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[-] cmhe@lemmy.world 102 points 2 weeks ago

I only play single player games, but couldn't care less about achievements. It is all about exploration, story, game mechanics and modding for me.

People treat achievements as if they are a status symbol. I mean sure, if you don't know what else to do in a game, they can give you some goal, but IMO the game itself should encourage you to reach the goal, not some external badge. The experience doing the task should be the reward in of itself.

[-] linkhidalgogato@lemmy.ml 18 points 2 weeks ago

depends on the game, achievement hunting can be a lot of fun in a game u already love its just more stuff to do and more reasons to play, sure if all the achievements in a game are things like getting all of a collectible or beating certain story missions/quests they are pretty boring but in pdx map simulators for example many of the are interesting run ideas or they indicate where the hand crafted content is at. And despite how much i love the game i dont think i would have played as much of Tyranny as i did if i hadnt decide to get all the achievements.

[-] cmhe@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

Sure there are some interesting achievment, like the Stanley parable ones. For instance: 'Go outside: Don't play the game for 5 years' (https://thestanleyparable.fandom.com/wiki/Achievements)

[-] linkhidalgogato@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 weeks ago

last played oct 15 2017 damn i guess its been more than 5 years

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