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Are People Overly Against Achievements?
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I'm not sure there is a hate of achievements, but moreso a hate of achievement whores and people who think "My Gamerscore is XX,XXX so I must know what I'm talking about. You should just accept that I am better than you!"
I wish there was a system to turn the achievement alert off. I like achievements, I hate when they pop up and snap me out of it.
I find myself trying to get them here and there. Not so much going out of my way but just going that extra mile to get something as I go along. I dont really get them nor do I dislike them. They are just something there. Although the occasional play 1 million games in matchmaking or things to that effect annoy me slightly.
It's what made me join this site, I went "Oh look Shiney badge!"
then i made a big epic post about "What was your first MMO" and i got alot of badges, that was a good day.
then i made a big epic post about "What was your first MMO" and i got alot of badges, that was a good day.
Well gamerscore is really meaningless other than you might happen to own more games than another 360 user.
Plus almost every game notifys you during the game when it could just wait until you quit or play the next time.
Achievements would be fine if they actually had a proper reward
Plus almost every game notifys you during the game when it could just wait until you quit or play the next time.
Achievements would be fine if they actually had a proper reward
I like the idea, it's that sometimes the achievements in individual games are less than thrilling. All the "starter" achievements that require no work whatsoever are annoying. I understand the hatred for them. But PoP had great achievements for finding the highest and lowest places in the land, giving incentive to explore.
Wahey! You understood my question!Kelthurin said:
Sarcasm aside... could you explain why you don't like them?
Frankly, I like achievements that reward oddities and skill rather than just ticking off story missions. Also favorable in Single-player, as opposed to just farming them on a designated multiplayer server (TF2 I'm lookin' at you.)
I like achievements but I think that a lot of them are just developers being uncreative.
You shouldn't get achievements for anything that you are likely to do anyway during the normal course of the game, they should be for doing something special.
A lot of games have achievements like "beat the first level" or "beat the final boss". Well la dee da. Unlike games of the past modern games are meant to be won, so winning isn't anything special. Now winning without losing any lives, or beating the first level in 2 minutes (when in a normal game it takes 10) would be something worthwhile.
You shouldn't get achievements for anything that you are likely to do anyway during the normal course of the game, they should be for doing something special.
A lot of games have achievements like "beat the first level" or "beat the final boss". Well la dee da. Unlike games of the past modern games are meant to be won, so winning isn't anything special. Now winning without losing any lives, or beating the first level in 2 minutes (when in a normal game it takes 10) would be something worthwhile.
Well. First off, in Wow you can't turn the bloody announcements off. So when someone gets an achievement, EVERYONE knows. And EVERYONE says grats. Even for the most stupid of things, like exploring a zone. Well done, honestly, you ran from one end of the map to the other. Congratu-fucking-lations, can we get on with shit now?Gilbert Munch said:
Oh and then there's guildies telling me "Hey steve! Guess what you can get for this achievement!" "Wow, fuck, let me guess..A vanity pet!" "NO!
A VANITY PET! YAY!"At which point I turn off guildchat, whispers and such and go grind. Because it's much less painful.
I like achievements, just as long ss they're not "Secret Achievments". Nothing makes my heart sink more when loading up the achievement list for a new game and seeing the text "This is a Secret Achievement, you must unlock it to learn more about it".
As was stated in one of the interview videos with some of the Gears of War 2 creators, there's can't really be anything worse when it comes to achievements than one that you have no idea of how to even go about, well achieving. The only secret one I ever picked up was for dying a lot in N+.
Other than that, I ain't really got a problem with them.
As was stated in one of the interview videos with some of the Gears of War 2 creators, there's can't really be anything worse when it comes to achievements than one that you have no idea of how to even go about, well achieving. The only secret one I ever picked up was for dying a lot in N+.
Other than that, I ain't really got a problem with them.
I am in the don't give a toss party, I honestly don't find achievements fun whatsoever, but it's not like you have to try and do them, so it's fine.