A new beta release for the Steam client includes scoped-achievements.
Achievements can now be split into game mode specific, DLC specific and seasonal specific achievements.
In theory, this will now allow players to achieve achievement completion, even though they’re not interested in the multiplayer aspect of a game.
Achievements fucken suck. Yes, let me do the predetermined thing the devs said and I will have committed achieve!
How is that different from completing the game itself?
Its a checklist the developers made for you. How is that anywhere near completing the game itself? I get this is my unpopular opinion but you dont need achievements to complete a game, or to track a game, or to prove you beat it. You can just play the game. Exceptions to this are things like SoT’s commendations that actually give you unlocks. I exclusively only do the ones that lead to some in game reward item or something. Achievement score go up feels like a microcosm of billionaire brain rot.
In a game with a quest log, you also have a literal checklist. What’s the difference between the two?
If I can achieve success within the game, why do I need an external graphic to indicate that I did so.
Quests give me xp and items? Achievements dont?
Depends on the game. Skyrim, for example, doesn’t always give a reward, especially for the main quest objectives, it only advances the plot. And Team Fortress 2 is one game I know that gives item rewards for achievements.
Achievements dont advance the plot either so why care about meta collectibles?
I get that most achievements are “Completed tutorial!” and annoying crap like that, but I generally find the more challenging ones enjoyable.
Or for my joke reply: If you don’t like them, then just achieve nothing 🙂
Yea, definitely enjoyed some of the challanges.
100% (or near enough) surviving Mars, and those were fun
Fun achievements:
Garbage achievements:
Let people have fun however they want to?
Sorry, since they annoy me nobody else is allowed to have fun with them either /s
Kind of but kind of not. I will look at them when I beat a game and it gives me a quick recap of what I might have missed. That usefulness varies wildly from game to game but sometimes I see an interesting challenge I want to try doing.
I cared when Bungie gave you the Recon armor set for having the vidmaster achievements. That was the last time.
Actually thats my biggest problem anymore but its more a microtransaction thing. You just dont earn cool stuff for doing challenges anymore. I love the few games that do give you something but it is fuckin RARE.
Gotta impress the shareholders. What? Fun? In the game? Shut up and buy this weapon skin for fifteen bucks.
With the down modding, dam and I thought reddit was an echo chamber…
I totally agree. I encountered them on playstation as trophies and thought there would be a 3D room you could explore all your trophies, maybe 3 or 4 per game total, finish the game and a few hard sub-bosses or quests. The reality was: walk across the room trophy, the save the game trophy, the pause while going to the bathroom trophy… Turned that shit off quick…