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Just my thougts o achievement points.

Positive:

1.  I will purchase multiplatform games on 360 because of points.  I enjoy watching my achievement points going up.

2.  Allows me to enjoy the games more - on Assassin's Creed for example, I took extra time rather than hurrying through the story.

3.  I've racked up over 3000 points in past three months - I'm sure some of you've way more points but it's something to brag about.

4.  I want to buy more games soon so I can get up to 10,000 points - currently at 7700. 

 

Negative:

1.  Time:  Though I finished playing games like Naruto, Rise of Ninja, I've only got 400 points.  Trying to get the other 600 points is starting to annoy me.

2.  I actually sold COD4 because playing on line does not get me points.  The reason I sold it is because the game was so fun on-line I wasn't playing other games.  I needed  to get rid of it so I'd be forced to move on.  I'd have given it away but everyone I know already had the game.

 

BTW - what decent games are there that awards 1000 points without working so hard?  Only game I got 1000 from is TMNT. 



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BTW - what decent games are there that awards 1000 points without working so hard?  Only game I got 1000 from is TMNT. 


I agree, i will buy GTA4 for 360 and not PS3 cause I want the achievements.

 

To answer your question. CoD4! I have 920 from it and it wasn't too hard.



Achievements can be annoying after awhile, thats why sometimes I forget. It extends the gameplay experience a lot. But after a while things start to get tendous for example as pointed above. Trying to get the hard ones can get rather furstrating then getting the easy ones.

I just play the game to totally be honest, when it comes to multi-platform games. I generally play with the gaming system that sold the most with that game. For example, Dynasty Warriors 6 sold better on the PS3 than the X360 in Japan. I just got this urge to play whatever the Japanese play, so I will pick the PS3 version.

Achievements again are not important to me at all.



I heard King Kong was easy. Other than that I don't know.



i don't really care about achievements, but i do like it when i do something and randomly get recognition for it. i've only had my 360 for a month and already have a gamerscore of 975!




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I like achievements that are done right in games. They provide purpose and guidance when implemented properly. Some games have not implemented achievements very well... But, some have showed me enjoyable parts of games I never thought would be worth going to.



Achievement points, they allow others to see just how much time of your life you waste playing the game, and they try to get you to play even more, I mean really, they are useless, and I don't see how getting frustrated over a game because you can't get all the points makes it more enjoyable. And they sure as hell are not something to brag about.



well, of coarse they're helpful, I can't play a game without them, except advance wars though.



And that's the only thing I need is *this*. I don't need this or this. Just this PS4... And this gaming PC. - The PS4 and the Gaming PC and that's all I need... And this Xbox 360. - The PS4, the Gaming PC, and the Xbox 360, and that's all I need... And these PS3's. - The PS4, and these PS3's, and the Gaming PC, and the Xbox 360... And this Nintendo DS. - The PS4, this Xbox 360, and the Gaming PC, and the PS3's, and that's all *I* need. And that's *all* I need too. I don't need one other thing, not one... I need this. - The Gaming PC and PS4, and Xbox 360, and thePS3's . Well what are you looking at? What do you think I'm some kind of a jerk or something! - And this. That's all I need.

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I see them as mostly positive as long as you dont overly fixate on them. They provide a bit of replay value for me on some titles that I would not normally get out of them. The key to it is to only spend time on achevements that are fun and ignore the ones that are irritating. I personally hate collecting achevements.

Easy Points:

Bioshock
Mass Effect (time consuming)
Assassins Creed(repeditive)