Achievements absent in most PC games

It seems to me that most PC games nowadays are missing the achievemnts of their console counterparts. Far Cry 2, Bioshock, Dead Space,Oblivion, and i'm sure there are most don't have the unlockable achievements for the PC version of that game. What gives!? I would sure like some replayability or some extra fun in my games for $50 a piece

I don't care about achievements. They're unnecessary for me.thusaha

try making your own achievements. in the old days people used to speedrun games like quake and doom or wolfenstein. kinda like achievements.Kh1ndjal

yeah, like going for a no re-load playthrough.

PC games don't have console game's achievements to begin with. with or without those in console ports, it's all the same.

Whenever a game has achievements I turn them off if I can, ridicules little objectives tact onto the game play that have nothing to do with the game itself.

I hated them in Mass Effect, I'm immersed in this world when the achievement butt pixie decides to magically upgrade my skills for doing something random.

[QUOTE="thusaha"]I don't care about achievements. They're unnecessary for me.arijit_2404

Mine too.

I don't care about achievements. They're unnecessary for me.thusaha

I think the main problem with achievements for the PC is that it's going to leash you to a Windows server, which will most likely lead to more random crashes and general, Frame per second, slowdown. Not to mention the extra time it takes to log-in, whenever the game starts.

And I'm sure it's not too hard to hack trigger the achievements, anyway.... for any PC version.

Achievements just seem so pointless unless you actually gain something from them. For example, in an FPS lets say you kill 500 of something, you should be awarded a new unlockable weapon/armor/ammo etc. for doing it.

If you're going to gain absolutely nothing from the achievement (Left 4 Dead) then why bother at all?

I never understood the appeal of achievements. They don't make a game more replayable. They typically don't make me feel like I have really achieved anything worth noting. Take Dead Space for instance, which I played on the 360. It gives you an achievement each time you complete a level. If everyone get's one just because they played, then it's not really an achievement. On the other hand, some games have ridiculous ones where you have to work too hard and what you get in return is basically nothing.

Achievements are fun and it makes a game a lot more interesting to play. Achievements come in many different forms and many games have them. The battlefield games have achievements but the way the xbox and windows live does it is a lot more interesting.

Even Valve has incorporated achievements into their service. I don't understand why anyone would not like them.

True they are absent, but with out community software like LIVE OR PlayStation network, there would be no point in my eyes, (i know steam and Windows Live etc)

all achievements should be like Team Fortress 2's achievement, where if you accomplish a number of achievements, you unlock something special. Definitely would make players play the game more.