How Far Do You Go For Trophies/Acievements?

[MrCalavera_v1legacy]

Depends.
If they're one of those "shot 200 pidgeons around the city" tedious collectathons, then FUCK THAT. But if there's a reasonable number of them, and actually challenge you to discover something, or engage with gameplay, then why not?

That being said, i'm not good at platinum-ing or achievement whoring, because last i checked i have 6 games on Steam completed.
EDIT: 7, I just remembered Half-Life 2: Ep 2 has bugged achievements, that didn't pop in, despite obtaining them for progressing the plot.

 

[Something Amyss]

I'm with the others who pretty much don't go out of the way to get platinum/trophies. If I see one that looks easy enough to go for, sure, why not? However, I'm not gonna bother with ones that require absurd amounts of time and/or effort. Normally I can be bothered to finish the game and DLC and sometimes some of the more involved quests(All the stone circles in AC:Origins, all the pieces to unlock the Mayan armor in Black Flag) but I'm pretty much never gonna replay missions over and over again to get perfect scores just because.

Actually, now that I think of it, while I've played and beaten many games in my life, I'm not sure I've ever Platniumed/100% any, unless completely on accident.

The Stone Circles are easy in ACO. The hard part is 100%ing all locations. Which I got mostly because I was having fun stalking people in the big forts and stabbing them in the neck.

The only one I had to grind for at all was the fire trophy

How much fun will the achievement be to get and how rewarding will it be when I get it?

Alternatively, how bored am I?

well, that was a shorter summary.

 

[Palindromemordnilap_v1legacy]

How much fun will the achievement be to get and how rewarding will it be when I get it?

Alternatively, how bored am I?

well, that was a shorter summary.

I was aiming for the time trial achievement for it

 

[Dalisclock]

I'm with the others who pretty much don't go out of the way to get platinum/trophies. If I see one that looks easy enough to go for, sure, why not? However, I'm not gonna bother with ones that require absurd amounts of time and/or effort. Normally I can be bothered to finish the game and DLC and sometimes some of the more involved quests(All the stone circles in AC:Origins, all the pieces to unlock the Mayan armor in Black Flag) but I'm pretty much never gonna replay missions over and over again to get perfect scores just because.

Actually, now that I think of it, while I've played and beaten many games in my life, I'm not sure I've ever Platniumed/100% any, unless completely on accident.

The Stone Circles are easy in ACO. The hard part is 100%ing all locations. Which I got mostly because I was having fun stalking people in the big forts and stabbing them in the neck.

Doing the circles is easy. Locating them takes a bit of time because they're scattered all over the map, some in places you have no reason to visit if you're just following the story(there's a number of regions that are completely optional to the plot).

I think I did a fraction of the forts and camps. If I had a mission to do in them, half the time I'd clear them just because I'm already there so why not(the other half I might sneak in, accomplish my one goal and sneak right back out if I could). There are just so damn many of the things the idea of trying to clear all of them would drive me crazy. I much preferred the side missions and even then I ended up skipping some because I was sufficiently leveled and I just really wasn't in the mood to clear yet another mission from the map.

 

[WindKnight]

I used to be an achievement obsessive... and then I played Gears OF War 3 till I'd 100% it.

That took 10 months and by the end of it I'd well and truly burned out on gaming for a time. Aside from picking up Warframe, it was really hard for me to build up the interest to start a new game.

The worst part was playing 3000 rounds of EACH multiplayer game type. I took to hooking up both pads and setting up bots in private matches so i could 'idle boost' the gametypes.

Its fair to say an achievement list could make or break a game I was on the fence about. If I WANTED a game, I'd get it and completionism be damned. But if I was unsure, and the achievements were particularly grindy and/or unfair id skip it.

On the other hand, I was a big fan of ATLA at the time, so I had an interest in the tie in game, until it became infamous for being 100%able in under 2 minutes.

 

[BrawlMan]

I'm with the others who pretty much don't go out of the way to get platinum/trophies. If I see one that looks easy enough to go for, sure, why not? However, I'm not gonna bother with ones that require absurd amounts of time and/or effort. Normally I can be bothered to finish the game and DLC and sometimes some of the more involved quests(All the stone circles in AC:Origins, all the pieces to unlock the Mayan armor in Black Flag) but I'm pretty much never gonna replay missions over and over again to get perfect scores just because.

Actually, now that I think of it, while I've played and beaten many games in my life, I'm not sure I've ever Platniumed/100% any, unless completely on accident.

This. Fuck the multiplayer only achievements. The problem with a lot of last gen games and some current gen ones are that if the game is de-listed digitally, or the servers are shutdown, good luck going for those achievements.

I think I've only 100% a few games, and that was mostly by accident. I buy games for either fun, replay value, relax, or challenge which I always had done before achievements became a thing. So not much has changed for me in this regard.

EDIT - Here is what I 100%:



Guardian Heroes HD
Pac-Man Champion Edition
DmC Definitive Edition
Capcom Beat'em Up Collection

 

[Something Amyss]

I've pretty much stopped making a point of getting Platinum's for the sake of itself. Never liked online/MP trophy requirements either as those are usually huge time sinks that either require playing enough to compete with people who play all the time or boosting, which defeats the purpose anyways. It's odd since I could never have imagined getting Platinum in a game like Killzone 2 because of all the ranked online trophies, yet apparently the toughest trophy in the game near-unanimously was for beating it on Elite which I got after only a few nights of trying, along with the Demonslayer trophy at the same time.

As far as the more demanding Plat's I've gotten, I enjoyed the SoulsBorne stuff but only for Demon's Souls, Dark Souls 1 and Bloodborne. I played online only for the messages, and made a point of staying offline after my first play through of Demon's Souls because of World/Character Tendencies. The only trophies I missed in DS2 were the redundant "all magic/miracle/pyromancy" trophies I got in the original and I'm still playing through DS3.

The other ones I've gotten were mostly because they either came naturally or were simply fun/easy enough -

God of War (2005)
God of War 2
God of War 3
God of War: Ascension
God of War: Chains of Olympus
God of War: Ghost of Sparta
Uncharted
The Walking Dead season 1
A Wolf Among Us
Infamous
Horizon: Zero Dawn

Also 100% in an obscure game called Datura which was small but interesting, and MGS: Ground Zeroes on PS3.

I/d also like to get Platinums for the new God of War, as well as Uncharted 4 and Lost Legacy as sort of bookends for the series. I got the online ones in 4 (which were thankfully sparse probably because Naughty Dog realized the above points made), but I sold the disc copy of the game because I figured on getting the digital version cheap/free later. The only thing is it will probably start a new trophy list so I might have to find another disc version if I don't want to start over. Was hoping it doesn't matter what disc version it is.

 

[Worgen]

I used to care more about achievements but now I tend not to go to far out of my way for them. I will go back and do some that I missed if they aren't too much trouble but I tend not to care enough about them to do something tedious for them. I've only 100%ed like 8 games, the last one I tried to was Celeste but getting the golden strawberries is stupid.

 

[Yoshi178]

unless they actually unlock something worthwhile, i couldn't give less of a shit about them.

they're just digital pats on the back.

 

[Neurotic Void Melody]

I will literally kill for them.

Well, if they were desirable in any way, murder would totally be on the table.

Unfortunately, their street value is less than nothing, despite their incredibly dishonest material descriptions. Trying to pawn a gold PSN trophy or sizeable Xbox point thingy down the local fence was a somewhat effective life lesson in that regard. Not for the poor victim though. Oopsie.

...

Oh wait, there was a time! Spidermans PS4 happened to be dangling one of those 100% "you're done with this now, like completely fucking done...destroy the game or give it to charity orphans now, you sad twat" in front of my second playthrough. So it was done. And the charity orphans got a lovely burnt and stamped on PS4 game! Two contradictory brain demands with one mad stone!

There was almost a horizon zero Dawn 100%er for the chorphans too, but couldn't be arsed finding those wooden horses even with an online guide.

 

[CaitSeith]

Not that much. I mean, the only Platinum trophies I have are from Bloodborne and Spyro Reignited Trilogy. I got them only because I enjoy playing those games beyond just finishing them.

 

[WindKnight]

I have to say I'm driving myself insane trying to get Antipode for Moira's cute spray (hit 7 people at once with her ult) because as much as you explain how much it will help the team to do so NO-ONE F***ING GROUPS UP.

I mean, when Blizzard put achievements like that in the game I wonder do they actually pay attention to how people actually play the game. I'd give up, but I love having cute sprays for characters I use.

 

[Phoenixmgs_v1legacy]

I sold the disc copy of the game because I figured on getting the digital version cheap/free later. The only thing is it will probably start a new trophy list so I might have to find another disc version if I don't want to start over. Was hoping it doesn't matter what disc version it is.

It shouldn't matter which version you have. I've literally sold games on purpose once they became free on PS+ and I've never gotten a new trophy entry/list for the digital version. I think it might only happen if the versions were from different regions. Sometimes even the GOTY editions are the same trophy list like Horizon's complete edition uses the same trophy list and even the same saves as the original release.

 

[Dalisclock]

I'm with the others who pretty much don't go out of the way to get platinum/trophies. If I see one that looks easy enough to go for, sure, why not? However, I'm not gonna bother with ones that require absurd amounts of time and/or effort. Normally I can be bothered to finish the game and DLC and sometimes some of the more involved quests(All the stone circles in AC:Origins, all the pieces to unlock the Mayan armor in Black Flag) but I'm pretty much never gonna replay missions over and over again to get perfect scores just because.

Actually, now that I think of it, while I've played and beaten many games in my life, I'm not sure I've ever Platniumed/100% any, unless completely on accident.

This. Fuck the multiplayer only achievements. The problem with a lot of last gen games and some current gen ones are that if the game is de-listed digitally, or the servers are shutdown, good luck going for those achievements.

This reminded me of this video which mentions this problem. Apparently pretty much anything connected to XBOXLIVE service is pretty much fucked.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhanJcKUC6U

 

[Kyrian007]

I've never really cared much about achievements. I honestly think the best ones are the sarcastic ones that pop up when you screw up badly or are designed to happen at specific times and punctuate the on-screen action. I'll collect "x" if it has an in game effect (the music in AC: Black Flag comes to mind) but if the reward isn't sufficient, or is just a cheevo... hard pass.
I'm super adamant about beating a game, playing it through to the end. If I don't get to "the end" I've wasted the money on my purchase. That's why mmo's and most multiplayer games don't really interest me. The "ongoing" nature of games as a service fundamentally lack the most basic unit of how I determine value in a game, how much I have enjoyed it after "finishing" it. Something you cannot end, cannot finish... has 0 inherent value.

 

[Phoenixmgs_v1legacy]

I once asked a guy to get some surriously hard acheivos for me and in return in brought him behind a taco bell and let him "double stuff my Chalupa" best weekend ever!!

Left laptop unlocked...

 

[Xprimentyl]

I once asked a guy to get some surriously hard acheivos for me and in return in brought him behind a taco bell and let him "double stuff my Chalupa" best weekend ever!!

And the phrase ?Achievement Whore? was coined that day?

Anyhoo, I DO love my achievements; not enough to offer my Taco Bell behind a Taco Bell, but quite a bit. I don?t go unreasonably far for them, i.e.: I don?t bother with online achievements or any that ask something absurd that I don?t feel offers a fun challenge; I?m an ?Achievement Escort? as it were; much classier. I prefer the ones that aren?t just progression-based; those are fine, but if I?m going to play the game anyway, I prefer a meta-game in my achievement hunt.

So Many Me is the one time I think I pushed myself beyond my rational limits to 100% a game; think of the scene in The Abyss where Ed Harris gives CPR to Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio?s corpse, but for like three days straight. That game was so deceptively cute and simple that its absolutely punishing and unforgiving difficulty created a dissonance in my mind that would settle for nothing less than putting that game in its place. I raged for HOURS, screamed at the TV, multiple smoke breaks for nerves, took to drinking while I played to stem the anxiety, and in the end, I squeaked out the completion. Not my most proud 100% (least of all was it a worthy use of my gaming time,) but certainly my most fought for.

 

[Xprimentyl]

Its fair to say an achievement list could make or break a game I was on the fence about. If I WANTED a game, I'd get it and completionism be damned. But if I was unsure, and the achievements were particularly grindy and/or unfair id skip it.

^This.

Which reminds me; does anyone recall 360voice.com? A website on which your Xbox would essentially blog daily about your activity saying shit like ?Wow, Xprimentyl gamed for 6 hours yesterday and unlocked 9 achievements!? or leaving jaded messages on days you didn?t play at all. It also awarded badges for play streaks, having a certain percentage of your total available achievements across all of your games, having a certain amount of Gamerscore in a given genre, etc.

That site tried to ruin my life.​

I became obsessed with maintaining my badges and streaks. For a couple years, I refused to play any game I wasn?t 100% certain I could unlock at least half of the achievement points in. Fortunately, that strict condition didn?t prevent me from playing much; I was already good about getting more than 50% of most games? achievements (hence my earning the badge as soon as I signed up for the site,) but maintaining it (and other badges) became an obsession. I can think of a few times, usually a busy day. where I?d hop out of bed in a panic because I?d forgotten to turn on my Xbox and play something, ANYTHING, for at least 5 minutes just to register play time and keep my streak alive. It was unhealthy.

Last quirk I?ll admit, I also refused to allow my Gamerscore end in anything other than a ?0? or a ?5,? so I avoided games with achievements ending in odd numbers like the plague (yes, I know 5 is odd; you know what I mean.) only time it ever did was when I got The Orange Box and it had an achievement worth ?2? (for using the gravity gun to shoot a ball through a hoop in the junkyard I got it and when I saw the ?2? on my Gamerscore, I immediately went to the achievement list to find an achievement worth/ending in ?3? and made it my life?s mission to unlock it.

I was an idiot?

 

[Chewster]

I don't have the patience or time to 100% games and honestly, aside from one particular friend, I don't know anyone who even cares about that noise. I'm an adult, I got other shit to worry about.

The only game that I came close to 100%-ing was Bully: Scholarship Edition on 360, back in the day. I think I got all but one achievements.

 

[Squilookle]

Put it this way- if, during my regular play, I am informed that I've unlocked an achievement, I'll glance at it and briefly wonder how anyone could possibly give a shit about such things.

I'd then go on playing, forgetting all about the damn thing.