Spring 2021 Backlog Challenge

[Crispy_Oglop]

1 hour ago, Heather342 said:

@Crispy_Oglop Congratulations on completing your backlog challenge ???

 

I have made no progress since last weekend, I got swept up in all the Fall Guys craziness in the past week need to crack on with Dragon Age 2 though if I'm gonna complete this challenge!

 

Thank you! also I completely forgot to say - congrats on Cuphead! That platinum seems like an absolute monster to achieve, so I feel like that platinum alone is already equal to my entire completion list in this challenge ?.

 

I've been thinking about starting up the Dragon Age trilogy recently, but since the Mass Effect trilogy remaster came along, I've started to hold out hope EA/Bioware will do something similar with DA:O, DA:2 and DA:Inquisition. I would love to jump back into that series again.

[Heather342]

2 hours ago, Crispy_Oglop said:

 

Thank you! also I completely forgot to say - congrats on Cuphead! That platinum seems like an absolute monster to achieve, so I feel like that platinum alone is already equal to my entire completion list in this challenge ?.

 

I've been thinking about starting up the Dragon Age trilogy recently, but since the Mass Effect trilogy remaster came along, I've started to hold out hope EA/Bioware will do something similar with DA:O, DA:2 and DA:Inquisition. I would love to jump back into that series again.

I really enjoyed Dragon Age Origins, the story in it was great. But there are regular frame rate dips as you head into combat encounters, and the combat mechanics are difficult to manage on the console. Dragon Age 2 so far the combat is improved, but the story is weaker. I've not played Inquisition yet, but that game is always in the PS4 sale, I picked up a copy with all the DLC for £7 not that long ago. If you wanted to fully complete the earlier games, just be aware the DLC in the PS3 store is kinda pricey, I spent £45 last year on the DA:O DLC alone....but I am a completionist, so needs must ?

[be_minor]

Update #5: Fifth and final update for me this challenge! I thought it’d be down to the wire when I first made this list, but the RNG gods have favored me in my final game: Ni No Kuni. Since completing the remaster last year, I already knew about the grind post-game and planned to work on it for at least half of May. Thankfully, grinding for alchemy ingredients only took about two days total since I’d been thorough throughout the main game. For anyone interested in completing Ni No Kuni (highly recommended for the story alone), I’d suggest working on collecting familiars, ingredients, and glims as early as possible in your play through. This is my second 100% challenge and the first one I’ve completed fully. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed participating, reading updates weekly, and knocking off a bit of my backlog. As for what’s next: I’m combing through my games to figure out what I want to include in the summer challenge, time-permitted. Until next time, cheers challengers!

 

[Thanks for the congrats @YaManSmevz. I really appreciate the well wishes ?] 

 

Red = Haven’t started
Green = Progress made
Blue = Completed 100%

 

1. Mass Effect 2

2. Mass Effect 3

3. MediEvil 

4. Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch

5. Invizimals: The Lost Kingdom

 

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[DFuzed]

Update for May 22nd: 

 

Assassin's Creed Valhalla (PS5) 31%

Lego The Hobbit (PS Vita) - 100% +15%  

Nier Replicant - 65% +14%

Persona 5 - 97% *

Lego Star Wars (PS3) - 59% 

Agatha Cristie The ABC Murders - 0% **

Fill-A-Pix (PS4) - 76% +18%

Fill-A-Pix (Vita)  - 4% **

 Epic Word Search (PS4)

 

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Current plans:

 

ON VACATION - breaking my '2 trophies a day' rule until the 30th.

 

- Work on fourth run of Nier Replicant while upgrading all weapons and get the Lunar Flower.

- Play World End Syndrome during the week 

- Plat Fill-A-Pix sometime soon

- * Plat Persona 5 on milestone trophy. 

- ** Swapping these two games for World End Syndrome (at 0%) and Licky the Lucky Lizard (also at 0%)

[StilRh]

Hi guys. Update time: This week got through most of RE8 campaign trophies. I have just the final boss to go on Village of Nightmares difficulty and then a recipe to unlock and craft immediately afterwards. Mercinaries mode planned for this week. I've found this seasonal challenge to be one of the hardest yet between my work and health (2nd dose astrazenica has really floored me lol) but at least it's not because of getting bored with my selected games. Can't wait for next Months challenge

Spoiler

Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends & the Secret Fairy 100%
Divinity: Original Sin 2 22  %
Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen 35%
Sid Meier's Civilization VI 39%
Final Fantasy 7 remake 47%
Soul Sacrifice 42%
Surviving Mars 42%
Resident Evil Village 40% > 81%
Stardew Valley 32%
Light tracer 100%

 

[Crispy_Oglop]

7 minutes ago, StilRh said:

Hi guys. Update time: This week got through most of RE8 campaign trophies. I have just the final boss to go on Village of Nightmares difficulty and then a recipe to unlock and craft immediately afterwards. Mercinaries mode planned for this week. I've found this seasonal challenge to be one of the hardest yet between my work and health (2nd dose astrazenica has really floored me lol) but at least it's not because of getting bored with my selected games. Can't wait for next Months challenge

 

 

Good luck with Mercenaries, I have strong feelings about it being included as a platinum requirement ?. There are plenty of good strategies out there now, you can absolutely do it though and i'm sure you'll have no problem with it, but i'm always around if you need any advice. Congrats on the second dose! I should be getting my first vaccine in the next 4-8 weeks, i'm preparing myself for being knocked on my ass too.

[Heather342]

1 hour ago, Crispy_Oglop said:

 

Good luck with Mercenaries, I have strong feelings about it being included as a platinum requirement . There are plenty of good strategies out there now, you can absolutely do it though and i'm sure you'll have no problem with it, but i'm always around if you need any advice. Congrats on the second dose! I should be getting my first vaccine in the next 4-8 weeks, i'm preparing myself for being knocked on my ass too.

I had my first dose of Pfizer about 10 days ago, I felt a bit rubbish the following day (and arm ache), but generally not too bad after that. So hopefully yours won't affect you too badly ?

[Crispy_Oglop]

38 minutes ago, Heather342 said:

I had my first dose of Pfizer about 10 days ago, I felt a bit rubbish the following day (and arm ache), but generally not too bad after that. So hopefully yours won't affect you too badly

 

Thanks! I hope so . I guess if it does make me feel rough, we'll be in the midst of the summer challenge so I can just climb under a duvet and weather it out with some games and my cats.

[YaManSmevz]

Hi all, it's that time of the week for me again. Sadly the chaotic workplace has reared its ugly head yet again, and I haven't been as productive as I would've liked. One day off last week and no days off this week? Things slowing down the better part of last month was a mere tease, it seems...

Finished GTA3, and while I very much enjoyed that trip in the time machine, I'm happy to be finished. Whenever you're done with an old game and start something more contemporary, the return to modern controls is a massive breath of fresh air!

Fallout 4 is where I'm seeing my hope of finishing this challenge on the proverbial ropes. I'm tempted to swap it out for Suicide of Rachel Foster and/or Gris, which I bought for the mental health challenge but ended up not participating. I'll decide within the next few days if pushing on with FO4 seems feasible, or if not I'll have to.. dun duh dun dun.... SIMPLY FINISH IT AT MY LEISURE! OH THE HORROR!!

Props to @Crispy_Oglop and @be_minor for wrappin it up early! Lovin the energy everybody's got at this stage, let's get it?

 

1. Resident Evil 2 ✅

2. Overcooked 2 ✅

3. Final Fantasy 7 ✅

4. Uncharted: Drake's Fortune Remastered ✅

5. Manhunt ✅

6. Fallout 4 (33-->38%)

7. Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes ✅

8. Grand Theft Auto 3 (30-->100%) ✅

Edited May 24, 2021 by YaManSmevz

[Heather342]

Update 16

 

I managed to get back on the PS3 over the weekend to work on Dragon Age 2. Not made anywhere near as much progress as I would have liked. As mentioned earlier, the renewed Fall Guys hype took hold, and it has been crazy. Once that infallible trophy was out the way, I started smashing through all the other trophies and now I'm almost at the platinum a week later! But I must put that on the back burner for now, otherwise it's going to seriously mess up all the work I've done for carefully planned milestones haha! ?

 

I started playing DA:2 just before the start of the spring challenge, and going back to it after a long break I'd completely forgotten where I was and what's going on. Managed to knock out some side quests, and re-established that I am near the end of act 2. This is my first playthrough, and I know I'll need to do a second run to get all the trophies. There's a bank holiday weekend coming up in the UK, and my work company has given us another day off on Friday as a way to thank employees for dealing with the craziness of the past year. So here's hoping I can use that time to clear up the rest of this game and complete the challenge ?

 

Trophy progress 37 -> 41%

Edited May 24, 2021 by Heather342

[Crispy_Oglop]

13 hours ago, YaManSmevz said:

Fallout 4 is where I'm seeing my hope of finishing this challenge on the proverbial ropes. I'm tempted to swap it out for Suicide of Rachel Foster and/or Gris, which I bought for the mental health challenge but ended up not participating. I'll decide within the next few days if pushing on with FO4 seems feasible, or if not I'll have to.. dun duh dun dun.... SIMPLY FINISH IT AT MY LEISURE! OH THE HORROR!!

Props to @Crispy_Oglop and @be_minor for wrappin it up early! Lovin the energy everybody's got at this stage, let's get it

 

 

I can definitely recommend The Suicide of Rachel Foster if you are looking for a good swap. It's pretty short but a really interesting story and quite creepy in parts, especially if you have the sound turned up or a good-ish headset.

 

2 minutes ago, Heather342 said:

Update 16

 

I managed to get back on the PS3 over the weekend to work on Dragon Age 2. Not made anywhere near as much progress as I would have liked. As mentioned earlier, the renewed Fall Guys hype took hold, and it has been crazy. Once that infallible trophy was out the way, I started smashing through all the other trophies and now I'm almost at the platinum a week later! But I must put that on the back burner for now, otherwise it's going to seriously mess up all the work I've done for carefully planned milestones haha!

 

I started playing DA:2 just before the start of the spring challenge, and going back to it after a long break I'd completely forgotten where I was and what's going on. Managed to knock out some side quests, and re-established that I am near the end of act 2. This is my first playthrough, and I know I'll need to do a second run to get all the trophies. There's a bank holiday weekend coming up in the UK, and my work company has given us another day off on Friday as a way to thank employees for the craziness of the past year. So here's hoping I can use that time to clear up the rest of this game and complete the challenge

 

Trophy progress 37 -> 41%

 

Fall Guys has completely passed me by, but maybe that is a good thing for me personally, because just watching some of the let's plays and streams of it make it look really fun but also really stressy ? I can definitely see it giving me a few white hairs on my head.

[Heather342]

21 minutes ago, Crispy_Oglop said:

 

Fall Guys has completely passed me by, but maybe that is a good thing for me personally, because just watching some of the let's plays and streams of it make it look really fun but also really stressy  I can definitely see it giving me a few white hairs on my head.

It is a lot of fun, but other people can be right bastards sometimes ? it wasn't one I was going to start on my profile, because that infallible trophy was an impossible task and I didn't want it to taunt me on my profile. But then the glitch in the mid season update essentially gave the trophy away, and I've never seen people rally round so quickly to help people out to get their trophy before it got fixed. It was a really good community spirit for the most part, there were a few salty folks but not that many haha!

[Dzware]

I've completed 2 more games since my last update.

Limbo was a short, but very enjoyable experience. I really like these types of games (Inside is also great, from the same developers), and even enjoyed doing the run for which you can only die 5 times. Also enjoyed talking a bit about the interpretations and how different people took other meanings from the game. Definitely recommend this one!

Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time took me much longer to complete (almost 7 years even lol, but about 30 hours in-game), and I feel like the length really dragged this game down a bit. I always enjoy a good platformer, but the platforming is only decent and got stale pretty quickly. The story is also quite repetitive, with the 5 main episodes each being basically a repeat of each other with a different skin (except for 1 small twist towards the end). The collectibles were also way too much, effectively doubling my playtime after finishing the story. Glad to be done with this one!

 

Modern Warfare 2 - 50% 

DOOM 2016 - 33%

Injustice: Gods Among Us - 62%

Skyrim - 13%

inFamous - 7%

Catherine - 100%

Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time -  23% --> 100%

Mass Effect 3 - 3%

Futuridium PS4 - 100%

Lumo - 0% --> 5%

Limbo - 0% --> 100%

 

I've also started with Lumo last night, which will probably be my last game for this event. I didn't do quite as much as I hoped to, due to available time and Catherine taking longer than I expected to, but still glad to have at least cleaned up a few games that were unfinished for a long time.

Edited May 26, 2021 by Dzware

[YaManSmevz]

So I needed less than a day to realize it's time to give Fallout 4 the old heave-ho. Played for the better part of the morning and spent waaay too much time on that wretched Best Left Forgotten mission, which can be summed up as follows:

Minecraft + Portal 2 × A Game That's Already Time Consuming As It Is = Shit.

Information that literally nobody ever needed nor was even remotely interested in knowing.

And to add insult to injury, you don't even get a trophy for your trouble! Ugh. Straw that broke the camel's back, as they say. Still plan on finishing it soon, but tryin to get it done in an already busy week?? No thanks!

Anyway, to make a long story longer, I'll be swapping that out for The Suicide of Rachel Foster (on the glowing recommendation of @Crispy_Oglop) and adding Gris, as I feel swapping out a game as long as Fallout 4 merits more than one short game as a replacement. 

1. Resident Evil 2 

2. Overcooked 2 

3. Final Fantasy 7 

4. Uncharted: Drake's Fortune Remastered 

5. Manhunt 

6. Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes 

7. Grand Theft Auto 3 

8. The Suicide of Rachel Foster 0%

9. Gris 0%

 

Fallout 4 (38-->39%) falls OUT!

[Hisuiryu]

Week 11 Update

With one week to go, I'm still in a similar place, haha. I however have made some good progress in Catherine! I managed to finish up hard mode then cleaned up all the different endings which got me a few trophies. I made a bit of progress through Rapunzel as well, but it's a lot of stages to go through.... This week I'm going to try Babel and see what happens, hopefully I'll be able to get through it before the end of the event!

 

1. Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China - 100%
2. BlazBlue Calamity Trigger - 0%
3. Catherine - 52% > 81%
4. Dragon Age: Inquisition (PS3) - 100%
5. Seasons After Fall - 0% > 100%
6. Final Fantasy Type-0 - 13%
7. htoL#NiQ: The Firefly Diary - 100%
8. Outland - 100%
9. Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight - 100%
10. Tales of Monkey Island Ch1-5 - 100%

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[freddie1989]

I don't think I have done an update since this one but I may have missed on in between. It has been a very uninspiring this time round for me due to a mix of lack of time and then not wanting to play when I have time.

 

Put some work in on Darksiders 2 which is fun like the first one so I look forward to finishing the series off. I haven't even finished the story on Apocalyptic yet though so wont be getting ti done in the next week for sure. Will do a final update at the end and hope for a better result next time round.

 

Last of Us Remastered 0%

Rage 2 0%

Ghost Recon Wildlands 71%

Agents of Mayhem 0%

Borderlands The Pre Sequel 34%

Modern Warfare 98%

Darksiders 2 1% - 34%

Resident Evil 7 0% - 4%

[golfstar59]

Update

 

Erica 100%

Nfs payback 100%

Sherlock holmes 100%

Spiderman 100%

Castlevania los2 45% - on my ng+ playthru and have challenges amd dlc left is gonna be close if i can this done. Ugh didnt think i was gonna cut this so close the 1 week on rdr2 killed me

[Kishnabe]

On 1/30/2021 at 5:51 PM, Kishnabe said:

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order 0% --->100% Apr 5th 2021 Sea of Solitude 0%--->100% Apr 7th 2021 Metal Slug 3 0%--> 100% Apr 13th 2021 Nights of Azure 0%-->100% Apr 24th 2021 Gods of Algamest 0%

• A King's Tale: Final Fantasy XV 19%

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• Steins;Gate 17%
•  

 

Swaps:

 

Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner HD Edition 44% for Steins;Gate 17%

 

Dokuro 32% for Gods of Algamest 0%

Will probably change the day before event.

 

 

Swapped Steins Gate for ABZU.

 

Completed Gods of Algamest

[Heather342]

Update 17

 

Mid week progress check in. So I'm about half way through Act 3 on DA:2, and I think I've done all the misc trophies I can for this first playthrough. So plan tonight is to ditch remaining side quests and just plow through the main mission to close out this first run. Second playthrough needs to be as a different character class, and making all the opposite decisions this time around (basically my being a jerk playthrough ?). I'll also need to pick up all the collectables as I missed some things in my first run. Finally would need to do a partial 3rd playthrough to get past the intro with the third character class and that should be everything.

 

Can I do all this by EoD Monday??? ? It's gonna be a close call!

 

Trophy progress 41 -> 60%

[Hisuiryu]

3 hours ago, Heather342 said:

Update 17

 

Mid week progress check in. So I'm about half way through Act 3 on DA:2, and I think I've done all the misc trophies I can for this first playthrough. So plan tonight is to ditch remaining side quests and just plow through the main mission to close out this first run. Second playthrough needs to be as a different character class, and making all the opposite decisions this time around (basically my being a jerk playthrough ). I'll also need to pick up all the collectables as I missed some things in my first run. Finally would need to do a partial 3rd playthrough to get past the intro with the third character class and that should be everything.

 

Can I do all this by EoD Monday??? It's gonna be a close call!

Good luck! It's a pain if you miss the resources since it makes a planned quick run a lot longer as you can't skip a lot of side quests... Actually that's the reason I still haven't gone back to it to finish up ?

 

And mini-update on Catherine while I'm here, 64 stages of Rapunzel done and this is definitely the most boring part of the game. Still yet to try Babel and running out of days!

[Dzware]

6 minutes ago, Hisuiryu said:

And mini-update on Catherine while I'm here, 64 stages of Rapunzel done and this is definitely the most boring part of the game. Still yet to try Babel and running out of days!

 

I'd say to just use video guides for Rapunzel if you aren't already. There's no point in trying to do that legit imo (even with guides it will take hours to complete all bonus stages though).

[Hisuiryu]

1 hour ago, Dzware said:

 

I'd say to just use video guides for Rapunzel if you aren't already. There's no point in trying to do that legit imo (even with guides it will take hours to complete all bonus stages though).

 

I think I did around 55-60 of them without a guide, mostly towards the end I used videos especially for the rosaries. My patience is getting pretty thin with it at this point so I'll probably use a guide for most of the bonus stages. 

 

Also Babel stage 1: complete! Managed to clear it on my lunch break, got to 90-ish on stage 2 first attempt as well.

[dark_moon689]

Update 4:

 

Uncharted Lost Legacy was a lot fun and lot shorter than I expected, the gameplay was solid for the most part and the story was good, predictable but good. Meanwhile Hatoful boyfriend which has been on library for years and had been spoiled for me over time, was surprisingly interesting and I actually enjoyed it in all it's weirdness. I am not sure if I will be able to finish my other 2 games, probably not my time at Portia because I am still annoyed that it bugged out and can't bring myself to restart it but maybe I will go back to my ps3 for the last game before the week is over.

 

1. (PS4) The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Complete Edition - 14% / 100%   
2. (PS4) My time at Portia - 13% / 19%
3. (PS4) Uncharted: The Lost Legacy - 0% / 100%   

4. (PS4) Hatoful Boyfriend - 0% / 100%

5. (PS4) Little Nightmares - 0% /  (PS3) Toy Story 3 - 27% / 56%

 

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Games 3/5

[Draps-1337]

Alright, I think this will be my last update. I'm never going to get around to crash in the next 3 days and certainly am not going to smash those platinums out in 1 day each. I'm currently playing Persona 5 Strikers and it's pretty damn good so far! So that's good.
Stephen Universe was pretty good. The combat system became pretty dry and repetitive after the halfway point. luckily the game isn't too long so it wasn't too bad to push through till the end.

I'm going to sit out of the next challenge. I've just not been feeling like hitting the games as hard lately. I feel as though I should spend more time with my loved ones and other hobbies. I might see you all in the winter. Good luck everyone!

Journey To The Savage Planet (81%) plat
Moonlighter (84%) plat
Monkey King: Hero is back (28% -> 71%) plat
Steven Universe: Save The Light! (17% -> 100%)
Persona 4 Dancing All Night (Vita) (100%)
Robotics Notes Elite (Vita) (100%)
Crash Bandicoot 1
Crash Bandicoot 2
Crash Bandicoot 3

[Heather342]

So I was making progress yesterday, I finished my first playthrough and started my second. But today I've encountered PS3 network error code that has logged me out, and it is now impossible to log back in ?

I tweeted support, as the Sony website has nothing for PS3. Here's hoping it gets fixed soon, otherwise I can't sync my trophies to my profile. This may put a spanner in the works for me completing my challenge