I'm a PC gamer, and I have been for all my life. Although I do own a Wii, and have had previous consoles from past generations, my primary platform is the PC. My only pet peeve is that there is no achievements system for the PC -- sure, you've got Steam, Games for Windows Live, etc, but there is no singular achievements system like there is for the 360, or similarly the trophies on PS3. Does anyone else find this annoying?

I'm surprised something like this didn't evolve on the PC first, because I would love a function that would be embedded into PC games that had their own achievements, not for just the game, but obviously similar to the 360 achievements.

Certain games on the PC are implementing achievement-ish rewards.  The best example I can think of is Lord of the Rings Online, which rewards you for non-quest related deeds or activities, much like achievements.  The kicker is that there are actual rewards to go along with the achievement - titles.  It's not much, but it's a step in the right direction.

But I agree  a system to track all such achievements across a plethora of games would be great.  Does Games for Windows do anything like this?

My only pet peeve is when games dont include automatic updates... I hate searching the webs to find new patches for a game.

I don't get achievements. I've never understood how it is interesting for 360 owners. The only way they become interesting to me is if they offer reward for getting achievements(The TF2 model).

"I don't get achievements. I've never understood how it is interesting for 360 owners. The only way they become interesting to me is if they offer reward for getting achievements(The TF2 model)."

"I don't get achievements. I've never understood how it is interesting for 360 owners. The only way they become interesting to me is if they offer reward for getting achievements(The TF2 model)."

"I don't get achievements. I've never understood how it is interesting for 360 owners. The only way they become interesting to me is if they offer reward for getting achievements(The TF2 model)."

"Thordain said:

"I don't get achievements. I've never understood how it is interesting for 360 owners. The only way they become interesting to me is if they offer reward for getting achievements(The TF2 model)."

I'm pretty much the same in my view of achievements, unless there is a decent reward for them like Valve and its TF2 class updates i see no point in them. Sure L4D has fun achievements but i don't get anything for gaining them, so i sort of don't care too much for them.

I've always seen the achievements for the 360 as having a negative effect on the enjoyment of the games. It seems so many times i come across blogs or topics about "oh man i just finished getting all the points and achievements for this game, hated it, never playing it again"...."

I'm more peeved about the constant upgrades needed to keep head of the tech curve.  It's why I had to give up PC gaming before I barely got started.

"I'm more peeved about the constant upgrades needed to keep head of the tech curve.  It's why I had to give up PC gaming before I barely got started."

I don't find pc achievements very satisfying.

They just seem to be a "mii too" type thing.  They feel more like the medal collection in games than the achievements (which is a bit different).  The only thing they've contributed in pc games has been the unbalancing of TF2

I don't get achievements... I mean I really don't have them and get them. I see them on my Xbox 360 and Steam, but they're more of an amusement for me than anything else. Shouldn't they be built into the game itself?

"Thordain said:

"I don't get achievements. I've never understood how it is interesting for 360 owners. The only way they become interesting to me is if they offer reward for getting achievements(The TF2 model)."

I'm pretty much the same in my view of achievements, unless there is a decent reward for them like Valve and its TF2 class updates i see no point in them. Sure L4D has fun achievements but i don't get anything for gaining them, so i sort of don't care too much for them.

I've always seen the achievements for the 360 as having a negative effect on the enjoyment of the games. It seems so many times i come across blogs or topics about "oh man i just finished getting all the points and achievements for this game, hated it, never playing it again"...."

"Hamz said:

"Thordain said:

"I don't get achievements. I've never understood how it is interesting for 360 owners. The only way they become interesting to me is if they offer reward for getting achievements(The TF2 model)."

I'm pretty much the same in my view of achievements, unless there is a decent reward for them like Valve and its TF2 class updates i see no point in them. Sure L4D has fun achievements but i don't get anything for gaining them, so i sort of don't care too much for them.

I've always seen the achievements for the 360 as having a negative effect on the enjoyment of the games. It seems so many times i come across blogs or topics about "oh man i just finished getting all the points and achievements for this game, hated it, never playing it again"...."

Well then stop reading my blogs and you'll never see that kind of thing :P"

lol We were talking about Daves rant blogs the other day. I should totally do that though although it'd probablly get me banned from most game sites.

Gaming has never been all that centralised on PC.

And still truly arent, aside efforts from steam. Who adopted the idea already.

Games like Battlefield and ET:Quake Wars and Call of Duty 4 have achievements, but just seen as ranks.  Although they are specific to the actual game they work quite well. 

Would achievements work on the pc? (like xbox) .  The closest thing really is GFWLive and that is only on about 1% of pc games.   

but there is no singular achievements system like there is for the 360, or similarly the trophies on PS3.