i dont go online with the profile...so it cant be for showing off...its just a good way to finish a game 100% without having to go into the game and checking stuff if its complete or not...plus it is a good feeling :P
I cant play games without achievements any more because I like to have something to show from the games I play and the achievements do this very well. They also extend the life of the games by offering a reward for doing thins you would never normally do.
I couldn't care less about achievments...I play only for the fun/entertainment. Oey666
For some people, fun and entertainment can come from unlocking achievements. I enjoy getting achievements. I don't obsess over them, though. I think my achievement unlock percentage is less than 50%.
I get achievements because they unlock automatically when I meet certain criteria. I rarely go out of my way to get achievements, they just unlock as I go.
I'll play a game first time through without having the acheivements popping up. I'll turn them on afterwards and check what ones I still need to get. Usually I try and get as many acheivements as I can for a game. I think acheivements can provide more life to certain games (or in othercases ... destroy them *cough* Last Airbender *cough*) However I don't show my acheivements off to folk. If I've got a higher gamerscore than someone .. who cares!
i like achievements but i dont obsess over them or anything, if i get them its nice if i dont im not to concerned, although i do usually look through the achievements after i have completed a game, and if there i anything easy or quick to get that i have missed i will usually go get it, but only after iv finished the game.
also if i really enjoyed a game i will usually go back and play it through on the hardest difficulty, to get those achievements, but only if i really enjoyed it first time through......
Why do you guys get achievements show off, or maybe just that good feeling?
lender74
I love that rewarding feeling you get when you here the little "Bloop" sound. Its the best sound in the world. But I guess everyone has a little want in them to show off their gamerscore.
i get acheivments for fun and to prove to people that i beat games on a higher difficulty with halo 3 i beat it on heroic and im not a die hard halo player
I like completing everything. It looks nice on my profile to have 1000/1000. It's fun to challenge myself, have something to do when there's nothing else to play - Adds replay value. I'm more into games completed than overall gamerscore.
Before achievements, the only games I ever went out of my way to complete everything was the Resident Evil series(last one being RE4 doing all the extra challenges and what-have-you). Then I got a 360 and found out the achievements was like a laundry list of special tasks to complete within every game. I like achievements in certain games.
I'm missing like 4 achievements in Gears 2, but they're online achievements(reach level 100 and Seriously 2.0) and those are usually the ones I tend not to go after because they are tedious and mostly unfun(READ: grinding).
I find getting achievements fun. I think it adds longevity and a little "pizaz" to some games. But I don't go out of my way to get all the achievements in a game... no no.
About 90% of the time it isn't really a choice. The other 10% I do because it's easy and won't take much of my time. I never try to get ones that won't be fun to get or that will take a long time.
Often for the added challenge. Occasionally though, a set of achievements will make you try something different, suggesting you play a game in a way you wouldn't normally. Achievements that encourage you to experiment within a game are the best ones!
I go after achieves to compete with my friends. I love being able to say that I have a higher gamerscore than them. Does it mean anything? No. Is it fun to rub in anyways? Yes.
Achievements, when done right, challenge you to get the most out of the game and add some replay value after an initial playthrough. For instance, Dragon Age gives you 2 separate achievements at the end of each main mission depending on who you choose to side with, meaning that the game encourages you to do a second playthrough to see the outcome of the "other" choice and get another achievement for it.
I have OCD and have to try and get them all. ;___; Granted, I can overcome myself if I absolutely hate a game. At that point, I would just try to get as much as possible.
Achievements are pretty neat, but i won't go out of my way to get them unless i really like the game (Assassins creed 2 for example). I'd never do anything rediculously long and boring just to get one though.
I get achievements all the time randomly. I dont know who the **** is determining that I did something achievement worthy, but I hate the fact some guy is watching me play games all the time.
I find achievements to be an amusing extension of the game when you've already beaten it. It has been an innovative way to add replay value to a game that normally would be a one-and-done deal.
I like getting achievements more for a sense of accomplishment, and I like the challenge associated with some of them, although I don't go too incredibly far out of my way to get them though.
I've been a massive fan of achievements since the start and was one of the reasons why i sold a ps3 to change to the 360!
For me achievements do loads of things:
Extend the life of a game
Help you get through games that you maybe don't enjoy that much.
Sense of achievement when getting challenging ones.
Give purpose to your play when not simply concentrating on completing the game.
I suppose they can show of a bit of skill, but generally not.
Coded12
this. I spent hours on cod4 to get 1000g why? I got nothing directly, but I gota sense of achievement and completion. I could say that I completed 'mile high club' on veteran etc. If it wasn't for achievements I would have probably just played the game through one on casual/easy difficulty.
I get them because they pop up when i do certain things in games. Every once in a while, I'll do something specific just for the achievement, but usually not. I think people get way too obsessed over gamerscore. It does a bad job of showing skills, time played, or much else for that matter. Especially since most gamers are multi-system gamers.
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