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The Number One Way to Ruin a Game

PS Analog writes, "The number one way to ruin a good game for me is to add trophies."

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Bagogames4832d ago

I hate it when there is that one near impossible trophy preventing me from achieving a platinum, and I mean HATE it. Otherwise I wholly think trophies are a great benefit, and if certain games were granted full trophy patches I would go back and play them again.

FriedGoat4832d ago

I agree, There is no bad side to trophies, they can only add more to a game.

kza4832d ago

U say theres no bad side LOL go play Hanna Montanna JUST for trophies, thats when trophies get out of hand and abit sad imo.

kza4832d ago

Addict i bet u have Hannah Montanna and Terminator plats. THATS the bad side of trophies.

FriedGoat4831d ago (Edited 4831d ago )

Look at what i said. Why trophy hunt if you don't like them? If trophies arent there you have nothing to complain about. If they are, then its an extra bonus. No downside.
People Disagreeing are morons. I don't understand, If i release a game with 10 objectives and no trophies they are saying that a game with 10 objectives and 15 trophies isn't advantageous?
More Content is NEVER a downside.

PS-Analog4832d ago

Trophies can add to games. But sometimes they take away the fun and that defeats the purpose of a game. We like to get the trophies but when they make trophies just to prolong a game with meaninless trophies then it gets a bit tedious.

Ilovetheps54832d ago

I think that if you don't like trophies, then just ignore them. If you don't enjoy a game that much, there is no reason to go for platinum. Trophies are just there to allow you to get more out of a game. Video games are expensive and I love trophies because I'm able to play a game much longer. But if trophies are taking away the fun of a game, don't go for the trophies and ignore them.

CarlitoBrigante4832d ago

How can trophies take away the fun? You don't have to get trophies in order to play or finish your games.

admiralvic4832d ago

@ CarlitoBrigante

That's not true. Some games like MAG are several times worse because there are trophies. Countless times you will see people do whatever they please for a trophy. This includes allowing enemies to win, trying to stay alive, team killing, and much more. Even a few people trying for a trophy can ruin the experience.

This is also true for a lot of online experiences.

Demo 2.0 caused people to focus on blowing up buildings in Bad Company 2.
Medal / Awards cause people to play differently to achieve them. This is very common in games like Section 8.
Level forces a lot of people to start boosting the online. Some games like Quantum Theory is literally impossible to platinum without boosting.
Leaderboard trophies cause some people to be greedy and lock others out. This was true for Fight Night and others try to glitch the board to a point where it's impossible to do legit.

Trophies like this definately cause people to find the online far worse. Even simple things like "Win 3 fights in a row" in a fighting game, can cause people to play the cheapest fighters doing the cheapest things. While you might not care, simply having someone who does can ruin your fun.

AusRogo4832d ago (Edited 4832d ago )

Such as Resistance FoM!

@bagogames I mean as in id go back and play it if they bought out trophies for it.. But yes I agree about trophies like that.

Bagogames4832d ago

And Killzone 2. Anything trophy that relies on the online community to remain active is a poor decision.

Ilovetheps54832d ago

Yeah Bagogames, I haven't bought SSX yet. But I believe there is a trophy where you have to go on a mountain with 50K people. That will most likely be impossible if I buy the game this summer. Luckily I got the KZ2 online trophies the first week it was out.

Ilovetheps54832d ago

I love trophies because they give me replayability and objective. After I beat a game I used to either put it back on the shelf or play through the game again. But now, instead of just playing through a game again, I am encouraged to go back and 100% a game making the game last longer. I enjoy trophies personally. But if I don't like a game I'm not going to play it just to platinum it.

tarbis4832d ago (Edited 4832d ago )

Lol! Why do you look at the trophies before starting a game when you don't care about them? That's just stupid.
What ruins a game is not trophies but episodic dlcs. That's pure crap. Why do I need to buy a dlc about someone's past or an epilogue just to know what the gang's been up to after the game when it should be included in the game right away?

Tzuno4832d ago

true, some achievements and trophies just make you loose time and fun.

MysticStrummer4832d ago

Trophies and Achievements both give the illusion that we're getting more content when it seems to me that we're actually getting less content these days. I don't hate them, but I see them as a cheap illusion and I don't care about getting them at all.

Kaos_Vll4831d ago

FINALLY! I can't believe how many suckers have been fooled into thinking that Trophies and Achievements add ANYTHING to a game when in reality they add NOTHING.

The very things you do to earn a trophy use to earn you a costume or a weapon or SOMETHING USEFUL IN-GAME. Now all you get is a ding and have to pay(dlc) to get what used to be included to give you a reason to go back and play.

Leave it to this gen of gamers to praise something that takes content away from the game and adds NOTHING.

You people need to wake up and realize you are being ripped off not rewarded.

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lukasmain1d 8h ago

I hope it's a remake of the 1st game. But it's probably just the PS5 version of Red Dead Redemption 2

OtterX1d 5h ago

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The Outerhaven writes: While I hold Bethesda's The Evil Within series as some of the best Survival Horror games available, it's clear that Bethesda has no intention of revisiting the series. While Capcom is still working on its Resident Evil series, I look back at the now-dead survival horror series from Bethesda, wondering why the series was left wide open, and yet still not revisited.

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SimpleSlave2d ago

An OK horror series left behind. It had some great ideas, but it never knew how to play to its strengths. Instead, it came out like just another RE4 clone.

I would love for a third entry to come out, but it needs to learn to lean in on the psychological aspect and move away from the generic "pew pew" ideology at the center of the gameplay loop. It doesn't need to abandon it; it just needs to put it into better context, is all.

Also, try a first-person perspective instead. Too many 3rd-person games with nothing to offer but an avatar taking precious screen space. At least make it an actual option and not that janky-ass mess the second game pretended to have.

Venoxn4g2d ago

Love both games, hope that we will get third game

gold_drake1d 19h ago (Edited 1d 19h ago )

i really didnt like the 2nd game.

first game was fantastic