What do you think is a good sweet spot for Achievements?
I think it’s nice to have a few easy one (even if it’s just to let the person know that the game HAS achievements), and some that just make progression sense (like, an achievement for completing a stage or a quest or a story etc.)
And I think it’s nice to have some challenging ones. Especially ones that create certain limits like “use on X weapon” or “only have X resource” etc. But I don’t love Achievements that are tied to purchases (like an Achievement for buying the game in Early Access or so). Also not a super fan of speed run achievements but to be fair, that’s purely because I just hate the whole speed running thing.
Also don’t like it when games that are very long have multiple ending-related achievements as they just smack of trying to artificially increase replayability. In similar vein, don’t like achievements that you can fail at the last second.
I suppose I like achievements that reward dedicated playing over raw skill (call me casual then).
I really don’t have any problem with any of these types of achievements in general. Even the super basic ones that you get by starting a game are useful to determine what percentage of people who own the game have actually played it beyond the menu screen.
The best achievements are ones you get for being clever, skilled, or dedicated. Or when it’s an unhidden achievement for something you didn’t even know was possible. Like the BG3 achievement for saving the goblin Sazza - just seeing it was possible made my next play through more interesting.
I do appreciate long ending achievements, but only if they indicate a significantly different playthrough. Good ending vs. bad ending works when that’s the result of many decisions and not just an option you chose ten minutes from the end.
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I really don’t have any problem with any of these types of achievements in general. Even the super basic ones that you get by starting a game are useful to determine what percentage of people who own the game have actually played it beyond the menu screen.
The best achievements are ones you get for being clever, skilled, or dedicated. Or when it’s an unhidden achievement for something you didn’t even know was possible. Like the BG3 achievement for saving the goblin Sazza - just seeing it was possible made my next play through more interesting.
I do appreciate long ending achievements, but only if they indicate a significantly different playthrough. Good ending vs. bad ending works when that’s the result of many decisions and not just an option you chose ten minutes from the end.