The Ultra Rare Cleanup 2021

[Copanele]

Well finally I can kick another game out : Fu'un Super Combo

1. Braid - 2.44%  achieved
2. Yakuza 0 - 4%,  achieved
3. Slain Back From Hell - 3.72%,  achieved
4. Fu'un Super Combo (3.31% achieved)
5. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2 (3.85%  , 0%-> 97% completed)

Not the best fighting game I've played, textbook SNK bull. Not many even heard of it, which makes it even less appealing. But eh it's a fighting game, it's SNK and it's UR so it worked for me.

Glad I didn't have Arcade Machines in Romania, cause this bastard would have eaten my coins.

Don't start this game unless you really love to get punished by unfair AI  

 

Anyway, one trophy left, that pesky Level 100 in THPS 1+2. My god does it take quite a while to do. After I get that one (level 94/100) I'll be done with Tier 3  

[Danny_Johansen]

Switchblade

I had a bit of a mixed experience with Switchblade. Overall the game is fun to play but going in a 5v5 game solo can often results in 1v3 matches so I should have jumped on this game when my friends were going for it.

 

Tier 2

1. Shovel Knight - 82%
2. Switchblade - 100%
3. Little Deviants - 0%
4. Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams - Director's Cut - 0%
5. Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams - Director's Cut - 0%

 

 

4 hours ago, S_y_n_e_IR_g_Y said:

So final game will be Curses n' Chaos, so far i like the artstyle. I'm not sure about the difficulty, if somebody got some tips, drop me a PM???

 

The game has a few attacks but only the air kick is good. Don't use any of the other attacks because they are often restrictive or only does 1 damage. Air kick does 2 damage and can be cancelled by hitting the ground so you can quickly kill enemies by doing small jumps into kicks. You can bring 2 items with you so bring luck items that increase the score multiplier for the 100k score trophies. For the 200 combo in chaos realm make 2 genie lamps and back up the save. The genies will damage enemies and that will often reduce the amount of hits the enemies require from you.

[IIFraxx]

Tier 1 Progress Update 2:

 

Trackmania Turbo (PS4 / 0.60%) - 100%

WipEout Omega Collection (PS4 / 1.29%) - 5%

Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (PS4 / 0.81% / 0.42%) - 0%

Medal of Honor: Frontline (PS3 / 3.24%) - 100%

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (PS3 / 2.38% / 0.63%) - 0%

 

Medal of Honor: Frontline done! The aiming and handling in this game is archaic and horrendous. And it froze on me a few times on Hard. Be prepared for a lot of frustration since this game also has no checkpoints. You have to complete each level in one go. That's why it took me so long because I couldn't be bothered to finish it lol. But today I managed to push through and get the platinum.

[Copanele]

And Tier 3 done, with THPS 1+2

1. Braid - 2.44%  achieved
2. Yakuza 0 - 4%,  achieved
3. Slain Back From Hell - 3.72%,  achieved
4. Fu'un Super Combo - 3.31% achieved
5. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2 - 3.85%,  achieved

Whew, this certainly was quite the ride. Honestly, if not for that blasted grind to level 100, THPS 1+2 wouldn't have been an UR. HOWEVER...man this game was FUN. It's another embodiment of "why I love playing videogames". No gimmicks, no headaches, just grab the board, grit the teeth, prepare to eat the pavement and SKATE ON MY SON! It was definitely the easiest one in my tier list but certainly one of the most fun.

 

Now as a final conclusion to Tier 3, regarding my games:

• Most fun game - Yakuza 0. This game triggered me to want to purchase and play all the games in the serie. So far I am missing Y6 and Y7 (and Isshin, which I doubt I will ever buy, can't read Japanese lol), but regardless I was not expecting this game to be THIS GOOD! Holy crap. Also learned Mahjong which is a bonus.
• Least fun game - Braid . It had ONE UR trophy. One challenge. One speedrun under 45 minutes. I HATED IT. Game itself is fine but I really did NOT enjoy myself with this one. I really do not handle platformers well. Which will pose the ultimate challenge next..

TIER 4

1. Yakuza Kiwami
2. Catherine (PS3)
3. Mirror's Edge
4. Persona 4 Arena
5. Ultimate Marvel Vs Capcom 3(PS4)

That's it, the final backlog challenge. Mirror's Edge is a platformer, therefore a natural enemy of mine. Catherine seriously kicked my ass last time I've played it so now I am back with a vengeance. P4A and UMVC3...yeah I think everyone knows those. Yakuza Kiwami is the only approachable one so far, so I think I will start with that one. 

Happy times and broken controllers incoming!

Edited May 19, 2021 by Copanele

[Don_carlito94]

9 hours ago, Copanele said:

TIER 4

1. Yakuza Kiwami
2. Catherine (PS3)
3. Mirror's Edge
4. Persona 4 Arena
5. Ultimate Marvel Vs Capcom 3(PS4)

That's it, the final backlog challenge. Mirror's Edge is a platformer, therefore a natural enemy of mine. Catherine seriously kicked my ass last time I've played it so now I am back with a vengeance. P4A and UMVC3...yeah I think everyone knows those. Yakuza Kiwami is the only approachable one so far, so I think I will start with that one. 

Happy times and broken controllers incoming!

I might borrow that idea and add Mirror’s Edge to my next tier once I get there. Come to think of it, I haven’t done the Pure time trails yet - I’ve left them for years haha

Edited May 19, 2021 by Don_carlito94

[Copanele]

38 minutes ago, Don_carlito94 said:

I might borrow that idea and add Mirror’s Edge to my next tier once I get there. Come to think of it, I haven’t done the Pure time trails yet - I’ve left them for years haha

Go go go! That game deserves some credit, it's quite the unique experience! 

I do have a lot more to do on my side though  hope I can at least finish Hard mode.

[Don_carlito94]

47 minutes ago, Copanele said:

Go go go! That game deserves some credit, it's quite the unique experience! 

I do have a lot more to do on my side though  hope I can at least finish Hard mode.

Good game indeed, at least hard mode can make you a bit familiar with the levels since you will be repeating them again on the speed runs and time trails. Once you get there is where the real fun begins, quite addictive actually ?

[bcimbatman7]

2 more game completed in tier 1 (Wipeout and COD).

 

1.Wipeout Omega Collection ( 1.28% rarity) -  100% completed

2. SteamWorld Heist (Vita Version) (3.02% rarity)  -100% completed 

3.  Call of Duty Black Ops Declassified (PS Vita) (3.01% rarity) - 100% completed

4. Thief (PS4) (3.81% rarity) - 0%

5. NFL Madden 19 (2.61% rarity) -0%

[pinkrobot_pb]

After being one of the very last players to get the online trophies done for this game, I have finally finished Wolfenstein 2009 on PS3. It's a good example of the rarity being completely out of whack with the difficulty (like it is fo so many PS3 games nowadays). It has its spikes on Uber, but nothing that a good strategy can not fix. All in all a pretty good game to be honest, definitely one of my favourite PS3 games so far.

 

Edit: I am going to cheat for this tier and replace WRC 7 with Madden NFL 11 on the PS3. That should be way quicker to complete and then I can make my second tier all ultra rare PS4 racing titles. That will be an excellent excuse to finally go out and buy myself a new racing wheel that I can use for Assetto Corsa on PC too.

 

This means my tier 1 list now looks like this:

1. Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood (PS3)
2. NASCAR The Game: Inside Line (PS3)
3. Wolfenstein (PS3)
4. Farming Simulator (PS3)
5. Madden NLF 11 (PS3)

Edited May 20, 2021 by pinkrobot_pb
Change to my first tier.

[Wdjat Prinny Doods]

I stopped being lazy with Dreams and finished that off, was shorter than I realized with the exception of getting to level 30 which luckily could be turboed 

 

1. Blazblue: Continuum Shift (1.79%)- 100% 
2. Ys: Origins (2.60%)- 55%
3. Steamworld Heist (1.45%)- 1%
4. Exist Archive (3.15%)- 100% 
5. Dreams (2.19%)- 100%  

[Berendsapje]

First completion of my second tier: Nascar Heat 4!

 

Game's glitched to fuck and back. Like 40 trophies can glitch, I had it happen with 5. At least Nascar Heat 3's trophies worked, and they're the same list (with one trophy promoted to silver)

 

1. F1 2013 (3.32%) 90%
2. Grid Autosport (2.02%) 93%
3. Tour de France 2014 (2.13%) 90%
4. Nascar Heat 4 (4.19%) 100%
5. Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment (1.65%) 24%

[zajac9999]

Torment: Tides of Numenera - 100%

Little Deviants - 100%

Secret Ponchos (EU) - 0%

Dead Cells (NA) - 0%

Road not taken - 0%

 

I've added Road Not Taken to my list to finish off the choices for my Tier 4. I haven't made any progress on any of the other games yet though lol.

[Thedah]

I'd like to swap out Torment: Tides of Numenara for Catherine: Full Body. I've been super busy with work for the past month and haven't a lot of time to play lately and my PS Now sub ran out before I could start Torment.

[pinkrobot_pb]

12 hours ago, Berendsapje said:

Game's glitched to fuck and back. Like 40 trophies can glitch, I had it happen with 5. At least Nascar Heat 3's trophies worked, and they're the same list (with one trophy promoted to silver)

Congrats on finishing it I had about 10 trophies glitch on me on NASCAR Heat 3 so far. You're saying 4 is even worse? Holy crap.

[da_eMTy]

I will use 2 of my swaps for knowledge is power and knowledge is power decades.

 

My tier 1 list

1.  Steep (2.60% / 0,43%) - 100 % 

2.  Brawlhalla (2.03% / 0.06%) - 100 % 

3.  Moonlighter (3.17% / 1.16%) - 63%  Knowledge is Power (2,34 %) - 38%

4.  Vigor (0.65%) - 57%

5.  F1 2017 (4.29%) - 92%  Knowledge is Power: Decades (EU 4,08%) - 25%

[Miles]

Time for another swap. Since I'm now 1 trophy away from Crypt platinum, I'd like to swap Cloudberry Kingdom for it. Still want to do Cloudberry in hopefully tier 2 if the current tier ever gets finished at this pace. 

Edited May 20, 2021 by Miles

[Cerlayjux]

Update

I'm working on finishing Nuclear Throne but it is so long. Easily one of the hardest games I have played.

1. VVVVVV(US)(UR:0.40)-0%

2. Badland(UR:0.04)-82%

3. Nuclear Throne(UR:0.45)84%

4. Downwell(UR:2.02)-77%

5. Pure chess(vita)(UR:1.74)-38%

Edited May 20, 2021 by Cerlayjux

[Floriiss]

Ninja Gaiden 3 

 

This game was really good. It was brutal, challenging, frustrating, fun and satisfying. I think one of the reasons why I liked this game so much is because my expectations were low. Numerous times I have been told that Ninja Gaiden 3 is the worst game in the series. There’s online issues, such as lagg, input-delay, bugs, etc. Also there’s less weapons in the game, less ninpo’s etc. Even though most of this is true, I still had an amazing time and I don’t think that the lack of certain things made this experience worse. I feel like Ninja Gaiden 3 is a lot more raw and brings you back to the basic core elements of the franchise. I really didn’t mind that. It was simple, yet a lot of fun.

 

The campaign was great. It felt a lot shorter than NGS2’s campaign and I also feel like this campaign was a lot more generous. I remember when I played NGS2 back in the day I struggled with the campaign quite a bit. Specifically with the enemies and bosses. As for NG3 this wasn’t much the case. It was pretty doable. Maybe this is because I already had some experience with the Ninja Gaiden franchise. Though I do think that some parts were a bit troublesome when playing on the hardest difficulty "Ultimate Ninja". Some fights took way too long. Almost felt like I had to beat an endless wave of enemies lol. But that was mostly in the beginning of the campaign. As you progressed it became easier. So yeah, nothing too bad.

 

Other than the campaign there’s the multiplayer and trial modes. Now this is another reason why I enjoyed this game so much. You see, back in 2016 I got introduced to the Ninja Gaiden franchise. The first game I completed was NGS2. Even though this game was challenging, I never felt much satisfaction from completing it. Main reason is because I asked my friend @Sergen if he could help me out with the trials. He’s a very experienced NGS2 player and could carry me through the hardest missions without too much issues. Even to this day I’m very grateful that he helped me out, as it surely saved me a lot of time and effort, but at the same time I feel kinda sad, as it did feel like I took a short and easy way out. A quick fix. I never really learned the game properly and that bugged me.

 

That’s why I decided to approach Ninja Gaiden 3 differently. This time I wanted to learn the game properly. I asked my brother @Wouterx if he was interested in beating this game with me, and without too much hesitation he said yes. This time we spent more time learning, strategising and perfecting our craft. Sure thing, it took us longer and was a lot more difficult and stressful, but the reward was so much better. Seeing yourself improve overtime and overcoming these difficult challenges felt really satisfying.

 

I’m very happy with the results and would like to thank @Wouterx for tackling this difficult game with me. I’m very glad that he was dedicated enough to learn the bosses and persistent enough to keep going, even when facing difficult times. Additionally I would like to give a huge shout out to @Sergen and @VirtualNight. Both of these players are very experienced with this game and have helped me out tremendously. They wrote excellent guides on how to tackle these trials and they were kind enough to help me out by answering my questions. Without their help I don't think we would've made it this far, so cheers for that.

 

Tier 2

1. Ninja Gaiden 3 (1.49% ; 0.61%)
2. Call of Duty: Black ops 4 (0.71% ; 0.35%)
3. ???
4. ???

5. ???

[Evil_Joker88]

Yeah i got another game completed - Quantum Theory  

 

It took me around 3 hours to practice for the last trophy (kill all enemies in chapter 6 without dying), i made it through three times and hoped i killed all enemies. I'm really happy i made it since this is an important step towards the complete A-Z UR alphabet ...

 

I've got one question about the swaps left: in the spreadsheet is noted 3, is that the amount i have left or have used already? @Copanele

 

Quantum Theory 1.14%. Personal Progress:

Yu-Gi-Oh Millennium Duels 3.77%. Personal Progress: 11/12 (71%)

Rocket League 0.82%. Personal Progress: 100%

The Last Guardian. 3.29%. Personal Progress: 5/24 (16%)

World War Z 3.90%. Personal Progress:

Edited May 22, 2021 by Evil_Joker88

[Copanele]

7 minutes ago, Evil_Joker88 said:

Yeah i got another game completed - Quantum Theory  

 

It took me around 3 hours to practice for the last trophy (kill all enemies in chapter 6 without dying), i made it through three times and hoped i killed all enemies. I'm really happy i made it since this is an important step towards the complete A-Z UR alphabet ...

 

I've got one question about the swaps left: in the spreadsheet is noted 3, is that the amount i have left or have used already? @Copanele

 

Quantum Theory 1.14%. Personal Progress:

Yu-Gi-Oh Millennium Duels 3.77%. Personal Progress: 11/12 (71%)

Rocket League 0.82%. Personal Progress: 100%

The Last Guardian. 3.29%. Personal Progress: 5/24 (16%)

World War Z 3.90%. Personal Progress:

Congrats!

In the excel and main page I have written how many swaps you have left

[ExistentialSolid]

Star Wars: Racer Revenge (1.71%) - 100%

 

This is the first game I've finished that actually fits the spirit of the Ultra Rare Cleanup event. I played through this game casually back in college and moved on, but, because I've been in the mood for a racer, I thought this might be a fun game to revisit (and because Star Wars Racer (N64) was one of my favorite racers growing up). The challenge was fairly tame right up until the game tasks you with beating two particularly brutal lap times, but it was in these brief moments that the game started to shine. For a couple hours, it was just me, the track, and the ghost of my fastest lap time locked in a never-ending battle (oh, and I got to be Darth Maul!). I only wish the game's other 11 tracks featured similarly challenging lap times so I could trap myself in my psuedo-2002 bubble for just a little while longer. 
 

Anodyne (2.97%) - 100%


Um...I may or may not have impulse bought this for $1 just for a quick UR completion. I have no idea what this game is about since I spent most of my time mindlessly following a walkthrough/speedrun video, although I'll say the gameplay, being reminiscent of the GBC Zelda titles, was enjoyable enough to justify the asking price. My biggest gripe with the game is that the ability to jump can be used to effortlessly bypass some of the game's puzzles which is a shame considering they were one of the game's biggest strengths.

Tier 4
1. Sonic Mania (1.83%) - 28% 
2. Broforce (0.50%) - 0%
3. Nova-111 (2.49%) - 40%
4. Star Wars Racer Revenge (1.71%) - 100% ✅
5. Anodyne (2.97%) - 100% ✅

[FreshFromThaDeli]

Going to use my first swap from RAGE to Uncharted 4 as I'm close to clearing all the dlc trophies on that one. 

[Vergil]

On 2021-04-11 at 1:03 PM, Vergil said:

I liked to swap out  2 games for 2 ps3 games instead.

 

Crescent pale mist (0.7%)

Max Payne 3 (0.32%)

 

Gonna see what NYMHC is about , hope just i can finish the online part. And Crescent has been in my list for years. Its pain in the butt. Also final game i can 100% on ps3 . It may break me lol

 

M)

 

I would like to swap Crescent pale mist and Max Payne 3  for. 

 

Fantasy strike and Kohime Enbu.

 

Yeah i know this is lame from me . Im close to getting these platinums and finish at least one Tier lol

Edited May 24, 2021 by Vergil

[zajac9999]

Torment: Tides of Numenera - 100%

Little Deviants - 100%

Secret Ponchos (EU) - 0%

Dead Cells (NA) - 13%

Road not taken - 100%

 

I've finished my 3rd Tier 4 game, Road Not Taken. This is an enjoyable 100% and the list was much easier than expected considering the overall completion percentage. Would recommend it to people who want a quick and fairly painless UR 100% I've also started some Dead Cells which looks like its gonna be a lot of fun, but I haven't played much of it yet as I'm working on a couple of other games currently as well. 

[Roronora_Zoro666]

Thanks for the belated invitation @Copanele.
 

After seeing Badland on the bounty list, I can see why @Vergil asked me about it lol.

 

Games:

• Dark Awake  - 3.51%
• Divekick  - 0.51%
• Dragon Ball FighterZ  - 2.53%
• Mortal Kombat X  - 1.70%
• Singstar [NA]  - 1.10%

Edited July 17, 2021 by Roronora_Zoro666