avianflu wrote on May 9, 2011, 07:11:
The dissonance with achievements is that you earn 90% of them merely by completing the game in a normal manner -- that is not an "achievement." Hilarious to me that they are called achievements.
Yep. Finishing the first mission: ACHIEVEMENT! Hitting an enemy with a standard weapon for the first time: ACHIEVEMENT! Killing 50 enemies during the course of the game: ACHIEVEMENT! Doing something ordinary while playing the game, NOT thinking about achievements at all: ACHIEVEMENT!
Its like achievements made for people, who want achievements without going through the hassle to actually achieve something.
Let's call them "heroic achievements" for extra silliness.
Yeah. Achievements for real gamers, who will grind for a living!
I wish this whole achievement thing is optional, so that everyone can enjoy a game to his or her liking.