10 Video Game Achievements You Literally Had To Die For
Till death do us Trophy.
Achievements and Trophies have been a part of the video game world for a little while now, harbouring an ever-growing community of dedicated 'Trophy Hunters' who thrive off each and every success and addition to their personal tally.
The concept of Achievements is pretty straight forward. You are rewarded for accomplishing a certain task within any given game. Those tasks can range from just finishing the game, to complex item hunting or speed running, the common theme being completing a test of skill, endurance or sometimes luck.
What it very, very rarely entails is the opposite of that. However, the word rare is not absolute, and there are some cases out there of a Trophy or Achievement requiring very little, to no, skill at all.
In fact it's the opposite, requiring you to die, which is really not what you want to be doing when playing any game. Dying is usually a sign of failure, a frustrating loss and symbol of defeat, forcing you to replay your failed endeavour or lose your hard-earned progress.
Sometimes, just sometimes, a game aims to reward you for these failures, inserting an Achievement into the game that requires you to play poorly and die on purpose. Intentionally going against the grain of a video game and your natural instinct to, well... live!
10. South Park: The Stick Of Truth
Achievement: You Bastards
"Oh my God, you killed Kenny! You bastards!"
One of the most randomly iconic lines in television history inspired one of the most silly trophies in one of the most bizarrely absurd games ever made.
The Stick Of Truth is packed with so many memorable and weird moments, that nothing should really surprise you while you work your way through the hilariously ludicrous campaign. The only thing that could match the story itself for unadulterated absurdity, are the trophies.
Of course you have the usual story related and collectable achievements, but South Park wouldn't be South Park if they didn't deep dive into as much toilet humour and rudeness as they possibly could. They have trophies for flinging your s**t at an enemy, farting on animals AND people, discovering Jesus while playing as a Jew, joining the KKK and being bitten by gingers... just to name a few!
For the sake of the list though, there is a trophy that tasks you with killing Kenny ten times in combat. All you have to do is play as Kenny and kill yourself over and over again, each time being comically carried away by rats.
It's not a difficult achievement to obtain, but the pop culture reference alone is funny enough to entertain anyone seeking the trophy at hand.