Why Do I Care So Much About Achievements?
Currently I’m going back through Half-Life Episode 2 to get all the achievements. I got most of them the first time I went through a few weeks ago. But there are 2 achievements that are really difficult and very annoying that I’m trying to get.
The most tedious achievement is to take a small garden gnome from the beginning of the game and carry it and put it into a rocket towards the end of the game that will launch into outer space. I’ve found this to be very difficult to keep up with. I constantly have to keep up with the gnome, all while fighting off enemies. If I don’t have the gnome in my possession and I hit a loading area, I end up losing it and having to go back to a previous save to regain the gnome. So why do I go through all this pain? I think that there is something about completely mastering this game that has compelled me to take on the painful task of transporting the gnome.
The other achievement that I’ve finally accomplished is to squish all of the Antlion Grubs in Half-Life 2. I just accomplished this achievement last night. This one required online help because these little grubs are in some tricky places that require a little hunting to find them. Thankfully they have a glow to them which helps, but sometimes they were so well hidden that I probably would haven’t found some of them.
I look forward to finally completing all the achievements in the game. I just hope my wife doesn’t hate me by the end of it all…
