Obviously, in a group like this, our Steam profiles are of the utmost importance. The goal is to perfect all of our games. In some cases, lists of games in the thousands.

Some of us will focus on services like Origin, uPlay, GFWL... but (dare I say) most of us only really care about Steam.

Would it concern you if Steam started to lose it's stranglehold on the PC gaming community? Like, let's take a hypothetical scenario. Let's say GOG's new distribution client Galaxy really picks up speed. Developers begin to ignore Steam (in the same way Bethesda doesn't use Origin, for example)... and begin to use Galaxy exclusively. Other developers follow suit, and before you know it, Steam is the new Origin... where it's limited to Valve games and a few select others (and it's back catalog). Your non-achievement hunting friends go to GOG Galaxy for all the latest games and the best deals.

What would you do? Would you continue to focus on Steam, despite it's increasing loss of popularity and relevance? Would you abandon your Steam profile and start anew on GOG? If so, would you think your Steam profile and the time/money you've put into it was kind of wasted? Would you try and juggle both (despite potentially having hundreds of games to play still on Steam)?

Or is this just a ridiculous notion that would never happen?

Originally posted by Vader:

I guess it says something about the quality of new games when I'd rather replay old games than play most new ones ^^

I think this happens with everyone, to be honest. Things were always better "back in the day".

The same way my father will always tell me how the 70's was the golden age of music... despite the incredible amount of talent, creativity and variety in music these days (looking past what's "popular") and over the last 2-3 decades of music evolution that I've been alive for.

:-( That doesn't really sound like love.

Originally posted by Dalek:

I loved it, and there's no way I'll pay again just for this version.

Not even for the opportunity to get another fun 100% on your profile?

Originally posted by Nordeck:

IMHO, it's a bit too expensive to get..say..60 cheevos to your account? For that price u can get games with 100+ achievements to beat and new game expirience to get. Honestly i was about to buy it, but resisted in the last moment) And yes, i'm love the game much)

Well, it's not necessarily about the number of achievements. It's about re-buying a game that I would enjoy getting the 100% in again, because apparently that sort of thing is rare for me these days.

And the Definitive Edition is half off if you already own Sleeping Dogs on Steam. So like $15 (?) isn't really all that much.

I'm tempted to get Sleeping Dogs Definitive Edition. I loved the original game, I had a blast getting the 100%... and truthfully it's been tough to find any games since then that I really wanted to get all of the achievements in, regardless of how long it took.

That being said, call it OCD, but I'm not sure I can bring myself to buy the same game again. Which realistically (since I already own the original and the Definitive Edition isn't a huge change) would be almost solely for the opportunity to 100% it again. Another fun playthrough, another 100% to add to my profile. But considering I already own the game and can play it whenever I like, buying it again for the achievements? Ehh...

What are your thoughts? If you liked a game enough, would you buy a remastered GOTY release for the opportunity to 100% it again? Does it sound like a waste of money?

Sometimes for the challenge, sometimes because I really like a game and i want to experience/complete everything it has to offer. Sometimes because I just think a certain game would look nice on my profile. I will never pay money for an easy game just for a cheap 100%... and I will most likely never be good or patient enough to get the truly difficult or time intensive 100%'s... but that doesn't stop me from trying.

http://www.capcom-unity.com/brelston/blog/2014/09/17/resident-evil-achievement-and-trophy-list

It's not mentioned specifically, but I would assume Steam is getting the same/similar list of achievements as the console versions. Capcom has played nice with us in recent memory, as far as Steamworks goes.

The list itself seems pretty brutal. It's bad enough to have a "no save" playthrough, but speed runs, play through with only the knife, the hardest difficulty and pretty much every iteration of characters that you start and end the game with. Probably 5-10 very challenging playthroughs before you have 100% (unless you can stack them, probably).

Ouch (but so worth it, the game is amazing). It's not very often I mentally prepare myself to attempt achievements like these... but I think I at least have to try for this one.

Trine 2

Amazing game but what a pain in the ass to 100%.

Originally posted by Blaise:

I'm trying to maximize batman games to 100% before arkham knight is released, I've returned to asylum and did all of the achievements.
Now I play Origins and those multiplayer achievements are quite ridiculous, getting to max level will only take time but "I like these odds" and "predator paragon" are such a pain in the ***.
So to answer topic question - Yes. ;)

Doesn't really sound like "knowing it'll probably never happen" if you actually got all of the achievements in Asylum lol...