Gaming Achievements

Achievement Unlocked!

Recognise that? You either don't care at all, or your ego just got boosted, or perhaps you are floating somewhere inbetween like me, regarding this feature which has been present since the previous gaming generation, except that Nintendo hasn't used it generally yet.

The majority of video games nowadays have an achievement/trophy system that when you meet certain conditions during the game, you unlock these. From unlocking a secret level to beating the game, from walking a large sum of miles/kilometers in game to doing silly scenes like bugging NPC's and fooling around, to overcoming the most challenging trophies which are in Sony's case in the Platinum rank.

What I find interesting to monitor even more than seeing my personal achievements or comparing them with friends is the percentage associated with each trophy and realizing that they represent how many of the gamers who own the game in total have achieved this trophy.

For example, in the case of Bloodborne, not many owners of the game have beaten it normally. A much lesser amount have beaten the DLC bosses, and an even much lesser amount which includes me has seen all that is available in the bonus Chalice Dungeons.

My general conclusion with the games that I currently own is that the majority of modern gamers don't beat their games, and beating a game in my opinion is defeating the final boss, seeing the ending, and seeing the credits, and then you get back to the main title screen.

It really seems that only a small portion of gamers beats games, at least nowadays, regardless of many they own. For me, one of the best pleasures of playing good games is when I finally beat them and bring closure to them in my subjective view.

Being a completionist in the sense of doing all the side content, overcome all the challenges and getting all of the achievements is not in my interest. There are insane people who might do that per game, but as for me, give me a robust single player and a replayable multiplayer, and I'm all set and content.