Steam Players Are Once Again Begging Valve For Separate DLC Achievements

Steam Players Are Once Again Begging Valve For Separate DLC Achievements

From TheGamer (Written by James Troughton) on | OpenCritic

One of the biggest problems achievement hunters face on Steam is keeping their 100 percent scores. If DLC comes out, new achievements are piled on top of the old ones, rather than being separated into their own tab like on PlayStation. Players have long called on Valve to address this to no avail, but the discussion has cropped up again nonetheless thanks to u/Filippikus.

"Why isn't this a thing yet?" they asked on the Steam subreddit. "I hate having every achievement in a game and then, boom a DLC comes out and they add more achievements that I can't get without the DLC. It can't be that hard to implement..."

Although, as u/Largicharg says, "At least it's not an achievement for multiplayer on a long dead game."

Some suggest using third-party websites like Steam Hunters, but they're a band-aid at best, as the 100 percent score is still lost on your profile. And what are achievements if not bragging rights, eh?

As u/HandoAlegra pointed out in the comments, DLC is just one part of the issue. Updates also add new achievements, like Baldur's Gate 3 did when it implemented Honour Mode. Yes, to get the Platinum equivalent on...