Ryan writes: Achievement whores. Trophy sluts. Point chasers.
Every gamer knows at least one. A friend who cannot stop talking about how bad the games they play are, but insist they must beat them due to some delusional sense of duty. A friend who insists on showing off the items they earned for their XBL Avatar or their Home character. A friend who has fully completed more games than you own, but is unable to tell you how any of those games were other than good/bad or easy/difficult. A friend who plays games like Takeru Kobayashi eats hot dogs.
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I will say that Trophies are more enjoyable than Achievements SIMPLY BECAUSE of the Platinum Trophy. With Trophies theres actually a reward for getting 100%, where as Xbox, more than often I see someone with 100K+ gamerscore and 600-700/1000 achievemetns gained.
......... Can't I just be a Trophy Whore as well as a Chivo Whore?
although trophy whore does sound better tbh.
I also love trophies as much as the next guy but only for games I like. can't really understand why whoring on games you don't even like! I bought into GTAIV hype and didn't even bother finishing it let alone whoring for trophies! now I guess there are many more sandbox games that are just as good in story and is actually FUN to play! inFAMOUS, JC2(the story is CRAP though), The Saboteur etc. I'm working on The Saboteur's Platinum at the moment, which has insane amount of things to be done (1000+ sabotage ffs!) while waiting for my KZ3 copy to arrive! thank god pissing off the Nazis feels so good. and now I think I miss Pandemic. Merc2 was undeniably garbage but Saboteur is actually quite good.
kinda frustrated that I just got refunded from 1 store due to all the steelbook edition are sold out and I just ordered from another store. hopefully will get it in 2 days!
Trophies and achievements are a perfect way of increasing a games replay value.
One thing I hate is people who play the games they hate just because it may have easy awards. That's no way to be a gamer.
yeah. kinda agree with that but if only the game itself is good! before Trophies I just tend to finish games following the story and seldom go for collectibles and side stories and stuff. but with trophies, I started doing these stuff and find them equally good but some games are just pushing it and this is when I just stop doing them altogether. good games like Uncharted, I play them on every difficulty just for the fun of it but due to not having too much times for gaming, if a game is good and worth playing like Batman AA, MoH etc. I'll go straight for Hard to wrap up the difficulty trophies.
Only for games i enjoy though.
By the way.. it wasn't easy ( however elite on KZ3 was easier than elite on KZ2).
I too am compelled to tackle the fantastic platinum trophy on each game I purchase (14 PTs and counting)
My Plat top category:
Most fun: Uncharted 1
Most tedious: Mafia 2
Most difficult: Mass effect 2
My guilty platinum: Mini Ninja (well done game)
I apologize for any typos - sent this from my phone.
that's some funny shit! XD
Pros: You can see how far a friend has played the game (could also be a con due to time or interest in the game). You can see what types of game your friend plays. It does add replay value.
Cons: People/friends who say they buy a game for trophies/achievements. Bragging rights. Can distract the focus on the game itself (you just play the game for trophies without caring about the story etc).
The best game that has replay value in my opinion that has no trophies is MGS4 (this gen). I think that Heavy Rain and GT5 should not have had trophies at the start. You get trophies in game in GT5 so that is rewarding in a way. The story and interaction in Heavy Rain was excellent.