Comments on: Why I Hate Trophies & Achievements Whore's

By: Scruffy Bear

Scruffy Bear — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 21:09:50 +0000

Thanks mate

By: KrazyFace

KrazyFace — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 12:32:17 +0000

Heh, heh. I think laland thought you were targetting him personally there Scruffy. Anyhow, I think trophies add a fair ammount of extra life to games with the whole “I’ll play (insert game name here) again to see if I can get that award” for some people. However, to invest money in a rubbish game just so you can mouth off I fear, takes a person with a severe inferiority complex. You’re right about the tough trophies too, WipEout for example has some serious hard to acheive trophies in there (I’m STILL working on my zico one) and there’s definite respect to those who get a platnum on that game, but just coz you got a whole bunch from the Golden Compass dosn’t mean you’re good at gaming. Nice wee read there though Scruffy, and ignore matt’s comment, there are far worce things published around the net than the article you wrote. Kudos to you!

By: Scruffy Bear

Scruffy Bear — Tue, 12 May 2009 09:18:36 +0000

As I suffer from Dyslexia and sometimes struggle spelling with certain words. The post could have been edited by Nutronic but as he’s a parent he doesn’t always have time to do it.

By: name

name — Tue, 12 May 2009 08:00:18 +0000

and how do they ruin games?
they add replayability (if thats a word)
they give you a reason to go back and play the game one and two they give you a reason to get the game.
i wouldent of bought burnout paradise midnight club LA xmen origins mirrors edge battle frount bad company quantum of solace and heaps more if it wasent for trophys.
and im glad i did because some of those games are the best ive played, like mirrors edge was so much fun same with burnout.
if it wasent for trophys i would of missed out on them.
and i think it helps you improve your skills to because normaly i play games on normal and thats it.
but with trophies they encourage me to play it on hard so i can get the trophy for it in doing so because its hard it improves my skills.
and its not like there taking time away from the devs from makeing the game, as naughty dog said it took them just a couple of hours to patch uncharted with trophys so if they can do it whats everyone elses excuse.
thats what i hate about alot of devs these days there lazy and only care about money, they dont care if gamers like there game, or if its of high quality.
they dont care if its rememberd for the next so many years as best FPS or whatever.
all they care about is $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.
thats the problem i would be embarased as hell if i made Leisure Suit larry Box Office Bust and if i could i would force the team to make it better.
if i couldent i would demand to have my name taken of the credits, no one could pay me to put my name on something thats such a piece of shit.
thats why i love naughty dog and insomniac everything that they release is perfect of highest quality they never release a bad boring buggy game they always release gold, thats why insomniac is my dream company to work for once i get my qualifications as a game dev.

By: name

name — Tue, 12 May 2009 07:48:11 +0000

ha that first line is a perfect example of Leisure Suit larry Box Office Bust.
GOD the controlls in that game absolutly suck donkey balls, they are so hard to use and dont even work 90% of the time.
like when jumping up a wall and trying to grab a ledge he will jump over the ledge and push off air instead of climbing up.
alot of the game requires you to drop 1 lvl but theres no button for that you just have to carefuly run over the edge than quickly turn arround and hope for the best.
its like swiming in a shark tank with raw meat tied to your body, there should be laws against this its PATHETIC that people can release this crap and people spend 50 bucks on it and its ok.
shit that game isent even worth 10 bucks its by far the WORST game ive ever played and thats saying alot because ive been gaming for 15 years

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 11 May 2009 20:08:17 +0000

Not to be a dick, but your grammar is atrocious. If you’re going to publish something and you want your site to seem respectable, you should really do your best to clean up your writing before we have to suffer it.

These are some interesting claims that you make in your article, but you’re forgetting one thing: there are people out there who only want to play FOR the achievements. Maybe that’s what they enjoy. You might enjoy the story arc or playing only quality games, but there is a small segment of gamers out there that do thirst to get as many achievements as possible. That’s what they enjoy about gaming, so why would you want to begrudge them for that? Because they brag about it? Who cares? The Internet is full of people spewing shit and bragging about nothing. Me, I couldn’t care less about achievements. I think some are neat and actually require some thinking (sending the gnome into space in Half-Life 2: Episode Two was awesome), but if I can’t get an achievement during my time with the game, I don’t fret over it.

By: Nutronic

Nutronic — Mon, 11 May 2009 20:05:51 +0000

Thankyou Drigg.

By: Grave_Harry

Grave_Harry — Mon, 11 May 2009 19:49:39 +0000

Well, I have 3 platinums (all on easy games) Uncharted, Little big Planet, and Burnout.
I usually just aim for 50% on every game (So I have about 8 games that are at 50%).
I don’t brag about it or anything, I think Trophies/Achievements ruin games…

By: bandoors_ksa ==> PSN

bandoors_ksa ==> PSN — Mon, 11 May 2009 17:34:28 +0000

nobody told you that we trophy whore’s are better then you pal i have over 1600 trophies with 26 platinum BUT i unlock all the trophies because i love them no matter what the game is.

please don’t make it challenging it’s only a video game console add =)

By: Scruffy Bear

Scruffy Bear — Mon, 11 May 2009 13:36:22 +0000

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion trophy patch be awesome I would go back to that game in a second it that ever happen