Achievements

[Samus Aran]

sundin13 said:

kinisking said:

How are any of them generic. I'll barely give you Sony since they just changed achievements into trophies. But ms is the one who created the idea of having them across the board so it can't be generic. I agree it can be improved but not generic. Heck even Sony's isn't when I think about it. I love their leveling idea. I just don't like how my achievements (for lack of a better word) on a Sony console would be split into gold trophy, platinum, silver and bronze (I know they're not in order). 

>Beat Level 1 (2,3,4,5,6,7,8....)

...Okay, well this achievement is just pointless

>Find the Riddler Trophies

...Fuck you game

>Go the every quest in the game going the Good Route

Okay, now I feel like the achievements are trying to manipulate how I play

>Kill 100 Enemies of a certain type

So now the game is asking me to grind for no reward...why?

>Secret Achievement

Why do these even exist?

 

Why not just integrate achievements into the game and cut out all of the bullshit? Overall, they often feel like a skinner box and I don't like when games try to do that to me. I have yet to see an achievement that made me think about a game in a different way or push me to do something new. Are they capable of it? Maybe, although I do think that integration into the game is an infinitely better way of doing things, but Achievements as they stand are copy/paste, generic, tacked on...whatever you want to call them. 

I'm glad at least someone sees it in my way.