Well to start off im not really bashing trophies (or achievements) here as im a hardcore achievement whore!!

I got my 14th platinum trophy yesterday and i was all happy as usualy because i got it in starwars and for the first time in a while i really struggled with a games difficulty. After about a week i got it anyway, i was trying my best to get it done quickly because i bought batman too but i wanted to get star wars out of the way so i could focus on batman. So i got stuck into batman as soon as i was done with starwars and i started to think that trophies were ruining the fun of batman for me.

Now before i get flamed or whatever hear me out. Starwars force unleashed is an ok game its fun for a quick run though and thats it, because of trophies i got a lot of playing out of it and i had fun (although i got angry a LOT!). Then batman arkham asylum is an amazing game. I was blown away by the opening cinimatic and after that i couldnt get enough of it.

After about 30 mins the trophy whore within came out and i studied the trophy list and got to work getting the trophies. most of them were coming along easily and i was enjoying the game too but then i came to some tough trophies (mainly the x40 combo for those who have played the game) and it killed me! as you play the game you get to enemies and you beat them up 1 punch is 1x to your combo so you need to get a 40 hit combo and considering this isnt dynasty warriors its actually hard to do..REALLY HARD!! i noticed instead of enjoying the story i was rushing through so i could find enemies to fight so i could get the combo up. once i finally got the trophy i looked back and realised i have just wasted thought a brilliant game for the sake of a trophy (for those of u who arent whores trophies become an addiction where buying a new game is exciting because there is new trophies) i couldnt help it though it was like an itch i had to get that trophy.

This is why im thinking. Star wars which is only an ok game was made much more fun and lasted a lot longer because of trophies was a good thing. So far (i havnt beat batman yet) i feel batman was for me slightly ruined by trophies. Now i know you cant have trophies only on bad games otherwise no games would have them because very dev thinks their game is the best thing ever (haze anyone) but i do feel that trophies are starting to effect how i enjoy games.

Im 1 of those people who really wants a mgs4 trophy patch but i have already beaten the story and took my time to slowly enjoy it. if the game gets patched there will be a trophy like beat the game in under 5 hours or something, now that right there is a game killer. 1 of the best games ever will be rushed for the sake of a trophy (which i and so many others will do) this holiday loads of great games will be out so im starting to wonder will trophies be ruining this holidays games for me?

I sure hope not but trophies have become an annoying addiction for me and are really effecting my gaming. i really wish all trophy lists were hidden and were not allowed to be posted online. that way i would have the joy of trophies and the fun of properly playing the game in the hope i might do something to get a trophy

Usually i like most of the big games that everyone likes. I find it hard to pick a favourite since i like so many games my collection of ps3 games is almost at 40! but the game i have played the most would be LittleBigPlanet so i suppose that would be my favourite in a way. I have been looking through gamespot a lot lately maily because im trying to get them last 2% to level 26 but ive just been watching some old reviews and im starting to think i have bad taste in games

3 games that i have played and enjoyed this year were games that scored badly in reviews. First off i know reviews are just opinions of the reviewers but i just dont get how the the games 1 game more than the rest got such a bad review because i enjoyed it most of the 3.

First game is Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard. This game got a 6.0 on gamespot and an average of 5.3. not a terrible score i guess but its not good either. I got this game because it was 10euro new and i cant turn down a bargan. I started the game up and after the first level i was wowed the game itself wasnt exactly the best made thing ever visuals were a bit plain and it didnt look realistic but it was seriously funny and it had a great cover system nothing like ive seen in other games. i really enjoyed it and i didnt expect it to score what it did.

Second is Terminator Salvation which got a 5.0 on gamespot 4.7 average critic score. Now i know those of you who havnt played this game will be laughing because nothing but bad has been said about this game but i really enjoyed playing it. It looked quite good and the story was good too but then again anything with a terminator in it is cool. The game is a lot of fun to play it also has a handy cover system but not as good as matt hazards. I think this game deserved a 6 because it is a good fun game the devs just got a bit lazy or whatever but its still good fun

And last is Godfather 2 which got a 4.5!!! on gamespot a friggen 4.5! thats terrible like terminator got 5 and this is a way better game. I played the game and thought it was great i had a ball playing it. I loved how it was so like and so different to GTA. I found building up the whole empire was great fun. Like Matt Hazard it suffered from a few bugs and the visuals werent exactly cutting edge they were a bit plain but this was also a geat game and i cant understand how it was given a 4.5 it deserves more than that.

This was my favourite of the 3 games and it also got the lowest score which is why i ask do i have bad taste in games?

When i stopped playing the game a few months ago i thought i was finally free of its addictiveness. All it took was 1 look at the sexy box art and i was sitting there spending the next 6hours waiting for the bad boy to install on my top of the line laptop that runs wow and a heart stopping 10fps!! i know i know you want 1 of these laptops too..well maybe some day if your willing to break the bank at its 200euro price tag.

Anyway after downloading a good 80gb of patches and updates i paid ma money and started playing again. i love wow its a great game but i cant just play a little of the game every day which is what i should do and that way i wouldnt have to keep trying to break the addiction but i cant do that. i can either not play wow or play wow until my legs fall asleep there is no happy inbetween for me. so im back to the good old days now where i no longer have a life (damn you south park)! i told myself i was just goin back for a laugh and wasnt gonna buy the new expansion...but i LIED! there was no other way i could convince myself to start playing again other than lie (i know what your thinkin..)

anyway gonna pick up the new expansion tomorrow hopefully the updates that the game got in it wont hurt my frame rate which is already like a slideshow and along with the constant video card trouble and the screen just going blank for a few seconds im still truckin away. hit the big bad 70 today so i gotta get it now or ill be doing no more leveling. I will try my best to limit my playing time this round and hope it goes better than my many other terrible attempts.

anyone care to give me any tips on how to limit the amount of time i play a day. the ill finish after this quest 1 does not work!