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Achievements are baubles and trinkets. They are neither necessary nor sufficient for something to be a game. And I don’t know if you’re aware, but a vast amoun
by _aavaa_ 2y ago
Achievements are baubles and trinkets. They are neither necessary nor sufficient for something to be a game.
And I don’t know if you’re aware, but a vast amount of Sims players use the game to build and decorate houses and then play out stories in them. The Sims dying is not. A lose condition, but the final page of their story.
- YurgenJurgensen 2y agoWhy not? You are aware that many ticket-redemption games reward the player with literal baubles and trinkets, right? Just because many people choose not to engage with the mechanics doesn’t mean they don’t exist.
- _aavaa_ 2y agoI never said they don’t exist, I said they are neither necessary nor sufficient for something to be a game.
- YurgenJurgensen 2y agoDon’t dodge the question: Why not?
- _aavaa_ 2y agoI’m not dogging the question, it’s trivially answerable: many games don’t have achievement and are games nonetheless Further, if you remove the achievements from games they continue being games. GTA without achievements is still a game. Remove the entire XBox and PS trophies system and all their games still remain games.