achievements and what theyve done to me!

I used to be able to pop in any title to whatever console i owned and just enjoy playing it. But now with achievements, i feel like if im not making progress towards one, its a waste of time or something. I dunno....its so silly but sometimes cant help but feel this way! WOT DO I DUE

go outside and play some sport or do some exercise aka get a life

I used to be able to pop in any title to whatever console i owned and just enjoy playing it. But now with achievements, i feel like if im not making progress towards one, its a waste of time or something. I dunno....its so silly but sometimes cant help but feel this way! WOT DO I DUE

sammyt555

go outside and play some sport or do some exercise aka get a life

tomtaraz

I feel the same way lol. That's why I really enjoy taking a break from Xbox once in a while and playing my DS, Wii, or PSP.

I know it is really addictive tho. I don't want to care about achievements, but for being a perfectionist, it pains me not to get all the achievements. And I know I don't have the ability to do so. There is nothing you can do about it. Achievements are the dark side of the force, once you touch it, you are scared forever. Just try to move on as much as possible.magicalclick

Amen to that. I think my OCD really developed thanks to acheivements.

Youll stop caring when you get30k+ gamerscore.

I did anyway.

There, there... it happens to the best of us, old friend.

yes i have that problem too dont feel alone my friend

I need to get more XBox 360 games for one thing because I only have 2 right now. I think it's good to try to get at least half the achievements of a game.

Achievements are a cool nerd-cred, I think, but there's no sense busting your chops for them when they have no value in the real world.

I'm so/so on the achievement thing. It definitely adds a nice challenge to games that you might otherwise finish a bit faster. Before 360 days my usual MO would be to play a game until I beat it and then move on for the most part. Not to mention the fact that I push myself to play at higher difficulties which also never used to matter to me. I guessit has changed my approach to gaming too in some ways. I'm not way overboard with it though. I refuse to do a lot of the more time consuming achievements. (like the pigeon one on GTA4) Some of them are just way too redundant and pointless to even bother with!

they should have made it so u can trade achievment points for microsoft points then they would have actually been useful. i guess they give you a reason to keep playing the game after you beat it but no one really cares except for you

The way I look at achievements, I'll play through a game and get whatever achievements unlock for beating the game, then I'll continue to play the game afterward to unlock the achievements. Honestly, I feel Achievements extend the life of the game

I had the same thing happen to me, but I've slowly drifted out of it. It just takes time to fall back into the groove you once had, trust me :D