Monday 24 March 2008

Stupid Achievements

They say opinions are like armpits - everybody has them...well here's mine!

There are some seriously stupid achievements out there, but there's just one that's really got my goat! I'm all for a tongue-in-cheek kind of achievement (The Simpsons Game's 'Press Start' springs to mind!) as these can be entertaining and don't really harm anybody...hell, EA are basically taking the piss out of their bad (read: terrible) track record with these things! No, it's not games like The Simpsons Game, with their tongue-in-cheek achievements, that've got my goat...it's games like Turok...

You may or may not be aware of the 'Grab Bag' achievement that the game features, but let me tell you this...it's a new low for achievements! The 'Grab Bag' achievement requires you to kill at least 1 creature, 1 enemy, 1 team-mate and yourself in the same round of a public match...

1 team-mate?! This game is rewarding you 10G for team-killing...well that's just great...

As if team-killing wasn't bad enough...it happens all the time in games like Halo 3 and COD 4, games that don't reward you for team-killing...but no, Propaganda (developers) took it upon themselves to increase the number of team-killing incidents...who knows why? Maybe they didn't think it happened enough? Seriously, this is the last thing online 360 gamers need! We all know what some will do for gamerpoints anyway...if there are people willing to get every single costume and shop item in Rumble Roses XX, then they'll sure as hell stab you in the back (maybe even literally)! It's the sort of thing that we shouldn't even be ALLOWED to do, let alone ENCOURAGED!

I may be overreacting, I don't know (let me know your thoughts!), but what I do know is this: That's one achievement that will never be on my list...

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