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Kayinworks - I Irrationally Hate RetroAchievements (kayin.moe)

submitted 3 days ago by catfeeder@piefed.blahaj.zone 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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[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I work on PCSX2 in a small capacity. They're not my cup of tea, and I feel like they actively hamper a first or second or possibly even third playthrough. However, I've had some modest enjoyment adding them to games I beat 50 times over in the PS2's heyday just to have a better sense of permanence, to see if I'm good enough for the harder-ish challenges of dedicated fans, and to (ideally) see cute puns/references in the achievement names.

I think achievements are actively bad for a first playthrough and only serve to turn games into a checklist simulator that cynically exploits dopamine pathways. But I also won't nag the people who do use them for first playthroughs, even though I think they'd holistically enjoy them more without.

On the whole, RetroAchievements clearly breathe new life into games for a ton of people, and I've got no problem with that.