Comments on: The Problem With the Trophy System on the PS3 http://blog.johnpencola.com/2010/01/15/the-problem-with-the-trophy-system-on-the-ps3/ Where streams of thought converge into pools of knowledge. Wed, 13 Apr 2011 04:22:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: John Pencola http://blog.johnpencola.com/2010/01/15/the-problem-with-the-trophy-system-on-the-ps3/#comment-360 John Pencola Fri, 25 Feb 2011 02:58:52 +0000 http://blog.johnpencola.com/?p=177#comment-360 @Steve: Yo! Thanks for chiming in. Excellent point: "...value of trophies has been diluted by the volume and the simple tasks they’re often awarded for..." I think this is going to help me summarize some other ideas I have in the way of "Trophy Hunting". "...a trophy is rarely a goal." Thats interesting. See, I generally will have a look at the trophy list prior to even beginning a game so that I have some idea of what to try and achieve. I like the fact that some trophies are hidden (the black ones), but in the games I've played the Trophy menu on the PS3 dashboard usually gives a good, although brief, description of what the trophy is awarded for. @Steve:
Yo! Thanks for chiming in. Excellent point: “…value of trophies has been diluted by the volume and the simple tasks they’re often awarded for…” I think this is going to help me summarize some other ideas I have in the way of “Trophy Hunting”.

“…a trophy is rarely a goal.” Thats interesting. See, I generally will have a look at the trophy list prior to even beginning a game so that I have some idea of what to try and achieve. I like the fact that some trophies are hidden (the black ones), but in the games I’ve played the Trophy menu on the PS3 dashboard usually gives a good, although brief, description of what the trophy is awarded for.

]]> By: Steve http://blog.johnpencola.com/2010/01/15/the-problem-with-the-trophy-system-on-the-ps3/#comment-359 Steve Tue, 22 Feb 2011 22:12:01 +0000 http://blog.johnpencola.com/?p=177#comment-359 I couldn't agree more. The value of trophies has been diluted by the volume and the simple tasks they're often awarded for, like just beating a low level. They need to thin the herd a And without an easy lookup for what trophies are awarded for, a trophy is rarely a goal. It's normally something you stumble on while playing the game. Perhaps seeing an empty trophy case with goal descriptions in the beginning of the game would help. I couldn’t agree more. The value of trophies has been diluted by the volume and the simple tasks they’re often awarded for, like just beating a low level. They need to thin the herd a

And without an easy lookup for what trophies are awarded for, a trophy is rarely a goal. It’s normally something you stumble on while playing the game. Perhaps seeing an empty trophy case with goal descriptions in the beginning of the game would help.

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