So I am looking forward to playing Skyrim on xbox for the vanilla experience before deciding whether to get the PC version and start the endless cycle of mod collecting and modding myself

However when on the 360 I am hoping the achievements are a step up from Oblivion's - I really don't think it is an achievement to join a guild or faction in fact I feel patronized by such weak non-achievements.

Here is my list of what appeals to me as an achievement:

Bringing 3 dragons down at once - only because Todd said it was too hard
Exploring the whole map (not including internal dungeons)
Completing the main quest on hard difficulty (assuming there is a slider)
Completing the game as each race (that one might be too hard for me as I refuse to play as some races but it is a completionist style achievement)
Becoming the head of a faction - at least that takes more effort than just joining one
I wouldn't mind a time trial achievement - perhaps completing a particularly nasty dungeon within a certain time
I'm unsure if the game recognises you have met certain levels but perhaps an achievement for maxing out the perks
Having a survivalist type achievement that recognises you haven't died once during the main quest

I guess i just want acheivements that recognise the effort I put into doing something

So what do those of you are planning on playing the console versions want?

Doesn't Games for Windows Live (which I assume is what Skyrim will be, since FO3 was one) have achievements too?

I want an achievement for not getting any achievements.

Going backwards up to High Hrothgar :tongue:

Yes! There definitely needs to be some sort of silly High Rhothgar achievement(s). Rolling lettuce down 7000 steps.

It still boggles my mind that people care at all about achievements.

Yeah, the whole getting achievement for doing stuff like finishing the tutorial is annoying.

Hopefully they also come up with negative achievements worth zero points. Like getting killed by a mudcrab or something.

There should be achievements for major stuff: Slaying your first dragon, completing MQ, reaching Lv 10, 20, 30 etc.

I'm not sure what else there should be achievements for.

I agree that there should be more thought put into the achievements for this game, but you have to remember
Oblivion was Bethesda's first game on a console with achievements and they did a much better job with FO3.
So I think they will have some creative and maybe even pretty tough ones in Skyrim, I just hope they are not
to crazy tough. Another thing I do not want any of those collect X amount of this or that to be one of the achievements.

They are fun things to do, or achieve, if you will. And, if they are hard achievements like the ones for the Orange Box, then it shows how much you truly love that game. :tes:

Unless there's a Confused Turtle achievement I don't care.

Your first achievement should be that you just got your first achievement.

Infinite paradox!

System failure....

I hate achievements. Not so much that I want to take them away from you people that do appreciate them, but enough that I hope they don't spend much time thinking about them and focus on something important (to me, which is all that matters right?).

That's not an achievement. That's a requirement to get anywhere with the main quest.

While I don't care about them, I will say that if I have to deal with them, then they should be for things above and beyond what is required or what just happens naturally as you move through the game.

@Varus - See second reply in thread.

I just find the idea of someone telling me what is worth achieving, in a game series where it is all about the player themselves defining what they think is an achievement, to be silly.

there should be an achievement for jumping over the last step of high hrothgar
or one for beating a dragon WITHOUT TAKING DAMAGE! :toughninja: :gun: :mohawk:
or one for beating the main quest as an argonian such as " cold weather? never heard of it"

That just blew my mind.

Its alot harder than you might think.


unless achievements add perks or add another dimensionality to may Gameplay or some kind of buff or spell exclusive, I could do without achievments.

what about my achivement idea for beating a dragon without taking damage ? or does that seem impossible? :celebration:
ooh! got another one an achivement for attacking a dragon bare handed

I like having them for the things I listed. And how slaying a dragon isn't an achievement is beyond me, especially your first dragon. It's special.

no sorry you don't get any better than getting achievements for not getting achievements

It isn't an achievement when 99.99% of the people who play Skyrim will do that. That 0.01% was someone who bought it and when they started it up they said "WTF? This isn't Call of Duty!" and then returned it to the store. That being said this will almost certainly be an achievement, every game has achievements for completing important things or completing the MQ.

please god no.

I hate games for windows live.

F:NV was on steam and it have achivements.

Some people hate Steam, because you have to have an internet connection to play it (at least the first time). When I got FO3 on the PC I didn't have an internet connection, and I played it just fine.

Also, GFWL support 360 controllers, right? I would love that.

It's 2011. if you can afford games and a PC I don't see why you can't get internet. Steam is the best.

That is narrow-minded thinking.

Because sometimes locations restrict you from having a decent, if any, connection?