New trend In video Games?

[Silent_Ninja]

I've been looking around the web and watching G4 and It seems like there's a new video gaming trend... What's this trend you ask? Is it Having a scoped weapons in first person shooters, NO. Is it having games with hippos and bunnies? NUH UH. Is it having games that require you to level characters and skills? NOPE. Then what could it be? You can guess if you want but the answer is below.









ACHIEVEMENTS. Yeah that's right, a trend that might have been started by by our very own TF2. Other games might have seen the success of the orange box and tried out some of the things the orange box was doing. I know I know, TF2 wasn't the first game to have achievements, but it's the first in a while. And now the New expansion of World of warcraft will have achievements. Gears of war 2 is going to have a set amount of achievements. And rumor has it that God of war 3 will also have achievements.

 

[Cicatriz]

Yeah.... Achievements were introduced on Xbox360 (for every game) lonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnng before TF2

 

[WhiteSoxFan5622]

yea Achievements are kind of an old thing on 360. Now PS3 has added a trophy system. Gears 2 has Achievements along with gears 1. God of war 3 will have trophys, being its a ps3 game.

 

[Sand_Man]

Its the new thing for the new generation of gamers. They like to say "Hai d00d, you gotz teh 1337 acheevement yet lulz?"
This is why they put it in the new version of DoDS, TF2, and why they make DoDS so much easier.
The new generation of gamers, the new generation of money to them.

 

[WhiteSoxFan5622]

I consider my self to be a new generation of gamer (im 16), and i personally hate achievements. It makes people do dumb things to get them. My one friend get 360 games just for easy achievements. I just play and if i get one its like WHOOOOO!!! im awesome. lol.

 

[AWPerator]

Achievements have been around since before the Orange Box, but they only started to gain ground once the Xbox 360 was released. If you look at any Xbox 360 game, from the very first, to the latest, all have some sort of an achievement based system.

 

[xosniper]

I'm an old gen gamer, and achievments to me is getting another $5 from my grandma to put in the Gauntlet arcade game.

 

[Sonec]

I'm an old gen gamer, and achievments to me is getting another $5 from my grandma to put in the Gauntlet arcade game.

Lol well said.

 

[Caval1er]

OMG I love Gauntlet.

But to be on topic, It makes people play their game much longer due to more things to accomplish. Also, WoW is introducing Achievements in WotLK

 

[Zopy]

I actually love the idea of achievements.

Take Gmod for an example. Unless you are creative it can get boring really fast.

Then once you download the achievement mod for gmod, it gives you something to look forward to, and attempt to make.

Achievements are, in my opinion, something that adds to the replay value of a game.

 

['LotuS]

I actually love the idea of achievements.

Take Gmod for an example. Unless you are creative it can get boring really fast.

Then once you download the achievement mod for gmod, it gives you something to look forward to, and attempt to make.

Achievements are, in my opinion, something that adds to the replay value of a game.

Same here, makes you want to play the game even longer but at times it kind of ruins it. (1000 kills with the bazooka [DoD:S])

 

[The IRS]

Yah, achievments have been around since Halo 2 i think.

 

[Sardaukar]

Eh, I don't care about achievements. They're nice, but in my opinion somewhat pointless.

 

[EDITThor]

Yeah.... Achievements were introduced on Xbox360 (for every game) lonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnng before TF2

And Ratchet and Clank had Skill points, which are essentially Achievements that unlock goodies, back in 2002.