[2020] Any chance we see extra achievements in the future?

Originally posted by MofineBovine: It's mostly why dlc achievements exist at all. I almost respect Fatshark for not doing it, but i actually just assume it's just laziness or some problem with Steam that has been the actual reason why they haven't done it so far.

It's a tricky one honestly. It's not a Steam problem, or a lazyness problem. They're 'relatively' simple to implement, even easier when something like Okri's book exists, as you can just hook in to those which saves a bunch of work (well it's kind of the same work, but you don't have to do it twice).

On PS4, DLCs come with their own trophy list independant of the main game, so you don't lose completionist feels if you don't invest in or avail of additional content, it may be the same for Xbox as well? Steam doesn't do that though, so we just stick to adding them for Okri's for now.

That said, I personally do advocate for us adding more achievements, like we did with V1. I think overall it provides our core community with challenges they can earn against their Steam account like a badge of honour. I think overall there's more good than bad with adding in achievements. But I understand where Mofine is coming from regarding compulsion, and that's the same place that our current position comes from.

I would add that I don't think many developers honestly do it to trigger those with compulsions in to coming back to the game, as in some ways it could force someone compulsive to delete the game from their library altogether (we've seen that happen!). I genuinely don't think there's malicious marketing at play there from the majority of studios. I just think it's an often requested feature by players who do enjoy chasing achievements and in many ways it does make sense to add achievements when adding content to a game.

They also act in some ways as a highlight of game features you may even not have been aware of. I've learned a lot when looking through achievement lists for games I thought I knew really well to find whole mechanics or behaviours I never knew of.