The Ultra Rare Cleanup 2021

[Copanele]

43 minutes ago, Dzware said:

That's great!

 

Do these bounties apply from now on, or from the start of the event? As I've already done Futuridium (twice even) earlier this year

 

I think I will let @S_y_n_e_IR_g_Y decide this  

 

37 minutes ago, Vergil said:

Don't think these are for most wanted. Or im missing something

Nope, these will go in the Participant's Pot (new section on the First Post). The Participant's Pot will be separate from the donation pot.

[S_y_n_e_IR_g_Y]

1 hour ago, Dzware said:

That's great!

 

Do these bounties apply from now on, or from the start of the event? As I've already done Futuridium (twice even) earlier this year

 

 

Well lets say, if nobody finishes any of the 5 Games, i would still donate 50€.

 

My idea was just to give anybody some Motivation, which game they could pick for their next tier.???

 

Edit: well @Dzware you could create a second Account and finish the Game a third time??‍♂️?

 

Edited August 12, 2021 by S_y_n_e_IR_g_Y

[Miles]

3 hours ago, S_y_n_e_IR_g_Y said:

 

@Copanele

Yeah right, if anyone finishes a game of these 5, i give 10€ to you or arcesius or whoever donates the Money at the End.  

 

Thanks for the bounties! I bought Futuridium last week so it's a perfect time for another swap ?

 

Crash 4: OUT

Futuridium: IN

 

[scemopagliaccioh]

Completed Jump Force, which brings it at two, yeah I’m slacking, will try to oopmh the ante now.

Edited August 12, 2021 by scemopagliaccioh

[ExistentialSolid]

2 hours ago, Copanele said:

Nope, these will go in the Participant's Pot (new section on the First Post). The Participant's Pot will be separate from the donation pot.

Just to be clear, can additional bounties posted by event participants contribute to a player's raised sum total?

If so, I think the addition of such bounties seriously hurts the competitive aspect of the event (then again, I may be taking it too seriously). Anyone could post a 500€ bounty for the first player to complete My Name is Mayo, or an "easy" UR game if that is a requirement, and any sense of competition would go down the drain.

While I think we should encourage players like @S_y_n_e_IR_g_Y to post bounties like this (I'd actually like to post one myself for 50€), I think these bounties should not count towards the "official" amount of money a player has raised for charity. 

If a player completes one of these new bounties, I think it should be reflected in the totals as something like this (I'm sure there's a cleaner way to present this info, this is just an example):

Player's Current Total: 20€
Player completes @S_y_n_e_IR_g_Y's Whoa Dave! bounty.
Player: 21€ + 10€ [Custom Bounties]

If the game were not UR, it would instead look like this.
Player's Current Total: 20€
Player completes @S_y_n_e_IR_g_Y's Whoa Dave! bounty.
Player: 20€ + 10€ [Custom Bounties]

Actual "Most Wanted" bounties should be left to the discretion of the event organizers and, ideally, shouldn't change over the course of the event. 

[Copanele]

2 minutes ago, ExistentialSolid said:

Just to be clear, can additional bounties posted by event participants contribute to a player's raised sum total?

No. That's exactly why the Participant's Pot was added so that other members could contribute to the charity event if they desire. 

Say that someone completes Futuridium, then S_y_n_e_IR_g_y will give an extra 10 euros to the donation if he wishes so  The person who will complete Futuridium will receive the regular 1Euro "point" in the main post and the Spreadsheet and the Most Wanted list will not be affected in any way  

Again, extra donations are not mandatory, it's only if the person desires to do it  it won't affect the competitive part of the event by any way.

 

[ExistentialSolid]

1 minute ago, Copanele said:

No. That's exactly why the Participant's Pot was added so that other members could contribute to the charity event if they desire. 

Say that someone completes Futuridium, then S_y_n_e_IR_g_y will give an extra 10 euros to the donation if he wishes so  The person who will complete Futuridium will receive the regular 1Euro "point" in the main post and the Spreadsheet and the Most Wanted list will not be affected in any way  

Again, extra donations are not mandatory, it's only if the person desires to do it  it won't affect the competitive part of the event by any way.

I understand. Thanks for clearing that up! 

[S_y_n_e_IR_g_Y]

@ExistentialSolid

So yeah to clear some stuff up:

 

I just thought that it would be a good thing to donate some money on my own, because its for a good cause. But i wanted some connection to the Event so its not just the Donation.

 

My goal was not mess things up or complicate anything?

 

Sorry i'm not the best at explaining stuff and my english is also not the best?

Edited August 12, 2021 by S_y_n_e_IR_g_Y

[ExistentialSolid]

10 hours ago, S_y_n_e_IR_g_Y said:

@ExistentialSolid

So yeah to clear some stuff up:

 

I just thought that it would be a good thing to donate some money on my own, because its for a good cause. But i wanted some connection to the Event so its not just the Donation.

 

My goal was not mess things up or complicated anything?

 

Sorry i'm not the best at explaining stuff and my english is also not the best?

Oh you're fine, don't worry! Your generosity towards a good cause is awesome. ?

I just wasn't clear on the details of how these additional bounties would work. ? But everything's cleared up, so we're good! I might actually try to play either Whoa Dave! or Mega Man 10 sometime soon since they sound like fun options for the event. 

Edited August 13, 2021 by ExistentialSolid

[da_eMTy]

17 hours ago, S_y_n_e_IR_g_Y said:

@ExistentialSolid

So yeah to clear some stuff up:

 

I just thought that it would be a good thing to donate some money on my own, because its for a good cause. But i wanted some connection to the Event so its not just the Donation.

 

My goal was not mess things up or complicate anything

 

Sorry i'm not the best at explaining stuff and my english is also not the best

I love the Idea @S_y_n_e_IR_g_Y?. I did it in a similar way but gave some of the money to bounties of existing games on the Most Wanted List. And the other part of the money to extend the overall pricepool for the charities.

[ShadyWARcotix]

Finally finished Forbidden Siren also known as Siren

 

Tier 1:

- Killing Floor 2 (100%)

- Superhot (Platinum trophy unlocked)

- Minecraft(100% Platinum Trophy unlocked + Expansion 14)

- Siren  (100%)

- Hyper Light Drifter (0%)

 

Man.. what a game. I wouldn't imagine playing a PS2 game on the PS4 in the year 2021. We got so many great games over the decades and I really wished Sony would put more PS2 or PS3 games in PS Now. 

 

Siren was released in 2004 and is a survival third person horror game. The gameplay is similar to Silent Hill. Btw: I have to say I would never complete this game without a guide. While watching youtube videos and researchig about this game. I read that this was one of the scariest and hardest games back in the day. Difficulty wise it's not that hard if you know where the items are or what you have to do. But some tasks going over my mind for example you have to collect items which are important for later levels or tasks. For example: Yeah go get that towel, put in a freezer because you will need that 5 levels later to make your life easier because everything in this game is connected. 

 

But this game showed me how easy todays games are. Today you get a marker for everything on the map. Todays games really holding your hand. What? You died 20 times on normal. Yeah let's have the option to put the difficulty down. What? You have to play a level without checkpoints? Let's auto save every second. You get what I mean. The only help you have in this game is sometimes a hint in the beginning of a mission and a map where you can see every important stuff on the map and NO you don't have a marker where you can see where you are on the map. You have to memorise the whole laylout of the map. 

 

This game have a lot of different enemy types. The enemies or "villagers" are called Shibitos. Corpses wich are alive (like zombies) and they come in different types. There are "normal" Shibitos which got knives, revolvers, snipers and there are fucked up Shibitos like flying Shibitos or Shibitos which are called "Dog Shibitos" and you can guess it, They are moving on all fours and NO they don't bark ?

 

One feature which makes this game unique is to have the ability to see through the enemies eyes. When you press L2 you can rotate with your left analog stick and search and switch through all the enemies which are in the level. You will get a first person view of the enemy you have picked. It's called "Sightjacking" and I really like that feature. You can see their move pattern and plan your own route to successfully complete a level/mission.

 

The game itself isn't that hard and like I said it's easy with a guide and btw. which I also liked is when you collect all 100 archives you will get a cutscene for the real ending which explains what or why all of this happened in the game. I really liked that idea. I mean in todays games where you have to collect 800 collectibles a la AC without any meaning this game showed the real purpose of collectibles. 

Edited August 13, 2021 by ShadyWARcotix

[Prometheous101]

Swapping out Racket Fury ( Eu) in place of Metal Gear Survive
1 Gun Club Vr (3.84% UR) - DONE

2 Vr Worlds (0.63 % UR)

3 Metal Gear Survive - Racket Fury (Eu) ( 0.65% UR - NO PLAT)

4 The Jackbox Party Pack 2 (0.70% NO PLAT)

5 Blood and Truth (4.91 % UR) -  0.96% - DONE

Should be done within the next 2 hours hopefully.

[winter_bird_22]

I'm actually working on an Ultra Rare platinum myself... Dark Cloud 2.

 

Yeah, for some reason it's still ultra rare. I guess not very many people care about this wonderful action RPG with Rogue-like dungeons. That or the fact that getting all of the Medals is going to be a b*tch. Actually got all of the medals in Moon Flower Palace except the Monster Transformation kills and Item kills medals, my monster is only Level 23 and I have yet to figure out how to herd enemies so I can kill them all with only 10 Final Bombs.

[Dzware]

WipEout Omega also done! I already played WipEout HD last year, but still had fun going through the campaign again and of course playing through 2048 for the first time. This version however, felt much easier, especially because the AI got a lot less aggressive, so a lot less luck was needed to win the races. Beating Zico in 2048 was the hardest part by far for me, and even that only took about 2 hours.

Also, after seeing how much easier the elite HD campaign was this time around, I'm much less offended by @Arcesius calling the game easy when I was struggling so hard doing the PS3 version last year ?

 

I've also decided to swap out GTA4 for Little Deviants to finish off this tier. Only 4 gold ships left, so I should hopefully get that plat in the next few days. I'm definitely gonna finish GTA4 this year once and for all, but it'll have to be in tier 5 I'm afraid ?

 

Tier 3

Grand Theft Auto IV (0.47%) - 82% --> Little Deviants (0.61%) - 70%

LittleBigPlanet 2 (3.21%) - 56% 

Fall Guys (2.13%) - 100%

WipEout Omega Collection (1.28%) - 100%

Jotun (2.78%) - 100%

[Edunstar84]

I'd like to join, if that's okay.

 

Tier 1:

Cozy Grove (0%)

Star Ocean: Integrity & Faithlessness (33%)

Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment (34%)

Sonic & All Stars Racing Transformed (0%)

Muramasa Rebirth (10%) 

 

 

[Arcesius]

3 hours ago, Dzware said:

WipEout Omega also done! I already played WipEout HD last year, but still had fun going through the campaign again and of course playing through 2048 for the first time. This version however, felt much easier, especially because the AI got a lot less aggressive, so a lot less luck was needed to win the races. Beating Zico in 2048 was the hardest part by far for me, and even that only took about 2 hours.

Also, after seeing how much easier the elite HD campaign was this time around, I'm much less offended by @Arcesius calling the game easy when I was struggling so hard doing the PS3 version last year 

 

Hahaha well at least I'm glad that now you know I wasn't just being arrogant ? Though I had no way to compare both versions, I only played the Omega Collection... And yeah Zico 2048 was the most difficult task, even though usually people bitch about Zico HD... But that was much easier somehow... 

 

In any case, congrats on finishing this one! Should be done with the Tier soon  

[Varhur]

Fourth game of the tier 2 completed, this time it's Days Gone! I gotta say, I've enjoyed this game much more that I thought I will, despite not trying to be much different from the crowd (besides hordes) and quests that get repetitive after a while (track this guy, clean that camp, etc), the story really holds everything together and the gameplay itself doesn't make me want to throw my controller. Platinum was definitely an easy part of the 100%, offering pretty much just generic "collect everything plus random misc trophies" list, like other Sony's triple-A's. Difficulty definitely ramps up with the challenges however, since you have to get gold in all of these and trying to do them without plan in mind ended up with barely or almost bronze. Huge shoutout to Borislav 247 who made great guide for doing them, that included general order of doing challenges (because getting ranks gives cash, that you spend on rings that give specific perks, plus completing challenges with certain rank also gives permanent perks), strategies and order of getting patches. I only had to improvise with Surrounded challenge, because apparently, you run slower on PS4 Slim, so Freakers would come to a spot that I used for mass murder before I could. Survival mode and new game plus are not too much to talk about, but challenge patches apply to that, so I had a bit of help. And of course, you can now mix both Survival II and NG+ playthrough which makes struggles of not having anything gone.

 

1. The Swindle (1.09%) - 100%

2. DuckTales Remastered (2.58%) - 0%

3. Days Gone (1.22% full completion and has ultra rares) - 100%

4. Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days (1.47% plat, 0.7% full completion) - 100%

5. Lone Survivor (4.67% plat) - 100%

 

My PS3 is back, so my current focus is Max Payne 3 MP (not swapping it, because I don't plan to grind NYMHC yet) and then finish DuckTales and tier 2 with it.

[Thedah]

Tier 2

1. Catherine Full Body - 100%

2. Injustice: Gods Among Us - 100%

3. Little Deviants - 100%

4. Super Street Fighter IV - 100%

5. Battle Worlds: Kronos - 100%

 

Catherine Full Body and Tier 2 finished!

 

This was a lot easier than the PS3 version since the hardest part about the platinum is the Babel Stages. In the PS3 version you didn't have any items, but in Full Body you get 3 uses of an item that lets you jump 2 blocks which makes the Babel Stages waaay easier. This one was definitely more grindy though since you had to get all Gold Prizes in 6 different difficulties instead of just 1 difficultly in the PS3 version.

 

Also, the story hits way differently playing this in my 30s and in a relationship vs when I first played this in my early 20s and single.

 

I will decide on my Tier 3 list a bit later.

[Vergil]

2 hours ago, Thedah said:

 

Catherine Full Body and Tier 2 finished!

 

Also, the story hits way differently playing this in my 30s and in a relationship vs when I first played this in my early 20s and single.

 

I will decide on my Tier 3 list a bit later.

This reminds me of when i played Arcana heart 3 after i got married. She was like, are you for real??

[VirtualNight]

@Copanele

 

I'm going to use a swap:

 

• Tour De France 2011 removed | replacing with Days Gone (32.03% / 1.22%) 17%

 

That crap of Tour de France will still take me about a month of afk (maybe more since I will need to start Inversion next month as well), which means I will be playing with the ps4 in the meantime so I prefer to remove the game from my tier and maybe put it back later on a potential Tier 2.

Edited August 15, 2021 by VirtualNight

[Copanele]

To whom it may concern!

Now AC Valhalla is eligible for this event...for some reason ? and only because of the A True Master DLC trophy who was launched 2 months ago. So whoever wants to go for this game can now pick it up (you must not have obtained this trophy at the moment of enlisting). Just announcing it because it's the first AC with a non-multiplayer UR trophy (thanks Ubisoft bugs!).

 

P.S. Siege of Paris DLC completion is not required if you choose to pick up this game for the event. 

[scemopagliaccioh]

@Copanele  I’m afraid  I don’t have the material time to finish Gauntlet, can I change it with Ark: Survival Evolved, with the plat sitting at  3.23 and my completion at 68%? I’m asking due to the debug mode, though it’s not really helping me, with having 1014 collectibles to manually type one at a time…

[Arcesius]

9 minutes ago, scemopagliaccioh said:

@Copanele  I’m afraid  I don’t have the material time to finish Gauntlet, can I change it with Ark: Survival Evolved, with the plat sitting at  3.23 and my completion at 68%? I’m asking due to the debug mode, though it’s not really helping me, with having 1014 collectibles to manually type one at a time…

 

The debug mode is not an issue. It is unfortunate that it exists (depending who you ask ?), but we accept all games that meet the criteria stated in the OP, regardless of which in-game methods allow to complete the game easier... 

 

Maybe things will change next year, but that would mean more manual work.. we'll see. 

[scemopagliaccioh]

11 minutes ago, Arcesius said:

 

The debug mode is not an issue. It is unfortunate that it exists (depending who you ask ), but we accept all games that meet the criteria stated in the OP, regardless of which in-game methods allow to complete the game easier... 

 

Maybe things will change next year, but that would mean more manual work.. we'll see. 

Yeah, it’s the only 1/10  (another event, which counts debugs as 1/10 for a gradually more harder plats competition) game that didn’t ruin my pursuit of a <40%  average rarity, so I thought I might as well go with it, I’ll try to make up for it with some Marvel vs Capcom the next tier.

Edited August 15, 2021 by scemopagliaccioh

[Copanele]

50 minutes ago, scemopagliaccioh said:

@Copanele  I’m afraid  I don’t have the material time to finish Gauntlet, can I change it with Ark: Survival Evolved, with the plat sitting at  3.23 and my completion at 68%? I’m asking due to the debug mode, though it’s not really helping me, with having 1014 collectibles to manually type one at a time…

From my side it's ok even with debug mode. The only no-go is if you cheat the game (the CRT banning kind of cheating).

 

40 minutes ago, Arcesius said:

Maybe things will change next year, but that would mean more manual work.. we'll see. 

That would take way too much manual work tbh  and if it was an easy debugging it would have had the same rarity as Conan Exiles I assume.