No matter how you relate to achievements, they are one of the biggest additions to the games we have seen over the past decade.
Achievements increase playing time and give us a warm feeling inside when "achievement is unlocked" appears.
I would first recognize that the achievements of Xbox and Trophies PS3 are very important in my everyday game and significantly influenced the style of the game. For example, I played games at the level of complexity "Easy" or "Normal", because I had no reason to experience myself in difficult mode. Now most of the games are offered additional points of achievements to pass the game on the most difficult complexity, and I am more than ready to go through an extra mile for another 100G.
Nevertheless, although I madly love and the points of Xbox achievements, and the PSN trophies, there is one type of achievement that does not interest me at all - the achievements of Steam. Awarded during some games for PCs available through Steam, they are absolutely meaningless to me and are actually completely meaningless.
In the achievements of Steam, so much is bad that it is difficult to understand where to start. First, the Steam community service is such a royal confusion that it is difficult to understand where to find your unlocked achievements first! There is no single place where they are going together, and instead you need to view the list of games, and then scroll down until you find the right game you want.
Once you have found those achievements that you were looking for, you will not be able to measure how well you actually do. Steam achievements do not make sense, and instead in your particular game it will simply be indicated that you have discovered X achievements from the total number of Y. This is not at all interesting and does not make me strive to enter the game and achieve the rest.
It is also very difficult to compare your unlocked achievements with the achievements of a friend, and even when you finally manage to do it, it is not entirely readable, because the issue of value again raises your head - because no achievement attached points, you just look at the row With rectangles and text.
This is the main problem - there is no common score that you get. While Xbox has your player's account, and PlayStation gives you a level based on your trophies, Steam is not worried about. Consequently, you have nothing to show for your hard work, and there is no common score to feel warm and unclear.
It does not help that Steam achievements are not available in most games. Although Microsoft, and Sony oblige developers to introduce achievements and trophies to their games, Valve does not support this function, that is, most games even unblock. When only a few games on the service really use the achievement system, does it make sense in this at all?
In fairness, Steam has one decent feature in the achievement department - the ability to check global statistics. Check which achievements were unlocked by players in the game, and which - rarities, nice to read, and it is reasonable that you can also compare your own achievements with the general results.
In addition, the whole system feels completely hopeless and needs to be rebooted. Steam has a huge database of users, and it is very important that it ensure proper achievements with which the players will really want to communicate. Achievements not only prolong the life of the game, but also serve as an additional advantage when the player considers the possibility of buying.
The following steps should be taken. First, "Steam Rating", which is currently based on how many hours you played over the past two weeks (and this is another completely meaningless function), it is necessary to replace with the achievement, depending on how many achievements player unlocked . Thus, friends will be able to visit your profile in Steam and find out how experienced you are (or just how many games you have!).
Then Valve must be connected to major developers to enable Steam achievements in their games. It would be foolish to ask for each developer to include achievements, as this may prevent the release of games through Steam. However, tremendous releases are constantly in Steam, and each of them must be accompanied by achievements, without exception.
In essence, there is no real reason to worry about the achievements of Steam, and in fact you will find that some gamers will buy a multi-format game on the console, and not on a PC, just so that they can pack available achievements. Of course, this is a sufficient reason for Valve to make the necessary changes to its currently broken system.
