Xbox Live Achievement Points: what's your view on them?
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It's a nice idea. Give friends a little competition, and things to strive for in games to give them a bit more replay value (when done properly anyway). However, it'd be nice if MS gave them some sort of tangible value.
They are completely pointless. However, they are probably one of the most talked about features in gaming today. Me having over 43,000 Gamerscore on Xbox Live, do enjoy collecting these. Some extend the length of the game giving something you normally wouldn't do. Also, the sense of competition between friends makes the Meta game quite worth the trouble.
Once again utterly pointless, but one of the best things for a little competition.
Once again utterly pointless, but one of the best things for a little competition.
Steam's achievement system where you could win your wish list was awesome because it helped me get back into games I haven't played in a while.
Edit: Also they can get you into some crazy situations
Edit: Also they can get you into some crazy situations
if achievements are done properly they can extend the replay value of a game. achievements for beating levels and the game on certain difficulties are stupid. i think achievements thaty are creative are amazing. just go through the achievements on the orange box and i garantee you will spend ten or more hours trying to get them all.Sir Boss said:
they are also great for competition with friends. me and my brother constantly compete against each other. we are always pointing out what achievements the other is missing and we are always trying to be better than the other
I think it would be good if they added value to the points, eg. the tickets during the Steam Summer Sale. Harder 'cheevo's would earn small amounts of Microsoft Points, and they could be saved up to buy DLC or something.
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Meh, I see no point to them. Getting achievement points doesn't get you anything extra, there is no incentive to get them, so there's really no reason to go out of your way for them. Seriously, I don't at all care about the little number next to my name, and I will never care about getting 100% in a game if it's not fun to do so in the first place. Achievements just seem to be there to pad the game for the few people who are obsessed with them, and nothing more.
Short answer: no.Rage4Kon said:
In general I'm not a fan of achievements, but I'm not against them. Some achievements are well made and require you think about gameplay in a new, interesting manner - or do something really impressive. I also don't have a problem with achievements that simply log how far you've gotten.
But I'm not impressed by having lots of achievements or completing all achievements for a particular game. I did this for Portal, which was fun, but then the majority of the achevements simply log what you have completed - and the scant few others are simple enough to get.
I don't think they should get you more respect, but i enjoy them, because if you want to get all of them in a game you are playing it adds an extra level of challenge, and you will most likely play the game in a very different way than you did before, or go looking for things in the game you wouldn't have otherwise. A couple of times I've come back to a fun game, and thought I might as well have something extra to work for, or tried harder to do better at a new game I bought to get said achievements.
Like the idea but unless M$ finds a way to monetize, I don't expect to see it. If it somehow bolstered the sale of games it might work, but I'm not sure about the economics.Buchholz101 said:
I feel the same way about GS as I do about 100% completion: if the game is good, the achievements are fun or point to a corner of the game I haven't explored, then they add a bit of interest. There was a minor math nerd moment when I ticked over 10,000 (an extra digit, WOW!) otherwise I ignore it entirely.
We already get people modifying their gamerscores on XBL, and they don't do anything. Do we really want to encourage that behavior by tying them to actual rewards?
People have already generated codes for MS points, but I should have thought of that before I posted. Crap, now I feel stupid.Aris Khandr said:
I think they ruin the gaming experience as getting an achievement for completing a level might be counted as an achievement officially but to you it might be nothing special. Achievements shouldn't be something that applies to everyone in the same way. Each person has their own personal achievements and whether or not they get points for them doesn't matter whatsoever.Aris Khandr said:
I just use them to see how thoroughly people play the games they buy. Other than that, I don't really care.
Sometimes they can be fun, giving you some reason to try something new in a game, even if it's just an idea.
"I had no idea you could even do that, I'll start a new game and try that out!"
Sometimes they're just so much of a pain in the ass that I don't bother.
"You want me to beat this on the highest difficulty level, using only the starter weapon, and never die once? Screw that."
Either way, I don't really see a problem with them. You like the little feeling you get when you hear the "achievement unlocked" sound, Great. You don't care about achievements? That's fine, nobody's forcing you to unlock every single one and it's easy enough to just ignore that they exist.
"I had no idea you could even do that, I'll start a new game and try that out!"
Sometimes they're just so much of a pain in the ass that I don't bother.
"You want me to beat this on the highest difficulty level, using only the starter weapon, and never die once? Screw that."
Either way, I don't really see a problem with them. You like the little feeling you get when you hear the "achievement unlocked" sound, Great. You don't care about achievements? That's fine, nobody's forcing you to unlock every single one and it's easy enough to just ignore that they exist.