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Games4Fun on 12 July 2010

The few games I have played with them I find them meh. They are mostly just a time sink and I know people in WOW that only do things for them. Thats ok if you find them fun and enjoyable, but id rather just play my games than have people shout out hey we doing the achievments everytime I go to do something. I have many myself and do not mind helping out, but it gets really old really fast.

It measures nothing other than how much free time you have and in some cases money. They dont really bother me, but they add almost nothing for me



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Kaixes on 12 July 2010

I love them; allows me a LOT of replayability.  But I hate those trophies that want you to find something.  I'm still being denied my InFamous platinum cause of ONE damn blast shard.  Starting a new game soon with a map this time.  >_>



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augustoaag on 12 July 2010
Carl2291 said:

One of the best things to ever happen to gaming IMO

Thanks to Blizzard and WoW for introducing them to us!!




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HideoK on 12 July 2010
Ajescent said:

I'm pretty sure it was Insomniac who introduced Achievements/Trophies, I remember collecting them in Timesplitters 2 on the ps2.

Except Timesplitters 2 wasn't made by Insomniac. It was created by Free Radical.  Timeplitters 1 had all those in game time trial achievements as well. I was able to get them all to unlock all of the extra characters. Was great incentive to attempt them and it really added a lot of replay value.

My favorite was the hard mode time challenge for the zombie level (The Mansion). I was literally running forward through the level without stopping and constantly getting head shots on zombies until I actually got ahead of their spawn point times. Then I was able to just run through the level and beat it in less than 50 seconds. This was not possible to clear this fast any other way!



Carl on 12 July 2010
FlyingLotus said:
Carl2291 said:

One of the best things to ever happen to gaming IMO

Thanks to Blizzard and WoW for introducing them to us!!


WoW added them in 2008 with Wrath of the Lich King so i don't think they introduced anything

yeah it was already pointed out that they were out even before WoW released (which is when i thought Ach's were introduced). I only started playing WoW after Lich King was released so i thought they were there from day one

@ The other guy.

Shut up.



                            

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Tecmo on 12 July 2010

i like them i think they add replayability, and if people don't like them they don't have to try and get them - it's that simple



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Senlis on 12 July 2010

Trophies and achievements are harmless IMO.  I don't like them, so I don't pay attention to them.  It was, however, helpful in tracking my friends Demon's Souls progress by looking at which bosses he had defeated.

I would be more interested in trophies and achievements, but I play PC, Wii, and PS3 along with various older systems.  What is the point of comparing trophies/achievements if only a portion of the games I spend time on is compared at any given time?




 

toMsons7551 on 12 July 2010

Only things I hate to do is grind..