Random Gaming Thoughts

[Xeogred]

I know its a stupid question, but how do I learn to ignore trophies/achievements? I used to be able to just finish a game and move on happily, even on 360, but on PS3 I'm having trouble doing that.

It was the opposite for me. I feel like trophies and the chime are far more passive than the 360 achievements, which seemed really invasive and annoying. I still love playing a game further for trophies if I really enjoy the game, but otherwise I don't really care. I think you just get over it one day. Hopefully?

[Exhuminator]

Anybody happen to know if this game is a thing?

Yes, it's Kira Kira Star Night. More info:

http://kirakira-star-night.riki2riki.com/en/

[ElkinFencer10]

I know its a stupid question, but how do I learn to ignore trophies/achievements? I used to be able to just finish a game and move on happily, even on 360, but on PS3 I'm having trouble doing that.

I'm the same way, but like Xeogred said, I find it harder to ignore on Xbox. I play Playstation more, so I get more trophies than achievements, but it's a lot more abrupt on Xbox IMO.

[Xeogred]

I think nowadays you can literally turn off the notifications though. At least, I remember the 360 rolling that out later on and I think the PS4 has it. Not 100% sure though.

[MrPopo]

In terms of intrusiveness it's best on Steam, where you just have that little notification that pops up in the corner (and it's a fixed pixel size, so a higher resolution means it's a smaller percentage of the screen).

[ElkinFencer10]

In terms of intrusiveness it's best on Steam, where you just have that little notification that pops up in the corner (and it's a fixed pixel size, so a higher resolution means it's a smaller percentage of the screen).

Yeah, I like Steam's achievements. I don't give a crap about them.

[Sarge]

I know its a stupid question, but how do I learn to ignore trophies/achievements? I used to be able to just finish a game and move on happily, even on 360, but on PS3 I'm having trouble doing that.

It bothered me to start, but I play so many games, and am so far behind anyone else in terms of trophies/points/cheevos that I really don't even care anymore. Other than a cool, "Ah, slick, I pulled off something interesting skill-wise."

Also, I think you can disable the notifications, so that might help you ignore them.

[Exhuminator]

Also, I think you can disable the notifications, so that might help you ignore them.

Yes you can disable these achievement/trophy notifications on both systems.

I disabled them because they are immersion damaging fourth wall breaking crap I don't care about.

[Snatch1414]

I know its a stupid question, but how do I learn to ignore trophies/achievements? I used to be able to just finish a game and move on happily, even on 360, but on PS3 I'm having trouble doing that.

I'm pretty sure he's talking about not being able to resist completing achievements, not the notification being annoying. Maybe I'm wrong, but just in case:

I've never been a big achievement person. For me if I did something naturally in the game and it triggered an achievement I thought of it as deserved. I always thought it was odd to purposely go after ones you wouldn't normally get playing the game naturally, although of course a lot of them pretty much require it.

[Sarge]

Oh, I know that. But it's much easier to ignore the achievements if you're not getting them popping up in-game.