Against the grain: Why achievements should be banned/removed (short post)

[Strategyking92]

Conegamer said:

Barozi said:

Strategyking92 said:

I think a unified system like xbox live, psn, or steam is a good thing.

However, the iOS has an almost unlimited number of achievement clones (game center, crystal, open feint, so on) I think that waters down the meaning of achievements on that system and there's no reason to earn them. The only possible exception is Tilt to Live and that's because the game is just that damn good.

That's how I feel with Steam achievements especially on Valve games.

Seriously I stopped playing Team Fortress 2 because there is no way to earn all these achievements and when looking at your stats it always looks pathetic no matter how long you play it. If somebody cares the game has currently 368 achievements....

Indeed. World Of Warcraft has a similar issue, so many acheivements came out that most people gave up on it ages ago...

Does anyone actually still play it?

I don't think valve intends a reasonable amount of users to get all 300 achievements for tf2 anyway. It just offers challenges for those that want to complete them and for those situations where you can prove something happenend while you played.