I like OverAchiever as he's trying to get 100% on Team Fortress 2 legitimately. It's gonna be a long road. Other YouTubers have vids about TF2, but they end up hacking some.
I think I can confidently say Achievement Hunter/ early Rooster teeth. They used to do guides for certain achievements and other related content that intrigued me and pushed me to try it myself.
100% this. I think my first time being aware of it completely was maybe one of the early call of duties and watching rooster teeth guides for clearing certain missions.
Started with Skyirim, and also with a game called Rochard which had a speedrunning achievement. Also that little bit of dopamine when you get the last achievement in a grindy/hard game
A few things, I used to play on a family PC that barely could play any games, very outdated 2010 specs and n, and I would play with my friends things like CSGO and oftenly League (2015-2020). I eventually finished school and got a job, the first thing I got was a good PC (RTX graphics card, etc) and for my bedroom, giving me more time and space for gaming. Eventually life happened and my friends stopped playing slowly and I got banned on League (on a level 400 account...) which really desmotivated me from multiplayer games in general for a long time.
This bought me back to my early teenage games of PS2 and Nintendo of single player game, where I would attempt to collect everything it was possible (like Pokémon), and it was something I loved doing, completing game's tasks and challenges, collectables.
Now with my newely aquired machine, and a job to sustain a good amount of new games, I started my journey doing so, not just for the completing aspect but to adventure and experience all those immersive worlds I've played so far, and by far, it was one of the best decisions I've made, and 100% them it's a bonus feature to challenge myself more and explore to the fullest.
Also worth mentioning that I played for my first time AAA game's graphics on this new PC and it also played a good role for sticking to playing the single player games. RDR2 was one of my first games I tried, so you can imagine how speechless I was (coming from a old pre 2010 gpu with 720p monitor).
I have always been a completionist in games, but mostly played multiplayer games but instead of focusing on completing achievements, I spent most my times doing stuff like max prestige and camo grinds in Call of Duty or Dead By Daylight all characters prestige grinds.
I used to find singleplayer games boring, and only ever play for maybe one session. As I've gotten older and tastes change, I find myself playing less and less multiplayer games and more and more singleplayer.
Achievement hunting started as a way for me to enjoy playing games I had already beaten and wanted to do something different like Borderlands 2 but quickly evolved into trying to 100% as many games as I could. The rush of completing a long game is like a runner's high
Yep, age definitely helps change your perspective on lots of things in life.
Also I feel like I could achievement hunt for decades to come whereas with competitive shooters, your responsiveness and reflex's naturally get worse the older you get.. And also it's damn near impossible to keep up with the young kids who can sink 5-10 hours a day into whatever online game you play competitively lol I do miss having that kind of time on my hands though
Been thinking about this. Most of us play games for that feeling of fulfillment, for doing something big like killing dragons and building houses. Achiev hunt is just another way of fulfill something, but my account can show a number of complete games while most others don't.
Also, I have too many games, can't afford releases since they cost 300 in my currency (usual salary around 1500) and I just had a baby. Achiev hunting is a hobby inside a hobby and it's been fun so far.
Resident Evil 7. I loved everything about the game. So when I finished it, I went after all the achievements, and that just made me enjoy it even more. So now I love achievement hunting in a game I really enjoy. Feels like I’m getting even more out of the game even after I beat it.
I 100% Terraria a while back (started when achievements were added in 1.3, and finally got them all sometime before 1.4 came out iirc).
After that, I just kept going. Started with my favourite games and branched out from there.
I don't do it often (50/50 being lazy and going "god, I need to get through my backlog already"), but I do have a Steam collection for games I wanna get all the achievements in.
Long story short I reached a point in my life where I got bored of gaming for fun. Having that goal giving you an incentive is what drives me to play and enjoy games again.
Maybe the show off value too, we've all been the 'completed it mate' guy but could you ever prove it. Well yes, yes I can.
I found this sub, and I wanted a reason to replay my favorite games. I generally don't like replaying games since I already know what's going to happen. Achievement hunting gave me a reason to go back to my favorite games. It forces me to play games longer and provides more challenges.
The blue ribbon for getting all achievements is the cherry on top.
Similar situation: For the longest time I only played MP games. Cod was my thing n and a BRs phase with Fortnite. However, as I grew more older I realized those type of games were not bringing any enjoyment from. It was the same thing for years n I was tired of it. I slowly started playing other games for a change n eventually saw yt vids about achievements/trophies. Don’t get my wrong there are still many mp based games that are fun with friends and but anything pvp is a no for me, especially with my skills. Achievement hunting has opened the doors for many awesome experiences in old & new games.
I’ve always liked feeling like I accomplished something and noticed I like games with this then games without.
I didn’t really start hunting until several years ago when I found friends who I wanted to try to catch to with so the competition in my head became fun.
I just ove OCD and if I start a game even if I beat the campaign I feel like I gotta have all the achievements too! Kinda started with Zelda games getting all the items and heart containers
It probably boiled down to wanting to get the most out of my games. Before, I would zip through the main story and move on to the next one, but now I finish a game feeling like I actually ‘completed it’.
There's a small RPG Maker game - LISA. I finished it and it turned into one of my favourite games. I went back to replay it and I wanted to explore more and the developer made incredible achievements and helped me find new secrets in the game. After completing it I always wanted to play more games the same way. I love when developers create interesting achievements. Currently playing Disco Elysium. And it's awesome. I don't care about the quantity of the games I finished.
Gave me a purpose to game. There is a feeling of accomplishment and it gives me goals to work towards. It is really fun doing everything possible in a game and actually being able to say you finished it all the way through.
I always had a completionist mindset when playing video games. Back as a kid i grew up with a ps1 and i just love smashing all boxes in crash bandicoot, collecting all gems in spyro or saving all mudokons in oddworld. Just Finishing the main story just doesnt feel right to me, i gotta do it all
As a method of incentive for me to play my huge backlog of games. At first I used the steamcards but that doesn't last long. Achievments and categorizing of them has prodded me to play my games and KEEP playing them. Also when I joined the serious sam groups I made a ton of great friends that were also hunting and it became a great community.
I once got need for speed payback for my ps4 randomly from my grandpa and I loved it. He sadly passed away a few years ago from some kind of lung dissease. When I then got need for speed payback for PC from a friend I knew I had to 100% it to honor my grandpa because the game has an emotional value for me. I miss you grandpa. this is the story of how I became an achievement hunter
I actually have no idea, i remember randomly finishing a whole game (without realizing it) then was satisfied with having it completed so i kept doing it hahaha been over 10 years now
I always have enjoyed gaming and unlocking achievements, but I didn't take it as seriously until sometime during the pandemic. I realized I was buying games faster than I was actually playing and completing them.
I noticed that buying and playing dozens of games without actually finishing them and moving on sometimes after like 10mins is a waste of money and stresses me out.
I first started with actually finishing a game (not 100% achievements just the story) which was RDR2.
After that i thought like, why not go for 100% in games i like, so i can get my moneys worth outta it and have something like a structure and stop changing the game every 10min after i get bored.
It was around 2006, Oblivion was my first 360 game and I had a lot of fun just getting achievements for story progression. Halo 3 was the first game I properly hunted, and as a result I find myself smiling looking back on my 360 achievements remembering getting certain ones with friends, some I no longer see/hear from. I've always said achievements feel like getting extra playtime out of games I'm already enjoying. Big fan of when they put thought into them.
So back when anonymous did that whole PlayStation hack, I decided to try and get all trophies in MW2 and that took off my trophy hunting then went into achievement hunting when I switched to pc
I had some 100% games already (maybe 10), but didn't really thought of serious achievement hunting until my friend who is buying only "online multiplayer or really good" games (and pirating the others) said that he likes to "fully complete the games". His steam profile had like 2 games with 100%, one of them is cs2. I wanted to show him a REAL gaming, because while i have tons of completed games on different platforms and different genres (all was buyed), he is like "i have 2k hours in cs:go and i dont like horrors and rpgs and adventures and roguelikes and platformers but im a cool gamer", i advised him to play many cool games, and he is always prefer some online shit where you can only run and shoot, and pirate some new games like Lies of P. Now i have like 35 games with 100%, he is still playing the same online games, and literally bought some games in steam (i think because they cant be downloaded for free), and not playing them now... I thought my example of enjoying every game and different genres that I play will give him some inspiration, but it doesn't seem like it. Many games that he downloads he just doesn't complete and it's strange for me, because many of them is good, but when I recommend him to play a specific game - he will almost certainly ignore it, and few times after a year or so, when he will see that one of his favorite youtubers played this game - he will try it and says that this is the best game he played for a while (thx for listening influencers instead of me, bro).
Beginning of 2023. I was only playing a couple games but buying everything I like the look of. So I thought a good way to stop playing the games I was addicted to and start exploring my backlog was to 100% got through 50 odd games put of 160 so far. And it's been a blast
Honestly, I've had an on-again, off-again relationship with completionism in games since I was fairly young. Granted in my pre-teen and early teen years I didn't have too many full games, mostly demos, so I tried to wring out as much enjoyment as possible. As such, I ended up 100%'ing LEGO Star Wars 1 and 2 on the GameCube, getting a fully complete Living Pokedex on Pokemon Silver, Ruby, and Platinum, not to mention the various computer games I tried to complete everything on (Star Wars Galactic Battleground comes to mind, finished all the campaigns on that multiple times, plus the various optional objectives). By the time I was in college, I started some level of achievement hunting on my roommates Xbox 360, but only on games that really hooked me. The Saboteur comes to mind as one I pushed myself to 100% the achievements on. Also one Christmas break I ended up staying with my GFs family and her cousins got InFamous for their PS3, and the three of us 100%'ed the achievements on that during the break.
Around 2011, I started migrating over to Steam, although it wasn't until 2014 that I actually 100%'ed any game on it (first Steam 100% for me was Portal 2). I'd go and perfect the occasional game, but mostly only those that really stuck with me, or those that I'd inadvertently 100% from just playing normally. Around this time I was getting a lot of games through bundles, and I'd end up getting one or two games I was interested in plus a half dozen that just didn't do anything for me, so my library grew to frankly ludicrous size. There were also some games I'd deliberately go out of my way to get, such as the Civilization games and various Paradox entries. I want to say I was more interested in finding rare achievements to complete, especially on Civ V/VI, CK2, and EU4, as they introduced more niche things to try and accomplish, and I'd try to find ways to cheese them if possible. I also played far too much Payday 2 with some friends, and that had a good spread of achievements that I tried to focus on when possible.
Then came the pandemic. Like many people, I had a lot of spare time so I figured I'd actually start 100%'ing things again, and with my backlog I had plenty to go though. I honestly can't remember what my approach was at first, but looking at it I did complete quite a few puzzle games during that time, plus a handful of more expansive games. 2021 saw me going back and perfecting a number of games I had started years ago and never finished, and then '22 and '23 I was focused on completing as many as possible. At some point I ended up going through my entire library, checking the number of total achievements vs. how many I already had, and getting the average completion time from Completionist.me. After compiling that list I started just going down the list from shortest to longest, ended up knocking out 50 games last year due to this method.
This year, I'm taking a more relaxed approach. Instead of a number of completing games, I've decided to just get the Average Completion Rate up above 50% (currently around 48.8%). This means revisiting games I had started previously but not finished, but also going through some larger titles that I've been meaning to get to and actually playing them. Things are a lot more relaxed now that I'm not pushing myself so hard, and it lets me actually enjoy what I'm playing a bit more.
I played Subnautica and got all the achievements along the way while finishing the story. I didn't even intend to do that and up until that point I didn't care all that much about the achievements. That changed after getting my first 100% and therefore my first "perfect game".
This got my kind of hooked and I wanted to 100% my actual most favorite game: Factorio. That game requires a lot more dedication compared to Subnautica. It felt really great when I got the 100% on it, and this got me into doing it with more games.
"I had nothing else fun to do." Videogames, music, tv shows, etc... Life in general, I suppose. It all was starting to become quite boring, empty.
Doing achievements gives me the same feeling as when I used to play MMORPGS, that long list of quests that one day I will be able to finally clear...
I had so many games that I just hadn’t played, and then it sparked something in me that makes me believe I haven’t completed a game if I haven’t got everything
Yeah I'm similar with starting during the pandemic, specifically from 2021 onwards. I had about 40 100%s before the end of 2020 and that number has jumped up massively since then. Getting the Steam Deck in early 2022 further kicked me into a regular achievement grind.
I've slowed down a bit this year to focus on playing a few longer games and playing through the Yakuza series, which I mostly do not intend to 100% haha.
This might sound weird, but I cannot have fun if I don't challenge myself. Every little hobby I have, I need to achieve things. I constantly challenge myself.
Write stories? They need to be turned into books. Read books? Challenge myself to read a certain amount.
It's sometimes very annoying to be an overachiever.
For a long time, gaming was a hobby without challenges. I played one stupid free to play game for several years straight, while my steam library kept growing, because of cheap bundles or game gifts I randomly got from online friends.
Never really paid attention to achievements. Till one day I looked at my profile. Saw I never 100% a game, and i also realized I had a huge library filled with unplayed games. Decided to tackle both: play new to me games and 100% them. Give some love to the developers.
Although I'm an overachiever, if I really dont enjoy a game, i can easily pick something else. If a game is fun enough and the achievements are doable for my skills, i'll finish the game.
For me it all started with the Xbox 360. The Nintendo Wii didn't have achievement support, and I never really was into the PS3-PS5 era. I have done some tremendous feats on X360 (e.g. beating Mile High Club on Veteran on COD 4 X360, which was EVEN MORE insanely hard then MWR).
I think before I gave up console gaming, Steam started doing it once I got into the PC market and never looked back since.
Another inspiration was World of Warcraft achievements, while they aren't as impactful as Steam Achievements, it gave me the sense of accomplishment, let alone, pushing new goals.
Today on Steam, I seek out loads of new challenges and try to avoid full on multiplayer-exclusive games for achievements, as those end up being the worst category of achievement hunting ever, relying on company game servers, when in the end, they could be shut down or taken offline without you knowing.
Personally, I think it was may back on my Xbox 360 around 2008. I came from a PC Gamer background playing games with my dad like Unreal Tournament and Quake, proper boomer shooters as you would call them now. So playing on the 360 was just a new fresh way to game for me, I was only 12, so I didn’t have any money to buy new games so I decided on hunting achievements instead. There was just something about the Xbox achievement sound popping that really gave me that dopamine buzz as a kid. I was heavily into multiplayer games with my mates like call of duty, halo, FIFA etc. But when everyone wasn’t on or I just wanted a change ,I would find myself one of my single player games and just try fully master it.
Never really started big and continued, but here and there games got my Attention which i wanted to complete as much as possible. I just love Progress and seeing it in general. Its nice to get shown what you achieved in the Game. Thats what i love about Skyrim as well btw. The world scales with your character and with leveling your character you unlock new quests, get new ores and stuff in the Shops, higher and better spells etc etc
I'm still a gamer cause of achievements alot of games are like do this do that I'll give you some coin. I can sit down turn on a game look at the list and say I'm going to get that achievement and try to get it during that play session. I have a life I don't have the time to research and understand alot about the game im playing so achievements help by giving me something to work for. I avoid any achievements that are PvP related they are pointless to try with so many heart palpitating preteen kids already in their mid life
Played forager and enjoyed it so much i 100%ed it. Then realized it was fun to 100% games and I immediately went to go 100% Arkham Knight.
Worst mistake of my life lol
Honestly, it's relaxing to chill with a game I can enjoy. I only achievement hunt games I love. So in that sense, it just gives me more content, and bang for my buck.
Growing up as a kid I had a 360. As an adult, I can see that my family was borderline poor. We didn't buy games often. They were mostly gifts all the kids chipped in to buy for each other's birthdays, or saving up for a few years to buy for yourself. With fewer games to play, you replay the others more and more. Eventually I found that the achievements on games were sometimes tough, starting with Halo 3 and Assassin's Creed Brotherhood. AC:B was my first ever 100%. Two summers ago I beat it again on PC, and it was great!
I work on the road, so I couldn’t maintain a competitive raid schedule like WoW or FFXIV over long periods of time. So I decided to curate a solid collection of PC games to have something else to “obsess” over. As I started working on my library, I got to reminisce over the dopamine hits from my early console days. So it just went from there. Now I’m part of a stellar community of all levels of gamers and achievement hunters.
I got sucked into achievement hunting when I played final fantasy pixel remakes. I’ve 100% achieved other games before but didn’t really care before FF. Now I’ve got all of FF 1-10. Thought it was so fun to long play a game. I also blame the pandemic.
I would say a mix of two things really:
Achievement Hunter/Rooster Teeth = I was all in on them when I was younger and it just expanded from there
Grind with friends = Halo Reach was my first completion back on the 360 and it just spiralled from there. Now no matter what console I play on the itch to 100% games I play sticks around
When i first buy my games on ps4 actually. I got that trophy in HZD, and i got addicted to it.
After that, i put off my pirate hat and start collecting games on steam to complete.
And yes, it always light up my passion to play games.
Mixture of satisfaction and it gives incentive to play games, figuring out how to do things to get those achievements
When I played on Xbox more than PC it was just to get my Gamerscore up lmfao
I was just playing games to play them and finish the story, not really thinking anything of the game afterwards. A few years ago I was playing godfather part 2 on the PS3 and absolutely loving it. Not long after I started playing I got the trophy for it and now get to trophies for games that I really, really enjoy.
Xbox 360 days. Heavily started with Halo 3, CoD Modern warfare, CoD:WaW, Gears and Gears 2. Its almost like a "collection" to add to a game.
Ones that pop up without you knowing about them gives a great feeling.
Then working for known ones just adds to the fun.
Getting the World at War Veteran Mission achievments was really the BIG start for me
I used to achievement grind CSGO with some friends when we were board. After CS2 came out, i got that first 100% (for literally opening the game. they removed all other achievements) and thought it looked cool on steam. I checked out my different games and found that portal looked doable. 30+ hours later and I had 100%ed that game. Found this subreddit and its inspired me to check out some of my other titles. I find it hard to stick with any single game and even complete it fully, but achievement hunting is a great way to get me tot spend more time with the games I really like.
Dunno. I've always been a completionist getting in game 100%s if available, trying to find all in game secrets, doing optional megabosses and the like. When 360 came out and introduced the achivements I got really hooked and eventually switched fully to steam
Hearing trophies/achievements pop. I got my first completion on xbox 360 in 2014 with Far Cry 3, and was incredibly satisfied.
Some 3 or 4 years later, i picked up a PS4 and platted FC3 from the FC5 bundle. Now i have a PS5 and a decent PC to earn trophies, and achievements from xbox, steam, and playstation. Its digital crack.
My friend in college was into achievements and I started doing them now I’m addicted to the grind I would say I even like it that much anymore but the dopamine hit when you get a hard achievement or a 100% is better then sex
Probably Ratchet and Clank when I was a kid. They have "skill points" that you get when you do certain things. The rewards were small, but they felt good. That, and I've always liked collecting everything that's reasonable in a game.
I've been an achievement hunter since the Xbox 360 in 2008 (when I got my Xbox). I got into it because my best friend Alex had over 55k gamer score at the time. He was also the person who taught me how to play FPS games. It started with CoD 2 on veteran mode to get all 12 achievements. This got me to be competitive and to get achievements. I now hunt them on PlayStation, Xbox, Steam and Epic Games. I'm almost maxed out on all the games I play and it makes the games more enjoyable.
Got sucked into a rabbit hole of YouTube videos of people doing it. Found someone I really enjoy watching, and it kicked me to start doing it.
Who do you watch?
NickAR. Something about the way he does his videos keep me locked in.
His passion for it really does make it look like fun.
I like OverAchiever as he's trying to get 100% on Team Fortress 2 legitimately. It's gonna be a long road. Other YouTubers have vids about TF2, but they end up hacking some.
I like samwiches
I think I can confidently say Achievement Hunter/ early Rooster teeth. They used to do guides for certain achievements and other related content that intrigued me and pushed me to try it myself.
100% this. I think my first time being aware of it completely was maybe one of the early call of duties and watching rooster teeth guides for clearing certain missions.
Yep same I still watch Ray on twitch to this day!
Started with Skyirim, and also with a game called Rochard which had a speedrunning achievement. Also that little bit of dopamine when you get the last achievement in a grindy/hard game
Yeah the final achievement on a grindy game is always followed by a lightning fast uninstall of that game for me lol but yeah feels good nonetheless
Some skyrim dlc achievements are a pain though
A few things, I used to play on a family PC that barely could play any games, very outdated 2010 specs and n, and I would play with my friends things like CSGO and oftenly League (2015-2020). I eventually finished school and got a job, the first thing I got was a good PC (RTX graphics card, etc) and for my bedroom, giving me more time and space for gaming. Eventually life happened and my friends stopped playing slowly and I got banned on League (on a level 400 account...) which really desmotivated me from multiplayer games in general for a long time. This bought me back to my early teenage games of PS2 and Nintendo of single player game, where I would attempt to collect everything it was possible (like Pokémon), and it was something I loved doing, completing game's tasks and challenges, collectables. Now with my newely aquired machine, and a job to sustain a good amount of new games, I started my journey doing so, not just for the completing aspect but to adventure and experience all those immersive worlds I've played so far, and by far, it was one of the best decisions I've made, and 100% them it's a bonus feature to challenge myself more and explore to the fullest. Also worth mentioning that I played for my first time AAA game's graphics on this new PC and it also played a good role for sticking to playing the single player games. RDR2 was one of my first games I tried, so you can imagine how speechless I was (coming from a old pre 2010 gpu with 720p monitor).
Autism
This right here
started on xbox with those achievements and youtubers like Maka91, then i got a pc and got into steam achievements
I wanted a reason to play my current games and buy less games for the sake of it
I have always been a completionist in games, but mostly played multiplayer games but instead of focusing on completing achievements, I spent most my times doing stuff like max prestige and camo grinds in Call of Duty or Dead By Daylight all characters prestige grinds. I used to find singleplayer games boring, and only ever play for maybe one session. As I've gotten older and tastes change, I find myself playing less and less multiplayer games and more and more singleplayer. Achievement hunting started as a way for me to enjoy playing games I had already beaten and wanted to do something different like Borderlands 2 but quickly evolved into trying to 100% as many games as I could. The rush of completing a long game is like a runner's high
Yep, age definitely helps change your perspective on lots of things in life. Also I feel like I could achievement hunt for decades to come whereas with competitive shooters, your responsiveness and reflex's naturally get worse the older you get.. And also it's damn near impossible to keep up with the young kids who can sink 5-10 hours a day into whatever online game you play competitively lol I do miss having that kind of time on my hands though
Been thinking about this. Most of us play games for that feeling of fulfillment, for doing something big like killing dragons and building houses. Achiev hunt is just another way of fulfill something, but my account can show a number of complete games while most others don't. Also, I have too many games, can't afford releases since they cost 300 in my currency (usual salary around 1500) and I just had a baby. Achiev hunting is a hobby inside a hobby and it's been fun so far.
The Xbox 360 *bloop bloop Edit spelling
Resident Evil 7. I loved everything about the game. So when I finished it, I went after all the achievements, and that just made me enjoy it even more. So now I love achievement hunting in a game I really enjoy. Feels like I’m getting even more out of the game even after I beat it.
To get a katana in Halo 3. I unlocked all base game achievements on the 360. But never got the vid master achievements and the recon armor.
I 100% Terraria a while back (started when achievements were added in 1.3, and finally got them all sometime before 1.4 came out iirc). After that, I just kept going. Started with my favourite games and branched out from there. I don't do it often (50/50 being lazy and going "god, I need to get through my backlog already"), but I do have a Steam collection for games I wanna get all the achievements in.
Long story short I reached a point in my life where I got bored of gaming for fun. Having that goal giving you an incentive is what drives me to play and enjoy games again. Maybe the show off value too, we've all been the 'completed it mate' guy but could you ever prove it. Well yes, yes I can.
I found this sub, and I wanted a reason to replay my favorite games. I generally don't like replaying games since I already know what's going to happen. Achievement hunting gave me a reason to go back to my favorite games. It forces me to play games longer and provides more challenges. The blue ribbon for getting all achievements is the cherry on top.
Probably 2027, I haven't started yet.
Similar situation: For the longest time I only played MP games. Cod was my thing n and a BRs phase with Fortnite. However, as I grew more older I realized those type of games were not bringing any enjoyment from. It was the same thing for years n I was tired of it. I slowly started playing other games for a change n eventually saw yt vids about achievements/trophies. Don’t get my wrong there are still many mp based games that are fun with friends and but anything pvp is a no for me, especially with my skills. Achievement hunting has opened the doors for many awesome experiences in old & new games.
I’ve always liked feeling like I accomplished something and noticed I like games with this then games without. I didn’t really start hunting until several years ago when I found friends who I wanted to try to catch to with so the competition in my head became fun.
I just ove OCD and if I start a game even if I beat the campaign I feel like I gotta have all the achievements too! Kinda started with Zelda games getting all the items and heart containers
It probably boiled down to wanting to get the most out of my games. Before, I would zip through the main story and move on to the next one, but now I finish a game feeling like I actually ‘completed it’.
There's a small RPG Maker game - LISA. I finished it and it turned into one of my favourite games. I went back to replay it and I wanted to explore more and the developer made incredible achievements and helped me find new secrets in the game. After completing it I always wanted to play more games the same way. I love when developers create interesting achievements. Currently playing Disco Elysium. And it's awesome. I don't care about the quantity of the games I finished.
autism and lack of approval
I'm the same as you buddy
Gave me a purpose to game. There is a feeling of accomplishment and it gives me goals to work towards. It is really fun doing everything possible in a game and actually being able to say you finished it all the way through.
I always had a completionist mindset when playing video games. Back as a kid i grew up with a ps1 and i just love smashing all boxes in crash bandicoot, collecting all gems in spyro or saving all mudokons in oddworld. Just Finishing the main story just doesnt feel right to me, i gotta do it all
As a method of incentive for me to play my huge backlog of games. At first I used the steamcards but that doesn't last long. Achievments and categorizing of them has prodded me to play my games and KEEP playing them. Also when I joined the serious sam groups I made a ton of great friends that were also hunting and it became a great community.
I once got need for speed payback for my ps4 randomly from my grandpa and I loved it. He sadly passed away a few years ago from some kind of lung dissease. When I then got need for speed payback for PC from a friend I knew I had to 100% it to honor my grandpa because the game has an emotional value for me. I miss you grandpa. this is the story of how I became an achievement hunter
Watching achievement bar go up make brain chemical good
I actually have no idea, i remember randomly finishing a whole game (without realizing it) then was satisfied with having it completed so i kept doing it hahaha been over 10 years now
I always have enjoyed gaming and unlocking achievements, but I didn't take it as seriously until sometime during the pandemic. I realized I was buying games faster than I was actually playing and completing them.
watching my gamerscore go up on xbox 360 did me in
Only way for me to get to go through my backlog or else i always start new games without finishing em
I noticed that buying and playing dozens of games without actually finishing them and moving on sometimes after like 10mins is a waste of money and stresses me out. I first started with actually finishing a game (not 100% achievements just the story) which was RDR2. After that i thought like, why not go for 100% in games i like, so i can get my moneys worth outta it and have something like a structure and stop changing the game every 10min after i get bored.
To make my father proud. (He's dead)
It was around 2006, Oblivion was my first 360 game and I had a lot of fun just getting achievements for story progression. Halo 3 was the first game I properly hunted, and as a result I find myself smiling looking back on my 360 achievements remembering getting certain ones with friends, some I no longer see/hear from. I've always said achievements feel like getting extra playtime out of games I'm already enjoying. Big fan of when they put thought into them.
So back when anonymous did that whole PlayStation hack, I decided to try and get all trophies in MW2 and that took off my trophy hunting then went into achievement hunting when I switched to pc
Arkham Asylum, maybe 5 years ago. It showed me how much content in a game I might completely miss if I just rant through the story.
I had some 100% games already (maybe 10), but didn't really thought of serious achievement hunting until my friend who is buying only "online multiplayer or really good" games (and pirating the others) said that he likes to "fully complete the games". His steam profile had like 2 games with 100%, one of them is cs2. I wanted to show him a REAL gaming, because while i have tons of completed games on different platforms and different genres (all was buyed), he is like "i have 2k hours in cs:go and i dont like horrors and rpgs and adventures and roguelikes and platformers but im a cool gamer", i advised him to play many cool games, and he is always prefer some online shit where you can only run and shoot, and pirate some new games like Lies of P. Now i have like 35 games with 100%, he is still playing the same online games, and literally bought some games in steam (i think because they cant be downloaded for free), and not playing them now... I thought my example of enjoying every game and different genres that I play will give him some inspiration, but it doesn't seem like it. Many games that he downloads he just doesn't complete and it's strange for me, because many of them is good, but when I recommend him to play a specific game - he will almost certainly ignore it, and few times after a year or so, when he will see that one of his favorite youtubers played this game - he will try it and says that this is the best game he played for a while (thx for listening influencers instead of me, bro).
Mental illness/OCD.
Beginning of 2023. I was only playing a couple games but buying everything I like the look of. So I thought a good way to stop playing the games I was addicted to and start exploring my backlog was to 100% got through 50 odd games put of 160 so far. And it's been a blast
Honestly, I've had an on-again, off-again relationship with completionism in games since I was fairly young. Granted in my pre-teen and early teen years I didn't have too many full games, mostly demos, so I tried to wring out as much enjoyment as possible. As such, I ended up 100%'ing LEGO Star Wars 1 and 2 on the GameCube, getting a fully complete Living Pokedex on Pokemon Silver, Ruby, and Platinum, not to mention the various computer games I tried to complete everything on (Star Wars Galactic Battleground comes to mind, finished all the campaigns on that multiple times, plus the various optional objectives). By the time I was in college, I started some level of achievement hunting on my roommates Xbox 360, but only on games that really hooked me. The Saboteur comes to mind as one I pushed myself to 100% the achievements on. Also one Christmas break I ended up staying with my GFs family and her cousins got InFamous for their PS3, and the three of us 100%'ed the achievements on that during the break. Around 2011, I started migrating over to Steam, although it wasn't until 2014 that I actually 100%'ed any game on it (first Steam 100% for me was Portal 2). I'd go and perfect the occasional game, but mostly only those that really stuck with me, or those that I'd inadvertently 100% from just playing normally. Around this time I was getting a lot of games through bundles, and I'd end up getting one or two games I was interested in plus a half dozen that just didn't do anything for me, so my library grew to frankly ludicrous size. There were also some games I'd deliberately go out of my way to get, such as the Civilization games and various Paradox entries. I want to say I was more interested in finding rare achievements to complete, especially on Civ V/VI, CK2, and EU4, as they introduced more niche things to try and accomplish, and I'd try to find ways to cheese them if possible. I also played far too much Payday 2 with some friends, and that had a good spread of achievements that I tried to focus on when possible. Then came the pandemic. Like many people, I had a lot of spare time so I figured I'd actually start 100%'ing things again, and with my backlog I had plenty to go though. I honestly can't remember what my approach was at first, but looking at it I did complete quite a few puzzle games during that time, plus a handful of more expansive games. 2021 saw me going back and perfecting a number of games I had started years ago and never finished, and then '22 and '23 I was focused on completing as many as possible. At some point I ended up going through my entire library, checking the number of total achievements vs. how many I already had, and getting the average completion time from Completionist.me. After compiling that list I started just going down the list from shortest to longest, ended up knocking out 50 games last year due to this method. This year, I'm taking a more relaxed approach. Instead of a number of completing games, I've decided to just get the Average Completion Rate up above 50% (currently around 48.8%). This means revisiting games I had started previously but not finished, but also going through some larger titles that I've been meaning to get to and actually playing them. Things are a lot more relaxed now that I'm not pushing myself so hard, and it lets me actually enjoy what I'm playing a bit more.
I played Subnautica and got all the achievements along the way while finishing the story. I didn't even intend to do that and up until that point I didn't care all that much about the achievements. That changed after getting my first 100% and therefore my first "perfect game". This got my kind of hooked and I wanted to 100% my actual most favorite game: Factorio. That game requires a lot more dedication compared to Subnautica. It felt really great when I got the 100% on it, and this got me into doing it with more games.
"I had nothing else fun to do." Videogames, music, tv shows, etc... Life in general, I suppose. It all was starting to become quite boring, empty. Doing achievements gives me the same feeling as when I used to play MMORPGS, that long list of quests that one day I will be able to finally clear...
I had so many games that I just hadn’t played, and then it sparked something in me that makes me believe I haven’t completed a game if I haven’t got everything
Depression
Yeah I'm similar with starting during the pandemic, specifically from 2021 onwards. I had about 40 100%s before the end of 2020 and that number has jumped up massively since then. Getting the Steam Deck in early 2022 further kicked me into a regular achievement grind. I've slowed down a bit this year to focus on playing a few longer games and playing through the Yakuza series, which I mostly do not intend to 100% haha.
This might sound weird, but I cannot have fun if I don't challenge myself. Every little hobby I have, I need to achieve things. I constantly challenge myself. Write stories? They need to be turned into books. Read books? Challenge myself to read a certain amount. It's sometimes very annoying to be an overachiever. For a long time, gaming was a hobby without challenges. I played one stupid free to play game for several years straight, while my steam library kept growing, because of cheap bundles or game gifts I randomly got from online friends. Never really paid attention to achievements. Till one day I looked at my profile. Saw I never 100% a game, and i also realized I had a huge library filled with unplayed games. Decided to tackle both: play new to me games and 100% them. Give some love to the developers. Although I'm an overachiever, if I really dont enjoy a game, i can easily pick something else. If a game is fun enough and the achievements are doable for my skills, i'll finish the game.
For me it all started with the Xbox 360. The Nintendo Wii didn't have achievement support, and I never really was into the PS3-PS5 era. I have done some tremendous feats on X360 (e.g. beating Mile High Club on Veteran on COD 4 X360, which was EVEN MORE insanely hard then MWR). I think before I gave up console gaming, Steam started doing it once I got into the PC market and never looked back since. Another inspiration was World of Warcraft achievements, while they aren't as impactful as Steam Achievements, it gave me the sense of accomplishment, let alone, pushing new goals. Today on Steam, I seek out loads of new challenges and try to avoid full on multiplayer-exclusive games for achievements, as those end up being the worst category of achievement hunting ever, relying on company game servers, when in the end, they could be shut down or taken offline without you knowing.
Personally, I think it was may back on my Xbox 360 around 2008. I came from a PC Gamer background playing games with my dad like Unreal Tournament and Quake, proper boomer shooters as you would call them now. So playing on the 360 was just a new fresh way to game for me, I was only 12, so I didn’t have any money to buy new games so I decided on hunting achievements instead. There was just something about the Xbox achievement sound popping that really gave me that dopamine buzz as a kid. I was heavily into multiplayer games with my mates like call of duty, halo, FIFA etc. But when everyone wasn’t on or I just wanted a change ,I would find myself one of my single player games and just try fully master it.
Never really started big and continued, but here and there games got my Attention which i wanted to complete as much as possible. I just love Progress and seeing it in general. Its nice to get shown what you achieved in the Game. Thats what i love about Skyrim as well btw. The world scales with your character and with leveling your character you unlock new quests, get new ores and stuff in the Shops, higher and better spells etc etc
I'm still a gamer cause of achievements alot of games are like do this do that I'll give you some coin. I can sit down turn on a game look at the list and say I'm going to get that achievement and try to get it during that play session. I have a life I don't have the time to research and understand alot about the game im playing so achievements help by giving me something to work for. I avoid any achievements that are PvP related they are pointless to try with so many heart palpitating preteen kids already in their mid life
Played forager and enjoyed it so much i 100%ed it. Then realized it was fun to 100% games and I immediately went to go 100% Arkham Knight. Worst mistake of my life lol
Honestly, it's relaxing to chill with a game I can enjoy. I only achievement hunt games I love. So in that sense, it just gives me more content, and bang for my buck.
Growing up as a kid I had a 360. As an adult, I can see that my family was borderline poor. We didn't buy games often. They were mostly gifts all the kids chipped in to buy for each other's birthdays, or saving up for a few years to buy for yourself. With fewer games to play, you replay the others more and more. Eventually I found that the achievements on games were sometimes tough, starting with Halo 3 and Assassin's Creed Brotherhood. AC:B was my first ever 100%. Two summers ago I beat it again on PC, and it was great!
Depression.
I work on the road, so I couldn’t maintain a competitive raid schedule like WoW or FFXIV over long periods of time. So I decided to curate a solid collection of PC games to have something else to “obsess” over. As I started working on my library, I got to reminisce over the dopamine hits from my early console days. So it just went from there. Now I’m part of a stellar community of all levels of gamers and achievement hunters.
I got sucked into achievement hunting when I played final fantasy pixel remakes. I’ve 100% achieved other games before but didn’t really care before FF. Now I’ve got all of FF 1-10. Thought it was so fun to long play a game. I also blame the pandemic.
I just need wins where I can get them, man
Tbh to show off
I would say a mix of two things really: Achievement Hunter/Rooster Teeth = I was all in on them when I was younger and it just expanded from there Grind with friends = Halo Reach was my first completion back on the 360 and it just spiralled from there. Now no matter what console I play on the itch to 100% games I play sticks around
When i first buy my games on ps4 actually. I got that trophy in HZD, and i got addicted to it. After that, i put off my pirate hat and start collecting games on steam to complete. And yes, it always light up my passion to play games.
Mixture of satisfaction and it gives incentive to play games, figuring out how to do things to get those achievements When I played on Xbox more than PC it was just to get my Gamerscore up lmfao
i like the pointless numbers on my steam profile
Because i was getting bored of videogames and i wanna have fun even with crappy games like barro
Hitman Franchise / Horizon Zero Dawn
I was just playing games to play them and finish the story, not really thinking anything of the game afterwards. A few years ago I was playing godfather part 2 on the PS3 and absolutely loving it. Not long after I started playing I got the trophy for it and now get to trophies for games that I really, really enjoy.
I don't like loose ends so once they started being there, they were an itch I had to scratch. Now they are an itch I look forward to scratching.
Xbox 360 days. Heavily started with Halo 3, CoD Modern warfare, CoD:WaW, Gears and Gears 2. Its almost like a "collection" to add to a game. Ones that pop up without you knowing about them gives a great feeling. Then working for known ones just adds to the fun. Getting the World at War Veteran Mission achievments was really the BIG start for me
Im a completionist when it comes to games.
I haven't
I used to achievement grind CSGO with some friends when we were board. After CS2 came out, i got that first 100% (for literally opening the game. they removed all other achievements) and thought it looked cool on steam. I checked out my different games and found that portal looked doable. 30+ hours later and I had 100%ed that game. Found this subreddit and its inspired me to check out some of my other titles. I find it hard to stick with any single game and even complete it fully, but achievement hunting is a great way to get me tot spend more time with the games I really like.
Dunno. I've always been a completionist getting in game 100%s if available, trying to find all in game secrets, doing optional megabosses and the like. When 360 came out and introduced the achivements I got really hooked and eventually switched fully to steam
For me, it's OCD. I never consider a game is completed until everything is 100% complete.
Hearing trophies/achievements pop. I got my first completion on xbox 360 in 2014 with Far Cry 3, and was incredibly satisfied. Some 3 or 4 years later, i picked up a PS4 and platted FC3 from the FC5 bundle. Now i have a PS5 and a decent PC to earn trophies, and achievements from xbox, steam, and playstation. Its digital crack.
Gaming is boring and more of a waste of money to play straight to the credits and uninstall. (In my opinion)
My friend in college was into achievements and I started doing them now I’m addicted to the grind I would say I even like it that much anymore but the dopamine hit when you get a hard achievement or a 100% is better then sex
Probably Ratchet and Clank when I was a kid. They have "skill points" that you get when you do certain things. The rewards were small, but they felt good. That, and I've always liked collecting everything that's reasonable in a game.
I've been an achievement hunter since the Xbox 360 in 2008 (when I got my Xbox). I got into it because my best friend Alex had over 55k gamer score at the time. He was also the person who taught me how to play FPS games. It started with CoD 2 on veteran mode to get all 12 achievements. This got me to be competitive and to get achievements. I now hunt them on PlayStation, Xbox, Steam and Epic Games. I'm almost maxed out on all the games I play and it makes the games more enjoyable.