Playstation 3 Trophies
Ever since Trophies were introduced to the PS3, they have been described as the Marmite of gaming; you either love them or you hate them. It’s clear that there are two sides to this argument. The people who are for Trophies see them as a great addition to games. They add another layer to the gameplay and keep you playing long after you have finished the story mode or campaign.
Trophies have started to take the place of extras that gamers used to spend hundreds of hours playing older games to get. You get a great feeling every time you earn a Trophy and that delightful chime rings out as the Trophy icon appears in the top right-hand corner of the screen. The anti-Trophy brigade sees them as the worst thing to hap
pen to gaming since the Wii (Yeah I said it!!!). Excuse my French but the phrase “Trophy Whore” has now entered the vocabulary of most gamers. This is a person who has basically become addicted to collecting Trophies.
This is the main problem most people have with Trophies. There is no denying the fact that there are now people who only buy games in order to get the Trophies in them. One look at www.ps3trophies.co.uk gives us a clear example of how big this “Trophy Hoarding” has become. Right at the top of the Trophy Leaderboard is Killerxx from (Yeah you guessed it!) the USA, who has collected no less than 2683 trophies, including 44 platinum ones, which means he/she has bought and played at least 44 games to death! I don’t mean to insult this person but a certain “World Of Warcraft” inspired episode of South Park springs to mind!
Having looked at both sides I suppose I’d better get back to the title of this piece: Are Trophies ruining gaming? It’s hard to say really. In the end it’s all a matter of opinion, you can either choose to become a “Trophy Whore” or just earn Trophies naturally by playing games at your own leisure. Either way, Trophies are here to stay so I guess we are stuck with them!
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