Well, I also think that "cheat devices" are worthless. Playing a game without challenge is only ever fun for me for like 5 minutes. Even playing GTA just to see how much I can get away with before the military shows up and then how long I can last is...well, read that sentence again, it's a helluvah fun challenge. Just randomly running over hookers and shooting pedestrians runs out of fun after a while, and cheating on a boss carries zero sense of accomplishment.Crono1973 said:I think they are worthless but even worse, they are used as justification to take away player freedoms like cheat devices and/or offline play.
What say you?
But yeah, away with the trophies. They are all lame, most especially the ones awarded during cut scenes. You can literally make a sandwhich, or get drunk and masturbate, and return to your playstation to find that you've been rewarded. Great hand job! You came really hard! Here's a "trophy!"
I fail to see how they take away from offline play, though. Developers are just putting too much stock into online play. They are as myopic as any industry that is, forgive the quaint southern witticism, outgrowing their britches. They don't see the bigger picture, the natural pendelum swing. At some point in the very near future more gamers will demand that they be able to play with their real friends in their living rooms so they can slug them when they camp and talk shit when they blow them away.
True story. Back when I only had a Wii, I purchased Medal of Honor: Heroes 2, because it was the only somewhat-acclaimed shooter for the Wii and it supposedly had great multiplayer. There was even the 4-wiimote logo on the back of the box. After I spent about a half an hour trying to figure out how to do split screen local, I called EA. A very nice but not terribly intelligent woman apologized and explained that it was a "typo." She offered to sign me up for an EA service that provides marginal discounts and lets me know about product releases on a schedule that I'm sure would impress anyone who hasn't heard of the internet. No refund was offered. I asked. They couldn't offer me a refund. I hung up.
What were we talking about? Oh yeah, Battlestar Galactica! Love that show!