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Trophies or Troubles? What Do Gaming Achievements Mean to You?

Brady Ruiters from ITF Gaming writes: Achievements and Trophies are somewhat new to the gaming world, only really appearing during the current generation of consoles. There have always been challenges within games to perform certain tasks but there wasn’t always tangible evidence or rewards for completing them.

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pr0t0typeknuckles3996d ago

i love my trophies/achievements,and i dont understand why people hate them,maybe its because of the braggers then i could understand,but i like my trophy/achievement because 1 they display feats in a game that most probably never acquire and 2 they add replay value.

ScubbaSteve3996d ago

I don't really hate them I just don't pay attention to them anymore. I enjoy seeing cleverly named achievements when something interesting happens but I've not cared about them since the first Assassin's Creed game where they wanted you to go around and collect 200 items. I find those types of achievements beyond tedious and it ruined them for me.

JoGam3996d ago

I don't know why people hate them. I for one love my trophies and loved my achievements when I had a 360. For me having trophies makes a already great game more gratifying. As for those games that suck, trophies/achievements means nothing.

DragonKnight3996d ago

"What Do Gaming Achievements Mean to You?"

Nothing. I play games for the game and could live without trophies/achievements.

I_LOVE_MYSELF3996d ago

"I play games for the game".

Trophies are pretty much a part of the game now. A semi optional part of the game, but still a part.

DragonKnight3996d ago

Nah. They aren't. If they were, you couldn't have a game without trophies. But, you can. It's only a perception that they are a part of the game. If there is anyone who can't play games without trophies, they aren't a gamer, they're a trophy whore.

Honest_gamer3996d ago (Edited 3996d ago )

Achievements are great love them, trophies are OKAY im not a fan of the whole system dont like how i can ave every trophy bar one gold and only be like 70% done, the achievement system just works better for me, i do lke the levels, i DO NOT like the stupid long sync you have to do with psn, if u plat a new game takes ages and im on a 20MB con, best you get around my area so i know its not my connection.

Both are great for re-playability thought some games theres just no reason to replay them, but if thye have trophies then you have a reason

admiralvic3996d ago (Edited 3996d ago )

Way to over exaggerate... 1 gold trophy away from the platinum will always be (unless there is DLC) 91% . Not like this is really that different from Achievements though, if you're missing 1 achievement worth 90+ points (these do exist, just like 0 point achievements exist too, though they're typically just platinums), then you're still only at 91% (or less) overall.

Honest_gamer3996d ago

later on i'll take a pic and prove u wrong when i get home :)

admiralvic3996d ago (Edited 3996d ago )

Feel free, but before you make a fool of yourself... DLC counts against your overall 100% (as I mentioned), which is PROBABLY what you're seeing. Like GamerJet ( http://psnprofiles.com/trop... ) has the Spelunker platinum, yet their overall percent is 43% due to all the DLC (still displays the platinum image if you platinum, so people know even if you have 1% due to an impossibly high amount of DLC that you still platinumed). Also before you waste your time, I can tell you that trophies have fixed values.

Honest_gamer3996d ago (Edited 3996d ago )

tis okay im playing a game thats not dlc one piece pirate warriors, 87% or so with 1 left to get so i'll admit above 70% that i said but below ur "fixed" 91% (with no dlc)

strigoi8143996d ago

trophies are fine for replayability of a certain game

JeepGamer3996d ago

They mean less than nothing to me. You could take away every single one I've ever earned and turn them off completely and I would be happy.

'Hey, I'll take my save data over to my buddies house... LOL! I can't, because somebody might be getting trophies that way... Sorry!'

admiralvic3996d ago (Edited 3996d ago )

"'Hey, I'll take my save data over to my buddies house... LOL! I can't, because somebody might be getting trophies that way... Sorry!'"

You do realize that that wasn't the reason it was removed, right? Sony implemented the "You did not earn a trophy" ( http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/PEpd... ) system to prevent people from simply loading another persons game save to get trophies. So if a developer wanted you to play with another persons save file, they can always just implement that and thus makes you point moot.

DragonKnight3996d ago

Game Genie for PS3 can make anyone's save file into your save file.

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KEMCO ditch the RPGS for a horror Visual Novel - Horrific Xanatorium

Available right now on Xbox, PlayStation, Switch and PC is the latest from a prolific KEMCO team - Horrific Xanatorium; a horror Visual Novel

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Ar Tonelico Qoga: Knell Of Ar Ciel Retro Review – Love Conquers All

Gary Green said: You’ll be forgiven if you haven’t heard of the Ar Tonelico trilogy. The previous two games arrived so late in the PS2’s life-cycle that they simply went unnoticed. While most were tinkering with their shiny new PS3s, Ar Tonelico: Melody of Elemia and Ar Tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica were being ‘returned to sender’ by your local Game stores. Luckily, you won’t need to have played them to understand and appreciate this third and final chapter, Qoga (pronounced k-yoga) tells the story of a racial war between humans and Reyvateils, a breed of biologically produced female cyborgs capable of reproduction, while still having a digital mind.

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Giga_Gaia4h ago

Oh my god. I kinda wish this would get a remaster on PS5, it would be awesome. One of my favorite games on PS3.

That and 3D Dot Game Heroes. It's a shame that some stuff is stuck on PS3.

Knightofelemia2h ago

Ar Tonelico 3 is good I still prefer the first AT game. The music is solid in all the games and Akiko Shikata is a very talented singer bringing life to the game. Only annoying part is well I find is Saki I always choose Finnel or Tyria. KOEI so needs to HD remaster the franchise along with Ar Nosurge and Ciel Nosurge since it never came to North America. I would day one the Ar Toneliceo games and Ar Nosurge if they were remastered.

TheColbertinator1h ago

I still have the limited edition of Qoga unopened. Unfortunately it never went up in value like I had hoped all these years.

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The hacking adventure "Cyber Manhunt 2: New World" is coming to PC via Steam EA on May 10th, 2024

"The Singapore-based indie games publisher Spiral Up Games and Qingdao/Shandong-based (China) indie games developer Aluba Studio, today announced with great happiness and excitement that their hacking adventure "Cyber Manhunt 2: New World" is coming to PC via Steam EA on May 10th, 2024." - Jonas Ek, TGG.