Gamerscore, why?

[Hisshiss]

Does anybody really take gamerscore seriously? I don't see the point, can you use the points to get any goodies a lá Nintendo?

Your thoughts please

Why does it matter to you? Its a total score that's meant to represent how many achievements you get. Its not that complicated,it makes you feel better about the time you spent, and allows you to keep proof of the work you put into a game.

Complaining about gamerscore and achievements is the same as asking why Call of duty keeps track of your total points or kills, its just Stats.


That, and it makes your E-peen big enough to kill a bear with it. ^_^

 

[Eldarion]

the whole point system is flawed to me. and people who call themselves better gamers cause tehy have a higher gamerscore are retarded.

Agreed. I don't understand gamerscore or achievements for that matter.

 

[RowdyRodimus]

I used to think gamerscore meant nothing to me until I got a Wii and started playing. What I mean is that a lot of Nintendo games are about going back and finishing off the fetch quests (stars...it is ALWYAYS STARS!) after you beat the game. What gamerscore and trophies do are give you a reason to go back and finish it. Why spend hours getting all the stars in Galaxy just to get the stars? With achievements they at least recognize that you have done something, it might be a useless number and a witty name and icon, but it's something.

 

[Deguasser]

its basically just for over inflated ego's, and it just feels good to unlock achievements.

But rumor has it from the start microsoft was going to use that system to also buy stuff.

 

[rayne117]

I'm neither, I just don't see the point of them, and why some people take them so seriously. It's not like you can do anything with them.

So what you are really saying is: "Hey you people that like gamerscore, stop having fun."

 

[Korolev]

It's a nice little thing there that helps you keep track of..... something? I don't mind gamerscore, but I don't care about it either. It's just something there. I don't care about trophies either, and I don't care about achievements as well, except when they help check up on stats. In my opinion, achievement should be replaced with a stats page that lists how many enemies you've killed and that sort of thing.

But all in all, it's harmless. Achievements don't hurt games and they don't require much effort to implement into a game, and some people like them, so what's the harm? Just let gamerscore be, and let those that like it, like it. For the rest of us, it's easy to ignore.

 

[Whitenail]

As most people have already said it's basically just to show how much more time you've pumped into your games than others. Or, to put it more realistically, how much more time you've spent exclusively buying the kinds of shitty, over achievement giving games just to level up your internet dick and wave it in the faces of others.

Though I happen to quite like it.

 

[joemegson94]

I just think it's fun to try and earn achievements and increase my gamerscroe tbh. i don't think it should be taken seriously really.

 

[rockyoumonkeys]

It's kind of fun to earn trophies/achievements, but it really is meaningless.

The only time I really took notice of my gamerscore was when I was approaching some sort of landmark. Like if I had 29,600 or something, I'd get slightly excited about hitting 30K.

Since I've switched almost exclusively to PS3, I haven't experienced that with trophies, since they make it tougher to track your progress.

 

[jebussaves88]

Its not exactly intrusive, so I fail to see why anyone would dislike them. If there are people who like them, then good on them, as they have found a simplistic way of tallying progress in multiple games compelling. If not, then thats cool too. Personally, I prefer Steam achievements, due to the lack of similarity between 360 titles for the ease of getting gamerscore from one game to the next.

 

[Geekosaurus]

It gives you a sense of achievement (obviously) and can offer some replay value. I think that having the right achievements at the correct points during games can heighten your experience. Boring achievements can't make a game worse, but good ones can certainly make a game better.

 

[Stephen Bartlett]

im for it and now that i have an xbox instead of a wii it took some adjusting but i realise its there and go for some in reach ones

though i tend to play the games ive got a 1000 in (like fifa 10 and tekken 6 which have obvious repley value) just for fun than any uncompleted game which makes sense because if ur gona play a good game alot anyway chances r ull have max points

also like someone mentioned above think back to wii or past generation games where for whatever reson u got all the stars or collectbles. 360 just recognizes that i guess.

also picture a crap game. people might actaully buy or at least rent it if it has easy acheivments. but if a game is bad and has hard acheivments no ones gonna buy it for that so its a win for the devepors - but the do get criticised at times for having say 5 acheivements like csi did so its up to them

 

[freedomweasel]

I don't really care one way or the other, except when the little popups come up and ring during a cutscene or some serious part of the game. When I'm blasting baddies of some sort, sure give me my high score, not during the storytelling portion.

 

[Stevey Boy]

The higher the gamerscore, the better you are obviously..................

 

[Uber Waddles]

To prove my point, I would like to direct you to my old friend, the PS2. Now, I was an avid gamer, but as games developed more graphically, game kinda ended and then that was it.

Period. I beat the story, got the best weapons. In the later stages, few games had any real EXTRAS, something to sink my teeth into after I beat the game.

Now enter Ratchet and Clank, one of my favorite series. A way that all of the games caught my attention for hundreds of hours was the vast ammount of extras and "Skill Points".

You see, I could beat the campaign 100 times, but wheres the challenge in that? Try beating 100 rounds of the Arena with only your wrench, and NOW we got ourselves a challenge. It was fun to do, not mandatory, and kept my playing.

Achievements are that, exactly. They're supposed to be extras awarded for playing games. It gives gamers something to go back and do after they beat the initial story in the game. Essentially, its fluff. Fun fluff. Achievements ensure that gamers continue to play a game long after they have beaten the story and/or grown 'meh' with the multiplayer. Its something fun to work towards.

Gamers come up with unique challenges for games they play all the time; an example is a scramble challenge in the Pokemon games (which adds unique twists to the standard teams). Achievements are like that, but added by the developers. Its just fun. Mindless, addictive, fun.

 

[hooksashands]

The whole gamerscore = penis metaphor is starting to get REALLY old.

Especially from obsessive compulsives who collect all the goddamn Pokemon.

 

[dot com]

I think of game scores as a fun little distraction to help get more life out of a game. I've been playing the 360 for a while and I've never thought my near 40000 gamerscore makes me a better gamer.

It's just for fun.