I've been addicted to unlocking achievements ever since I first played my Xbox360. This has gotten to the point where I'd rather play a 360 game over any other system's games just because of the achievements, or atleast this is what I think is happening. I have a Wii, and during the past week, I had my friend's PS3, and I could hardly play the Wii, let alone touch the PS3 because of the 360. I know that 360 has way more good games at this point in time, compared to the Wii, but I still have a few Wii games that I think are very awesome, such as RE4, SSBB, Metroid Prime 3, and well...ya >_>".Anyway, my point is, does anyone else feel that they'd rather play 360 games because of the achievements, or that achievements simply make 360 games last longer and become more fun? I think they're a great way to waste time, and offer no real reward (fix this, MS, you cheap b%@*#$), but they're oh so addicting, and make me feel like I've never really beaten a game until I've gotten all of them.As for the rewards, I think we should get something for getting certain achievements, or even a certain amount of achievement points.
Addicted to Achievements?
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, Mar 18 2008 03:59 AM
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Posted 18 March 2008 - 04:27 AM
Achievements are so nice. The message pops up and you're all like, OMG NO WAI!!! Achievements are also what give the 360 an edge in the console war. Other systems don't have it.
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Posted 20 March 2008 - 10:49 AM
I must say that Achievements are a nice perk. and iam just happy with the bragging rights it gives me don't really expect to get anything from it.
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Posted 21 March 2008 - 03:58 AM
LOL. Some achievements that you can obtain online are pretty pointless. Especially when there are those n00bs who call up a friend to kill him over and over.
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Posted 21 March 2008 - 06:35 AM
i don't get too much time to play my 360, but i do try and get acheivements without the internet (i don't look under the game in my dashboard either) so i do stuff the i think is achievement worthy and sometimes i get it sometimes i don't
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Posted 23 March 2008 - 04:53 PM
Im what you would say as an Achievement wh*re
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Posted 23 March 2008 - 06:44 PM
i love doing achievements. when u finish a game u now have something to do.
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Posted 23 March 2008 - 09:40 PM
I'm not too fused but a friend of mine is a self confesed 'whore' and reguarly writes guides to help other max out games... well apart from Avatar that's the quickest 1000 GP ever just two minuites of tapping B.
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Posted 25 March 2008 - 03:24 AM
Funny how something so simple adds so much to Xbox 360.
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Posted 25 March 2008 - 05:57 PM
First of all, good topic.Second of all, i am insanly addicted to achievments, and it really doesnt seem like something id be addicted to.Thirdly, i wish they gave you like 100 ms points for every thousand gamerpoints you got
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Posted 26 March 2008 - 01:08 AM
i think the whole achievement thing adds to tha satisfaction of the game, when you play a game there is satisfaction at the end of the game, but none throughout, so it gives a bit of satisfaction when there would ordinarily be none. and when you unlock a secret achievement it just makes you feel so good about yourself. and when your friends see that you have a score of 4550 as opposed to their 2700 it gives you such a great sense of pride (even though you know people have way higher scores)
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Posted 27 March 2008 - 12:29 AM
they arent necessary to achieve, but always something to try to get. Nothing wrong making an achievement.
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Posted 27 March 2008 - 07:45 PM
I think they are a great idea. For most games it gives you a challenge to do. Like Guitar hero 3 for instance, trying to get a 1000 noter streak was hard... and very rewarding in the end. I felt so pro.
I totally agree with your statement. Gears of War would be so unrewarding without achievments... and my gamer score is 9525 =Di think the whole achievement thing adds to tha satisfaction of the game, when you play a game there is satisfaction at the end of the game, but none throughout, so it gives a bit of satisfaction when there would ordinarily be none. and when you unlock a secret achievement it just makes you feel so good about yourself. and when your friends see that you have a score of 4550 as opposed to their 2700 it gives you such a great sense of pride (even though you know people have way higher scores)
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Posted 27 March 2008 - 08:56 PM
lets just put things this way. if they were pointless they wouldnt be there at all, game makers wouldnt waste any time and money putting pointless things in a game.
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Posted 27 March 2008 - 11:41 PM
acivements are cool and gave the 360 a better edge like somone else said on this forum but there kinda getting screwed because ps3 adding them
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Posted 31 March 2008 - 02:48 AM
Achievements are ok, but sometimes they're hard to get (which is fun).In sports games, however, like NBA Live 06, they only give you GSPoints for pointless things. I think there should be certain scores, like 30G for making Kobe Bryant score 60+ in a game or having Michael Finley sink six threes in a game.
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Posted 01 April 2008 - 02:38 AM
The Bragging rights alone are good enough for me,but getting something for being awesome is also good =).
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Posted 02 April 2008 - 05:19 AM
think there a lil dumb due really don't get anything for doing them all really get a little sign that says somthing
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Posted 06 April 2008 - 02:37 AM
acheivments are very addicting ...especially for singleplayer games and some multiplayer games
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Posted 06 April 2008 - 06:39 AM
i love the achievments, or at least most of them i hate ones that dont tell you what to do to obtain them or online ones because i have dialup and live in the woods where i can get internet fast enough to play
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Posted 06 April 2008 - 09:29 PM
it makes you go that extra mile in a game just to get the points 
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Posted 07 April 2008 - 07:59 AM
ACHIEVEMENTS = VERY VERY GOOD. im so addicted to trying to get my gamerscore way high. i just buy games for the sake of getting achievements!
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Posted 08 April 2008 - 02:03 AM
I'm an achievement whore, and I think bragging rights are enough.
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Posted 08 April 2008 - 03:39 AM
I try so hard to get all the achievement points possible but some are jus so damn hard!
