Have trophies/achievements changed your way in gaming??

Just Curious have they changed your way in gaming? to be honest they kinda did for me, i used to play games once and never go back again ( except for final fantasy games as i always go back again to them ) but now i find it fun going after those little trophies :P and increase my level lol.

Not me, I don't even have a gold trophy.

Not me, I don't even have a gold trophy.

Espada12

lol you sure are fast i just posted it like 1 second ago :P

Not really...I always played a lot of games. I remember last gen, people would call me out and ask if I ever played "X game" or "Y Game" with questions. I used to take pictures and post them back then, as I got tired of the complaints.

So, this gen it's been nice since I don't get harassed nearly as much.

The only other difference is my buddies used to compete per game (Who beat Halo on Legendary looking at Saves, Metal Gear Solid on Big Boss, beat the Ruby Weapons in FF7, beat Zelda the fastest, etc.), and now we just compete with Trophies/Achievements as the measuring tool.

I know for instance in Castlevania :Symphony of the Night (One of the GREATEST GAMES EVER MADE, best Castlevania by far) when I got 200 Gamerscore on the XBLA re-release, I still played it since there was SO MUCH to do. In Legend of Legaia- on PSONe, I remember leveling up and grinding to 99 to get the extra powers, or in Chrono Trigger on SNES getting as many endings as possible, or in modern day games I will do "Achievement/Trophy worthy" things in GAME that don't get me achieves just to see what the game and engine can really do. In fighting games I love mastering every possible moveset every character can do, etc.

I don't know how many glitches/bugs/crashed I've caused because of this lol, too many to count. I am an uber completionist if I like the game.

Not really, no. I just sold GTA 4 and Killzone with less than half the achievements.

[QUOTE="Espada12"]

Not me, I don't even have a gold trophy.

finalstar2007

lol you sure are fast i just posted it like 1 second ago :P

I think I saw it as it popped up lawl, but they honestly haven't changed anything, if it's something that's right there I don't mind, but I won't go out of my way for them.. the only game I think I did that with is batman :p

Your 2nd pic is fanboyism, I think.:P

And yeah, it changed for me since I have something else to do whenever I don't feel like playing a game again, since I don't game as much as I use to like in previous gens.

Not really...I always played a lot of games. I remember last gen, people would call me out and ask if I ever played "X game" or "Y Game" with questions. I used to take pictures and post them back then, as I got tired of the complaints.

So, this gen it's been nice since I don't get harassed nearly as much.

The only other difference is my buddies used to compete per game, and now we just compete with Trophies/Achievements as the measuring tool.-

SolidTy

Exactly! the main thing here is being able to compete with friends and show them u trully played X game or Y and was able to solve a Z puzzle or kill something really hard in the game.. tho looking at your trophy card i must say you probably the 4th highest number i seen with trophies so far ( 21 plats how did u do that? :P ) anyways i heard the number 1 user in the world is level 26 with over 100 plats

Your 2nd pic is fanboyism, I think.:P

And yeah, it changed for me since I have something else to do whenever I don't feel like playing a game again, since I don't game as much as I use to like in previous gens.

mitu123

No its not :? its not saying anything :P.. its the best picture i found around, if anyone else think its bad i dont mind removing it tho i dont see anything wrong with it

[QUOTE="SolidTy"]

Not really...I always played a lot of games. I remember last gen, people would call me out and ask if I ever played "X game" or "Y Game" with questions. I used to take pictures and post them back then, as I got tired of the complaints.

So, this gen it's been nice since I don't get harassed nearly as much.

The only other difference is my buddies used to compete per game (Who beat Halo on Legendary looking at Saves, Metal Gear Solid on Big Boss, beat the Ruby Weapons in FF7, beat Zelda the fastest, etc.), and now we just compete with Trophies/Achievements as the measuring tool.

I know for instance in Castlevania :Symphony of the Night (One of the GREATEST GAMES EVER MADE, best Castlevania by far) when I got 200 Gamerscore on the XBLA re-release, I still played it since there was SO MUCH to do. In Legend of Legaia- on PSONe, I remember leveling up and grinding to 99 to get the extra powers, or in Chrono Trigger on SNES getting as many endings as possible, or in modern day games I will do "Achievement/Trophy worthy" things in GAME that don't get me achieves just to see what the game and engine can really do. In fighting games I love mastering every possible moveset every character can do, etc.

I don't know how many glitches/bugs/crashed I've caused because of this lol, too many to count. I am an uber completionist if I like the game.

finalstar2007

Exactly! the main thing here is being able to compete with friends and show them u trully played X game or Y and was able to solve a Z puzzle or kill something really hard in the game.. tho looking at your trophy card i must say you probably the 4th highest number i seen with trophies so far ( 21 plats how did u do that? :P ) anyways i heard the number 1 user in the world is level 26 with over 100 plats

Ah, yes.

But unlike the number one user PSN user, I'm a real longtime member of GS here, and you can chat with me! :P...plus, I have a massive 99,900 Gamerscore to juggle as well. It's much easier having one system when going for these things, lol. :P

The cool thing is I've been here for years.:)

[QUOTE="mitu123"]

Your 2nd pic is fanboyism, I think.:P

And yeah, it changed for me since I have something else to do whenever I don't feel like playing a game again, since I don't game as much as I use to like in previous gens.

finalstar2007

No its not :? its not saying anything :P.. its the best picture i found around, if anyone else think its bad i dont mind removing it tho i dont see anything wrong with it

I saw that comment, I just didn't understand or see the fanboyism either. I don't grasp the context other than funny. It just seemed like something funny to say, lol. Maybe sensitivity is cranked, I don't know. Here, let me try :

[QUOTE="mitu123"]

Your 2nd pic is fanboyism, I think.:P

And yeah, it changed for me since I have something else to do whenever I don't feel like playing a game again, since I don't game as much as I use to like in previous gens.

finalstar2007

No its not :? its not saying anything :P.. its the best picture i found around, if anyone else think its bad i dont mind removing it tho i dont see anything wrong with it

I'm just messing with you, for now.:P

No. I ignore them. Although, it is annoying when the achievement unlocked thing blocks dialouge.

Just Curious have they changed your way in gaming? to be honest they kinda did for me, i used to play games once and never go back again ( except for final fantasy games as i always go back again to them ) but now i find it fun going after those little trophies :P and increase my level lol. finalstar2007

yea it did a bit for me. It brought me more replayability just like you. but some of the one im aiming for is also some of the most ridiculous ones. For example playing NG2 on hardest difficulty or passing hard trial challenges for SF4 (i spent so much time completing all the normal trials and i thought that was hard. I start hard trials and it was OBSCURE). Havent complete any games 100% yet. Closest i come was bioshock. I have so much respect for those who completed SF4 or NG2 100% (especially NG2).

I would say yes, and for the better too. Before, there would be optional missions or distractions in games that I did not pay any particular attention to and would end up just skipping. Now that there is an incentive to complete those tasks, I perform them, thereby extending my playtime with the game and prolonging my enjoyment of it. I like trophies and achievements, but I do not take them too seriously. Despite my large gamerscore, there isn`t a single game I played just for the achievements

Not really, they're fun to aim for though. As long as they are not for multiplayer in a competitive game.AAllxxjjnn

it has for me ive become a much better gamer as a result of having to play things on harder difficultys and whatnot. now i even enjoy the challenge where before i would never play something on hard. also it has caused me to pick up and play games again where before i wouldnt

yea I do things I wouldint do before.

Trophies are like competition between me and one of my friends.

It also gives me direction on what to do my second/third plays through.

Damien Torrence tends to replay story modes. Damien Torrence also prefers the Trophy system, Damien Torrence believe that having an "ultimate" trophy (The platinum one) gives a more concrete goal than just more points.

[QUOTE="AAllxxjjnn"]Not really, they're fun to aim for though. As long as they are not for multiplayer in a competitive game.Dystopian-X

It changes what I play next. If MGS4, Condemned 2or Valkyria Chronicles had support, I would play them again.

And that feeling at 1 AM from getting the Fallout 3 platinum... felt. so good...

Not really.. I have always played a lot of games and always tried to get 100%

Not me. Achievements/trophies are are one of the dumbest "advantages" to playing a game ever.

Will a virtual pad on the back improve my game? No, because I'm not a tool.

well i can truthfully say when i got my xbox and got into the whole achievement thingy i really was soley playing for achievements, i feel really bad for being addicted to trophies and achievements but its just stuck with me since im huge on competition i love to have my bragging rights, so my gamerscore got to about 4200 and then i figured eh, thats better than most my friends, and my trophy level on PS3 is level 8 and i figure thats pretty awesome since i haven't even had my PS3 for a full year yet :P !!! Ok they make games more addicting to play thats all i can say which is why i always check the back of a box before i buy a game to see if its got trophies/achievements xD

Admittedly yes. Last gen I use to only play through games on easy or normal, but now I've finally decided to play through on the hardest modes.

Yes I'm addicted.

Yep, they definitely changed mine. I used to just play games to get to the end, to find out what happened in the story. Now after I do that, I go back to games and do random things in-game that I otherwise wouldn't do (like flip a car 3 times in GTA IV for example). The point is, I now play games much more to completion than I used to because of achievements.

no because they amount to nothing. If they were what accounted for microsoft points to buy content and videos and all the other stuff on xbox live it could have been a ton of fun. But of course they are greedy coorporations trying to squeeze every dime out of the gamers it makes me sick. When i found out achievement points were really just something for you to slightly care about and for others to only care about there own, and that everything was micro transactions it planted a seed of dark hate in me for where gaming is headed. And with this weak minded generation completely mind controlled by commercialization I fear it is only going to get nastier.

[QUOTE="SolidTy"]

Not really...I always played a lot of games. I remember last gen, people would call me out and ask if I ever played "X game" or "Y Game" with questions. I used to take pictures and post them back then, as I got tired of the complaints.

So, this gen it's been nice since I don't get harassed nearly as much.

The only other difference is my buddies used to compete per game, and now we just compete with Trophies/Achievements as the measuring tool.-

finalstar2007

Exactly! the main thing here is being able to compete with friends and show them u trully played X game or Y and was able to solve a Z puzzle or kill something really hard in the game.. tho looking at your trophy card i must say you probably the 4th highest number i seen with trophies so far ( 21 plats how did u do that? :P ) anyways i heard the number 1 user in the world is level 26 with over 100 plats

Wrong, at the time of this posting, the world champ (Hakoom) has only 88 platinums.

achievements don't mean anything to me. I play the game to have fun, if I get an achievement while I'm playing, ok, but I do not go out of my way to try to get achievements.