Poll: Are achievements a good thing or a bad thing?

Some people I know absolutely LOVE achievements and try to get 1000 in alot of their games, but other people I know just think it's pointless and don't even bother with it. Well I want to know what you people think. Do you like the idea of gamerscore and try to get alot of achievements in games you play? Or do you not like them and not try to get them? Or do you not like them or hate them and are just neutral?

Personally I love achievements because they can get me returning to games even after I beat them. For example, 6 months after "being done" with Viva Pinata, I looked at my achievements and thought "hey there's some pretty cool achievements I stil haven't unlocked" and so it got me to come back to the game for a couple of days while I tried at those challenges I hadn't done before. If achievements didn't exist though, I probably wouldn't have thought of returning to it. I like the idea of a list of challenges that I can come back to even after beating a game.

I do however think it's stupid when people play games they don't enjoy just because it has easy gamerscore (like that Avatar game).

What do you think?

they give you something to do, and or after you beat a game.

bragging rights too.:D

Its something extra in a game, and that can ONLY be a good thing. If you don't like or aren't interested in them, then don't worry about them - if you like them, than good times, because they'd add alot of gameplayto each game.

What I don't like are bad achievement, like some of the ones in hells highway

if it wasnt for achevements I wouldnt go back to COD4 to beat it on verine or go for 100% on GTA 4raylewisnfl52

I voted no just because achievements have ruined gaming for me on any other system!! "It's like why bother if there are no achievements". I really don't care about the gamerscore so much as I do about a record of what I have done.

I voted no just because achievements have ruined gaming for me on any other system!! "It's like why bother if there are no achievements". I really don't care about the gamerscore so much as I do about a record of what I have done.

gregbmil

I completely agree. Even though the PS3 has Trophies, it just isn't the same. Not every game has them and Sony has been slow to adopt a universal plan like Microsoft. Thanks to achievements, 90% of my games are purchased for the 360 and only exclusives are purchased on my PS3.

i cant stand achieviements,

they make people play rubbish games just for gamerscore, they ruin some online games because people just go out of their way to get them.

they get people addicted to playing for achieviements rather than just enjoying a game and having fun.

i know a few friends on xbox live who are just like zombies, waiting for that achieviement unlocked thrill. if they have all the achieviements they can get on a game they will never play it again.

when they talk about games they talk about the achieviements not the actual fun in just playing it.

and the saddest thing are folks that wont play games on any other system because they dont get achieviements, like they are missing their fix

i wish you had the option to turn gamerscore off.

[QUOTE="gregbmil"]

I voted no just because achievements have ruined gaming for me on any other system!! "It's like why bother if there are no achievements". I really don't care about the gamerscore so much as I do about a record of what I have done.

ch2423

I completely agree. Even though the PS3 has Trophies, it just isn't the same. Not every game has them and Sony has been slow to adopt a universal plan like Microsoft. Thanks to achievements, 90% of my games are purchased for the 360 and only exclusives are purchased on my PS3.

Love achievements, won't bother with original xbox games until they have achievements. I like to have a record of what I've done.looknostamp

thats one reason why they are a bad thing, they are stopping you from enjoying other games just because you dont get achieviements which is ridiculous.

[QUOTE="gregbmil"]

I voted no just because achievements have ruined gaming for me on any other system!! "It's like why bother if there are no achievements". I really don't care about the gamerscore so much as I do about a record of what I have done.

ch2423

I completely agree. Even though the PS3 has Trophies, it just isn't the same. Not every game has them and Sony has been slow to adopt a universal plan like Microsoft. Thanks to achievements, 90% of my games are purchased for the 360 and only exclusives are purchased on my PS3.

they give you something to do, and or after you beat a game.

bragging rights too.:D

I think they're a great idea. As has already been mentioned, they encourage you to either re-play games, or to play them in an entirely different way than you have previously.

One of my friends and I launched a challenge in August that we called '30k by Christmas Day'. Our goal was to get from 20k gamerscore up to 30k in about 4 months. This was great fun, and I discovered some real gems, that I wouldn't otherwise have played (Timeshift!)

Incidentally, we made it to 30k, and have now started on 50k by christmas day 2009:o

i dont pay any attention to achievements until i notice that i have like 600 or above on a game then i look at the rest of what i need to get and go for it

i cant stand achieviements,

they make people play rubbish games just for gamerscore, they ruin some online games because people just go out of their way to get them.

they get people addicted to playing for achieviements rather than just enjoying a game and having fun.

i know a few friends on xbox live who are just like zombies, waiting for that achieviement unlocked thrill. if they have all the achieviements they can get on a game they will never play it again.

when they talk about games they talk about the achieviements not the actual fun in just playing it.

and the saddest thing are folks that wont play games on any other system because they dont get achieviements, like they are missing their fix

i wish you had the option to turn gamerscore off.

Some people I know absolutely LOVE achievements and try to get 1000 in alot of their games, but other people I know just think it's pointless and don't even bother with it. Well I want to know what you people think. Do you like the idea of gamerscore and try to get alot of achievements in games you play? Or do you not like them and not try to get them? Or do you not like them or hate them and are just neutral?

Personally I love achievements because they can get me returning to games even after I beat them. For example, 6 months after "being done" with Viva Pinata, I looked at my achievements and thought "hey there's some pretty cool achievements I stil haven't unlocked" and so it got me to come back to the game for a couple of days while I tried at those challenges I hadn't done before. If achievements didn't exist though, I probably wouldn't have thought of returning to it. I like the idea of a list of challenges that I can come back to even after beating a game.

I do however think it's stupid when people play games they don't enjoy just because it has easy gamerscore (like that Avatar game).

What do you think?

pros:

fun to get

braging/who's better

replaying