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Kayinworks - I Irrationally Hate RetroAchievements (kayin.moe)
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Sharing because Kayin's talk about achievements made me think about why do I even accept them in games at all so I disabled them in Steam (the only way to do this is by disabling the whole overlay =_=) and found that I don't miss them at all.

What's you opinion on RetroAchievements, and achievements in general?

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[–] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I don't really care about achievements in general, personally. I play the game normally and if I get them, whatever, if I don't, whatever. It doesn't change my enjoyment of a game either positively or negatively.

I come from a Gamer generation when the only achievements you got were telling your friends that you reached the end screen and beat/defended the high score. So I don't really care either way. I don't change how I play to specifically get achievements, but I don't go out of my way to avoid them either.