[Rant] Collectibles.

[Anticitizen 1]

I detest collectibles achievements, I would rather play the game than waste my time looking for tiny pointless pieces of crap scattered around the place. That's just me though and I must be in the minority because achievements tied to the pointless crap collecting pollute every major release out there. Why not just leave it out of the achievements? Anybody who wants to waste their time not playing the game can happily scrounge around until the cows come home while achievement hunters are not bored out of their brain poring over Youtube tutorials trying to find the last "Last Latter"?

I just don't understand the thinking behind this garbage, do devs see this as extending game time and therefore making a better value proposition for the consumer? Because that is not the case, collectibles achievements are padding of the worst sort, it is worse than unskippable cutscenes and story with a large amount of backtracking.

[Rydall]

in you point of view you are saying this id expect?, i disagree with you in full, but hey is a world of free speach and diferent views.

[Anticitizen 1]

Originally posted by SPH RYDALL:

in you point of view you are saying this id expect?, i disagree with you in full, but hey is a world of free speach and diferent views.

That doesn't even make sense.

[~]

i know what your saying , for me it is pointless as well, why do i need Stone Eagles! ,but apparently some like the collecting of letters and read them !.

[Anticitizen 1]

Originally posted by Shadow:

but apparently some like the collecting of letters and read them !.

That's fine but surely, not tying them to achievements is a win-win. They still get to collect crap and achievement hunters get to play the game properly.

[Archangel138]

I wouldn't mind if the collectibles were cool like different weapons, weapon parts or concept art but letters home and sniper reports = dumb.

[LobVapor]

It's a weird trend IMHO.

I have a game which I have played 1100 hours in, and have completed the campaign.
Still.. only about 75% completed..
If I was a "achievment/pixel-medal"-hunter I would care about that, but I don't.

I did a quick google search:

"Achievments and trophies are symptoms of decline in video games":
http://www.reaxxion.com/3630/achievements-and-trophies-are-symptoms-of-decline-in-video-games

[Anticitizen 1]

Originally posted by ALLROY:

I wouldn't mind if the collectibles were cool like different weapons, weapon parts or concept art but letters home and sniper reports = dumb.

It's even dumber that they force it on COOP missions as well, now they inconvenience two people instead of just one.

[matrixmod]

Well it's an optional stuff you dont need to do it. I dont like those letters though since you have to poke every single men in the map. They should have put more various missions instead for replayabilitiy.

[CloneTrooper(NL)]

Also you need to collect them if you want your hole mission 100%. All primary and optional objectives, the 5 challenge, 3 eagles, and all the letters

[mpd1958]

I agree. I have never been an achievement hunter. If I happen to get one through regular play, grate, but I could care less. In this game I search everyone I kill if I can, but that's just me looking for more ammo, duty rosters and documents pertaining to the mission. I have all these damn letters and misc docs in my collection and the only reason I click on them is to get rid of the annoying Exclimation icon.

[Anticitizen 1]

Achievements don't have to be a bother though, they can be a fun and or challenging addition to the game. Killing Hitler with a falling sub is a fun achievement and completing the game on the highest difficulty without manual saves is a challenging achievement. Collecting pointless crap is neither fun nor challenging, it is an exercise in pure tedium.

[Trooper117]

I agree entirely with the op... collectibles should be in the game for those that like hunting around for that sort of rubbish, but they should not be tied to any kind of score or achievements.
If finding a document pertinent to the campaign and mission needs to be found, then fair enough...
Like someone has already posted, I search bodies for kit and spare ammo etc, but I'm not into hunting around the whole bleedin map just to find a letter that has been recieved from someones wife at home.