Minecraft Achievements For Xbox 360 Are… A Little Bit Meh

34 responses to “Minecraft Achievements For Xbox 360 Are… A Little Bit Meh”

1. 

   Gog

   April 23, 2012 at 5:07 pm

   I’d make one where you have to lure a creeper over 1000 metres from where you first encountered it and call it “Get away from me you creep”.

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   1. 

      anonymous

      April 23, 2012 at 11:06 pm

      i can think of a REALY good achievement

      ‘The Awakening’
      500 gamerscore

      go outside and see there is a real world, get a job and a girlfriend/boyfriend and do somthing with your fucking lives.

      happy minecrafting!

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      1. 

         McGarnical

         April 24, 2012 at 7:50 am

         Looks like someone showed one of our rowing team how to use the internet.

         Look out, nerds!

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         stevw

         April 29, 2012 at 9:33 am

         Dose not seem it would be that fun or worth it but good try and im sure you can go talk about your problems some where else.

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2. 

   Another Melbourne Gamer

   April 23, 2012 at 5:10 pm

   Another one would be “avoid playing Minecraft for a week”

   No one would be able to do it, that game is insanely addictive.

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3. 

   That Teemo

   April 23, 2012 at 5:12 pm

   Same as PC ones…

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   1. 

      Braaains

      April 23, 2012 at 5:23 pm

      That’s what I was just thinking. If people could could figure out what to do with it on the PC, I’m sure they’ll be able to figure it out on the 360, too.

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      McGarnical

      April 23, 2012 at 5:29 pm

      They are largely the same.

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         N0NEoftheAB0VE

         April 23, 2012 at 8:27 pm

         Yeah they kinda look the same as the PC acheivements to me, while I do think it’s an acheivement when people build these amazing structures – how on earth would the game even process that, and how would you ensure everyone does the same thing creatively?

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   3. 

      Merus

      April 23, 2012 at 10:16 pm

      Yeah, some people at Mojang really hate achievements, so that’s why we’ve got the tutorial ones rather than the ones that require you to, for example, kill 200 mobs.

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4. 

   Lone Wolf

   April 23, 2012 at 5:14 pm

   The difficulty would be in getting the game to acknowledge the achievements. How’s it supposed to know if you’ve built a functioning computer, a network of sky bridges or a monster harvester?

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   1. 

      Mic

      April 23, 2012 at 5:18 pm

      Exactly! The whole point of Minecraft is that you can and do near anything. How the hell are you supposed to develop achievements around that? Instead Notch went with a rather smart use of achievements: They’re the tutorial.

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      Braaains

      April 23, 2012 at 5:24 pm

      Or a giant phallus. Come on, you know that’s what 90% of it is…

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      1. 

         Your Name

         April 23, 2012 at 5:31 pm

         my house is a giant phallus

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         1. 

            RustedParadox

            April 23, 2012 at 6:37 pm

            My phallus is a giant house.

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            1. 

               Braaains

               April 23, 2012 at 6:40 pm

               My house is a giant’s phallus.

            2. 

               AlexPants

               April 23, 2012 at 7:48 pm

               This is the best comment thread I’ve ever read.

            3. 

               Speech Bubble

               April 24, 2012 at 1:05 pm

               … I was wondering what happened to my phallus

5. 

   TheUnknown

   April 23, 2012 at 5:18 pm

   “There’s nothing there to inspire the kind of incredible creativity and scale for which Minecraft is traditionally know. Fair enough Minecraft can be practically whatever you want it to be, but I expected the achievements to be more inspired — the scope is endless.” Well, I play Minecraft on the PC and I don’t even pay any attention to the achievements. But yet, I’m HIGHLY addicted to it!

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6. 

   McGarnical

   April 23, 2012 at 5:27 pm

   These are excellent!

   As someone new to this game, this list is for me a really good list of things I should be doing while I’m learning how to play the game.

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7. 

   Miffy

   April 23, 2012 at 5:54 pm

   Achievement ideas for Xbox360 Minecraft:
   1a: “The End?” – Reach “The End”. 1b: “The End.” – Beat the final boss and end the game.
   2: “Sky High” – Hit the skybox limits.
   3: “Yabba Dabba Doo!” – Mine so far down you hit Bedrock.
   4: “I AM INVINCIBLE!” – Craft a full set of Diamond Armor (including a Diamond Sword) and kill 200 mobs.
   5a: “A ‘burning’ Desire” – Fall into lava. 5b: “Burn Heal” – Fall into lava, and stop yourself dying by jumping into water.
   6: “Take your time” – Mine Obsidian using anything but a Diamond Pickaxe.
   7: “Physics 101” – Suffer 10 hearts of fall damage.
   8: “And Now It Feels Like Home” – Craft and sleep in a bed for the first time.
   9: “Wheeeeeeeeeee!!!!!” – Travel 400M at top speed on a minecart rail.
   10: “Your boss called – you’re fired” – Accumulate 150 hours of playtime in one week.

   Anyone got any better ideas?

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   1. 

      McGarnical

      April 23, 2012 at 6:03 pm

      Hey, those are good!

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   2. 

      Ahtaps

      April 23, 2012 at 6:34 pm

      Haha, clever.

      My contribution would be:
      11: In Deep Thought: Create a redwire circuit containing exactly 42 components.
      12: Fear Factor: Stand in a dark area for 1 minute without using any light source.
      13: Let The Right One In: Let a Creeper in through a doorway without it exploding.

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      Teh_Frm4terer

      April 23, 2012 at 6:34 pm

      Those are really good!

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   4. 

      RustedParadox

      April 23, 2012 at 6:42 pm

      Hey these are perfect!!! 😀

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      Smashing!

      April 23, 2012 at 6:51 pm

      11: “Grand finale” — Jump from above the clouds, and survive.”
      12: “Amish Paradise” – Collect 50 eggs, 20 hides, 30 feathers, 30 blocks of wool, and 20 pork slices.
      13: “What the hell was that?” – Encounter a mob underground, in total darkness.
      14: “Living on the edge” – Sleep atop a cliff or mountain.
      15a: “Columbus ” – Craft a compass, map and watch. 15b: “Piri Reis” – Completely fill a map.
      16: “Persistence is key” – Die in 4 different ways.
      17: “You don’t want to do that…” Place 10 blocks of TNT.
      18a: “Hobbyist” – Fill your inventory. 18b: “Collector” – Fill your inventory and a small chest. 18c: “Hoarder” – Fill your inventory and a large chest.

      ….I’m pretty much done.

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   6. 

      Bangers

      April 23, 2012 at 7:14 pm

      Problem with number 1, The End isn’t in the version of the game that the Xbox version is based off.

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   7. 

      N3RD1001101

      April 24, 2012 at 9:33 am

      you’ve had way too long to think this one over!!!

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8. 

   Luke C

   April 23, 2012 at 6:30 pm

   Minecraft for XBLA is good, but will never be the same experience, cause it lacks things like mods and downloadabe maps, although they could be implemented later on.

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      N0NEoftheAB0VE

      April 23, 2012 at 8:43 pm

      Are we sure that you won’t be able to share maps?

      Most of the good mods have been implemented into the game anyway, my son is always asking me to get this mod or that (I remember too many items) then they bring out creative mode which pretty much makes that mod redundant!

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9. 

   Michael Barnes

   April 23, 2012 at 6:59 pm

   So pretty much the same as the PC version in game achievements? Whats so “meh” about that then? You get them for learning things in game. I guess you could find out how to do most if not all of them from reading Minecraft wikia, but still…

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10. 

    Bangers

    April 23, 2012 at 7:19 pm

    I think maybe some multi-player achievements would have been good. Such as ‘Kill a friend’ or ‘Have three friends join your world’.

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11. 

    Hyperthx

    April 23, 2012 at 8:54 pm

    How ’bout an “You finally play Minecraft” achievement? hey hey

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12. 

    gamer

    April 24, 2012 at 6:18 am

    wait till they update it to the full version

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