according to many it is just PS3 and PC servers that are down.

There are four campaigns you have to complete and be the highest earner on to get this achievement. It is a reportedly buggy achievement. To get this you must play in a ranked match with at least one other person. The types of levels you will play on the four different campaigns are:

Containment - You only have to capture one ghost for this level. Have the primary player capture the one ghost and stay alive until the time runs out. You can just continually catch ghosts until the time runs out but make sure you are aware of the scores so you remain in the lead.

Survival - You have to survive one wave. Primary player can kill the enemies on the first wave to get the higher score. When you see you completed the first wave and the primary player has the highest score you can die. Be careful if you decide to just die, last player standing gets a bonus.

Destruction - You only need to destroy one relic on this level. I recommend having the primary player destroy the one relic necessary and then just fend off the ghosts from the next relic until the time runs out. The enemies are usually pretty easy to defeat when you are only on the second relic.

Protection - All three PKE Towers need to be raised to 100%. A great way to do this is have the person getting the achievement score one ghost and then have the other person just hold onto the other ghost so it doesn’t attack the tower. If you keep the first “wave” of enemies alive the next wave doesn’t come making it much easier to raise the tower. I would also use the second person to distract larger enemies from the PKE towers while the primary player defends while standing in the circle.

Thief - You need to stay alive and keep at least one relic safe until time runs out. You can go down but only one person can be down at a time without failing the round.

I hosted, beat the campaigns in order, played in a ranked match and did them in one session. There is a lot saying that this achievement is glitchy and buggy so I cannot promise this will work for you but it did work for me.
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Sorry to hear you can't get it. Once I figured out the enemies operated on waves it made this achievement easy. I had so many issues with the Protection levels. Good luck on getting it to pop!
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By A Hungry Mogwai on 07 Apr 2012 16:54
Is it just a ranked match or can it be done in a player match as well? So far I have been playing this game for the last 2 years and: I have no records of having played Slime dunk(even tho I just played 5 matches of it and was in the lead for all but 1) it also says I have no record of having played Destruction even tho I know that's different. I was thinking that since I had been playing these in player matches that it didn't count. Prolly why my career cash has not gone up for half a mil either. If anyone knows these answers it would be super helpful to me
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By Coolguystuff on 27 Nov 2012 00:01
I honestly have no idea, I am one of the lucky few that got it to unlock pretty easily.
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By A Hungry Mogwai on 27 Nov 2012 01:42
Yeah, I put the solution up as more of a "This is how I got it to pop". I did play the multiplayer when it first came out but I have no idea about exactly how buggy this achievement is. I totally believe you on why I got it to pop though.
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By A Hungry Mogwai on 27 Nov 2012 12:25
I played multiplayer very little prior to the patch, but never met the requirements for payday achievement. Do you think I'd still be able to get it? I've tried your method with a friend and i was always in first but no luck. im not sure if our streams crossed because we are both terrible at the game.
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By Richjn11 on 02 Dec 2012 00:19
I have no idea, from the sounds of it a lot of people are just screwed when it comes to this achievement. Sorry I couldn't be more help.
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By A Hungry Mogwai on 02 Dec 2012 00:29
No worries thanks for responding
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By Richjn11 on 02 Dec 2012 00:34
Do you have to actually get victory after every level? Your guide seems to indicate that you don't? Just catch one ghost in containment etc but the guide below that's direct from terminal reality indicates you need to see victory after each level for it to count
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By Robhill on 10 Dec 2012 18:14
Perfect Description. This made Payday a breeze. Thank you so much.
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By MechaHertz on 10 Dec 2012 21:29
I'm just curious to those who is using this guide and succeeded, how many of you play with 1, 2 or 3 other players?
I can't count how many times I've completed the campaign (after patch player) and still nothing, only thing that seems to stand out at this point is that I'm playing with only 1 more player..
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By WhistIing Wolf on 11 Dec 2012 17:27
I only did it with one other person, you might be one of the people doomed based on what you have said. Sorry my solution didn't help with this achievement for you.
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By A Hungry Mogwai on 11 Dec 2012 19:20
puh, yeah, I have that feeling now too XD and I didn't even get the game until after the last patch and should be fine! Everything else has gone perfectly fine and then this one achievment, nope, no way, denied XD
While I'm writing, is it really that sensetive about if the other person in the game maybe get some points more then me during the level (thief is a bit tricky there)? My boosting partner and I have tried so that she doesn't exceed my points and swear it didn't happen but it's sometimes not impossible for that to have happned during thief and Protection XD;
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By WhistIing Wolf on 11 Dec 2012 20:04
did the servers really shut down?
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By See u in helll on 17 Dec 2012 15:36
la gente que jugó antes de la primera actualizacion del juego, ¿ya se pude sacar el logro payday?
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By Dragderth on 28 Aug 2019 12:24
I got the last achievement is Payday! on Ghostbusters The Video Game. I hope it works I think I guess. Please let me know about this achievement for me I guess. Thanks! GT: Brett Evans15
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By Brett Evans15 on 25 Apr 2019 21:45
No. They are not shutting down any time soon. Only PS3 and PC. I just played the game a few minutes ago.
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By Mad In Craft on 18 Dec 2012 01:01
Thanks for the guide. Worked perfectly. Got my achievement with just a friend and myself. You can do it with 2 people as long as you don't get Thief or Protection in your playlist. Survival, Containment, and Destruction are easily done with 2 people with the strategies implied here.
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By WickedD365 on 20 Dec 2012 13:30
I hosted BTW. Not sure if that's a difference maker.
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By WickedD365 on 20 Dec 2012 13:32
Great solution. I know it works because I have helped many people get the achievement, but unfortunately it won't unlock for me. I started the multiplayer in 2009; does anyone know if this means Payday! is glitched for me? (btw, I have every other achievement already)
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By on 09 Jan 2013 18:10
i just helped someone get it but i think im glitched ...this sucks
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By Darth Reilly on 20 Jan 2013 02:28
Yep. It's one of the easier online achievements to do and if it doesn't unlock after a few tries then it most definitely is glitched. I played the crap out of the online. Probably 50-60 hours and this was the only achievement I couldn't get.

SUCKS BALLS!
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By Zymotic on 06 Mar 2013 23:53
I thought it was glitched for me but I didn't know you couldn't fail Protection and still get this so it's possible I might need to redo one or two of the campaigns. Glad I saw this guide.
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By ScreenSingerX on 05 Jul 2013 06:43
Hi every one can yuo helpe me with the achievement please? because I need help send me freind request if you want to helpe thanks !
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By Chessaro on 25 Feb 2014 19:57
I know this is really old, but ive been stuck on 980Gs on this game for years now... Just wondering, is there a chance this could pop if I kept playing? or is it 100% glitched for me now no matter what I do?
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By on 24 Jan 2015 02:37
Message me if your wanting someone for mp cheevos
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By OVAKILLA4LIFE on 21 Mar 2015 13:15
DannyBoy2k89- What I understand is the servers already count you as having the achievement so they don't resend whatever it does to unlock it on your profile. I think certain other achievements trigger it to read that you have it already, if that's the case then it's probably one of the following because I didn't get these before my online ones and they unlocked fine, and also because I've heard from people that some them were gotten by the people who had this achievement glitch on them.

The Destructor
Ghostbusters Drinking Game*
I love it when you rough-house!
Spores, mold and fungus
Nice shootin', Tex*
It's slime time*
You never studied*

*= most likely candidates for glitching payday and gozers

So in summary, yeah you're probably screwed.
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By AwakeDeadeye on 30 Jan 2016 15:42
If you never have played this game can you get these achvios?
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By Pizza2DaRoll on 22 Nov 2016 04:44
When it says "overall top earner" does that mean you just have to be listed as the top earner at the end of the entire campaign? For example, what if I'm playing with three people and one of us is the top earner for the first level, but someone else takes the lead to become the top earner at the end of the campaign?
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By ClockKingRM on 16 Dec 2016 04:59
Can anyone give us an update if the servers are still active now its ok BC? Thanks
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By mik29 on 11 Jan 2017 07:34
Has anyone that played before the Dec 2010 patch gotten? Especially if they may have done the requirements before the patch? Also has anyone unlocked this with having the achievements listed a few comments above?

Hasn't unlocked for me, but I'm thinking there's still need to be a few things I need to do
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By smakzillaa on 25 May 2017 04:43
Wait, is that right on four campaigns with each 3 levels or that will be ok with 2 or 3 players to Payday! Achievement to get 2 victories and last level will be campaign completed means to get going to be 1st place. Is that right?
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By Brett Evans15 on 16 Jul 2017 15:13
Has the addition of BC affected this achievement? Can anyone confirm?
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By Trombonafide on 21 Sep 2017 23:37
I need help and I have question to all of you. On Payday! Achievement. Is that correct to use 1st place for the highest money earner will be 1st level or 2nd level on victory or both. Just tell me, is that correct on this.
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By Brett Evans15 on 18 Jul 2018 14:20
You need to be first for the campaign in its entirety, but it's better to get first on all parts of the campaign

Anyone wanna do this, message me, even though I'm sure this is glitched for me.
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By smakzillaa on 11 Dec 2018 03:54
i do it couple of time for a friend who played before the update on xbox 360 it didn't pop for him . We do it yesterday for me and i had it first try
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By Dynamite games on 13 Mar 2019 17:06
Only started this game a week ago, this unlocked fine for me. Never had to do them in order either, we tried to but failed on the two middle campaigns so we retried then after finishing the other ones and it unlocked straight away.

If you was like me and was hesistant to start the game aslong as you go straight into multiplayer and aim to do payday before gozers most wanted then you will be fine.
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By MartyFSM on 28 Mar 2019 20:43
I am one of few that played before the patch and its locked forever i am jealous of new players haha! Good luck achievement hunters i still love playing this game! No job too big and payday will pop for new players after the patch i have tested it myself
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By DAMAGE873SIX on 25 Mar 2021 01:47
should not be a single downvote hands down the best guide
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By on 14 Feb 2023 12:40
I managed to unlock "Payday!" without any issues last night. I had already unlocked "Nice Shootin' Tex!" prior to playing any multiplayer. Which I've been told is what potentially glitches this achievement.

2 player session, the host was the top money earner for full campaigns. Did not use any secondary accounts.
A few campaigns failed (protection, oof) and second player even had more money once in a single round. Just retried the entire campaign over again and it unlocked without issue.


Following this guide exactly as written was perfect. Thank you.
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By ARAHN1 on 05 May 2023 17:02
If anyone wants to give this a go drop me a message.
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By VC OF THE NFE on 18 Mar 2024 20:20
Just tried to complete this on Xbox One with gamers with varying backgrounds on when we first started the game with one of us only beginning the game this year. None of us were able to unlock this. We had tried a few times and followed this guide explicitly. It seems that this achievement is still bugged
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By magmashark20 on 17 Sep 2020 02:12
I didn't have to have the technical victory to get it to pop. We did the minimum to make it count as a win for me in each level and the achievement popped.

I really only put this up for the strategy part because it made things easier for us. When I tried to actually beat every level and win, we would fail a lot. I was really bad at this and figured I couldn't be the only one. I hope that helps you a bit, I feel bad for how glitchy this achievement is and how people just cannot get it. Everyone I have talked to tells me how lucky I am to have this achievement.
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By A Hungry Mogwai on 10 Dec 2012 19:12
As of 9/2/22 Online does work for this game. Based on other comments I have seen around the web achievements are working and the bugged ones may have been fixed with a patch. Some friends and I are going to work on these. Once we can confirm if everything works, I will update here.

As of now though the online portion of this game does work. There are almost no players online.

Also as a side note... if you have not played since Xbox360, this game is backwards compatible. If you start the game up on a newer console it will pull your cloud save if you have one there.

When you load the game up on a newer console it will tell you that it is going to overwrite your save data. THIS DOES NOT DELETE YOUR SAVE. It upgrades the save file for use on the newer consoles. If you still want to go back and play on the 360 then you will need to export the save (copy it) to a USB device from your 360.

Happy hunting!
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By PowerThumbz on 03 Sep 2022 00:25
I just added what I read in the comments of the other solution. From Richjn11:

Hello,

Ghost busters Recruits – we regret to notify our community that we have shut down the Containment Unit behind the Ghost busters the Video Game servers for all platforms. Since the game launched in October 2009 we’ve had some great times busting ghosts online, but after 3 years we’re seeing fairly low player volume, and have decided to close the servers. Please note, this shutdown won’t have any effect on single player or local multiplayer play. For more great Ghost busting action online – check out Ghost busters Sanctum of Slime on PSN, XBLA and PC (http://atari.com/buy-games/action-ad...-sanctum-slime)!


Sincerely,

Atari Customer Support
http://support.atari.com/

So I am hearing yes, but I don't have a copy to confirm.
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By A Hungry Mogwai on 18 Dec 2012 00:26
It’s grasping at straws, but if everybody could take a few minutes to submit a report through the new report a problem app on Xbox one, it couldn’t hurt. Check this article:

Sick of broken achievements? Here's how to report them

Vudix claims that any game that is still being sold on the marketplace can be held to fix broken achievements. This game is still for sale. So I know it’s extremely unlikely, but apparently this reporting system is newly overhauled and has been set up for this exact reason – to get people to report broken achievements so that Microsoft can take action on them.

Everything is explained in the article that I linked. It couldn’t hurt. Thanks!
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By vSully on 04 Aug 2022 14:13
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Update 21/12/12: PS3 MP/Stats server has died, it was hosted by Quazal, I've not been able to find out what happened to it, not sure if it's just the server or the company completely have gone.
Xbox version uses Xbox Live servers, so should be fine until the next Xbox console.
Achievements are still glitchy, there's no guarantee to get 1000GS, but follow the order of achievements other people do and cross your fingers, you could get lucky if you're new to the game, if you're old timer, you're probably still stuck.
Make some noise at Atari, Terminal Reality and Microsoft if you want things to change.
Anyway, still a great game.

To be clear, December 2nd was the date of the release of the Patch, however due to timezone differences, those who show as unlocking Payday! on December 1st may also be legit, however anything earlier than December 2010 is definitely a hacker.

Update: Be wary this is still a buggy achievement, in fact research shows practically ALL the MP achievements have a chance to glitch for you, worse being No Job Too Big, Payday!, Egon's Guinea Pig, On the Payroll. Waiting for a statement from Terminal Reality.

Just wanted to support other guides gamers, like them I've earned it legitimately after the 2nd December patch (anyone earning it before then is a hacker), and we only managed it because we didn't meet the requirements for Payday! before the patch and were lucky to avoid a "Random MP Achievement will glitch on you" bug (I've been through all this before on the PS3, it's turning out exactly the same on Xbox, just far worse due to it being 18 months instead of 2!). Do NOT report people who have earned it on or after December 2nd 2010 (or possibly December 1st depending on timezone etc.), only those who earned it before!

I would also add the following:

Quiters screw up a campaign for counting towards Payday! and many other achievements are affected by this.

The game runs the Achievement check code at the end of the match before it's updated your statistics, don't be surprised if you have to do a 5th Campaign and completely suck at it, all pass out, do completely rubbish, but afterwards the Achievement unlocks, that's the reason why. I saw this on the PS3 version 16 months ago!

The way it works is Payday! requires you to do each of the campaigns, now there are two "standards" of completion, there's "Payday! Standard" and there's "Gozer's Standard". Gozer's, you basically have to do it perfectly (except Thief, saving one artifact will do), whereas Payday! you just have to at least Catch 1 Ghost/Survive 1 Wave/Destroy 1 Relic/Save 1 Artifact/Raise all 3 PKE Towers.

Protection you must always raise all 3 PKE Towers for it to count to anything, whereas Thief will count if you only save 1 Relic, these two balance each other out, the others are as described above.

Saying that, you should play as well as possible and not try to speed it up:
Try to win all the jobs
Do NOT cross the streams, if it starts cease fire immediately
If the job has a timer, you MUST survive till it runs out or you win
Recommended not to use any DLC
Recommended to host
Recommended to play the campaigns in game order (eg start with library and end in graveyard).
Recommended you redo a campaign until you satisfy all requirements before moving onto the next location
Recommended you do all campaigns together, one after another in the same session
Recommended to concentrate on one player getting Payday at a time, don't switch every campaign.

You also need to be the top earner overall for the campaign (though you should try to be the top earner in each job to be on the safe side), this means you'll want to have the highest score (you can check during the match the current scores), therefore best to play with a friend or friends and have them distract ghosts or hold them to help you, for Survival jobs where there is no timer, you should be the last to go down as you get a bonus.

There are 4 campaigns, now if you have done all four to "Payday! Standard" as the overall top earner and there were no quitters, the game records you've done it, and "should" award the achievement, before the patch it wouldn't, worst still it records in the game data stored on the Multiplayer servers you've done Payday! so no matter what you do, it now won't unlock it.

Now, there is a chance, provided just one of the four campaigns has not been done to Payday! standard, you've got a chance, and many PS3 gamers were lucky in this regard, they got the patch just two months after the game, however, in 18 months it's highly likely you've met the Payday! standard on all four campaigns, unless you never played campaigns, never played a particular campaign location, etc. or never played the game at all (like some of us did once we read about the problems) or use a new gamertag.

HOWEVER, and here's the kicker, unlike the PS3 patch, the Xbox 360 patch doesn't resolve an issue that can cause a Multiplayer achievement to glitch. So, there's a good chance Payday! will glitch on you even if you are a new player, or if not Payday! then one of the other glitchy MP achievements.

My only recommendation is to go for Payday! and No Job Too Big first, and leave Overachiever and Gozer's Most Wanted till last, that's what I did, but it maybe just luck to avoid this issue that can cause any of these to glitch on you:
Loans Paid Off
On the Payroll
Egon's Guinea Pig
No Job Too Big
Payday!

The follow ones appear to be immune: It's a Living, Wanted!, Overachiever and Gozer's Most Wanted, however the last two ARE time consuming and can take some repeat plays as some jobs/maps may not have been counted, but with persistence will unlock at some point, make sure you have a checklist.

Still waiting to hear if Terminal Reality are going to fix it for those affected.

Before you vote negative (?!) reply and say why you would vote negatively, if I've missed something I'll add it, but don't think you know better than me if you've not been researching this games bugs and glitches since its release.
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My theory is the patch DID fix it, but its not retroactive. I played a decent amount of multiplayer before the patch and I just got it.
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By on 11 Dec 2010 04:42
I earned my Payday! achievement with a quitter on the last campaign I needed. He left during the 2nd job, leaving me with 2 other players to finish the rest.
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By Roguejoker86 on 20 Dec 2010 22:55
There is still hope for me since Doominatorx6 got it and I played mutiplayer pre-patch as well.
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By MovieMan5021 on 01 Jan 2011 20:20
Doominatorx6, yes if you met the requirements for Payday! on all four campaigns pre-patch, you've no chance.

Roguejoker86, interesting, quitters do affect most MP achievements, we've seen that, however Payday! maybe an exception, but I doubt it, this game (particularly on xbox) seems very flaky in it's execution of code.

For the PS3 it was certainly the case that as long as you hadn't done all four campaigns to Payday! standard, you could still get it, this wasn't so clear with the Xbox patch, and really the current thinking today in 2011 is that the MP achievements still suffer the 50/50 chance of glitching for an unknown reason, like they did pre-patch (Egon's Guinea Pig, On the Payroll excellent examples).

d3ath by fall, you can't tell, there's nothing in the game to help with tracking achievements except the Most Wanted Ghosts 2 page checklist and number of jobs played in the stats page. You're on your own to track and work out if you've done enough for Payday!, Gozer's Most Wanted, Overachiever, Egon's Guinea Pig, etc.
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By AceMcCloud on 10 Jan 2011 11:51
Also let me note if you had 980/1000 before the patch and this achievement and the most wanted ghost thing was all you needed, then these will not unlock at all...I don't care what others say...I know a select few that went ahead and used hacks to unlock these last two achievements myself, but not me...It is not important to me if I never get these last two cheevos. I have come to terms with that now.
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By Shemp Howard on 20 Mar 2011 22:53
we just done a boast session, i had the game pre-patch- on disk, if u follow steps above it will unlock... thumbs up lads
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By Mution on 24 Apr 2011 22:56
I wasnt able to get gozers must wanted or no job to big... they both glitched... and yes i did follow guides
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By Mution on 13 May 2011 15:22
Gozer's Most Wanted is very hard and long winded to get (also because quiters, crossing streams etc. mess it up, I also wouldn't recommend having any DLC on like Gold Proton pack or skins), but it's not one of the ones that can glitch, like No Job Too Big. Keep track and have another go at Gozer's Most Wanted, start with easy jobs/maps, do it in instant games with friends, not randoms.
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By AceMcCloud on 21 May 2011 10:58
Good Guide, it helped me get two other people the achievement but not for me.
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By PhantomEwan on 01 Jul 2011 18:38
I haven't voted on this yet, but I'm find it really difficult to understand your guide. It's too long and rambling (why do you have a rant in your guide? And right at the start?), and it's worded as if you're assuming the reader has played the MP before and knows what you're on about.
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By LanDi on 16 Aug 2011 17:51
sw204me, you only have 16 out of the 50 achievements, as I said in my solution, the only advice I can give to get 1000GS (not guaranteed) is to go for these glitchy achievements (note plurral, it's not JUST Payday! gamers have issues with) FIRST, then do the rest. You should ignore Gozer's Most Wanted (doing all the jobs) and Overachiever, and concentrate on getting all the other glitchy ones, such as No Job Too Big and Egon's Guinea Pig.
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By AceMcCloud on 09 Mar 2012 12:39
Mika isn't the only one who finds your guide hard to understand, I don't understand what the goal of this achievment is by what you write.
But, oh wells, there's other guies out there I supose.....
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By WhistIing Wolf on 16 Aug 2011 23:51
What do you have to do to get this achievement? Just be first in each campaign without failing (like in Protection jobs) or it is like Gozer's Most Wanted but with easier requirements, getting all the jobs done in all the levels variants? I don't understand it.
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By abelxcain on 28 Aug 2011 17:59
At the moment? Pray and be very, very lucky.

Simply? The former, you don't need to do every game mode, just each of the 4 campaign locations, coming first and doing the minimum (catch 1 ghosts, survive 1 wave), don't fail (everyone pass out), basically just play it properly and be 1st overall.
However, this, like the majority of the MP achivements suffers from a random glitch that prevents the achievement unlocking but the game still counts it as complete and forever locks the achievement out, this doesn't happen to everyone, and not always the same achievement. However this is one of the most common that has glitched for gamers. Getting this (and most of the MP achievements) is equally about luck as it is skill.
The "patch" they released in December, 2010 was useless.

This is all detailed above, don't understand why some are having difficulty understanding this... MP in this game is VERY glitchy, on average two achievements will glitch on you and won't unlock, no matter what, and the patch they released was useless.
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By AceMcCloud on 28 Aug 2011 21:47
Sorry, I am not english. I guess the checklist in the other guide here confused me. Looks like this achievement is glitched for me. Thanks for the clarification.
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By abelxcain on 29 Aug 2011 16:39
Wow... what happened to the other guides?!
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By AceMcCloud on 08 Sep 2011 16:45
Does this have to be done in a ranked playlist or will a player match be ok? Also I don't understand the crossing the streams. Clearly a reference to the movie, but I am gathering that you are saying it has something to do with the achievement not unlocking?
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By Seraph Metatron on 10 Oct 2011 19:41
This is the Online Campaign setting, not Instant Matches, (granted not really accurately named as it's nothing to do with the campaign, but 3 random multiplayer jobs on random maps), also in the game, if you fire your stream across another players you may see them start to cross, after they build up, they knock you both down, there's actually an achievement for it in the Single Player campaign, but in multiplayer it can mess up unlocking an achievement, so don't do it, as soon as the streams start to cross, cease fire.

However, I once again will say (as briefly as possible) the Multiplayer is still bugged, and no matter what you do, or even if you've just started playing, you'll 90% likely have one or two random Multiplayer achievements glitch for you and prevent you obtaining 1000GS. If you don't, count yourself very lucky.
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By AceMcCloud on 11 Oct 2011 13:07
Reading my own post I want to add that I spent a good two or three weeks hosting the matches myself before I read that it helps to have others do it.

Also, when I mentioned we do the campaign in order, I mean all 12 stages.... Reading room > Basement Stacks > Twisted Stacks in a ranked library campaign, then join up again in a ranked match for Times Square and its 3 stages then Museum and its 3 and Graveyard and its 3..... all the while staying in first place for every single one.

Sorry, I had to clarify in case it wasn't clear.
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By JayQ2 on 01 Dec 2011 23:41
Not really useful, as it's incorrect. The reason it's incorrect is Terminal Reality actually outsourced the Multiplayer to Threewave to do, they went under it seems, and TR tried to patch this game, however the company did not put the resources behind it and as such produced that nonsense and the patch that didn't work, except in a few tiny exceptions. Those, who were lucky enough to avoid the glitches, and got this achievement, did so without having to do it to "Gozer's Standard" which is a total win, nothing less but a "Payday" standard of minimal amounts, providing they met the other requirements in the Solution above. At the time, TR had a forum on their website where many gamers vented their disatisfaction with this incorrect information and 99% useless patch, both politely and not so politely, however either way the poster went, it was deleted and now they've closed the forum completely.
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By AceMcCloud on 29 Jan 2012 19:39
Sorry to go off topic, but they're letting the company that made this glitch-ridden PoS make Kinect Star Wars? Damnit, I was looking forward to that game until now.
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By AL1 on 13 Feb 2012 13:15
So, if I haven't touched any of the MP in this game at all, am I fine?
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By on 13 Feb 2012 15:58
sw204me No, not having played the MP is no guarantee you'll get 1000GS.
The only reasons I can think of that I and others got 1000GS is the order in which we got achievements (after waiting until after the patch to play) or just luck.
Many "new" players to the MP have had one or more achievements still glitch on them, this game needs another patch.
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By AceMcCloud on 23 Feb 2012 17:50
Well this and Employee of the Month both popped for me tonight. Me and some friends have been just playing through all four campaigns a few nights a week, which netted me both of these without a problem.
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By on 07 Mar 2012 06:40
ugh I think this might be glitched for me I just tried this method with 1 other person and did the same exact things and it popped for him but not me :( .but I will still try at least 1 more time
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By Lobo Samhain on 27 Mar 2012 23:58
This achievement will not unlock. period. Sorry. The group of boosters I was playing with should of unlocked it at least four times, 100% each of the individual missions inside the campaign, and no cheevo. I've given up on this achievement unlocking for me.
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By D4rthD4nte on 28 Jul 2012 16:40
I just started playing this again after a year or so and decided to try for this, I'm not really familiar with any of the MP because I hardly touched it. So I just want to know - all I have to do is play through each campaign winning first in each level of each one to unlock this right? Or do I need to do something else while doing this, like win a minimum number of points, dont exceed a maximum number of points, catch so many ghost
Also is there a required amount of players required?
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By AwakeDeadeye on 03 Sep 2012 20:45
Never mind, just earned it now. :)
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By AwakeDeadeye on 04 Sep 2012 21:37
I earned it on December 1st according to this site and i certainly did it legit. Infact i was the first person to unlock it legit.
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By Dollar Junior on 02 Dec 2012 14:32
Will changing your current gamertag to somethingelse and playing on a hard drive without the game save work being that the achievements are attached to the leaderboard? I'm just curious what you think.
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By Richjn11 on 06 Dec 2012 07:16
Just a heads up, the PS3 servers for this game have been closed without warning. It's likely that it could happen to the 360 severs too so now would be the time to try again to get the final achievements you need.
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By Disturbed XBA on 06 Dec 2012 13:17
Hello,

Ghost busters Recruits – we regret to notify our community that we have shut down the Containment Unit behind the Ghost busters the Video Game servers for all platforms. Since the game launched in October 2009 we’ve had some great times busting ghosts online, but after 3 years we’re seeing fairly low player volume, and have decided to close the servers. Please note, this shutdown won’t have any effect on single player or local multiplayer play. For more great Ghost busting action online – check out Ghost busters Sanctum of Slime on PSN, XBLA and PC (http://atari.com/buy-games/action-ad...-sanctum-slime)!


Sincerely,

Atari Customer Support
http://support.atari.com/
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By Richjn11 on 08 Dec 2012 08:35
That really sucks, multiplayer was a lot of fun :(
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By Richjn11 on 08 Dec 2012 08:36
How can they just turn it off just like that? At least EA gives 30 days notice. It takes the absolute piss
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By Robhill on 08 Dec 2012 10:43
Do you have to actually get victory after every level? Your guide seems to indicate that you don't? Just catch one ghost in containment etc but the guide below that's direct from terminal reality indicates you need to see victory after each level for it to count
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By Robhill on 10 Dec 2012 18:25
Is it possible for one of us to try the Army of two/Command and Conquer 3 USB pull trick. All the buggy achievements in that game are also linked to online servers, someone try it that has the achievements glitches on them
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By Moosunter on 29 Dec 2012 09:07
No, the achievement data is server-sided and is not located on your xbox.
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By Salsbar on 30 Dec 2012 16:40
there really is no rhyme or reason to this achievement i played post patch through all 4 in a order and won each round and was 1st in every round/overall and i was host. but then i remembered some did quit out so i replayed the ones where they did quit and still nothing. so i tried going through all again from the beginning nd in NYC maps i had a full team 2 guys quit out so i was pissed but then it popped up
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By Doctor Lollypop on 16 Mar 2013 22:06
I can't for the life of me figure out why anyone would have voted this down. How much more thorough does he need to be wow? Some people just want you to fly to where they live and bang it out for them personally I guess. Anywhoozle thanks man!
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By ShaneKarma on 28 Aug 2013 05:46
I emailed Atari about this and they said it is no longer supported. To me that is just a polite way of saying fuck you. You can't be bothered to support your damn game, that will be the last Terminal Reality/ Atari game I ever buy
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By on 04 Apr 2015 19:05
Wait, is that right on four campaigns with each 3 levels or that will be ok with 2 or 3 players to Payday! Achievement to get 2 victories and last level will be campaign completed means to get going to be 1st place. Is that right?
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By Brett Evans15 on 15 Jul 2017 17:02
I don't know if you still read these but is it possible to unlock Gozer's Most Wanted if it is the very last achievement you need? Back in 2014 I got all achievements no problem and when my group finished all online jobs, they all got Gozer's but I didn't (I was the only one with all 49 other achievements unlocked).. I tried getting some Victories in past week and nothing, anything else I can try?
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By GsO Light on 29 Apr 2018 00:01
I need help and I have question to all of you. On Payday! Achievement. Is that correct to use 1st place for the highest money earner will be 1st level or 2nd level on victory or both. Just tell me, is that correct on this.
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By Brett Evans15 on 18 Jul 2018 13:45
It seems unlikely to work, but has anyone tried changing their gamertag? Could that possibly help? I doubt it since all you’re changing is the name, but you never know.
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By vSully on 04 Oct 2019 22:38
Ok, so did you think that I need to go to single player campaign and put on difficulty on Professional? You mean like Professional Ghostbuster to get this achievement on Payday! will be both of them on single player campaign first and last on second will be multiplayer campaign to get Payday! Achievement? Is that right on both in 2 campaigns on single player and multiplayer too to get Payday! Achievement on Professional Ghostbuster or no?! Is that true or not?! Please let me know it. Thanks!
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By Brett Evans15 on 24 Mar 2020 13:49
i read the terminal reality achievement guide and it states that you need victory on the level, i.e must complete all 10 waves of survial. i have heard so many different soloutions for this im well confussed on how to tackle this achievement
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By charlieb17 on 01 May 2012 00:07
So, my brother and I both got this game at launch, and got 980 GS in it before August 2009.

We never attempted to get Payday!, as by the time we were finished Gozer's Most Wanted, it was pretty much confirmed that Payday! was broken, so we realized it was pointless to try.

We did try for No Job Too Big, but of course, Polar Slimer never appeared.

From the various comments around the net, it sounds like those with 980 pre-patch are boned.

Should we even bother attempting to get these two achievements?
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By Ham Salad on 06 Aug 2012 23:00
I'd say achieve what you need to win, catch one, keep one, whatever and then survive until time runs out. I found with the PKE, on ones with ghost appearing, have the players just hold them and not put them into traps, except for one for the guy going for the achievement. For Thief you might be able to try something similar, but if another ghost appears, put one in a trap and hold the other. I think they eventually stop spawning, but I could be wrong.
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By Saracin on 12 Dec 2012 22:00
Terminal Reality and Atari are clueless this game, they ignore gamers until they get with all the posts, emails, calls then open their traps without getting their facts straight.
Take anything they say with a pinch if . GB is likely hosted Microsoft live servers so not likely to go down like PS3 PSN does not have its own servers.

Payday requires minimum effort, but you must outlast the timer there's one.
only have couple achievements left, they've probably glitches you've followed instructions. Look at the ratios and read peoples posts.

A server reset might give another chance, but a proper patch is required, like the one Threewave made just after launch TRI / Atari lost, not the useless TRI made and released without proper testing.

Regarding PS3server, I don't believe Atari intended to shut it down, its looked after by another company. I'm investigating to see what I can do about it.

For Xbox gamers need complain to Microsoft live, Atari and Terminal Reality, you want proper patch and THEN a server stat reset might(if they can't retro fix people in patch).
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By AceMcCloud on 17 Dec 2012 08:39
I've read just about every solution, every thread there is...and then again and again. For clarification, can you earn Payday! with minimum requirements? Can anyone verify? Just make sure nobody gets knocked out or crosses the streams before the timer runs out obviously... I just unlocked Gozer's the other day, which did so when it should have. I can't verify I've done Payday! 100%, but I'll later on today because I have a committed group later this evening. Some other notes to consider: I played after the patch. I think what potentially could be saving me is that I started out play multiplayer. I then decided to play single player to become more familiar with the game and become somewhat of a professional Ghostbuster. Anyway, I will update my progress when I can.
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By Mr Granstaff on 19 Oct 2012 17:05
Gozer's Most Wanted and Overachiever were the very last two achievements I got. I don't personally think either of these are among the group of multiplayer achievements that can have one of them glitch, it's why I left them to last as they seem the least buggy.

Both take a lot of work and time consuming, and jobs you think you've completed didn't count for one reason or another (other players quitting, crossing the streams, not surviving or fully successful outcome, etc etc.), so if Gozer's Most Wanted or Overachiever are your last achievement(s), I'd say you have the best chance to get 100%.

However, it could turn out that Gozer's Most Wanted is amongst the list of "1 of these MP achievements will likely glitch on you".

Do all the Job types on all locations absolutely perfectly and without anyone quitting your games, if it doesn't unlock, repeat, starting with the easier jobs, one might not have counted and it pops.

Also, as with most of these multiplayer trophies... if it doesn't unlock when you think it should, play again, win or lose at the end of that game it might then realise you earned it and unlock it then.

Good luck
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By AceMcCloud on 29 Apr 2018 14:54
It's long and detailed because there isn't a simple solution, and this game has various problems with achievements, even still after the "patch". However, this achievement is the most unobtainable of all of them, so best place for the warning and explaination of the situation, which is about all of the Multiplayer achievements, not just this one, making for a longer, more detailed solution.

What rant? The part about this being a wider issue than this single achievement? Awaiting a response from the developer? Or where I defend those of us who were lucky (emphasis on the luck) to unlock it and the other achievements and asking people to back off reporting us as cheaters, only those with it before the patch day are cheaters.

This isn't an achievement you're going to come across the moment you start the game, and I really don't think it's a requirement for every achievement solution to basically start off as the game manual, you said it was already too long! Yes it assumes you're familiar with the Multiplayer, is that really too much to expect you've read the game manual, maybe even played a match? Failing that, there's plenty of material online to look up the MP on.
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By AceMcCloud on 16 Aug 2011 21:49
I thought "The way it works is Payday! requires you to do each of the campaigns, now there are two "standards" of completion, there's "Payday! Standard" and there's "Gozer's Standard". Gozer's, you basically have to do it perfectly (except Thief, saving one artifact will do), whereas Payday! you just have to at least Catch 1 Ghost/Survive 1 Wave/Destroy 1 Relic/Save 1 Artifact/Raise all 3 PKE Towers.

Protection you must always raise all 3 PKE Towers for it to count to anything, whereas Thief will count if you only save 1 Relic, these two balance each other out, the others are as described above." outlines the requirements of Payday!, or at the least what they should be, remembering that this, like the majority of the game's online achievements is glitchy. Plus, I'll reiterate that my solution describes the whole glitching achievements problem, not just the single achievement and really if you're a completionist, 1000GS is not guaranteed, only for the fortunate.

Feel free to PM me if you can explain further what you are missing from this solution, but I need more than "it's hard to understand".
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By AceMcCloud on 19 Aug 2011 00:01
JayQ2, sounds like you've done everything correctly, and you're right it looks like the developer has given up on us/the game, they've been working on Kinect Star Wars and that's submerged until an unknown date in 2012.
The difference with the PS3 version, is while they haven't fixed the issue for gamers who have already tried to unlock the trophy, it is fixed for new gamers, if you don't count the very slow to update stats server the PS3 has. A simple server stat reset would sort it out for them.
On the Xbox 360 side however, the glitch that prevents Payday from unlocking can strike any one or more of the majority of MP achievements, however most gamers only had Payday! and No Job Too Big left to do and hence most have had Payday glitch on them, as you can tell from the TA ratio, higher than Gozer's Most Wanted, which if you ask anyone who's gotten both achievements they'll say is the hardest and most time consuming one.
Finally, as this information is tracked server side and not on your console, you can't start again or clear it unfortunately.
Anyone like myself who got all 1000GS legit are extremely lucky to have avoided any achievement glitching on them.
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By AceMcCloud on 04 Dec 2011 11:21
FYI, the following information is posted on the Terminal Reality website. I thought it might be helpful to post this, since it appears to disagree with this guide's definition of a "Payday" standard for successful completion...

Unlocking Payday! Achievement

Payday!: Be the overall top earner in each Xbox LIVE campaign setting

Only Ranked multiplayer games will count toward unlocking the achievement and will require 2 or more Ghostbusters to start. To achieve PayDay!, you must successfully complete each level in all of the 4 Campaigns while coming in first place.

There are 4 Campaigns, each containing 3 levels:

- NYC Public Library (Reading room, Basement Stacks, Twisted Stacks)

- Times Square District (Streets, Office, Rooftops)

- Museum of Natural History (Rotunda, Mayan, Egypt)

- Graveyard (Cemetery, Altar, Lost Island)

To obtain PayDay! quickly –

- Make a team of 3 or more Ghostbusters.

- Choose one Ghostbuster on the team that will be scoring 1st place throughout all games during each campaign. (The rest of the team needs to ensure they do not pass the 1st place player’s score. The easiest way is by checking their own scores during gameplay by pressing the BACK button).

- Start a Ranked Campaign and allow one Ghostbuster to achieve first place in each level.

- Continue this process through each Campaign until all 4 have been successfully finished. The screen must indicate victory for a round or you did not complete the round successfully. (I.E. you must complete all 10 waves of survival)

The Ghostbuster who places 1st throughout all 4 Campaigns should be awarded the achievement just after the last game played.

http://www.terminalreality.com/ghostbusters-multiplayer-achi...
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By Razorbak86 on 27 Jan 2012 22:30
I am certain I got hit by the glitch but I have to ask... a buddy and I (he has been playing since pre-patch and is glitched) religiously attempt for payday daily. I started playing Ghostbusters around a month ago and didn't bother to come here first to see if anything was faulty with the game, an action I regret. I followed the guide here and have been doing ranked campain matches for quite some time now and want to make sure I have this right. It is pretty self explanatory but being that I do not have it, who knows, maybe I am slow.

I usually trap 2 ghosts in containment matches and let the time run out (sometimes we do a full clear)
defeat 1 wave in survival and then end the round with each of us getting K.O'ed (sometimes we do a full win)
destroy 1 or 2 artifacts and let the time run out (again, at times we do a full clear of all artifacts)
protect 2 or 3 if not all artifacts in thief
and lastly, allow all three PKE towers to fully charge (no option there as everyone stated)
We do it in order from Library > Times Square > Museum > Graveyard and then another Graveyard as I've read it has to register the achievement in another round - something about the system is set up to check for achievement requirements being done before it tallies up and saves your current progress at the end of a match.

Now this is all done with my buddy hosting the campaign matches. I search for him in the ranked games filter, find his match and join. I read somewhere that it can be done (or should be done) with player matches? I have no clue if that's true or if that's what I am supposed to do and have only used the ranked matches filter or random search.

I have also read that with the PS3, if you find yourself unable to pop the cheevo, try logging on from a PS3 that has unlocked it and you should be able to attain Payday. I wonder if this works on the 360. I am also tempted to clear my 360's cache but read of folks who have already tried and got no where with that method. (something I rather not do since I have another MP game with glitchy cheevos that may screw up further)

Other achievements have been popping fine. I am just aggravated beyond belief with this particular one. To add insult to injury, the developers left this game as is and ignore the boards. I am a huge fan of Ghostbusters and figured grabbing this game to start my Xbox library was a no brainer. Is there anyone who has unlocked this cheevo as their last one? I am hoping that I am just a fool and over looking something small. I feel that even in November 2011, this glitch is alive and well...... FML....
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By JayQ2 on 01 Dec 2011 23:34
Lobo, yep, even people picking the game up now and just starting, 1000GS is not guaranteed, it's luck, and a very slim chance at that.

BraveZach, yep, it's not been repatched by Terminal Reality, given the problems with there other games, EMI suing them... another patch is looking unlikely.

charlieb17, as I said earlier up to Razorbak86, that page is rubbish, they had another company Threewave make the MP, and they can't be bothered to read their own games strategy guide, or play test the game to understand how it works. Honestly, before releasing the last patch, they played/tested it for what... a few weeks tops, probably not even that. Most of those wanting this patch to work played it since it's release... so years... who's going to know more about the game?

Hi NYAZ, I didn't complete it prior to the "second patch" (really it was the only patch, the "first patch" was at launch wasn't it? I'm in UK, so we had to wait another 6 months due to the Sony exclusivity deal, I couldn't be bothered to import and thankfully by then knew about the problems, so I waited until the next December when the patch hit and then started playing it (yes, collecting dust on a shelf for a year!). If you sort it by date order, you can see where people started earning it legit at the begining of December, anything before then is unlikely to be legitimate.

Even then, I got 1000GS purely BY LUCK. The ONLY advice I can give, is do the achievements in the same order I did, other people will tell you do MP achievements before SP ones... you can see I didn't do that and got it... but it could have been just luck.

Ham, you might be able to get No Job Too Big and end up with 990GS as some others have, but this is also 50/50, the suggestion is play with non Ghostbusters of the Year to help get this, but can't confirm if this works or not. As for Payday, provided you were not no.1 on ALL of the different campaign locations at least once BEFORE the December 2010 patch, you've got a chance... again its tricky... when I did it, I did all locations, one after another, being first all the times (I played with one other player), I then helped him but his didn't unlock sadly, because he played all the campaigns and came first, before the patch (like the other 99% of players sadly).
So.. you could try, since you only have two achievements left, and you've played a lot already... there's nothing more you can loose, you *might* get lucky and unlock them both, but don't hold your breath, if you unlock one, count yourself lucky.
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By AceMcCloud on 17 Aug 2012 16:54
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First of, use the top guide if this is your first go at this achievement, it's the best one and covers it all! (healthy tip, do this achievement as soon as you can!)
But those for those who has been trying more then 2-4-10 times at this, this guide is for you.
I thought "WTH" and wanted to make a half guide for those who are stuck with Payday locked, and this is the hotspot of those trying to get to the bottom of this unlocking.
I have searched so many solutions trying to get this. I have talked to a couple who has in fact unlocked Payday as their last achievement and thought it had been glitched.


I made a thread to make things more sense to me when I was looking into this, if it's helpful to discuss between payday sufferers, you oculd just use this thread:
Payday - To those who got it
(just ignore the title)

--Please don't vote on this at all until we've found out what works. I see someone votes I assume it's because it's helpful but not the solution, if it really was the solution, please please comment!-- =D

---------------------Updates---------------------

Update, Jan 17th:
I thought I would give it a shot but I E-mailed Terminal asking if it was possible to receive the achievement manually if I filmed myself filling the criteria. if anyone has a suggestion as to who to mail about this, I'll try them as well =3

Update, Jan 22nd:
No word from Terminal, but I decided to submit a Help ticket with Atari, so we'll see what I hear from them =3
Update Jan 23rd:
I got a reply from Atari;
"Thank you for your report, Unfortunately we are unable to resolve in game bugs immediately or provide any in game compensation or restore losses. But we can refer this to the developing team to work a possible fix on a patch or update."
LMAO if that's not a standard reply I don't know what. XD Really as they didn't answer my question. I asked if they could ask their developing team or if I could get the E-mail adress.
Of course still no word from Terminal XD
Here is the link to a help ticket to Atari if anyone else wants to bug them for a patch (never going to happen but... wouldn't hurt =3)
http://support.atari.com/index.php?/Tickets/Submit

Update Jan 23rd:
I forget where I found this link, might be somewhere burried here on TA or xbox360achievement... But here it is anyway for an attempt on this achievement for you Payday sufferers
http://www.terminalreality.com/ghostbusters-multiplayer-achi...

Update Feb 6th:
I got a responce from Atari saying it is not possible. but it was so short and blunt so I have a feeling it was a way to just keep me quiet. in the first mail they seemed very agressive about not giving out a refund for the game spite I never even breathed a word about it XD Well anyway, still no word from Terminal, I'm planning to mail them to ask if their mail is active and if so can I have a answer plz. XD

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I haven't been able to test this out yet (I will very soon, but the opportunity of more then a consecutive couple hours of gaming hasn't opened for me yet) but I have a hunch of this might just work for those Payday sufferers.

Something is clearly very wrong with this achievements, and I do not know what needs be done to get this to result;
But after every single match in each campaign, there are 3 sounds that come.

No sound, a ominous sound and a victorious sound.

My hunch is if you get all 3 levels on all 4 campaigns to sound the victory sound, it just might unlock.
My hunch is purely based on then the game knows you have been victorious...

Other experiences:
Kirstyvox says this didn't work for them =[


Please share your experiences in the comments in this guide (except, "give it up, it's glitched" That much is obvious. 8> Don't crush a stubborn fools fun XD). These are mine which has not given me the achievement;

-I have tried doing this with 2 players only and in all in one session without leaving the game
-I am a post patch player.
-My boosting partner who has tried the same things is a pre partch player (story mode only) and played online post patch.
-Doing all 4 campaigns (victoriously, naturally) in a row.
-Doing all 4 campaigns with the boosting partner not even touching anything.
-Doing the bare minimum ( I really believe you don't need to do Gozer requirements).
-Doing all the campaigns with only completing Destruction, Survivor and Destruction.
-Doing all 4 campaigns with no death.


If you rather PM me then comment, don't hesitate, I'll happily discuss this topic! XD

Others Eperiences that's worth a read:



R3NEG4DE says:
I played back in 2009 and only acquired a few multiplayer achievements. I picked the game up in 2011 and started finishing up the achievements. I tried many times for Payday!, but never got it and now I am at 990g. I've done every method you can think of, which includes the bare minimum requirements and the Gozer's requirements and still nothing. I used my alternate account, which I never played the game on and started the game up and did the bare minimum requirements and got the achievement in like 20 minutes.


Other noteworthy mentioning's

-Pre patch glitch say to affect those who played the online achievements before December 1st 2010. Those who played online before this date is said to never get some or all of the glitched achievements.
-After Dec 1st 2010 the glitches are still affecting the game but it's working much better. If you started your game after this date, you have a better luck getting all the achievements.
- To my understanding from extensive online research, doing this achievement first ( then all the online achievements ASAP before you start/ finish story mode) will make you more likely to get 100%.
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So you really made sure of that there is a victory sound 3 x 4 times? not just on the end of each campaign? If so, how many rounds (ish) did you have to play to get victory on them all?
That was sort of my last hope beside Gozer requirements.. but I don't think I will ever try it but I might at this rate XD
The strangest thing is that there really are some people who has won this in our predicament.

I'm just curious, I your connection to live, do you get the NAT error? Probably nothing but I have that issue.. ( I'm no net expert so it probably have nothing to do with it XD)
I feel like there is something little and insignificant we're missing out on, I just find it too high a coincidence that both my boosting partner and I can't get this one and only achievement XD
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By WhistIing Wolf on 14 Jan 2013 00:51
I'm also a post patch player and have tried for this several times with no luck. Just tried it again tonight: let the time run out for containment, thief and destruction, surviving one wave in survival then dying, raising all three PKE meters in protection. I made sure my boosting partner's score never went above mine during each job. I also got the 'victorious' sound at the end of each job... and nothing. I did another campaign after, just to see if it would unlock then but no such luck. I hope this works for you, but I'm not sure what else to try.
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By Kirstyvox on 13 Jan 2013 22:37
People have said to do gozer requirements and not get it but maybe at this rate it's worth a shot XD
I've become a bit "maybe they're not doing it right, better test it myself" XD

Yeah, I talked to someone here on TA who got it as his last, I don't want to post his name here but you can trust me on this or else I really wouldn't have made this check/sugestion list of what theories to try XD
It is possible to avoid your least favourite rounds,like if you dread survival (gozer wise) it does rotate properly, just restart the campaign. I might give it a shot myself as soon as I get a proper net connection to the Xbox.
Source code of what? =3
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By WhistIing Wolf on 14 Jan 2013 20:09
The chunk of C++ that checks if achievement criteria has been matched, that would clear everything up. Just me hoping for a miracle.

Gozers standard is definitely worth a shot. I don't get the NAT error by the way, so it's definitely not that.
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By Kirstyvox on 14 Jan 2013 20:38
Oh that's beyond my knowledge on how to get/check XD
I have a small feeling since you tried the victory sound idea, that this is just totally on a whim, like the game shocks into life and "Oh, achievement " XD

Mmm NAT was a far stretch XD
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By WhistIing Wolf on 14 Jan 2013 21:08
I played back in 2009 and only acquired a few multiplayer achievements. I picked the game up in 2011 and started finishing up the achievements. I tried many times for Payday!, but never got it and now I am at 990g. I've done every method you can think of, which includes the bare minimum requirements and the Gozer's requirements and still nothing. I used my alternate account, which I never played the game on and started the game up and did the bare minimum requirements and got the achievement in like 20 minutes. So, I have a feeling that if it doesn't unlock for you there is nothing you can do about it.
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By R3NEG4D3 on 21 Jan 2013 22:09
Yeah, I fear that's the case, the only drive I have is that some (not only one) got payday as their last achievement after having it glitch for them, and checking their profile, they weren't fibbing in it, especially one person I personally talked with.
I'll soon have proper connection in my room so I'll hook up my Xbox into the wall instead of relying on WiFi, then I'm just going to try and play and play and play the levels over until I go insane XD maybe suddenly it will go through that I done the needed requirements... somehow somewhere along the way it just didn't pick up that I did e.g. times square, but now I did and voila, achievement unlocked XD
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By WhistIing Wolf on 21 Jan 2013 22:40
I think I am at 20million campaign cash and I finally stopped going for it. I recently helped out a few friends with the online when people thought the servers were going down and one of the guys started the game in 2012 and Payday! glitched for them as well. I played a few games with the #1 Leaderboard guy and he has close to 1 billion dollars campaign cash and he is yet to unlock Payday!...Therefore, you might be playing for a while or as you say until you go crazey, but good luck with it if you continue with trying it over and over.
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By R3NEG4D3 on 21 Jan 2013 22:55
Haha, yeah, I have minimal hope, although I don't know when the top leaderboard guy played or how he played. My biggest hope is that Terminal decides to reply to my mail about a manual achievment unlock. it's to my understanding that developers or someone in production has the power to do so, but no idea if anyone is bothering to read GB related questions at this point. XD
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By WhistIing Wolf on 21 Jan 2013 23:30
Has anyone tried to convince them to reset their stats on the servers? Surely this would fix this problem once and for all!! I mean with a game so old, does it matter who the #1 person is anymore?
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By Smooth Cdn Clam on 28 Jan 2013 20:11
I think many has. The problem with a server reset that it's not guaranteed to fix the issue, the glitch isn't fixed, it only gives you another shot at it. Like I've read may other comment that it would be great that if there was a weekly reset, that wouldbe much more possible for to eventually mabe getting it!
A new patch would be too expencive for such a old game so it's unrealistic.
But I'm sure that if you chose to mail a suggestion of a leaderboard reset it won't harm the cause least. at this point I'm not sure if we can rely on Terminal or Atari to do anything at all *sigh* =1
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By WhistIing Wolf on 28 Jan 2013 21:51
Oh yeah, sadly that seems to be the way, It's only so long I bother trying to play this game at a time so I have taken a little break now, but if I hadn't talked with 2 people before and after they got the achievement I wouln't have even had the faintest hope of getting this ._.;
Haha I realise how pathetic it sounds XD But if this wasn't a fun game I wouldn't have bothered trying anymore. It's the little details that fibbers can't make that convinces me that they're telling the truth.

A classic fools quest XD My only plan now is to play for kicks. Maybe I'll pick this up tomorrow to give it a little go XD;
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By WhistIing Wolf on 16 Mar 2013 20:42
Maybe they will fix it if we up vote it enough to get it on Xbox one
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By Big Joe 410 on 03 May 2016 04:33
Ive also tried.
if we could only get Atari to wipe server stats like Kain & Lynch did the other year we could get this done!
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By FroZeNSouL on 04 Sep 2016 14:26
good luck getting in contact with Atari, the only way I been able to was via email on there web site and it seemed to be more or less a auto response.
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By Big Joe 410 on 08 Nov 2017 22:04
Years ago I asked Atari to reset my info from their servers. They claimed that nothing was stored on their servers. Recommended deleting my game data and trying again. I deleted everything and when I joined multiplayer I still had all my unlocked outfits and stats. I am doomed to keep 990/1000 on what was otherwise a very enjoyable game. A remastered version is on xbox one and surprise!! No multiplayer at all....
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By SPARTANKING8675 on 19 Apr 2020 15:24
We should try what these guys did
Kane and Lynch Leaderboard Reset October 1st
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By Big Joe 410 on 28 Apr 2022 17:51
Achievement isn't broken. Alot of the what is listed above seems to be superstition.
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By My Ringtones on 06 Aug 2022 02:04
I have a weird thought, maybe try again using a different storage device than your story save. Maybe there's something in the save stopping it from popping.

If that doesn't work maybe redo ghostbusters drinking game.

Last thing I can think of is lag really bad when you finish the match or have someone quit out right before the match finishes. Maybe if you confuse the server real quick it might overlook whatever's blocking it from unlocking and send another criteria fulfilled notion. If you can get it to even briefly forget your achievement record it should try to unlock everything you should unlock.
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By AwakeDeadeye on 30 Jan 2016 16:05
It’s grasping at straws, but if everybody could take a few minutes to submit a report through the new report a problem app on Xbox one, it couldn’t hurt. Check this article:

Sick of broken achievements? Here's how to report them

Vudix claims that any game that is still being sold on the marketplace can be held to fix broken achievements. This game is still for sale. So I know it’s extremely unlikely, but apparently this reporting system is newly overhauled and has been set up for this exact reason – to get people to report broken achievements so that Microsoft can take action on them.

Everything is explained in the article that I linked. It couldn’t hurt. Thanks!
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By vSully on 04 Aug 2022 14:14
Yeah I made sure that I got the good sound in all rounds in all 4 campaigns, that doesn't mean I got a victory screen on all though.

I'm convinced it's something to do with having all the other achievements done, I don't recall coming across anyone who has unlocked Payday as their last achievement. The only thing I haven't tried is doing each job meeting gozer requirements (well, I have attempted this, but it quickly became frustrating...) . I know that you shouldn't have to get a victory screen after each round as others have unlocked it just doing the minimum, but I think it may be my last option. I'd love to see the source code for this.

I tried months ago at this with a few other people all on 990, none of us got it.
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By Kirstyvox on 14 Jan 2013 19:51
I have Payday glitched as well, and I´m totally sure because we tried the achievement playing 3 people. We did exactly the same on all playthroughs. They got the achievement on first try, I´ve tried more than 6 times without earning it. The same method was used by some more friends and they got it on first try, so it isn´t a matter on what you do, it´s a matter on if it´s glitched or not.

The problem with this achievement is that the servers actually stores if you have the achievement or if you don´t, so it doesn´t matter what you do to achieve it: As long as the server says you have earned it, you won´t be able to unlock it. That means no matter what you do with the game, the saved game, the updates, the console... It´s not unlockable on your gamercard until the servers says you haven´t got it. It sucks, but that´s how it works.

There have been many people who tried to do something with Atari, Terminal Reality or Threewave Software: With mails, Facebook campaigns, forums, online petitions... And nothing yet. I wouldn´t have high hopes, although if you have any good idea you can always try it...
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By KMetalmind on 16 Mar 2013 20:23
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I played this with my friend on Xbox One S using the disc version of the game.
We did the campaigns in the following order - Times Square, Library, Cemetery, and the Museum.

The way we did every match type was as such -

Containment: Capture 1 ghost, and let the timer expire
Survival: Complete all 10 waves
Protection: Raise all 3 P.K.E. Towers
Destruction: Destroy 1 relic and let the timer expire
Thief: Protect all 4 Relics
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02 Mar 2021 00:05

☠ Warning ☡ NICE SHOOTIN', TEX!
4 achievements are broken. Thanks to the help of CrYpTxRaIdEn - "the achievement "Nice Shootin', Tex!" you have to get the last one, otherwise it will disrupt your in-game achievement system" so keep that in mind when starting your adventure with this game 👍
But what if you've already achieved this achievement and are stuck? Unfortunately, there is no confirmed solution 🤔 (or at least I don't know anything about it)
So I figured if the offline achievement blocks the online ones, maybe some solution is to transfer the progress of the single player game to a portable drive and disconnect it from the console to try to play multiplayer on the main one again x360 disk so that the console does not "see" the progress of the single player game - I do not guarantee that it will help but by trial and error, I am trying to find a solution to this situation. But if you can confirm it works, I'd appreciate if you let me know

GOZER'S MOST WANTED - in my opinion, the most important achievement you need to pay attention to
I recommend that you write down each completed task on a piece of paper for the Gozer's Most Wanted achievement, because the game does not display the tasks that have already been completed. To improve the work on many achievements at the same time, I suggest playing only ranked matches and, in addition to getting "Victory", also be the best-earning player
✔ Gozer's Most Wanted to-do list:
- Containment maps: reading room, basement stacks, twisted stacks, streets, office, rooftops, Rotunda, Mayan, Egypt, cemetery, altar, and Lost Island.
- Destruction maps: reading room, office, Rotunda, Mayan, cemetery, and Lost Island.
- Protection maps: streets, office, rooftops, Rotunda, Egypt, and cemetery.
- Slime dunk maps: basement stacks, twisted stacks, rooftops, Egypt, altar, and Lost Island.
- Survival maps: reading room, basement stacks, twisted stacks, streets, office, rooftops, Rotunda, Mayan, Egypt, cemetery, altar, and Lost Island
- Thieves maps: reading room, basement stacks, twisted stacks, streets, Mayan, and altar.

PROTECTION
Good advice for Protection I got from Anser2Altus - If you hold down the first ghost that appears, the game is slower to spawn more ghosts. Now the third tower is difficult as it is a monster and not a ghost, so one person distracts the big monster while the other one protects the tower from smaller ones

SLIME DUNK
I always try to get "Victory" to be sure of victory, not a little worse "Round Over", because what's that supposed to mean? What? That time is up but "it's ok, bro" (?) Something between losing and winning, such a "consolation prize" - no sense. So I was surprised to find that nowhere can I find the answer to the question "how many bastards do you need to catch in Slime Dunk mode to get a real VICTORY?" 🤔 On YouTube a guy gave 100% and caught 20 ghosts, but in the meantime his helper was not idle either but eventually they ended up with "Round Over". Fortunately, in this case, "Round Over" is enough to complete the quests towards Gozer's Most Wanted, because I never won "Victory" in any Slime Dunk mode and still got GMW

PAYDAY
I finally managed to get "Payday" but I shouldn't have had any problems because I didn't get "Nice Shootin', Tex!" before, but I read that there may be problems.
To test my first theory I wanted to do it in one session without turning off the console, unfortunately it "froze" my game twice in a 6 hour session so I had to reset my x360.
The second theory assumes that you have to be the best in EVERY of all rounds in all four campaigns - and I can say that it's true (if I failed in one round, i.e. I had less cash earned than the other player, I simply started all over one particular campaign from scratch.)
Another theory is to do all four campaigns in the correct order as they are in the game - and I can confirm that
From my numerous theories, I can confirm that
- you need to be the host and play ranked, you can play with different players,
- you must do the tasks in the correct order
- and you must have the highest score in literally EVERY round
I always tried to do Destruction and Survival (apart from the rest of the other quests) at 100% but in the last campaign at the Cemetery, unfortunately I crashed 25/26 Evil Relics and finally fell somewhere in the middle of Survival getting "Payday" (?) BUT I had it done before as separate tasks, so maybe that's why I had no problems
👉 If anyone got stuck and didn't get "Payday" despite trying, or has one of the broken achievements, I recommend that you do all 4 campaigns in the correct order in one 6 hour session (about this time it took me) without turning off the console (unfortunately twice during this time "it froze" my game and I had to reset x360) - I do not guarantee that it will help, just by trial and error I try to find a solution
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🌐 We have 2022, Ghostbusters x360 despite having a remastered version (WITHOUT MULTIPLAYER) still has live servers online! 😉 This game is GOLD, though cracked ... 🤕

📌 If you are looking for people to help with this game, just leave a comment and I will try to add any interested person to the non-binding Ghostbusters Multiplayer group in the Xbox app so you can find people willing to help each other

✍ I tried to write down all the more important things in my opinion. I used Google Translator for this so there may be translation errors. Who If you vote negative please tell me why
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