Comments on: Do You Still Care About Achievements/Trophies?

By: duckofindeed

duckofindeed — Sun, 03 May 2015 14:50:00 +0000

I agree that the challenges make gaming into a chore. I then get obsessed and try to complete all these boring challenges I would never do otherwise. I don’t even have fun collecting achievements. I only do it because it’s there. It’s a habit I’m trying to break. And yet, even as I say this, I get excited every time I get a trophy, and I go look and see what other trophies I’m heading towards. I need to not even look any more.

By: Cosmicconvict

Cosmicconvict — Sun, 26 Apr 2015 00:50:04 +0000

These things have turned gaming into a challenging chore for me. It really made me think of a game as more than an experience…each game os a potential platinum. I hate it. I own all three consoles, and Nintendo feels the most pure, but I really am thinking about just making a profile where I don’t look at trophies or achievements at all. Then I think about abandoning my old profiles…can’t pull the trigger. This console generation brought to light OCPD, which I probably have.

By: duckofindeed

duckofindeed — Fri, 13 Mar 2015 17:22:59 +0000

I used to try very hard to get all the achievements, as well. This desire kind of died when I started to see a lot of achievements that required an Internet connection, and my console is not connected to the Internet. Now I only go for the ones that are actually fun or ones that might be a challenge I would be proud to accomplish. If it looks like a pain, I won’t bother.

By: duckofindeed

duckofindeed — Fri, 13 Mar 2015 17:15:27 +0000

When I first got the Xbox 360, I thought achievements were pretty awesome, and I tried my hardest to get as many as I could. But, it didn’t take me long to come to the same realization as you. Most of them are boring. Many of them are simply given to players for accomplishing something they would’ve done anyway, like the trophies in Kingdom Hearts you receive for finishing each world. Others are the boring kind like you say (many of which I can’t get, as they involve doing stuff online, and I haven’t connected any of my consoles to the Internet). The only games I can think of that had interesting achievements were Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts, which gave players some truly strange tasks to complete, and Rayman Legends, which had challenges like, don’t touch even one laser in the laser level. Which was pretty hard, but it was so satisfying to get that trophy at the end after traversing that deadly laser obstacle course like a limbless secret agent.

The Ratchet and Clank series has a similar thing with Skill Points, but these are usually very unique challenges, and you get rewarded for completing them. I think you can buy secrets and cheats or something. Insomniac knows how to do achievements right. There isn’t much point in trophies or achievements when it’s nothing more than a number.

By: DayandKnightly

DayandKnightly — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 19:31:39 +0000

Good write up – I’ve fallen prey to the “gotta catch’em all” feeling of achievements, it’s often something I have to work at letting go of.

I try to go a sort of middle ground where I look up the achievements that actually sound fun or I can complete as I play through (somewhat) normally, and then I go through those. The crazy ones I leave :-)

By: predatoure

predatoure — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 18:01:38 +0000

I’ve never played a game just for the achievements/trophies, but unfortunately I have done a lot of boring tasks just to unlock them. I agree true achievement hunters are impressive, I remember following some guy who was the first person to break the 1 million gamerscore barrier.

I now have a similar relationship with achievements/trophies as you do, and I’m enjoying my gaming more because of it.

By: predatoure

predatoure — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 17:55:35 +0000

Like you I don’t mind trying to unlock all the achievements in game that I love, just gives me another excuse to spend more time in that game, but it is a shame that most achievements feel a bit pointless and uninspired.

I didn’t realise getting all of the vidmaster achievements in Halo 3 unlocked an in-game bonus, that’s a cool idea. I remember Soulcalibur 4 featured a similar thing whereby the more achievements you had, the more customizable items that were available.

If gamers enjoy getting achievements then that’s fine, but if they are not having fun whilst doing so, then I don’t really see the point.

By: cary

cary — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 14:24:45 +0000

I don’t think I’ve played a single game just for achievements/trophies alone. They just aren’t much on my gaming radar, though I’m always impressed but the true hunters. If anything, whenever an achievement or trophy pops up, sometimes its title make me laugh, but that’s as far as my relationship with them goes.

By: Hatm0nster

Hatm0nster — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 03:33:52 +0000

Achievements were never really a priority for me. I only 100%-ed a handful of games, and those were the just the ones that I really wanted to have full completion on. I used to be more inclined to go for them back when I had friends on Xbox 360 (friendly competition) and when getting the achievements actually did something (Ex. Recon Armor in Halo 3 for getting all the Vidmaster achievements, or the in-game bonuses Mass Effect’s achievements awarded).

I think achievements are great for those who enjoy collecting them. For me though, there has to be something else attached to to it in order for me to want it.