Gamerscore, why?
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I think gamerscore is only REALLY important to Xbox fanboys that refuse to play anything NOT on Xbox because it "would liek totally gay". For instance, only about an 8th (if that much) of my library is on 360. Cumulative gamerscore is pointlesss for me.
However, individual gamerscore on games is a lot. The more I like a game the more achievements I try to get. Fallout 3 is amazing
However, individual gamerscore on games is a lot. The more I like a game the more achievements I try to get. Fallout 3 is amazing
Gamerscore really helps out replay value. I only work on games I enjoy and I recently hit 30000gs, I don't particularly think I'm better than anyone, it's just interesting to compare with your friends and see how everybody got certain achievements. Does friendly competition bother you?
Ya but if they don't care why do they complain? It's not like 'get X achievement to move on' it's 'hey, you can fo this as a challenge if you want.'tricky_tree said:
The whole concept doesn't bother me, I just didn't understand the reasons behind the popularity. Neither me or the majority of my friends are hardcore gamers (except maybe football manager) I just wanted the opinions of other gamers to try and understand why people like my brother constantly bang on about it.HolidayBrick said:
I like it because it gives you a sense of how much someone plays and it is nice to get achievements. But overall there are many more important things involving videogames such as the games themselves.
I don't understand why you said the same thing as my friend, that the points should be rewarded currency or something like that.tricky_tree said:
If people could buy stuff with their gamescore points then everyone would just farm achievements like never before to get DLC for free.
Then again some DLC is not worth their slapped on price tag.
Anyways for me, I do care about gamescore simply because it displays how mucc I have played games (NOT farming for achievements). YES yes I know that that didn't matter last-gen but still now you can easily see if someone is dedicated to their games.
I have about 12000 I think but I don't really give a shit about it. I just play games to get achievements as it increases playtime. I do, however have a friend that is a COMPLETE achievement whore, whenever I have a new game the first thing he asks is "Are the achievements good?"
The people who do nothing but talk about gamerscore and grind achievements in games they don't like are addicted. It's a small feeling of accomplishment that is easily repeated... like HEROIN! not really... but I don't think it's necessarily a "hardcore" thing. I have a friend with over 90000k. He has to play every game that comes out and even hacked games for a while, but he didn't have any fun with it, he was just very sad.tricky_tree said:
Just makes the game a bit more interesting for some people. And some achievements are pretty impressive, like "Mile High Club" or some of the other skill based CoD achievements before youtube begat about 30 video walkthroughs for each of them.
Or can't buy new games too often and use the achievements as something to aim for, therefore extending the life of the game you dropped quite a bit on?factualsquirrel said:
That's me, which explains almost half of my games having 1000. Plus I'm pretty sure I have mild OCD, or something.
I'm not too bothered, it's fun trying to achieve the full 1000 in a game you enjoy. Extends the game's lifespan, well for me anyway. Seriously, why moan about something you can ignore?
Isn't the may thrill of a game all about achieving something? Gamerscore is just another way of say "I beat you"
The only DLC I've had is the 'See the Future' from Fable II, the brother downloaded it so I have no idea how much those things cost but I think It'd be a good idea for Lionhead to say "well you have x or y score from Fable II, heres a reward" but those evil geniuses at Microsoft have spotted a money making idea. IMO it can influence a developer to make a good game very short, then release the rest of it as DLCSantoUno said:
I don't know why they put it in, but it is fun to hear the "bleep-bloop" of an achievement. what I don't know is why the PS3 has them. sure, they are fun to get, but just because Microsoft has them it doesn't mean you need them to.
