What if trophies/achievements never existed?

[The Chosen Undead]

If trophies never existed, I probably wouldn't own half or more of the games I do.

Edited May 12, 2014 by MrSwagtwiceover

[Nightstream88]

I'd still buy as many titles as I would have, since I also have about 80 GCN games and 50 sega genesis titles. I would likely never play online with any of the games. and stick to playing single player. Plus I would've never played through Terminator Salvation more then once either, game was only enjoyable enough for 1 playthrough along with some other titles that could be said about that.

And the only online games I would probably be playing is Animal Crossing, Pokémon and Super Smash Bros.

On another note Eternal Sonata doesn't have trophies either and I played through the game a few times already. Plus I think trophies are kind of keeping me from playing Xbox 360.

[ChiinkAzNinja]

interesting responses guys keep it up !

[FreddySM14]

Only a trophy hunter can explore the beauty in the game..

Without trophies in a game it will be pointless..

[WuTangJase-]

Wouldn't really bother me. I used put a lot of hours into the older pokemon and dragon ball z games.

Edited May 13, 2014 by Marvel-J-375

[Guest]

what?!? no trophies? How does that work? haha...

[Cobby]

I would still be playing the same games, but I probably wouldn't bother with the game's collectibles and in game trophies (like skill points in Ratchet) as much. Don't really bother with bad games just for a platinum, but I have done, Smart As (not done, but is in progress) and was considering PES 14 plat, since I've heard it's easy, plus I got from PS Plus.

[dino_22479]

hmmm, would probably burn through games faster, but would stil try to beat most of them to completion

[Gotakibono]

I knew a world in which they didn't exist, and to be honest they don't make much of a difference. I'd still play the shit out of games I love, and try my best to 100% them - which is something I've always done since my early days of gaming. 

[Shana Alter]

I'd be playing the same games, the same way but the downside is I probably wouldn't have met a few good people due to websites like this.

[Robin]

I'd be playing the same games, the same way but the downside is I probably wouldn't have met a few good people due to websites like this.

 Pretty much this Multiplied by 5

[RandyXL]

online shooters (call of duty mostly)

[TechniqueSan]

Let's just say my money would go only at games i WANT to play. There's not a lot of games that i think are really creative ou groundbreaking lately, so pretty sure i'd be playing videogames a lot less and stick to League of Legends instead.

[coldkillaaaaaaaa]

I would've never known they existed, and continued to play my games as if they never existed.

[Priere]

i'd probably spend more time playing games, and maybe set my own challenges to a games and checklist them when done.

i already play games me and my brother want.

Edited May 23, 2014 by Lightning_FinalF

[CreateYourID]

If multiplayer trophies didn't exist I probably would never touch any multiplayer modes in primarily single player games. Any game that is multiplayer focused I would probably play for only a limited amount of time before moving onto the next game.

[Flying_Foxbat]

I must say, though I would play the same games, there would be differences in how I play. So I buy and play a game because I like the game, not because I think I can get some trophies out of it. However, I always try to achieve 100% trophy completion, something I would not normally do. For instance, when I owned Prince of Persia Warrior Within on my GameCube, I played the game on medium difficulty and played it once acquiring the secret (cannon/true) ending. Easy is too easy and I want a challenge, but hard is just too hard and I get aggravated with the game, taking the fun out of it. There was no difference in beating the game on hard and easy, in the end, it's all the same. With the HD remake I found myself playing the game three times in a row to acquire the 100% completion. I have always played this way, trying to 100% complete a game, and trophies are like a log to document my progress. I think it greatly increases replay value in games.

[BlindMango]

What a terrible situation that would be! How would such an evil thought come to your mind in the first place? =O Haha

[Arkthur]

If multiplayer trophies didn't exist I probably would never touch any multiplayer modes in primarily single player games. Any game that is multiplayer focused I would probably play for only a limited amount of time before moving onto the next game.

Oh, I forgot about this. I would probably never play a single mp match if there weren't trophies for it.

[Fing3rButt3r3]

Would saved me a lot of money! probably not have such a huge backlog either.