Do you use AP's as a blueprint of exaclty when you've "finished" a gam

for example.

 I'll look up all the achievements in the game that's possible, narrow down how many of those I think I could actually unlock myself, and make it a rule to not buy another game, or sell a game, until I've unlocked those achievements.

Some achievements I won't count toward my "necessary" achievements, like GoW (frag 50,000), or Dead Rising (Saint acheivement-rescue everyone in the mall), but I do check off a decent amount and ones that are challenging but within my grasp as a casual gamer. 

I find myself playing a game JUST TO GET the achievement, not actually having fun with it anymore (ahem Lost Planet).  Achievement Points are a great way to measure how much you want to accomplish in the game, replayability, and challening the player to do some of these tasks that would otherwise be unrewarding without the achievement point system.  AP's are good, don't get me wrong!  (When I save every survivor in Dead Rising I want mofo's TO KNOW ABOUT IT!).  But sometimes I only play the game to unlock the achievement, so I can feel that I got something out of it even though I don't really want to play it anymore.

Does anyone else have this "system"?  And do you think it's a good thing?

Thoughts?

I do this a lot of the time, I doubt that I would of ever played Gears' single player so many times if there weren't achievements for it.

I think once you get all the achievement points, you've basicly done everything the game has to offer.

I play games for fun. Crazy concept eh? I very rarely work towards achievements unless they add to the fun factor of the game in question. I own 25 games and only have 10k achievement points.

As for are achievements a good thing, I'm not quite sure. I think I preferred wjen people played games to have fun rather than to get some poitnless points which mean nothing. I know I feel a lot better winning a 64 player game of BF 2142 than I do unlocking some achievement. 

I play games for fun. Crazy concept eh? I very rarely work towards achievements unless they add to the fun factor of the game in question. I own 25 games and only have 10k achievement points.

As for are achievements a good thing, I'm not quite sure. I think I preferred wjen people played games to have fun rather than to get some poitnless points which mean nothing. I know I feel a lot better winning a 64 player game of BF 2142 than I do unlocking some achievement.

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Imagine they awarded you 100 points for winning that 64 player game, and on top gave you a cool special picture for your "achievement"...

IMO, that's what they're trying to do, looking what players like in a game (or might like), and awarding them when they accomplish it. 

i feel im buying less games (which is good, saves me money) and i spend a lot more time on the game i actually have, which is good because then im getting my moneys worth

Sometimes. It really depends on the achievements and how fun the game is. The achievements that resemble chores more than enjoyable tasks I skip more often than not.