Challenges- The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

So as I mentioned in my last post, I like a bit of a challange, and for me, there are four kinds of challenge.

Firstly, there are the ones where absolutley no skill whatsoever is required to achieve what you need. There are a couple of games I can think of that fall into this category, and the first is quite obviously Avatar. To get all the achievements in this game, you just have sit pressing one button for about a minute. Very simple, very boring, not very fun. The second is Dorito’s Dash of Destruction, but unlike Avatar, this game is actually fun. Again, very little skill is required to beat the game, providing you can follow arrows to opponents (who can’t kill you) or objectives avoiding giant dinosaurs which provide no challenge at all. The one thing I will say about these games is that they are a godsend for scorewhores like myself.

Secondly, there are the challenges which, while still easy in the long run, require at least some level of skill to get where you want to go. This means that when you get there, you at least have a sence of satisfaction, rather than just going ‘meh’. One game I will include in this is Cars, because while for the most part it’s an easy game, finding and collecting all the postcards is a right PITA. Plus, I actually enjoyed the game, as I like racing games. This type of challenge applies to many of my 1k’d games, but not all of them, some are part of the next type of challenge.

The challenges which I prefer the most are the ones in this category. Games which require a decent level of skill to obtain all the points, but the challenges set aren’t out of the reach of normal people like myself. Games included in this include Guitar Hero and Rock Band, because 90% of the achievements can be obtained through practice, but the one game I have on my list, that goes in here that is 1k’d is Hitman. Expert and Proffesional difficuly are by no means easy, infact, they’re bloody hard, especially when you’re trying to get Silent Assasin and have no way of saving the game. However, with patience and knowledge of levels, the achievements suddenly unwrap infront of you. I have only been truley relieved at a few achievements so far, beating Jordan on GH2, 100% gaps in THAW, and 5 pro SA’s on Hitman, because they all took a lot of effort, but provided entertainment and never got boring.

The final type of challenge, is the kind I really hate, the kind that makes you think WHY!?!. These are the challenges that are so rediculous, you have to be almost godlike to get them. And what do they reward you with? Probably about 15-20 points. Some games are just out of this section, purley for the fact that although they take ages, they are still quite easy to get. The games i’m thinking of are games like Ridge Racer. I liked this game at first, but eventually it just became a drag to play the same 14 tracks over and over and over. Sure most of the achievements aren’t hard, but when you have to do 230 races in a non existant online area, and have to do 150 races without crashing, you do kinda think….why. I will get the points one day, but it won’t be soon, simply because I don’t possess the neccessary skill to do so, which is, quite simply, patience.

If I had patience, my GS% would damn sure be a lot higher than it is, maybe I should stop renting games I haven’t played, and just completed the ones I have…or would that be too sensible, seeing as Haly is now on 70k =/

~ by erutaerc on December 22, 2008.