The Ultra Rare Cleanup 2021

[TrickyCompa]

On 8/28/2021 at 2:40 PM, TrickyCompa said:

tier2:

street fighter x tekken (vita) 1.22%

arcana heart 3 love max (vita) 1.59%

red dead redemption  3.25%, 100%- 0.73%

quantum theory 1.19%

persona 4-arena 0.39%

 

 

going to use swap

 

street fighter x tekken>nhl 15 0.20%

 

[VirtualNight]

@Copanele i could have missed that, but did someone else claimed VVVVVV's last bounty before me?

[Copanele]

18 minutes ago, VirtualNight said:

@Copanele i could have missed that, but did someone else claimed VVVVVV's last bounty before me?

Nope, last bounty is yours, i forgot to update that section. Will do that abit later. 

[Edunstar84]

Tier 1:

Cozy Grove (8% -- 61%)

Star Ocean: Integrity & Faithlessness (33%)

Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment (34%)

Sonic & All Stars Racing Transformed (0%)

Muramasa Rebirth (10%)

 

Nice progress in Cozy Grove. The ultra rare trophies come in with more time, which is about 3-6 more months. This game operates in real time. By the time I get to the end of the game, I'll probably try Star Ocean, but before that Tales of Arise. At least Cozy Grove is a chill game, I can play it with another game.

[Copanele]

10 hours ago, VirtualNight said:

@Copanele i could have missed that, but did someone else claimed VVVVVV's last bounty before me?

Alright, updated now, everything is good

All bounties for VVVVVV were claimed! If I missed to update any other bounty please let me know! (lots of games, I tend to lose count )

[ShadyWARcotix]

Finished 2 games from my Tier 2 list. The first game is UNO and the second game is Puppeteer. Puppeteer is like LBP only with scissors. A very relaxed game imo. 

 

Tier 2:

- Puppeteer - 100%  

- Uno - 100%

- GTA V (PS4) - 96% 

- Shadow Warrior 2 - 2%

- The Evil Within - not started

[BrandedBerserk]

Pardon my french but what a steaming pile of fucking shit NYMHC in max payne 3 is. Breezed through the whole thing just for the game to freeze on me before the last level. If you're gonna implement a 3 hour perma death mode at least make the damn thing fully functional.

 

Edited September 5, 2021 by BrandedBerserk

[TrickyCompa]

Completely agree with you there sucks when it freezes or you run into glitches that ruin your run :/ hopefully you'll finish it next try so you don't have to deal with it

[Vergil]

49 minutes ago, BrandedBerserk said:

Pardon my french but what a steaming pile of fucking shit NYMHC in max payne 3 is. Breezed through the whole thing just for the game to freeze on me before the last level. If you're gonna implement a 3 hour perma death mode at least make the damn thing fully functional.

 

I agree totally. On my Hardcore run and already got freezes and glitches several times

[VirtualNight]

I make a quick update because I deciced the final games for my tier 2.

 

• WET (3.60%) - 100% ✅

Definitely one of the worst shooters I have ever played. The idea was good, the execution not. Terrible platform sections, no repair system so all what you do is jump/slide and shoot for almost the entire game on enemies that take 30 headshots to die. I'm glad I didn't buy the game but that I just bought the psnow for 1€ instead.

 

So, my final Tier 2 list is this:

 

• WET (3.60%) - 100% ✅
• Start Trek Online (0.36 / 0.32%) - 87%
• Torment: Tides of Numemera (1.62%) - 0%
• Super Meat Boy (0.24%) - 0%
• Deadlight Director's Cut (3.84%) - 0%

[Kishnabe]

On 12/23/2020 at 10:55 PM, Kishnabe said:

1st Tier:

Jump Force   2.96% UR 100% Done July 21st 2021 

 

Judgement 4.37% UR 42% Done

Pixeljunk Shooter Ultimate 5.00% UR 2% Done

Rocket Arena (PS4): 4.57 % UR  28% Done--100% Done June 4th 2021

 

Fall Guys 1.44% UR 61% Done---100% Done May 26th 2021

 

Swaps (4/5)

 

Dragon Quest Heroes II (PS4) : 4.38% UR 5% Done  for Fall Guys 1.44% UR 61% Done

 

Tennis World Tour (PS4) : 0.88% UR   20% Done for Jump Force 2.96% 0% Done

 

Penny-Punching Princess (Vita) : 3.40% UR  94% Done for Pixeljunk Shooter Ultimate 5.00% UR 2% Done

 

Street Fighter X Tekken (Vita) : 1.19% UR  88% Done for Judgement 4.37% UR 42% Done

 

Used my 4th swap. Fully Invested in Judgment. Won me over to the Yazuza series. 

 

SFxT Missions are pissing me off. I going to clear those patiently first before relisting in any future tiers. 

[BrandedBerserk]

 

 0.79/0.38%

 

Difficulty: 6/10 

Score: 9/10 

 

Second game in tier 2 finished. I remember playing this when I was younger thinking it was one of the best games of that console generation and within its genre now here I am many years later, gotta say I still think so. Max payne 3 was ahead of its time and still to this day there isn't  anything quite like it. I wasn't into trophies back then but it's one of those games I always wanted to go back and finish due to how highly I rated it in the past but also because of its reputation so I'm glad to finally get it done. 

 

Difficulty wise I must say, it's quite overrated and i personally don't think it's a 9/10 or even 8/10. After 5 playthroughs you know the entire game by heart and become a headshot master so at that point all that's really in your way is the damn glitches/freezes you can come across in your New York minute hard-core run. I'm sure most of you know by now but it's essentially a 3 hour perma death run with a timer that increases every kill you get. Seems daunting but the game is set to normal difficulty in this mode so it's not too bad especially if you know the location of all the painkillers which acts as healing and make a huge difference when you're stocked up on em. Would of gotten it done on my first attempt but the game froze on me (see rant earlier) then glitched on my second attempt but the third one was where I smashed it. Still had me shaking at the last chapter cause I was thinking of all the things that could go wrong or even worst the game could freeze up on me ?

 

Will likely finish Jamestown next as I only have the hardest trophy left but can't be arsed to practice right now. 

 

 

Edited September 6, 2021 by BrandedBerserk

[Potent_Delusions]

21 minutes ago, BrandedBerserk said:

 

 0.79/0.38%

 

Difficulty: 6/10 

Score: 9/10 

 

Second game in tier 2 finished. I remember playing this when I was younger thinking it was one of the best games of that console generation and within its genre now here I am many years later, gotta say I still think so. Max payne 3 was ahead of its time and still to this day there isn't  anything quite like it. I wasn't into trophies back then but it's one of those games I always wanted to go back and finish due to how highly I rated it in the past but also because of its reputation so I'm glad to finally get it done. 

 

Difficulty wise I must say, it's quite overrated and i personally don't think it's a 9/10 or even 8/10. After 5 playthroughs you know the entire game by heart and become a headshot master so at that point all that's really in your way is the damn glitches/freezes you can come across in your New York minute hard-core run. I'm sure most of you know by now but it's essentially a 3 hour perma death run with a timer that increases every kill you get. Seems daunting but the game is set to normal difficulty in this mode so it's not too bad especially if you know the location of all the painkillers which acts as healing and make a huge difference when you're stocked up on em. Would of gotten it done on my first attempt but the game froze on me (see rant earlier) then glitched on my second attempt but the third one was where I smashed it. Still had me shaking at the last chapter cause I was thinking of all the things that could go wrong or even worst the game could freeze up on me

 

Will likely finish Jamestown next as I only have the hardest trophy left but can't be arsed to practice right now. 

 

 

 

Good stuff! Glad yourself and many others seem to be saying that this game is a great game, I'd have to agree. One of my favourites of all time. I really hope they bring it to PS4/5 but with these more common freezing bugs ironed out. 

[BrandedBerserk]

57 minutes ago, Potent_Delusions said:

Good stuff! Glad yourself and many others seem to be saying that this game is a great game, I'd have to agree. One of my favourites of all time. I really hope they bring it to PS4/5 but with these more common freezing bugs ironed out. 

 

Cheers, one can hope that someday they'll get around to making a sequel or something but with the amount of money Rockstar makes with their online stuff I doubt it's high on their list. Just imagine how great it would be if they brought the series back on modern consoles with their attention to detail and talent as a studio. Also Max as a character is something else, never got tired of his commentary and dude drops nothing but gems whennever he speaks it seems lmao. 

Edited September 6, 2021 by BrandedBerserk

[Potent_Delusions]

26 minutes ago, BrandedBerserk said:

 

Cheers, one can hope that someday they'll get around to making a sequel or something but with the amount of money Rockstar makes with their online stuff I doubt it's high on their list. Just imagine how great it would be if they brought the series back on modern consoles with their attention to detail and talent as a studio. Also Max as a character is something else, never got tired of his commentary and dude drops nothing but gems whennever he speaks it seems lmao. 

 

His quotes are great and his voice actor is also excellent. Some great attires to boot too. Max Payne 4 would be amazing but as you say, at this point they're solely interested in milking GTA Online for every penny they can, hence the lack of games from them in the past 8 years. Shame really as they are/were an amazing developer. 

[Dzware]

Finished my first 2 Tier 5 games!

 

Nova-111 has an interesting concept, and was kinda fun at first, but the lack of challenge quickly made it pretty boring, so it was mostly just following a collectibles guide while easily navigating through the campaign.

 

TorqueL was  a bit more fun imo, the unique mechanics of this platformer made it an interesting game, too bad though that the levels themselves are a bit uninspired, as there's only a few types of obstacles. Still had a good time with this game overall though. It had few tricky sections in some levels, but overall I wouldn't really call it a challenging game.

 

Tier 5

Nova-111 (Vita, 2.51%) - 100%

TorqueL (PS4, 0.87%) - 100%

[Copanele]

14 minutes ago, Dzware said:

Finished my first 2 Tier 5 games!

 

Nova-111 has an interesting concept, and was kinda fun at first, but the lack of challenge quickly made it pretty boring, so it was mostly just following a collectibles guide while easily navigating through the campaign.

 

TorqueL was  a bit more fun imo, the unique mechanics of this platformer made it an interesting game, too bad though that the levels themselves are a bit uninspired, as there's only a few types of obstacles. Still had a good time with this game overall though. It had few tricky sections in some levels, but overall I wouldn't really call it a challenging game.

 

Tier 5

Nova-111 (Vita, 2.51%) - 100%

TorqueL (PS4, 0.87%) - 100%

I completely missed your Tier 5 promotion(sorry), updated now!! Congrats!!!

[postofficebuddy]

@BrandedBerserk Congrats dude! Working on this one myself at the moment. Still not sure if I want to use a swap just yet though. Although I’m thinking it would be an excellent way to close out my tier 4 with a bang.

[willythom88]

Gonna use one more of the new swaps.

 

Dropping Stealth Inc

 

Adding Outlands on the ps3

 

Edited September 6, 2021 by willythom88

[Kcrack_Km]

10 swaps eh? The pressure is on to finish one tier ?.

 

I'll trade in Tricky Towers for Metal Gear Rising, got that Tetris bug itching (yeah I know it's not real Tetris). I also ended up playing the ps5 version of crash 4 which isn't UR, so I'll swap that out for Super Meat Boy Forever.

Edited September 7, 2021 by Kcrack_Km

[pot1414]

 

 

Ok so here I am just having finished my first game for tier 2 and yes it is another Max Payne 3 platinum. C'mon Copanele don't complain.

Now that game had it all. Online trophies, a grind, a hardest difficulty and even an endurance run.

 

The hardest difficulty didn't cause me any trouble since I knew the game very well by the time I did it. The online trophies are also quick but some that require more than two people can be a bit annoying. The grind was was very tedious but I'm used to those by now. So far so good. All those are stuff I have done plenty of times before.

But we also have an endurance run. The infamous NYMHC.

 

Here's my big problem with this. While it doesn't have any hard sections since the difficulty is set on normal I suck at endurance runs. My successful run took me around 3 and a half hours which means that failure in the later levels is very soul crushing. Now that I finished it though I'm glad I attempted it because I hadn't felt that pressure in a while which of course leads to the euphoric feeling of success.It should be noted that I almost missed the plane on my successful run lol...

That would have been interesting... I would have probably visited Copanele since we are both balkan bros.

 

Also I agree with the love towards the game. Unique and fun!

 

ARE YOU HAPPY NOW COPANELE???

Edited September 7, 2021 by pot1414

[dieselmanchild]

Alright folks, strap in it’s time for an update.
 

Tier 1
 

1. Lords of the Fallen  (4.20%) - 85%

2. Hunted: The Demons Forge  (4.82%) - 100%

3. Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition  (2.09%) - 100%

4. Slain: Back From Hell - 28%

5. Max Payne 3 - 92%

 

 

#227 - Lords of the Fallen
 

Well, you guys warned me. I’m not gonna lie, I absolutely hated this game for the first few hours and had a moment of panic where I started thinking what the hell was I thinking choosing this utter pile of shite? But ultimately I came to enjoy it quite a bit, and I’m really glad to clear this one from the backlog as it has been sitting there for ages.

 

In the beginning of the game you are really underpowered and the combat just feels broken and unbalanced. You move and swing your weapons incredibly slow and have very little stamina, leaving you open for stun locks and mob gang rapes at every turn. Enemies seem to operate under completely different rules and can literally float 12 feet across the floor as they swing weapons at you and have seemingly infinite stamina and poise on top of it. The first couple bosses weren’t even difficult at all - it was the regular mobs! In particular the Tower Shield enemies because you just don’t really have the tools you need to deal with them early on. And the game has these completely inexplicable difficulty spikes in very random spots which makes the pacing feel off at first.

 However, after 6-7 hours I began to adapt my play style to the game, and managed to find some better weapons and gear, level up a bit, and start experimenting with different rune combinations on my gear, and this is where the game started to get pretty fun. A lot of the criticism this game gets is deserved as it does have a ‘rough around the edges’ feel to much of it, but there’s also a lot of stuff it did pretty well. The combat is decent when you get adjusted to the slower style, the environments are pretty to look at and interesting to explore, and there’s a lot of fun to be had in experimenting with different gear and tailoring your armour/weapons to different situations.

 

=====

 I got The Surge on PS+ at some point and I’m definitely going to check that out. I’ve heard that it’s pretty good and I saw Deck13 say they learned a lot between games. Interestingly enough, I just heard recently there is a Lords of the Fallen 2 sequel coming, but it’s being developed by an entirely different team (CI Games I think?) and they’re promising to make a lot of changes and fixes to things that didn’t work out so well in the first one.

 

The devs recently tweeted out that “the upcoming sequel moves the franchise to a dark fantasy setting, and introduces a fully revised and more challenging combat system.”

 

They say it is their biggest project to date and they are hoping it could be successful enough to become a franchise.
 

What do you guys think? Is this enough to get you to give it a shot when it drops?

 

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 I also made a little progress in Slain: Back From Hell and knocked off a few of the no damage boss trophies. What a little gem it has been so far! It’s a fun and challenging little platformer with a really awesome metal soundtrack and art style. Looking forward to finishing it up in the coming weeks.

 

Until the next one, happy hunting!

Edited September 7, 2021 by dieselmanchild

[Copanele]

12 hours ago, pot1414 said:

ARE YOU HAPPY NOW COPANELE???

Nope I am not even close to being happy. WHERE IS THE KUNG FU SUFFERING FOR MORTAL KOMBAT? That's what this Copanele is waiting for  

Joke, congrats for Max Payne 3 ? that online sounded horrendous

 

11 hours ago, dieselmanchild said:

Alright folks, strap in it’s time for an update.
 

Tier 1
 

1. Lords of the Fallen  (4.20%) - 85%

2. Hunted: The Demons Forge  (4.82%) - 100%

3. Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition  (2.09%) - 100%

4. Slain: Back From Hell - 28%

5. Max Payne 3 - 92%

 

 

#227 - Lords of the Fallen
 

Well, you guys warned me. I’m not gonna lie, I absolutely hated this game for the first few hours and had a moment of panic where I started thinking what the hell was I thinking choosing this utter pile of shite? But ultimately I came to enjoy it quite a bit, and I’m really glad to clear this one from the backlog as it has been sitting there for ages.

 

In the beginning of the game you are really underpowered and the combat just feels broken and unbalanced. You move and swing your weapons incredibly slow and have very little stamina, leaving you open for stun locks and mob gang rapes at every turn. Enemies seem to operate under completely different rules and can literally float 12 feet across the floor as they swing weapons at you and have seemingly infinite stamina and poise on top of it. The first couple bosses weren’t even difficult at all - it was the regular mobs! In particular the Tower Shield enemies because you just don’t really have the tools you need to deal with them early on. And the game has these completely inexplicable difficulty spikes in very random spots which makes the pacing feel off at first.

 However, after 6-7 hours I began to adapt my play style to the game, and managed to find some better weapons and gear, level up a bit, and start experimenting with different rune combinations on my gear, and this is where the game started to get pretty fun. A lot of the criticism this game gets is deserved as it does have a ‘rough around the edges’ feel to much of it, but there’s also a lot of stuff it did pretty well. The combat is decent when you get adjusted to the slower style, the environments are pretty to look at and interesting to explore, and there’s a lot of fun to be had in experimenting with different gear and tailoring your armour/weapons to different situations.

 

Big congrats, glad that you found a bit of fun  

HOWEVER!

...I want your input about the DLC when you get to it :> THAT'S the "Fallen" experience.

Edited September 7, 2021 by Copanele

[dieselmanchild]

9 hours ago, Copanele said:

Big congrats, glad that you found a bit of fun  

HOWEVER!

...I want your input about the DLC when you get to it :> THAT'S the "Fallen" experience.

Thanks Cope! ?

 

I looked up a quick review for it and noticed the entire thing is comprised of ghost enemies which are a pain to fight, so I’m sure it’s going to be fun lol. I also read that the boss has a really cheap one hit KO move too, but unlike the Worshipper from the main game there aren’t as many safe areas to flee too. Sounds like a helluva time! I’ll probably pick it up this week and put this one to bed for good. 

 

Btw - Do you have any idea how the DLC difficulty works?
 

Does it scale to your NG+ cycle like the main game enemies do, or is the difficulty setting independent of the world state in the main game? My main save file is in NG++ so I’m wondering if that will make the DLC a huge pain in the ass, or whether I should fall back to an earlier save file I stored on a USB drive?

[Copanele]

5 hours ago, dieselmanchild said:

 

Btw - Do you have any idea how the DLC difficulty works?
 

Does it scale to your NG+ cycle like the main game enemies do, or is the difficulty setting independent of the world state in the main game? My main save file is in NG++ so I’m wondering if that will make the DLC a huge pain in the ass, or whether I should fall back to an earlier save file I stored on a USB drive?

My advice is falling back to an early save. The main issue is that the enemies inflict magic damage there and you get the magic defence set in the very same DLC. OnNG++ I expect the enemies to one shot you at every step 

 

And yes the final DLC boss has an instakill move but it can be dodged. That boss was kinda the only good part of the game for me