How I got into completing games

I have played games ever since I was young, but it wasn’t until recently that I started caring about getting all the achievements that a game has to offer. During covid I played a lot of games and would go for 100% on the odd game with achievement requirements that weren’t massively time consuming to complete, but I was just mainly playing casually for fun at this time.

It wasn’t until a couple of years later when I started to watch platinum trophy and completionist content on YouTube that I became really interested in this side of gaming.

Watching other people unlock all of the achievements or platinum my favourite games made me want to do it too, so I decided to start with games that I had already played before and unlock the remaining achievements on those games.

I’ve had my Xbox account since 2013, so there were some games that I’d played in the past that had achievements that are no longer unlockable, meaning those completions are now unattainable. This was mostly due to multiplayer servers now being offline for older games or bugged achievements. I decided just to ignore those games and focus on the games that I could still complete.

This has slowly become a hobby of mine, one that is a giant waste of time as it can turn a 25 hour game into a 50 hour game and it's not always fun, but it is always satisfying to see that 100% next to a game after spending countless hours going for a monotonous achievement that most sane people wouldn’t look twice at.

I have a lot less time to play games nowadays, so I rarely play casually anymore. I’m still working through my list of previously played games to try and complete as many as possible. I currently have 21 completions and have been working on the next one during my free time. This hobby has changed the way I play games because I rarely start new games and tend to look into the achievements of a game before I commit to playing it.

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Games I Gave up on

I don’t usually give up on game completions. If I decide to go for one, I usually commit to it. However, there have been a few exceptions. I planned on going for the completion on Far Cry 5, but at some point, stopped working towards it. I have all the base game achievements, missing only some DLC achievements and the one for completing the game on new game plus on infamous difficulty. I have put 84 hours into this game, with 82% of the achievements. I do plan on going back to this game as it is frustrating to leave it unfinished, but I am unsure when I will do this. This is due to being stuck at one part of the game on infamous difficulty which made me want to throw my Xbox down the stairs. Another game that I have gave up on for now is Assassins Creed 2. I played this game back in 2014 and unlocked 90% of the achievements. I recently decided to go back and get the last four achievements I was missing. My old save from my Xbox 360 had been deleted so I had to start a fresh sa...

Recent Completions

My most recent completion was Mafia: Definitive edition. This was a game that I’d previously played and decided to go back to and get the rest of the achievements. This is rated a 6/10 difficulty and is predicted to take around 25 hours. The difficulty is a six as it requires you to play through the game on the hardest difficulty. I actually didn’t find this a challenge, apart from the race mission which took me hours to do. It took me so long that I learned all the scripted dialogue in the mission. I hate driving in games, and this race is notoriously hard, but eventually I got it. This completion also took me considerably longer than predicted as I had to reset my save and play through the game again due to an achievement being bugged. Luckily, I could play on the easiest difficulty to get the last achievement, but it still ended up taking me 43 hours overall. Before Mafia, I unlocked all of the achievements in Assassins Creed Odyssey. This was another previously pla...

Next Completions

The next 100% that I am working on is Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate animal collection. I currently have 50% of the achievements and have spent 64 hours playing the game. This game is predicated on TrueAchievements to take 80-100 hours to complete. This was a game that I started playing casually with friends in 2020 and only recently decided to go for the completion. While time consuming, the game isn’t very difficult and is laid back so I’ve been enjoying playing it in my spare time, unlike other completions I’ve went for. Its not as fun as some of the other Zoo Tycoon games as it is less in depth with building and gameplay elements. In the other games you get to design exhibits, whereas in this one they are just pre-sets. You also can't delete walls in exhibits and allow your lions to escape and eat all your guests which is a real shame, but nonetheless it is still fun. The next completion that I plan on going for is Hogwarts Legacy. This is a game that I bought on relea...

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