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Have Achievements ruined games?
Wake[of]theBunT:
I think achievements in our game is 500% win. Simply because ge64 could never do it in this sense. We have a blank and epic canvas for this implementation. I still get a better buzz from the "awards" because they are good fun and throw at you positive and negative sides of the award. Which is a better lesson.
As for retail games, I dont play any really that have achievements. And I see this debate in the article is mostly dealing with XBL gaming. Which i never got into :)
killermonkey:
I don't give two shits about achievements. I would rather have a game that is fun to play then one with 500 achievements. It gets annoying after a while, trolling through TF2's achievement list is laughable and sad at the same time.
I think, biased opinion here, we have struck a good balance between fun achievements and hard achievements with GES. As a mod we take what we like and hate about retail games and strike that middle line. That is essentially the power of modding, being able to take from all other games and make the uber game.
Achievements haven't ruined gaming, people who obsess about achievements have ruined gaming (no offense Jeron). Achievement farming is despicable and counter to the nature of gaming itself. Playing GE64 the achievement was being able to punch your friend for armor camping....
Konrad Beerbaum:
Personally, I don't really care about achievements, if I complete them it is because they are fun to do, or unlock something meaningful like new game modes and stuff like that. Otherwise I ignore them.
One of the benefits of achievements as a game developer is that you can use them to encourage experimentation with certain types of gameplay that players might not otherwise discover.
Jeron [SharpSh00tah]:
--- Quote from: killermonkey on March 31, 2010, 06:29:02 pm ---
(no offense Jeron).
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Lmfao, we are on the same page lol I already said one who is obsessed about the game should not be playing in the first place.
killermonkey:
Oh, I missed the point of this post lol. I didn't realize the first part was a quote from the website.....
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