RetroAchievements: Adding Achievements to Retro Games

Re:RetroAchievements: Adding Achievements to Retro Games by lapetitejort on Tuesday September 12, 2023 @01:49PM (#37484874)

"Beat X without using System Y" is a pretty common achievement though. Half-Life 2: Episode 1 has an achievement that begged me to play the game again: beat the episode while only firing one shot.

Being able to beat a game while not using a core system can be a sign of good game design, or an exceptionally skilled player. Look at Super Mario 64 and speedrunner's ability to finish levels with a single press (but not release!) of the jump button.

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Re:RetroAchievements: Adding Achievements to Retro Games by cableshaft on Tuesday September 12, 2023 @03:55PM (#37487134)

I don't have a problem with them being there personally (op did), just acknowledging that there's quite a few games with those types of achievements. I don't want to bother with them myself, but I know others do, and that's fine.

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