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Tue, 12/16/2008 - 8:10pm — Bill Loguidice
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Achievements

Matt Barton wrote:
That's an excellent point about cheating, Calibrator. I like that a lot. The more I think about it, the more it seems that achievements should be about you, not some other standard. If you are really good at some aspect of a game--especially something that most people haven't practiced or aren't any good at--the right achievement can really make you feel special. Even if, let's say, you don't last very long in a game like Space Invaders, you might be really good at some aspect of it, such as hitting the bonus saucer or never hitting your own bases.

That's the basis of the universal achievement system in all Xbox 360 games, be they retail or downloadable. That's what makes it so fun, hitting the often dozen or more achievements in each game, be it survive for one minute without firing a shot, reaching a certain level, playing with someone online, etc., it's all that little bit of extra incentive that makes the game all that more fun. Sony is trying to implement something similar on the PS3, but it's not as elegant and nowhere near universal, and the Wii has it in only one or two games, which kind of defeats the purpose if you ask me.

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Bill Loguidice, Managing Director | Armchair Arcade, Inc.

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