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The 5 Worst Types of Achievements

August 07, 2011 in Blog comments 13

Achievements that need to be killed, buried, and forgotten. These do nothing creatively or encouragingly and should thus be excluded from the next generation of video games.

"my achievement sabbatical has encouraged me to think of the worst achievements out there. Even ones that seasoned achievement hunters won’t want to see. Here’s a list of types that range from irritating, to exhausting, even to impossible."
bradtramel via gameinformer.com »
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    websod Aug 7, 11
    i personal like MP ones a lot.. but i could not stop cracking up at the “Press START to Play," one that's funny.
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    TurMoiL911 Aug 7, 11
    My main issue with multiplayer achievements besides servers getting shut down before you can get them is with ones that just plain aren't reasonable. I'm looking at you with your top of the leaderboard achievements, GRAW.
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    Shinobi_razor Aug 7, 11
    agreed. MP competitive and collectibles just need to die. horribly.

    i hate having to rely on the unpredictability of other gamers in a MP match to determine if i get an achievement or not. co-op MP ones are alright, since you can find someone else who needs it and both work together against AI. but competitive ones just suck.
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      Red 9 Aug 7, 11
      Agreed, especially if you're like me and suck at most competitive online shooters. I usually just resign myself to the fact that I will never get those Trophies, and by extension, the Platinum.
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        Shinobi_razor Aug 7, 11
        oh man i hate the platinums. well for PS3 i guess they are ok since it shows how many games youve fully completed, but some 360 games have started doing platinum achievements now too. those need to die in a fire because since achievements are point based, theres no way for someone to look and see how many games youve completed due to your platinums so they shouldnt even be there.
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    websod Aug 7, 11
    noooo. there has to be a ranking system guys.. if we do not allow them to do the preset Achievements they make there own ranking system and then it becomes a bigger issue i think. well red that is the point you might not be able to reach top of the lobby leaderboard for say call of duty black ops because its based on there own system that is much harder to do then say the Achievements system that you need 100 kills total type. You can do that for sure just matter of time but you may never be able to reach the goals that there own systems have. but i do think xbox and ps3 are totally different when it comes to the Achievements because of how ps3 does them. xbox 360 are more simple on that. i do think competitive ones stink but most are not that way they are based no on skill but time and effort.
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    reaver11 Aug 7, 11
    I hate online MP trophies the most, next to that are skill-based ones that require 150000 pre-requisets for it to be accomplished. But a few here and there doesn't hurt. Platinum isn't supposed to be easy. Those and trophies that take a gazillion hours to accomplish (Master all characters in MK comes to mind). I wouldn't say take the challenge out completely, but have an in-game achievement and a special unlockable to show off your accomplishment.
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      Shinobi_razor Aug 7, 11
      yeah getting a platinum\all achievements achievement should always give you something special for doing it. an in game item you cant get any other way or something special for all the time you put into it.
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    websod Aug 7, 11
    Shinobi_razor i like your post a lot your a greatttt member here. But please man pick a avatar image! yea i am with you on that idea HOWEVER that would not be fair as xbox 360 does not do them the same so they would never be able to get that unless they made it so getting all would give you that. On the other end of things i have heard people say things like if you get all them you should get money off other games. which i can not help but LOL at. so it sounds like me reaver11 Shinobi_razor argee on one thing and that is that achievements should have more real value then they currently do. I think at the core of our chatting that is what i go away with that whoever comes up with a way for that will be the console with the better system. as far as achievements go.
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    Seproth Aug 7, 11
    quote Simpsons Press Start to Play
    But to be fair, it's probably satire on achievements as a whole.
    You *bleep*ing think?
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      bradtramel Aug 15, 11
      Yeah, I do think. Despite how obvious the satire is, it doesn't make the achievement meaningful and by extension is only hindering video games from one day becoming something more than mindless fun, possibly even an art.
      *Bleep* off.
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        Drogo Baggins Aug 16, 11
        quote bradtramel
        Yeah, I do think. Despite how obvious the satire is, it doesn't make the achievement meaningful and by extension is only hindering video games from one day becoming something more than mindless fun, possibly even an art.
        *Bleep* off.
        Somehow, I doubt that game companies all over the world are looking at "The Simpsons Video Game" and it's achievements, and thinking to themselves, "This is the future! We must follow in this game's footsteps!" In other words, I highly doubt that it's changing much of anything in the industry any time soon.

        On top of that, what's mentioned in the article is satire more of achievements themselves rather than video games. If anything, it would only inspire developers to think of more meaningful achievements and possibly, in turn, more meaningful moments in games.

        Now I somewhat doubt that "The Simpson's Video Game" developers had such noble intentions when they thought of achievements for their game. They were probably just mindlessly making fun of achievements, with no real motive other than humor. However, if satire ever has a message, it's usually a message saying, "Hey, [insert topic] generally sucks. Can this stop sucking sometime soon? We'd all appreciate it."

        As for the "*bleep* off" comment... Well that's obviously always a rock solid argument. You got us all beat there.
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    websod Aug 7, 11
    lol!! after i pressed start and earned the achievement i was tired and done with the game till the next day haha kidding.

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