Achievement Points are NOT a Gimmick!

[QUOTE="The_Game21x"][QUOTE="smokeydabear076"][QUOTE="The_Game21x"]

[QUOTE="smokeydabear076"]50 achievement points for completing the Call of Duty 2 tutorial. Man what an achievement!smokeydabear076

Achevements have gotten a lot more substantial and worthwhile since the early days.

Back in the early days, developers had to throw in achievements since it was required to have them in every game and they were rushing the games for launch. Nowadays, some are easy, but many are very difficult, and really push your skills to obtain.

Yes, Achievement points are pointless since they do nothing for you aside from buffing your "gamer ego" if you will, but they can add a lot of replay value. I've found myself replaying old games not only for fun, but hunting for that next achievement. keep in mind, I'm not a points whore (or you'd see more games like NBA 2K6 in my profile) but going for the points ingames I already own is fun and adds a lot to the value of the game itself.

Who said they aren't? :? Achievement points just add a bit of extra replay value on top of an already value packed game. It's not that the games aren't compelling enough to be worthy of a second or third playthrough, the Achievement Points just add the extra motivation to do so.

Achievements are only considered gimmicks by those who don't earn a 360.  The Wii remote is considered a gimmick by those who don't own a Wii, and tilt in the Sixaxis is considered a gimmick by those who don't own a PS3.  If someone's console(s) don't have something, they bash it.  It's the way of the world.