10 Video Game Achievements That Made You Say WHAT?!

7. All The Purchasable Trophies - Nier: Automata

Nier: Automata is a game governed entirely by the brilliant eccentricities of director Yoko Taro, and that's quite hilariously - if contentiously - reflected in its achievement set.

The action-RPG sequel totally detonates the very idea of achievements by featuring a secret shop in the Resistance Camp where players can just... buy the majority of the trophies with in-game currency.

Now to be clear, you need to have first beaten the game three times, and none of the story-based achievements can be purchased.

But for 28 of the game's 48 'cheevs, you're free to just unlock them with the money you've accrued while playing, with around 2 million G needed to nab the lot.

Naturally this feature proved controversial with 'cheev and trophy-hunters, who felt that such a facility undermined the glory of getting them "the hard way" when others could just unlock them through a shortcut.

But for many, it was fun to see Taro so blatantly thumbing his nose at the arbitrariness of achievements themselves.