Winter 2022/2023 Backlog Challenge (signups open until December 31)

[serrated-banner9]

4 minutes ago, JayDeLosDioses said:

This week we have the second addition to my list, stupid mistakes and more review time, but first a word from our sponsor:

BOYS, do your balls look like the jungle in Shadow of the Tomb Raider - then you should use the code "stupidannoyingsponsorship" to get absolutely nothing on the new Manscaped Whatever for the perfect care.

 

? that's the funniest sponsorship i have seen

 

anyways my update for this week (sorry for not doing one last week but i did nothing for the challenge lol)

On 11/30/2022 at 5:47 PM, serrated-banner9 said:

 

Dungeon Defenders 2

Rocket League

Efootball 2022

I, Zombie

Starlit Kart Racing

 

whoops seems like i forgot to add the % rates lemme just add them quickly as well as my progress (games in bold are games i played this week)

 

Efootball 2022: 19% - 23%

Starlit Kart Racing: 19%

I, Zombie: 19%

Rocket League: 0%

Dungeon Defenders 2: 4%

 

trophies earned: 1

 

making some progress in Efootball 2022 today and plan to contiune it next week. my plan is to play matches while fullfilling requirements for the trophies.

 

NEXT WEEK

 

more progress in Efootball 2022

maybe some progress in I, Zombie and Starlit Kart Racing

 

[Rejim]

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Update #1

 

So finished up Jak II along with the third one as well (should do Jak X-Racing alongside as well to have the entire series). Slowly going through GOW (had to start fresh as I don't recall if on my PS3 save if I had missed anything; better safe than sorry. Should be done in a couple of days.

 

 100% - JAK II

=========================================

 44% - LOST SEA

 30% - GOD OF WAR: ASCENSION

 27% - GUARDS

 24% - DUNGEONS 2

 21% - TINY TINA'S ASSAULT ON DRAGON KEEP

 20% - ARAGAMI

 15% - DEAD DUNGEON

 13% - AEREA

 07% - FEAR EFFECT SEDNA

[Vulpine9Tails]

Quick update since I finished TLOU today

 

1. New Tales From the Borderlands - 17%

2. God of War Ragnarok - 100% 

3. The Last of Us Part 1 Remake - 58% -> 100%

4. A Plague Tale Requiem - 6%

5. Chorus - 25%

 

Two down, three to go. Thank goodness for these new pain pills and an inflatable cervical collar; this is the best I've felt since September.

Going to try to do A Plague Tale next since I'm put off by the endings trophy in Borderlands and Chorus is a bit on the repetitive boring side.

[KillerUni12]

First update:

 

I'm hoping to start updating this on a weekly (or maybe every ~10 days)! I'm happy with my progress so far, I'm adding on a few more shorter games in hopes of completing the 12 Days of Christmas challenge over on TT. I've been focusing on getting my completion as high as possible before starting new games, so these challenges are a good excuse to play games I've been putting off. Here's my updated list:

 

1. Hitman 2: Silent Assassin (PS3), 33% -> I haven't earned any trophies here, but slowly creeping through the Professional playthrough 

2. Hitman: Contracts (PS3), 10% -> This one will stay on the backburner until Hitman 2 is finished up, this could be a swap candidate down the road

SWAP 1:

3. Malicious (PS3), 30% -> Assassin's Creed Chronicles: Russia (PS4), 0%, I haven't been able to get into Malicious and I'm not going to force myself to complete it. Excited to see a new take on the AC series.

 

4. God of War (PS4), 0% -> SUPER excited to start this, there are several trophies that go with a 12 Days of Xmas challenge

5. Outlast (PS4), 0% -> I bought this game on sale after Outlast 2 was free on PS+. I started it and got scared about 10 minutes in. I'll gather my courage and make some progress soon.

6. Grim Fandango Remastered (PS4), 0% -> 32%, Finally! A game I made noticeable progress on. I never played the original but this has been a gem. Glottis is hilarious. 

7. Claire (PS4), 0% -> 100%, A short, quick, and creepy game. I loved this take on survival horror. Glad it was on PS+, otherwise I never would've found it.

8. Maquette (PS4), 0% -> 60%, Wow! I'm about 2/3rds of the way through the game and I didn't expect the story to be so sad. Hoping it turns around. 

9. Uncharted: Drake's Deception (PS4), 0% -> 11%, I love the remastered graphics. I've only played UC2 previously, so seeing the characters' origins is fun.

[shiN9551]

On 5.12.2022 at 1:07 PM, shiN9551 said:

Hey I want to join!

 

1. Horizon Forbidden West (PS5) - 17%

2. Fifa 23 (PS5) - 36%

3. Cyberpunk 2077 (PS5) - 0%

4. Hades (PS5) - 6%

5. Assassins Creed Valhallah (PS5) - 1%

 

Update #1,5:

 

1. Horizon Forbidden West (PS5) - 17% -> Platinum!!

2. Fifa 23 (PS5) - 36%

3. Cyberpunk 2077 (PS5) - 0%  -> 15%

4. Hades (PS5) - 6%

5. Assassins Creed Valhallah (PS5) - 1%

 

Since my vacation is over tomorrow, the progress will be slower.

 

But in 2 weeks, I have antoher 2 weeks vacation

 

[TheZazuku]

Not an update post! I've totally missed FF7 Crisis core reunion is releasing in 24hours? also got Hades last night for a replay on ps5 with Hades 2 announced on the game awards. So I got a "luxury" problem! What to play first?

My list for this event, or what's left is Days gone, GoW 2018, GoW: Ragnarok and Sonic Forces. All started except Ragnarok. I'll do an update probably on Tuesday with some GoW progress and possibly adding both Hades and FF7 

[Taruta13]

16 hours ago, Taruta13 said:

Dark Cloud 2: 29%

Persona 5 Royal (PS4): 79% ➡️ 100%

Eventide: Slavic Fable: 

Eventide 2: Sorcerer's Mirror: 0%

Eventide 3: Legacy of Legends: 0%

 

So finally I have completed one of the two milestones for this initial list, the original version of Persona 5 Royal. It's just par for the course, but I can finally say I am done.

 

If anything can keep me from rebooting a new account, it's this game. Don't get me wrong: I enjoyed the story and characters in Persona 5 and the new ones Royal introduced. But with Persona 3 Portable and Persona 4 Golden coming out at the same day(January 19, 2023 - I saw it on a video detailing 130 games coming out for PS4/PS5 next year and these were listed), I wanted to shove this baby out the door. Also, I ran out of good girls to date.

 

Spoiler

For this run, my romance was Kasumi which means the My Closest Partner trophy is joining the few that have no screenshot due to being unable to snap it due to the game blocking any shot-taking or video recording after Christmas Day due to third semester spoilers.

 

One option to say near the end of the game is "I'm finally free of my attic prison!" and I agree. I am finally free from LeBlanc and have erased it from my existence for good. It'll take forever for Youtube to purge the Persona 5 content but at least I am no longer bound by the Metaverse.

 

Now I have to play Spheda............ ?

 

Edited December 12, 2022 by Taruta13

[slicknick3822]

On 12/5/2022 at 9:37 PM, slicknick3822 said:

 

First update. Finished up the story and collectables for Ratchet & Clank and now working on the challenge mode trophies and trying to level everything up.

 

1. Ratchet & Clank (25% --> 74%)

2. Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight (10%)

3. Life Is Strange (0%)

4. Yakuza 0 (0%)

5. inFAMOUS Second Son (0%)

 

Second weekly update. Made some more progress on R&C but screwed up the Death by Disco trophy cuz I didn't follow a guide and missed an enemy so not sure if I can go back and get it. Made a ton of progress on P3 Dancing. The game is addicting but the songs do get repetitive when you're playing them 50 times lol.

 

1. Ratchet & Clank (25% --> 74%-->87%)

2. Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight (10%-->63%)

3. Life Is Strange (0%)

4. Yakuza 0 (0%)

5. inFAMOUS Second Son (0%)

[JayDeLosDioses]

11 hours ago, serrated-banner9 said:

that's the funniest sponsorship i have seen

I just try to put my twist around the most annoying sponsorship I've seen on YouTube for the current week. I'm not always up to date on videos, so maybe there's a different sponsorship that's running wild atm, guess we'll see in next weeks update. HelloFresh and XYZ_VPN are always lurking in the background if I need a backup plan. 

It's so funny, but at the same time so annoying how different content creators try to sell Manscaped products without getting hit by the age restriction.

 

On another note, I think sponsored videos shouldn't be allowed to run ads - I know youtube doesn't earn anything from the videos then, but having two unskipable ads and a minute sponsorship at the start of a video is really bad. 

Anyways, back to challenge updates

[iXanon]

Update #2

Unfortunately there's not much of an update this week due to a couple of reasons:

1. I've been fighting off man-flu since Thursday
2. I've been working on TT's 'Twelve Days of Christmas' Challenge

I'm also adding a game (not swapping) owing to the second point - I decided to start it for one of those days, and hope to be able to finish it relatively quickly..

 

Assassin's Creed Brotherhood (PS4) - 25%

BirdCakes (PS4) - NEW > 28%

Driver: San Francisco (PS3) - 32% > 34%

Duke Nukem Forever (PS3) - 37%*

Heavy Rain (PS3) - 11%

Jak II (PS3) - 18%

Sephirothic Stories (PS4) - 5%

Watch Dogs (PS4) - 29% > 38% > 41%

 

Edited December 12, 2022 by iXanon

[Fanatixa1]

Hi everyone, 

 

Here’s my first update. I’ve only played Yakuza like a dragon and I’m almost finished with the story. Also I’ve maxed out my bond levels with all the companions and I’ve completed the battle arena in Sotenbori. I really like this game a lot! So will keep at it. Not sure how much time it will take for platinum but I will keep at it! 
 

Have a great week everyone! 

 

1. Police Simulator: Patrol Officers - 19%

2. Narita Boy - 16%

3. Sonic Frontiers - 15%

4. God of War Ragnarök - 5%

5. Yakuza: Like A Dragon - 42% —> 52%

 

Swaps 0/3

Edited December 12, 2022 by Fanatixa1

[BlackSquirrell1]

Going to add another game to the list.  Finally got the PS3 somewhat working and really want to finish South Park.

 

Last Stop 9%

Detroit 32%

Oceanhorn 35%

The Council 0%

Until Dawn 0% South Park: The Stick of Truth (PS3) 21%

[Remain-Vigilant]

Second Update:

Rainbow Six Seige (PS4) - 80% -> 84

My favorite first-person shooter game of all time. I platinum this game before on my other account with the old trophy list. This game changed a lot throughout the years. I had a total of 1,600 hours on my account in this game and I used to sweat. I took a whole year break from this game for health reasons to trophy hunt which I made this account for. I decided to trophy hunt this game again but with this new account with the new trophy list, I regret it because this game was affecting my mental health. Rainbow six siege is known as a stressful game because of its esports influence and its competitive nature. Anyways, there are four trophies bugged for the pathfinder's operators, so right now it's unobtainable. I'm close to completing this game as I only need one defuse of the bomb as the defender and for the bugged trophies to get fixed.

Mafia: Definitive Edition (PS4) - 29% -> 100%

The game is great, I enjoyed the storytelling and it's a unique set of eras. However, there's a trophy that made me dislike the game and it was the classic difficulty, which is frustrating to complete due to its broken AIs. I procrastinated on this game because of its difficulty, especially the race because the AIs on classic difficulty is always faster than the main character which set players at a huge disadvantage. It took some weeks or months to get back to the race to finish it with hours upon hours of failing daily. I felt the AI combat was unfair at times due to its poor design. Also, this game has a lot of collectibles for which it takes almost 2 hours of watch time to collect them all, not counting collecting in practice. I don't recommend this game to those that haven't trophy hunt this game.

Heavily Bodies (PS4) - 3%

Resident Evil 0 (PS4) - 10%

The Callisto Protocol (PS4) - 0% -> 60%

I finished this game with my brother yesterday in the easiest difficulty because it felt difficult. I completely like this game as it's becoming my favorite game. I started a second playthrough afterward on the hardest difficulty ( maximum security). The maximum difficulty isn't that bad as long as perfecting the dodge system and combo combat which is not that hard to learn. The trophy list on ps4 isn't showing because it's bugged, so the percentage I put in what I remembered looking through seeing it in offline mode.

[DizzyDavidson]

Update 1:

 

Farming Simulator 16 (Vita) - 0%

Skylanders Superchargers (PS4) - 0%

F1 22 (PS4) - 34%

Biomutant (PS4) - 0% => 25%

Tales of Symphonia (PS3) - 20%

 

Well, I started on Biomutant. It's an alright open-world RPG so far. There are couple of minor annoyances such as early game is littered with tutorials (even breaking up action), frame rate drops and in some instances I could have used an on-screen mini-map (there isn't one). Anyway... guides state the game is 30 hrs. I'm about 15 hrs in but it doesn't feel like I'm at the halfway point. But then again I'm doing all the side-quests I can first before doing the story quests so that might have something to do with that.

 

PS: Hey, @MidnightDragon: Sorry to ping you but I think you missed my sign up (page 6).

[ch4rl1e5_jabs]

Hi I would like to give an update with my new format.

1/40 Completions:

Stray

0/3 Swaps

1. Lego Marvel Superheroes 46%
2. Lego DC Supervillains 26%
3. Assassin’s Creed Liberation 13%
4. Heavenly Bodies 21%
5. Lego City Undercover 18%
 

I doubt I can get 40 completions but I can try get over 10.

[viech54]

Update #4

1. Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana (PS5) https://psnprofiles.com/trophies/19385-ys-viii-lacrimosa-of-dana 0%
2. Doki Doki Literature Club Plus (PS5): https://psnprofiles.com/trophies/13292-doki-doki-literature-club-plus 0%
3. Crystar: https://psnprofiles.com/trophies/9553-crystar 0%
4. Tales of Arise: 0% -> 4% -> 8% -> 14%
5. Moons of Madness: https://psnprofiles.com/trophies/10254-moons-of-madness 0%
6. Crystal Defenders: 0% -> 35%

Added Crystal Defenders as my 6th game. This is the first time I used my PS3 in years and also the first time I played a tower defense game. Crystal Defenders is a tower defense game set in the Fantasy universe. While I'm having fun with the game, I don't think I'll play more tower defense games in the future. The game should be at 100% within a day or two.

Edited December 13, 2022 by viech54

[Static_Rook]

Update 2 - 12/12/2022

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II 73% 82%
Dragon Quest Heroes 12% 14%

 

Finished the last of the campaign trophies in MWII. That just leaves the co-op trophies, but I'm not all that excited to attempt them. If solo / split screen options aren't announced by like mid-January I'll probably just swap it out. Made a little more progress in DQH as well. Should be able to finish the story this week and then grind out the post game stuff before the end of the year.

 

Take care!

 

Full game list(0/8 complete, 0/3 swaps used)

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II 73% 82%
Dragon Quest Heroes 12% 14%
Dysmantle 2%
Elden Ring 12%
F1 Manager 2022 7%
Onimusha: Warlords 40%
Saints Row IV: Re-elected 12%
Tribes of Midgard 32%

[reaperveteran86]

Update 2

- Spyro 2: Ripto`s Rage 0%

- Japanese Rail Sim: Journey to Kyoto 0%

- WILL:  A Wonderful World (EU) 1%

- LEGO The Incredibles 32% -> 100%

- Anno: Mutationem 10%

- Assassin`s Creed: Brotherhood (PS4) 23%

- Sword and Fairy 6 (EU) 1%

- Sword and Fairy 7: Together Forever (PS4) 0% -> 27%

- Star Wars: Bounty Hunter 42%

- Star Ocean: First Departure R 1%

- Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights 21%

- Left Alive 5%

 

I got the platinum for LEGO The Incredibles. I think this is one of the shortest LEGO games I played up to this point (minus the Vita ones). This was the first time, I encountered level specific trophies in a LEGO game and I hope it is the last time, because Tt made them extremely easy or very frustrating (the racoon one). The part that brought me the most fun was the open world (I really hope, they made a strict open world LEGO game someday, where they ditch the levels completly).

Aside from that I started Sword and Fairy 7: Together Forever and really liking it so far (I think, I`m halfway through the story at this point).

[Taruta13]

On 12/11/2022 at 9:04 PM, Taruta13 said:

Dark Cloud 2: 29%

Persona 5 Royal (PS4): 

Eventide: Slavic Fable: 

Eventide 2: Sorcerer's Mirror: 0% => 100%

Eventide 3: Legacy of Legends: 0%

 

Don't check my page: It's wrong but I can't update it now because the site decided to do stupid maintenance so it didn't allow me to put my newest platinum in. ?

 

So yes, I am trying to get rid of the Artifex Mundi titles before diving back into Dark Cloud 2, just to get them out of the way so I could make that game my #70.

 

[MidnightDragon]

5 hours ago, Taruta13 said:

 

Don't check my page: It's wrong but I can't update it now because the site decided to do stupid maintenance so it didn't allow me to put my newest platinum in. ?

 

So yes, I am trying to get rid of the Artifex Mundi titles before diving back into Dark Cloud 2, just to get them out of the way so I could make that game my #70.

 

You could always post a shot of your trophy record until it comes back.

[Hurricane_Tanya]

Update no. 2, got busy yesterday and didn’t really get time to do anything for myself so the update is a day late

 

- Hatoful Boyfriend: Holiday Star - 0% >> 19%
- Monkey Island 2: LeChuck’s Revenge - 9% >> 23%
- Never Alone - 100%
- Spider-Man: Miles Morales - 10% >> 24%
- Ghost of Tsushima - 0%
- Titanfall 2 - 39%
- The Swapper - 15%
- Doki-Doki Universe - 0% >> 100%
 

I finished Doki-Doki Universe, you can tell it’s an old PlayStation game because it’s one of those weird games that Sony were known for before all the blockbuster set piece action adventure games took over. My partner saw me playing and asked what is was, the only way I could describe it to him was that it is ‘Personality quizzes the game’. You play as a robot who needs to learn how to be more human. You do this by going to different planets and learning about the emotions of the different inhabitants. I found a lot of the actual personality quizzes to be very funny, the planets themselves are nice enough to play through. They’re very cartoony and it can be interesting to see how to solve the requests of each person, but I found most of the humour on the planets to be more simple and immature than the personality quizzes. Most of the time it involves placing a poop or a farting pig near people to make them angry at you…not that that’s necessarily a bad thing.

 

I also started Hatoful Boyfriend Holiday Star. It’s more surreal pigeon storylines, this time with a Christmas twist. I’m enjoying the stories themselves, but there’s a lot less gameplay this time round with each storyline being a linear chapter. There’s no opportunity to choose where to go or who to see, so far there’s just been a couple of choices at the end of each chapter. Still fun though, and who doesn’t like pigeons in Santa hats?

 

I got really into Miles Morales as well, the storyline is picking up and I’m slowly getting back into the swing of things. Not quite at the point of getting the 100x combo, but almost. Just had to stop myself playing too far because of the 12 days of Christmas challenge I’m doing at TT, stuck on day 8- levelling up grindy trophies grrr

[viech54]

Update #5

1. Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana (PS5) https://psnprofiles.com/trophies/19385-ys-viii-lacrimosa-of-dana 0%
2. Doki Doki Literature Club Plus (PS5): https://psnprofiles.com/trophies/13292-doki-doki-literature-club-plus 0%
3. Crystar: https://psnprofiles.com/trophies/9553-crystar 0%
4. Tales of Arise: 0% -> 4% -> 8% -> 14%
5. Moons of Madness: https://psnprofiles.com/trophies/10254-moons-of-madness 0%
6. Crystal Defenders: 0% -> 35% -> 80%

Finished the second world in Crystal Defenders. The game introduced more units to deploy for dealing with the enemies more efficiently/in different ways and made the strategy part a bit more complex, which is a good thing. Also got the hardest trophy (don't lose a single crystal and don't deploy a thief, this one) out of the way, so now all that's left is to beat the final world to get all trophies. There's one trophy for reaching a total of 100k points or more, I'm currently at 72k with 4 stages left. So everything else should come naturally while playing through the last world. I'll do that tomorrow.

 

Can't show it on PSNP at the moment as updates are disabled, so you'll just have to take my word for it for now. It's synced with PSN, so it should show up on here as soon as updates are back.

Edited December 13, 2022 by viech54

[slicknick3822]

On 12/12/2022 at 0:29 AM, slicknick3822 said:

 

Second weekly update. Made some more progress on R&C but screwed up the Death by Disco trophy cuz I didn't follow a guide and missed an enemy so not sure if I can go back and get it. Made a ton of progress on P3 Dancing. The game is addicting but the songs do get repetitive when you're playing them 50 times lol.

 

1. Ratchet & Clank (25% --> 74%-->87%)

2. Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight (10%-->63%)

3. Life Is Strange (0%)

4. Yakuza 0 (0%)

5. inFAMOUS Second Son (0%)

 

Doing a midweek update since I completed two games and finished R&C challenge mode. Close to getting the rest of the trophies need to finish up the Sheepinator and RYNO weapon upgrades and Death by Disco trophy (I'm pretty sure I only missed one enemy so I should get it quickly but we'll see.)

 

1. Ratchet & Clank (25% --> 74%-->87%-->92%)

2. Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight (10%-->63%-->100%) 

3. Life Is Strange (0%-->100%) 

4. Yakuza 0 (0%)

5. inFAMOUS Second Son (0%)

[be_minor]

Second week down, and I think this may be my best start in one of these backlog challenges. I finally completed Broken Age, a game sadly sitting in my backlog, partially played, since October 2015. The story isn’t revolutionary and the movement could be frustrating during the one-hour speedrun, but I still enjoyed this point-and-click experience for what it was. I also liked that the trophy list included more than complete the story, like most games of the same ilk.. I’m tempted to add The Witcher 3 to my list, even though I never 100% the PS4 version already on my account; I’ll wait to add any games until I see how the rest of the month shapes up. 

 

1. Broken Age  
2. Bugsnax 
3. Cult of the Lamb 
4. inFamous: Second Son  
5. Stray 

 

Swaps (0/3)

[StilRh]

Hey loves,

This week I've focused on Resident Evil 5. It took a few hours to become imersed due to the dated controls/visuals, and the almost rail-shooter-esque linearity of the levels... but once I got warmed up I had a blast blasting zombies bioweapons. It was a shame how Saturday morning cartoon villian-like the main antagonist became in the end as they are a character I've always adored in the franchise and they could had better scenes. I'll work up to professional difficulty in the coming weeks and grind out all the upgrades etc in small bursts. I will try and get MP trophies as there does seems to be organised groups working on this also.

Additionally, I've played some more Callisto Protocol mopping up collectables, chipped away at Nom Nom Galaxy MP challenges and cleared a few playstyle trophies and ascension levels on Slay the Spire.

This week I really should finish Callisto to get it off my list. After that I'll likely just play across all my games. This week I have 3 work Christmas parties, an extended family Christmas meetup and a job interview for potential promotion on my new ward so I'm not going to try and do too much to be honest. Have a good week

 

Atelier Sophie 2: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Dream 28%

Dead Cells 24%

Deathloop 27%

Hades 33%

Inscryption 10%

Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III

Muv-Luv: Alternative 20%

Pixeljunk Nom Nom Galaxy 47%

Potion Permit 25%

Resident Evil 5 4% > 36%

Returnal 16%

Slay the spire 27% > 32%

Steamworld Dig 2 24%

Tactics Ogre: Reborn 10%

The Callisto Protocol 82%