Thread 713315415

I want to try new games, but I can't shake this feeling that the game I already have are not finished without the achievements. My brain just won't let me let it go. I know they're glitzed up DRM, but I can't stop. I have at least half of them on Civ5, and I hate Civ5.

By not even finishing most games I pick up in the first place.

>>713315505
FPBP
I'm playing the game
The game ain't playing me

50% achievements is good enough for me

most achievements are obvious bugperson timesinks and impossible to achieve with an organic playthrough

>>713315415 (OP)
achievements are fake and won't get you a job or a gf, who cares

>>713315415 (OP)
I'm content if I get as many as possible. I do achievement hunt and try to 100% a ton of games to the point of obsession, but my love of games allows me to move on and experience the next thing. I do regularly return to games just to get achievements, I don't just drop them forever.

>>713315415 (OP)
I don't like most video games so any standard they hold me to I can ignore

by pirating all games of course

>>713315415 (OP)
Stop being retarded.

I grew up with Wii so I never fell for that bullshit. Getting achievements on steam is just if I want a little challenge and I'm bored.

>>713315415 (OP)
IF I really like the game AND the achievement is something organic to the gameplay or that is something I actually want to achieve myself (for example, defeat this level without taking damage, get all the weapons, etc.), I do try to get all achievements, otherwise I don't care much.
>>713315789
This also works

>>713315415 (OP)
I only get all achievements if A) I like the game enough and B) the achievements aren't too batshit insane to get. Recently I've developed a new strategy for dealing with my achievement autism: I try to get as many of them as possible on the first playthrough, and if I decide I want to 100% the game, I make plans to come back to it later after playing whatever other new games I've bought recently. I've also realized that if the achievements ARE too aids, then maybe it's an okay compromise to just get as many as possible and potentially come back to it later in the future.

>>713315789
Yep, grew up a pirate PCchad and nintendochad and never really cared about cheevos or whatever. If I enjoy a game I'll play it more. If I stop having fun I drop the game. It really can't get any more simple than that.

>>713315415 (OP)
I pirate all my games so I don't even see any of that Steam achievement bullshit.

By realizing that all achievements are made by the following process
>1 month to release
>lowest paid, most overworked guy gets "make 40 achievements" thrown on his plate
>knocks out a dozen easy with "beat level 1/2/3/ect"
>if he's particularly crunched makes another dozen "beat level 1/2/3/ect on legendary difficulty"
>actually has to think of others
>most will be genre-standard: get 1,000 headshots/1 million gold/fully upgrade weapon
>tiny minority will be unique to game mechanics
Whenever you think of achievements, remember you're obsessing over some wagies busy work

I just lose interest in a game once I feel I had enough of it and seen all it has to offer, which is usually after a full playthrough. And I see shit like package hunting in GTA to be fake content for especially dedicated.

>>713316295
good take

>>713315415 (OP)
>How do you do it?
By not being mentally ill.

I care a little bit about cheevos but if there are any that are a pain in the arse or require a level of practice that I'm not willing to put in then that little bit of caring goes straight out the window

>>713315415 (OP)
Mental maturity? I don't know.
I play videogames to have fun. If you have more fun shooting for achievements then all the more power to you, but otherwise, it's literally just retarded autism.

>>713316080
>>713316046
I have considered this mindset, of being selective, but it' s like missing teeth in a smile, or having a deck of cards that are different sizes. It feels off.

>>713315585
I am cool with quitting early if I'm bored, I used to be even better at it, but a few times I got locked into playing a game I hated for the achievements. I feel this way, like I've been played, and I end up never buying from the devs again. I've even avoided games with online achievements just to avoid feeling so unfinished by it.

>>713315415 (OP)
Achievements either make me feel like a toddler being congratulated for simple tasks, or some autist who spends way too much time on a single game. The worst part is they don't actually reward you anything. They don't add to the story. You don't even get cool artwork from the dev anymore. There's no reason to do them.

>>713315415 (OP)
I dont have an obsessive mental disorder

>>713315415 (OP)
simply stop worrying what other people think about you

>>713315415 (OP)
if i see credits i won

>>713315415 (OP)
I just play the game and have fun. I don't know why that is something that's difficult to wrap your mind around.

>autism
>autism
>autism
>retarded
>autism
unironically

>>713315415 (OP)
Make your OCD work for you instead of against you.
Example: Instead of trying to get all the achievements, plot out how to get the least amount of achievements.

>>713315415 (OP)
sorry can't relate, was born before 2006

>>713316295
bad take

>>713315415 (OP)
>Play a game where there's 3 collectables in a stage
>Also have to meet a quota of collectables
>Never truly enjoy the levels cause I'm stressing about missing collectables and having to do the stage again
I don't know why I'm like this

>>713317092
Me playing Doom The Dark Ages

>>713315415 (OP)
The worst part about cheevos is theyre time stamped so you HAVE to do them all at once or youll have an awkward time gap showing

>>713317408
lol, that's even more autistic than caring about achievements

>>713315415 (OP)
Stop it.

>>713315415 (OP)
I do them if the game is fun and the achievements are reasonable, otherwise I ignore them. I like videogames, not someone patting me on the back for playing video games. It's not complicated.

The game is 100% complete when I am 100% satisfied and no longer feel the need to play

I disable them from whatever menu allows me to. Out of sight, out of mind.

>>713317092
>prepare to play game
>read up on missable achievements
>note when to check progress before missing one I can't come back for in a single play through
>some are random and require grinding
>some have spoilers and specific conditions are needed to get them
>hours of research and prep
>learn the nuances and special items needed to optimize getting achievements
>start game

Getting vidya achievements doesn't improve your life whatsoever. You're better off playing the lottery.

>>713317408
anon wtf. You've taken autism to another level

by not caring about arbitrary accomplishments thought out by a b-team dev that needed to justify it's paycheck to it's supervisor, last game I platted was asscreed 2 and I was an underage retard
just pirate it if it has such a chokehold on your autistic mind

>>713318472
That takes me back. I got all the flags in the first one and swore I'd never do that again, and sure enough I got everything in AC2, even the one with the missable hang glider shit. I haven't enjoyed hat series since. I literally can't care about those games anymore, and it sucks because Black Flag looks insane (and I wanted a good pirate game for ages)

only 2 games

>>713315415 (OP)
>You collected all 918 shit stains
Meaningless, what are you gonna do with that? just play the game and move on.

>>713315415 (OP)
I've achieved what society wanted from me IRL (finished college). I got jack shit as a reward. I'm never bothering achieving anything in life, including games. Also if you pirated your games like a clever man, you wouldn't even be aware game achievements existed.

>Have OCD
>I have trained myself to not care if I have incomplete achievements
>However, having achievements spread out on the same game between multiple platforms bothers me immensely.

>>713315415 (OP)
If I see the staff roll then I finished the game and have the right to move to a new game, if I do the postgame at all then that means that the game was actually fucking good, achievements are for retards.

>>713315415 (OP)
Why should I?
Achievements make no sense overall, if anything can be helpful to help track your friends progress so you dont accidentally spoil them

>>713315415 (OP)
I cannot fathom caring about achievements

>>713316208
This is why I prefer piracy. Just download the fucking game and play it without any baggage weighing the game down.