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It adds a meta game to it all, which is cool when you begin and when everyone is playing games for enjoyment and to compare to friends. Though when it becomes your soul purpose to play a game that you would never have any interest in playing or knowing that you are only playing a game just because of how easy a games trophies/achievements are to acquire (avatar the last airbender and Hannah Montana come to mind) then you are truly lost and lost the meaning of why to play video games.

I know. I was a achievement whore in WoW. Though, I did get some fun vanity item from some of them, and I guess getting that background from FF13 was kinda cool. More vanity items related to the game should be acquired from achievements/ trophies IMO.



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For me yes! I love this and also have become addicted to trophies. I'd not bother still playing certain games if it weren't for trophies - they give me a great sense of something!! Trophies should be adopted by Nintendo in their own weird wacky way or I don't see me bothering to complete things 100% anymore - just recently I completed Super Mario 3D Land and got all the star coins and got - nothing. Trophies ftw!!



before: you finish the game you unlock a new mode or a new guy
now: you finish the game you get 100 useless points or a silver trophy and get to unlock the new mode or guy via paid dlc



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Not a chance. They're just the natural evolution of the formerly private completion stats for a game made public and shared.

They're also not a good fit for some games so sometimes I'd say they're a negative and sometimes a nice positive.



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Achievements?

Nah............. not for me.



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Probably one of the worst, a long with Day 1 DLC and Shop exclusive pre order bonuses. Greatest thing to happen this gen has to be multiplayer,



NintendoPie said:
I would reserve that for Sales going up on all sides. (Except Sony of course...) It's always a good thing to do better than your last generation and Nintendo + Microsoft both did just that.

What has that got to do with anything? It is nearly impossible to top the ps2 no matter what company you are. It wasn't hard for nintendo or microsoft to do better than last generation in sales seen as the ps2 made a fool out of both of them.
Plus you wouldnt know what it is like to get an xbox achievement or a ps3 trophy.

OT: They are not the greatest thing to happen to gaming but they are a great step. I get so much longevity out of games now thanks to trophies because I am more of a single player gamer.   



It's a nice addition, but I would say online multiplayer on all consoles is better. That actually adds content, rather than just replay value.



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"Is Achievements/Trophies the greatest thing to happen to games this gen?"

No.


"So do you agree has Achievements/Trophies givin games much more purpose?"

Wut?


this gen ?
In short: yes.