Spring 2022 Backlog Challenge

[GraniteSnake]

43 minutes ago, Crispy_Oglop said:

 

Props for getting Mafia III set up. I was playing it around the time the trophy issues were starting to get reported and I ended up getting shafted. I couldn't bring myself to go back and do it again at the time. Is it true that if you play it on PS Now the trophies are all working? Or is it a case of having to downgrade to the 1.09 version as a mandatory thing? It's kinda mind blowing they never fixed this in the years the game has been out.

 

That used to be the case but not anymore because the PS Now version was updated and is now the 'definitive edition' (1.12) which has a bunch of bugged trophies. From what I've read, downgrading to 1.09 is your best bet as it seems that all of the trophies are working as intended in this version.

 

I used this thread:

The fourth post contains everything you need. It seems like a massive undertaking at first but it isn't actually that bad. The video guide compliments the text guide and is very useful if you get stuck. It's worth mentioning that I needed to disable the firewall on both windows and my antivirus to get step 6 to work. 

[StilRh]

Hi guys. Update a day early as I can tell you right now I'm going to be too knackered to post tomorrow.

This week has been quite good trophy wise. I've passed the half trophy completion point in Deep Rock Galactic, have spent more time gardening in Nier Replicant (no white flowers yet) and worked on some battle trophies in Cold Steel. Between those games I've dabbled in some off list games.

 

This week I think more of the same. I've learned to love the scout class in DRG and I want those sweet Nier trophies. Cold Steel I'll play on my days off so I can get engrossed in the story with no work distractions. I want to lean into Forbidden West again, it's 100 gig install and I want to reclaim that space! I might continue to play off list games as I'm trying to bump up my completion score in another trophy challenge and some of the games I'm thinking about are low hanging fruit, the other game, XCOM2 War of the Chosen has been on my mind for sometime as I've been watching a ChristopherOdd lets play of it.

 

Have a good week all

Spoiler

Deep Rock Galactic 40% > 51%

Dying light 2 100%

Elden Ring 11%

Horizon Forbidden West 34%

Legend of Heroes: Tales of Cold Steel 2 14% > 15%

Muv-Luv Alternative 20%

Nier Replicant 31% > 32%

Okami 18%

Sakura: Of rice and ruin 100%

Undermine 41%

 

[DFuzed]

Update #6 for April 16th:

 

Lego Star Wars Clone Wars (PS3) - 80%

Guardians of the Galaxy (PS4)

Slay The Spire - 19% +6%

Life is Strange Remastered - 64% +3%

Life is Strange BtS - 0%

Ni No Kuni Remastered - 25% +11%

Diablo 2 Resurrected - 65%

Flowers by Powgi (PS5) - 91% +30%

Flowers by Powgi (PS4) - 0%

Persona 4 (Vita) - 54%

Hades (PS4) - 54% +14%

 

Swaps Used: 2/5

 

Current plans:

 

- Using Life is Strange Remastered as my backup game, currently on Chapter 4, 6/10 photos

- Play Ni No Kuni Remastered, on my way to one of the last dungeons

- Play Persona 4, still playing through the first playthrough, focusing on getting the True Ending. 

- Play Hades on the side as I can, trying to get up to level 16 threat.

- Play Slay the Spire, trying to clear it with the green character with Level 1 Difficulty

- Play Flowers when desperate for daily trophies especially with Ni No Kuni Remastered as my main.

[RoastedPeanut]

Update #5

 

1. Late Shift (PS4) - 100%  March 6

2. Atelier Sophie 2: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Dream (PS4) - 100%  April 12

3. Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time (PS3) - 23% ->> 100%   April 17

4. Alice: Madness Returns (PS3) - 46%

5. Star Ocean: The Last Hope International (PS3) 31%

6. Until Dawn (PS4) - 25%

7. Tales From The Borderlands (PS4) - 0%

 

Swaps used: 2/2

Games complete: 3/7

Trophies obtained: 164/259

 

Hey everyone! I managed to knock out Ratchet & Clank this was week (and free up 19GB on my hdd). I love the R&C series, and A Crack in Time didn't disappoint one bit. I think I'll add both All 4 One and Into the Nexus to my list during summer. 

Now that I've finished with that, I'll probably fire up Until Dawn next week. I want to get as much done before uni resumes May 16. I think I can have everything but Star Ocean done by then!

 

Happy hunting, everyone! 

[reaperveteran86]

Update #7

- Super Neptunia RPG 51% -> 100%

- Senran Kagura Burst Re:Newal 100%

- Kamen Rider: Memory of Heroez 32%

- Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age 17%

- Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception 33%

- Biomutant 26% -> 100%

- We Happy Few 5%

- Valkyria Revolution 100%

- Blair Witch 0%

- The Sojourn 100%

- Maitetsu: Pure Station 0%

- Trine: Enchanted Edition 100%

- Shantae: Risky´s Revenge - Director´s Cut 19%

- The Dark Eye: Memoria 0% -> 100%

- Wife Quest 100%

- Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Don´t Dry (EU) 10%

- Neptunia x Senran Kagura: Ninja Wars (EU) 22% -> 50%

- Record of Lodoss War: Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth (EU) 4%

 

This was a productive week for me. I got the platinum for Super Neptunia RPG, Biomutant and The Dark Eye: Memoria.

The Dark Eye: Memoria

Storywise, this is a continuation of the first game (Chains of Satinav). This time the story is split between the hero of the first game and a princess that lived 450 years before. I liked the story of the first one more, because like this one felt more like a prologue for the story of the princess and the hero and his story are put in the background. Also the antagonist came out of nowhere in the last chapter of the game which felt a bit cheap. The game is an point and click adventure, looks beautiful (like most Daedalic adventures) and has some minor glitches (also like most Daedalic adventures). For the platinum there is only one playthrough this time and a few missable trophies.

Biomutant

A open world action adventure, set in an post apocalyptic world. The world reminded me of a colorful version of Nier Automata, were all robots and androids are replaced with furries in Mad Max themed costumes (down to (pseudo)philosophical themes in the story and conversations). Gameplaywise you mostly fight against enemies with your guns, melee weapons (which can be upgraded) and magic and traverse the world in search of the next quest marker. Also there is a narrator, that narrates not only your adventure, but translates all dialogue for you to (the characters only speak in fantasy noises, think Banjo Kazooie or Yooka Laylee) and all mundane things have fantasy/bay speak names (trains are chu chus and so on). I needed a bit of time to get used to the game but then Ihad lots of fun with it. For the platinum there are four missable trophies for specific actions during bossfights. Also you must play as a good character for one magic that is needed for a trophy to unlock and you should catch every moth/butterfly that you came across during your playthrough, because I didn´t do it and had to to 4 hours of farming for a related trophy post game.

Super Neptunia RPG

A side game in the Neptunia series were Neptune awakes with amnesia in a world were 3D games are forbidden by an evil organisation (complete with an loli führer). The game and the backgrounds looking really beautiful when you stand still, but as soon as you move the game has problems with slowdowns and lags (both in control and in the framerate). This continues in the fights which turn into slideshows if you want to change your party or an enemy attacks.The gameplay reminded me a bit of Valkyrie Profile (2D dungeons, partymembers are controled with the action buttons) but the game is nowhere as good as VP. Also the quest design was a bit strange (side quests that can only completed much later in the game, because you lack certain powers,allmost all side quests are fetch quests, questmarkers for sidequests but not for the main quest). There is a good game in this one, but the technical side (and some design choices) made it hard to like it at some points. For the platinum, there are a few missable trophies related to specific cutscenes.

 

This concludes my lengthy post.

Happy Easter and succsesful trophy hunting to all of you.

[Heather342]

Update 7

 

Hi guys, hope you're all having a good weekend ?

 

This week was more productive for me gaming wise. I started a new job on Monday, so this week has been much more relaxed. Also helps with the Easter bank holiday having an extended weekend ?

 

First things first though. I have come to the realization that I definitely took on too much thinking I could plat 2 versions of Catherine in this challenge ?. I still haven't finished the original yet, the Full Body version will take even longer. So I have decided to swap out Catherine Full Body for Death's Door. Being a shorter game I think I can manage it in the time frame. Plus I worked out with all the games on my list, the number of trophies earned will take me to 4000 trophies exactly. So I've decided to milestone the Catherine plat as trophy 4000 ?

 

Gaming wise this week, I've been switching between Guacamelee and Hades. 

 

Hades is a lot of fun, but it's quite RNG heavy to have certain events show up. So far I've only managed 1 escape, but I'll keep chipping away at it. The gameplay loop is a lot of fun, and I think it's pretty clever how they do it so no 2 runs are the same ?

 

The bulk of my time this week has gone into Guacamelee. Actually the bulk of my time today has been spent on the clean up ?. I spent about an hour or so on those tricky platform sections to get the orb from the Tule Tree and Sierra Morena, they were pretty frustrating but thankfully didn't take me too many attempts ?. Finished the story on normal, got all the collectables and misc trophies as well as completing the DLC challenges. All that's left now is finish the story on hard mode. I think I can finish it in a day or two ?

 

Trophy progress:

Hades - 0 -> 22%

Guacamelee! - 15 -> 92%

 

Swaps (1/2)

Catherine Full Body -> Death's Door

[rjkclarke]

Update #3

 

1. Little Nightmares (PS4) 0% > 100%
2. Lords of the Fallen (PS4) 0% >48% >100%
3. Limbo (PS4) 0%> 90%
4. Red Faction: Guerrilla (PS3) 36%
5. Bastion (PS4) 0%
6. Resident Evil 4 (PS4) 0%
7. LEGO DC Super-Villains (PS4) 0%
8. Child of Light (PS4) 0% > 100%
9. Evoland (PS4) 0%
10. God of War (2018) (PS4) 0%
11. Peaky Blinders: Mastermind (PS4) 0%> 100%
12. Chicken Police (PS4) 0% > 100%
13.  NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139... (PS4) 0%> 61%

Games Completed 5/13

 

I think it's about time for another update. I actually meant to do this last week, but I kept leaving it and leaving it, and then I thought screw it I'll just do it at the beginning of next week, so here I am.

 

I don't think I'd caught Covid when I posted my last update, that was.... well that wasn't the most fun. What a way to make your skull feel like a pinball machine would if it had feelings. I'm not the only one to have suffered with it who is part of the challenge, so I hope you are all doing better now (something in my head is telling me it's more than one of you) like I am.

 

I had planned to tackle that last trophy I needed in Limbo, but until a day or so ago my brain was still feeling quite foggy, so I didn't think it would be the greatest idea in the world to try and play through an entire game in one sitting, dying less than five times when I'm struggling to concentrate. If I get a chance I might take a crack at it next week though.

 

So what have I actually managed to do? I finished Lords of the Fallen, which I'll detail below, completed Peaky Blinders, which was a hell of a fun time. I didn't manage to finish it before the finale of the show, but as it was quite jarring jumping from before the show starts (that's where the game is set) to watching the show, which was one episode away from the finale, waiting till after it aired was probably the right move anyway.

 

Progress on NieR: Replicant.

 

Since starting this I've pretty much not wanted to do anything but play the game. Alarmingly so actually, because I had a dream the other night that I'd gotten a Forlorn Necklace to drop from one of the enemies. Let me tell you, it has been a long time since I've had a dream about playing a video game.

 

The Gestalt Version (PS3) of NieR is probably my favourite game of all time, so I've always had an interest in playing the Replicant version - it still amazes me how much a slight change in context from a Father to a Brother, can really change the dynamic of the game. Replicant feels like a vastly different version of the same story, yet it also feels very new in a lot of ways too. 

 

I'm currently on my Ending B playthrough, just doing quests here and there, and a bit of casual item farming if I fancy it. I thought I might as well get a head start on that. Thankfully I've gotten the pain in the backside Legendary Flower trophy knocked out. I mainly wanted to not have to think about it. Respect to @StilRh for not spending a few days in American Samoa and Independent State of Samoa via PS4 Clock manipulation like I did, I'm sure you'll have those Lunar Tears in no time!

 

I decided to make a backup save after the prologue and grab the Speedrun the game in under 15 hours trophy after my first playthrough, just because I didn't want my last memory of the platinum to be a Speedrun. I want to end on the final ending, so that's what I'll aim for. 

 

For all intents and purposes this is a different game, and it feels that way, but in the best possible way. I have savoured every moment so far, and like I did with Yakuza 3, I'll be playing this a bit beyond trophies in that I want to finish all quests to 100% completion and all the weapons upgraded to the max, even the ones you can skip for the trophy.

 

I feel like I'll probably be done with the game by next update, provided I don't have any huge RNG nightmares with item drops. Well that, and I don't dream that I've gotten the item drops again, instead of actually getting them. I don't want my time with this to stop but I know it has to at some point.

 

Thoughts on Lords of the Fallen.

 

It's probably easier to paste in my thoughts I posted in the Ultra Rare Cleanup, as they'd end up reading similarly anyway.

 

In a way I did enjoy my time with this game - it isn't perfect, and even calling it good is a bit of a stretch, but I definitely found some enjoyment from it. As brutal as it feels to say it Lords of the Fallen is almost "meh" in video game form. It's not bad enough to be considered truly bad, and it isn't good enough to really blow your mind or really wow you all that much either, it just sort of exists. Almost the definition of a 5/10 kind of experience.

 

Playing Lords of the Fallen has cemented that I NEED to get the platinums in the Dark Souls trilogy, I can't have this on my profile, and not have any of those. Especially when Microsoft deleted the only evidence I've played the first two, because I stupidly didn't realise Microsoft deleted your gamertag after a few years of inactivity.

 

I thought the DLC was really well done as far as the level design and a few other distinct elements, like the boss fight with The Keeper for example. Somehow I died far more to the regular enemies in the DLC than I did to the main boss, and appears that I'm not alone in that either, as everything does insane magic damage to you in that place.

 

The platforming sucks - Harkyn should not try and become a long jumper, a triple jumper or a pole vaulter, as he'd probably suffocate himself jumping into the sandpit, or find a way to roll off the edge of a cliff. Imprecise platforming in this game killed me almost as much if not more than regular enemies ever did. 

 

Harkyn should also not apply for a job as a comedian or any job requiring interpersonal skills as he is an absolute dick head as a protagonist and a person, who quite honestly makes the Lamp that Brick declares his love for in Anchorman seem like the life and soul of the party.

 

For some reason I enjoyed speedrunning the game far more than I did actually playing the whole game, exploring every area the game has to offer. Yet the mindlessness and almost autopilot that I was on in the second and third playthroughs, I actually found pretty cathartic.

 

I'm not going to post my entire long ass review of Lords of the Fallen in here it's fairly long, and this post is already long, but if on the off chance you did want to read a little more in-depth analysis (or about as much as I could muster for this game) about Lords of the Fallen then I'll leave a link for the full review here should you wish to read it.  

 

Thoughts on Peaky Blinders: Mastermind

 

Peaky Blinders: Mastermind, is a hell of an interesting game, and if you're in any way familiar with the show - finding out that it is essentially a puzzle/strategy game would probably very much surprise you.

 

That is no bad thing though, as the game is both accessible to people who haven't seen a single episode of the show, yet also enjoyable for those who have seen it, it's very universal in that regard. Not to be too puntastical or anything but the game has an absolutely blinding soundtrack too. My only criticism of it as that I wanted more of it, and ultimately that is no criticism at all.

 

It's also a fascinating use of the "time rewind" mechanic for a game. It works almost seamlessly, the further you get through the game, and the more complex the puzzles get, the more you start to appreciate how well designed this game actually is, watching all of your actions synchronise into the near perfect runs you need for some of the gold times for the levels is something incredibly satisfying.

 

If you can find this for a decent price and you wanted to scratch a puzzle game itch, I'd totally recommend this one. If you wanted to read more about it then I'll drop a link for my review of it here. Especially as this post has already turned into a mammoth wall of text.

 

Apologies for the massive wall of text, I guess I shouldn't leave it so long before updates huh? ?Especially when I end up having a lot to say. Sometimes I get over excited I guess haha.

 

As always even when I was a bit wiped out from not gaming, and general lethargy.  Being able to read all of your updates and seeing you all take a scythe to those backlogs has been awesome as ever, loads of you have got me wanting to play the LEGO SKywalker Saga too. ?

 

I'll catch you all in the next one anyway.

[DizzyDavidson]

Yo!

Did everyone have a good time egg (trophy) hunting?  

Time flies when you're having fun!

I was going to do my update earlier but I got sucked into gaming so much today that I even forgot to do other stuff that I had planned. Oops!

That's alright, no biggie.

 

Update:

• Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep: A Wonderlands One-shot Adventure [PS4] - 100%
• Persona 5 Strikers [PS4] - 100%
• Enslaved: Odyssey to the West [PS3] - 54% -> 100%
• Team Sonic Racing [PS4] - 100%
• The Saboteur [PS3] - 0% -> 22%

 

Well, I completed Enslaved. I had my ups and downs with the game but I don't think it was the game itself but rather my mood. First half of the week I was just dragging my feet barely getting anything done in this game. I was thinking, ugh I don't want to do these trophies (in reality they're not bad), but then I had a 180 flip and the next day I stayed up till 4:30 am to basically finish up the plat. Then I went onto the DLC. The main story was good as is, but Pigsy (character) deserved a little extra, IMHO. It plays quite a bit different, Pigsy's not as resilient when it comes to fighting, he relies on stealth, gadgets and guns (opposed to melee and shooting).

Frankly none of the trophies gave me much trouble, even the collectibles didn't glitch. I guess I just had to be in the right set of mind to go for them.

 

I started on The Saboteur today. It is really something, like I mentioned I could not put the game down. The parkour stuff is a little slow and not as smooth as other games with it.

There are a few missable things that I already got done so at least that eases my mind. Robin Atkin Downes voices the main character and I have always enjoyed his work. Everyone seems to have a hard on for Troy Baker but I've always picked Robin as the Boss' voice in Saints Row 3/4 over him. But I'm getting off track. Anyway... 

 

Since it's my last game (or is it?) I'll be continuing The Saboteur next week.

There was a chance I might finish my list of games early and I was going to let that be it and go buy and play Two Point Campus. Unfortunately the game got delayed from May to August which means I might have time to add another game, tho I'm not sure what yet.

Until next time!

[rebeccafar]

First update cause I am way too busy that even with only doing 5 games this time I still might not be able to complete them all ? I have managed to get 2 completed though so that's a start! Tales from the Borderlands is amazing and if you enjoy Telltale or Borderlands 100% recommend it, really funny game and a nice easy plat. GTA Vice City was fun to play again, my pal had it for her PS2 growing up so was some nice nostalgia 

1. A Way Out
2. Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
3. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (100%) 
4. Resident Evil 2
5. Tales from the Borderlands (100%) 

[Crispy_Oglop]

Update 8 - 

 

Hope everyone has been able to munch on at least some form of chocolate this weekend, even if you don't celebrate Easter, you should definitely treat yourself to something nice!

 

I haven't had much time to game for the past week due to getting closer to coursework deadlines. I've pretty much been finishing an 8 hour work day and then going right into about 4-5 hours of course work. This weekend I've been doing more of the same but for the whole day instead. I have to say, after trying to go through formal education like this for the first time while working a full time and demanding job - mega props to anyone who does this regularly, you are legends by default. 

 

After today I am a free man, because I deliver my final piece of coursework and then I am officially done! This means my free time in the evenings and weekends opens up once more. Glorious!

 

Anyway, on to the updates!

 

Tiny Tina's Wonderlands

Spoiler

The Tiny Tina's Wonderlands Platinum is done! I enjoyed everything bar the Chaos Mode which really outstayed it's welcome towards the end. The overall experience was pretty much more of the same Borderlands content you've seen in the other games. It had a couple of nice twists on the formula which were cool, but other than that it generally replicated the same gameplay formula as the titles that came before it. If you've had experience playing real life tabletop RPG campaigns with people you also might get a little more enjoyment mileage out of this as the references come thick and fast. The entire game is basically one large tabletop session taking place inside the heads of the players.

 

I thought the overworld map idea was very cool and something that could even be re-worked to fit a future mainline Borderlands title. The designers did a great job of making it look like a fantasy environment but also a hand made campaign environment, complete with bits of snacks littered among the paths and the trees and bottlecaps which need to be knocked down to create shortcuts. I also really liked how they gave you incentives to go for all of the collectibles, whether it was for a bit of side narrative, permanently increasing your loot luck and so on - it made it all way more compelling to go and seek a collectible out.

 

Ghostwire:Tokyo

Spoiler

Story-wise, i'm around the halfway mark and my impressions of the game so far are that it is....okay! The environment is lovely and the exploration is great too, but there is also a huge amount of monotony. I'm still trying to figure out what the issue is, but it all just feels a bit vacuous at the moment. One of the things the game is railroading you into is to locate, absorb and then deposit a huge amount of trapped souls dotted over the landscape. This is pretty much a collectible in disguise and while it can sometimes be fun trying to figure out the best climbing path to get onto a high-rise roof to get that one soul cluster, they have put waaaay too many of them in the game.

 

Side quests have started to get a bit samey now too, I think i've knocked out about 25 so far and the completion requirements for them seem to be limited to about two different gameplay structures - you are either chasing something until it stops and you can interact with it or you are defending yourself or something from enemy waves. The other part to that is interior investigations where you go into a building and explore it to find clues that culminate in the chase or defending gameplay I mentioned.

 

I think that sounds pretty cool on paper, but there is something really lacking in the execution of it in my opinion. I'm still having fun with it and I'll keep on with the platinum, it's just not what I expected from the original marketing when it was announced.

 

@GraniteSnake - Your post brought it all back ? I actually remember posting in the 'How to obtain glitched trophies' thread back when I originally experienced the bugs but I think I was so annoyed that I just dropped it and moved on. That thread is at 13 pages now...it's kind of mind boggling that it was never fixed. I'm pretty sure it's something minor they could have resolved with trophy tracking server side, but they just chose not to for whatever reason. I have a list i'm building of potential titles for the next challenge and based on your post, I've actually added it in there for consideration.

 

@rjkclarke - On the topic of Peaky Blinders, I have all the episodes on blu-ray and I still haven't gotten around to watching them yet. Much to the general annoyance of my friends who all love it. I think I saw the first couple of episodes when it aired originally and loved it but ended up getting swept away by other shows at the time. I love the fact that there is so much viewing choice nowadays, but it can be really overwhelming sometimes. Last night I finished up with my coursework for the day and thought 'I'll relax with some TV' and ended up spending most of my time before bed just scrolling through Netflix and Amazon Prime.

 

1.  Divinity: Original Sin  
2.  GTA V  
3.  Beyond: Two Souls 
4.  Dark Souls Remastered 
5.  Tiny Tina's Wonderlands
6. Ghostwire: Tokyo - 21% > 47%
7. Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga - 0%

Edited April 18, 2022 by Crispy_Oglop

[KimBongUn420]

Update 7: well, it's hard to believe but Friday is my last day of work at my current job.  The Great Resignation is real.  I'm looking forward to a month of funemployment before I start a new job in May.  Another week of minimal progress with everything going on, but in early May I should have a lot more free time.

 

Progress:

• Skywalker Saga - made it through 100% of Episode V, so 5/9 episodes and ~40% of the total game completed.  Again, gotta commend Traveler's Tales for being on top of patching the game so quickly.  I've had a great time with this game and it's well worth full price.  My one gripe is I do wish the entire episodes were replayable, as opposed to just the short missions in each.
• Made it about halfway through SpongeBob.  This is a fairly standard platformer but a very good remaster of the PS2 game.  Definitely one of the better free games that has come with PS+
• No progress on anything else.  Have a lot on my plate between trying to set up a move and switching jobs.  

Plans for this week: 

• Work on the story mode of Skywalker Saga
• Try to finish SpongeBob 

List:

1. Horizon: Forbidden West [PS5] - 38%
2. Cyberpunk 2077 [PS5] - 42%
3.  Ghostwire: Tokyo (Apr 2)
4.  Shenmue (Mar 17)
5. Shenmue II
6. SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom Rehydrated - 0% -> 31%
7. Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga [PS5] - 18% -> 20%

Games Complete: 2/7

Trophies: 161/297 (54.2%)

Spoiler

Color Key:

Green: Completed Game (This Update) (100% or Plat)

Blue: Completed Game (Previous Updates) (100% or Plat)

Orange: In-Progress Game

Purple: Newly-Added Games

Black (Bold): No Change Since Last Update

Black (Non-Bold): Not Started

Swaps 2/2

 

 

 

Edited April 19, 2022 by KimBongUn420

[TalesofGaming]

Update 7:

 

1. Horizon Forbidden West - 100%  3/20/22

2. Elden Ring - 20% -> 28%

3. Scarlet Nexus - 31% -> 51%

4. What Remains of Edith Finch - 0%

5. Haven - 0%

 

Made a lot of progress this week!

 

Been progressing a ton in Elden Ring. Managed to get through the underground and scoured most of the Altus Plateau. Next on the list is Leyndell!

 

For Scarlet Nexus, I'm on the last Standby phase, I believe, till the last chapter. The story is fantastic! I can't wait to see what happens next!

[Static_Rook]

Update 7 - 4/18/2022

 

Katamari Forever 32% 33%

Necromunda Hired Gun 20% 85%

 

I was hoping to finish Necromunda before this update, but getting an A Rank on every mission is taking longer than I thought it would. And the game has crashed and corrupted my save 3 times so far now, too. I learned to back up my save after every mission. I should finally get it done this week though.

 

Only got 1 more trophy in Katamari since I had some trouble keeping a solid connection with PS Now. Hopefully it goes better this week and I can finish that off, too.

 

Take care!

[The_Head_Crusher]

UPDATE #5
 

Digimon Cyber Sleuth Hackers Memory ---> 7  0  0  0  = 9/46 10%  --->   11  0  0  = 11/46 16%

LEGO Marvel Superheroes 2 --->67  4  4  1   = 76/76 100% (Platinum Achieved March 14th/100% March 18th)

One Night Stand 2  16  6  1  = 25/25 100% (Platinum Achived March 19th)

Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order ---> 0  0  0  0  = 0/40 0%

WWE 2k22 ---> 0  0  0  0   = 0/55 0% --->   44  5  1   = 50/55 85%

 

Phase 1 Total Progress

94  23  8  2   = 127/207 54.67%

 

Substiutes

Call of Cthulu ---> WWE 2k22

 

Continued to chip away at WWE 2k22, managing to finish most of the game modes except the Male Player MyRise and the MyFaction.    Still need to win some 210 matches in the MyFaction mode and earn tokens to unlock diamond wresters to complete the majority of the remaining career challenges.  However, getting the tokens for 5 diamond wrestlers is a bit of a time crunch conundrum as I need a large number of tokens to begin unlocking the diamonds.  First I have to clear out the required lower level which will require 1270 token before I can start to unlock them at 75 tokens each.  To earn tokens you must play matches in 1 of 2 modes, Faction Wars or Proving Grounds. 

 

Faction Wars can give you tokens when you reach a certain number of wins in the mode plus after each win you have a chance of winning more in a random draw (2 or 10). If I win another 61 matches (175 total) I can earn another 190 tokens plus whatever I get in the random draws.  The plus side is that these are quick easy matches that can take 1-3 minutes each to complete but can be tedious and the earn rate is potentially low.

 

Proving Grounds on the other hand offers a more challenging opportunity and rewarding challenge.  I could play a series (42 matches) of varying matches on the hardest difficulty and will earn 295 tokens. Now the matches take significantly longer to complete as you are on the hardest difficulties and they require that you complete a set of challenges as well during the match, but there is a larger guaranteed pool (1110 remaining tokens Plus 2 of the required 5 diamonds wresters if I complete it all).

 

I am convinced that the Proving Grounds is the best route to go but it is infuriating when you lose a 45 min long match and have to restart it again to continue your progress.

[Joe Dubz]

Well it only took me a month and a half, but I finally have an update to report! I guess that's what happens when you pick several loooooooong games ?

 

I just finished up Trials Rising last night... I only recently got into this series, having finished Trials Fusion about a month or so ago. I am absolutely in love with it tho! If you aren't familiar with the franchise, it is a physics-based platforming racer. You are racing against the clock more so than other people; it is a highly addicting formula, easy to pick up but very difficult to master! I think I've spent close to 300 hours between the 2 games just to give you an idea. Here is a video of me acquiring a Diamond medal on one of the tracks, in case you'd like to see the game in action:

 

The trophy list is very challenging, asking you to get a gold medal on every single track and skill game, including the really challenging Extreme tracks. There are also a few fun challenges you have to do, like getting a 0 fault run on the Tandem Bike that's meant for 2 people (that I ended up doing solo ?). 

 

At any rate, I very much enjoyed my time with this series and very highly recommend it... Just make sure you buckle in for the ride, because it's gonna take many many hours of practice to hone your skills and nab that 100%! So here we are with my progress so far:

 

Elden Ring - 57%

Everybody's Golf - 0%

Hyper Light Drifter - 9%

Trials Rising - 100%

Velocity 2X - 9%

 

I've also been plugging away at Elden Ring, although I've hit a bit of a wall with the last boss The Elden Beast... Just gonna keep trying and eventually I'll finish him off, which will allow me to properly clean up the last few trophies I need. I may swap this roguelite called Vagante in, as I just started that and have been enjoying it for the 20 minutes I got to play so far! But I'd like to play a little more to see if I really wanna stick it out.

 

It's been a pleasure rocking out with you all so far, keep those trophies popping my peeps! Cheers!

Edited April 19, 2022 by Joe Dubz
fixed spoiler tag that wasn't working

[ConAir]

Update #7:

 

 

Need for Speed Shift 

One day later than expected I grabbed the Platinum Trophy. Really glad I did. On my first attempt last Thursday my game froze after the 3rd race in a series of 5 within the Need for Speed Shift Live Championship. Luckily my savegame wasn't corrupted and my results of the first 2 races were saved. I did had to restart the series before the final race was unlocked.

 

After winning the series I still needed 1 Epic Badge and win the race before Platinum and I did get the badge, but I came in second with exactly the same time as number one. In the second attempt I only needed to win, so I could Ignore the other competitors. The result is shown above. Yeah! ?

 

Other progress?

I only played some Rayman Origins this week from the list. Family time and egg hunt were very time-consuming. ?

 

Games & Progress: (2/10)

Astro Aqua Kitty (Vita/PS4) 100% 

Takotan 100% 

Need for Speed Shift (PS3) 72%  -> 100% 

Blazblue Cross Tag Battle (PS4) 55%

Rocketbirds Hardboiled Chicken (Vita) 18%

Rayman Origins (Vita) 11% -> 22%

Red Faction Armageddon 10%

Gynoug 0%

Gleylancer 0%

Team Sonic Racing 11%

 

1/2 Swaps: Smash Cars out -> Team Sonic Racing in.

[Fanatixa1]

Hi everyone, 

 

Here's my update for the week. I completed Planet Coaster last week and I'm happy I did. At the end the game dragged a bit, but overall I really liked the game. 

 

I made progress on Life is Strange: before the storm and I should be able to complete it this week. I also made progress on the Escapist: the walking dead. I finally completed the Woodbury level that used to glitch on the digital version. With the physical disc I was able to complete it. 

 

Outside of the challenge I'm working on Crash Bandicoot 4, I'm making good progress on getting the insanely perfect relics and I want to make this platinum my 150th. At this time I'm at 144 platinum trophies. I'm also working on Everybody's Golf since the servers are shutting down in September and it will become unavailable. I only need 1 condor and then I should be able to complete the last VS characters. It's very luck based, so wish me luck  

 

I'm adding Route 96 to the challenge. I saw this game came out last week and it looks like fun and not too difficult. 

 

1. Cook, Serve, Delicious 3! - 100% 

2. A Short Hike - 100% 

3. The Pedestrian - 100% 

4. Life is Strange Remastered -100% 

5. Yoku's Island Express - 100% 

6. Planet Coaster - 81% --> 100% 

7. Life is Strange: Before the Storm - 13% --> 60%

8. Horizon Forbidden West - 31%

9. The Escapist; The Walking Dead - 40% --> 48%

10. Route 96 - 0%

 

Swaps: 0/2

[Crispy_Oglop]

Super quick Update 9 - 

 

Just a midweek update to say that I bagged the Platinum for Ghostwire: Tokyo ?. I'll share my thoughts a bit more in my usual update, but for now, let's just say 'Collect-a-palooza' and leave it at that. I also started on Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga and as both a lifelong Star Wars and Lego fan, I am in my element with this. The level of love and detail that has gone into this game is just wonderful.

 

I'm pretty much at the end of my starting list now, so I might add one or two quicker titles from my backlog too. I've been hankering for properly cracking open Doom:Eternal as well which has been lurking on my profile for a long time. Decisions, decisions!

1.  Divinity: Original Sin  
2.  GTA V  
3.  Beyond: Two Souls 
4.  Dark Souls Remastered 
5.  Tiny Tina's Wonderlands 
6.  Ghostwire: Tokyo 
7. Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga - 0% > 5%

[Darling Baphomet]

Geez, it's been a while since I've posted an update. My PS5 has been unable to connect to the internet since the last update, so you're just going to have to trust me on my percentages. Anyway, I spent much of the beginning of the month playing Torchlight 2, which I finished, and now my two main games are Skyrim VR and Odin Sphere Leifthrasir. My trophy progress in Skyrim VR is still a bit low, however I've made significant in-game progress; got my level to the 30s, a good bit of the way into the Thief and Mage storylines, and I'll probably feel ready to tackle the DLCs soon. (I've also spent way too long abusing pickpocketing to help me get my other skills up. My inventory has like 40+ stolen pieces of jewelry I can't sell until I get my speech higher, lmao.) Unfortunately, it's hard to juggle VR games with the same frequency as I typically do flat games, so all my VR sessions have been limited to Skyrim. Hopefully I'll finish it within the next few weeks and then be able to tackle my other VR games. (Which are all much shorter investments.)

 

Also, as said, started Odin Sphere Leifthrasir. I'm near the end of the second character's story, and I think there are five? So I've made a decent dent into that. I'm not usually into like, side scrolling brawler type games, however this game's fairy-tale esque story and great art makes it a very fun thing to play, especially while watching stuff since the dungeons are usually rather repetitive.

 

current list:

Spoiler

IN PROGRESS:

Monster Sanctuary - 18%

Skyrim VR - 24%

Odin Sphere Leifthrasir - 22%

 

COMPLETED:

Hypnospace Outlaw - 100%

 

NOT YET STARTED:

Ghost Giant - 0%

Falcon Age - 28%

Groundhog Day: Like Father Like Son - 0%

Pixel Ripped 1995 - 7%

Bow to Blood - 44%

Moss - 10%

Forgotten Anne - 0%

Duke Nukem 3D: World Tour - 0%

Neon City Riders - 0%

[KazaneHime]

Update #6

• Horizon Forbidden West - 100%
• Elden Ring - 15% ➡️ 28%
• Akiba's Trip: Undead & Undressed - 100%
• The Pedestrian - 100%
• Death's Door - 0% ➡️ 100%
• A Short Hike - 100%
• Bugsnax - 0%

Swaps (2/2)

 

Complete(5/7)

 

It's been a bit since I've updated!
I asked some friends and they suggested I work on Bugsnax next for when @TalesofGaming isn't on for Elden Ring.

 

Death's Door was amazing I really recommend it if you're even remotely thinking about trying it. The best description I've come up with is that it is like an old-school Zelda game with Dark Souls aesthetics. The Umbrella run made me really figure out the enemy patterns and learn to dodge. I also figured out that you don't even need to fight the bosses to progress and can go back and kill them after unlocking everything else.

 

Elden Ring is chugging along, we're currently in the Altus Plateau and Volcano Manor areas, working our way through exploring everything.

 

Edit: Assassin's Creed: Syndicate was glitching out on my PS5 so I'm changing to Bugsnax before I get any trophies - if that isn't okay then I'll add it back in but I don't currently have access to my PS4.

Edited April 21, 2022 by KazaneHime

[freddie1989]

Update time finally!!

 

A positive one albeit cant say much in the way of excitement! 

 

Man of Medan I knocked out another playthrough where everyone survived so only a couple more to go. Next one is kill the lot and then shared story but I'd say I've lost interest as it has no real replay value.

 

Sniper Ghost Warrior I managed to get that completed but again the replay value is not really there. You have to keep replaying missions for bounties and challenges as you cant use the same playstyle to get them all. Pondering on the sequel as this is the first one I truly disliked. Thoughts? 

 

Going to make a start on Far Cry 6 tonight which I'm excited for!!

 

Hope all is well and hunting is good!

 

Far Cry 6 0%

Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 33% - 100%

Dishonored Death of an Outsider 100%

Fallout 4 4%

Metro 2033 1%

Man of Medan 20% - 44%

[oxford_wolf007]

Update 4

 

Hope everyone’s doing well! Been a bit busy with real life these past few weeks, so I haven’t made as much progress as I wanted to, but I'm almost finished with Immortals Fenyx Rising.

 

Immortals Fenyx Rising

I have a lot to say about this game, so buckle up (or ignore me, I’ll understand). First of all, it’s freaking hilarious if you find puns and dad jokes funny, which I absolutely do. I respect the humor isn’t for everyone, but I loved it. The premise is, Typhon is taking over the world. Zeus is all “Oh nooooo…well we’re all just gonna die anyways so I’ll have a cocktail. Yo Prometheus, what’s hanging? Oh, your liver? Ahahaha, I’m so hilarious.” And Prometheus is all “Zeusy boi, you don’t even KNOW what’s about to happen, lemme tell you a story. Also, if I’m right about what happens, you have to free me.” So while the player character is being all hero-y and saving the world, Prometheus is narrating to Zeus, and Zeus is being….well, Zeus.

 

There are so many great jokes throughout the game. For example, at one point you’re helping Ares find something and he goes, “We could track it by Amazon. And by Amazon I mean THE Amazons, my daughters. Trackers with uncanny tracking abilities.” For every quest, Zeus has something to say. In one quest you’re helping Hephaestus get his forge running again. The name of the quest is “Light My Fire”, the quest description is “To get the forge fires started again, four furnaces needed to be reignited.” Zeus’ little aside: “What do you call this, four play?” This game is rated T and it is SO CLOSE to crossing the line sometimes, I was constantly cracking up.

 

I absolutely love this game. Is it grindy? Sure. A collectathon? Definitely. A Breath of the Wild clone? Yeah, probably. Are the puzzles annoyingly simple but so much effort you’re constantly saying to yourself “Ugh, I know exactly what to do, but doing it is AWFUL”? Absolutely. But it’s also one of those games where you’re just like “I’m just going to do this one last little thing,” then you realize it’s two hours later and you did like 8 other little things. Nothing is particularly hard, but at times it can be tedious. I think you could compare it to AC Valhalla in some ways. To open a chest, sometimes you have to do a puzzle. To get INTO a dungeon, sometimes you have to do a puzzle. To get THROUGH the dungeon, you have to do multiple puzzles. To open a chest inside the dungeon, guess what? Puzzle. You could look them all up, but they’re all pretty simple, you can usually just look around your environment and see what you have to do rather than looking it up online. I do recommend looking up the lyre challenges though, as it gets even more tedious trying to remember a tune (which, you guessed it, you needed to solve a puzzle for), go to another part of the map, and then regurgitate it, over and over again. Overall though, I’m enjoying the simple puzzles and fun humor, and I hope they make a sequel.

 

Completed games

1. Spongebob Squarepants: Battle for Bikini Bottom [PS4] - 100%
2. Infamous Second Son [PS4] - 100%

In Progress Games

1. Immortals Fenyx Rising [PS5] - 6% —> 80%
2. Ratchet and Clank [PS4] - 8%
3. Uncharted 2 [PS4] - 89%
4. Need for Speed Rivals [PS4] - 7%
5. Octodad: Dadliest Catch [PS4] - 0%

 

Games Completed (2/7)

 

Swaps Used (0/2)

[gruffiiti]

Progress has been slow on my list for the event. I good chunk of my gaming time though is being used up on Elden Ring and the other seems to be playing games not on the list as I ended up starting on LEGO Worlds after just finishing LEGO Jurassic World a week or so ago. I won't be adding it here but will chip away at it with my daughter here and there. Ive done it once on a previous account so know what I'm in for with the 1bil stud grind. It will come eventually...

 

Thanks for reminding me Everybody's Golf is going offline in September. @Fanatixa1 I will need to get this started soon so I don't have to rush to complete it! I have been meaning to play this ever since I played the VR version earlier this year. Good luck with your condor attempts!!

 

 

Elden Ring

Been playing this a fair bit lately and making steady progress through the game. I'm 70+ hours in and still there is so much in this game that hasn't even been touched. Mostly playing through co-op with @Man of Inaction still and its been great fun. I think we are not far behind @KazaneHime and @TalesofGaming as we are just moving on to Altus Plateau now.

 

Hitchhiker

Randomly played this somewhat bizarre mystery game where you are a hitchhiker getting rides along a highway. Ultimately you start with no memory and have to figure out your backstory and what happened to your missing girlfriend.

 

Event Games

1. A Short Hike [PS4] - 100%
2. Edna and Harvey: The Breakout [PS4] - 100%
3. Carto [PS4] - 100%
4. Nostalgic Train [PS5] - 100%
5. Lego Jurassic World [PS4] - 100%
6. Hitchhiker [PS4] - 0% --> 100%
7. Elden Ring [PS5] - 17% --> 30%
8. Rise of the Tomb Raider [PS4] - 5%
9. Afterparty [PS4] - 1%
10. South Park: The Fractured But Whole [PS4] - 1%
11. Jurassic World Evolution [PS4] - 5%
12. Lost in Random [PS5]
13. Limbo [PS4]
14. Chicken Police [PS5]

Games completed (6/14)

 

[Fanatixa1]

51 minutes ago, gruffiiti said:

Progress has been slow on my list for the event. I good chunk of my gaming time though is being used up on Elden Ring and the other seems to be playing games not on the list as I ended up starting on LEGO Worlds after just finishing LEGO Jurassic World a week or so ago. I won't be adding it here but will chip away at it with my daughter here and there. Ive done it once on a previous account so know what I'm in for with the 1bil stud grind. It will come eventually...

 

Thanks for reminding me Everybody's Golf is going offline in September. @Fanatixa1 I will need to get this started soon so I don't have to rush to complete it! I have been meaning to play this ever since I played the VR version earlier this year. Good luck with your condor attempts!!

 

 

Elden Ring

Been playing this a fair bit lately and making steady progress through the game. I'm 70+ hours in and still there is so much in this game that hasn't even been touched. Mostly playing through co-op with @Man of Inaction still and its been great fun. I think we are not far behind @KazaneHime and @TalesofGaming as we are just moving on to Altus Plateau now.

 

Hitchhiker

Randomly played this somewhat bizarre mystery game where you are a hitchhiker getting rides along a highway. Ultimately you start with no memory and have to figure out your backstory and what happened to your missing girlfriend.

 

Event Games

1. A Short Hike [PS4] - 100%
2. Edna and Harvey: The Breakout [PS4] - 100%
3. Carto [PS4] - 100%
4. Nostalgic Train [PS5] - 100%
5. Lego Jurassic World [PS4] - 100%
6. Hitchhiker [PS4] - 0% --> 100%
7. Elden Ring [PS5] - 17% --> 30%
8. Rise of the Tomb Raider [PS4] - 5%
9. Afterparty [PS4] - 1%
10. South Park: The Fractured But Whole [PS4] - 1%
11. Jurassic World Evolution [PS4] - 5%
12. Lost in Random [PS5]
13. Limbo [PS4]
14. Chicken Police [PS5]

Games completed (6/14)

 

Thank you! I actually managed to get the last condor shortly after posting ? could get the platinum after that. I would recommend starting as soon as possible since getting condors is difficult and online not possible everyday. So if you’re like me, it might take you some time ?

 

[gruffiiti]

4 minutes ago, Fanatixa1 said:

Thank you! I actually managed to get the last condor shortly after posting could get the platinum after that. I would recommend starting as soon as possible since getting condors is difficult and online not possible everyday. So if you’re like me, it might take you some time

 

Oh nice! Congrats on the plat and I guess I should have checked first before posting. ?