READERS REACT

Do you care about gaming achievements?

Metal Jesus Rocks

I love them… it’s fun to dig into parts of a game that I might skip over if there wasn’t some weird achievement to collect. And yes, I wish Nintendo had something similar.

Shaun Robbins

If I truly love a game (Ghost Of Tsushima, Burnout Paradise, Final Fantasy VII Remake

to name a few) then I’ll go for the plat, otherwise I’ll get whatever trophies I can during a normal playthrough.

Lee Nattress

I was never one for collecting achievements on 360, but one will always stick in my mind because it made me laugh so hard. During a fun multiplayer match in Front Lines: Fuel Of War I got the ‘noob’ achievement – die accidentally ten times. The kicker? Zero points.

Kevin Barnes

Always enjoyed them… then I rented Avatar: The Burning Earth out for the easy 1,000G. I’ve felt dirty ever since!

David Haywood

It depends on the implementation. I like them for progress tracking, and also if they encourage me to explore a part of a game’s mechanics I might have missed. Online achievements/trophies can get in the bin though, as they depend on multiplayer servers staying active.

Zahir Hassan

Not fussed with them. I am here to enjoy games. Not chasing trophies.

Richard Stanton

No studio was ever as good at them as Bizarre Creations, Project Gotham Racing and Geometry Wars games especially. ‘Pacifism’ was such a genius achievement it became an actual mode in GW2.

Chris Michael

Never bothered trying to get them but always had a look to see what they were when they popped up.

Andrew Johnston

I used to do the whole ‘achievement hunter’ thing, but I’ve found that it can make things a little stressful and take away from the underlying enjoyment. I now feel like it’s another modern gaming feature that made things worse. Older titles are a lot more chill.

Mike Larky

If I could I would disable them! You can spend hours chasing them and end up taking the fun out of the game for yourself.

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» [PS4] Sonic Origins is one of Nick’s eight platinum trophies, to the surprise of nobody.

» [Xbox 360] Tim’s first 1,000-point game was Bayonetta, which is a pretty impressive one to accomplish.

» [Vita] Nick has the Steins;gate platinum trophy, which says a lot about his taste in games.

» [Xbox 360] It’s estimated that getting all of the Dark Souls II and III achievements takes 80-100 hours. Each.

» [PS3] Darran got the platinum for Dead Space, but he bought DLC to do it. Is that cheating?