I am warning you before you read this, this may piss some people off. That is quite alright though, because you are entitled to your opinions, as am I.
Medals. I don't understand why so many people feel the need to tell the authors of great games that it "needs" medals. Do not misunderstand me though, I am not anti-medals, I quite like earning virtual points which hold no value in the real world, and earning these medals to show achievements I have made within the game.
Medals do not change anything about a game. They do not magically improve the graphics, they do not drastically change the gameplay. When I find a great game where the graphics, sound, configuration, humor, and everything about it is wonderful, I will often find people who comment and say repeatedly that it "needs" medals. Why does this game "need" medals? It doesn't, it's just the commenter wanting to show achievements they have received for completing a game.
My overall point is that a game does not need medals to be great. Some games with medals aren't so great, and are down right awful. I don't understand why some people will insist, even giving a low amount of stars for lack of medals, that the author must take time out of their schedule, get together with those who allow medals on games, make special graphics for these medals, come up with a fair scoring value, and add medals to their game. It's rather self-centered if you ask me.
Edit: I have been told that re-programming the game is not necessary for adding medals, so I took that part off.
Sheizenhammer
People are addicted to medal-whoring. Some go as far as thinking the only reason they should bother playing games is to get medals. It's pathetic, I know, but then again, so are the people (mostly 12 year olds and idiots) who do it.