Oh, the achievements were a total blast. I started by finishing the main story, then I looked at the achievements. I think they distract me from the story the first time around. Replaying it for achievements, though, make me alert to parts of the story I missed the first time around. Like I only realized Reaver was like a couple hundred years old because of his deal with the shadow ghouls (or whatever they were called) on my second playthrough. There were many other things I picked up on too that I didn't fully understand the first time through. It's weird, because games are so long, it's hard to focus on the story. There's tons of distractions and side quests and other things to get you away from the main thread. Only on replays does it start to all come together for me.
