How much do you care about achievement points?

[Optimallife]

I just enjoy playing the games, but I've got a friend who's obsessed with getting every achievement before he will put a game down.

[BobTD]

they are just sort of there. I dont specifically go for them. I did for MassEffect when I saw I only had one or two left. But it would have to be a game I really liked for me to care.

[paecmaker]

I think its funny with achivements and if there are a few I can take without to much effort I will try. But im not a die hard fan so I dont replay the games just because of achievments.

[EpsilonX]

I rather like collecting trophies/achievements, but it doesn't bug me if I don't get them all.

[Mizel]

It’s weird cause some game’s I love getting achis and some I could care less about…. like WoW I was all about it. But take a game like…. Infamous or something and I don’t really care.

[Kink3bird]

It’s weird cause some game’s I love getting achis and some I could care less about…. like WoW I was all about it. But take a game like…. Infamous or something and I don’t really care.

I'm the same way. If I'm a big fan of the game, like Dante's Inferno, Condemned, weird games that kinda hit my soft spot I will treat like my baby and try unlocking everything for.

But if it's like MW3 or BF3 or some **** I just hop online to play when I get home then I could care less.

[EpsilonX]

After I beat Demons Souls, I still wanted to play so I took a lot of time and tried to get a lot of the trophies. Eventually I got bored of it though haha. Some games I just don't care enough to try.

I've never gotten a platinum though. I'm 1 away from the platinum on God of War, but I don't feel like playing through the game in 5 hours haha

[Synge]

they are just sort of there. I dont specifically go for them. I did for MassEffect when I saw I only had one or two left. But it would have to be a game I really liked for me to care.

Pretty much the same for me.


The extent of my caring: *achievement icon pops up* 'Oh look an achievement.'

[Exodyus]

I enjoy something to work towards in a really good game. Like Borderlands, it gives me something to do when I'm at Level 69 and at the end of Playthrough 2. Lol.

I'm not sure, but I know I have about 6-7 more achievements for PC and I'm finished with that game, just in time for Borderlands 2...

All in all, I don't run-and-gun for Achievements, but it's nice to know if you're close to something tangible that's beyond the in-game play itself.

[egg-whites333]

Pretty much the same for me.


The extent of my caring: *achievement icon pops up* 'Oh look an achievement.'

thats me right there :P

[Dhevix]

They're a nice touch; I'm a sucker for collectibles so if I'm in the right mood I'll spend a while actively trying to get them. I suppose it's just another activity to do; just the same as I might have spent time trying to pull off glitches or 'easter eggs' back when....

Otherwise, I'm not awfully bothered. I'll usually scan over the list and see if there's anything I may as well pick up, they also sometimes give a bit more of an overview of what to expect in the game, too.

[Dess]

It depends on the game....

Like... Bulletstorm... those Achievements were freaking HILARIOUS and I just had to try.

[Sunsetforgotten]

Bulletstorm has some awesome achievements. Overall, I don't really care. I enjoyed games prior to achievements that just had miscellaneous side-quest/rewards. I don't need some trophy to show off how much of a game I've explored.

[EpsilonX]

Oh, I forgot to add. While its fun to get achievements and stuff...I have never cared what my gamerscore was. Some people are all like get the game for xbox so i can play it i need the achievement points!! its like...why does it matter?

[LemonRising]

If the achievements make me laugh, I'm more likely to go for em, but it's not something I usually do.

I would like to get a lot more TF2 achievements <:

[khanzach]

I just like playing te game first then getting all the unlockables

[CoDFreak]

I'll check out the achievments and if they look interesting I'll go for it but it really depends on how fun the game is and how outrageous the achievments are. Some are just ridiculous to go for and some are just ridiculously easy, so it really just depends on the game.

[Trunks]

Depends on the game really, I normally try to go for all the achievements. It's hard to beat the game 4 or 5 times to get them if it's not that great of a game. The Call of Duty's I normally go for all the achievements, except for black ops because the Veteran Campaign is impossible. I don't know it really depends on how much I like the game I guess.

[CraeSC111]

Only game I've cared about achievements for is heavy rain. Totally awesome game

[Mordry]

I don't care about Achievments or there points, not even a little bit.

I mean: What is a game that can only keep itself alive with the help of Achievments? In my opinion that's not really a game anymore it's a "who's got the biggest ****?" Challenge for the achievment hunters.

[hidekipooj]

I'll look at everything needed for a platinum trophy and if it's something I think I"ll have fun with I'll go for it. Plus most of the time it requires you to 100% the game anyways which you should always try to do.

[nakarumi]

I'm a sucker for wanting to try to complete everything and anything in a game but I really suppose it has to do with how LONG it'll take to reach 100% completion. I'm a perfectionist but can only take but so much of my own perfectionism. :P

[CraeSC111]

What I hate are achievements that give too many gamer points for too little effort.

[Trunks]

lol why? those are the best ones, same thing happens with the ones that take hours and hours and you only get 10 points for it. They make up for it.

[CraeSC111]

No its just horrible. I played oblivion and beat the game 100% all the achievements. Max level in everything. Every quest complete. And then I played need for speed for 3 hours and got twice as many gamer points for doing nothing. And I hated the game too

[nakarumi]

No its just horrible. I played oblivion and beat the game 100% all the achievements. Max level in everything. Every quest complete. And then I played need for speed for 3 hours and got twice as many gamer points for doing nothing. And I hated the game too

It always seems to come out that way. Never quite seems to meet our expectations and/or desires from the game. =/

[Trunks]

Lol, well if you were going for achievements you wasted a lot of time going for things that there aren't achievements for. You don't have to completely every quest or get max level on anything, let alone everything.

Oblivion is a rather easy game to get achievements on, one play through, no chance of missing anything really. I got most of them on that game I believe, they're all just completely the guilds and main story. I don't think I ever completed the fighters guild or mages guild. Too boring for me.

[CraeSC111]

I had fun getting all of the achievements on oblivion. Was interesting finding all the quests

[nakarumi]

So now I'm aiming to get the achievements on Dance Central 2. Am I going to have a stroke trying to get them all? Maybe... we'll see. :laugh1:

[ejay16us]

I kinda like the achievements/trophies. I will only try to get them if the benefit is worth the time and effort. Some variables to weigh in this equation are: fun factor of the game, fun factor of the achievement, amount of time needed for the achievement, and total value of the achievement (point total or type of trophy). Either way, I am guilty of scanning over a game that I like to see if there are any trophies I should get.

[Hyper_Reality]

I focus more on the main storyline and multiplayer. Once I've completed the main story and played multiplayer enough to the point where I'm not addicted to it anymore, I'll start working on achievements.

[tr1cee]

I really don't care for them. To a certain point. I would go through the story and get the ones that I can get through the story mode but that's really it. I might achieve one without trying to. But again I don't really care

[KillzyazMadness]

Not a lot really, I have had 2 accounts so the second time around I stopped caring at all.

[Bertrum]

I try my best to get all the achievements once I have completed a game like, it's nice getting 1000/1000 or w/e it is they offer :D

[Slay]

When I started editing game saves, I cracked my 360, now whenever I play a game, I get every achievement.
If it wasn't for that I would have no Gamer Points, but even if I didn't have it I am obsessed with getting the good achievements, (100GPish)

[XnewxskinX]

I only care about achievements after I have beat a game. If it is something I think I can complete to 100% I will go for it... If not (I am not online and some achievements require it) I don't bother and hope I got all the ones I could while playing...

[White_Mamba]

Like some other people said it depends on the game some achievements are fun to get some are not simple as that

[Cappabianco]

I beat the Game then if i like it i might proceed to try and get achievement's but in general i do not go for them.

[Wolftrap]

Honestly achievements add replay value but for some odd reason I care about them a lot. I will deliberately go out of my way to get them If I know they're something I can achieve :P and get annoyed when they put the ridiculously difficult to obtain items like "be the top of a certain leaderboard at the end of a season crap"

[blaze4556]

To me there just pixels now, completely ignore them

[CraeSC111]

They are more than just pixels! They are also a few lines of code. What do you think controls those tiny little pixels :p

[blaze4556]

ok then they are just code to me :p

[Wolftrap]

*sniff* leave my coded pixels alone :( lol

[nakarumi]

Hey pixels are amazing! Where would GaiaOnline or Ragnarok have been without them?! D:<

[M0LT3N]

I have never really cared about achievement points. I think they have the points so that you can tell your friends you have more than them, but overall they are a good idea.

[ToughOldGirl]

I really like achievements because I feel in the long run, for me, it keeps the game alive. Unless they're multiplayer achievements, then I hate 'em cos I am really not a big 'multiplayer' person. Like, "Win 100 matches" is horrible for me. :(

[All4PS]

At first, when I bought my x360 I didin't care about achievements, but everything changed when I boughy my PS3 (it has trophies that work in the same way). I just LOVE collecting throphies, they turn even the worst games irto something worh finishing

[KaiserAckerman]

Nope, I play to play.
Just screwing around with my friends
is all I need.

[Bunny Bones]

For the most part I'm not very competitive when it comes to the achievement points, but between my husband and myself, we are very competitive to see who can achieve something first or who has more points haha