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Kayinworks - I Irrationally Hate RetroAchievements (kayin.moe)
submitted 3 months ago by to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
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Sharing because Kayin's talk about achievements made me think about why do I even accept them in games at all so I disabled them in Steam (the only way to do this is by disabling the whole overlay =_=) and found that I don't miss them at all.

What's you opinion on RetroAchievements, and achievements in general?

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[–] 10 points 3 months ago (1 child)

I like them, it's a fun way to replay old games. In general I like seeing statistics about my progress. It's cool seeing that something I did in the game is something that only a small number of players did. However, I never look at the achievements beforehand or try to hunt specific ones down. At that point, they would no longer be fun for me.

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 3 months ago

    It’s cool seeing that something I did in the game is something that only a small number of players did.

    This is the most enjoyable part of achievements for me too.

    I had that fun moment in Caves of Qud when I was going through a quest in Bey Lah, an isolated village of deertaurs who are ruled by an authoritarian shithead who is very suspicious of outsiders. I was given a quest to solve a mystery and I ended up blaming outsiders, genuinely thinking that this was what happened. Then, this achievement popped up:

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    And I realized I just helped the fucking leader of all people there! I mean, I'd realize it anyway even without the achievement but it wouldn't be as big of a jump from "yay I completed the quest" to "I fucked up so bad". It'd be less funny.

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