8. “Seriously…” – Gears of War

“Kill 10,000 people in versus ranked match total”

10,000 people? Seriously? Dude! When you have to kill 10,000 people in a game that allows, at most, four other targets per match, you know you’re in for a long haul. Not to mention that going online to play Gears is an exercise in humility as there is always someone on there about a billion times better than you. Or maybe that’s just me. Pack a lunch folks, cause this one is taking a while.

7. “Number One” – Quake 4

“Achieve the number one rank on the All Gametypes leaderboard.”

To achieve this you either need to boost like crazy or set up an extremely odd set of events that result in a glitched game. Neither one seems like a lot of fun but with the leaderboards never ever, ever being reset, you’re options are limited. Think of it as “Seriously…” only with no hope of obtaining it through legitimate means.

6. Three Way RPG Tie! “321” – Eternal Sonata; “Completed Item Record” – Blue Dragon; “Extreme Power Gamer” – Mass Effect

All three are from RPGs, all three require upwards of 100 hours of game play and two of the three require multiple runs through the game. As great as Mass Effect’s conversation is, by the third run through of the game, those conversations are just impediments to your progress and the best you can hope for is a disease that renders the entire universe mute. Eternal Sonata and Blue Dragon feature cute characters, all of which you want to see strung up by their toes by the time these achievements pop. On the plus side, 100 hours of play for sixty bucks or less is a great value proposition.