i do not play for achievements, but achievements give you some kind of reward or motivation and are meant to do that. now i bought asteroids (memories...) and i am very disappointed. it's far too hard to get an achievement. and if I look at the leaderboards, i have rank 700 or so. if you're among the world top 1000 players in terms of results, i certainly expect getting achievements. it's certainly not impossible, but it's frustrating (at least, for me, as i am not playing many hours or days).

please, atari, set the difficulty reasonable and allow for getting achievements!

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may the groove be with you.

Well, achievements, as for the pride of your GS, and a little prize for working up to it.
But with an Arcade Game, like Asteroids (memories....) =) it is so you can work HARD to get the achievements.

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 blobman000 wrote:

I don't mind blood, if you didn't have it, you wouldn't be alive

well, this is too hard (compared to other games, and own sense).

and i have more reasons to be dissatisfied:

1. the clumsy and not adjustable controller button assignment
2. the completely dispensable "modern" and throttle monkey modes

all in all, i regret purchasing this. i will be far more cautious in the future and i will not follow some spontaneous impulses like "oh how cute, i know this from the old days".

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may the groove be with you.

You should always download the trial game first, but it's good to know that it blows, I was thinking about getting it.

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 blobman000 wrote:

I don't mind blood, if you didn't have it, you wouldn't be alive

i wasn't aware that you can do so much wrong with a so simple idea...

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may the groove be with you.

Well I find that the game is in pretty well condition.  I think the achievements are fine.  I think there should be achievements like this for every game.  When you get an achievement it should mean you actually achieved something out of the ordinary, but with most games there so simple that it doesn't mean anything.  Achievements aren't so you can have a cute number next to your name, but to say hey I actually achieved something hard.  And throttle monkey mode is fine.  I think it's very challenging, but its fun to try and get 15k in asteroids deluxe.  I've played hundreds of games already and can't get it.

 Duface wrote:

Well I find that the game is in pretty well condition.  I think the achievements are fine.  I think there should be achievements like this for every game.  When you get an achievement it should mean you actually achieved something out of the ordinary, but with most games there so simple that it doesn't mean anything.  Achievements aren't so you can have a cute number next to your name, but to say hey I actually achieved something hard.  And throttle monkey mode is fine.  I think it's very challenging, but its fun to try and get 15k in asteroids deluxe.  I've played hundreds of games already and can't get it.

haha, yet 90% of xbox live go nuts over that cute little score by their name :)

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seems you don't understand. reading before posting helps.

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may the groove be with you.

i agree that the acheivments in this game are VERY hard, but like the other guy was saying, thats why its an acheivment, it means you really worked hard to get it.

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I have nightmare's about that chainsaw!

I have no problems with achievements being hard but these are pretty hard to say the least

im gona be working for a while just to get one i think

I have no problem with the achievements being dificult to get for this game. It is one of the most difficult games to play as far as the retro games go. I have been playing a while now and I can't break my high anymore. I am currently in the top hundred... but can't get the achievements down. Very difficult game.

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#4 in Asteroids on XBOX Live.

 good groove wrote:

i do not play for achievements, but achievements give you some kind of reward or motivation and are meant to do that. now i bought asteroids (memories...) and i am very disappointed. it's far too hard to get an achievement. and if I look at the leaderboards, i have rank 700 or so. if you're among the world top 1000 players in terms of results, i certainly expect getting achievements. it's certainly not impossible, but it's frustrating (at least, for me, as i am not playing many hours or days).

please, atari, set the difficulty reasonable and allow for getting achievements!

 

I agree achievements are too difficult to unlock.

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Once a Marine always a Marine!

Im not buying any more atari games tbh

 

This whole argument is a bit contradictory.  You say you bought Asteroids for the nostalgia and memories.  Suppose the achievement system didn't exist, and there were only leaderboards, would you not be content knowing where you stood among others in the world?  Achievements give a game more life in my opinion, prompting one to further exploration into areas of the game one otherwise probably never would have discovered if not for a locked achievement's detail spurring the player on.  The argument is contradictory by the fact that you said you don't play games solely for achievements.  I get the sense that if the achievements were indeed attainable and with an easier success rate, after getting the full 200/200 in this game, you would not bother to pick it up again.  You get a revamped version with the classic mode intact + some tough achievements that only serve to enhance the goals of the game and due to their difficulty, provide the game with more life as you'd be going back to it again and again with a reason to other than just playing for nostalgia's sake.

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