I remember some games on Xbox did that in a way that fucked with people who liked to keep an even achievement score, award a nonstandard two point one for starting the game and lock the "corresponding" three point one behind something endgame with the rest being standard multiples of five or whatever

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Achievements have honestly been diluted for over a decade

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Diluted implies they were ever worth anything. They were only created as a dopamine drip to keep customers buying their product. Using them for publicly available analytics is great. I love being able to compare the drop off rate of one game to another. Comparing how quickly players dropped of compared to, for example, Dark Souls is fun and informative.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

I used to hate achievements when they first came out back in the day and just thought they were dumb as hell. Surprisingly, as I’ve gotten older, I appreciate them as something to do for fun.

Paradox games especially like CK3 make me play completely different each time to unlock a different achievement.

The ones I despise are achievements that have a multiplayer requirement tied to it.