Hey, I'm amazed one of the big AAA devs hasn't tried to monetize them! You could release a game without them, and charge all the people that do want them! Hmmm...I better start working on my evil laugh. MWAHAHHAHA...or does it start with a B? BWAAHAHAH...
There would be uproar if that happened. Achievements are a fun feature that is easy to ignore if you don't want them, but few people are going to want to pay extra for them.
Not sure why Nintendo hasn't used them if it keeps people playing games and gives them free advertising on social media (my friends often post their achievements).
This is true, I'm not sure why they haven't jumped on that bandwagon yet. Maybe they are aware the whole thing would be half-assed without a good online infrastructure to support it, or maybe it's just very low on their priority list.
@GrailUK Can online-only achievements be considered that, or aren't they blatant enough?
@Octane
Useful - able to be used for a practical purpose or in several ways.
Trophies are very useful if you know how to use them. They add another level of challenge to the games. Some of which are very challenging. They can be used to create competitions with friends as well.
Pretty shocking that you do not understand this. It is so simple to comprehend.
A fork is useless if you do not know how to use it. But eventually you find a use for it.
Nope. They are representative of the challenge, they are not the challenge per se. Whatever challenge they describe still exists within the game, even when you remove the achievements from it.
Nope. They are representative of the challenge, they are not the challenge per se. Whatever challenge they describe still exists within the game, even when you remove the achievements from it.
You are hopeless man. Good luck in the real world!
A camera can be useful, achievements aren't. I don't see the argument you're trying to make.
Why have goals in games at all then? How are they useful? Achievements are part of the games. All PS and Xbox games have them. No matter what you say, they are part of the game. So why even make games then? Your logic pretty much says there is no purpose for tasks set within a game. Except with achievements you actually have something showing off your accomplishment.
Even my 8 year old son understands this. I guess if you don't play sports or aren't competitive in any way at all. You might not understand why trophies are fun and useful.
Welcome back, not so done after all eh? Achievements are outside the game, their existence has no impact upon the story, nor does it impact the gameplay. All it does is try to shoehorn a player into a certain play style rather than let them experience the game in their own way, or reward you for something you were doing anyway.
Achievements are part of the games. All PS and Xbox games have them. No matter what you say, they are part of the game.
Here is Elite Dangerous on Steam. There are no achievements whatsoever in it. ED is also on XB1. Unfortunately I've been out of PC gaming so I don't have a heap of recent games to compare against, but I think that one instance is enough to show that it isn't part of the game, it's part of the OS. It also doesn't explain why Netflix has "achievements"...
So why even make games then? Your logic pretty much says there is no purpose for tasks set within a game. Except with achievements you actually have something showing off your accomplishment.
No, my logic is saying, that there is no purpose in adding additional goals that have no impact on gameplay and story. It's not content that is being added, it's fluff.
ED is also on XB1. Unfortunately I've been out of PC gaming so I don't have a heap of recent games to compare against, but I think that one instance is enough to show that it isn't part of the game, it's part of the OS. It also doesn't explain why Netflix has "achievements"...
@Lethal
[sarcasm]Lawks what a scathing response.[/sarcasm] Unfortunately for your argument, you declaring everything I say to be nonsense doesn't make it so.
@Lethal
[sarcasm]Lawks what a scathing response.[/sarcasm] Unfortunately for your argument, you declaring everything I say to be nonsense doesn't make it so.
Ha, unable to come up with a satisfactory argument, so you try to discredit ours by insisting that we're "crying." Classic. Have you considered a career in politics?
Ha, unable to come up with a satisfactory argument, so you try to discredit ours by insisting that we're "crying." Classic. Have you considered a career in politics?
I wonder if they reveal a proper achievement system on the switch this e3. Nintendo again does everything they can to push away customers. They only target their hardcore nintendofanboys with the switch so far.
I wonder if they reveal a proper achievement system on the switch this e3. Nintendo again does everything they can to push away customers. They only target their hardcore nintendofanboys with the switch so far.
It would be a great move for sure. I certainly hope they showcase some sort of trophy system.
@Lethal Yeah, that would be great, they already have a good achievement system in the palm of their hands with the mynintendo coins but only for smartphone games. I hope we will learn something of that sort today at their e3 press event.
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