The Ultra Rare Cleanup 2022

[HedleyNEUK]

On 29/10/2022 at 2:44 PM, HedleyNEUK said:

Hey,

 

I've been absent from this thread for a while but have been ploughing through a load of my Tier 2's

 

I also need to swap IN MX vs ATV: All Out as ive got that so close to plat and should have that tonight if a boost goes well

 

 

MX vs ATV All Out now completed!

 

A nice 1.52%, which tbh isn't difficult enough to warrant such a low %, but it does have one pain trophy to Win a race against 15  other human players.

Required me to set up and organise a boosting session for it, which actually went smoother than expected

 

Still busy working my way through TheHunter DLC maps, and close on a load of others ive been working on

 

Never got Amnesia Collection done for Halloween but will leave it in the list as ive wanted to do it for ages anyways

[maxfighter23___]

i have games with ultra rare trophies and i would like to finish them of devil.may cry 5 and devil may cry 4 gta san andreas gta vice city and gta 3 but ps4 version i dont cheat i did that once but that was before i joined this event i play my games but i am not that good with gaming but i try to do my best in gaming and i use trophie guides and walktrough so that i dont miss those missable trophies it worked with persona 5 royal i unlocked a trophie lockdown trophie but i going to try to finish those ultra rare trophies because i have zero ultra rare trophies in my trophiecabinet on this site 

Edited November 1, 2022 by sword-blaster45

[Baker]

On 31-10-2022 at 9:49 AM, Dzware said:

…and will instead play Zombie Vikings instead, should hopefully be fun in co-op.

I’ve wanted to play that game for a long time.. Do you already have a full team? ?

[Destructor-8]

On 12/10/2022 at 3:25 PM, Destructor-8 said:

It is finally done! The toughest game that I've ever finished is now complete! This one was also a bounty too so even better. I've already posted this on a status update earlier this week so most of this will be familiar to whoever read that then. It's taken awhile as I'm honestly not the most efficient lol. I have been pretty on & off this for awhile although it's the only thing that I've been on since I last finished something. I'm have actually been doing the stack at the same time, which is something I don't recommend anyone to ever do. It's already pretty draining enough however I might have some more motivation this time around since I want to get on to some different stuff again. I think @Mori & @ExistentialSolid already covered this brilliantly before so there's not really much more to say about it. This isn't something that I would recommend unless you either have a wheel, decent sim experience, the willingness & determination to learn what you are in for or even a mixture of all those. It can take a long time to get accustomed to something like this whilst trying to understand where you are losing time during the hotlaps can at times seem very overwhelming especially the closer you get to the required times. There are exploits out there to use if needed to do these although I didn't use those so it did take longer to do some of these. The career is so boring since it is mindless driving however the bonus of the ultra rares at least makes up for that. The races have many work arounds so thank fuck for that as those were absolutely stupid at times. There were quite a few times where I would be in a party saying some obscenities as soon as some twat would overtake & effectively the attempt would be over right there. I'll first explain below how this all came about & why I originally started this so I will put that below.

 

I first started this up back in 2020 to try it out to see if I could do what was known as arguably the toughest racing platinum. I didn't have GT5 at the time so that was something that I got a hold of later down the line. There is also Dirt Rally 2.0 Flatout but that is purely a DLC instead. I had a go at this one since it was very much recommended to be done with a wheel rather than a controller, which is what I wanted to use for it. I tried it out over a few days & got absolutely nowhere on it. I couldn't get used to how it handled so I decided to do other stuff throughout the rest of 2020 instead. It wasn't until I came back to it until 2021 last year to be a bit more serious with it since I had improved overall. I went straight into one of the hardest hotlaps & after a week of practice I was finally able to do it. I had a lot of other games to do at the time so I had to put it off for a bit knowing that it was going to take a lot of time & practice to do everything in it. I did actually end up attempting the GT5 Vettel challenges in 2021 as I now had a good comparison. I did everything except Suzuka where I was just about a second off of doing it over a week. I had done a lot of other stuff at the time & wasn't enjoying the pure difficult nature of that either so I went to do some other stuff to change things up a bit.

 

It wasn't until earlier this year where I was finishing up the rest of the Gran Turismo series where I decided to get back to Assetto to just get it done. It's been a bitch getting through some of these hotlaps considering how much time these can take. There are exploits available to use as well as traction control that can be used for certain cars but I didn't wanna use any unless it was for the stack. There was a point where I didn't have any motivation when I got to what I would say is the hardest one of all. I already made a post about it but I just couldn't seem to get it. I was able to finally do it though since I needed even more precision than before to do it. I'll put this one below.

 

 

The difference between using a wheel or not is absolutely huge since apparently there is a lot more understeer with a controller. This along with not using traction meant that quite a few took even longer than usual. I still would put Vettel Suzuka above this overall in difficulty since it is not as repeatable & requires more muscle memory to do. I need to finish it off to be done with the Gran Turismo series though. I'll also list the time & difficulty that I would personally order the hotlaps in.

 

1.   (10/10)    /  (22hrs) - Alpha 4C vs Green Hell

2.   (10/10)    /  (28hrs) - Clear Ahead (Need to rate again)

3.   (10/10)    /  (20hrs) - A Whole New Toy

4.   (10/10)    /  (20hrs) - Forbidden Record

5.   (9.5/10)   /   (7hrs)  - Demon on Wheels

6.   (9.5/10)   /   (3hrs)  - Flight Simulator

7.   (9.5/10)   /   (4hrs)  - GRA Challenge

8.   (9.5/10)   /   (2hrs)  - British Racing Green

9.     (9/10)    /   (1hrs)  - Your Time Will Come

10.   (9/10)    /   (3hrs)  - Alessi Says, Step On It

11.   (9/10)    /   (2hrs)  - German Fury

12.   (9/10)    /   (2hrs)  - Italy 1987

13.  (8.5/10)  /   (2hrs)  - Free The Beast

14.  (8.5/10)  /   (2hrs)  - Thunder

15.    (8/10)   /   (1hrs)  - Look at me

 

The difficulty of the hotlaps is going to be different for everyone since the order that you do these in will make a difference. There was a lot of changing around with setups as well so along with the tagged guys above I found @Bullet_KwT, @bdias10 & @VirtualNight videos all incredibly helpful for reference points. There was also great help from @Don_carlito94 who would be in a party quite often whilst I would attempt something. I had @item112z as well giving plenty of advice on whatever I was doing at the time. There have seriously been so many amazing people that have been around just so that I can get this done, which I'm incredibly thankful for including anyone in the group chats that I'm in as well as the discord groups that I use. The videos for hotlap references, race strategies, setups & positive messages were very helpful! I'll put the final one that I did below.

 

 

Swaps - Out - Battlefield 4

                  In - Killzone: Shadow Fall

 

Tier 1 (Updated)

 

 

I now need to do the stack for Assetto so hopefully I'll be able to do an update in the coming weeks for that. The majority of that is just the career, which as mentioned earlier is very boring lol. I don't ever recommend to do this back to back although it's nice that there are more ultra rares to get still. I don't think that I will personally ever top this platinum even though I have got some pretty tough ones planned that I would like to take on sometime. I wanna finally for the last time say thanks to @bdias10, @Bullet_KwT, @Don_carlito94, @ExistentialSolid, @item112z, @Mori & @VirtualNight for everything that you have posted since your experiences have been incredibly valuable to use. I will at least have some more motivation to get back to doing the Dirt Rally 2.0 Flatout DLC now especially as that one is even more draining although I have done quite a lot of it already. I think I'll be putting that one above this though so I'll do what I can when I get back to it. I appreciate everything & all of you for your kind words so cheers! It's time get another bounty & do it again!

 

I have another update & another bounty too. It's finally done again! It's been a few weeks since I did this for the first time & now I've been able to get it done again. There's been hundreds of hrs in getting into sim racing & taking on different games to take on stuff like this. I have really enjoyed improving the more that I do whilst meeting many great players as well as have some of the sim racing youtubers follow the progress that I have made. There's not as much to say with this one so I'll mention a bit about the races within the special events this time. The races that I mention within the special events are some of the toughest things that you can do in this. These must be done on alien difficulty which is the highest available & this is really tough. This is something that is borderline impossible since you won't be able to catch up & compete here as you will not be able to match the speed that alien difficulty is at. There are various methods to get into the lead as then it is all about keeping the right lines & not allowing space for any overtaking to happen. I'll put a video of one of these where you have to be absolutely on it to do it.

 

 

It didn't take too long to do all of these again however some are just not very repeatable at all so it can take a long time to get things into your favour. It really takes just one thing to completely mess everything up & it can take quite awhile to even get an attempt at it. The thing is once you are over taken then that is pretty much it as the pace that you must be at is beyond what is actually possible. If there weren't any methods then I don't know how many would be able to do this. The following video was the one that I found to be the most tough to do again.

 

 

I wanna thank everyone as always for being so helpful whether it's been for advice, setups or general motivation so it's much appreciated. I'll be on Assetto Corsa Competizione to finish off a nice streak of games. It's been great to do a platinum like this although doing it back to back really takes a lot of time. I'll get this last one done before I have a break from racing games so that I can do some different stuff.

 

Tier 1 (Updated)

 

 

It's on to Assetto Corsa Competizione now & after that then I'll finally get back to Armored Core: Verdict Day to finish that hardcore run off. It will be nice to get some other stuff done after that. I'm just glad to be finally done & the bounty is always cool to get. It's much appreciated & thank you all for everything!

Edited November 1, 2022 by Destructor-8

[kraven_15]

Super Stardust HD

Finally completed this after 10.5 years ? I only had two hardest trophies left to do, one for collecting 15 bombs in Bomber and one for blowing up 10 nukes in Endless.

I think the Bomber mode one took me about 750 attempts. I can see why i gave up on it so many years ago... glad i came back to it though ? 

It's a really fun game if you're just playing for pure enjoyment... these last two trophies though could make a fella go bald.

Next up is eith Transformers FoC or Proyotype / Piers Solar. I need an UR game starting with P. Leaning toward Piers... we'll see.

 

Dying Light - 0.62 - 100%

Hunted: The Demon Forge - 4.73 - 100%

Vikings: Wolves of Midgard - 3.44 - 100%

Everspace - 2.65 - 100%

Super Stardust HD - 1.89 - 100%

Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 - 1.89 - 91% complete)

Prototype - 3.12 - 0% complete

Lost Planet 3 - 1.67 - 28% complete

Twisted Metal - 0.44 - 78% complete

Transformers: Fall of Cybertron - 3.88 - 33% complete

[Walt the Dog]

Pro Evolution Soccer 2014 (EU) - 100%

 

 

JP and EU down, just NA to go now. Master League was a fucking slog as expected, but at least it's just menuing, which makes it a bit easier to slog through compared to Become a Legend.

 

Hoping I can get done the NA version over the next few days since I'm at home until next Tuesday anyway, after which I get to decide if I wanna actually bother making a Tier 2 or bite the bullet and just make something ridiculous in anticipation that two months won't be enough time for me to burn through 10 UR games anyway.

[Joe Dubz]

Waddup everyone!! Just a quick update for me... It has only been 6 months since my last UR plat pop with Trials Rising, but I was able to finish off Gods Will Fall last week. It's a fun an interesting take on the hack n slash genre!

 

You start off on a map with 10 boss arenas to choose from. Fortunately for me, I had @Fleks_Mhteam explaining to me the best order to take, as some of them are way easier than others! We do have a trophy guide in the works as well, so stay tuned for that. 

 

Anyway, you pick a boss then travel through their realm, fighting minions along the way. One of the catches with this game is that, by killing minions, you actually weaken the boss a tad. But since you are likely gonna need to restart multiple times to get the weird, missable, miscellaneous trophies out of the way, it's actually easier to just run past them ?

 

It was a pretty good challenge, but nothing too crazy. We both agreed it's 5/10, but we're gonna set the guide at a 6, for all intents and purposes of course. Here's a video of a random boss fight, in case you're interested. For this one, the miscellaneous trophy is to avoid those lightning strikes on the ground:

 

So here we are at my current progress:

Crypt of the Necrodancer (0.06%/0.06%) 69%

Dead Cells (3.86%/0%!) 58%

Death Road to Canada (HK stack; 2.63%) 81%

Gods Will Fall (3.73%) 100%

Hyper Light Drifter (2.57%/1.67%) 9%

Nuclear Throne (0.39%) 62%

Slime San (EU stack; 3.13%) 100%

Trials Fusion (0.1%) 100%

Trials Rising (3.73%) 100%

Velocity 2X (1.44%/0/33%) 8%

 

As for some Crypt news, I've been making pretty good progress there. I was able to get my Aria low% run done, which took roughly 6 weeks of exclusive practice to pull off. If there's one thing about this game, it's all about perseverance. I can't even tell you how many times I died, or was so close to the end and just botched it after a dumb mistake, or had some incredibly bad RNG ruin everything! It's extremely enjoyable to me tho, so it really doesn't feel like a hassle or a chore or anything. 

 

I have since then been practicing towards an all chars run. I also decided, hey now seems as good a time as any to see what the DLC is about! It's been a shit tonne of fun, lots of new items, new characters, and new game modes to play. I actually just got my first Nocturna clear a few minutes ago. Geezus man, her 2 unique bosses at the very end have probably been the hardest ones in the entire game IMO! No way to cheese or quick kill them (that I've noticed anyway lol!). 

 

I think for now, I'll just stick with the DLC stuff (I'll remove it for the all chars runs, as it adds an extra zone which I don't wanna have to do for that!). There's a story mode in there too, where you have to complete Nocturna, Cadence, Melody, and Aria back to back. So it's like an all chars lite run if anything! That will most likely be my next focus. 

 

I'll prob find something a little more Zenlike too in the interim, just haven't decided what yet. I'll keep yinz posted! Anyway, cheers and keep on popping those URs my friends!

[Berendsapje]

On 31/10/2022 at 9:25 PM, HedleyNEUK said:

 

MX vs ATV All Out now completed!

 

A nice 1.52%, which tbh isn't difficult enough to warrant such a low %, but it does have one pain trophy to Win a race against 15  other human players.

Required me to set up and organise a boosting session for it, which actually went smoother than expected

MX vs ATV All Out buddies!
 

MX vs ATV All Out All 40 Trophies • 5/10 1x 15h 2nd November 2022 • Platinum in 6 months, 3 weeks

PS4

S RANK

4926 100%

1.55%

I'm not actually one hunderd percent sure if this counts, seeing as I never actually put this on my list out of the belief that I'd never find 15 other people to do this with, but here we are. If it doesn't count then well damn but if it does I'm at 6/10. Gonna just sneak that in there as I haven't played Star Wars Racers Revenge since March. Also gonna put Moto Racer 4 in which I think I removed at one point, not sure. So bye bye F1 2010 I guess 


Project Cars 
F1 2013 
Moto Racer 4
F1 2017
Tour de France 2014 (PS4)
Driver: San Francisco 
MX vs ATV All Out 
F1 2015
Olympic games Vancouver 2010 
Grid Autosport 

[Walt the Dog]

Pro Evolution Soccer 2014 (NA) - 100%

 

And that's PES 2014 as well as Tier 1 done.

 

Overall probably one of the easiest sports plats in existence. Not quite as braindead as say, the infamous 2006 sports achievement lists over on the 360, but aside from length, it's pretty damn close. Basically no knowledge of soccer needed to get by in the game and most of the plat is just monotonous menuing or letting the game play matches for you, with only Become a Legend requiring actual gameplay, which still only totals out to about 16 or so games (5 games for S.America, 11 for Asia) which can all be done on Beginner with a 109-rated soccer god to make things easier (debuffing every other team would probably make it even easier, but it's not necessary).

 

EU version isn't that far off from going Very Rare since it's sitting at a precarious 4.96%, but the NA and JP versions are pretty good for EZPZ UR. The game was even free on PS+ at one point, so you might not even have to buy it.

 

In any case, Tier 2 pending...

[Walt the Dog]

Tier 2: Backlog Edition

 

• Eyepet - 7%

• Super Time Force Ultra - 17%

• Little Deviants - 89%

• Dance Dance Revolution (NA) - 92%

• Titan Souls - 25%

• Starwhal (NA) - 78%

• Rack n Ruin - 4%

• LittleBigPlanet 3 (PS4) - 40%

• PixelJunk Shooter Ultimate - 40%

• Start the Party! - 58%

 

Doubt I can finish this off in the space of slightly less than two months, but I figure I can at least try and if nothing else, this list will certainly raise my completion percentage some since I'm not starting anything new. Might be possible since I took care not to include anything too horrifically grindy aside from DDR, though the difficulty-gating on some of these might prove a bit much for me, with Little Deviants in particular being a plat I made an honest effort on back in 2019 only to fall at the hurdle of getting some of the golden spaceships.

 

EDIT: Up to 21/30 Golden Spaceships on Little Deviants already (started at 20). I decided to do a run of Bouncer Trouncer since that was one of my trouble games when I was going for this and I managed to squeeze out a gold run first try by like 350 points. Was worried I wouldn't get anywhere close since I only got the All Stars bonus on one level, but thankfully this isn't one of the games that demands a near-perfect run.

Edited November 3, 2022 by Walt the Dog

[vvinushan]

Here with a quick update! Medal of Honor on the PS3 is now complete

[dieselmanchild]

Swapping in Two Worlds 2 and moving Trine 2 over to Tier 2.

 

Tier 1

1.  Thief- (3.75%)
2.  Fallen Legion: Flames of Rebellion - (1.96%)
3.  Grip Combat Racing - (3.00%)
4.  Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 - (3.59%)
5.  Two Worlds 2 - (2.53%/0.71%)
6.  Magicka 2 - (1.33%)
7.  Team Sonic Racing  - (4.02%)
8.  Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout - (2.98%)
9.  Deep Rock Galactic (0.60/0.42%)
10.  Kingdom Come: Deliverance - (2.28/0.63%)

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 #298 - Two Worlds II - (2.53%/0.71%)

 

This month I continued my tradition of late of deviating from my planned list and starting 2 random games completely on a whim, with Two Worlds 2 being one of them. After playing Arcania (Gothic 4) this past summer I was in the mood for a similar style of RPG, and with TW2 collecting dust in my PS3 backlog since forever, it seemed like now was the perfect time to give it a try.

 

Two Worlds 2 is a fantasy action-RPG that was released in 2010 by a Polish game developer called Reality Pump. Quite recently I learned a new term for a sub genre of games, mostly RPGs, referred to as “Eurojank.” This typically refers to a collection of low-budget games from small foreign studios (ie. The Witcher 1 & 2, the Gothic series, Stalker, or more arguably even more recent PS4 games like GreedFall) that typically have ambitions and aspirations far beyond the scope of their budget and technical limitations, sometimes to hilarious effect. Despite the way it sounds, it appears to be a term of endearment and affection more than anything, and these games and series often develop devoted cult followings who love them.

 

TW2 is undoubtedly one of these games, and ngl it really puts the ‘jank’ in the Eurojank and was almost comical at times with how unapologetic it is about its jankiness. I’ve never been one of those guys who fusses over graphics and tech and FPS and all that shit as I find the substance of a game far more important, but even I was taken back at how poorly TW2 ran. It was very playable, but there was this constant lag as if the game was running at like 15-20 FPS, and a lot of the little things like looting items, using menus and items or hot keys was just a clunky mess. The combat was also really clunky and resulted in a lot of unintentional hilarious moments, but that didn’t stop me from having a blast playing it.

 

Despite the obvious low budget, this game had a lot of ambition that had to be admired, and did provide a large world with a lot of exploration and content. It also had some neat features. Undoubtedly the biggest standout of the game was the magic and spellcrafting system in the game, which was one of the most unique and innovative magic systems I’ve seen in any RPG game period. It’s a card based system where you collect/buy cards throughout the game and then use them to craft spells which are stored inside amulets. You start with a base effect, like an element, or healing aura, or summoning etc, and then add all sorts of modifier cards to add damage, range, or effects to the spell so you can decide if you want a homing missile for example, or an AOE affect, or damage over time or whatever. It allows for an incredible level of customization in building really unique spells with interesting effects tailored to every situation, as well as stacking different types of spells in a chain within the amulet for some pretty epic and OP results.

 

I actually wish I’d spent a lot more time experimenting with building different types of spells or trying different magic based builds, as there was a TON of depth there and endless opportunities for experimentation. But alas, it was also a little overwhelming, and so when I got lazy I would always opt back into a Warrior build and just hulk smash everything in sight with big swords. But I spent a few hours thumbing through YouTube videos and looking at some of the coolest magic builds people created and it really helped demonstrate the potential of the system when you understand how to use it effectively. Unfortunately on PS3 I found it quite clunky to juggle lots of spells or items smoothly in combat, but based on YT videos it looks like the system is really at its best on PC where you can have a full action bar and toggle very easily between different spells and staves/wands to swap different types of magic very quickly.

 

This game also has an interesting (albeit completely dead) multiplayer side to it. Along with some typical multiplayer game modes, there is an entire online co-op campaign with its own missions and a completely separate character and level progression from the main game. It was quite fun playing through it and earning all the co-op trophies with a small group I found here on PSNP. It’s a shame it’s so dead because I imagine in 2010 a fully separate 4 player online co-op campaign was a pretty innovative addition to an RPG like this.

 

It’s kind of hard to recommend this game as to be honest I think the majority of modern gamers wouldn’t have the patience for a clunky and janky ass game like this, but for those who love a good RPG or appreciate similar types of Eurojank games, this one is a lot better than I expected it to be. I enjoyed it a lot, and it had a nice UR platinum as a reward, as well as a really fun Pirate DLC that was even more enjoyable than the main game in most parts, despite being criminally expensive on the PS3 store.
 

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With TW2 done, it’s now on to Tier 2! ?

 

I’ve already got a handful of games in mind, mostly ones that I subbed out earlier in favour of these, but I’ll start putting together a list and post it soon.

 

I know for sure that my next one here will be Call of Duty: WW2 as that’s been the other game I’ve been working on all month and I’m nearing the finish.

 

Cheers everyone, keep those rare plats comin!

 

 

 

 

 

Edited November 3, 2022 by dieselmanchild

[MrHealthy]

On 11/1/2022 at 11:05 PM, kraven_15 said:

Super Stardust HD

 

Not to be a downer as this is still an accomplishment but this doesn't have any UR trophies.

Its rarest trophy is very rare at 5.50%. So I don't think it actually counts.

[kraven_15]

23 hours ago, MrHealthy said:

 

Not to be a downer as this is still an accomplishment but this doesn't have any UR trophies.

Its rarest trophy is very rare at 5.50%. So I don't think it actually counts.

Oh dear, I think you're right.

I guess I looked at the overall 100% total of 1.86% and remembered what a pain those two trophies were and didn't look at the individual %.

Good pick up... still, no regrets. I'm glad I finished it

 

[Walt the Dog]

Little Deviants - 89% (No Change)

 

Been working on this on and off over the day and I'm at 24/30 golden spaceships now. Remaining ones are Smashing Tune, City Shover, Tower of Boing, Manic Melter, Neutron Nudger, and Cannon Codes. The ones I'm most worried about at this point are Manic Melter (requires a perfect run with the bonus stages being the main nuisance), Tower of Boing (controls are a PITA even with a Vita hard cover to stop random back touch pad inputs), and City Shover (precision back touch pad inputs suck ass, why did anyone think it was a good idea when it isn't even one-to-one with the screen...).

 

LittleBigPlanet 3 (PS4) - 46%

 

Not much definitively done, but I made a grabbag of progress between Adventure (all but one Prologue level aced and MP-played), Popit Academy (Term 1 aced), and The Journey Home (first level aced). Also tried out glitching through Adventure only to have it be very spotty for me on whether it would work or not. Got it to work through a couple of levels before the game shat out on me and I couldn't get it working again, culminating in the game refusing to load in Sackboy at startup, leading to me giving up on glitches for now and just loading my old saves from 2014. Considering that, I'd rather go through and ace everything I comfortably can before glitch clearing whatever's left over (fingers crossed it's nothing considering this game isn't supposed to be too hard).

Edited November 4, 2022 by Walt the Dog

[OzaXD]

I've been quite busy the past few months with my last trimester coming to an end however I've been slowly chipping away at my tier 2 so I'm due for a quick update!

 

 

#12 Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time

 

Difficulty: 7/10

Enjoyment: 4.5/10

 

Everyone know's about crash 4 so i'll refrain myself from writing a long review. 

I completed this game about 2 months ago, and enjoyed it for the most part although the grindiness towards to end ruined it quite a bit for me. The N. Verted filters quickly lost their quirkiness and fun quite quickly and some were downright miserable to play. The water filter physically made me ill to play, thankfully it was one of the shorter worlds.

The majority of the difficulty were in a select few levels trying to obtain the "N Sanely perfect" relic requiring the player to break all boxes while having no deaths. The 2 most difficult levels I remember struggling with were "toxic tunnels", as the hidden gem path was a headache and "crash landed" as it was easily the longest level in the game.

I found most of the time trial relics fairly simple and far more enjoyable than following a guide for 10 minutes breaking absurdly well hidden boxes, and personally don't recall struggling with any of the time trials for to long.

 

 

 

 

 

#13 Super Meat Boy

 

Difficulty: 9/10

Enjoyment: 8/10

 

Another popular game in the UR community I'm sure everyone is familiar with! I had a 3000 trophy milestone coming up and I had SMB on my backlog for quite awhile so I decided it was finally time to start it.

I first played SMB around 2011 when it first came to steam on PC but I was never able to finish the final boss fight, however even back then I loved the difficulty of the game.

This time around the real difficulty began in my opinion with the last 3 no-death trophies.

 

Zombie Boy: I only recall a few of the stages being difficult however they were VERY inconsistent making the trophy a bit frustrating. The step up from the previous worlds was instantaneous and nothing prior was comparable.

 

Girl Boy: One of the more "fair" of the difficult worlds as there wasn't a lot of randomness to the levels. It definitively felt like it was nothing other than my fault when I failed, compared to a few of the prior levels. Although the mini saws on 19 and 20 still felt completely inconsistent to me which caused the majority of my time spent and frustration.

 

Impossible Boy: Originally when I was routing this world I was very worried as the difficulty spike to anything prior was once again immediately noticeable, but I'm happy I managed to clear it in only a few days small dedicated sessions broken up throughout. The hardest stages to me were 1 + 19 + 20 by far, however towards the end of my attempts my 19 became really consistent compared to my ~20% clear rate when I first began trying.

 

When I first began the floatiness of meat boy in the air felt a lot worse than I remembered although towards the end of my completion I started to respect it and use it to my advantange once I was comfortable with controlling it. The game was a lot of fun and I loved going for some leaderboard times inbetween my no-death runs to chill out a bit and improve my movement, although starting the game in the middle of my exam peroid probably didn't help with the added stress. ?

[Prometheous101]

Killing Floor: Incursion

   4/10, 10 hours
 VR GAME
 Co-op story campaign featuring a bunch of characters from Killing Floor 2 ( Patriarch - KF 2 boss, Matriarch before here transition, basically her origin story, that guy with the gas mask thats a playable character in KF2.)
   Melee weapons that can slide Zeds arms and legs, most notably that Zed with a sword hand, which you can cut of and then use it as a weapon yourself. Plenty of guns to play around with. Game comes down to mostly shooting and slashing, but there is a sniper level where you need to defend a point in front of the building which I thought was pretty cool.
   Survival mode which has a few trophies tied to it, pretty fun, but nothing to do other than kill stuff and do headshots to increase your score for the 10k score trophy.
Can be a bit tiring ,but nothing to worry about. Plenty of options to choose, those that have played a few VR games should definitely choose the free movement as ALL BOSSES AND EVERYTHING ELSE CAN BE CHEESED BY JUST WALKING BACKWARDS AND SHOOTING.

Note1: 1 and a half playthroughs are needed, or 2 if you wish to help out your coop partner do the hardcore. ONLY THE HOST GETS THE HARDCORE DIFFICULTY TROPHY AND A FEW OTHERS.
Note2: PS Moves ONLY. No dualshock support.
Note3: Overall ,a 1 day ez pez Ultra Rare plat + 5 URs.

 

LAST GAME IN MY TIER 2

1. Mortal Blitz - EU stack * 4.97% when I have added it to my tier.
2. Mortal Blitz: Combat Arena - 1.27% (No Plat)
3. Rick & Morty: Virtual Rick-ality - NA stack - 4.34%
4. Mortal Blitz - NA stack - 3.06%
5. Fantasy Strike - 0.68%
6. Unearthing Mars 2 (EU stack) - 4.56% (No Plat)
7. Unearthing Mars 2 (NA stack) - 4.61% (No Plat)
8. Unturned (EU stack) - 0.80%
9. Firewall Zero Hour - 0.41% plat
10. Killing Floor: Incursion - 2.26% plat

Edited November 4, 2022 by Prometheous101

[Walt the Dog]

On 11/2/2022 at 10:37 PM, Walt the Dog said:

Tier 2: Backlog Edition

 

• Eyepet - 7%

• Super Time Force Ultra - 17%

• Little Deviants - 89%

• Dance Dance Revolution (NA) - 92%

• Titan Souls - 25%

• Starwhal (NA) - 78%

• Rack n Ruin - 4%

• LittleBigPlanet 3 (PS4) - 40%

• PixelJunk Shooter Ultimate - 40%

• Start the Party! - 58%

 

Doubt I can finish this off in the space of slightly less than two months, but I figure I can at least try and if nothing else, this list will certainly raise my completion percentage some since I'm not starting anything new. Might be possible since I took care not to include anything too horrifically grindy aside from DDR, though the difficulty-gating on some of these might prove a bit much for me, with Little Deviants in particular being a plat I made an honest effort on back in 2019 only to fall at the hurdle of getting some of the golden spaceships.

 

EDIT: Up to 21/30 Golden Spaceships on Little Deviants already (started at 20). I decided to do a run of Bouncer Trouncer since that was one of my trouble games when I was going for this and I managed to squeeze out a gold run first try by like 350 points. Was worried I wouldn't get anywhere close since I only got the All Stars bonus on one level, but thankfully this isn't one of the games that demands a near-perfect run.

 

Just figured out today that the new Move controllers I got recently can't connect to my PS3 for whatever reason, so since my old ones can't work without being plugged in (which massively reduces the range to the point that I can't use them for most games) and I dunno when I'm gonna get around to replacing the batteries in them so I can actually use them (assuming it's even possible, though I'd be surprised if it wasn't), I'll be replacing EyePet and Start the Party! with the following...

 

The Bit.Trip - 47%

Driver: San Francisco - 32%

 

Might place the two Move games back in if I can get to fixing my PS3-era controllers sooner rather than later. Whether they'll replace the games I subbed in for them or other games in the list, I'll decide when I get there.

 

In brighter news...

 

Little Deviants - 91%

 

Up to 27/30 Golden Spaceships with just Manic Melter, Tower of Boing, and Smashing Tune left. Smashing Tune should mostly be a matter of finding an online virtual organ or something to match the needed tones, though the former two are gonna be the potential plat killers for me. Thankfully got done the miscellaneous trophy for Neutron Nudger during my gold run for that, so the golden spaceships are the only thing between me and the sub-1 plat now.

 

Dance Dance Revolution (NA) - 97%

 

Was downstairs in the basement trying to take care of a boost for Rock Band 2 and when the servers refused to cooperate at all, after some mucking about that led to the tragic discovery about the PS4-era Move controllers, I decided to take care of the calorie grind on this. Turns out it goes quicker than I thought it would since loading up Challenge charts and mashing two pads with each foot (Challenge makes this easier by opening up diagonals as note inputs) would net me ~400-500 calories per song. Very tiring grind, though. In any case, the plat is pretty much just a relatively large and mildly RNG grind now to max out every track in Club mode.

 

 

Edited November 5, 2022 by Walt the Dog

[Copanele]

Got a second game done for Tier 2 - King of Seas

 

1. Blazblue Continuum Shift Extend (PS3) -  
2. Mirror's Edge (hahx2)
3. John Wick Hex
4. King of Seas -  
5. Serious Sam Collection Arcana Heart 3 Love Max
6. Dead or Alive 5
7. Street Fighter x Tekken
8. Fort Triumph
9. Ricochet HD
10. Grand Ages Medieval

This one was a very fun and chill pirate simulator game. Basically you plunder, sell, upgrade your ship, plunder some more and discover stuff in the world. 

The reason why it's UR is because when it launched the difficulties didn't stack and people just...abandoned it. Now the difficulties stack so one playthrough is all it's needed (played 2 because I was afraid of the final difficulty  )

 

Also swapping Serious Sam Collection for Arcana Heart 3 Love Max. This one has servers, so up in the priority lists it goes!

[Arcesius]

I just finished a new game, so I'm gonna swap it in before it's too late  

 

 

Velocity 2X

This was a pretty fun game. I had no experience with Velocity Ultra, so I didn't really know what to expect going into this one. The game was overall easier to 100% than I expected, but that's not necessarily a bad thing ? 

 

The last three levels in the main game have you control two mirrowed ships at once, and there is an entire DLC consisting of 10 levels using that mechanic exclusively. Initially I thought I would never manage to wrap my head around that type of gameplay, but it is really fun to see how quickly you start to assimilate that gameplay and it starts feeling somewhat natural. 

 

Overall a fun and short 100%  

 

Next up? I have a business trip coming up so probably nothing new for a couple of days. I might then jump into Neon Drive or start Fury Unleashed if @Mori isn't too busy with God of War, as we planned on giving that one a go in coop  We'll see. 

[ShadyWARcotix]

Update:




Finished Wheelman. A game with Vin Diesel. You are playing an undercover agent named Milo Burkos and doing jobs for different gangs in Barcelona. There are different side missions. Like doing rampages, doing street races, "air jacking" and stealing cars and delivering them to a specific spot. So you have a lot of stuff to do (105 side missions), destroying 100 cat statues and 50 stunt jumps (similar to GTAs monster stunts). The hardest part would be S ranking all side missions because there can be 1 or 2 in each side mission which are annoying but nothing too difficult imo. I would still rate it a good 6. Really enjoyable game. The coolest part would be also the "Cyclone" skill where you turning your vehicle 90 degrees and killing enemies in slow mo. Killing enemies in slow mo never gets old.

Also made a little progress in Trackmania Turbo. I'm in the red series and the fun starts now!!

Tier 2 list:

- Yakuza 4 (PS3)
- Silent Hill HD

- Jet Set Radio

- Grand Theft Auto IV

- Driver: San Francisco

- Yakuza Dead Souls

- Vin Diesel Wheelman

- Trackmania Turbo

- No Straight Roads

Edited November 7, 2022 by ShadyWARcotix

[Cruscah]

Here's my tier 3:

• Dandara (4.11% / 3.13%) 0%
• Dead Cells (4.21% / 0.43%) 0%
• Furi (1.71%) 0%
• Killzone: Mercenary (4.05%) 77%
• Lovely Planet (0.00%) 0%
• OlliOlli2 (0.64%) 0%
• Red Dead Redemption 2 (2.36%) 32%
• Superhot (4.64%) 0%
• Verlet Swing (0.67%) 82%
• Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (0.97% / 0.53%) 0%

Spoiler

 

The goal is to complete at least 3 of those games, finishing the tier is out of question.

[DrunkenEngineer]

We get two updates for the price of one!

 

First off Slain: Back From Hell.  A mashup of Castlevania and Dark Souls with a heavy dose of metal music.  What we have here is ultimately shallow, but can be a fun time with tempered expectations.  My initial impressions were "damn, this game is punishing".  Miss a parry and you are hosed.  Whiff a jump and you die.  But at least the level checkpoints are plentiful and the metal soundtrack is inspiring.  The trophy list is sort of a mixed bag, with the no-death runs and boss no-damage trophies ultimately becoming a test of persistence and tedium, rather than skill.  By my fourth run through I had the game on autopilot and it did feel like a well-earned victory lap.

 

And the piece de resistance...DOOM 2!  The absolute hardest gaming feat I've completed in my storied career.  Absolute full disclosure: I quickly resorted to the depatch method after a handful of levels in Nightmare Co-op, and ran the majority of the time in v1.06.  After clearing the infamous level 29 I updated to the latest version and have been working on clears with the fast monsters.  I've gotten one in single player, at least!

 

 

 

We've got some swaps in here, but let's be honest - with 5 more games to go I don't think Tier 1 is going to happen.  I signed up back in May so even if we finish out with only 5 games, what I did get through I'm pretty proud of!

[HedleyNEUK]

 

 

Second of my Tier 2 done, Lawn Mowing Simulator, a nice 3% UR Plat and a 1.5% 100%

 

The game is generally pretty chill, with not too much of a grind, but does have some tricky "Challenges", but thanks to Youtube vids and some practice the tricky ones are doable

 

Also made some more progress on the DLC maps for Call of the Wild now that they are all obtainable again

 

Cheers!

[Thedah]

Managed to get two games done today! Yakuza 5 and Mortal Kombat X.

 

Yakuza 5 was a huge grind... especially the coliseum. Took me 115 hours to platinum.