What Do Trophies/Achievements Do For You?

Hey everyone!

I was wondering a lot about starting to collect trophies and achievements for the simple reason of accomplishment and completion of a game. I know a lot of people do NOT like achievements, but I personally think it's a nice addition to games and add replay value.

What bothers me is the multiplayer achievements and the tedious ones too.

What's your opinion on the subject? I know their were a few of these topics before, I just want to revisit the subject once more :P

Yay or ney on trophies? Or do you just not care at all?

Nothing, it just there to make Gamefreaks feel better about themselves.

They increase my already huge ego.

Nothing, it just there to make Gamefreaks feel better about themselves.

yugioh3ds

well back in 2006 i won that contest they had for getting 1000 points in a month and got a t-shirt, ms points and a free game.

lulz at the game they gave me, fusion frenzy 2 of all things, it was a new release at the time and i got $25 for it.

bummer they never did another conest.

other than that nothing, it's nice to get them but i'm mos def not a cheevo chaser.

They kind of help with adding replay value for me, but if its a really good game I like, I'm going to replay the game anyways.

Some of them are just fun to go and try for, and have some unique tasks to complete. Others you look at the requirements and say "Well looks like I'm not going to 100% this game" and some games you just want to have that 100%, but they want you to get 350 blast shards, and it can be the most tedious thing you ever do, but You loved the game so much that you gotta get the 100% (and in this case a Platinum Trophy)

haha, but yeah they're fun, but can be a pain and shouldn't hinder a games experience, or be the entire point of the game

I don't bother with either.

I can't think of pun involving waistlines and achievements :( But I couldn't care less about achivements.

I think they offer some nice replay value to a game. Of course, I want to have fun while I'm trying to get them. And like you said, I don't like tedious ones nor ones in multiplayer.

I enjoy achievements when:

1.) They're for a game that I enjoy

2.) I have to go out of my way to get them

Achievements sometimes add replay value by telling you to go out of your way to do something that sometimes you would have never thought of doing. I personally enjoy doing random tasks to fully 100% a game that I really like.

Adds replay vaule for me and just makes me feel good. I never go out of my way to plat a game though. If the trophy is to much a pain in the butt I just move on.

replay value for me. i do think most trophies are too easy to get (prince of persia, im looking at you-- u get a trophy just for jumping)..... Trophies should be tough to obtain, i dont need a trophy telling me i beat the first level

They get me excited...FIipMode

[QUOTE="FIipMode"]They get me excited...Skittles_McGee

[QUOTE="FIipMode"]They get me excited...Skittles_McGee

That popped up in my head also and I was going to reply, but I would have worded it wrongly.

[QUOTE="Skittles_McGee"][QUOTE="FIipMode"]They get me excited...FIipMode

[QUOTE="Skittles_McGee"][QUOTE="FIipMode"]They get me excited...Yangire

That popped up in my head also and I was going to reply, but I would have worded it wrongly.

I like the addition, but I only do trophies that I actually find "fun" to get. Not something like "Get the 250 electric shards" in Infamous. But something more like : "Beat the game last boss on very hard in less than 3 minutes" :D

They make games have less replay value, because their presence dissuades developers from implemented an in-game, and therefore meaningful, rewards system.

they add replay value and are fun time to time.

They make me feel all tingly inside.

[spoiler] I guess they add replay value too... [/spoiler]

I'm indiferent to them. I play the way I want to play my games. I don't nnned to do something teddious just to have a message pop up sayin I win something irrelevant.

It's just something for me and my Real Life friends to enjoy...nothing much other than that for me. We compare to each other.

I don't go back and play a game to get them, but they're fun to see pop up when you're not expecting them.

They add Replay Value for me.

and Give me a challenge.

They add replay value if it's a game I really like.. if not, I usually can't be bothered.

They make noises when I unlock them.Skittles_McGee

I had a friend who liked trophies and every time i would look at his profile he would have more and more like he was silently taunting me with his collection. Since then I have been secretely competing with him, but I can't catch up so I have given up on that and just do it for some good replay value.

They're like a personal data log chronology of your current gen gaming history, and they're fun to get.

I love achievements/trophies when you really like a game. It adds some nice replay value, and sometimes can be fun. An example would be the lady on the rail road tracks trophy in RDR. For games like Uncharted 2 and Assassins Creed 2, it makes you get more use out of great games.

They give me a reason to play video games. SilverChimera

Never cared for them. If they would unlock something, then I'd care, but as long as achievements do nothing, I couldn't care less. I understand people feel good about themselves when collecting them, but I do not.

It lets me know I did the impossible task of beating Chapter 1 :P. DethSkematik

They are meaningless