I freely admit, I'm a trophy whore. I kinda see it as part of the game, and a pre-requisite for saying "I completed the game."
That said, some of them are just plain tiresome. Trophies you have to farm, not to strive for. Trophies that are not difficult to get, but tedious and time-consuming.
For Vanquish, I like a trophy for special-attacking every boss in the game.
For Dead Rising 2, I don't like kill 72,000 zombies.
How about the rest of ye? Any special trophies you'd like to invent/delete?
I think starcraft 2 has acheivments nailed down brilliantly. Near enough all of them you can get as a standard player, and very few of them require you to grind grind grind like the one mentioned above.
But, the best part about them is the way that they force you to change your game. By that I mean that they ask you to play a level in a way that prehaps you probably wouldn't have done in the first place.
Example: One level where you get a hero, if he dies its game over. So, at first I hid him in the back and did the whole level with normal units, with no risk ot the hero what so ever. Easy Mode!
The acheivment was get 50 kills with the hero. what! Mental! I had to take risks, I had to be clever and use mechanics I wouldn't normally use. I was experiencing the game in a new way, because I wanted that achievment. And such fun I had!
THAT is exactly what they should all be designed to do. Not make you play the game for longer, but to play it in a certain way that may be different, harder or easier to your current method. Acheivments can teach, entertain and add SUCH value to a game if done correctly.
I get that certain acheivments are aimed at a very small amount of people who will play the game relentlessly...that 72,000 kills one for example, how ever hard it is to reach, imagine the feeling when that little sign pops up saying Unlocked! Worth it? To some, maybe.
Achievements for pointless collecting should be banished.
Like an Alan Wake, the coffee thermos collectibles have absolutely no purpose other than the coffee thermos achievements.
Absolute bullcrap. And the game is so freakin linear it's not even challenging.
when i gave a damn about them, what freedom said, pointless collectibles that serve no purpose to a game at all
Yeah kinda got in to them for a while but eventually got bored.
I mean halo reach for example.
Swap guns with an AI character or something like that.
Now the only reason you would do that is to get the cheevo.
So no not any more for me.
@reask
I got that for legitimate game reasons. Ran out of ammo, wanted a specific weapon which an AI team mate had. On the other hand it was just something I did naturally in the game - not sure it needed an achievement, but it was valid as a game point.
@ Reask: Cry me a river Cheevo whore ;)
Nah I'm a changed man TEA.
I am actually playing MGS4 atm and not a trophy to be had. :(
Can't see the point in them meself...
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