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Achievements have made games worse.
I discovered this after buying a steam game that I had pirated. All of a sudden I'm doing boring and repetitive stuff that I don't enjoy, just to unlock some dumb trophy.
Any enjoyment for the players and creativity by developers has been long eclipsed by the lazy paint-by-numbers boring achievements who's only function is to artificially extend "engagement".
They should just sell the platinum trophies.
I think achievements are great for when you've finished a game but you want to keep playing it. A fun, additional challenge for when you're not ready to be done with a game. Emphasis on fun though; you could easily design boring or frustrating achievements.