Who else has a retroachievements profile?

[Yousef Yousef]

Nah, sucks the fun out.

 

[Yoni Arousement]

At first, I wasn't as interested in RetroAchievements as I am now. But I only do Softcore.There's so many games I need to replay for RetroAchievements. LordBBH's Discord Server has a channel dedicated to RA, too.

 

[Ed36]

For me Retroachievements are awesome, bring us a new dimension to play oldgames like never before, i love it.

For me, it would be incredible to have some kind of integrated interface in Retroarch where you could see your online friends, see what they're playing, and buy your achievements, etc.

It can be done on the website, and it's an incredible project, but something like this integrated without having to leave the game would be wonderful.

I hope it can be done someday.

PD: Can add me on my profile

 

[Vardalis]

I've done it for a few games, sure. They've given me an excuse to play some games I like further than I typically would, or encouraged me to finally check something out that I've had on my stack.

I will say that some sets are absolutely sadistic though, and while RA has been on my mind I've actively avoided them after some bad experiences with games like Katamari Damacy which are brutal to get every single achievement on.

 

[blindpr0phet]

I might start using them... but I tend to play more on actual hardware, so I dunno how many of these achievements I'd manage to get in the first place, lol.

 

[NitroShell]

If not I really recommend it; it makes games so much more fun and rewarding to play!

 

[aquova]

I've gotten into them a lot lately. Some of the achievements lists can be... tiring, but for the most part I've been enjoying replaying older games to at least mark them down as completed.

 

[ThatOneLum]

I've found them sometimes a pain to set up, but I've mostly had pretty positive experiences, especially with PS1 games via DuckStation.

 

[Deleted member 103481]

Spoiler: Simple Answer

Yes i do.

Yes because is fun

 

[Evaccaneer Doom]

Never heard of someone who hasn’t tbh

 

[TacoMeister]

I like playing with them but it can be a real pain to set up, especially on Retroarch...
I don't use them on my retro handhelds though.

 

[CheesyExplosive]

No... i don't want my flycast becoming a xbox 360 achievement

 

[Miles Miles]

No because I don't care about achievements.

 

[HyperNelson01 HyperNelson01]

No, because I'm too lazy to establish it, although I respect several people who like this system of retroachievements.

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

I actually didn't know that was possible.

 

[Dyne]

I was never a fan of Achievements when PS3/Xbox 360 started doing them, so I was never really interested in RetroAchievements

 

[RandomHajile]

I loved it and started using it a couple years back, but then I discovered a very annoying problem with it: every time an emulator gets updated, it breaks the achievement detection and then you have to wait for them to catch up to the new emu version. I had this happen twice, and sadly the second time ended with me forgetting my password for the new machine I installed the new version of my emulator (retroarch) on, and now the site won't send me a reset password request when asked, so I'm locked out of my account and cannot put it back on any emulator I have that supports it. Though honestly, I doubt I would since like I said, emulator updates kept breaking things.

Awesome idea though. I went through Dragon Quest 5 on Retroarch and got most of the achievements until an update borked it.

 

[Esidemoken]

I've been using them since 2023, and they really do increase the replay value of games, but I think there are three problems with them.

First, they should only be used in games you've already finished, because otherwise you focus more on getting those achievements than enjoying the game. Second, many of those achievements involve a fairly high level of difficulty, which makes it not worth mastering the set.

For example, they give you a challenge to defeat a certain boss without taking damage, which is understandable, but then they add extras such as not being able to use recovery items, having to be at level 5 maximum, and not being able to use certain weapons or spells, etc.
I can understand that many people like these challenges, but in my opinion, they should be separate sets for hardcore players.

And finally, they still haven't added an option to unlock them in offline mode.

 

[Pokenami's icon Pokenami Pokenami]

Yeah, it's nice to keep track of the accomplishments and progress I did.

 

[χKai]

Apparently I set it up on my PSP emulator, but I almost never play PSP, and when I do it's usually a translation, so I don't know how that'll transfer over.

 

[NitroShell]

Never heard of someone who hasn’t tbh

I didn't know about it until a month ago.

 

[nald1n]

Yes, it is always enabled but I don't worry about it too much.

 

[RETRO-VETRO RETRO-VETRO]

Well I use it but hardly, I don't like doing ridiculous things just to progress.

 

[Luz de Luna Luz de Luna Luz de Luna's icon]

I haven't, actually.

I don't care too much about achievements, anyway (my pitiful collection of them on Steam reflects that quite well XD).

 

[breremarer]

Yeah, I love RetroAchievements! I started using them in 2023 as well. I get a kick out of seeing the notification pop up when I'm playing something on RetroArch or PCSX2.

I don't take it seriously/try to platinum anything though. It's just more fun to see what someone thinks achievements "would have been" on Fatal Frame II or what have you.