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Achievement Tagging is Live!


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So, remember, like, a million years ago when we were asked if we could have "tags" on the achievement page to quickly identify how an achievement can/must be obtained, before reading the guide for more info? And we kept promising that yes, it was in the works? Well, that's a thing now.

 

I started with a super easy game, FIFA World Cup 2006. Check it out: http://www.xboxachievements.com/game/2006-fifa-world-cup/achievements/

 

As you can see, each achievement has two tags that mark them as being offline and solo. Without reading the guide or any other investigating, you can quickly see that you could get this game and completely it by yourself. Many people do not game online, so this is nice to know.

 

I then tackled a more difficult one, Gears of War: http://www.xboxachievements.com/game/gears-of-war/achievements/

 

This one has many different tags (and to be honest I'm not 100% sure I tagged everything properly) but someone can quickly see that they'll need to play the game online and complete it in co-op. If they only game solo, they'll know without reading any further than they won't be completing this game.

 

 

These are all the tags we have currently available:

spacer.png - Solo: achievement must be earned playing by yourself

spacer.png - Co-op: achievement must be earned while playing online or locally with others

spacer.png - Solo OR Co-op: achievement can be earned by yourself or while playing with others

spacer.png - Difficulty: achievement must be earned on a specific difficulty

spacer.png - Stackable: difficulty achievements stack (only need to play the highest)

spacer.png - Online: achievement can only be earned online

spacer.png - Offline: achievement can only be earned offline

spacer.png - Online OR Offline: achievement can be earned in online multiplayer/co-op or offline multiplayer/co-op

spacer.png - Multiplayer: achievement must be earned in a multiplayer mode

spacer.png - Story Related: achievement is given for story progression and cannot be missed

spacer.png - Subsequent Playthrough: cannot be unlocked on your first playthrough of the game

spacer.png - Missable: achievement can be missed during the story (and there is no chapter select)

spacer.png - Collectible: requires the collection of item(s) over the course of the game to unlock

spacer.png - Glitched: achievement might not unlock as described

spacer.png - Unobtainable: achievement cannot currently be unlocked due to a patch, server closure or faulty coding

spacer.png - Peripheral: achievement requires a peripheral of some kind

spacer.png - Date/Time Sensitive: achievement must be earned on a specific day, date or time

spacer.png - Viral: achievement requires playing with a specific person or someone who has this achievement

 

 

So, now the big task is to actually tag the thousands of games in our database. How can you help? Well, if you're a guide writer, maybe quickly run through a guide you've written and submit all the achievement names with the tags they should have. This is completely optional. If you have written a guide and do nothing, we'll get to the tagging ourselves eventually. Even if you didn't write a guide but are very familiar with a game, don't hesitate to submit for any game you like.

 

If you want to submit tagging data, do so HERE.

 

To make copying and pasting achievement lists easier, each game on the site has an achievement template. Just find the game in the template database. The templates are HERE.

 

I hope everyone enjoys this new feature. I know we've promised it for a very, very long time, and I am excited to finally see it come to life.

 

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In addition to helping out the site, based on how many games you tag, you can earn an award for doing so! Here is the list of Submit awards:

 

http://www.xboxachievements.com/forum/images/awards/tile-submission-bronze-64.png Submit - Bronze This member submitted unknown achievement pictures, game tiles, game covers, avatar awardables or achievement tags from 1 game.

 

http://www.xboxachievements.com/forum/images/awards/tile-submission-silver-64.png Submit - Silver This member submitted unknown achievement pictures, game tiles, game covers, avatar awardables or achievement tags from 5 different games.

 

http://www.xboxachievements.com/forum/images/awards/tile-submission-gold-64.png Submit - Gold This member submitted unknown achievement pictures, game tiles, game covers, avatar awardables or achievement tags from 10 different games.

 

http://www.xboxachievements.com/forum/images/awards/tile-submission-platinum-64.png Submit - Platinum This member submitted unknown achievement pictures, game tiles, game covers, avatar awardables or achievement tags from 15 different games.

 

http://www.xboxachievements.com/forum/images/awards/tile-submission-emerald-64.png Submit - Emerald This member submitted unknown achievement pictures, game tiles, game covers, avatar awardables or achievement tags from 20 different games.

 

http://www.xboxachievements.com/forum/images/awards/tile-submission-diamond-64.png Submit - Diamond This member submitted unknown achievement pictures, game tiles, game covers, avatar awardables or achievement tags from 30 different games.

 

http://www.xboxachievements.com/forum/images/awards/sapphire-submit-64.png Submit - Sapphire This member submitted unknown achievement pictures, game tiles, game covers, avatar awardables or achievement tags from 50 different games

 

http://www.xboxachievements.com/forum/images/awards/ruby-submit-64.png Submit - Ruby This member submitted unknown achievement pictures, game tiles, game covers, avatar awardables or achievement tags from 100 different games.

 

http://www.xboxachievements.com/forum/images/awards/opal-submit-64.png Submit - Opal This member submitted unknown achievement pictures, game tiles, game covers, avatar awardables or achievement tags from 200 different games.

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