Poll: Are you an achievement/trophy whore?

[CannibalCorpses]

I just don't understand why some people think they are a bad thing. They take nothing away from games and add a little something extra to those who care about it. It's another form of leaderboard to aim for. With the difficulty in games going down it's quite often the only challenge gamers have to aim for.

I relish every challenge a game has to offer, even those that are beyond my abilities.

 

[Stublore]

If I can get something that will say, positively affect my stats, or items, then yes.
If getting it means it has zero effect on gameplay then I couldn't be arsed wasting my time with those so called achievements.
If it's purely cosmetic, like say a beret, or change the color of an item, then no, I fail to see the point.

 

[DJ_DEnM]

When I get somewhat bored of a game and what a new challenge I go for it.

Unless it's a game where getting the achievement can make me improve (Rock Band games).

 

[Canned Spam]

Depends on the achievement really. If its something easy or fun, like parachuting off the Castel Sant'Angelo in ACB, I'm going to try and get it. If its something ridiculous like killing 100,000 enemies in Gears 2 then I won't even consider it.

 

[-Dragmire-]

No.

I have way too many games on my to-play list to spend the time unlocking 100% of the trophies.

Also, some games aren't fun enough to play again once I've seen the entire story.

 

[staika]

Depends on the game, games like Oblivion where the achievements are basically given out when you complete different story and side missions I like to get 100% in that because that means I did everything in the game and have enjoyed it to the fullest. Other games I pick and choose achievements on the way and I will try at times to get them but I usually don't try that hard to get them if I can do it after a few tries.

 

[andrat]

I got every agility orb in both Crackdown games. I think that says something about me.

 

[Johnny Impact]

They amuse me. I get the ones that aren't too much trouble.

Headshot two guys while grinding a single wire in inFamous? Sure! Dodge lightning bolts for forty minutes straight without blinking or missing once to get the little Mog thingie for Lulu in FFX? Nooooooothankyou. (Yes, I know no trophies in FFX, but it is a completionist thing)

The thing I'm a whore about is I'm an obsessive checker of corners and boxes. I want the contents of every chest. Don't care if I'm full health and juggling ten first aid kits, there might be another one in that box way over there and I am going to find out if it takes half an hour to get there.

Only games I've liked enough to get 100% are Burnout: Paradise, Arkham Asylum, and Lego Star Wars 1. I might go back and do it in Dead Space someday.

 

[Lim3]

If the answer for you is no, I want to know why you don't see the point in getting 100% completion out of a game when you've paid for it.

Why on earth would I care about getting 100% completion? I'm not going to grind for 10 hours till i get to the max level for a stupid archievement. I'm not going to collect 1000 whats its that have a 0.01% chance of dropping. I'm not going sit there and spray a ten thousand bullets. I'm not going to finish on every dificulty if i don't want to.

I paid for the game and I'll play the game how I like. You're an idiot if you believe that your not getting the most fun out of a game if you don't get 100% completion.

Headshot two guys while grinding a single wire in inFamous? Sure! Dodge lightning bolts for forty minutes straight without blinking or missing once to get the little Mog thingie for Lulu in FFX? Nooooooothankyou. (Yes, I know no trophies in FFX, but it is a completionist thing)

I did the dodging lighting bolts thing. It was so worth it in the end...

 

[pearcinator]

Yes but only on certain games (as in games I enjoy a lot). If I love a game then I will got for 100% completion (which normally means all achievements).

For other games (like your example of COD: MW2 where I think its just a good game, not a great game) I don't really care about achievements (and in an FPS...looking for hidden briefcases is shit). I also despise online achievements and if a game I really like has online achievements it really annoys me (I still don't go for them though).

On the other hand, if its a platformer (e.g. Mario, Banjo Kazooie), action-adventure (e.g. Zelda) or WRPG (KOTOR, Mass Effect 1/2) ...I usually try to get every achievement I can because they are my favourite game genres.

 

[inFAMOUSCowZ]

I guess you could say yes but I'm in the between part. I only play games I'm interested in, not just for easy achievements. Though I do try to get every achievement, that is after I beat the game, and for multiplayer I'll never cheat for them UNLESS it is 100% needed to do so. Like the online is dead then that is a needed matter.

 

[inFAMOUSCowZ]

EDIT:double post

 

[Quaxar]

All in all yes, but on the other hand I really don't give a flying frack for most multiplayer achievements so I never reached my 100% goal anywhere.
No even in RDR where I had about 88% trophies including every single SP and the easier MP ones but I will never ever "have 3 consecutive victories in gang matches" or whatever that one is about.

I am also lazy and if a game feels repetitive I won't replay it ten times just to get every trophy.

 

[Browbeat]

Indeed I am a trophy whore, but a peculiar one. I will play games for enjoyment and try mediocre games for the trophies (and sometimes, enjoyment). Occasionally I will go to great lengths to obtain the majority of trophies in a game... and let it sit at a 90%+ completion grade without getting that almighty plat. In Dragon Age Origins, for instance, I hold 99% trophy acquisition - all DLC trophies and all but two core game trophies. That last bronze is a doozy, though, as I have to experience all endings the game has. Another 20+ hrs of gameplay for a plat? Nope.

I currently sit at Lv. 25 and probably have one of the lowest Platinum totals for my level on the leaderboards. Still, I'm after game experiences as well as trophies. Will I alter my playthrough approach to suit trophy requirements? Sure. Will I obsessively hit that 100% mark? Very, very rarely.

 

[Anthony Wells]

im not a trophy whore because i dont buy games to get trophies i buy games for their story and there re playability and to have fun im not going to buts my balls to get 100 percent if im not having fun doing it

 

[Denamic]

Kinda.
In some games, I just go nuts over the achievements and won't stop till I have them.
Other games, I go for the achievements, but later change my mind because the game either have mindbogglingly many achievements (TF2) or have absurd requirements (TF2).

And others I just don't care about.

 

[Maximum_Power_Cheese_Supreme]

YES!!! BY GOOD CRAZY GONADS, I suppose you could say that. Although I will personally veto against insanely difficult achievements like the Rocket and Aperture Science Achievements. Or some of the TF2 achievements that are just impossible to get any other way then by coincidence or luck, like fraging 3 players at once with one rocket.

That said, if there are any achievements I think I can get I will go after them. But I wonder whether achievements are necessarily a good thing. Especially if the player is distracting themselves away from the game. Someone could undermine the experience of playing a game through the first time, (like Deus Ex: Human Revolution, if they are constantly worrying whether or not they've accidentally killed a non-boss character, and ruined their chances of unlocking the Pacifist achievement... a lot of saving and loading... lots and lots.)

I did get 32 Steam Summer Camp Achievements. Didn't win anything, but I used all my tickets on stuff I actually had the game for, before the summer sales too. So I didn't spend any money on games I wasn't interested in (or wasn't going to play after the sale) just so I could get a few more tickets, then I would consider it a problem.)

If I've come to a game and played it an realise at the end of it, I'm only four achievements away from 100% (and they're not too difficult to achieve with the help of some youtube tutorials, then I'll definitely have to do try.)

I'll get achievements if they sound like a fun challenge that explores more of the games content, and not like tedious 'gotta catch 'em all' work for which I could do in RL and get paid for.

 

[Existential Banana]

Achievements are nice, and the achievement sound on the Xbox is actually very satisfying, and some achievements pose a nice challenge to those willing to try. Tirelessly hunting down all the achievements just feels like robbing a game of all its fun. I don't really NEED to get all those achievements so why should I spend hours and hours on getting one?

The only time I ever spent hours doing anything for achievements was the Scarab Gun in Halo 2, and even then it wasn't a real "achievement," the only thing you could do was brag about how you totally got it that one time.

 

[Maximum_Power_Cheese_Supreme]

The real question is "Are you an Escapist Magazine Badge Award whore?"

 

[Lethal Hunter]

Moreso than pretty much anyone here, yes.