10 Insulting Video Game Achievements That 'Reward' You For Sucking

by Josh Brown

1. No Show - Prey

Prey is one of the best games of this generation, primarily because it encourages you to play however you want. A lot of releases make similar claims these days, but Arkane Studio's immersive sim delivers on that promise of freedom, designing each area to respond to whatever mad idea the player has to complete their objective (or simply mess around), and adapt accordingly.

Experimentation is encouraged, and it can lead to players investigating every nook and cranny to see just what kinds of behaviour the devs accounted for. This includes the opening as well, which is more linear than anything else in the game, as your character wakes up and takes a helicopter to their destination.

It's so straight-forward you might not even realise you have any choice in what you can do, but there is a way to utterly f*ck up this simple introduction and get yourself killed before you even set eyes on one of the face-smashing aliens you'll be fighting for the rest of the game.

That's because when boarding the helicopter, an eager jump or an awkward climb can see you coming face to face with the spinning propellors, and there's only one winner in a situation like that. Get yourself chopped up, and the game will restart, but not before giving you the "No Show" achievement for failing the most simple task it has for you.

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Josh has over 11 years of experience as a published writer, having worked nine of those years as a full-time content producer at WhatCulture. In that period he has created hundreds of articles, videos and podcast episodes for multiple WhatCulture channels, specialising in gaming, horror and film & TV. He now primarily works as a senior content producer and presenter on WhatCulture Gaming where he co-hosts the WhatCulture Gaming Podcast, a top 3 UK most listened to gaming podcast that he co-created in 2018. Over the years he has reviewed several high-profile gaming releases, covered industry events with on-site reporting, opined on breaking news, and even kicked off his interviewing career by chatting to childhood hero, Tommy Wiseau.