{"id":52555,"date":"2021-10-04T20:28:52","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T03:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/?p=52555"},"modified":"2021-10-04T20:28:52","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T03:28:52","slug":"epic-games-achievements-unlocked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2021\/10\/04\/epic-games-achievements-unlocked\/","title":{"rendered":"Epic Games achievements unlocked"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Epic Games is launching the initial version of its achievements <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epicgames.com\/store\/en-US\/news\/epic-games-achievements-are-launching-next-week\">next week<\/a>. Since the Epic Games Store launched in December of 2018, one of the oft-cited criticisms of the platform is how it lacks features that other PC store applications have had for years. Key among those missing features is achievements, those little odes to Skinner box reinforcement that completionists love. They&#8217;re the oil that keeps operant conditioning operating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You may ask, didn&#8217;t Epic have achievements since mid-2019? They <a href=\"https:\/\/trello.com\/c\/apfJsxbA\/30-achievements\">sure did<\/a>, but no one uses them. Per Epic, they were &#8220;developer achievements&#8221; that didn&#8217;t equal the functionality that you you&#8217;d find elsewhere. For example, Epic&#8217;s current achievement system (only working in a handful of games) do not display outside of the client if the game isn&#8217;t running, which makes sharing progress and bragging difficult. The new iteration of achievements will hopefully correct that oversight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ominously, Epic Games&#8217; announcement ends with a warning to watch for &#8220;new social features and player rewards later this year.&#8221; Shudder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Epic Games is launching the initial version of its achievements next week. Since the Epic Games Store launched in December of 2018, one of the oft-cited criticisms of the platform is how it lacks features that other PC store applications have had for years. 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