Do You Go For All the Trophies/Achievements in Games?

[Jessweeee♪]

Uuugghh it depends. In games like Assassin's Creed where it's like, "collect 5000 flags" and there is no reward other than that little "woohoo achievement" thing popping up, then no. But in Assassin's Creed II where it's like "collect 5000 feathers" and I get a super cool cape then sure! I have yet to do that though. Also games like Mirror's Edge where the achievements are really fun to attempt. "Be super cool! Do a wallrun, turn and knock out that guy with a kick to the face!"

[Roto13]

The feathers weren't so bad because it told you how many feathers there were in each city (and how many you had collected) and there were only 100 of them. I thought the hug you got from Ezio's mom was a better reward than the cape. Especially since the cape makes you instantly notorious. xP

Those Mirror's Edge stunt trophies are awesome.

[Bolivar]

I have Platinums in inFAMOUS, Godfather 2, Killzone 2, and Damnation (not my game though). Like Dreddz, I got a lot of the usual 40%'s from just playing through the game once. Usually on a second playthrough or if it's a really long game, then half way through, i'll look at the trophy list and see what's doable. Easy ones I'll definitely go for. Hard ones, if it's a game I really like and it's a decent challenge, I'll go for as well. My last trophy for the KZ2 platinum was being in the top 1% of the worldwide leaderboards at the end of a week. Tried 2-3 times and finally got it, so that's my crown jewel of trophies.

It does bother me a little bit ones that I just can't get - I'd love to Platinum Battlefield Bad Company 2, but killing 20 enemies by dropping a house on them just comes down to luck really.

I really like games that got retroactive trophies, though, like GTA IV. Definitely gives me an incentive to go through that game again and get everything.

[Roogle]

I find that the requirements for getting all of the trophies or achievements in a game are far too time consuming for someone like me.

If I really liked a game, I would play it in a way that might allow me to get all of the trophies or achievements that the game offers, but I would not make that a specific focus. I could not care less about those types of things, personally.

[Peegee]

Sometimes achievements are worthless. But I've only played achievement games for left 4 dead and for starcraft 2..

in l4d the achievements have to do with versus mode or single player campaign achievements. Like survive the entire game without getting damaged by special zombies. Or killing the tank without getting hurt. Or beating the game on the hardest difficulty. For versus it's silly things like tapping two different people with the same life, or killing all of them with one life. It's fun and challenging and if you can do them all legit, you become a better player.

For starcraft 2 I don't know if the achievements for single player are anything but irritating. I have them all except for the mini game, and it cost me dozens of hours of game play and about 3 keyboards (I'm shocked I didn't break any mice). And I still have to do the stupid achievements for multiplayer. Beat insane AI 1000 times?? Do it for 7 FFA opponents?? FORGET IT

[Jiro]

I try to go for everything, but I don't have LIVE so there are so many s I can't get. The only one I've maxed is Oblivion, but I've almost done a few others. Both AC and ACII are almost done sans collecting flags/feathers, which is a bitch but I will do at some point with a guide.

[Roto13]

Collecting the feathers is less annoying than it seems if you use a guide. Games Radar is good for something besides stupid lists.

[Necronopticous]

Viva Piñata was the only game I ever got all of the achievements on.

[Loony BoB]

I also enjoy the challenge of it and also believe it adds to replayability for a lot of games. I have Platinum for FFXIII and Uncharted 2 at the moment (Uncharted 2 doesn't require 100% as a lot of the multiplayer things were added at a later time). I'm more likely to get trophies that are in single player games because I don't feel I have to play 5,000 multiplayer games just to get some of the trophies. I don't like the idea that "well, if we want people to play multiplayer for years, then we better make there be a trophy that will take years to get...". Bleh to that. Single player trophies seem much more achievable within a month if you really want them, so yay. They should have seperate platinums for online and offline activity.

[Nifleheim7]

I completely ignore them.I continue to play my games normally as if i was still in the PS1 era.I replay them if i enjoy their gameplay not because someone somewhere decided when the game should be "complete".
I prefer to play a new game and have a new experience rather than continue playing an old one that i ceased to enjoy.

[Shiny]

Nah, I don't try to get them. I just get them based on what I do during the game. The only one I actively sought out was the kill about 53,000 zombies or whatever insane number it was to get the Mega Man Blaster.