I think a support group is needed.
I’ve been reading a lot of Xbox sites lately and many of them talk about getting achievements in games. Any game published for Xbox 360 must support achievements. Most of the retail games have about 1,000 points available; many of the Xbox Live Arcade games have about 200 points available. The ability to get those points varies by game - some are easy and some are difficult.
If you play on Xbox Live Arcade, then you know that having a high number next to your name is kind of fun (for no real reason at all - other than bragging achievements don’t have any value at all). Playing Uno (135 out of 200 points so far), I’ve come to realize that my score (about 2300 as of this post) is pretty low in comparison to others, where I’ve seen as high as 6,000. I don’t have the same amount of time to play games, so I’ll never be up there, but I confess, that I’ve played a game long after I was done with it, just trying to get 30 more points out of it.
Case in point. I spent about 4 hours this weekend playing Marvel: Ultimate Alliance using Magneto, in various areas, throwing people off cliffs (Sepulcor was great for this - his magnetic ability makes it easy to pick up people and whip them off the ledges) just to get the “Widowmaker” achievement, worth maybe 30 points or so. Previous to that, I played the game on hard just to get the “Excelsior!” achievement as well as keeping a few people in my party who suck to get theirs as well (the Dr Doom “Doppleganger” was the best, I wondered how that conversation would work out). Sadly, my patience doesn’t extend to completing all of the simulation missions - some heroes suck so bad to the point of being unusable (Deadpool comes to mind immediately, though I did get a gold on his mission) that I won’t do that. Believe me, I was saddened to come to that realization.
Some achievements seem near impossible. Ecco the Dolphin has an achievement (apparently - I didn’t buy this though) that gives you 20 points to finish the game 3 times without dying. I played the demo of this and I couldn’t even figure out what to do. I don’t need guidance in most games, but a gentle direction is nice. After about 10 minutes, I realized I needed to jump over a rock to start; but then going around randomly didn’t interest me. Oh well. I understand that other games just give them away, pretty much. It seems Two Worlds will be like that, when it comes out. Others are just plain dumb luck. On the Solitaire Xbox Arcade game, you get one for getting 4 aces in the hole on a Klondike game without drawing from the stack. This requires no skill; just dumb luck of the draw - that achievement sucks.
Still, the thrill of collecting all the achievements in a given game is pretty alluring and does add to the replay value of a game - as long as they aren’t too easy to obtain or too difficult. I really enjoy this feature of the Xbox 360 games; but I can see how it can be addicting.
Post Comments Here » Be the first to Comment
Related Posts:
- Xbox 360, PS3 - What’s the point?
- Online Uno Strategy
- Puzzle Quest Challenge of the Warlords Xbox 360 Review
- Ninja Gaiden II - Downloadable Costumes
- Video Game Prices: Too High?
Be The First To Comment
Trackbacks URI http://www.lorien1973.com/xbox-live-achievements-are-you-addicted/trackback/
More Related:
Check these Categories below for more on Xbox Live Achievements: Are You Addicted?
Previous Post: Online Uno Strategy
Next Post: What If Life Were Like Blog Comments?
Search For More Articles Related to:
