Platinum Difficulty Challenge 2023

[Rebourne07]

On 12/1/2022 at 0:55 PM, Rebourne07 said:

Jennys_Trophies

@Jennys_Trophies Congratulations on Gold tier! Just one more to go! Good luck on Crash. I've heard its BRUTAL. 

 

@DazzaFett Yes I looked into Bleed. It looks hard, but with limited slots I went with a few other games. The ten that I settled on are:

• Assetto Corsa
• Crash Bandicoot 4
• Crypt of the Necrodancer
• Doom 2
• Ikaruga
• Koihime Enbu RyoRaiRai
• Silent Hill 2 HD
• Super Meat Boy
• Tetris Effect
• Wolfenstein 2

These will be for a badge next year. Also, good job on 17 platinums already this year, that's nuts lol And if you need help / tips on guide writing I can help you, just PM me the game you want to start writing a guide for once you're ready to start and I can walk you through it since I've written 10+ myself. 

[Rebourne07]

 

Platinum #265: The Callisto Protocol

Whelp, I platinumed "Squeeze Through a Crack Simulator". I really wanted to like it, but if I'm being honest...this game sucks. It would have been a great movie, but as a game it just falls flat. I bought it and beat it at launch and really tried to like it. But then I bought and beat Dead Space Remake...then went back to this to finish up the platinum and man it's just a turd in comparison. I won't list out all my reasons cause I know some people do like it...it just wasn't for me. Anyway, 6/10 complete and I'm now the first person to achieve the  PS5 Master badge! Which is kinda shocking lol Anyway, I've already started Dark Souls 2: Scholars of the First Sin and as with all FromSoft games I'm loving it. It'll be a while on that one and even longer for Gran Turismo 7, especially if the Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters drop anytime soon so it may be a while before I update again. I anticipate GT7 being my hardest game this time around so hopefully I can pull it off! Y'all are doing awesome though. It's so cool to see everyone's progress and seeing everyone tackle increasingly difficult games.

 

GAMES:

 1/10 - Life is Strange: True Colors

 2/10 - Ape Escape

 3/10 - A Plague Tale: Requiem

 4/10 - Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII - Reunion

 5/10 - Doom Eternal

 6/10 - The Callisto Protocol

 7/10 - Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin

 8/10 - Gran Turismo 7

 9/10 - Celeste

 10/10 - Hollow Knight

 

BADGES:

Spoiler

 Above and Beyond - 

• Gran Turismo 7

 Brownie Points - 

• Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII - Reunion

 Finally! - 

• Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin

 Fresh Starter - 

• Life is Strange: True Colors
• Ape Escape
• A Plague Tale: Requiem
• Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII - Reunion
• Celeste
• Hollow Knight

 Guide Writer - 

• Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII - Reunion

 Jack of All Trades - 

• Life is Strange: True Colors Romance
• Ape Escape Action
• A Plague Tale: Requiem Mystery
• Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII - Reunion RPG
• Doom Eternal Shooter
• The Callisto Protocol Horror
• Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin Survival
• Gran Turismo 7 Racing
• Celeste Fantasy
• Hollow Knight Platform

 Love Bird - 

• Life is Strange: True Colors

 Mad Skillz - 

• Gran Turismo 7

 Old School - 

• Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII - Reunion
• Ape Escape
• Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin

 One Trick Pony - 

Adventure

• Life is Strange: True Colors
• A Plague Tale: Requiem
• The Callisto Protocol
• Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin
• Celeste
• Hollow Knight

 PS5 Master - 

• Life is Strange: True Colors
• Ape Escape
• A Plague Tale: Requiem
• Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII - Reunion
• Doom Eternal
• The Callisto Protocol

 

PROGRESS:

Spoiler

[DazzaFett]

2 hours ago, Rebourne07 said:

if you need help / tips on guide writing I can help you, just PM me the game you want to start writing a guide for once you're ready to start and I can walk you through it since I've written 10+ myself. 

Ah thanks that would be great.  I guess i will give it a go then, I will have a look at my planned games and see what is lacking in terms of a guide and see if its one that i feel i could make one for. I guess the PSVR2 games may well prove to offer some prime candidates as they come out. 

[Inuty]

8 hours ago, DazzaFett said:

Ah thanks that would be great.  I guess i will give it a go then, I will have a look at my planned games and see what is lacking in terms of a guide and see if its one that i feel i could make one for. I guess the PSVR2 games may well prove to offer some prime candidates as they come out. 

I would like to have a nice one for the dark picture: switchback or Star wars: Tales from the galaxys edge if you still need to choose haha ?

[DazzaFett]

1 hour ago, Inuty said:

I would like to have a nice one for the dark picture: switchback or Star wars: Tales from the galaxys edge if you still need to choose haha

 

Well I will deffo be picking up both those games so will have to see ?

[bethharmon]

18 hours ago, DazzaFett said:

Ah thanks that would be great.  I guess i will give it a go then, I will have a look at my planned games and see what is lacking in terms of a guide and see if its one that i feel i could make one for. I guess the PSVR2 games may well prove to offer some prime candidates as they come out. 

If you’ve got PSVR 2 you should think about doing one for Star Wars Tales from the Galaxy’s Edge (assume you’ll be playing that)

[zaxonzaxon]

Couple more to knock off the list:

 

 

2/10, 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim

 

This was an interesting game. Not the type of thing typically in my gaming wheelhouse, but after hearing nothing but extravagant praise for it over the past few years I picked it up on sale and finally got around to playing it for my 2/10. I'm a gameplay > story type of guy and this is very much a story > gameplay game, so I had some concerns with this. Fortunately, the writing and presentation are strong enough that I enjoyed it overall. (I did think it dragged on a bit too long, and I was still quite confused after finishing it, though.)

 

 

6/10, Stardew Valley

 

One of my favorite games of last gen, I'm not sure there's much to say that hasn't been said already -- you either know and love Stardew, or you are completely baffled as to why anyone would spend 100+ hours watering plants and giving townspeople bread. I've had the platinum pretty much ready to go for a couple years now since the notorious Fector's Challenge got nerfed, and have been waiting to save it for something special. That ended up being the prized platinum #100! (Only took me nearly 15 years to get there...)

 

That brings me to 5 out of 10 completed. Now I'm in something of a holding pattern. TOEM and Returnal require a PS5, which I haven't bought yet (Soon... I hope.). FFVIII is waiting for the next time it's on sale, Metal Wolf Chaos is currently slotted for July for 'Murica, and DRG just needs a boosting group for the last trophy (I'm in no hurry on that.)

 

Thinking of starting a second list to do Ultra-rares and series conqueror, but I have too many other games to play as it is...

 

1: TOEM 
 2: 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim (PSNP)
 3: FFVIII
 4: Two Point Hospital  (metagame 4.5)
 5: Zone of the Enders HD (PSNP)
 6: Stardew Valley (PSNP)
 7: Metal Wolf Chaos
 8: Deep Rock Galactic
 9: Returnal
 10: Vanquish (PST 9.5)

 

BADGE PROGRESS:

Spoiler

COMPLETE:

 

 Finally! - Stardew Valley (4 years, 1 day) (Side note: I put a lot of effort into making that exactly 4 Years, but learned too late you have to subtract a day for each Leap Year. RIP.)

 Above and Beyond - Two Point Hospital (162 hours) (Also: Stardew Valley (110 hours), Deep Rock Galactic)

 Rare Genre - Two Point Hospital (Business) (Also Stardew Valley - Business) 

 Rare Letter - Zone of the Enders HD

 Masochist - Vanquish (PST), Stardew Valley (PST)

 

IN PROGRESS:

 

 Fresh Start - 3/6 - Vanquish (19 January 23), Zone of the Enders HD (11 Jan 23) 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim (14 Feb 23) (TOEM, FFVIII, Metal Wolf Chaos, Returnal)

 Old School - 2/3 - Vanquish 10th Anniversary Remaster, Zone of the Enders HD (FFVIII, Metal Wolf Chaos)

 

 PS4 Master - 4/6 - Vanquish, Two Point Hospital, Stardew Valley, 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim (FFVIII, Metal Wolf Chaos, Deep Rock Galactic)

 

 

 

 Murica - TBD this July - (Metal Wolf Chaos)

 Brownie Points  - (Final Fantasy VIII)

 

 

 

Edited March 3, 2023 by zaxonzaxon

[Copanele]

Got the 8/10 down and boy I was so close to dropping the challenge at this point - Dragon Ball Raging Blast

 

1/10  - SkyScrappers

2/10  - Phantom Breaker: Omnia

3/10  - One Piece Burning Blood

4/10  - Dead or Alive 6

5/10  - Melty Blood: Type Lumina

6/10  - Street Fighter x Tekken

7/10  - DNF Duel

8/10  - Dragon Ball Raging Blast

9/10  - Street Fighter IV

10/10-

 

Game was an absolute dumpster fire.

On the bright side ... I am in Gold now:

•  Mad Skillz - Platinum a Fighting or Racing game rated 8/10 or higher
•  One Trick Pony - 6 or more games on your list are from the same genre
•  PS4 Master - Platinum 6 or more PS4 games on your list
•  Rare Letter - Platinum a game starting with J,O,Q,X,Y or Z

[Thedah]

4/10 - Yakuza Like a Dragon done! That's all of the main line Yakuza games done now. On to the spinoffs!

 

1/10 - TBD

2/10 - Persona 5 Royal

3/10 - Yakuza 6

4/10 - Yakuza Like a Dragon

5/10 - Lost Judgment

6/10 - Final Fantasy X-2 HD

7/10 - Judgment

8/10 - Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots

9/10 - Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty

10/10 - Devil May Cry 5

 

Above and Beyond - Platinum a game with an official time estimate of 80 or more hours

 Brownie Points - Platinum a game from Rebourne07's favorite series (Final Fantasy)

 Fresh Starter - 6 or more games on your list had 0% progress prior to 2023

 Masochist - More than one game on your list qualifies as a 10/10 (MGS2, DMC5)

 Old School - 3 or more games on your list are remakes, remasters or PS1/PS2/PSP games (MGS2, Persona 5 Royal, FFX-2)

 PS4 Master - Platinum 6 or more PS4 games on your list

 Rare Letter - Platinum a game starting with J,O,Q,X,Y or Z

 Series Conqueror - 3 or more games on your list are from the same series

[UnIvIIIrsum]

I apologize if minor updates is frowned upon but what a struggle the 10 black series golds have been. Same mistakes over and over again and even finding new ways to mess up after way too many hours. I feel like the worst Trackmania player that is going for platinum but with a stupid amount of stubbornness. I have seen people say that some black series tracks took them over 7 hours... for trackmaster medal. I would be happy if gold took me 7 hours on some if not most of them so far. Too make myself feel better I will mention that track 168 took me like 30 minutes, it felt very online mode . Just wanted to went. 

[Inuty]

45 minutes ago, UnIvIIIrsum said:

I apologize if minor updates is frowned upon but what a struggle the 10 black series golds have been. Same mistakes over and over again and even finding new ways to mess up after way too many hours. I feel like the worst Trackmania player that is going for platinum but with a stupid amount of stubbornness. I have seen people say that some black series tracks took them over 7 hours... for trackmaster medal. I would be happy if gold took me 7 hours on some if not most of them so far. Too make myself feel better I will mention that track 168 took me like 30 minutes, it felt very online mode . Just wanted to went. 

Valley is by far the hardest. There are 5 tracks or so that drove me crazy. Lagoon i did after a short break more quickly. I needed 3 evenings to get all golds, maybe i was really lucky. 4 Gold on the first evening, 3 on the other to evenings. It was a Real life saver to just stop playing the game for 2 weeks and start fresh if you have a track Block in your way

[PuRiZo-_-]

Anyone knows if BPM / Bullets per Minute is a 10/10 ?

Since im on it and ffs i think it is definately a 10/10 but could not find any difficulty ratings yet

[DazzaFett]

@Rebourne07 OK So my first list I have updated my progress with 8 games now completed so I should now qualify for the Silver Leaderboard.

 

Also i have swapped out my 10/10 from the Atari Flashback Classics on VITA to Atari Flashback Classics Vol 3 on PS4 and amended Day of the Tentacle from PS4 to VITA.

So on top of my original 4 badges earned I should now also qualify for the VITA Master and Old School badges so 6 in total for now with 3 more pending when I complete my remaining games.

 

My List now looks as follows

Status	Difficulty	Game Name	Console	Guide Time	% @ 01/01/23	Current     %	Rarity	Genre	Theme
Completed	1/10	Lara Croft GO	VITA	2	0%	100%	Common	Puzzle, Turn Based Strategy, Adventure	Action
Completed	2/10	Day of the Tentacle Remastered	VITA	5	0%	100%	Uncommon	Point & Click, Adventure	Fantasy, Science Fiction, Historical, Comedy
Completed	3/10	Axiom Verge 2	PS4	20	0%	100%	Rare	Platform, Adventure, Indie	Action, Science fiction
Completed	4/10	Untitled Goose Game	PS4	6	0%	100%	Uncommon	Simulator, Indie	Action, Stealth
Completed	5/10	Hotline Miami	VITA	10	91%	100%	Very Rare	Shooter, Indie	Action
Completed	6/10	Arcade Classics Anniversary Collection	PS4	10	0%	100%	Uncommon	Arcade	Action
Completed	7/10	Terminator: Resistance (Enhanced)	PS5	10	0%	100%	Common	Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure	Action
Completed	8/10	Asterix & Obelix XXL: Romastered	PS4	20	0%	100%	Rare	Hack & Slash/Beat em up
Not Started	9/10	The Witness	PS4	15	0%	0%	Rare	Puzzle, Adventure, Indie	Science fiction, Open world, Mystery
Partially done	10/10	Atari Flashback Classics Vol 3	PS4	30	81%	81%	Ultra Rare	Arcade	Action

 

• Vita Master - 3 VITA games   (Achieved)
• PS4 Master -6 PS4 Games  (On Track 2 to go)
• One Trick Pony - 6+ Action Themes   (Achieved)
• Old School - Day of the Tentacle Remastered / Arcade Classic Anniversary Collection / Asterix & Obelix XXL Romastered (Achieved)
• OCD - All Platinum's in order  (Still On Track 2 to go)
• Award Winner - The Witness  (On Track 1 to go)
•  Carpe Diem - Axiom Verge 2  (Achieved)
• Fresh Starter - 6+ games started in 2023  (Achieved)
• Shameless - By Guide times = Lara Croft Go 2hr / Day of the Tentacle Remastered 5hr / Untitled Goose Game 6hr  (Achieved)

[Lum]

Got another one done:

 

10/10: Dead or Alive 5 

 

Like I mentioned in the UR cleanup thread, this one’s been sitting at 98% for awhile due to milestone reasons and dragging my feet getting the last trophy finally. This game’s hardest trophy involves having to survive a wave of 100 opponents on the mode’s hardest difficulty that took about 30 minutes in duration. There were several close calls where my run could have ended but barely managed to hang on by a sliver of life. On the flip side of what many find a really frustrating mode (Survival), this game has some really sexy characters to play as and admire…to where it can be even be considered a fetish getting your ass kicked by Kasumi lmao. Talked about it more in detail in the UR cleanup event if anyone is interested:

 

https://forum.psnprofiles.com/topic/137131-the-ultra-rare-cleanup-2023/?do=findComment&comment=2734667
 

Glad to have this one done and another sub-1% plat in the bag.

 

1/10: Five Dates

2/10: The Liar and the Blind Prince

3/10: Horizon Forbidden West 

4/10: Void Terrarium

5/10: Resident Evil 0 

6/10: Gods Will Fall

7/10: Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

8/10: Call of Duty: Black Ops III

9/10: Injustice: Gods Among Us Ult. Ed.

10/10: Dead or Alive 5 

[stuthesheep]

Adding another one to the *DONE* list.

 

 1. 

 2.

 3. Assassin's Creed: Rogue  18/2

 4. God of War  4/3

 5. Assassin's Creed: Revelations  6/1

 6.

 7.

 8. Dragon Age: Inquisition   1/1

 9.

10.

 

*PSNP ratings unless otherwise linked

 

God of War (2018) marked off for my 4/10. Feels like I'm the last person in the world to play this, so not going to bother saying how good it is. 4/10 is a slightly generous rating IMO as you could theoretically play through the whole game on Easy, but where's the fun in that? The Valkyrie Queen is really the only part that might pose a few problems for the plat I suppose, but with a good build and knowledge, even that fight's not too bad (although full disclosure, that was the one part I did turn it down to Easy for, just to get it done)

 

Onwards!

[Wurstmann69]

1	Gleylancer	PS5	Shooter, Arcade	❌
2	Miles Morales	PS5	Adventure	❌
3	CoD: Modern Warfare	PS4	Shooter	❌
4	Golf with your Friends	PS4	Simulator, Sport, Strategy, Indie	❌
5	Team Sonic Racing	PS4	Racing, Arcade	❌
6	Sackboy	PS5	Platform, Adventure	✅
7	Resident Evil Village	PS5	Shooter, Adventure	❌
8	Dead Cells	PS4	Platform, Adventure, Indie	❌
9	Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania	PS5	Platform, Puzzle, Arcade	❌
10	Jump King	PS4	Adventure, Indie	❌

 

 

I swapped Trine 2 for SMB Banana Mania and DMC5 for Jump King. It's very hard to find viable games for the Minesweeper batch.

This year i already finished Hogwart's Legacy, Yooka-Laylee, Jak II, A Way Out and Toem - but I can't use any of these for the Minesweeper list as they are all from the adventure genre and having more than 5 games from the same genre grants a batch and would lock me out of the Minesweeper batch. 

 

Anyway, I am now actively working on Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania as my 9/10 as I want to get this one and Jump King out of the way first and then focus on the easier games.

 

Edit: Just noticed that I can't play Jump King: "None of your games can start with J, O, Q, X, Y or Z" ?

Guess I will just stick with DMC5 then.

 

Edited March 8, 2023 by Wurstmann69

[Vidbacca]

Hi @Rebourne07, apologies if this has been asked and answered already, have searched an couldn't see it anywhere:

Does Terminator: Resistance (Enhanced) qualify for the Old School badge as it is considered a remaster for the PS5?

[seannyboy913]

Deadbolt is done, getting me gold tier and the PS4 Master badge. A good game that kind of plays like a simpler Hotline Miami with a side view instead of top down. I wasn't expecting a lot of this game but the story was decent and I really enjoyed the gameplay, even when replaying levels dozens of times for 5 star ratings as they only take a couple minutes tops. Even though this game is hard it builds the difficulty up really well, starting with weak and simple enemies while you learn how to use the not so great aiming system, slowly introducing new tougher enemies and concepts throughout the game while also giving you the information before the level so you can choose your weapon as needed. 

 

The trophies in this game are mostly simple and encourage replaying certain levels in a different way which is always appreciated but the last three are what will stop someone from getting the platinum. First you need to 5 star all missions which wouldn't be too bad but the game is really unclear on what gets you 5 stars as it seems to be based on time, accuracy and headshot accuracy with no indication of what's good for the level you're working on so you just have to replay until you go fast and the wonky aiming decided you did get a headshot when you aimed for it. Next is a deathless run which isn't that bad as long as you use the exploit to quit mission before you respawn. The last trophy for me was the speedrun trophy which normally I enjoy but this one asked for 1 hour without quitting the game. This doesn't sound so bad but the 1 hour is real time so loading times count against it, selecting a mission takes more of the time and you can't even pause the game as the timer keeps going. I lost a couple runs by minutes due to real life things causing me to have to pause for a few minutes, but overall a fun game that deserves its difficulty rating.

 

1/10 - Toem - Kids   (1/1/23)

2/10 - Knowledge is Power - Quiz/Trivia   (1/3/23)

3/10 - Minecraft - 4X    (1/3/23)

4/10 - Lawn Mowing Simulator - Non-fiction   (1/8/23)

5/10 - Thief - Stealth  (1/20/23)

6/10 - Demon's Souls - Horror  (1/29/23)

7/10 - Catherine: Full Body - Romance  (2/3/23)

8/10 - Prototype - Hack and slash/Beat 'em up  (2/22/23)

9/10 - Deadbolt - Thriller  (3/5/23)

10/10 - Jump King - Indie

 

Badges:

Spoiler

  Above and Beyond - Lawn Mowing Simulator

 Award Winner - Demon's Souls

 Finally! - Thief (2015)

 Fresh Starter - Toem, Knowledge is Power, Demon's Soul(PS5), Prototype(PS4), Deadbolt, Jump King

 Hardcore - Knowledge is Power, Lawn Mowing Simulator, Thief, Catherine: Full Body, Prototype, Deadbolt, Jump King

 Jack of All Trades - See Above

 Love Bird - Catherine: Full Body

 Masochist - Deadbolt & Jump King

 OCD - So far so good

 Old School - Demon's Souls, Catherine: Full Body, Prototype

 One Trick Pony - Toem, Minecraft, Thief, Demon's Souls, Catherine: Full Body, and Prototype are all adventure games

 PS4 Master - Knowledge is Power, Minecraft, Thief, Catherine: Full Body, Prototype, Deadbolt

 Rare Genre - Minecraft 4X

 Rare Letter - Jump King

 

[DazzaFett]

9 hours ago, seannyboy913 said:

Deadbolt is done, getting me gold tier and the PS4 Master badge

Congrats matey. Deadbolt is a game I have been eyeing up for awhile so your insight into it is very helpful.

 

Good Luck with Jump King. It’s definitely another very hard game that I still need to go back and finish but the jumping mechanics are very painful and make the game very frustrating and requires a huge amount of patience and dedication to get through it.

I plan to go back to it later this year to try and attempt to finish it off but am not looking forward to the experience LOL

[Salamandxrs]

Hey guys i just wanted to know, a jurassic parc game is kinda always in costa rica but as eveything begin in United states, would it count for the badge ?

 

(I was thinking about Jurassic wold evolution 2)

 

•  Murica 

 

There is that trophy inside the game too : 

Not Making the Same Mistakes Again
Complete Jurassic Park: San Diego (Chaos Theory)

Edited March 7, 2023 by Salamandxrs

[DazzaFett]

On 3/3/2023 at 6:46 PM, bethharmon said:

If you’ve got PSVR 2 you should think about doing one for Star Wars Tales from the Galaxy’s Edge (assume you’ll be playing that)

I will be picking it up but it does not look a very long game from the PC reviews so would prefer to pick it up once there is a Discount available as £40 is a bit steep for a 4 hour game.  If no guide is available by the time i do pick it up then i will definitely have a crack at it. 

[Vidbacca]

On 05/03/2023 at 8:10 PM, stuthesheep said:

Adding another one to the *DONE* list.

 

 1. 

 2.

 3. Assassin's Creed: Rogue  18/2

 4. God of War  4/3

 5. Assassin's Creed: Revelations  6/1

 6.

 7.

 8. Dragon Age: Inquisition   1/1

 9.

10.

 

*PSNP ratings unless otherwise linked

 

God of War (2018) marked off for my 4/10. Feels like I'm the last person in the world to play this, so not going to bother saying how good it is. 4/10 is a slightly generous rating IMO as you could theoretically play through the whole game on Easy, but where's the fun in that? The Valkyrie Queen is really the only part that might pose a few problems for the plat I suppose, but with a good build and knowledge, even that fight's not too bad (although full disclosure, that was the one part I did turn it down to Easy for, just to get it done)

 

Onwards!

You'll be pleased to know you're not the last as i have yet to play it, i have earmarked playing it for my #125 platinum milestone as i'm working through the entire series as it's one of my favourites. Congrats on the plat and i can't wait to play it. 

[NaughtNaught]

At the end, the mighty numbers crashed and burned…

 

"You ugh… all set then?" Mighty No. 9  

 

 

Thoughts: Oh boy… Mighty No. 9 sucks. Positioned as a spiritual successor to Mega Man, Mighty No. 9 gave fans a reason to be excited for a fresh side-scrolling action platformer. However, it has been well documented that the crowdfunding campaigns, and overall mismanagement, eventually created animosity and confusion for its supporting backers. Remember that infamous trailer for the game? ‘And make the bad guys cry like an anime fan on prom night’, yikes. It is disappointing because if the game was polished, I do believe it would’ve been considered a good game. As it stands, the poor visuals, awful writing and voice-acting, buggy framerate, and questionable level design lends Mighty No. 9 into mediocre territory. Fulfilling a sick and twisted fantasy, I decided to platinum this game.

 

Sitting on a 0.76% rarity (as of 07/03/2023), I can see why the game’s platinum percentage is very low. The majority of players would be turned off by the game, and so the path to the platinum is out of the question. The average trophy completion percentage is 4% LOL! However, if you endure the mediocrity and become proficient, the platinum trophy is achievable.

 

Here are some key trophy takeaways:

 

·         Multiple playthroughs that are difficulty specific.

·         Completing the game on HARD without restarting.

·         Complete the game within 60 minutes (surprisingly easier on HARD since you have all abilities).

·         Get all technical bonuses (think of these as the collectible of the game, these can be gained in every level and boss, this is a bit grindy, guide required).

·         Complete Boss Rush Mode in less than 20 minutes.

·         'Brave the Gauntlet' is arguably the hardest trophy. Complete all themes in single-player Challenge Mode. You have 36 challenges to complete. Half of them are pretty easy, but the latter ones require you to complete stages without dying. The last challenge is crazy… Beat the entire game without dying. If you die, you restart to the very beginning. Ouch).

 

After getting unnecessarily good at the game, I manage to consistently beat the game in under an hour. This is not worth bragging about, but I am weirdly proud of getting the platinum. Even so, I would still not recommend this game. Five years of this game being on my profile with ONE trophy, I can finally put this game to rest.

 

Difficulty List Log – I really didn’t think I would be able to get the Mighty No. 9 platinum. I honestly thought the game would get the better of me. Six out of ten done! Moving ever closer to getting the list done! Onwards and upwards! Let’s play something less skill dependent. How about Life is Strange? ?

 

1/10   - Life is Strange

2/10   - Persona 5 Royal (Guide Winner 2020)

3/10   - Cities: Skylines -  18/01/2023

4/10   - Borderlands 3 -  18/01/2023

5/10   - Mighty No. 9 -  06/03/2023

6/10   - Final Fantasy 7 Remake -  14/02/2023

7/10   - Bloodborne -  08/01/2023 (Guide Winner 2015)

8/10   - Cuphead -  02/02/2023

9/10   - XCOM 2

10/10 - Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 OR The Evil Within

 

Badges

• Above and Beyond - Platinum a game with an official time estimate of 80 or more hours (Cities: Skylines)
• Award Winner - Platinum a game with a trophy guide that won a PSNProfiles award (Bloodborne – 2015)
• Brownie Points - Platinum a game from Rebourne07's favorite series (Final Fantasy)
• Finally! - Platinum a game that you started 3 or more years ago (Mighty No. 9)
• PS4 Master - Platinum 6 or more PS4 games on your list

[dertswa687o]

It's nice to play a highly realistic game like Katamari once in a while.

 

This completion bumps me up a tier and also earns the Hardcore badge. Not quite done with the URs though, since Exist Archive is another.

 

 1/10 - Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!

 2/10 - Final Fantasy VIII

 3/10 - Exist Archive

 4/10 - Katamari Forever

 5/10 - Unravel Two

 6/10 - Ziggurat

 7/10 - 3D Dot Game Heroes

 8/10 - Jotun

 9/10 - XCOM 2

 10/10 - Akai Katana Shin

 

 Above and Beyond - XCOM 2

 Finally! - 99% completion

 Hardcore - Difficulties 4-10

 Love Bird - Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!

 Masochist - XCOM 2 and Akai Katana Shin

 Rare Letter - XCOM 2

[Salamandxrs]

8 minutes ago, dertswa687o said:

It's nice to play a highly realistic game like Katamari once in a while.

 

This completion bumps me up a tier and also earns the Hardcore badge. Not quite done with the URs though, since Exist Archive is another.

 

 1/10 - Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!

 2/10 - Final Fantasy VIII

 3/10 - Exist Archive

 4/10 - Katamari Forever

 5/10 - Unravel Two

 6/10 - Ziggurat

 7/10 - 3D Dot Game Heroes

 8/10 - Jotun

 9/10 - XCOM 2

 10/10 - Akai Katana Shin

 

 Above and Beyond - XCOM 2

 Finally! - 99% completion

 Hardcore - Difficulties 4-10

 Love Bird - Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!

 Masochist - XCOM 2 and Akai Katana Shin

 Rare Letter - XCOM 2

XCOM 2 a 10/10 ? Where ? I want to know haha