Trophies: A waste of time?

Are they? Discuss.

What do I think? Well, at first I was like oh sweet this should be fun, but after getting everything in Uncharted I was sick of trophy hunting and it was draining my time like no other. I have almost all the trophies in GTA 4 but I completely lost the drive to get the rest of them, and LBP seems ridiculous to get the platinum trophy for.

I sort of wish Sony didn't follow Microsoft's trend and incorporated this into their system.

I think trophies arent that much of a waste of time ae... I dont really try to get them to much but if u have them no harm in having them.... Also it aint that bad kause they give u something to do if u've finished a game and u just feel like playing it... They're like the optional missions in some games...

I think trophies are a good thing, but I don't think they implement them very well.

The sense of accomplishment that one feels once they beat the game, or even a boss is boosted when they discover they got a trophy for it! That is a great time to give a trophy. But when developers make it so that you have to beat the game without dieing or collect all treasures in a game in order to get a trophy...that is just too far!

I could see maybe if they offered some sort of secret movie if you collected enough trophies and stuff...but you don't get anything except for a VIRTUAL trophy. It feels kind've like a rip off if you ask me. I think they put them in games in order to get people to play the game for hours beyond what they usually would.

That is my oppinion!

-Storm

Sepewrath i also agree with u.... Some trophy requirements are just ridiculous but some are okay... Like in little big planet u get a trophy for just making a planet... But like u say in uncharted kill 50 enemies with grenades while hanging from a ledge, thats just being f*ckin stupid....

Personally I think going out of your way for trophies is a waste, they add absolutely nothing to the game. But unlike the developers I'm not forced to accept trophies, so I get some just by doing what I normally do, others I dont get because I dont pursue them. Like take Uncharted "Get 50 kills with grenades while hanging from a ledge" thats just stupid. If they are going to try and entice people into pursuing these things they need to better incorporate them into the gameplay. Instead of forcing you to deviate from the way you usually to play or go to some ridiculous extreme.Sepewrath

What 50 from hanging from a ledge. I dont know what you are talking about. It is like 10. Which you can do on your first playthrough which I di and din't even know it was a trophy.

I think trophies are a good thing, but I don't think they implement them very well.

The sense of accomplishment that one feels once they beat the game, or even a boss is boosted when they discover they got a trophy for it! That is a great time to give a trophy. But when developers make it so that you have to beat the game without dieing or collect all treasures in a game in order to get a trophy...that is just too far!

I could see maybe if they offered some sort of secret movie if you collected enough trophies and stuff...but you don't get anything except for a VIRTUAL trophy. It feels kind've like a rip off if you ask me. I think they put them in games in order to get people to play the game for hours beyond what they usually would.

That is my oppinion!

-Storm

stshrive

Why would they care how long you play. All they care about is if you BUY the game, not how long you play.

Well considering video games are technically speaking a waste of time, then yes, anything to do with them is by default also a waste of time.

I didnt mean it literally I was just throwing out a random number, but it does have that 50 kills with every weapon thing.Sepewrath

That one is easy as well. I got all of them in one playthrough besides one which was the shotgun. WOW!!!!

1) it is artificial gameplay to make the players think the game lasts longer

2) it makes all players play the same way, I like to play sometimes rushed sometimes taking my time, sometimes gettingbonuses, sometimes just do the story

3) it comes from the "achievements", created by Microsoft to satiate insecure kiddos ; I find the idea quite offensive, now we'll have people bragging "yeah, I got 2 plats and you none", this is not fun gameplay, competition shouldn't be in video gaming

1) it is artificial gameplay to make the players think the game lasts longer

2) it makes all players play the same way, I like to play sometimes rushed sometimes taking my time, sometimes gettingbonuses, sometimes just do the story

3) it comes from the "achievements", created by Microsoft to satiate insecure kiddos ; I find the idea quite offensive, now we'll have people bragging "yeah, I got 2 plats and you none", this is not fun gameplay, competition shouldn't be in video gaming

TheTenth10

read what I put in red. So you don't believe in online gaming I assume? Because that is all competition. Competition is good for everyone. Because you will never be better if you are not pushed by someone else who might be better than you. What I mean is if someone is better than you, you might put better effort into it to make yourslef better.

[QUOTE="Sepewrath"]I didnt mean it literally I was just throwing out a random number, but it does have that 50 kills with every weapon thing.Diddies

That one is easy as well. I got all of them in one playthrough besides one which was the shotgun. WOW!!!!

[QUOTE="Diddies"]

[QUOTE="Sepewrath"]I didnt mean it literally I was just throwing out a random number, but it does have that 50 kills with every weapon thing.Sepewrath

That one is easy as well. I got all of them in one playthrough besides one which was the shotgun. WOW!!!!

Well when you know that you need 50 kills with each weapon, you intend to go for it (at least I did) and I received all of them except the shotgun one. I don't care if you believe me or not.

[QUOTE="Diddies"]

[QUOTE="Sepewrath"]I didnt mean it literally I was just throwing out a random number, but it does have that 50 kills with every weapon thing.Sepewrath

That one is easy as well. I got all of them in one playthrough besides one which was the shotgun. WOW!!!!

Um.. Yes I did. I used a walkthrough to locate all of the treasures as I was playing.

1) it is artificial gameplay to make the players think the game lasts longer

2) it makes all players play the same way, I like to play sometimes rushed sometimes taking my time, sometimes gettingbonuses, sometimes just do the story

3) it comes from the "achievements", created by Microsoft to satiate insecure kiddos ; I find the idea quite offensive, now we'll have people bragging "yeah, I got 2 plats and you none", this is not fun gameplay, competition shouldn't be in video gaming

TheTenth10

I agree with you. But I don't understand the last line. I guess you mean "competing trophies"?

it rly depends...the trophie add replay value to games.

well i never try to get trophics...so to me theyre not a waste of time

Are they? Discuss.

What do I think? Well, at first I was like oh sweet this should be fun, but after getting everything in Uncharted I was sick of trophy hunting and it was draining my time like no other. I have almost all the trophies in GTA 4 but I completely lost the drive to get the rest of them, and LBP seems ridiculous to get the platinum trophy for.

I sort of wish Sony didn't follow Microsoft's trend and incorporated this into their system.

AtomVamp308

1) it is artificial gameplay to make the players think the game lasts longer

2) it makes all players play the same way, I like to play sometimes rushed sometimes taking my time, sometimes gettingbonuses, sometimes just do the story

3) it comes from the "achievements", created by Microsoft to satiate insecure kiddos ; I find the idea quite offensive, now we'll have people bragging "yeah, I got 2 plats and you none", this is not fun gameplay, competition shouldn't be in video gaming

TheTenth10

trophies are nice when you put it like this

from 2009 and on every game must have trophies so then your friends can know how many games you have when they compare trophies with you,

but it sucks that it is really frustrating when the trophies are really hard,

and most people will hear some guy say that some game has easy trophies in it, so then the guy will feel like buying that game even if it sucks