Not a whore, but I do like the concept. Sometimes they're fun. But I'm not doing tedious ones like collect 100 hidden whatevers. Except Fallout 3 with the bobbleheads. There weren't many to collect and they increased your stats.
Are you an Achievement Whore?
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I've joined to many multiplayer games where people are not actually playing the game and are begging for others to help them get achievements, which to me ruins a game as they should be focusing on playing and not getting some stupid little award.krazykidd said:
Not if I don't enjoy the game to begin with and not if they're a pain to get.
Usually they're just a minor incentive to mix up my play style but they can show me fun parts of a game that I would have missed otherwise. For example, the trophies for various kills in Uncharted are a far less disruptive inducement for the player to change weapons than burdening them with too little ammunition. Also, when I really like a game I want to platinum it so it won't look neglected on my profile.
The only game where I put myself through a joyless grind for trophies was GTA IV. I bought it immediately on release & thoroughly disliked it. Later they patched in trophy support and I had to play through again because after suffering through the campaign I damn well wanted my chest-ribbons.
Usually they're just a minor incentive to mix up my play style but they can show me fun parts of a game that I would have missed otherwise. For example, the trophies for various kills in Uncharted are a far less disruptive inducement for the player to change weapons than burdening them with too little ammunition. Also, when I really like a game I want to platinum it so it won't look neglected on my profile.
The only game where I put myself through a joyless grind for trophies was GTA IV. I bought it immediately on release & thoroughly disliked it. Later they patched in trophy support and I had to play through again because after suffering through the campaign I damn well wanted my chest-ribbons.
if you made the effort to get the billion flags in ACI...you are both a loser and a god good sirO maestre said:
No, I don't whore them at all. I don't even usually actively try and obtain them unless they have an effect in-game such as unlocking content which is getting far rarer these days with the introduction of DLC. My skill in a game isn't determined by an arbitrary number beside my gamertag. Once I joined a private game in Halo with friends to see what they were doing, they were of course boosting achievements. Upon being asked why the general response was "To make us look better". I don't play games to look good, I'm there for fun, and if I want to look good I'll do it by going into a game and trying my best to come out in the top half of the scoreboard.
No, I couldn't care less about trophies unless they require a fun and/or interesting challenge.
For example, I'm currently replaying Deus Ex HR with no kills or alarms on the highest difficulty setting. Doing that will get me 3 gold trophies, but those are just a bonus. It's testing myself that matters.
For example, I'm currently replaying Deus Ex HR with no kills or alarms on the highest difficulty setting. Doing that will get me 3 gold trophies, but those are just a bonus. It's testing myself that matters.
I usually get any achievements that aren't too far out of the way, but honestly, most games don't require much aside from playing through all the available content to get the majority of the achievements. For instance, if you import a character and do the suicide mission perfectly in Mass Effect 2, you can get all of the achievements in one playthrough pretty much unintentionally.
I like when achievements involve little things that are random and fun and cause you to try things you may not have done otherwise, like "I'm on a boat!" or the plumber one from Borderlands, or the one where you fly under the bridges in GTAIV, or where you head south on a white bronco in Red Dead Redemption, or for finding the hidden vortigaunt cave in Halflife 2, or killing 10 chickens in 10 seconds in one of the Call of Dutys. These aren't very complicated, but they're fun and take achievements a little beyond "Beat x level" or "level up 20 times" or "kill 1000 people," and they don't happen enough for my tastes
I like when achievements involve little things that are random and fun and cause you to try things you may not have done otherwise, like "I'm on a boat!" or the plumber one from Borderlands, or the one where you fly under the bridges in GTAIV, or where you head south on a white bronco in Red Dead Redemption, or for finding the hidden vortigaunt cave in Halflife 2, or killing 10 chickens in 10 seconds in one of the Call of Dutys. These aren't very complicated, but they're fun and take achievements a little beyond "Beat x level" or "level up 20 times" or "kill 1000 people," and they don't happen enough for my tastes