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What if it's a game without a quest log? Achievements are just a universal framework for this kind of thing. So developers don't have to reinvent the wheel with
by Sakos 3y ago
What if it's a game without a quest log? Achievements are just a universal framework for this kind of thing. So developers don't have to reinvent the wheel with every game. Sounds like the kind of standardization that is a good thing for everybody involved, except for the gatekeepers who only want hard "achievements".
- Fnoord 3y agoAnd a quest log is a universal framework to give the player feedback on progress. Look, I'm good if you want trivial achievements, you can play your way. I however don't want such gamification. Allow me to turn the feature off.
- Sakos 3y agoBut one that has to be implemented from scratch by every developer. It's not universal. You can't just redefine shit because you don't like achievements.
- Fnoord 3y agoBoth have to be developed from scratch, and the gamification of meaningless achievements is a relatively new phenomenon in gaming. For example, in WoW they were added in 2008 (WotLK) and in CoD the original MW (CoD4) didn't have it. But they both had quest logs.