Beardy
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Gamerscore, achievements, etc
I don't play online on my Xbox. I have a Gamerscore. Does the Gamerscore match you up to similarly rated opponents online? Is that what it's for?
I will never understand the point of Achievements. HELLO, ARBITRARY MILESTONE, THANKS FOR POPPING UP IN THE MIDDLE OF MY GAME AND RUINING THE WHOLE AESTHETIC.
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08-04-2012 10:16 AM |
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Beardy
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RE: Gamerscore, achievements, etc
(08-04-2012 10:50 AM)G-Locke Wrote: I don't care about achievements, myself
translation: I have an embarrassingly low number of achievements
^_^
The achievement should be actually doing stuff in a game...rather than getting an achievement.
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08-04-2012 10:52 AM |
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BumblebeeCody
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RE: Gamerscore, achievements, etc
At first it's like meh. But then damn! I want more out of this game. I've seen the pros and cons for achievements/Trophies and while they are valid there is really no harm in achievements. As the name says, you've achieved something in a game. They also add replay-ability to the game; extending the life span to complete these challenges set, though may not be necessary.
For example if you have if you have Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1 on Xbox and Wii. On Wii you complete the game and there isn't much left to do. But on Xbox there's a challenge to beat the final stage of the game (7 bosses) without taking a single hit. It added an additional 2 hours to my total gameplay. Or if you get to Rank 100 (your wings) in Gears of War 2 you get an achievement for your Xbox profile. S'all good. Another good example of a challenge was Ninja Gaiden 2 which was play through the game using only one weapon (7 times through the game with each weapon in total). Gamers have been doing that for years such as: completing Zelda 1 using only bombs so now you get a bit of recognition for taking on a challenge.
![[Image: card.png]](http://www.xboxgamertag.com/gamercard/BumblebeeCody/fullnxe/card.png)
At the moment is says I'm on 83,703 but (while typing) I'm playing Sonic '06(offline) so I'm now 84503K (when I log back in). I admit, I love achievements/trophies.
Edit: I'd like to add I'm a bit fugging pissed with Sonic Adventure DX. DLC achievements are glitched. many other people are having this problem too. >: (
(This post was last modified: 08-04-2012 12:10 PM by BumblebeeCody.)
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08-04-2012 12:07 PM |
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Beardy
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RE: Gamerscore, achievements, etc
(08-04-2012 12:07 PM)BumblebeeCody Wrote: At first it's like meh. But then damn! I want more out of this game. I've seen the pros and cons for achievements/Trophies and while they are valid there is really no harm in achievements. As the name says, you've achieved something in a game. They also add replay-ability to the game; extending the life span to complete these challenges set, though may not be necessary.
For example if you have if you have Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1 on Xbox and Wii. On Wii you complete the game and there isn't much left to do. But on Xbox there's a challenge to beat the final stage of the game (7 bosses) without taking a single hit. It added an additional 2 hours to my total gameplay. Or if you get to Rank 100 (your wings) in Gears of War 2 you get an achievement for your Xbox profile. S'all good. Another good example of a challenge was Ninja Gaiden 2 which was play through the game using only one weapon (7 times through the game with each weapon in total). Gamers have been doing that for years such as: completing Zelda 1 using only bombs so now you get a bit of recognition for taking on a challenge.
![[Image: card.png]](http://www.xboxgamertag.com/gamercard/BumblebeeCody/fullnxe/card.png)
At the moment is says I'm on 83,703 but (while typing) I'm playing Sonic '06(offline) so I'm now 84503K (when I log back in). I admit, I love achievements/trophies.
Edit: I'd like to add I'm a bit fugging pissed with Sonic Adventure DX. DLC achievements are glitched. many other people are having this problem too. >: (
I s'pose I can get that, but I still think they should be in-game achievements. With in-game PLINK notices. Let's be honest, you get an achievement whenever you get to a checkpoint now. Achievements are not achievements.
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08-04-2012 12:18 PM |
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BumblebeeCody
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RE: Gamerscore, achievements, etc
(08-04-2012 12:18 PM)Beardy Wrote: I s'pose I can get that, but I still think they should be in-game achievements. With in-game PLINK notices. Let's be honest, you get an achievement whenever you get to a checkpoint now. Achievements are not achievements.
I've actually never seen that in a game. I've seen this argument case where
"The Simpsons give you 5Gs for pressing start = Achievements are lame". True but that's 5/1000. Achievements allow developers to be creative with their achievements.
Beat Act 1 = 10Gs <- I see nothing wrong with that. I've never seen a checkpoint achievement though (What game has done this?). Not to mention if that's true, it's a minority case over the majority so I wouldn't even consider that a valid point. For every achievement that's "Press Start > Gain Gamerscore" I could easily argue back "Beat Ninja Gaiden 2 on the hardest setting/Clear all Trials in SF4/Beat Through the Fire and the Flames on Guitar Hero 3 etc".
(This post was last modified: 08-04-2012 12:27 PM by BumblebeeCody.)
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08-04-2012 12:26 PM |
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Beardy
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RE: Gamerscore, achievements, etc
(08-04-2012 12:26 PM)BumblebeeCody Wrote: (08-04-2012 12:18 PM)Beardy Wrote: I s'pose I can get that, but I still think they should be in-game achievements. With in-game PLINK notices. Let's be honest, you get an achievement whenever you get to a checkpoint now. Achievements are not achievements.
I've actually never seen that in a game. I've seen this argument case where
"The Simpsons give you 5Gs for pressing start = Achievements are lame". True but that's 5/1000. Achievements allow developers to be creative with their achievements.
Beat Act 1 = 10Gs <- I see nothing wrong with that. I've never seen a checkpoint achievement though (What game has done this?). Not to mention if that's true, it's a minority case over the majority so I wouldn't even consider that a valid point. For every achievement that's "Press Start > Gain Gamerscore" I could easily argue back "Beat Ninja Gaiden 2 on the hardest setting/Clear all Trials in SF4/Beat Through the Fire and the Flames on Guitar Hero 3 etc".
I s'pose my problem is that I don't know what "Beat Act 1 = 10Gs " actually means.
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08-04-2012 12:50 PM |
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Arjahn
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RE: Gamerscore, achievements, etc
I enjoy some of the really difficult ones, especially if you get a cool reward for getting them that let's you show off to people that you've done something a lot of them haven't.
For a crappy example, I don't care much for COD and I don't feel like I need to bring up any of the over abundant issues with it, but It can still be fun to just hop online and play, and I just so happened to find a copy of the Wii version of MW3 on the street (seriously... that happened), and now I'm one of relatively few players on the version to have unlocked the "Loner" achievement (which is a bitch to get by the way), which just so happens to give you a Mario icon. That sort of thing feels good, not like a lot of others where it says "Oh, you beat 3 pigs up, ACHIEVEMENT GET BLARGH!"
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08-04-2012 02:25 PM |
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