08-08-2012, 10:49 AM
On the PS3, you get no real bonus if you get all the trophies other than a higher ranking level and some games have platinum trophies.
If done right, they extend the game by getting things to do that you normally don't do. Many games however don't whether either it gets towards the point of grinding like in Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit where you can complete the Cop side of game in a Bounty of about 14 (out of 20) but you have to get the rank of 17,19 and 20, then you have to get the distinction (gold) medals, then you have to do weird events that you can't tell whether you got it or not (like there's a mission called Porsche Patrol where you have to hit a certain Porsche to get an achievement/trophy but since the cars sort of lookalike...) or they are so easy that it shouldn't be on there like Sly Cooper 1 where you get all the trophies just by playing the game normally.
There's also the problem of multiplayer achievements/trophies in that if the online server gets switched off, it means that you can't get the last of them. Some games e.g. Mortal Kombat, nearly all EA games have more multiplayer achievements/trophies than single player ones to the point of even being 70% multiplayer/30% single player.
To be honest I'm sort of 50/50 regarding these. While I prefer if they were unlockable bonuses or hidden features (cheats too), sometimes it gives an insentive to play the game but I don't go all out just to get them. At least I'm not someone who refusing to play games that don't have them like many people out there.
If done right, they extend the game by getting things to do that you normally don't do. Many games however don't whether either it gets towards the point of grinding like in Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit where you can complete the Cop side of game in a Bounty of about 14 (out of 20) but you have to get the rank of 17,19 and 20, then you have to get the distinction (gold) medals, then you have to do weird events that you can't tell whether you got it or not (like there's a mission called Porsche Patrol where you have to hit a certain Porsche to get an achievement/trophy but since the cars sort of lookalike...) or they are so easy that it shouldn't be on there like Sly Cooper 1 where you get all the trophies just by playing the game normally.
There's also the problem of multiplayer achievements/trophies in that if the online server gets switched off, it means that you can't get the last of them. Some games e.g. Mortal Kombat, nearly all EA games have more multiplayer achievements/trophies than single player ones to the point of even being 70% multiplayer/30% single player.
To be honest I'm sort of 50/50 regarding these. While I prefer if they were unlockable bonuses or hidden features (cheats too), sometimes it gives an insentive to play the game but I don't go all out just to get them. At least I'm not someone who refusing to play games that don't have them like many people out there.