Not at all. In fact, I find the concept kind of awful. Seriously, if worthless, imaginary points on an internet profile are providing you with incentive to play games... might want to rethink some things. This is like posting on GS just to boost your user level or something. Some developers can do fun things with achievements, but nothing that couldn't be rewarded without the system in place, or it being tied to the "gamerscore" system. I know, maybe I'm just remembering Ye Olden Tymes when people played games because they were fun or made up challenges because they were hard.Adramelech-
Yes, but most people aren't playing the games exclusively for the achievements. People are still buying/playing the games they like, it's just that the achievements add bragging rights and replay value. I donno, that's how I see it at least.
I aim to get every achievement in every game I play, but this partially because I'm on a budget. I only buy games I'm certain I'll enjoy. I'm working on Condemned right now, which will look a bit odd as it has only 970 points total, but whatever. I'll pick up Godfather next, get the 830 and then maybe get 200 achievement points in Uno to restore some numerical symmetry. :)
achievments definatly make you feel good about what youve acomplished. I used to take them into consideration when i bought a game but now i just buy the game and go for those achievements regardless
Most people just used xsata or xecuters hard drive kit to just copy gamesaves to the hard drives without actually doing any of the work themselves to get the achievement. From this, achievements are garbage to brag about.
Dashboard updates make this more difficult to do now, but a little too late, damage is done. well not damage, but any validity of the scores. completely meaningless. it's harder to backup gamesaves for some games because of the cheaters and microsofts crap dashboard updates. I heard they got sued from something regarding those updates.
well you can brag or act all high and mighty once you get alot i only have 2005 gamerpointsthough and havent been on xbox live in a week so it says 1700 gamerpoints
When I first got the 360 I was obsessed, yes. I didn't go out and buy all the best games for achievements such as King Kong and stuff but one of my main intentions was to get the achievements. I just began to feel it was ruining the game experience and I began to just play the games for the achievements.
Now, I rarely play on my 360 (partly because of the achievements thing, and partly because of the fact I don't have very many games) and have basically given up on achievements.
Obsessed? No. I do however do what I can to get the most out of a game, unless it has me doing something I really don't like doing. Such as the multiplayer achievements in The Darkness.
I don't freak out over getting achievements, but I have started setting marks for myself. First I wanted 10,000 gamer points, then 12,000, and then 15,000. Now I've found myself at 17,345 and wanting 20,000 really bad. I might enjoy having a high score, but won't play through a game I abosolutely hate just for the points. I tried to do so with King Kong, but just couldn't make it through the game because I was so bored with it.
I wouldn't say that I'm obsessed but I like them very much because of the challenge they give you. They motivate me to do things in the game that I probably wouldn't try otherwise.
[QUOTE="NismoNissan41"]THe achievements help to filter out the loosers and the people with lives. I when Hapo 3 comes out they should have the online seprate people unders 2000 points and put them in game rooms so they can play casual and have fun. I hve a had xbox 360 since laucnh and all I have is a little over 1000 points. SB992
Um, that's what gamer zones are for.
The only time I've ever been obsessed with achievements is Dead Rising. Everything else, I just get what I've done.
Acheivements rule! I usually play through a game on it's easy difficulty and then play through it on harder difficulties to get more fun out of it, but before I had achievements, I'd sometimes not do it because it wasn't worth it. Now, I'm trying to beat Call of Duty 2 on Veteran and it's worth it because my GamerScore goes up 80 points when I beat a campaign segment. I can't see why anybody wouldn't care about achievements, it's part of what makes Xbox Live fun!
Acheivements rule! I usually play through a game on it's easy difficulty and then play through it on harder difficulties to get more fun out of it, but before I had achievements, I'd sometimes not do it because it wasn't worth it. Now, I'm trying to beat Call of Duty 2 on Veteran and it's worth it because my GamerScore goes up 80 points when I beat a campaign segment. I can't see why anybody wouldn't care about achievements, it's part of what makes Xbox Live fun!
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