[Amusing] My Achievements. Let me show you them.

Originally Posted by punkmaggit

Late to the conversation, I know, but originally I thought the achievements were part of the microsoft points, in that you could earn achievements and then buy some of the XBLA titles with the points you've earned.

I don't own a 360, so I'm assuming alot of the achievements are rather difficult to get and you can get up to 1000 per game, correct? If Microsoft would've ditched the whole 800 pts. = 10 bucks and gone to a straight 1-to-1 system, then it could've worked theoretically.

That is exactly what I thought Achievements were at first. Imagine my dismay when I found out it was for epenis enlargement.

I really dislike Achievements as I feel that they add very little to games. Now I will admit that sometimes they are done right, Mass Effect, but generally they're just lazy and are granted for doing the critical path. Oh great I completed the first level. Wow 100 points! Oh I used the power for the first time that is necessary to complete this puzzle. 20 points! I don't seek out Achievements. Assassin's Creed's collect all 50 million flags? Yeah fuck that. I did collect some because they were there but I did not seek them out. I know you don't have to get them but they are generally forced down upon you just by doing the critical path. And they detract from the experience, at least I feel they do, as they sometimes pop up during a cinematic that is supposed to be poignant. I know that they can be turned off but that turns off all notifications so sometimes I don't know when my friends message me or whatever. However again that's a plus if playing a serious game.

I can tell you my most annoying Achievements. It was crushing 500 cubes in WALL-E while I was testing it. I can get 100 of the energy cubes no problem. But getting the rest is just tedious. I would complete the critical path and then go back to the first level and sit there for about 15 or 20 minutes just crushing cubes in order to get the damned Achievement for unlock. Will I do that again to get 1000 points? And waste 3 hours of my life? Fuck no!

Either way I know they're here to stay so I just end up mocking them instead.

How ya doing, buddy?