Hey, i'm still slightly knackered due to the fact I got no sleep Saturday night at my mates outdoor party, me + camping = no, although I learnt, me + alcohol = yes! I've recovered abit now though. I don't really know what to write about but I didn't want to leave my beloved public without one of my fantastic blogs so I thought i'd begin a debate/discussion/argument or whatever you wanna call it.
Anyway, as you can probably tell from that little card to the right and down abit, I am definately not a stranger to achievements. But whether that is a good or a bad thing is up for debate.
The good points: For the completionists out there they can really add to the length of a game. Certain achievements can prove how skillful you are at a game and can take time to get e.g. Mile high club and Seriously ... They give you proof that you have done something on a game and can entice you do redo a campaign on a harder difficulty for bragging rights etc. I can't really think of many more good points but, there are plenty of bad ones!
The bad points: People become addicted to them, even I did when I first got Live, as my old pal Atillite and others will remember i'm quite sure. This leads to people becoming obsessed with them and forgetting that the point of gaming is to have fun, not get the highest gamerscore or the most achievements. The people who gamesave and take it too far and make the real gamers look like fakes. The fact there's a whole other sub-culture of people who care so much about achievemnets they'll set up boosting sessions for them etc. I can't believe i used to do that *shudder*. The way people buy games for gamerscore, and game developers add ridiculously easy achievemnets just so people will buy their bad games, and then people do actually buy them like the idiots they are... The way the whole system is kind of corrupt, gamerscore is more of a show of how much you game then how good you are, thankfully not in my case.
I'm sure you can add to the lists I quickly made on the top of my head. What do you guys think, achievements, good or bad? More help than hinder?
Adios