Platinum Difficulty Challenge 2022 (CLOSED)

[Rebourne07 2,177]

Platinum Difficulty Challenge 2022

 

Premise: During the year 2022 you must earn one platinum trophy from every difficulty level 1-10. So you must earn a platinum from a 1/10 game, a 2/10 game, etc, all the up through a 10/10 game. 

 

Rules:

• The difficulty ratings can come from any trophy related website, but they cannot be your personal ratings. You must submit proof in the form of a link to each game's difficulty rating. 
  • Examples:
    • PSNProfiles - Final Fantasy XIV - 6/10
    • PlatPrices - Deathloop - 3/10
    • PowerPyx - Battlefield 2042 - 5/10
    • PlatGet - Alan Wake Remastered - 5/10
    • PlayStationTrophies - Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart - 2/10
    • Etc. - If its a reputable site with difficulty ratings that are either voted on by the community or assigned by a guide writer then it works.
• Each platinum you want to count must have a timestamp within the year 2022. You can make any amount of progress you want to before then, but the platinum trophy must be unlocked in the year 2022.
• You can join the challenge anytime and with any amount of progress already made. The challenge will be open throughout all of 2022.
• Auto-pop platinums count. The goal of this event isn't to put a bunch of restrictions on everyone to make it as hardcore as possible. The goal is to have fun. If you wanna auto-pop Spider-Man Remastered for your 3/10, that's fine. 
• You can platinum the games in any order.
• Games without a platinum do not count, regardless of the difficulty rating of achieving 100%. 
• No DLC or 100% required, only the platinum trophy.
• Each difficulty level must be completed. You cannot substitute a higher level platinum in place of a lower level platinum. It's important to the challenge that you experience every level of difficulty 1-10.
• You can start and stop the challenge at any point. If you get tired of it when you get to the higher difficulty levels, just take a break and come back. As long as it's within 2022 it counts.
• Since there's no way to prove or disprove that you used glitches or exploits...anything goes. If you want to use in game cheats on Hades, god mode on Control, the invincibility glitch on Hollow Knight, or you got Infallible on Fall Guys back when it was glitchable...then it's up to you if you want to count those or not. Hacking or other cheating that can be determined through timestamps will of course be removed and not count and you are subject to being reported to PSNProfiles mods, but platinums earned through glitches and exploits will be counted.
• Some websites differ in their difficulty ratings for the same game. For example, Resident Evil Village is listed as a 5/10 on PSNProfiles, but a 7/10 on PlatPrices. Using Resident Evil Village for either your 5 or 7 is acceptable, just not both. Like you cannot do the PS4 version as your 5 and the PS5 version as your 7. Each game needs to be unique.
• For community voted polls, it's the average that counts, not the top rated number. If the site doesn't calculate the average for you, you can use this Vote Average Calculator I wrote to make it easier.
• In regards to new releases, in order to use community voted poll ratings either the poll has to have 10+ votes or the game has to have been out 2+ months, whichever comes first. 
• If you find a rating on a site that is X.1, X.5, X.X etc. then you can count it as either/or as long as it's X.1+. So, for example, say you find a game that is rated as 6.4/10, then you can count it as either your 6 or your 7. This will especially happen a lot on playstationtrophies with ultra difficult games since the community vote method ensures a game can be 9.X but will almost certainly never be voted as a pure 10/10. In the case of a game that is 9.1+/10, you can count it as a 9 or a 10.
•  
• Do NOT argue with others in the comments about their difficulty ratings. A moderator of the event can ask them for a link to prove their ratings, but if there's a link that shows the rating, please don't argue that the game is easier or harder than what they have listed.

 

Process:

1. To sign up for the event, just comment here. It's best to comment a list of games you want to go for. Do some research on difficulty ratings of games you want to play and look up a few 7/10, 8/10, 9/10 and 10/10 games to see if you want to commit to this challenge. It will not be easy. That said, even if you provide a list of games you want to do, you are never locked into those games. You can change any game, any time. Also, its perfectly ok to plan from the beginning to only go for a bronze, silver or gold tier. There's a world of difference between a 9/10 game and a 10/10 game so if you'd like to participate in the challenge but not stress over going all the way, that's ok!
2. As you platinum a unique game from each difficulty level, post it here to update us. Of course this means there will be a lot of posts for 1/10 games, but that's fine. You don't have to post every game if you want to skip posting about the lower difficulty games, but you are welcome to. If you've already posted a game from one difficulty rating, say a 5/10, then you platinum another 5/10 game...don't post the second one. One game per rating please.
3. When you complete a tier, please tag me in a comment and I will add your name to the completed tiers section!
4. When you have completed all 10 difficulty ratings of the challenge and your name is on the Platinum tier of the leaderboards, you can add this sweet badge to your signature to show off your mad skills! Special thanks to @DrBloodmoney for designing the event badge!

 

 

The tiers for completing the Platinum Difficulty Challenge 2022 are:

Profile / Username - Date Completed / Post Link - Hardest Game Completed (Rating)

 

 ALL 10 difficulty ratings completed

Spoiler

Yuber6969 - March 15th - Vanquish (10/10)

Copanele - March 25th - Persona 4 Arena (10/10)

N1NJ4_V4MP1R3 - April 3rd - Wolfenstein 2 (10/10)

Tirmata - April 3rd - Doom 2 (10/10)

Thedah - April 29th - Vanquish (10/10)

cferguson9595 - May 1st - Vanquish (10/10)

Wurstmann69 - May 10th - Fall Guys (10/10)

TheCunchPuncher - May 13th - Wolfenstein 2 (10/10)

coldhardcrash_ - May 27th - Super Meat Boy (10/10)

escarodasoul - May 27th - Deadbolt (10/10)

Tirmata x2 - June 3rd - Diablo II: Resurrected (10/10)

BigE1286 - June 4th - Wolfenstein 2 (10/10)

LancashireLad87 - June 5th - Ultra Street Fighter IV (10/10)

Big-Brady - June 17th - Aliens vs. Predator (10/10)

Pro_Ralph_12 - June 28th - Devil May Cry 5 (10/10)

Arzoden - August 1st - Shadow Warrior (10/10)

pickles26 - August 6th - Fall Guys (10/10)

Rebourne07 - August 6th - Fall Guys (10/10)

MartialLawful - August 9th - Hollow Knight (10/10)

BlitzkriegHottie - August 10th - Wolfenstein 2 (10/10)

be_minor - August 15th - Fall Guys (10/10)

GloriousFury9414 - August 20th - Street Fighter V (10/10)

Larzz - August 24th - Fall Guys (10/10)

KindaSabbath - September 2nd - I Am Bread (10/10)

disaster500 - September 13th - Super Meat Boy (10/10)

Kramers001 - September 16th - Wolfenstein 2 (10/10)

bethharmon - September 21st - Wolfenstein 2 (10/10)

Pro_Ralph_12 x2 - September 23rd - Injustice (10/10)

kinnyman - October 1st - Hollow Knight (10/10)

Thedah x2 - October 1st - Koihime Enbu RyoRaiRai (10/10)

postofficebuddy - October 3rd - Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 (10/10)

J4MES_T1GER - October 8th - The Evil Within (10/10)

ZLordofAwesome - November 4th - Fall Guys (10/10)

xdrumrxprodigyx - November 4th - Hollow Knight (10/10)

DrunkenEngineer - November 6th - Doom (10/10)

Wook77 - November 17th - Devil May Cry 5 (10/10)

zekunlu - November 25th - Fall Guys (10/10)

Evil_Joker88 - December 3rd - Fall Guys (10/10)

Platinum_Vice - December 6th - N++ (10/10)

MD_91 - December 10th - Fall Guys (10/10)

Saligun60 - December 12th - Deadbolt (10/10)

Kramers001 x2 - December 16th - Super Meat Boy (10/10)

SethHulc - December 22nd - Hollow Knight (10/10)

Abraniell - December 22nd - Hollow Knight (10/10)

BlitzkriegHottie x2 - December 24th - Fall Guys (10/10)

Yuber6969 x2 - December 26th - Fall Guys (10/10)

ShrubbaTub - December 27th - Trackmania Turbo (10/10)

 

 Any 9 difficulty ratings completed

Spoiler

totakos1 - March 26th - Returnal (9/10)

Xylobe - May 31st - The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth (10/10)

Syr_Rys - June 19th - Devil May Cry 5 (10/10)

mizzcreed - June 21st - Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 (10/10)

DrBloodmoney - June 23rd - Curse of the Dead Gods (9/10)

victorrfuego - June 28th - Wolfenstein 2 (10/10)

Bairuto - July 11th - Fall Guys (10/10)

Wurstmann69 x2 - September 6th - The Binding of Isaac (10/10)

Specialcityman - September 12th - The Witness (9/10)

D-E-U-S-X - September 18th - I Am Bread (9/10)

Groudon9000 - September 27th - Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (9/10)

Copanele x2 - October 10th - Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (9/10)

BigE1286 x2 - October 29th - Returnal (9/10)

Pro_Ralph_12 x3 - October 31st - Outlast 2 (9/10)

steveblazinggrin - December 2nd - Fall Guys (10/10)

Its_Ryder - December 22nd - Fall Guys (10/10)

baby_bobbie - December 31st - Fall Guys (10/10)

 

 Any 8 difficulty ratings completed

Spoiler

toastyshinobi - April 2nd - Returnal (9/10)

Milkor_ - April 4th - Overwatch (10/10)

Banana_Sausage47 - April 9th - Back 4 Blood (9/10)

masnevets - May 21st - Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (9/10)

DoctorDrPepper - June 21st - Fall Guys (10/10)

Ben25BBB - June 29th - Fall Guys (10/10)

TheCunchPuncher x2 - June 29th - Sports Champions (8/10)

BlueDevl_one - July 31st - Stardew Valley (9/10)

Hitman_Spinksy1 - September 29th - Bloodborne (8/10)

MakoSOLIDER - December 3rd - Fall Guys (10/10)

amd8675309 - December 5th - Slay the Spire (8/10)

Destructor-8 - December 21st - Assetto Corsa (10/10)

Kcrack_Km - December 21st - Superbeat: Xonic (8/10)

Abraniell x2 - December 22nd - R.U.S.E. (9/10)

Fysh_Taco - December 31st - Fall Guys (10/10)

 

 Any 7 difficulty ratings completed

Spoiler

Gwendly - February 16th - The Evil Within 2 (8/10)

ZLordofAwesome - March 27th - Fall Guys (10/10)

TheSlyGCooper - April 4th - Fall Guys (10/10)

HOGIE13EIRE - April 16th - Super Meat Boy (10/10)

Warpedsavior - May 5th - Star Ocean: Till the End of Time (7/10)

xItsLesterx - May 11th - Fall Guys (10/10)

Octanity99 - May 13th - Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War (7/10)

tigersfan3023 - May 16th - Trials Rising (9/10)

PlutoRico - June 14th - The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena (10/10)

MrHealthy - June 15th - Yakuza 0 (7/10)

WhisperingDusk - June 23rd - Elden Ring (8/10)

dawid123456 - July 14th - Cuphead (8/10)

stuthesheep - August 25th - The Evil Within (9/10)

LancashireLad87 x2 - September 2nd - Dragon Ball FighterZ (8/10)

Koro249 - September 6th - Payday 2 (8/10)

Boni_Neto - September 18th - Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time (10/10)

Hurricane_Tanya - October 10th - Red Dead Redemption (7/10)

Notenoughletters - October 20th - Hollow Knight (10/10)

Rebourne07 x2 - October 25th - Conan Exiles (7/10)

MissShake - November 8th - Fall Guys (10/10)

viech54 - November 28th - Elden Ring (8/10)

dark_moon689 - December 1st - Yakuza 0 (7/10)

Han_the_Dragon - December 1st - Fall Guys (10/10)

MD_91 x2 - December 26th - Yakuza Kiwami (7/10)

Br1ste - December 31st - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (7/10)

 

This challenge has been modified, but the original idea credit goes to PlatinumBro.

Edited January 2 by Rebourne07

[Drizzora- 50]

Sign me up!

1/10-Job Simulator

2/10-MediEvil

3/10-Katamari Damacy ReRoll

4/10-Deathloop

5/10-Dishonored Definitive Edition

6/10-Titanfall 2

7/10-Demon’s Souls

8/10-Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2

9/10-I Am Bread

10/10-Devil May Cry 5

 

All difficulties are taken from PSNProfiles guides for these games except for DMC 5 and the difficulty for that game is taken from plat prices. I’m so excited for this event and it’s actually going to be my first community event ever.

Edited December 28, 2021 by Drizzora-

[Rebourne07 2,177]

4 minutes ago, Drizzora- said:

Sign me up!

1/10-Trine 2

2/10-Sly Cooper 1

3/10-Katamari Damacy ReRoll

4/10-Deathloop

5/10-Dishonored Definitive Edition

6/10-Titanfall 2

7/10-Demon’s Souls

8/10-Not Determined Yet

9/10-I Am Bread

10/10-Not Determined Yet

 

All difficulties are taken from PSNProfiles guides for these games. I’m so excited for this event and it’s actually going to be my first community event ever.

Great list! Good luck!

[Shha_D_ow 1]

Im in 👍 all from platprices/psnprofiles

Gun Crazy 1/10  (01.01.2022) Plat

Voice of Cards 2/10

Horizon Zero Dawn 3/10

Control 4/10

Captain Tsubasa: RoC 5/10

Dragon Quest Heroes 2 6/10

Sekiro : Shadows Die Twice 7/10

[Prototype] 8/10

Hollow Knight 9/10

DMC 5 or Street Fighter V yet to decide what the ultimate punshiment will be lol 10/10

 

 

Edited January 1, 2022 by Shha_D_ow

[D-E-U-S-X 660]

Count me in. It's going to be a struggle for me to find 1/10 games that interest me more as 7-10/10 games did. Is there a list of good games for every difficulty somewhere?

[Together_Comic 1,430]

As a quick question: Do we need to 100% the games that we choose or just get the platinum for them to count? 

[Rebourne07 2,177]

7 minutes ago, D-E-U-S-X said:

Count me in. It's going to be a struggle for me to find 1/10 games that interest me more as 7-10/10 games did. Is there a list of good games for every difficulty somewhere?

PlatPrices has the most searchable set of difficulty ratings

3 minutes ago, Together_Comic said:

As a quick question: Do we need to 100% the games that we choose or just get the platinum for them to count? 

Platinum only, no DLC or 100% required. I'll add that to the info in the original post thank you.

[Helyx 9,543]

I have absolutely nothing planned, but would still like to join in on the fun.

[Rebourne07 2,177]

Just now, Helyx said:

I have absolutely nothing planned, but would still like to join in on the fun.

Perfectly fine! Come up with a list later when you’re ready  Good luck! 

[Han_the_Dragon 2,109]

This is a full year event right? And from what I understood, we can use already started games.

 

Do, we need to name and commit to a 10 specific games list or can we change/decide later? (I'm terrible at keeping to a plan as some should already know from all this years...)

 

So, I'm in.. definitely need some convincing to get back to some games..

[Together_Comic 1,430]

Need a ruling on Tetris Effect, I couldn't find a guide or anything similar that gave a flat out difficulty rating, but playstation trophies has there community voting system and it has by far the largest majority for 10/10 difficulty would this count as a 10/10?  https://www.playstationtrophies.org/forum/topic/305509-platinum-difficulty-rating/

 

Edit: Nevermind PlatPrices has it as a 10/10 https://platprices.com/game/4444-tetris-effect

Edited December 1, 2021 by Together_Comic

[Rebourne07 2,177]

20 minutes ago, Han_the_Dragon said:

This is a full year event right? And from what I understood, we can use already started games.

 

Do, we need to name and commit to a 10 specific games list or can we change/decide later? (I'm terrible at keeping to a plan as some should already know from all this years...)

 

So, I'm in.. definitely need some convincing to get back to some games..

Yes this is for the full year of 2022. Any amount of progress can be made prior to 2022, but the platinum has to pop in 2022. It's best to try to come up with a list to give yourself a plan, but it's not required. You can change games at any time. It's just meant to be fun so no excessive rules or constraints

12 minutes ago, Together_Comic said:

Need a ruling on Tetris Effect, I couldn't find a guide or anything similar that gave a flat out difficulty rating, but playstation trophies has there community voting system and it has by far the largest majority for 10/10 difficulty would this count as a 10/10?  https://www.playstationtrophies.org/forum/topic/305509-platinum-difficulty-rating/

 

Edit: Nevermind PlatPrices has it as a 10/10 https://platprices.com/game/4444-tetris-effect

Yeah, I'd definitely go with 10/10 for that one. And I thought about having a special section or post on Playstationtrophies.org because their voted ratings could go either way, either 1) The number most votes have gone to 2) The average (if the site was better about providing that it'd be nice) or 3) The average rounded up, since by nature Playstationtrophies would never have a 10/10 like in the case of Tetris Effect, even though it clearly deserves its 10/10 rating. If in doubt its good to ask here or look around at a few other sites like you did. Good luck

[Evil_Joker88 2,987]

Well i'm in. I'm working on some games that goes up to difficulty 9 so i hope i'll can achieve 7 different difficulties in the next year. I'll write down a list a few days before the 2022 begins

[cferguson9595 139]

I am going to enter, just leaving a comment until I come up with a list of games. Sounds like a fun event! 

[Han_the_Dragon 2,109]

22 minutes ago, Rebourne07 said:

Yes this is for the full year of 2022. Any amount of progress can be made prior to 2022, but the platinum has to pop in 2022. It's best to try to come up with a list to give yourself a plan, but it's not required. You can change games at any time. It's just meant to be fun so no excessive rules or constraints

Ok, cool.

 

I usually do plan things, I usually just don't stick to the plan... and I don't want to commit right away to something silly like Street Fighter 5, Gran Turismo Sport, Injustice and Wipeout Omega right from the start...

 

I will make a list later, but it will always have the next 3/7 games in it, since they are on my short list to complete and it's unlikely that I will go for more platinums this year after Driver San Francisco, because of an event where I'm required to get 2-7 more DLCs to 100% before the end of December..

 

Anyway, the list is:

Final Fantasy 7 Remake

Ghost of Tsushima

Tales of Arise

Jump Force

Burnout Paradise PS4

Voice of Cards

Light Fairytale Episode 2

 

No numbers fixed yet, since i'm not sure what rarity each game is eligible for..

[Caquis_1 174]

This sounds like a lot of fun and it its a year long event, so I'll join. For my list, I'm thinking of this games:

 

1/10 - My Name is Mayo 3 (Unless they decide to troll everyone with this one, also I'm guessing this will come out somewhat early 2022)

2/10 - Spyro the Dragon

3/10 - Ratchet & Clank

4/10 - Resident Evil 5

5/10 - Resident Evil 7

6/10 - Resident Evil Village

7/10 - Thumper

8/10 - Cuphead

9/10 - Hollow Knight

10/10 - Not sure yet

[Rebourne07 2,177]

I'll add my list as an example, but your list can include any games you want. The site shown here is PlatPrices, but of course ratings can come from any trophy site or a mixture of multiple sites.

 

 

[Together_Comic 1,430]

Ok I'm definitely in.  Here's my tentative list for the year.  Though I'm not super sold on my 6 or 7 may reevaluate as time gets closer.  

 

01/10 - Oxenfree

02/10 - Rime 

03/10 - Final Fantasy VIII

04/10 - Dragon Age 2

05/10 - The Legend of Heroes Trails of Cold Steel IV

06/10 - Batman Arkham Asylum

07/10 - Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War

08/10 - Superbeat Xonic

09/10 - Track Mania Turbo

10/10 - Tetris Effect

[Rebourne07 2,177]

1 minute ago, Together_Comic said:

Ok I'm definitely in.  Here's my tentative list for the year.  Though I'm not super sold on my 6 or 7 may reevaluate as time gets closer.  

 

01/10 - Oxenfree

02/10 - Rime 

03/10 - Final Fantasy VIII

04/10 - Dragon Age 2

05/10 - The Legend of Heroes Trails of Cold Steel IV

06/10 - Batman Arkham Asylum

07/10 - Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War

08/10 - Superbeat Xonic

09/10 - Track Mania Turbo

10/10 - Tetris Effect

Amazing list! You got this bro! And of course extra love for choosing Final Fantasy VIII as your 3

[Drizzora- 50]

I might make a few adjustments here and there considering that I want to make Demon’s Souls my 20th milestone and Deathloop 30th. 

[Together_Comic 1,430]

38 minutes ago, Rebourne07 said:

Amazing list! You got this bro! And of course extra love for choosing Final Fantasy VIII as your 3

 

Thanks! Looking forward to the event. Thank you for putting it on. FF8 is the only one from the ps1 generation that I havent played and Ive been meaning to get to it. Moonshot Galaxy seems sweet and Ive been looking for a reason to "borrow" my partners VR. I might pick that up at some time....

[willythom88 1,213]

I'd love to do this.  Gonna coincide with some other events for next year to keep me from bobbling around too much, and only adding one new games to the backlog.  Gonna make this one of my two consistent events next year, so I'm pretty stoked some of it gets to be easy : D.

 

1) Life is Strange: Before the Storm - Playstationtrophies.org

2) Trials of Mana - PSNProfiles

3) Jedi's Fallen Order  - PSNProfiles

4) L.A Noire (PS4) - PSNProfiles (Guide is for the PS3 version, but I assume they overlap)

5) Star Ocean: The Last Hope International  - PSNProfiles

6) Final Fantasy X-2 - PSNProfiles

7) Yakuza 0 - PSNProfiles

8) Bound - PSNProfiles

9) I Am Bread - PSNProfiles

10) Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus - PSNProfiles

Edited December 1, 2021 by willythom88

[Ben25BBB 36]

Count me in! My tentative list below, obviously might change with new releases etc!

 

1/10: Gun Crazy

2/10: Sly Cooper 1

3/10: It Takes Two

4/10: The Last of Us Remastered

5/10: Uncharted 2

6/10: Titanfall 2

7/10: Demon’s Souls

8/10: Rogue Legacy

9/10: Returnal

10/10: Fall Guys

[postofficebuddy 1,185]

Count me in, I love these kinds of challenges. I’ll decide on a list later. 

[Wurstmann69 186]

1 My Name is Mayo - ✅ - Apr 1st

2 Maneater

3 Subnautica - ✅ - Jan 22th

4 Kaze and the Wild Masks - ✅ - Apr 1st

5 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR - ✅ - Jan 4th

6 Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back

7 Elden Ring - ✅ - Mar 2nd

8 Cuphead

9 Returnal - ✅ - Mar 29th

10 Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout - ✅ - Apr 11th

 

 

Edited April 11, 2022 by Wurstmann69