I was getting started on an Xbox Live Arcade Indie Game (Penny Arcade's On the Rain-slick Precipice of Darkness Episode 3), and I went to check out the Achievements. But I couldn't find Achievements anywhere for this game; not in the in-game menu, and not in the Xbox menu system.
Do Indie games simply not have Achievements, or is this particular game missing them?
Best Answer
XBox Live Indie Games do not have achievements1, 2. While Microsoft takes responsibility for reviewing and approving XBL Arcade titles, the review process for XBL Indie Games titles isn't controlled by Microsoft. Since they don't control the review process, they don't allow XBLIG games to have achievements that affect Gamerscore.
While Penny Arcade: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness episodes 1 and 2 were released as XBLA titles and therefore did have achievements, episode 3 was released as a XBLIG title and lacks achievements.