When done right, achievements are a fun challenge to milk a little more juice from a game, as it can be fun to have an excuse to continue to play a game that maybe you've already beaten. It can encourage you to play with different characters or visit different places... they're nice when done well.
I feel like if I need an arbitrary pointless task to make me play the game, I'm not really enjoying the game any more and I'm just forcing myself to play.
I do but side quests give me story. Yes I also do things just to see it's possible but that's something that I personally think is interesting. I don't do "kill 200 enemies in less than 5 minutes." Type achievements because I don't care about them.
For example I hated the shooting range challenges in resident evil games and I mostly ignored them. I'd probably get 4,5 more hours from the game if I do them but those are not fun hours for me. I play resident evil for the story and the atmosphere, not so I can sit in a shooting range and do challenges.
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u/acamas Aug 08 '26
This.
When done right, achievements are a fun challenge to milk a little more juice from a game, as it can be fun to have an excuse to continue to play a game that maybe you've already beaten. It can encourage you to play with different characters or visit different places... they're nice when done well.