Gamers... Do you play for the trophies/achievements?

[mercynova]

I'm seeing what the general consensus is... I guess it only applies to you if you play 360 or PS3 though. For me... If I know a game doesn't have trophies, I wont even pick it up. I have some brilliant games that I bought back before trophies were introduced like Folklore, Valkyria Chronicles and Assassin's Creed. I loved them at the time but I'll never pick them up again because I don't see the point any more. To me, nothing is more fun than playing a game to it's absolute fullest and getting a platinum trophy on it (a trophy that says you've gotten all the other ones). Since all new games come with trophies now this doesn't massively constrict which games I can play... it just means that I'll spend a long time on them and I'll do repetitive stuff to complete them which some people would find really boring.


Please tell me I'm not the only one!

[StarDapple]

Well, achievements aren't the end all for me in a game, but I love getting them.  Me and my friend spend most of our time on WoW getting achievements and other things like that.  It makes the games more interesting if they have that added element!

[melodys_angel]

Nope.

This is all imho--Im not sure what it is, but the boys will bend over backwards to unlock an achievement.  I just fail to see what the real point is, besides bragging rights (which..most males I know will do).

I play something because its hooklined me (through plot/storyline or its from a series I like), not for a trophy.  Though I will admit I do try to do sidequests to get extra things in game to make things easier for me in the end. Usually its something that I can use though, like getting another empty bottle to put stuff in, or a bigger money bag^^

[barbgirl1999]

I don't play specifically FOR the achievements...but I do love them!  Sometimes it helps me decide what I want to play.  I'll play something on my xBox instead of playing Alice on the PS3 because I never set a profile up on my husband's console...so HE gets the trophies if I play Alice, but I get them on my own profile if I play my xBox, haha!

[Scraleos]

I don't play for achievements, not at all. I play for quality storyline and strong gameplay. I suppose once I finish the game I'll try to get some achievements, but I can never get all of them if I tried!

[kaoskat]

Nah. I just play because it's fun. When it's not fun anymore, I stop.

[JazzMatazz]

I play for fun, and on games I end up really falling in love with like Fable II I'll attempt to get all the trophies!

[BlackCurtains]

Nah. I just play because it's fun. When it's not fun anymore, I stop.

This. Some of them offer nice challenges but just doing them for the sake of it, meh. I have a PS3 but I play more Super NES games than anything ^^ Achievements and trophies don't matter to me in the slightest.

[cobalte]

Also applies to people who use Steam on their PCs

I don't really understand it... it seems just a bragging rights thing.

[DoctorMowinckel]

No. I actively dislike achievements. I see them as obligations that often times tell me I'm not playing well enough. I'm really into Borderlands, and there are oodles of achievements, most of them involve really arbitrary things. One of them involves getting headshots. The last headshot achievement is, I think, 25,000 headshots. Because of this, if I'm not killing mobs with headshots, I feel like I'm doing something wrong. It's so annoying.

I really dislike achievements that obligate me to play a certain way. As much as I try to play games my own way, the achievements are in the back of my head.

[Echo_Shell]

I'll play for trophies, but won't go out of my way.  Most of the time they're a surprise an I have no idea what I did to get them.  "Hooray!  I got the poacher trophy...and I've been killing a lot of wolves and bears so, maybe...  Wait, why didn't it show up while I was wandering through town?"

[Shaiyeh]

I put a lot of energy into my WoW chievo hunting.
Also on Plants vs Zombies. But when it comes to other games, like portal, Skyrim and such (I don't play much besides WoW)... trophies are nice. BUt I don't play for trophies.

[SourdoughStomper]

Usually just play for the fun of it.

[Beldarna]

Nah. If ever I get one, I'll be happy and feel good, but since I play on my boyfriends account I don't really care. He plays some games for them but is not too serious. He's is a bit whatever. His best friend on the other hand plays only for the trophies. He's ranked number one in Europe, has no job and play for hours everyday. You can be at his place an entire afternoon/evening watching him play the same segment again and again and again til he succeed. Pretty tiresome at some points. I don't even think  he think it's fun. He just do it because it's the only thing he can do.

[Skeen]

Nope.  I play to be playing the game and to be entertained.  I honestly think they're kind of annoying, popping up all the time like that.