[ZombiePlatypus]

Not trying to put it down or anything. I know a lot of people enjoy them and there's nothing wrong with that. For me personally though, I just feel like pursuing them detracts from actually playing the game. If I get some sort of a trophy without trying that's all fine and well, but I never find myself going outta my way to get them. Thankfully, their totally optional nature doesn't bother me. Although, I do have some OCD friends who get so overwhelmed by the amount available in some games to the point where they actually stop playing the main game.

[joe2187]

I'll try for the achievements if i like a game, trophies on the other hand I dont even bother with.

[Lissar]

I like ones that show your progress, as well as ones that I think are funny or fun to get. If it's a grind, no thanks. And I don't usually like to try and get all of them. I have other games to play.

[Rei no Otaku]

I don't care about them at all. I don't think I've ever gone out of my way in a game to get a trophy. Only ones I have are the ones you get for progressing through the game normally.

[Orin GA]

I like em, but if you ever hear me say that I'm not getting a game because it has no achievements please beat the shit outta me.... I'm already dead.

[AkuMifune]

I try to not care, but sometimes I can't help it. If it's a game I really like, I want the achievements/trophies too. But at least I've moved away from playing games for achievements or avoiding games without them. That's a fucking problem.

[rezuth]

Do not care at all, they are nice when I get them but I put no extra effort into getting them.

[VideoMan]

I turned off notifications on my 360 because of them. Don't care about them and the popups are annoying and take me out of the game sometimes. "Hooray! You punched 30 guys in the crotch!" Who fucking cares.

[skylenorman]

I enjoy the ones that make you play a game in a way that you ordinarily wouldn't. I'm not the biggest fan of achievements that try to artificially stretch out the game's running time.

[Glass Rebel]

I don't care about the concept of global/universal achievements, it's inherently broken.


Looking at achievements from a game to game basis I actually like them though but depending on the game I might ignore them.

[Sklorenz]

I've never tried to get a single one

[abstract alien]

Watching trophies synch every time I start a game irritates the shit out of me. Hate them.

I don't care about the concept of global/universal achievements, it's inherently broken. Looking at achievements from a game to game basis I actually like them though but depending on the game I might ignore them.

I did like them in mega man 9.

[Magnus]

I like ones that show your progress.

The worst kind. Every time I heard that stupid fucking DING after clearing a few more hours into FFXIII's story, I cringed. I don't need a shiny award to appear on screen to mark my progress; I want genuine in-game rewards for my forward momentum. Like the new use of an airship in an FF, or a new hub of non-linearity and choices in another game, or whatever.

Similarly, if I pull off something incredible, like a death-defying jump, or discover a hidden cave, I don't want the game to sparkle and applaud for me; give me a genuine reward in the game for it! A new weapon, a new ability, some new story information, etc.

The uniform UI and nature of so many trophies and achievements has contributed to the plague of 'sameness' that's affecting so many games these days. They remove me from a game world and hurt immersion.

[KillGore]

do not care about them at all but I understand why some do, that little "ping" and "bloop" sound you hear with trophies and achievements, respectively, is sort of rewarding.

[Dog Problems]

If I'm really into a game I like going for as many as I can. Currently I'm trying to get them all for Binding of Isaac and I only have seven left.

[Aeana]

I rarely even look at the lists. I like to do everything in a game itself, doing all of the quests and unlocking everything, but I don't care about meta challenges like achievements. I've been pretty down on them ever since I didn't get anything for collecting every Nothing in Blue Dragon. Developers don't like to give achievements for real accomplishments set forth by the game itself, and I've no interest in doing pointless stuff like getting max money or max level or doing some mundane action 10000 times or other lame stuff like that.

[Corto]

+1 don't mind them, don't care for them.

[Cloudy]

I don't give a shit. I'd be interested if you got prizes or stuff after a certain threshold but without that, I don't see the appeal. Funny thing is, I'm a completist in everything but video games lol

[fluffydelusions]

I don't care.

[Ushojax]

I don't, and I will never understand why people do. I don't dislike them, I just pay zero attention to them.

If you could buy Avatar items with Gamerscore, maybe I would give a shit.

[bubnbob]

Havent seen this thread before.

lol @ "cringing" when an achievement pops. Grow up.

[Anteo]

There are games where I like to get achievements, though not all of them. Only those games that I like so much that I want to keep playing.

[MrCunningham]

Online rankings are were its at. Achievements can be fun, if you're looking to squeeze some additional replay value out of a game, and I could care less about trophies.

[Psi]

Sometimes I'll get them just for the hell of it but I don't really care. I wish I could turn them off on the PS3 actually, but I guess they don't want to let people dodge any possibly addictive traps.

[kittens]

I usually ignore them. I only actively try to get them in my favorite games, and in those cases, I really enjoy them.

[GraveRobberX]

Everyone knows where I stand on this issue!

[Dog Problems]

I don't, and I will never understand why people do. I don't dislike them, I just pay zero attention to them. If you could buy Avatar items with Gamerscore, maybe I would give a shit.

Some people like them for bragging rights. Myself, it gives me motivation to do things I wouldn't normally bother doing.

[Anteater]

I don't really care, it does give you something to do for games you like to play that you otherwise wouldn't do.

[NinjaJesus]

If I really like a game I'll try to get all of the achievements/trophies in it. Just finished Dragon's Dogma :O

[FateBreaker]

Love them.

[aeolist]

I'm doing some of the unlock board stuff in Kid Icarus because it gives me things in the game

"Achievements" as they are on Steam, XBL, and PSN are pointless to me because they don't

[kodecraft]

Achievements adds to the immersion for me. Always a nice surprise to be playing a game and boom and achievement pops up. So I'd say trophy's and achievements are here to stay.

They are a welcomed addition to gaming.


After you beat a game then go get the achievements. I recommend not playing it for the first time through and also go achievement hunting, kick back and enjoy the game, do the achievement homework later.

[BIONIC-ARRRMMM!!]

Sometimes I feel that this thread forum is on repeat...

[AkuMifune]

Everyone knows where I stand on this issue!

*looks up gamerscore...Are you actively avoiding them? That might actually be something fun to do with shitty games.

We should see who can beat a game with the least achievements.

[subversus]

I don't care AT ALL.

[Carbonox_Ratchet]

For games I absolutely enjoy and love, yeah I'll go for all of the achievements. Otherwise I don't care.

[patapuf]

i don't care about the meta aspect at all.

however if i want to continue playing a game they are as good an excuse as anything. Thankfully, i'm not ocd anymore.

[ThankeeSai]

I quite like achievements.

That said, I don't think I've ever got a maximum achievements, or all trophies for that matter, on any game I own - the nearest I've come is 900 or so on Too Human.

Not going to lie though, I love it when that little achievement sound comes on. I just don't actively seek them out in games.

Also, don't know if anyone else has this happen, but I'll be playing on my 360, I'll be doing something in a game then, just as I do something which seems like it could be Achievement like, the sound plays and I think "I wonder what that was for?"...My eyes scan the top of the screen to check what the achievement was for...Turns out it's just a friend logging into Live.

[PigSpeakers]

I never try for them, but sometimes it's kind of neat getting them. I couldn't really see the disaster of nintendo not putting them on their next system that everyone else did. They're fine and all, but don't really seem like the end all be all.

[DBT85]

I like them but I'm not going to spend 30 hours playing a game that is 10 hours long to get them all. I don't have that kind of time spare.

Lo, I have 2 plats, both are Motorstorm RC and have got 100% on a sum total of 3 games (Motorstorm RC, Pixeljunk Shooter 1, Mutant Blobs Attack)

[Derrick01]

They're the best thing about modern games. If I'm going to have to play all of these dumbed down boring games then at least give my OCD nature a little something to have fun with. They've probably been the only reason I got through this generation alive.

Also you care a little OP. Or else you wouldn't have made a thread about them for seemingly no reason.

[hwy_61]

I really don't care, and I don't think they add anything to the game. I've known people to glaze over a game for not having trophy support(MGS4), and I think it's disgusting that games are required to have it.

[kodecraft]

They're the best thing about modern games. If I'm going to have to play all of these dumbed down boring games then at least give my OCD nature a little something to have fun with. They've probably been the only reason I got through this generation alive. Also you care a little OP. Or else you wouldn't have made a thread about them for seemingly no reason.

This.

Can't wait to see achievements in Nintendo games, next-gen.

[CorrisD]

Don't want to be "that guy", but if you don't really care and aren't bothered with them, why make a topic to discuss them?

It's like saying you hate sand to then go camping on a beach so you can tell everyone how much you hate sand some more.

[SolidSnakex]

I generally don't actively seek them out, but i'm happy that I found out about the "Test of Faith" trophy in Mirror's Edge before its release. I think I enjoyed the game more due to going for that right away.

[Schobeleth]

I LOVE TROPHIES I WANT TO GET MORE AND RUB EM ALL OVER ME. Going off this, I LOVE ACHIEVEMENTS FOR GIVING ME TROPHIES.

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If you don't care about it, why start a thread about it? To me that's like posting negative comments or creating an entire thread based around negativity of something. It's just not worth the time in my opinion, to post negativity like that.

[The Anti-Monitor]

I quite like them, and always try to get all the ones I can. I even manage to get a couple of friends into them, though I'm much more hardcore about them.

A lot of times they have greatly improved the experience. I wouldn't have become half as much of a fan of the Arkham games without them (don't think I'd have gone after the Riddles or the challenge rooms, which ended up being my favorite parts). Dead Space's run with only the Plasma Cutter on Impossible was what made the game for me. And getting a particularly hard one always feels good. It also pushes my completionist side.

That said, I don't bother with them if I see it's not worth it, nor mind playing a game without them.

[Skilletor]

Couldn't possibly care less. The only achievements and trophies I've gotten are those I get playing a game the way I do normally.

[dsk1210]

They can add re playability to a person who has a limited budget, i do quite like when an achievement is unlocked on xbox or steam, the ps3 trophy does not seem anywhere as near satisfying though.

[Jobacca]

I really don't care for them. My friends though have gone crazy with them... something like 80,000 gamerscore I believe..