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Kayinworks - I Irrationally Hate RetroAchievements (kayin.moe)

submitted 1 month ago by catfeeder@piefed.blahaj.zone to c/gaming@beehaw.org

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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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[–] catfeeder@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I did find incremental progression games interesting in how they make the extrinsic motivation, the numbers-go-up system, the core game mechanic.

My experience with games like this (Cookie Clicker, Vampire Survivors, Wizard Tower, etc) is that they are a fun little distraction that gets boring very quickly. Like, they can captivate me for an hour or two but eventually it becomes blatantly obvious that this game just abuses my brain without providing an actually worthwhile experience.

[–] Kissaki@beehaw.org 2 points 2 weeks ago

I've played a diverse set of incremental games. I can certainly see where you're coming from. Many follow the same or similar formula and don't add enough interesting story or other elements. Eventually, or sometimes very quickly, become boring.

There are some good ones out there too, though. That add a story and continuous progression, or a spin on or focus on gameplay over the incremental progression system.

I recently played The Last Cat in the Universe, which is only two hours long. So "for an hour or two" can end while it's still good. :)