Interesting...
What about your friends? Do you think that most of the people who play games as a hobby or an entertainment factor, go for Trophy hunting or treat it like a reason to return to the game?
Going for trophies def changed my gameplay,. often looking at walktrough's and trophie guides,. to spot missable trophies or to find out about glitches wich can be usefull,.
My most enjoyable Platinum trophie was Bayonetta, Darksiders and Ratchet and clank a crack in time,. :)
Trophies i prob nevar get are,. Beat ziko>> wipe-outHD(32.10 >>31.80 grr) and the plat,. hehe
Also some online trophies for certain games i leave open,.
i had have to say some games make very good use of the trophie system and def add some spice to the game,.
some games you are stuck with rediculous achievements to get a trophie,.. asuming you would play the game for years,. O_o (or if a game aint any fun,....)
I play games for enjoyment, not to grind trophies. Unless getting the trophies is actually enjoyable, the answer is no.
If I were to waste time grinding trophies, especially those that needs hundreds of hours of time investment, I would rather waste time grinding real money.
$2000
>>>>>>> a platinum trophy.
Actually, having a ridiculously hard to get trophy would probably get you a negative impression in my eyes, rather than a positive. I mean... you just spent hundreds of hours grinding a platinum trophy... what does that prove? Your time is worth little? You have nothing better to do?
grinding can be fun you know,. anyway some games have ridiculous trophies,. eg borderlands i just finished 100% the larger underdome challenges took me 14 hours to complete,.. that's for 3 silver and 1 gold for all 3,.. this def was insane,..
i can do other things too when grinding a trophie,.. i had must be lucky
I usually run through the list to see which ones I can do with just one hand on the controller. For the rest, I'll just play through it all.