Popular Post Heather342 Posted January 15, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 15, 2022 Update 24 Just a small update for me this week, as I haven't had as much gaming time. But the gaming time I did have all went into Crash Team Racing. Honestly I don't know how it happened, but it's like all of a sudden the lightbulb moment happened and drift boosting suddenly made sense! Must be that ol' muscle memory kicking in ?. I also picked up air brake U-turns when I was researching CTR strats, that's something else I need to get better at, but it makes a lot of those tricky corners easier to manage ?. I just finished the Adventure mode on hard and got the trophy about 15 minutes ago. So glad that is out of the way now, as the AI is just brutal for ruining your momentum with their item boxes. The number of times I was about to win and then a homing rocket just knocks you off the track....rage inducing!!! ? All that's left now is unlock all the characters and the trials. Time trials will be quite the grind as there's 30 or so tracks, and you need to unlock the time trial ghosts by beating your own time first, then beat N. Tropy, then beat N. Oxide. Gonna be tough, but I think I can do it! ? Trophy progress - Crash Team Racing - 82 -> 85% 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KazaneHime Posted January 15, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 15, 2022 Tales of Arise - 100% Human Fall Flat - 47% Spiritfarer - 0% Kena: Bridge of Spirits - 90% (Waiting for a NG+) Maneater - 100% (NOT counting the DLC) Dark Souls III - 80% --> 100% Ni no Kuni 2 - 75% --> 100% Tales of Symphonia - 100% Fe - 100% Overcooked: All you can eat - 100% Operation: Tango - 0% Currently working on Not yet out Co-op with TalesofGaming Complete Update 15 Games Complete (7/10) Swaps (1/5) Human Fall Flat --> Spiritfarer Finished off Dark Souls 3 with @TalesofGaming, which takes us to every co-op Soulsborne game platinumed within the last year! Also finished off Ni no Kuni 2, the last DLC was really hard but ended up being more of a grind than skill. Had to get enough materials to make equipment to make the Soliseum Slog easier. I'm officially swapping Human Fall Flat for Spiritfarer, as Human Fall Flat is not doable with TalesofGaming in its current state. 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post skeggah Posted January 15, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 15, 2022 Hiya! Finally made some decent progress in Samurai Warriors 5. I only have a few trophies left. Unlocking rare weapons and increasing bonds between warriors. S' all a matter of time rather than any real challenge. We've both contracted covid-19 after dodging it for the past two something years. We're both vaccinated so it isn't all that bad. But since were staying home for the coming week we decided to add another game to the list, a game we can play co-op. Asterix & Obelix: Slap them All! We have two other titles completed, making this our third potential A&O platinum. Wish us luck! Starting to get a bit worried that we won't get this list done in time, but we're damn well gonna give it our best effort! Completed games! 24/30. 1) Dark Cloud (PS4) 2) Altered Beast (PS3) 3) Brave (PS3) 4) Moving Out! (PS4) 5) Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons (PS4) 6) MediEvil (PS4) 7) Grim Legends: The Forsaken Bride (PS4) 8) Hotel Transylvania 3: Monsters Overboard (PS4) 9) Order Up!! (PS3) 10) Little Nightmares 2 (PS5) 11) LEGO Marvel's Avengers (Vita) 12) Seasons After Fall (PS4) 13) Enigmatis 2: The Mists of Ravenwood (PS4) 14) Knack 2 (PS4) 15) Overcooked: All You Can Eat (PS4) 16) LEGO Jurassic World (Vita) 17) Mass Effect: Legendary Edition (PS4) 18) Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy (PS4) 19) Marsupilami: Hoobadventure (PS4) 20) Gigantosaurus The Game (PS4) 21) The Smurfs: Mission Vileaf (PS4) 22) The Addams Family: Mansion Mayhem (PS4) 23) Mass Effect 2: Legendary Edition (PS4) 24) Word Maze by POWGI (PS4) Ongoing games! Samurai Warriors 5 (PS4) - 55% --> 91% (Updated) Legend of Kay Anniversary (PS3) - 15% Mass Effect 3: Legendary Edition (PS4) - 0% Sackboy: A Big Adventure (PS5) - 70% Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice (PS4) - 18% Asterix & Obelix: Slap Them All (PS4) - 0% (Added) Swaps: 1/5 Subnautica (PS5) - LEGO Jurassic World (Vita) 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post StilRh Posted January 15, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 15, 2022 Hi guys. Hope you've had a good week. This week I completed Visage and spent about 5 hours with Cities: Skylines. I did play a fair bit off list as I'm isolating again (boo). Take it easy Spoiler Age of Wonders: Planetfall 77% (plat achieved) Airborne Kingdom 100% Alan Wake 25% Catharine: Full body 10% Cities: Skylines 9% > 14% Corpse Party 100% Cyberpunk 19% Death’s Door 100% Deathloop 28% Hades 33% Judgement 41% - stopped? King’s Bounty 2 10% Labyrinth Coven of Refrain 36% Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel 2 10% Moonlighter 26% Nier Replicant 31% Persona 5 47% Rune Factory 4 Special 10% Tales of Arise 19% Tales of Iron 100% The Messenger 100% The Riftbreaker 73% The Witness 91% Visage 11% > 100% Voice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars 100% Warhammer 40,000: Battle Sector 100% Dangnronpa V3 Killing Harmony 30% MuvLuv Alternate 10% Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove 13% Spy Chameleon 17% Tokyo Xandu 21% Plats/100% 9*/31 *1 Plat but not 100% 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DFuzed Posted January 16, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 16, 2022 Update #20 for January 15th: Diablo II Remastered - 53% +3% Word Quiz Epic Word Search Collection 2 (Vita) - 98% +3% Life is Strange 3 (PS4) Life is Strange 3 (PS5) Life is Strange Remastered - 0% Life is Strange: BtS Remastered - 0% Procession to Calvary Lego Batman 2 (Vita) Link-a-Pix (PS4) Link-a-Pix (Vita) Spiderman (PS4) Lego Star Wars (PS3) - 80% Persona 5 Royal Trials of Mana Borderlands 2 - 20% +7% Borderlands the Prequel - 0% The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles NEW! Persona 5 Strikes - 16% +16% These are without the DLC included in them. Swaps: 2/5 Current Plans: - Play Borderlands 2 and Persona 5 Strikers with lots to go. - Play Epic Word Search Collection 2 (Vita) if necessary. - Go back to Diablo II Remastered when possible. 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Zach Posted January 16, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 16, 2022 I decided to make Uncharted 1 my #200 platinum trophy. Why? Because this was one of my first PS3 games that I ever played, so obviously this game means a lot to me! Life is Strange (PS3)- 0% ---> 100% date: 02/09/2021 Life is Strange 2- 0% ---> 100% date: 23/09/2021 Zombie Army 4: Dead War- 18% ---> 100% date: 04/11/2021 Sniper Elite V2 Remastered- 0% ---> 100% date: 11/11/2021 Heavy Rain (PS4)- 0% ---> 100% date: 15/12/2021 WRC 5 (PS4)- 0% ---> 100% date: 21/12/2021 Steins;Gate: My Darling's Embrace (PS4)- 0% ---> 100% date: 23/12/2021 Control (PS5)- 0% ---> 100% date: 29/12/2021 Uncharted: Drake's Fortune Remastered 0% ---> 100% date: 15/01/2022 NIER REPLICANT VER. 122474487139... 0% ---> Final Fantasy VII Remake (PS5)- 26% ---> 37% Beyond: Two Souls (PS4)- 0% Detroit: Become Human- 0% Remnant: From the Ashes- 50% ---> 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Fanatixa1 Posted January 16, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 16, 2022 (edited) Hi everyone, just adding some vr games since I’ve finally connected it after a long time. Played job simulator yesterday and had so much fun! 1. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - 100% 2. Olympic Games: Tokyo 2020 - 100% 3. Overcooked: all you can eat - 100% 4. Hades -100% 5. Guardians of the Galaxy - 100% 6. Life is strange: True Colors - 100% 7. Carrion - 100% 8. Chicory: A Colorful Tale - 100% 9. Lost Judgment - 100% 10. Dirt 5 - 15% —> 28% 11. Crash Bandicoot 4: It's about time - 64% 12. Job simulator - 0 —> 45% 13. Jurassic World Evolution - 18% 14. It takes two - 2% 15. The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles - 0% 16. Kena: Bridge of Spirits - 0% 17. The Pathless - 0% 18. Guacamelee! 2 - 0% 19. The Forgotten City - 0% 20. Ghost giant - 0% Swaps used (4/5) Edited January 16, 2022 by Fanatixa1 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post G_J270216 Posted January 16, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 16, 2022 Update: Erica [PS4] - 100% Days Gone [PS4] - 0% Horizon Zero Dawn [PS4] - 0% Subnautica [PS4] - 1% Ratchet & Clank [PS4] - 0% -> 2% Grim Fandango Remastered [PS4] - 100% The Sims 4 [PS4] - 100% 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DizzyDavidson Posted January 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 17, 2022 Another busy week for me, having to put in quite a lot of overtime at work so once again not a whole lot of progress. Update: Resident Evil 3 [PS4] - 100% Shadow of the Tomb Raider [PS4] - 100% Farming Simulator 14 [Vita] - 62% -> 65% Skylanders Trap Team [PS3] - 100% Darksiders [PS3] - 100% Metal Gear Solid 3 [PS3] - 100% F1 2021 [PS4] - 100% Far Cry 4 [PS4] - 10% -> 20% LEGO Dimenisons [PS3] - 72% -> 96% Heavy Fire: Shattered Spear [PS3] - 100% The Good Life [PS4] - 100% Swaps: 1/5 Mugen Souls Z [PS3] => Far Cry 4 [PS4] Farming Sim 14: I'm about 2/3 done but I think my left analog stick started to drift (Vita). When I start the game my vehicles pull to the left. I just have to wiggle it a little bit then it's all good for the rest of my gaming session. I really should have replaced both analog sticks a couple of years ago (I only changed the right one as it completely stopped working). Anyway, the game is going well. As long as I don't play too long of a session (which I couldn't do lately) it doesn't feel like a grind. Far Cry 4: I haven't advanced much in the story. I've mostly been doing misc stuff. For now, I won't focus on this game much. It is quite fun tho... except finding the masks (one of the collectibles), they seem to elude me. LEGO Dimensions: I figured it's time to wrap up this game. For some reason the game started working fine. Not a single crash since and I've done about 7 stages plus a couple more in The Fantastic Beasts DLC. But I don't want to jinx it so I shut up about it. I got the plat, I just have to finish The Fantastic Beasts and LEGO Batman Movie DLCs. Next week it's looking like I'll have a bit more free time. I'm hoping to finish up both LEGO Dimensions and Farming Sim 14. Game On Everyone! 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post freddie1989 Posted January 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 17, 2022 Finally have decent update for me!! Got the plat on Shadow of War. Another gem of a game. Nothing more I can say I haven't. Finished DLC one and done a bit of the 2nd one. More progress on Plague Tale of which I love the concept. Swapped out Rage for Ghost Warrior as just not feeling it at the minute. Although having made a start I'm not sure I feel this one either ? Middle Earth: Shadow of War 61% - 90% Days Gone 70% Worms Battlegrounds 100% Sonic Mania 23% Emily Wants to Play 0% Assassin's Creed Unity 40% Late Shift 100% The Last of Us Remastered 3% Need for Speed Payback 93% Borderlands Pre Sequel 41% Sims 4 27% Plague Tale 7% - 20% Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 0% - 3% 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post neospoon Posted January 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 17, 2022 (edited) Update #9 Finished Need for Speed: Shift 2 Unleashed - 100% (49/49) Tomb Raider: Underworld (JP) - 100% (33/33) Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart - 0% > 100% (47/47) Driver San Francisco - 42% > 100% (51/51) Silent Hill: Book of Memories - 92% (59/62) In Progress Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition - 52% (31/61) Project Cars 3 - 38% (28/61) Little Nightmares - 4% 87% (21/22) Rayman Legends - 21% 40% (27/51) Just Cause 4 - 1% 7% (8/61) Dead Space 3 - 14% 17% (14/59) God of War: Ascension - 21% (13/36) Republique - 1% (1/30) The Bureau: XCOM Declassified - 0% (0/42) Silent Hill: Book of Memories Holy smokes, this was a grind! And sadly it's not over yet After two weeks of leveling up my character going through zones 1-100 today I finally reached lvl50 with my character and with that the platinum. The DLC requires me to grind for possibly another week just to get from lvl50 to lvl70 and flipping all 40 notes to red and white at the same time. The last part is doable, just lvl70... The game itself is pretty much the same thing over and over which could be considered boring, although I actually had fun doing it most of the time. Too bad this game has almost nothing to do with Silent Hill and just uses the iconic stuff the previous games were known for. Would not recommend this game to anyone, but at 2.06% rarity I can see why people want this platinum. What's next? After that grind I need a short game, a game with a little more variety and mechanics. So I think I will finally start on Republique this week. I also have Splinter Cell: Blacklist going but it's not part of the challenge. I also might try and finish the base game trophies for Project Cars 3... Anyway that's it for now! Thanks for reading, and see you next update! Have Fun Edited January 17, 2022 by neospoon 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Heather342 Posted January 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 17, 2022 Update 24.5 Just a minor update to make my first swap of the challenge. OUT - Crash Bandicoot IN - Ratchet and Clank 2016 I think I'm getting enough of the bandicoot during this challenge with CTR, so I will swap out Crash 1 in favour of Ratchet and Clank. Also another reason for the swap, I'm doing a plat the alphabet challenge in one of the discord servers I'm in, and my assigned letter was R. I will put Crash back into the Spring challenge, and I'll actually do it this time around ? 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post YaManSmevz Posted January 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 17, 2022 Quick mini-update! It breaks my heart, but I have to do two more swaps - Yakuza 0 and FFIX with basically a month left is simply not plausible along with everything else I've got goin on. Fortunately they're both under 33% so I can add them back on in the Spring? Also, since I auto-popped for Hitman 3 I didn't think I'd be using it, but the percentage after it was done? 32%. So I can in good conscience add it, which thrills me to no end, as the idea of completing the trilogy in one challenge sounds awesome. For the other swap, I decided to take it easy on my over-eagerness and use The Vanishing of Ethan Carter. So barring some unforseen interruption (or even more unlikely, an early finish!) I seem to have my final lineup set. Wish me luck? 1. Resident Evil 5 (61-->70%) 2. Hitman 3 (32%) 3. ️The Vanishing of Ethan Carter (0%) 4. Sleeping Dogs (0%) 5. The Forgotten City (0%) 6. Murdered: Soul Suspect (0%) 7. Dex️ 8. Hitman️ 9. Islanders️ 10. Hitman 2️ 11. Afterparty️️ 12. The Witness️ 13. Hotline Miami️️ 14. Grim Fandango️ 15. Red Dead Revolver️ 16. The Wolf Among Us️ 17. Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons️️ 18. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas️️ 19. Hitman 2 Additional Expansions OUT: Yakuza 0, Final Fantasy IX? Swaps: 4/5 Embarrassment for biting off more than I could chew: 8/10 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Static_Rook Posted January 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 17, 2022 Update 20 - 1/17/2022 Quake Remastered 60% 62% Another big ol' nothing burger for me this week. Got 1 more trophy in Quake but that's it. The PC release of Monster Hunter Rise got me to pick up my Switch copy again, and it kind of took over all of my gaming time. That's probably going to be the case for this coming week, too. So now instead of 20 games on my list I'm hoping to at least finish 15 or 16. That will still be the most I've ever completed for one of these challenges so that will be nice. Time to go through my list and do a little triage. Have a good week and stay safe if you're in a heavy snow area! Full game list (10/31 complete, 5/5 swaps used) Spoiler Assassin's Creed II 11/20/2021 Dark Souls III 14% Darksiders 2% Dead Space 2 14% Demon's Souls (PS3) 2% Deus Ex Human Revolution 11% Diablo III (PS3) 20% Disco Elysium 0% Doraemon Story of Seasons 14% Drakengard 3 8% Dungeon Encounters 10/20/2021 Final Fantasy VIII 11/2/2021 Final Fantasy XIII 7% Final Fantasy XIV A Realm Reborn (PS4) 61% Freedom Wars 71% Gran Turismo Sport 51% Heavy Rain (PS3) 10/29/2021 Just Cause 2 10% Just Cause 4 1% Lightning Returns Final Fantasy XIII 18% Nier Automata 10/4/2021 Pyre 9/19/2021 Quake Remastered 60% 62% Rayman Legends (PS3) 97% Resident Evil 7 2% SaGa Frontier Remastered 7% Strider 10/1/2021 Unravel 9/13/2021 Untitled Goose Game 11/3/2021 XCOM Enemy Unknown(plat only) 41% Ys IX Monstrum Nox 10/28/2021 Swaps 5/5 Used Dead by Daylight - > Gran Turismo Sport 9/13/2021 Stellaris - > Nier Automata 9/27/2021 Curse of the Dead Gods - > Diablo III(PS3) 11/1/2021 Resogun - > Untitled Goose Game 11/1/2021 Metal Gear Survive - > Freedom Wars 11/27/202 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TalesofGaming Posted January 18, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 18, 2022 Update 36: 1. Tales of Arise - 100% 9/19/21 2. Among Us - 100% 12/27/21 3. Spirit of the North: Enhanced Edition - 100% 9/7/21 4. Dark Souls III - 100% 1/13/22 5. The Liar Princess and the Blind Prince - 100% 10/28/21 6. Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist - 100% 10/23/21 7. Overcooked! All You Can Eat - 100% 9/30/21 8. Maquette - 100% 10/24/21 9. A Plague Tale: Innocence - 100% 12/30/21 10. Bugsnax - 100% 11/16/21 11. Crash Bandicoot: Warped - 100% 12/22/21 12. Ys IX: Monstrum Nox - 38% - 100% 1/17/22 13. Donut County - 0% -> 27% Spent the entire weekend on Ys IX and managed to complete it as well as speedrun a Nightmare playthrough! It probably has to be my favorite Ys game to date. ❤️ I also impulse bought Donut County last night since it was on sale and managed to beat it! I only have to cleanup some trophies now. ? Swaps (4/5) Shining Resonance Refrain -> The Liar Princess and the Blind Prince Human Fall Flat -> Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch Operation: Tango -> A Plague Tale: Innocence Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch -> Among Us 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post skeggah Posted January 20, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 20, 2022 G'day mateys! An exciting update for me, finished with a couple of games. Samurai Warriors 5 had me in love at first sight, but alas, this love faded into us just going through the motions. Glad to have completed another Warriors-game, been playing them for over 20 years. Next up, Samurai Warriors 4-II, which I prefer over the fifth installment. Sackboy was a really nice treat! It took me over 2 hours to get that "String it Together" trophy. Maybe it would have been faster without the beer, but we will never know! Another way to look at it is that without the beer, I wouldn't persevere! Started up ME3 the other day, and man-oh-man is this a treat. Had only played the previous 2 games before, so this is new territory! Been mainly playing with Garrus/Edi as a Soldier. Having some trouble with "Combined Arms" trophy, but the counter is at 15/50 currently. Something works, not sure what though.. Asterix threw us for a spin when we first started it, playing on the hardest difficulty from the get-go. But after a night of frustration came another night of huge success where it just clicked. Hopefully we won't get stuck again! Completed games! 26/30. 1) Dark Cloud (PS4) 2) Altered Beast (PS3) 3) Brave (PS3) 4) Moving Out! (PS4) 5) Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons (PS4) 6) MediEvil (PS4) 7) Grim Legends: The Forsaken Bride (PS4) 8) Hotel Transylvania 3: Monsters Overboard (PS4) 9) Order Up!! (PS3) 10) Little Nightmares 2 (PS5) 11) LEGO Marvel's Avengers (Vita) 12) Seasons After Fall (PS4) 13) Enigmatis 2: The Mists of Ravenwood (PS4) 14) Knack 2 (PS4) 15) Overcooked: All You Can Eat (PS4) 16) LEGO Jurassic World (Vita) 17) Mass Effect: Legendary Edition (PS4) 18) Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy (PS4) 19) Marsupilami: Hoobadventure (PS4) 20) Gigantosaurus The Game (PS4) 21) The Smurfs: Mission Vileaf (PS4) 22) The Addams Family: Mansion Mayhem (PS4) 23) Mass Effect 2: Legendary Edition (PS4) 24) Word Maze by POWGI (PS4) 25) Samurai Warriors 5 (PS4) - 91% --> 100% (Completed) 26) Sackboy: A Big Adventure (PS5) - 70% --> 100% (Completed) Ongoing games! Legend of Kay Anniversary (PS3) - 15% Mass Effect 3: Legendary Edition (PS4) - 0% --> 40% (Updated) Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice (PS4) - 18% Asterix & Obelix: Slap Them All (PS4) - 0% --> 32% (Updated) Swaps: 1/5 Subnautica (PS5) - LEGO Jurassic World (Vita) 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TalesofGaming Posted January 20, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 20, 2022 Update 37: 1. Tales of Arise - 100% 9/19/21 2. Among Us - 100% 12/27/21 3. Spirit of the North: Enhanced Edition - 100% 9/7/21 4. Dark Souls III - 100% 1/13/22 5. The Liar Princess and the Blind Prince - 100% 10/28/21 6. Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist - 100% 10/23/21 7. Overcooked! All You Can Eat - 100% 9/30/21 8. Maquette - 100% 10/24/21 9. A Plague Tale: Innocence - 100% 12/30/21 10. Bugsnax - 100% 11/16/21 11. Crash Bandicoot: Warped - 100% 12/22/21 12. Ys IX: Monstrum Nox - 100% 1/17/22 13. Donut County - 27% -> 100% 1/18/22 Well, I think it's safe to say I finished this challenge with 13 games! I might not be adding anymore anytime soon? (Well, I've said this before and it didn't happen. LOL) Swaps (4/5) Shining Resonance Refrain -> The Liar Princess and the Blind Prince Human Fall Flat -> Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch Operation: Tango -> A Plague Tale: Innocence Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch -> Among Us 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MidnightDragon Posted January 20, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 20, 2022 Spring signups will open up a week from Tuesday and this challenge ends February 28. Keep up the good work, everyone! 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KimBongUn420 Posted January 20, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 20, 2022 Update #14: #135: 428 Shibuya Scramble Difficulty 1/10 Grind 10/10 (requires a full walkthrough guide) Enjoyment 9/10 Not much to say about this one other than it's an excellent game. If you're a fan of VNs it's a must-play, and if you're not a fan you should still give it a shot. The mechanic of jumping between characters is a unique storytelling mechanism and it works wonders here. Hard to believe this game is 13 years old and still one of the best VNs on sale today. My only criticism would be some of the translations are slightly off which can make traversing the story confusing, but this only happens a handful of times. 9/10 overall, excellent game. #136 Far Cry 6 [PS5] Difficulty 3/10 Grind 3/10 Enjoyment 4/10 Base Game, 8/10 Vaas/Pagan DLC I've been a long-time fan of the Far Cry series - Primal was my first-ever platinum trophy many years ago that got me into the hobby of trophy hunting. FC6 was extremely disappointing to me, unfortunately. There are some good things about the game - it looks beautiful on PS5, runs smoothly at 60 FPS, and the story, while bad for most of the game, finally picks up at the very end of the game. Blowing shit up and shooting the gazillion different guns is still satisfying. The two DLCs so far are roguelites, which is an interesting design choice that ends up working really well. As I've said before Far Cry DLC tends to be mostly forgettable but this edition has been worth buying. The list of bad things is much longer. The supremo weapons are an interesting concept that fails to deliver, because 2 or 3 of them are ridiculously overpowered while the rest are garbage. Ubisoft tried to modify the core game play loop of the last bajillion Far Cry games (find base, clear base, open up map, repeat) by dividing the capture points into bases and checkpoints, but the only thing this accomplishes is making the map much more difficult to traverse. At least the air drop still exists to make getting to the next checkpoint easier. The story is overwhelmingly generic and really doesn't get good until the game is basically over. Characters are likewise boring and underdeveloped. The entire plot is advanced solely because people Dani meets are killed off 15 minutes later, and so she must get revenge for people she barely knows (a classic Ubisoft trope). Also, the Special Operations are really, truly, unbearably awful. They are somehow horribly balanced for both single player and co-op, which is a feat so incredible it could only be done by Ubisoft. There's no real strategy to completing them, even though the game gives you the illusion that there is. It's pure filler bullshit shoehorned in to keep the promise that "Far Cry has co-op you guise we swear!!!" It's so bad that I'm going to invoke the DLC rules of this competition that allow me to not complete these stupid trophies, since they were added after Oct 1. This is a series that really hasn't made any meaningful advances since Far Cry 4 (although I will die on the hill that Primal was pretty neat, even if it was a reskin of 4), and it's starting to show now. Unfortunately this game has sold extremely well and so I imagine the next Far Cry we get will be more of the same and equally as disappointing. It's a damning indictment of your game when the DLC is so much better than the main game experience. 5/10 overall for the main game, 7/10 for the Roguelite DLC. #137 Tales of Arise [PS5] Difficulty 4/10 Grind 5/10 Enjoyment 8/10 I struggled a lot with how to rate this game - it does so many things right but also has some massive flaws that hold it back. Even now I'm still not really sure whether I got it right. I do think it's important to say I've never played a Tales game before so I am coming at it from that angle. Also this platinum was my 8000th trophy, which was neat. First, the good. The story! It's very good, if a bit trope-y. I really liked the skits, but I also love the same concept in Persona so I may be in the minority on that one. Props to whoever told Bandai Namco that JRPGs can have happy endings. So many of the ones I've played recently have a turbo sad ending for reasons of "morality" or "lessons" (looking at you, FFXV) that it's nice to see one where the ending is "nah let's ship the main romance and just give our fans what they want." I hope more games take a page out of this book. The combat to me is an interesting case - I happen to think it's quite good. I also think it's a similar situation to the criticisms that DQ11's combat gets. As the player you can make it brain dead simple and repetitive, or you can really dig into the system and customize it to your liking. Tales of Arise is the same way. If you take the time to dig into the combat, it makes it much more rewarding. The art and visuals are also excellent, as is the soundtrack. Not quite Ys level on the soundtrack, but really nothing is. Post-game dungeons add a nice layer to the story and aren't just mindless filler. Now for the flaws: I found the characters to be extremely generic. Eternally relentlessly positive male protagonist who is trying to rediscover his past, tsundere female protagonist (and Shionne is OBNOXIOUSLY tsundere through the first 2/3 of the story). Goofy sidekicks in Law and Rinwell, with the parental figure of the group in Kisara. And finally Dohalim, the enemy turned friend, although the way this was handled was admittedly fairly unique. There are parts of Tales of Arise that feel like the developers consulted a "Making JRPGs for Dummies" book and the characters are the worst offender here. As good as the combat is, the enemy sets are really bad. There are only about 10 unique enemy sets in the entire game, but there are different versions of them that appear as you level up. Persona 5, for example, has this same system, but the enemies in each set get different attacks and animations for each higher level version. Not in Arise. The animations and attacks are exactly the same. It's a really lazy way to do enemy leveling and it almost completely negates all of the good things about the combat. By the end I was completely burnt out of fighting the same enemies over and over again. Arise's super linear level design also does not do this system any favors. In the final dungeon on Rena, I finally turned the difficulty all the way down to the easiest level to power through to the boss fight because the enemies were so damn boring. Also, I didn't factor this into my review, but this game has legit pay-to-win DLC, and it is gross. Fuck off with that nonsense. Pay-to-win DLC is not a solution for poor balancing of level progression. I remember when Ubisoft got absolutely castigated for including a 10% permanent XP boost in Odyssey. This game gives you permanent double XP for $5, and there are several other bundles that offer game-breaking boosts. It's unbelievably disgusting. I think in summation Arise is a really good video game but merely a passable-to-good JRPG, and that's where my problem lies. I can't recommend this game over Ys 8 or Ys 9 - both those games have better enemy variety, better music, better character design, and in the case of Ys 8, a better story. I absolutely can't come close to recommending this game over FF7R, and while that may not be a fair comparison to Tales fans, I still believe it's a valid one. I know Tales has a reputation for leaning heavily into anime tropes, and maybe this is what I'm missing when I try to decide how good this game really is. But from an outside perspective, this game belongs in the JRPG Hall of Very Good, not the Hall of Fame. 7/10 overall. Added Games Well, I swore I wouldn't add anymore games, but turned out that was a lie. Added Metro Exodus and have been making my way through that for the last week. Survival horror is really, REALLY not my thing but I've been having a surprisingly great time with this game. Color Key: Green: Completed Game (This Update) (100% or Plat) Blue: Completed Game (Previous Updates) (100% or Plat) Orange: In-Progress Games Purple: Newly-Added Games Black (Non-Bolded): No Change Since Last Update Swaps: 2/5 Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Sept 7) Life is Strange 2 - 18% -> 22% Erica (Nov 8) Guardians of the Galaxy [PS5] (Dec 8) Ghost Recon Breakpoint - 92% 428: Shibuya Scramble - 50% -> 100% (Jan 13) Dragon Quest XI S (Oct 7) Beyond: Two Souls [PS4] (Nov 17) Subnautica [PS5] (Nov 8) Deathloop (Nov 20) Ys IX: Monstrum Nox (Nov 3) LA Noire [PS4] (Dec 4) Far Cry 6 [PS5] - 43% -> 94% (Jan 14) Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3 (Dec 8) Judgment [PS5] (Dec 24) Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon (Jan 4) Tales of Arise [PS5] - 67% -> 100% (Jan 15) Metro: Exodus [PS5] - 0% -> 41% Games Complete: 15/18 Total Trophies: 781/853 (91.6%) 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KunoGuy Posted January 21, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 21, 2022 (edited) Update #5 Finished a couple more games this time. I really enjoyed my retro game store find of VOLUME on PS Vita. It was a sealed Limited Run Game but, c'est la vie, I wanted to play the stealth sim. Coincidentally, I played a second game from the same developer, Mike Bithell, called The Solitaire Conspiracy on PS5. Was in part playing this for another challenge (Bingo Bonanza 2022). It's a solitaire game with a loose spy theme threaded in. Really hard time trial for me at the end, but got it done. I did swap Nelke for Chess Knights: Viking Lands. Couldn't seem to find the copy I had so worked on this glitchy backlog I had that had stopped me previous. Brought my overall PCG up a whole point. ? Sitting at 73.82% atm. So playing the backlog is helping. 1: Katamari Forever PS3 44% 2: Chess Knights: Viking Lands PS4 50%>100% 3: CrossCode PS4 30% 4: LEGO Ninjago: Shadow of Ronin VITA 100% 5: Destiny Connect (Korean) PS4 26% 6: Monsters Vs. Aliens PS3 25%>34% 7: Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles PS4 19% 8: Daedalus PS4 16%>28% 9: Ben10 PS4 14% 10: Subnautica PS4 13% 11: Invizimals: The Lost Kingdom PS3 11% 12: Dark Cloud 2 PS4 7% 13: LEGO Marvel Super Heroes PS3 6% 14: LEGO Jurassic World PSTV 100% 15: X-Men: Destiny PS3 25% 16: Katamari Reroll PS4 0% 17: Catlateral Damage: Remeowstered PS4 100% 18: Metropolis Defenders (Korean) PS4 17% 19: Kaze and the Wild Masks PS4 29%>60% 20: Ratchet & Clank PS4 0% 21: LEGO Movie The Videogame PS3 0% 22: Disney Epic Mickey 2 VITA 100% 23: Avengers PS5 92% 24: Treasure Hunter Simulator PS4 100% 25: Nostalgia Train PS5 100% 26: Inked PS4 100% 27: Doctor Who: The Lonely Assassins 100% 28: The Solitaire Conspiracy PS5 0%>100% 29: VOLUME VITA 0%>100% 30: LEGO Marvel's Avengers VITA 0%>100% (12) games completed. (1) Swap used. Edited January 21, 2022 by KunoGuy 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Heather342 Posted January 21, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 21, 2022 Update 25 Another brief update from me this week, as the only game I've been playing is Crash Team Racing. It's been all about those time trials! Of the 31 tracks needed for the trophies, I have just managed to complete all of N. Tropy's ghost times, and unlocked the trophies for beating those times and unlocking all the characters from the roster. Now all I have left to do is beat N. Oxide's times and then the platinum is mine ?. So far I've managed to beat his times on 7 of the 31 tracks, but some of them I can see already are gonna be pretty tricky (looking at you Tiny Temple). Some of these races I need to shave off like another 10-15 seconds, which seems rather huge on some tracks considering I only just managed N. Tropy's times ?. Guess I'll have to keep on practicing ? Trophy progress - Crash Team Racing - 85 -> 91% 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post StilRh Posted January 22, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 22, 2022 A non update from me this week. Due to the hype about the sequel in a few weeks I got sucked into Dying Light and got the platinum for that instead of playing games on my list. Great to hear your progress. Have a good week! 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TomataEighty9 Posted January 22, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 22, 2022 Update I spent the whole of last week, and this week, playing Fifa 21, and i FINALLY platinummed it! Oh the horror. 300+ hours in ultimate team, almost killed me Therefore, i have made absolutely ZERO progress on my games in this challenge. But i hope that now i will have more time to do the games in the challenge. Update coming next monday (31st of January). 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post freddie1989 Posted January 22, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 22, 2022 Another update needed!! Shadow of War now complete! Baranor the Conqueror is unforgiving for sure. Did a run through on easy to best missions. Loaded it up for next run and changed to Nemesis before he even moved!! Totally clean run but not given as min difficulty was easy for about 2 seconds so another whole run was done but fun regardless!! Plague Tale I have moved another couple of chapters on. AC Unity I didn't even realise I had listed but picked that up to try and clean it up as already at 40% to start so done Cafe missions, made a start on social clubs and grabbing collectibles on the way. Shouldn't be too bad to get finished ME: Shadow of War 90% - 100% Days Gone 70% Worms Battlegrounds 100% Sonic Mania 23% Emily Wants to Play 0% Assassin's Creed Unity 40% - 51% Late Shift 100% The Last of Us Remastered 3% Need for Speed Payback 93% Borderlands Pre Sequel 41% Sims 4 27% Plague Tale 20% - 28% Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 3% 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DFuzed Posted January 23, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 23, 2022 Update #21 for January 22nd: Diablo II Remastered - 55% +2% Word Quiz Epic Word Search Collection 2 (Vita) - 98% Life is Strange 3 (PS4) Life is Strange 3 (PS5) Life is Strange Remastered - 0% Life is Strange: BtS Remastered - 0% Procession to Calvary Lego Batman 2 (Vita) Link-a-Pix (PS4) Link-a-Pix (Vita) Spiderman (PS4) Lego Star Wars (PS3) - 80% Persona 5 Royal Trials of Mana Borderlands 2 - 20% Borderlands the Prequel - 0% The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles Persona 5 Strikers - 41% +25% These are without the DLC included in them. Swaps: 2/5 Current Plans: - Play Borderlands 2 and Persona 5 Strikers with lots to go. - Play Epic Word Search Collection 2 (Vita) if necessary. - Go back to Diablo II Remastered when possible. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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