Anyone obsessed with getting trophies? - Blu-ray Forum

jvoorhees · 01-11-2009, 09:40 PM

I use to be nuts for getting achievements on my 360... but have since gone away from my 360 and am shifting more to my PS3... dunno why? I like both just as much but find myself wanting to just enjoy the game and not be "concerned" with getting achievements/trophies... I mean its fun to try to get em all... but at some point it becomes an obsession.... anyone else like that with achievements/trophies?

silversnake · 01-11-2009, 09:54 PM

I'll go thru and get as many as I can . For the ones that require 2nd and 3rd playthru's I wont' get those unless i play the game in the future but when I get as much as I think I can I usually move on and go for something else unless I really like the game.

Blu Jacket · 01-11-2009, 09:58 PM

On occasion I do get obsessive about such things. For a time I was obsessed with getting as many of the honors as I could in Soul Calibur 4. In the end though I usually realize how futile and pointless they are and go back to just enjoying the game.

Gamekid · 01-11-2009, 09:59 PM

I get what I can. Sometimes the condition requires something that would be very pressuring. In that case, I skip the trophy.

j_rocca42 · 01-11-2009, 10:33 PM

I'll try as much as possible until they start to get really really hard to get....

Navster · 01-11-2009, 10:34 PM

i wasent at first... but world of war im at 71% oh so close... i just have to beat about 6 more levels in veteran and im there... but its soooo freakin hard it gets frustrating!!!

Pepelutivruski4 · 01-11-2009, 10:58 PM

i'm not at all, but my buddy is a trophy chaser and i have more trophies than him... LBP spits out trophies like a mofo.

Beefbowl · 01-12-2009, 08:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Gamekid

I get what I can. Sometimes the condition requires something that would be very pressuring. In that case, I skip the trophy.

+1 I thought Mirror's Edge trophies were doable but it was going to take a lot more time than I was willing to invest.

Marine Mike · 01-12-2009, 02:23 PM

I'm only obessed about trophys in games that I enjoy playing. I will not get all the trophys in a game that I do not enjoy to play.

AikonEnt · 01-12-2009, 02:51 PM

I'm not obsessed with trophies but it does make me do things within games that I may not normally do, e.g. play on the hardest difficulty or doing specific things. Case in point being Dead Space, currently I have 44 of the 49 trophies. I knew about the one gun trophy before I started playing and on my first play through I just used the plasma cutter and didn't bother with any of the other weapons. No way would I have done that if there wasn't a trophy for it, but I also enjoyed the little extra challenge of it. I'm on chapter 8 and have all but the following trophies :

Level 6 zero-g basketball (took me a few goes just to get off level 1!)
The 2 cannon mini-game type things were you have to have 50% shield left (I'm rubbish at these so don't like my chances)
Then complete on impossible which will also give me a platinum (assuming I've managed to get the others first)

I might add that it does help that this is a very good game and if it hadn't been I probably wouldn't have bothered to play through more than once.

Definitely not obsessed but I do have over 300 trophies

dpomp · 01-12-2009, 02:49 PM

i think once i get my first platinum i'll be good

remmers33 · 01-12-2009, 02:56 PM

This obsession is taking over my life!
Will not consider a game complete until I have done all the trophies

I think I may have an OCD for PS3 trophies!!!

jamclaur · 01-12-2009, 03:44 AM

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Originally Posted by silversnake

I'll go thru and get as many as I can . For the ones that require 2nd and 3rd playthru's I wont' get those unless i play the game in the future but when I get as much as I think I can I usually move on and go for something else unless I really like the game.

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Originally Posted by Gamekid

I get what I can. Sometimes the condition requires something that would be very pressuring. In that case, I skip the trophy.

This is about my feeling too. I really like the trophies and try to get them, it's sort of RPG(ish)... But unless I LOVE the game i'm not going to replay it 2 times to get the trophies.

Volume11 · 01-12-2009, 03:49 AM

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Originally Posted by jamclaur

This is about my feeling too. I really like the trophies and try to get them, it's sort of RPG(ish)... But unless I LOVE the game i'm not going to replay it 2 times to get the trophies.

Spot on. I love the trophy set up over the achievements because it feels RPGish with the leveling system and different point scale for the different trophies...I also like how the trophies lose points the more you level up...

All Sony needs to do is let 3rd party websites automatically upload your trophies as you get them vs me having to manually add them on playfire...

jamclaur · 01-12-2009, 03:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Volume11

Spot on. I love the trophy set up over the achievements because it feels RPGish with the leveling system and different point scale for the different trophies...I also like how the trophies lose points the more you level up...

All Sony needs to do is let 3rd party websites automatically upload your trophies as you get them vs me having to manually add them on playfire...

I agree... OR now that we've had to merge our PSN and Underground ID's sony needs to make those little tags, and have the update automatically.

Volume11 · 01-12-2009, 03:52 AM

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Originally Posted by jamclaur

I agree... OR now that we've had to merge our PSN and Underground ID's sony needs to make those little tags, and have the update automatically.

I never read the whole story but Playfire had a thread or bullentin post concerning why Sony wouldn't allow it...if I remember correctly it was half technical issues and half red tape nonsense, but I'd have to read it again to be sure as its not hard to set up an automatically updating gamercard.

caliminius · 01-12-2009, 02:12 AM

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Originally Posted by jvoorhees

I use to be nuts for getting achievements on my 360... but have since gone away from my 360 and am shifting more to my PS3... dunno why? I like both just as much but find myself wanting to just enjoy the game and not be "concerned" with getting achievements/trophies... I mean its fun to try to get em all... but at some point it becomes an obsession.... anyone else like that with achievements/trophies?

No, I don't give a rat's *ss about trophies unless they're linked to unlocking items in-game or (now) in HOme. Like Uncharted where the trophies have now been linked to the pre-existing awards system that unlocks cheats and such. I don't care what my profile says my level is or how many bronze, silver, gold, or platinum trophies I have. The only game I have 100% in is Linger in Shadows because they were all so easy to find.

Depending on the trophy, I might try to get it a few times but most I don't care. High Velocity Bowling's trophies are the worse since they are all linked to playing online. I had a hell of a time one day trying to find anyone to play with so I couldn't imagine wasting my time going for those trophies.

If Sony had trophies convert to currency to use in Home, I might be more interested. But again, that just goes back to them being worth more than bragging rights. Bragging rights to me is just the gamer's equivalent of who has the bigger penis; maybe if it I was 10-15 years younger I'd care more.

Pauliesr · 01-12-2009, 02:25 AM

Well somebody has to be the first to say it so here it goes - I'm not.

Kudos to those who do like getting them.

Nothing against any of you.

Won't be any of that 'don't you guys have better things to do with your lives other than getting all the trophies'.

I have a few but wasn't trying to get them.

Big part of it might be that the big 4-0 is gonna hit me this year and gaming isn't high on the priority list. Wife, 4 kids from 21 down to 9 (huge gamer but on his 360), job too and all that great stuff that goes with it all.

I find time to play but it kinda comes and goes in waves. For instance, I bought GTA IV used at a pawn shop for $30 back in June and just put it in my 60gb

PS3 to start playing it 4 days ago! I drove from the ship yard to the apartment and that's as far as I've gotten in the game. Hope to spend some quality time on my days off this week.

My $.02

mikejet · 01-12-2009, 02:18 PM

As long as I have fun playing a game I could care less about trophies.

Maximus · 01-12-2009, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by mikejet

As long as I have fun playing a game I could care less about trophies.

This. If I get them along the way, cool. I'm not going to chase them and do specific stuff to get them...

01-11-2009, 09:40 PM	#1
jvoorhees Active Member Member since:Jan 2007 Location:CANADA!	Anyone obsessed with getting trophies? I use to be nuts for getting achievements on my 360... but have since gone away from my 360 and am shifting more to my PS3... dunno why? I like both just as much but find myself wanting to just enjoy the game and not be "concerned" with getting achievements/trophies... I mean its fun to try to get em all... but at some point it becomes an obsession.... anyone else like that with achievements/trophies?

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01-11-2009, 09:54 PM	#2
silversnake Blu-ray Champion Member since:Feb 2008 Location:Montreal Home Theater Gallery:22 4K collection:7 Blu-ray collection:498 Blu-ray reviews:6 Trading Score:32	I'll go thru and get as many as I can . For the ones that require 2nd and 3rd playthru's I wont' get those unless i play the game in the future but when I get as much as I think I can I usually move on and go for something else unless I really like the game.

01-11-2009, 09:58 PM	#3
Blu Jacket Expert Member Member since:Feb 2008 Location:Ohio Blu-ray collection:44	On occasion I do get obsessive about such things. For a time I was obsessed with getting as many of the honors as I could in Soul Calibur 4. In the end though I usually realize how futile and pointless they are and go back to just enjoying the game.

01-11-2009, 09:59 PM	#4
Gamekid Power Member Member since:Feb 2006	I get what I can. Sometimes the condition requires something that would be very pressuring. In that case, I skip the trophy.

01-11-2009, 10:33 PM	#5
j_rocca42 Expert Member Member since:Jun 2007 Location:Recording live from somewhere Blu-ray reviews:17 Trading Score:13	I'll try as much as possible until they start to get really really hard to get....

01-11-2009, 10:34 PM	#6
Navster Blu-ray Archduke Member since:Oct 2008 Location:Bay Area 510!!! Blu-ray collection:9 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:74	i wasent at first... but world of war im at 71% oh so close... i just have to beat about 6 more levels in veteran and im there... but its soooo freakin hard it gets frustrating!!!

01-11-2009, 10:58 PM	#7
Pepelutivruski4 Banned Member since:Oct 2008 Blu-ray collection:19	i'm not at all, but my buddy is a trophy chaser and i have more trophies than him... LBP spits out trophies like a mofo.

01-12-2009, 02:23 PM	#9
Marine Mike The Busey Member since:Apr 2008 Location:Ohio Home Theater Gallery:10 Blu-ray collection:120 Blu-ray reviews:4 Trading Score:4	I'm only obessed about trophys in games that I enjoy playing. I will not get all the trophys in a game that I do not enjoy to play.

01-12-2009, 02:51 PM	#10
AikonEnt Blu-ray Guru Member since:Oct 2007 Location:Crawley, UK Blu-ray collection:246	I'm not obsessed with trophies but it does make me do things within games that I may not normally do, e.g. play on the hardest difficulty or doing specific things. Case in point being Dead Space, currently I have 44 of the 49 trophies. I knew about the one gun trophy before I started playing and on my first play through I just used the plasma cutter and didn't bother with any of the other weapons. No way would I have done that if there wasn't a trophy for it, but I also enjoyed the little extra challenge of it. I'm on chapter 8 and have all but the following trophies : Level 6 zero-g basketball (took me a few goes just to get off level 1!) The 2 cannon mini-game type things were you have to have 50% shield left (I'm rubbish at these so don't like my chances) Then complete on impossible which will also give me a platinum (assuming I've managed to get the others first) I might add that it does help that this is a very good game and if it hadn't been I probably wouldn't have bothered to play through more than once. Definitely not obsessed but I do have over 300 trophies

01-12-2009, 02:49 PM	#11
dpomp ₯ Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Texas PSN: dpomp131 Blu-ray collection:231 Trading Score:19	i think once i get my first platinum i'll be good

01-12-2009, 02:56 PM	#12
remmers33 Member Member since:Sep 2008 Location:London Blu-ray collection:118	This obsession is taking over my life! Will not consider a game complete until I have done all the trophies I think I may have an OCD for PS3 trophies!!!

01-12-2009, 02:25 AM	#18
Pauliesr Special Member Member since:Nov 2007 Location:Minnesota Blu-ray collection:325	Well somebody has to be the first to say it so here it goes - I'm not. Kudos to those who do like getting them. Nothing against any of you. Won't be any of that 'don't you guys have better things to do with your lives other than getting all the trophies'. I have a few but wasn't trying to get them. Big part of it might be that the big 4-0 is gonna hit me this year and gaming isn't high on the priority list. Wife, 4 kids from 21 down to 9 (huge gamer but on his 360), job too and all that great stuff that goes with it all. I find time to play but it kinda comes and goes in waves. For instance, I bought GTA IV used at a pawn shop for $30 back in June and just put it in my 60gb PS3 to start playing it 4 days ago! I drove from the ship yard to the apartment and that's as far as I've gotten in the game. Hope to spend some quality time on my days off this week. My $.02

01-12-2009, 02:18 PM	#19
mikejet Banned Member since:Sep 2008 Location:Los Angeles, CA Blu-ray reviews:5 Trading Score:29	As long as I have fun playing a game I could care less about trophies.

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