I like having nice, well balanced takes on things, sometimes getting lost in nuance in ways that muddle my point. But anyone who follows me knows that some days I just to give in. I just have to be a hater. Anyone who follows me knows I have a deep seated hatred of Achievements. Not so much the vague concept of little extrinsic goals, which have been in gaming for decades. No, what I hate is the institution of Achievements. That these are a standardized thing that must exist, on the s...

Sharing because Kayin’s talk about achievements made me think about why do I even accept them in games at all so I disabled them in Steam (the only way to do this is by disabling the whole overlay =_=) and found that I don’t miss them at all.

What’s you opinion on RetroAchievements, and achievements in general?

  • RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 hours ago

    I don’t really care about achievements in general, personally. I play the game normally and if I get them, whatever, if I don’t, whatever. It doesn’t change my enjoyment of a game either positively or negatively.

    I come from a Gamer generation when the only achievements you got were telling your friends that you reached the end screen and beat/defended the high score. So I don’t really care either way. I don’t change how I play to specifically get achievements, but I don’t go out of my way to avoid them either.