Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Excessive celebration: why the fuck do NCAA and Madden need multiple celebration achievements?

Okay, so we know Madden and NCAA both have new celebrations available. Users can control what they do to celebrate their touchdowns, including going over to celebrate with mascots in NCAA 09.

Great. Cool. Put that on the back of the box, why don't you? But why in the hell are there three achievements in each game for celebrations? Three in NCAA for celebrating with the Texas, Florida and Tennessee mascots, and three in Madden for celebrating in the endzone, dunking on the goal posts, and stealing another team's signature move.

I don't see the need for three freaking achievements in each game for celebrating. Make it just one for celebrating with a mascot in NCAA, and maybe one in Madden - and, don't forget, while NCAA has 49 achievements, Madden has just 25. A serious quotient of gamer-score is doled out for Madden for celebrating.

At least it's easy points, and not *quite* as stupid as the achievement you get in Soul Calibur IV for turning the game on.

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