Minesweeper and Solitaire Now Have Achievements. Sigh.
Published: January 01, 0001
Reading Time: Approx. 8 mins
Well, this is depressing. In preparation for the release of Windows 8, Microsoft is updating some of rummy meet the platform’s stalwart titles, like Minesweeper, Solitaire and Majong. Updating them with achievements. Minesweeper, for example, has four of them. Four. One is for finishing a board,
and one is for losing a round. Solitaire has 3. Presumably one of them is triggering the greatest victory screen of all time, leaving the other two
to joy rummy be “get bored and quit” and “click endlessly through the deck even though you know the card you want isn’t there”.
Really, what’s the point? It seems pointless for
more casual users and insufficient for seasoned achievement hunters. rummy new app Leaving us stuck in the middle ground. The depressing middle ground where Minesweeper is renamed Microsoft Minesweeper and has achievements. Minesweeper [Xbox 360 Achievements, via Rock, Paper, Shotgun]