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Re: Halo CE Anniversary achievement list!
Posted By: General Vagueness <General.Vagueness@gmail.com>	Date: 10/15/11 10:39 p.m.
: Coping with the boredom you mean? It wouldn't be very much boredom though, : so it's hard to consider that any significant challenge. yeah : I wasn't sure what point you were getting at there, but sure you've got a : good supply of sniper ammo and rockets, which is a big help (unless you : forego them for added challenge of course). In Halo you've likewise got a : good supply of sniper ammo, once a rifle becomes available. I'm saying with all that sniper ammo and all those rockets and several medkits and two AC modules, if you know where things are or take a minute to look, it's not that much harder on foot. It does have more varied scenery that Halo though, if only by a little. : I too suspected that this is why they settled on only four. However, that : high Wraith isn't always problematic. You typically have the opportunity : of destroying it with a few rockets while it's hanging around at the far : right - though it may require a bit of patience for it to appear there. On : a given playthrough it might play hard to get, but mostly you'd have a : decent chance. I think you just hit on the problem-- it relies on chance too much. : Well, I just mean failed in a reality-based sense. Let's suppose you died : along the way - maybe multiple times - but carried on to the end. Ok you : succeeded in the videogame sense, but your character died - which is : generally considered a military failure. You broke the imitation reality : by continuing regardless, so it's success on a relatively artificial : level. Reverting is another reality breaker. I was going to put something about this but I thought "nah, he's not that entrenched". Yes, dying in real life is unpleasant and something to be avoided. : There's significantly more meaning when you maintain the reality all the way through. : I see that as the real form of 'success' for a given level, whereas muddling through : with deaths or reversions is more like a training activity before stepping up to that task : (or is just for a bit of casual fun - which is fine of course). The gaming community at : large doesn't seem to view things that way though, and the practice of dying and : continuing seems like an ingrained part of the culture. I find that a perverse norm, : and it hardly does much to encourage the most skillful gameplay. ... What exactly would you have them do instead? : Are you hinting that developers generally want most achievements to be : reasonably achievable by the majority of casual players? I'm asking as I'm : not familiar with the standards, and don't play many other games (or pay : attention to achievements). I'm hinting they want them to achievable by people who are sane and have lives-- yes, deathless Legendary is quite doable, but it's out of reach of most people's skill level at present or in the near future, and possibly ever.

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