by James » Wed Feb 22, 12 5:43 pm
It damages/influences individual opinion of what their own worth of completing a videogame.
They detract attention from the videogame itself, players would attempt unorthodox gameplay to reach their means to get 10 points. But what annoys me the most is the player who actually thinks that having more = a good thing. All it shows with points like Live and PSN is how much you play videogames, not how good you at at playing them. You're winning a reward for biggest nerd with no time, congratulations.
They're great at breaking immersion too.
What I do appreciate is simple achievements such as:
Completing a mode of a videogame.
Completing on highest difficulty
100% completing a videogame.
Multi-player milestones in a videogame.
What I do not appreciate:
Chapter milestones.
"*** kills with this weapon."
Unlock something.
Completing on lower difficulties.
DO SOMETHING WHACKY - Let the players create something whacky and surprise the community, stop making achievements that force sending gnomes into space.
Easter eggs/secrets/hidden methods - biggest offender, let secrets be secrets for the fans to discuss whenever it is intentional or not.
too long; didn't read achievements are bad
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James on Wed Feb 22, 12 5:43 pm, edited 1 time in total.
I am dead.