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This mindset is everything wrong with video games today.
I mean it depends on how much but video games mostly work by being more interesting or exciting than every day life. I don't like overstimulating video games too but I don't see achievements being the culprit
Weird take. If video games aren't supposed to be enjoyable and rewarding, what should they be doing?
Being psychologically manipulated into continuing to play a game that I wouldn't otherwise certainly doesn't sound very enjoyable and rewarding, but that may just be me.
I avoid achievements specifically because video games are supposed to be enjoyable and rewarding. A game should succeed or fail on its merit alone, not how well it plays the manipulative achievement metagame.