kitler53 on 02 September 2012
| binary solo said: Ratchet and Clank on PS2 had trophies, so Insomniac should sue Sony...errr. Sony's defence would be that multiplats had Achievements on PC/360 versions and 3rd parties wanted to be able to use that functionality, which was already part of a game's design on PS3 to improve saleability of their games, so Sony put in place an optional trophy system because of demand. They made it sufficiently different to avoid legal infringements and let people implement or not. Then Sony discovered that games sell better with trophies because for some unknown reason gamers like trophy whoring, so they decided it's best for every game to have them. So Sony didn't copy, Sony was forced into adopting something they thought was fairly pointless. And I agree, trophies / achievements are pretty pointless, even though I'm a bit of a trophy hound (but only mildly so) I wouldn't care if trophies / achievements never existed. I wouldn't even care if trophies / achievements became a thing of the past for next gen. But they won't. |
i find them motivating something. in some games i'll just ignore them but in other games they are great. they get me to play side missions i might not have played otherwise, or have a different take on gameplay when the trophies are like "do without getting hit" or whatever. lastly, for games the don't really end, getting that plat adds a sense of finality.
i dunno, i'm not the biggest trophy whore but i miss them when they aren't there. it would be nice if next gen they add some pointless swag though to them though. avatars and themes and other game related artworks to help display (brag) about the trophies i do get.
