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Dear PS3 Owners (Accomplishment System)
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Would any of you be kind enough to tell me what games have the "Accomplishments" system in place already. I know Devil May Cry 4 does and I think Uncharted does too. But what about other recently released games. Does Burnout Paradise have them? What about the new PSN store downloadable games?
And to maybe make this thread have a little more longevity, make it a general Accomplishments thread.
And to maybe make this thread have a little more longevity, make it a general Accomplishments thread.
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I can't help with the actual question but I can suggest you change the thread title to be more descriptive. Possibly "PS3 Games With Achievements?"
I, for one, am glad that Sony is making an Achievement system of their own.
I don't own a PS3, but yeah it's good to see Sony adopt this.
The Achievement system is a fantastic excuse for re-playability, and to be quite honest I think it should be a console staple from now on.
http://www.joystiq.com/2008/02/05/devil-may-cry-4-ps3-accomplishments-may-hint-at-home-integrati/
Rumor is that getting certain Accomplishments/Trophies could nab you cool stuff to put in your Home.
In other words I have no idea how my friends are doing in DMC4 until I fire up the game.
From what I have seen of the Xbox it seems to be a standard for the games that it be implimented into their gamertag and perhaps is a requirement of microsoft.
The PS3 has no uniform system but allows the discretion of the developer, where as the xbox has a unified system but is tacked on to every game.
Perhaps home will change that. Perhaps.
Please correct my ignorance if that is not the case.
The multiplayer of this game also has medals for accomplishing various things.
Aside from what's already mentioned, that's about it for ps3 at the moment. Hopefully the trophy system in Home changes that.
Man I just thought of the best thing that will totally never happen.
For Warhawk: A uniform on display in your Home with all the ribbons you get actually on it.
That.... thats an awesome idea. You get a :^:
Jumping through twenty merchant stands in Assassin's creed is not my idea of lengthening playtime. It's not even that difficult to accomplish. If anything it's just a pointless (are you really that bored) time-sink. Do I really need to steal 200 throwing knives to complete the game? Do I really?
I do hope Sony adds them to shut people up who complain about the lack of them, but personally I'm going to ignore them. I don't feel the need to wave around my e-peen.
Let me tell you about Demon's Souls....
You.... are aware you don't have to do them, right? If an achievement/accomplishment/whatever seems pointless, than don't do it!
I think they're a fantastic way to "mark" things you've completed in a game, and then compare with friends to see if they found ones you didn't or vice versa. It doesn't have anything to do with some kind of e-cred, it's just a fun way to see what you accomplished.
If people really think they're just for bragging rights, then why do they care if others like them? I say kudos to Sony for adopting them, and I hope that Nintendo will do the same (although I'd like to see them all unified, a la XBOX Achievements).
No, but on the flipside getting the Conversationalist goal and talking to Lucy every chance you get apparently provides some nice insight into the game, and it's something that some people might not think to do on their own. There are good and bad achievements, just like there are good and bad games. If you don't like the bad ones, then don't do them -- if a person complains about shitty achievements but does them anyway, that says a lot more about the type of person he/she is than anything about developer creativity.
I've always thought Gamerscore was the more useless of the whole situation, and in that respect I might actually like how Sony's handling the implementation better.
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This is somehow superior because you can sit and look at them in Home?
btw... some achievements give you gamerpics as well
I did say might, didn't I?
We still don't know how widespread this will be.
Anyways, anything is better than just a number. If gamerpics or themes were mandatory awards for achievements, then I wouldn't complain. Most games just give you a number though.
So yes, a 3D trophy model > a number.
You're correct. Except it's changing.
Sony is introducing the Trophy system with Home, and back-patching older games to have trophies. We've already seen trophies for games like Motorstorm and Warhawk.
I'm wondering what one's Home space would look like after 2 years of gaming
I find it sad that people dumb down the achievement system to the points, and e-peen flexing by a select few people.
They do totally do that...
you're not somehow disappointed that I got an achievement for doing something in a non-linear game like Team Fortress 2 are you? (which by the way I have on PC... not XBOX)
They can't force devs to add extra unlockable stuff in all their games. On 360 all games must have achievements but what they are and what they do (or don't do) is completely at the dev's discretion. I could see Sony asking all future ps3 games to have trophies/accomplishements but nothing more than that. Although in an ideal world all games would have tons of cool stuff to unlock.
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Now, if the PS3 version of Achievements can also provide the player with something beyond the game or a digital trophy, then that might be something. Discounts on PSN purchases say, or even, I suppose, exclusive downloadable content when reaching a certain amount of points.
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They're a nice bonus, and they can't really take a lot of dev resources to do, so I support their existence.
I would personally like to see very difficult achievements reward the player, with items like avatars, like the gears of war achievement.
Its been nice for friendly rivalry, but i actually find the wii to be freeing lately :P.
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Actually if we called that last one the MacGuyver achievement it might be kinda cool.
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