Game Satisfaction in an Age of Achievements
Let’s turn our attention back to achievements, or “cheevies” as they are fondly known. If you’ve seen my XBL gamer page, you’ll know that I enjoy collecting them. I avoid ones that require traveling around a map collecting 200 of X, most of which I wouldn’t already stumble across in the course of playing. But if I’ve already got 190 of X, I’ll find the time to drive around getting the last 10 for the achievement.
Recently, however, I finished the campaign of a game, and due to skipping through one of the cutscenes at the end, the achievements (yes, two of them for finishing!), didn’t pop up. “WHERE ARE MY CHEEVIES?” I immediately messaged to a friend. I replayed through the cutscenes, and then all was right with the world – there was that pleasant sound of achievements unlocking and flashing up on the screen.
As I toggled over to check my total achievement score, I was struck by what a sad commentary that was. I finished a campaign which took days to finish, and instead of feeling a great sense of accomplishment from that alone and watching the ending scenes, I was worried about the achievements. Perhaps it’s time to play some DragonQuest 8 on the PS2…
Creation of a Monster
Yes, folks, I’m afraid today has seen the creation of a monster. A blogging monster, to be exact! Zen has set me up with my very own login to the EXCO blog, so now I can keep a running account of my cheevies. What are these cheevies, you might ask? Otherwise known of as “Achievements”, cheevies are the measurement by which I gauge my Xbox 360 progress!
Ok, so this won’t be about cheevies. My login might be revoked if that becomes a recurring theme. Or we might have a staff revolt from certain people who detest the word, for reasons I cannot understand.
Anyway, as the other EXCO members try out their own new logins, we look forward to hearing from you. And if you have any questions about HeavenGames, please shoot any of us an email and we’ll see about answering them in this arena. And if no questions are forthcoming, look forward to hearing about my progress in Dragon Age and Fallout 3 and Halo ODST and …
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year from all of us at HeavenGames!