achievements

What do you think of achievements?

In reality i think they are a waste of time, makes you play games you would never think about playing and wasting your time on a game you finished with months ago....

Its a bravado thing really.... some people think they are 'elite' because they have lots of achievements.... But really they are wasting their time going for useless points...

My gamerscore is so lowthat I prefer not to care....

At leastI don't waste my time playing crap games just to have more achievements.

I just wish I could turn my gamerscore off, Its always there in your face.

Im not interested in achievements but i feel its kinda forced on me...

are you trolling here? because thats illegal in gamespot if you are.zidan4000

Why am I trolling?

Whats the problem?

To an extent they can be fun to get and very addictive, but if it's achievements like play 1,000 of this game match, I can't stand trying to get them because you either have to do it the cheap way to get it or you have to play for a looooooong time, and neither method is especially challenging or rewarding. It's just a dull type of achievement, and another thing is people who buy bad games to get achievements, and people who glitch to get them. That totally erases the point of achievements, you get all the achievements in a good game without glitching, you've earned my respect, but if you glitched to get them, or 90% of your gamerscore is from stufflike Shrek the Third, Harry Potter and sports games, then thatmeans nothing, doesn't prove you're good at any of your games. People who do this are just devaluing achievements as a sign of being obsessed with a number next to your name, rather than wanting to prove you are actually good at that game.

[QUOTE="zidan4000"]are you trolling here? because thats illegal in gamespot if you are.sydstoner

Why am I trolling?

Whats the problem?

i donno , i didnt say you are trolling but i only felt it , anyways , the achievements makes you play the games more , i mean REAL GAMES, not buying kids games and completing them , if you ask me , the real achievements that you will get that the achievements you get in the game that you love and play , you are playing for fun first then for achievement , anyway if you dont like it then dont get achievements .

[QUOTE="sydstoner"]

[QUOTE="zidan4000"]are you trolling here? because thats illegal in gamespot if you are.zidan4000

Why am I trolling?

Whats the problem?

i donno , i didnt say you are trolling but i only felt it , anyways , the achievements makes you play the games more , i mean REAL GAMES, not buying kids games and completing them , if you ask me , the real achievements that you will get that the achievements you get in the game that you love and play , you are playing for fun first then for achievement , anyway if you dont like it then dont get achievements .

I agree, fun first then achievements....

Im not trolling, im bemused as why yousuggested that..

My xbox name is MartinZippy if u want to add me.

dude i just added you and you have hell a lot of achievement points 17k???

i thought that you will have 100 or 400 points ? are you serious about what you wrote at the very up there?

achvments can be sort of addicting sometimes and IMHO mean something. in a few years all the gamerscore u got will probably have gone to nothing but isnt that what video gaming is about? having the high score or the longest play time or (for this topic) the most gamerscore?

i dont know thats just me... anyway it would be cool if M$ had like a rewards system where 20,000 got u 3 themes of ur choice or 25,000 got u 2 arcade games.

I love the achievements it make me feel good to see achievement unlocked after you do something hard or easy...my gamerscore is currenty 57,899

now thats just funny, a guy with 17k achievement points makes a topic like this

What do you think of achievements?

In reality i think they are a waste of time, makes you play games you would never think about playing and wasting your time on a game you finished with months ago....

Its a bravado thing really.... some people think they are 'elite' because they have lots of achievements.... But really they are wasting their time going for useless points...

sydstoner

1. That's the point, to make you play the game more than once, and that's a good thing, you get more for your money.

2. I think you're complaining cause you must suck at getting them.

To simplify this, achievement points were made so people would buy crappy games. (Good Strategy by Microsoft) Even if a game blows (TMNT), people like myself will still go out and give it a whack for the easy ahcievement points, its actually a good marketing strategy. But note, I did not buy TMNT, renting is the way to save money.

To simplify this, achievement points were made so people would buy crappy games. (Good Strategy by Microsoft) Even if a game blows (TMNT), people like myself will still go out and give it a whack for the easy ahcievement points, its actually a good marketing strategy. But note, I did not buy TMNT, renting is the way to save money.

warz989

Exactly. That's what I did. I think achievements give you a better thrill out of your games. I like getting achievements because I can offer some advice to others that can't get this achievement etc. It also makes happy when I hear that noise lol when you unlock an achievement. I may be called an achievement whore but mainly they hate because they can't steal my shine. Lol. Achievements area great addition to games.