LancashireLad87

Just hit 2000 site reputation! I'd like to thank everyone who's motivated me or encouraged me on my trophy journey thus far and the support/comments on my posts. If it wasn't for you guys I probably wouldn't post as frequently as I do. I have many ideas I would like to post about in the future it's just having the time to do it. For a while I was contemplating on hosting some PSNP gameplay events to bring the community closer together, not sure if this has happened before or how successful it was but I'm hoping to host one before the end of the year. Here's to the next 2000! 

@Copanele @FreshFromThaDeli @Gommes_ @Yuber6969 @KindaSabbath

Last Sunday myself and a friend decided to play Persona 4 Arena Ultimax earlier than expected because the Fear 3 servers were for a lack of a better word shit. The trophy guides state that the real platinum blocker is completing all of 1 characters combo trials. So the lad set his sights on that goal, I tried a few characters such as Shadow Labrys and Akihiko but I settled with Sho (Non Persona Version) since he fit my playstyle much better than the other 2. Some characters have "shadow" versions of themselves which adds an additional 5 combo trials.

I haven't had much spare time to play Persona 4 Arena Ultimax but I cleared the combo trials on day 1. Overall I can see why less experienced players would have a rough time with some of those combo trials. The final combo trial for each character lacks a demonstration so I was forced to scour the internet for a solution. Sho has 25 character trials to complete, according to the trophy guide the difficulty rating for his trials specifically is 7.5/10 I'm assuming that means with pause exploit which I don't do because the lad is not a bitch haha.

Naturally I've recorded some of the combos for you guys to see, hope you enjoy the videos I think in total I spent about 45 minutes to an hour for his trials. 1-19 were fairly straightforward. All combos were performed on a DualShock 4 D-Pad using Default controls.

@Gommes_ @Yuber6969 @FreshFromThaDeli @Copanele @KindaSabbath

One of my favourite aspects of fighting games is being able to perform cool combos. Since I had a bit of spare time to try out Street Fighter X Tekken on the PlayStation 3 on a dummy account I thought I'd share some cool combos I managed to pull off plus a bonus episode of in many players eyes the hardest mission in the game to complete "Beyond Human". I got that on my second attempt on a dummy account, honestly it's not that bad if your patient and you punish on reaction. I dropped quite a few combos due to my inexperience with the game and I managed to pull it off. For those of you who aren't aware of SFXT it's a 2 Vs 2 2D Fighter consisting of you guessed it Street Fighter and Tekken characters!

Beyond Human is notorious for causing people problems because Ancient Ogre and Akuma have 3 health gems EACH that replenishes their health once it dips below a certain threshold. They both have infinite super meter so they can spam EX special moves and supers until the cows come home, you unfortunately don't have that luxury. I beat them with the standard gem set as well. It's crucial that you switch or tag in your other character mid-combo to allow for more damage and to let any grey health recover. As you can see from my video I punished Ogre's grab and his aerial attack, as for Akuma you must jump when he tries to Raging Demon you into oblivion because that will melt your health bar.

His other super Misogi can be blocked standing and then punished like I did. Hope you guys were entertained and enjoyed the videos. I might try some Injustice 2 stuff the next time I have some spare time or I'm bored which ever comes first! Overall I think Mission 19 is easier than fighting Nagoriyuki on Extreme difficulty in Guilty Gear Strive legit and floor 100 on DNF Duel against the Lone Warrior. If you'd like to try these combos for yourself I've included combo notations for each video respectively, all combos were performed on a regular Dualshock 3 D-Pad because the lad cannot use analogue stick to save his life ^^

As some of you may have seen I started Onrush on the PlayStation 4 towards the back end of last week. I'm really enjoying the game thus far, it's an unusual racing game because it emphasizes co-operative play as the whole game can be played individually or as a co-operative team. I'm currently at 60% of the trophies and I'm hoping to increase that percentage throughout the week whilst playing Fear 3 on the PlayStation 3 in-between. Here's a clip I somehow managed to do last night, hope you guys enjoy!

DNF Duel (PlayStation 4)

Trophy: Platinum #55

Last night I earned my 55th platinum trophy for DNF Duel on the PlayStation 4. Considering the game has been out for nearly a month I'm surprised nobody has written a trophy guide for it. For as good as the game is it's a shame there aren't that many people playing it, I managed to play around 125 matches with randoms via player matches whilst the remaining 175 were boosted with a guy on PSNP. It goes by a lot quicker when you can play 1 match 30 seconds a round. Overall I really enjoyed the game, there are only 2 difficult trophies one for clearing a single characters combo and challenges and the other is for defeating 100 consecutive opponents in survival course c. 

I'm happy to add this platinum to my ever growing fighting game collection, I think this is my 16th fighting game platinum which is still rookie numbers compared to the likes of @FreshFromThaDeli @Yuber6969 @Copanele but I'm working on it ^^ Normally I would give the game a personal difficulty rating but I'm uncertain what I'd rate the game so I'm eager to see what future trophy guides give it. I've picked up a few fighting games such as Soul Calibur 6 and Injustice 2 Legendary Edition so I'm hoping to get round to them later this year. 

But for the next few weeks I'll be focusing on Fear 3 on the PlayStation 3, once I've earned the vast majority of trophies myself and a friend will start King of Fighters 14 so I'll let you guys know nearer the time.

Fear 3 (Dream Score Strategy)

Over the weekend myself and a friend played through Fear 3 on Recruit difficulty to experience the game in co-op whilst knocking out a few miscellaneous trophies. Fear 3 consists of 8 acts or intervals that vary in difficulty or length. Fear 3 is a first-person shooter that brings unique gameplay elements to the table, you play as either a Pointman a typical run and gun all guns blazing kind of character with the ability to slow down time which is very handy or you can play as Fettel who I'd class as a puppet character. He has the ability to lift enemies into the air with his telekinesis whilst firing bursts of energy at your foes. His signature ability allows him to possess or take control of an enemy opponent so you have whatever loadout the enemy has.

Whilst playing as Fettel whenever you possess someone you'll have a limited amount of time in that body, however you can extend it by collecting the red orb that appears whenever you kill someone on the battlefield. There is a specific score requirement that is set for each interval that rewards you with a silver trophy however none of the guides make this abundantly clear so I will. If your playing in co-op your individual scores are combined at the end of each level, if you beat the score requirement for that mission collectively you DON'T get the trophy.

Each level has in-game challenges for you to earn that contributes to your score, once you've earned enough score for your chosen character you'll rank up earning slight buffs, the maximum level is 21. As far as I'm aware you get a point bonus worth 5,000 more fore each difficulty level you play beyond Recruit difficulty but I haven't tested this out at the time of posting. Yesterday I tried to beat the score for Interval 8 since it's the shortest level after several attempts I was victorious, since all the trophy guides I've seen are very vague in their descriptions of how to earn these trophies I'll outline my strategy to help you guys out.

Interval 8 - Requirements

Fear 3

Trophy: Dream Score

- 50,000 Points (I had 55,300)

- Time Taken 23 minutes 30 seconds

    - Character Pointman

- Game Difficulty Recruit

Challenges Cleared

- "Hurt Him" Damage the giant creep x9 @2500 a piece

- Solo Psychic links attained x5 @1500 a piece

- "Nightmare Warrior" Damage the giant creep 3 times before he vanishes x2 @2500 a piece

- "Big Spender" Drain slow-mo 3 times from full to empty @1500 a piece

- "Nightmare Ninja" Fight back the creep 3 times without getting hit 2500

- "All the Reflexes" 60 seconds of slow mo 2500

- Find the Alma Doll 5000

- "Nothin' or Double" 120 seconds of slow-mo 3500

- "Sir Camp a Lot" Use cover for 200 seconds 1500

- "Pitching a Tent" Use cover for 100 seconds 1000

- "Ghost Offender" Kill 5 ghost soldiers with the G3A3 AR 2500

Time Bonus for completing the stage was a mere 300 points

Personal Strategy

Use slow-mo to evade and shoot the creep 3 times in the introductory area after the short in-game cutscene near the start of the level for the nightmare ninja accolade. To rack up time for slow-mo as soon as you enter wade's area you can simply wait for your slow-mo meter to fill then drain it, rinse and repeat until you have both accolades. Before you fight the giant creep at the end of the level you can take cover behind the large rock in the centre of your screen to get both spend x amount of time in cover.

Hope this helps you guys out!

Since the lad has the memory of a goldfish I thought I would list the fighting games I'd like to purchase/play in the next year or so as an aid to memory. I'd like to finish all of these games if I can because I'm an advocate of the genre.

Fighting games

- King of Fighters 14 (Currently Own)

- Street Fighter X Tekken (PS3)

- Marvel Vs Capcom Infinite (Currently Own) (Plat Challenge 2023)

- Ultimate Marvel Vs Capcom 3 (Own PS3 Version) (Plat Challenge 2023)

- Injustice 2 Legendary Edition

- BlazBlue Continuum Shift Extend (Own PS3 Version)

- Persona 4 Arena Ultimax (PS4) (Plat Challenge 2023)

2023

- Tekken Tag Tournament 2 

- Granblue Fantasy Versus

- King of Fighters 15

- Samurai Shodown

- Samurai Shodown Neo Geo Collection

- Soul Calibur 6

Backlog

- Dead or Alive 5 Vanilla (97%)

- Persona 4 Arena (80%)

- DNF Duel (91%)

Uncertain

- Street Fighter 5

- Injustice 1

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@Copanele @KindaSabbath @FreshFromThaDeli @Gommes_ @Yuber6969

DNF Duel (PS4)

Trophy: Eternity Crusher

This trophy is rewarded for completing in my opinion the hardest and tedious trophy in the game. You have to beat Survival Course C which consists of 100 opponents, after every victory you can choose to spend your points on various upgrades such as +1 attack, defence, mana recovery or guard break amongst others or you can choose to bank them up for a rainy day. The AI becomes increasingly difficult the further you progress, yes you can potentially save scum it every fight if you so desire but this trophy was a pain in the arse. I must have retried several fights at least 6/7 times before I beat them because the AI knows how to do serious combos which will quite literally melt your health bar.

I used Ghostblade because this was the character I wanted to become my main. Some of the fights such as one against Ranger on floor 60-70 was a pain and the Crusader fight on floor 88 since the AI also has several buffs to make them difficult. The final fight I recorded so you guys can see how quickly the match changed from being in complete control to almost losing. I spent 45 minutes on this floor alone because the Lone Warrior makes Nagoriyuki from Guilty Gear Strive look timid by comparison.

 I'm happy to add this trophy to my collection, don't let the rarity of this trophy fool you, this was not easy to get. Possibly because I played the fights legitimately with my character, yes I save scummed but not that often. Hopefully you enjoy the video, I was very happy to clutch the victory because it could have gone either way!

DragonBall FighterZ (PS4)

Platinum Trophy #54

Breaking News!!! Moments ago the lad from Lancashire secured platinum number 54 DragonBall FighterZ for the PlayStation 4. Overall the game is very simple and is undoubtedly one of the easiest fighting games I've played on my account thus far. Naturally I performed the infamous Zeni login glitch because nobody has the time to grind 20,000,000 Zeni because that's taking the piss, even 5,000,000 is excessive. Not sure who first discovered the glitch but major props to whoever did. It took me just shy of 20 hours to finish DragonBall FighterZ and I had a poultry 750,000 Zeni. Since I'm part of a Z-Union todays login bonus gave me 300,000 Zeni a time so it took me about 1.5 hours to get the "Set For Life" trophy. I'd rate the difficulty of this platinum trophy a 3/10 if it wasn't for the Zeni Grind it be a 2/10, combo challenges are a joke and the online is boost-able.