Trophies and achievement systems in games have always teetered on the precipice of complete enjoyment and tedium. On one hand they add a level of challenge, success and longevity to a game, but on the other it can make a game tedious, boring and outright feel like a chore.
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Its like the final episode of the Sapranos. You gonna go to make a comment and when you click add th-
I think the only game here for me is Nine Sols. Was always interested in that game.
Good month for me, I wanted that particular footy game and thought it might be due. Anyway who cares, shame about the site I'll miss the comment sections. All the best everyone.
Naughty Dog was reportedly divided on the controversial fate of Joel in The Last of Us Part 2 during the game's development.
Funny considering Bruce left half way through development and now we get told there was an internal conflict with the story direction.
Makes you think…
I think it was good decision, if he was still alive, he would have been a mascot just like Kratos, drake and many others. These old dudes gotta die for new characters to take center stage with their own storyline. They keep dragging the emotional baggage into many sequels and eventually the story just turns into absolute shit show.
It was ironic because people complained heavily about the story in the Uncharted games not having sufficient stakes because all the key characters always survived, despite the dangerous situations they were always in. Then ND killed a character in a more serious series and everyone lost their minds. Just shows that people don't always really want the thing they say they want.
I thought the more common complaint about Uncharted franchise was how the main cast are the good guys acting so nonchalantly while killing hundreds in cold blood (aka the dissonance between gameplay and story cutscenes). They just did it again in Part II.
I don't think he would necessarily need to become a mascot (and besides, technically, I'd say Ellie is... So regardless, someone was going to be).
From a narrative perspective, I do think it has a similar effect to Ricky dying in Boyz N Da Hood: very likeable character, and you're really motivated to see the get back—in this case, it's more intense because it's an interactive experience. Most people hated Abby, but I get what they were after with portraying the cycle of violence and revenge—unfortunately, the game appears to want to take the side of the bad people.
But I will say that if Joel survived, it does become harder to tell an interesting story. What COULD have happened is an exploration into the rift between Joel and Ellie after the trolley dilemma events of the first game. It could have been interesting to see Abby out for revenge at the same time Ellie hated Joel.
Sorry just had to say this lol! RICKYYYY!
Man Cuba Gooding Jr was miscast in that movie, but that part was cringey it was sad and funny at the same time man.
I understand but the way they went about killing Joel, was poorly executed. Even the show of the Last of Us games tried to improved it, but it was just as bad. Well at least Joel got to know the reason why he had to die, before the death happened in the show. That part gave us the full context, but the game just let it happen with no pay off.
Joel death should have been a midway thing through the story, so we at least get to play him a little more with Ellie. Abby didn’t need to be this Hulk looking woman, but more like the show Abby which is a beater idea in my opinion.
Honestly as much as I loved the game, they could have just not killed him off.
I get it creator vision and all but killing a character that made you millions is just wrong imo. At least have him go down fighting.
Square Enix launches Final Fantasy X 25th anniversary site, revealing new Nomura art, books, music releases, and merchandise.
Look I know VIII has its issues and all that but how on earth can the do big anniversary events with new artwork and merchandise for VII, IX and X yet VIII got sweet f*** all.
They could have given it something during its 25th anniversary yet all it got was a single Happy Anniversary post on their social media.
they should know that we are OG fans of VIII as it sold truckload as well. not as much as VII or X. I personally didn't like IX but X and VI are my personal fav.
Shadow Hearts 2 covenant is another game I love. I hope one day someone can make remake, I would be delighted
Final Fantasy VIII is great and you are always the first to defend it in the comments
Too many collection and completion awards.
Trophies should be about encouraging gamers to step outside of the box. I loved Ghostbusters The Game achievements because there were riddle trophies for each level to decipher the description and figure out what you actually needed to do to unlock them.
I don't see now Trophies and Achievements can be viewed in a negative light since you aren't required to get all of them. If it is boring or difficult them don't try to attain them, as simple as that.
I love achievements. Total whore. Started a couple of years ago though so I'm at 96000g now. I like how the higher your gamerscore, you get more of a rebate on xbox live purchases (albeit like 2%). I like their idea that when you unlock certain achievements, you get rewards in game. They really took advantage of that in a few earlier games, but I haven't seen it at all recently
Achievements can add hours more to a game for me and help me see things the developers put in that I wouldn't see normally (e.g easter eggs and extras for getting collectibles and cool references). It encourages gamers to experience as much of the game as they can, and it's always worked for me
I think the negativity could stem from the lack of effort on the developer's part. Some trophies are truly tedious and detract from an otherwise great game if you feel like going for the platinum. Other trophies simply require skill or force you to approach the game from a different angle. I like seeing these more innovative trophies rather than the generic ones that emphasize repetition and collectibles (e.g. 10000 kills in Resistance 2 competitive MP or flags and stuff in AC = garbage trophies). Played so much R2 and would finish first or second in games with 40+ players for weeks and I only ever got up around 7000 kills I think.
Edit: I also hate when you beat the game on normal mode and then say to beat it on crushing you have to go through it again on hard mode. Kind of tedious though with Uncharted I end up playing the game four times anyway.