A new beta release for the Steam client includes scoped-achievements.
Achievements can now be split into game mode specific, DLC specific and seasonal specific achievements.
In theory, this will now allow players to achieve achievement completion, even though they’re not interested in the multiplayer aspect of a game.
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YESSSSSSSSSS!
Interesting way to get people interested in Left 4 Dead 2 again.
Yes, multiple progress bars to fill up! With extra rewards for filling them up! And seasonals! Jesus, this will be incredibly addictive to many.
This is good especially for things like Paradox games which was essentially p2w requiring all the DLC be able to get 100% completion. That’s still the case, but it would be better to know when you’re at 100% with all the expansions you currently have, or events you participated in.
You’re right, but I’m still gonna be at 0% because I’m still not playing ironman
Hey I get 100% on base game Cult of the Lamb again!
That’s really cool! It does require developers to go through and set it all up though. I wonder if the DLC ones can be done automatically?
(Not at my PC so can’t check stuff)
As of now, the only game in my library that supports it is Euro Truck Simulator 2. The Witcher 3 (even with the new remastered update) doesn’t have this feature and also doesn’t categorize it into DLC-specific achievements for example.
ooh ets2 is the game I immediately thought of when I saw this! this might motivate me to finally try to get more achievements in it
I’ve already seen (almost) this exact model with RetroAchevements subsets and it is indeed an improvement. It’s not just about having organized achievements, but mastering a base set and skipping the grind set is a nice touch. (They also do multi sets, glitch sets, challenge sets, etc).
RA is a bit strict on guidelines though, like all achievements being single player unless in a multiplayer subset, etc, which would be a good model for games with multiplayer modes that go defunct. Too bad I don’t see many developers going back and making that adjustment, though.
This is neat. Looking forward to it.
Achievements fucken suck. Yes, let me do the predetermined thing the devs said and I will have committed achieve!
With the down modding, dam and I thought reddit was an echo chamber…
I totally agree. I encountered them on playstation as trophies and thought there would be a 3D room you could explore all your trophies, maybe 3 or 4 per game total, finish the game and a few hard sub-bosses or quests. The reality was: walk across the room trophy, the save the game trophy, the pause while going to the bathroom trophy… Turned that shit off quick…
How is that different from completing the game itself?
Kind of but kind of not. I will look at them when I beat a game and it gives me a quick recap of what I might have missed. That usefulness varies wildly from game to game but sometimes I see an interesting challenge I want to try doing.
I cared when Bungie gave you the Recon armor set for having the vidmaster achievements. That was the last time.
Actually thats my biggest problem anymore but its more a microtransaction thing. You just dont earn cool stuff for doing challenges anymore. I love the few games that do give you something but it is fuckin RARE.
Gotta impress the shareholders. What? Fun? In the game? Shut up and buy this weapon skin for fifteen bucks.
I get that most achievements are “Completed tutorial!” and annoying crap like that, but I generally find the more challenging ones enjoyable.
Or for my joke reply: If you don’t like them, then just achieve nothing 🙂
Yea, definitely enjoyed some of the challanges.
100% (or near enough) surviving Mars, and those were fun
As long as I can turn it off. I don’t get the draw for achievements/trophies.
There’s nothing to “turn off”. It’s just a different way to group/categorize achievements. If you’re already ignoring them then you won’t see anything different.
No, you can turn off notifications for achievements and it’s basically turned off.
