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Posted by Venks - November 21st, 2013
Achievements/Trophies/Medals or what have you. Are there games you normally wouldn't play that you do because of their inclusion? Does it increase how much time you'll put into a game? I have to say i've played a lot of games that use achievements in lame ways and its really put me off from them. I go far more into the subject on my blog: http://berathen.com/2013/11/do-you-play-for-achievements.html
Is there a game you like that uses achievements well?
Definitely, since I decided to get hexalisted with 10k medals I'm all about medal games. In fact, games with medals are the only games I complete nowadays, feels like I don't have time for any regular (online) games any longer. The more medals; the easier they are to get, the better! But I'm hoping to eventually make my way through all existing medal games on the site... it definately adds to the time I spend on a game, depending on how the achievements are unlocked (IOW if they require you to spend a lot of time on certain aspects of a game). If it's too time-consuming though, and not my kind of game, I'll skip it. Medals with moderation are great.
Oh wow. that's quite the medal collection you've got there. I can definitely see how it gives you a lot of additional gameplay time other games can't. Though there definitely are a lot of games that use medals on Newgrounds. How long do you think it'll take to beat them all?
Thanks, still a long way to go though! :) At the pace I'm going it'll probably take a couple of years, and new games keep popping up so... who knows. I'm not that great with some genres either so it feels like I waste way too much time on some of these games, spending hours on a single game... not very efficient. :P
I remember when games didn't have achievements either btw, good times. It was easier to just play games for fun back then, now they easily become an obsession. It's more about medals than the actual games... wonder which one started it all? Any idea?
I'm not sure which game had the first medals. I know medals and trophies were inspired by the Xbox 360's Achievement System, but you got me. I have no idea. I'm sure if you go back enough through the newgrounds announcement posts you could probably find out. Might take a while though.
Ah, well it was achievement-based games I was wondering about... good to know, though I'm still wondering if the 360 could've been inspired by an earlier game. :) This site was actually rather late with medals, the system was introduced in early 2009 at the same time as this game was released: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/484931
Plenty of older games have had medals added later on though, the currently oldest game with medals is Domo-Kun Angry Smashfest from 2002: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/73449
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I play games because games are awesome. But sometimes, I like to play to get some challenging achievements like "kill 10000 enemies" or "get 1000000 points". Is pretty cool.
Venks
One achievement I enjoy is getting to wins in a row on online ranking matches in Street Fighter. That's something I feel like I can brag about.