Comments on: The Permeation of Achievements http://lungfishopolis.com/2009/02/the-permeation-of-achievements/ Video games on our minds Fri, 18 May 2012 19:31:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Kris Johnson http://lungfishopolis.com/2009/02/the-permeation-of-achievements/#comment-401 Kris Johnson Mon, 09 Feb 2009 21:25:42 +0000 http://lungfishopolis.com/?p=614#comment-401 I will admit that acquiring an Xbox 360 has turned me into a bit of an Achievement Fiend, something I never would have expected in my pre-360 days. I won't buy a game just to augment my Gamerscore, but I will go out of my way to accomplish something in a game I own if I know it will get me an Achievement. The most recent example of this would be running down the Death Star trench without firing to get the "Use the Force, Luke!" Achievement in <em>LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga</em>. Okay, I lied. The only reason I traded in my Xbox Classic copy of <em>LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy</em> for <em>The Complete Saga</em> was to get Achievements, but I figured if I'm going to be playing the game a lot—and I am; my three-year-old son <em>loves</em> it—I might as well be getting some Gamerscore benefit. But that's for a game I wanted to play anyway. I'm not going to be shelling out money for a game that promises easy Achievements just to increase my Gamerscore. I will admit that acquiring an Xbox 360 has turned me into a bit of an Achievement Fiend, something I never would have expected in my pre-360 days. I won’t buy a game just to augment my Gamerscore, but I will go out of my way to accomplish something in a game I own if I know it will get me an Achievement. The most recent example of this would be running down the Death Star trench without firing to get the “Use the Force, Luke!” Achievement in LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga.

Okay, I lied. The only reason I traded in my Xbox Classic copy of LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy for The Complete Saga was to get Achievements, but I figured if I’m going to be playing the game a lot—and I am; my three-year-old son loves it—I might as well be getting some Gamerscore benefit. But that’s for a game I wanted to play anyway. I’m not going to be shelling out money for a game that promises easy Achievements just to increase my Gamerscore.

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