Team Fortress 2 seems to be the best example of both good and bad achievements. #3 I have mixed feelings about as this is where I’ve seen the majority of what I considered bad achievements. Often a side effect of completing these achievements is improving the player’s skill at the game which can help them either in another mode of the game or with the genre. These achievements promote replay-ability as most often an average player will not be able to earn these the first time around. #2 is my preferred achievements as they live up to the title of “achievement”, rewarding the player for getting better at your game. This grouping goes along with Heckler’s concern about achievements from the article: “Fundamentally, he explained, his concern is based around a growing body of research suggesting that giving people extrinsic rewards for completing tasks - for example, rewarding kids for reading by giving them pizza - decreases the subject’s genuine interest in the actual task.” You’re getting rewarded for something that you would have done no matter what. #1 in my opinion is the least favorite as it really isn’t an achievement in my opinion. With that said it’s time for me to go down the list and talk about each grouping. What could also be almost a sub section of this group are “situational” achievements, these are ones that require a very specific action to achieve which either requires pure luck or a lot of foresight on the player’s part.Ī few examples that come to mind are : Team Fortress 2 Scout : Kill an enemy in the air, on the ground and underwater in one life, Assassin’s Creed 2 : kill an enemy with a jump down assassination while the enemy is poisoned, any game that asks you to beat a level/game without using specific weapons and so on. Most often these achievements don’t fit with the main game play of the title and either asks you to do something different or something you wouldn’t do normally within the game. Going against the grain: Lastly are achievements that are from the grab bag of sorts. They can also involve completing a task with an additional restriction or requirement to prove your expertise.ģ.
These achievements are usually reserved for players who want to go for 100% or play the game on harder difficulty levels. Masters Exam: Achievements that require advance skills to get or going beyond the main quest of the game, for ex: ” Beat the game on hard”, “get a 100 hit combo” and so on. Basically the player who goes through the game from start to finish is going to get every achievement of this set.Ģ. Grabbed along the Way: These are achievements earned through the normal progression of the game, for ex:” You beat level one”, “unlocked double jump” and so on. In my opinion we can group achievements into three broad categories:ġ. The better question to ask is “what distinguishes a good achievement from a bad one?” At this point the question of “should we have achievements?” is a moot point, they are here to stay. The topic of achievements is an interesting one for me, as someone coming from the days where the only achievement we got was the game over screen. During the last GDC Chris Hecker talked about achievements and the danger they could pose to game design. One of the more recent and fastest growing additions to the game industry would have to be the inclusion of an achievement system.
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