Do you still care about Steam achievements?

[GrantDaNasty]

Yea. People can talk about "it's easy to cheat them" all they want, I don't gain achievements to compete with others, I get them to feel a sense of accomplishment for myself.

I got all the achievements in RE3 over the weekend actually.

 

[ichigoww]

Usually not.
If I really like the game, and want to see everything it has to offer (as long as it doesn't take too long), I try to get them all, which I've done with only two games so far.

 

[Forerunner]

Depends on the game! I like trying to get the achievements in something like Hearts of Iron IV because they are usually wacky and require something different.

 

[Adathir]

I don't care but it's not just a Steam thing because I don't go out of my way for trophies or achievements either.

 

[Ravelle]

Nah, the last time I cared about steam achievements was with Team Fortress 2 because it had really cool achievements that could track how far you were in to getting it, tracking the amount of kills or amounts of time you had to do something.

I was really close on getting the Platinum for Monster Hunter World, it was just getting the biggest crowns achievement with was RNG, it was a hard road to get even to that and I'm not doing that for PC all over again.

 

[Arsene no Kiseki]

Yeah. Shame they can be hacked so easily but I enjoy checking my completionist.me account often.

 

[KainXVIII]

Yeah I like to get them.

I don't care about other people achievements, so the fact you can unlock them easily doesn't affects me.

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This.

 

[Sabretooth]

I used to, but I really don't now. It's neato to see an unusual or rare achievement pop-up, and I'm still proud of the super rare ones I've fished out, but I've got no time for that stuff anymore.

 

[Imperfected]

I don't care about achievements in general, and yet I can still somehow recognize on an instinctual level that Steam Achievements are even lesser than that "nothing" which I hold others to be.

I'm assuming their QA process isn't anywhere near as robust as the console-specific ones, because if testers had to do a lot of the dumbass shit required for Steam Achievements I've seen they'd just tell the devs to kick rocks.

 

[texhnolyze]

I don't care about them. But they're useful to keep track of where I was before I dropped a game, for example. The latest achievement would give you the idea.

 

[GhostTrick]

Trophies and achievements ? No fucks given about.

Now badges on the other hand are cooler IMO since they're unique to each games.

 

[BobbeMalle]

Yes, i like to keep tracks of the games that i play. Nothing fancy, it's just a nice bonus when you play.

 

[Giever]

I like going for 100% for games I really enjoy. So I get that out of steam achievements.

 

[cowbanana]

Asking "Do you still care..." implies that people cared to begin with, which I never did. But I voted "I do not".

 

[Clowns]

Sometimes.

 

[Htown]

yes, but as personal challenges, not something to show off and brag to others about

the fact that someone else could use some program to just unlock achievements is entirely irrelevant to me; why should I care?

 

[OozeMan]

It feels good to get achievements but I've never chased after them! Although a few years down the line it feels nice to read through a game's achievements and realise the choice I made whilst playing.

 

[SirNinja]

"Care" is a strong word when it comes to Steam achievements, though I will say it's a nice feeling when I get one that, say, less than 2% of all players have.

 

[jakershaker]

Achievements have always been worthless. Never understood them and never will.

 

[Corine]

I find every achievement system worthless.

 

[Berto]

I did enjoy going after them in Black Mesa, so I guess I do care in some games.

 

[FooF]

Not so much on steam cause they can just be cheated or use a program to unlock them. I'll sometimes go after platinum trophies on ps4 tho if i'm enjoying the game and i don't have to go out of my way for whatever i'm missing.

 

[Rosenkrantz]

No. But it also true for any other platform. Video game achievements are pointless and a giant waste of time.

 

[Burt]

Achievements are terrible in general, but Steam Achievements are basically the equivalent of unwanted pop up notifications on your phone from an app that you installed for a one-time use.

 

[MrCibb]

I wouldn't say I care about getting the achievements, but I enjoy working towards certain ones if they offer a fun challenge e.g. Pacifist achievement on Deus Ex. The achievement just lets me know I actually did it.

 

[Gelf]

I like them the same as any other achievement system. They are a good recording tool of my progress in games and a suggestion of others things to do if I so choose.

I don't give a shit if other people use hacks to unlock them because I never care about being in a trophy dick waving contest anyway, my achievements are just for my own reference.

 

[Deleted member 1839]

Badges are better:

 

[Alanood]

I never cared about achievement/trophies on any platform.

 

[SigSig]

If the achievement doesn't unlock anything, I don't care about it.
Steam, Xbox, PSN Trophies, all meaningless shit that annoys me with a popup with a "witty" oneliner.
Early Team Fortress Achievements, which used to unlock equipment, guiding you through mastery of a class, was the only time achievements ever were good.

 

[Deleted member 2254]

Never really did. Valve never made it as interesting as it is on Xbox or PlayStation.

 

[Launchpad]

Yes I absolutely love Steam achievements. I think their completion rate is one of the best ways of doing it, so I can see what my total percentage is at all times. I just wish they had one extra feature that they don't currently have, maybe a Platinum equivalent or something.

 

[XR.]

They're pretty cool and incentivizes me to play in ways I usually don't.

I don't mind them being easily hackable since other's achievements aren't really affecting me. At worst, they inflate the unlock percentages but when comparing them with Playstation trophies they aren't out of control or anything, they still tend to be the same.

I still wish they did more work on the system though, like having a better overview of all my achievements, recently unlocked and things like that.

 

[TheDutchSlayer]

Should have had a 3rd option:

"I never have"

Never cared about them in general in the first place.

 

[Bradford]

I like em and make a habit out of capping games I love.

 

[Massicot]

I still go for them in games I especially like. Same with any other platform. I see it as a sort of road map of things to do in the game.

 

[J_ToSaveTheDay]

I have this mental perception of achievements that scales with how much I enjoy and appreciate the individual game that they stem from, and not necessarily the achievements as they are associated by platform. So I'll give a crap about Steam achievements if I really like (more like love) the game I'm playing.

I guess there's an extra layer of interest I have in PlayStation achievements because of how Platinum trophies work, but again, I don't even pay attention to trophies unless I truly and deeply love the game.

 

[Shudouken]

I turned off the steam overlay because they annoyed me.
Same on PS4.

 

[Torpedo Vegas]

I was unaware that they existed

 

[defaltoption]

I do not and wish the system was overhauled to be more like trophies or Xbox achievements. The ideal system is everything the way Microsoft has it but with a "platinum" achievement or even account badge when you get them all.

 

[Mbolibombo]

Never did.

To some extent I enjoy it on consoles though but somehow never did on PC-platforms. Not sure why..

 

[Knight in Shining Armani]

They made me turn off the overlay.

 

[Menchin]

I care about the cards because I sell them in bulk to partially fund my backlog expanding addiction

 

[Erebus]

I never did.

 

[Augemitbutter]

it was doomed from the start as a community feature when we look at cheaters. Ofc i never cared about them.

can still be fun if you keep things clean on a personal level, to keep track of stuff.

 

[mogster7777]

I like having them on a system level and at least steam has that. I don't cheat so that doesn't bother me. I just like seeing progression that's tracked and on other websites like truesteam achievements or metagamerscore so that's nice.

Unfortunately steams implementation isn't that great compared to the consoles but at least it has them unlike Nintendo. It's nice way to see what's in a game. I only 100% it if it's fun and I really like the game I don't go out of my way and make it feel like a chore. Most of the time I'll get what I can along the way and rarely go back to replay to get more as the game has to be like a 9/10 and not have ridiculous achievements if I do that.

I've only 100% Grandia 2 and Trails in the Sky part 2 as they were pleasant to go through and not overly time consuming with ridiculous multiple play achievements.

 

[Kuosi]

As much as Trophies, which is zero. In game achievements that actually reward you with something like in wow/ff xiv yeah.

 

[Deleted member 9305]

For bragging rights? Yeah, no, fuck that noise.

I like them as a record of milestones in a game, the global comparison is nice to see where are other people at.

 

[Stef]

Love the achievements when they are well-done.

In some cases they really add something to the game experience, especially when the developer puts some effort into them.

Also, i usually hunt for them for my personal pleasure, as a challenge, not to "show" someone else that I unlocked them.

So, the "They are easily cheated" does not touch me.

In some cases they even make me discover things in a game that I would have missed.

So, yep, I really care about the achivements.

 

[Bulebule]

I stopped caring about trophies or achievements during PS3-era. Many are unnecessary grinds that don't increase my fun with the game if I don't like the game's mechanics that much already. Or I might like the game but don't bother grinding anyway.

 

[Glio]

No achievement has any value except perhaps in MMOs.