They're basically Steam/XBL achievements. Heck, most crossplatform games have the same trophies as their 360 counterparts.

I used to hate them at first, but now I don't really care. It's a nice way of making you do stuff in a game that you normally wouldn't bother doing...but some of them are pretty retarded.

Same thing as 360 and steam achievements. Can't find myself to care for achievements that don't mean anything after Team Fortress 2's idea that "Do these achievements to get weapons!"

I don't really see trophies as either good or bad. They're just kinda there to get if you want but completely unneccessary to enjoy the games. I've gone after them if I like a game enough (I've only got one platinum and that's for Arkham Asylum) but it's not something worth obsessing over.

[font=Calibri]I think they've got great potential but don't tap into it for the most part. In theory, they're a great way to encourage people to set challenges apart from the difficulty level, or simply to reward players for poking around and getting immersed in the gameworld. The problem is that they're often generic achievements you get for stupid and trivial things.

Then there's always "Neighborhood Watch". I'm still pissed at Valve for that one.[/font]

Edited by Mega X.exe on July 20, 2010 at 3:19:24.

Actually, I find them amusing to get, especially for games you liked enough to play through again. *CoughBioshock2Cough*
Or in my case, I played Heavy Rain through 8 times to get all the trophies. The only retard trophies are the Beat games on Easy/Normal/Hard/Crushing. I mean, wtf. xD

Some Achievements/Trophies are flippin' hilarious though. I giggle at them every time I see them xD

( I have like... 3 Platinums... Assassin's Creed 2, Heavy Rain annnnd Resident Evil 5 I believe..)

Edited by MegamanZero66 on July 21, 2010 at 4:27:02.

One cool feature about the PS3 trophies is that you can share your achieved trophies with friends on Facebook. It's a neat way to show others your game progresses, if you go on Facebook a lot.

Yeah, I recently got a PS3. A 60GB, backwards compatible model, no less. I'm quite happy with it.

The PS3 trophies, as well as Xbox 360 achievements, to me are just for those who are completionists(pretty sure I spelled that wrong) but as for the 360 achievements the gamer points you get allows you to buy things I guess, I dont know too much about that, but the trophies in the PS3 are basically just for show and for bragging rights I suppose. It's all a matter of opinion, and there is no right or wrong answer.

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