Comments on: Confessions of an Achievomaniac (Part One) http://www.stridentuk.com/2009/08/29/confessions-of-an-achievomaniac-part-one/ The blog of UK gamer Strident Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:38:46 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jacquelyn Cook http://www.stridentuk.com/2009/08/29/confessions-of-an-achievomaniac-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-384 Jacquelyn Cook Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:44:10 +0000 http://www.stridentuk.com/?p=326#comment-384 "(erasers to our US friends!)" Haha! Americans collect erasers? Well, I live in America, and I've never met anyone who collects erasers, but that is really funny. I wonder how that got started. Anyways, I really thought this article was interesting. I liked how you detailed all the different types of people, and why they collect achievements. I like to think of myself as a completionist, but I think that, in truth, I am more of an unique collecter. The one thing that irks me about the achievement system as a whole is the fact that a lot of achievements have to be collected online. I know that one of the main draws, if not THE main draw of the Xbox 360 is Xbox Live... but I think their should be an option of having a set of achievements for gamers who don't have Xbox Live. For some people that don't have Xbox Live this could satisfy their inner completionist. I have a friend who is without Xbox Live and it's quite annoying to her that she can say 'I have every achievement for game X, except the online ones'. I think that we should still have online achievements, but your console should detect whether you have Xbox Live and if you do, you get the traditional set of achievements. If you don't you get a set od the same achievements, less the online ones. The online ones could be replaced with equally difficult non-Xbox Live achievements. I love the achievement system. I love the feeling of satisfaction I get when I see the notification pop up in the bottom of my screen. However, I do think that there are things that need to be fixed, or at least, improved. “(erasers to our US friends!)”
Haha! Americans collect erasers? Well, I live in America, and I’ve never met anyone who collects erasers, but that is really funny. I wonder how that got started.
Anyways, I really thought this article was interesting. I liked how you detailed all the different types of people, and why they collect achievements. I like to think of myself as a completionist, but I think that, in truth, I am more of an unique collecter.
The one thing that irks me about the achievement system as a whole is the fact that a lot of achievements have to be collected online. I know that one of the main draws, if not THE main draw of the Xbox 360 is Xbox Live… but I think their should be an option of having a set of achievements for gamers who don’t have Xbox Live.
For some people that don’t have Xbox Live this could satisfy their inner completionist. I have a friend who is without Xbox Live and it’s quite annoying to her that she can say ‘I have every achievement for game X, except the online ones’.
I think that we should still have online achievements, but your console should detect whether you have Xbox Live and if you do, you get the traditional set of achievements. If you don’t you get a set od the same achievements, less the online ones. The online ones could be replaced with equally difficult non-Xbox Live achievements.
I love the achievement system. I love the feeling of satisfaction I get when I see the notification pop up in the bottom of my screen. However, I do think that there are things that need to be fixed, or at least, improved.

]]> By: Anthony http://www.stridentuk.com/2009/08/29/confessions-of-an-achievomaniac-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-329 Anthony Sun, 06 Sep 2009 09:40:33 +0000 http://www.stridentuk.com/?p=326#comment-329 I must admit, I never really saw the point in gamerscores and achievements until I finally got my Xbox online. At first I was happy with my relatively meagre score, and didn't care that everyone had better than me. Very soon though, my childish instincts kicked in, and it felt like I was sitting there watching the other children play with toy cars as I wiped snot on the curtains. Now I find myself frantically scanning for easy achievements I can get on a normal run through. "Melee 30 tickers", sure, I can do that. "Defeat the supreme hunter", that sounds fair enough. "Kill 53,596 infected", erm, no. At the moment in the grand scheme of gamerscores, I'd say I'm a bit like a casual drug user. It's nice getting new things, but I'm not a dribbling wreck with impaired motor skills that goes on 30 hour stints just to get a small fix. I must admit, I never really saw the point in gamerscores and achievements until I finally got my Xbox online. At first I was happy with my relatively meagre score, and didn’t care that everyone had better than me.

Very soon though, my childish instincts kicked in, and it felt like I was sitting there watching the other children play with toy cars as I wiped snot on the curtains. Now I find myself frantically scanning for easy achievements I can get on a normal run through.

“Melee 30 tickers”, sure, I can do that. “Defeat the supreme hunter”, that sounds fair enough. “Kill 53,596 infected”, erm, no.

At the moment in the grand scheme of gamerscores, I’d say I’m a bit like a casual drug user. It’s nice getting new things, but I’m not a dribbling wreck with impaired motor skills that goes on 30 hour stints just to get a small fix.

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