Platinum Difficulty Challenge 2023

[D-E-U-S-X]

Halftime now reached after completing Silent Hill 2 and experiencing an iconic horror game. It was a nice, relaxing walk through a foggy small town, even if its residents are sometimes rough. I look forward to the remake.

 

10/10 Star Ocean: The Last Hope International

10/10 Dreadnought

10/10 Earth Defense Force 4.1 The Shadow Of New Despair

10/10 Earth Defense Force 2025

?10/10 Silent Hill 2

[dieselmanchild]

On 2023-04-20 at 11:01 AM, Rebourne07 said:

@dieselmanchild Congratulations on Silver tier and 2 badges! If you've earned more badges let me know, that's just the ones I can for sure tell you got from a quick glance.

 

@FanficWriter73 Congratulations on Bronze tier and 1 badge

 

@Wurstmann69 lmao, I'm glad I'm not the only one that feels this way sometimes ?

Thanks man! Is it OK to swap in games or better to just wait until a new list? At a glance I know I’ll be able to claim the Above & Beyond badge in a few days if I swap in The Long Dark. It would be nice to earn a prize for it since it’s a 200 hour game. ?

 

I haven’t really paid much attention to the badges as of this moment but I think when I finish this one and organize a 2nd list it will be really fun to arrange it around earning a handful of them. You put so much work in to them and they look awesome!

 

10 hours ago, D-E-U-S-X said:

Halftime now reached after completing Silent Hill 2 and experiencing an iconic horror game. It was a nice, relaxing walk through a foggy small town, even if its residents are sometimes rough. I look forward to the remake.

 

10/10 Star Ocean: The Last Hope International

10/10 Dreadnought

10/10 Earth Defense Force 4.1 The Shadow Of New Despair

10/10 Earth Defense Force 2025

?10/10 Silent Hill 2

Amazing work!

 

Just ordered a copy of Silent Hill 2 last month and I’m planning to give it a whirl soon. It looks awesome but that 10 star run looks tough!

[Shyjun]

I saw that I could squeeze most of the games I planned to play in the following months between 2 lists, so I made some small changes to my previous list to optimize the badges obtained.

Since I cannot complete my first list before october (Bloodborne as an horror game and 3+ years since start), I might invert the two lists if I complete the other one before then.

 

1st list :

❌ 1/10 - Toem

✅ 2/10 - Hogwarts Legacy (23/03/2023) Playstation Trophies

✅ 3/10 - Dragon Ball Z Kakarot (24/04/2023) PSNP

✅ 4/10 - God of War Ragnarok (03/01/2023) PSNP

✅ 5/10 - Like a Dragon: Ishin! (12/03/2023) PSNP

✅ 6/10 - Tails of Iron (09/04/2023) PSNP
✅ 7/10 - Witcher 3 (20/02/2023) PSNP

❌ 8/10 - Bloodborne

❌ 9/10 - Celeste

❌ 10/10 - Hollow Knight

 

Badges I am aiming for:

•  Above and Beyond - The Witcher 3 
•  Award Winner - God of War Ragnarok 
•  Carpe Diem - Tails of Iron 
•  Finally! - Bloodborne
•  Fresh Starter - All games except Bloodborne/God of War/Celeste
•  PS5 Master - 1/2/4/5/6/7
•  Spooky - Bloodborne
•  One Trick Pony - (Adventure) All 10 games 
•  Jack of All Trades - All 10 games on your list are from a different genre 

 

2nd list:

❌ 1/10 - Life is Strange

✅ 2/10 - Persona 3 Dancing in Moonlight (06/04/2023) PSNP

❌ 3/10 - Persona 4 Dancing All Night

❌ 4/10 - Dead or Alive 5 Last Round

❌ 5/10 - Persona 4 Golden

✅ 6/10 - Persona 3 Portable (06/04/2023) PowerPyx

❌ 7/10 - Persona 4 Arena Ultimax

❌ 8/10 - Dragon Ball Fighterz

❌ 9/10 - The Witness

❌ 10/10 - Super Meat Boy

 

Badges I am aiming for

•  Above and Beyond - Persona 3 Portable 
•  Award Winner - The Witness
•  Fresh Starter - All games except DoA 5 LR
•  Mad Skillz - DB Fighterz
•  Murica - Life is Strange
•  Old School - DoA 5 LR/ P3P/ P4G
•  PS4 Master - All 10 games
•  Overachiever
•  Series Conqueror - Persona series (5 games)
•  One Trick Pony - (Action) 8 games
•  Jack of All Trades - All 10 games on your list are from a different genre 

 

[D-E-U-S-X]

5 hours ago, dieselmanchild said:

Amazing work!

 

Just ordered a copy of Silent Hill 2 last month and I’m planning to give it a whirl soon. It looks awesome but that 10 star run looks tough!

The 10 star run looks harder than it actually is because little mistakes aren't a tragedy. It would be far worse without being able to save and I was far away from a perfect run.

[Rebourne07]

20 hours ago, D-E-U-S-X said:

Halftime now reached after completing Silent Hill 2 and experiencing an iconic horror game. It was a nice, relaxing walk through a foggy small town, even if its residents are sometimes rough. I look forward to the remake.

 

10/10 Star Ocean: The Last Hope International

10/10 Dreadnought

10/10 Earth Defense Force 4.1 The Shadow Of New Despair

10/10 Earth Defense Force 2025

10/10 Silent Hill 2

Amazing as always, yours is the coolest entry in this challenge I think.

 

10 hours ago, dieselmanchild said:

Is it OK to swap in games or better to just wait until a new list?

It's ok to swap games anytime. So it's up to you. 

[Evil_Joker88]

Just before the end of the month i finished two more games and both are from the Assassin's Creed franchise

 

AC Chronicles is a cool 2.5D game that's focused on stealth and less combat and i like it for its story and gameplay but it is the hardest game i have completed for this year so far there aren't many checkpoints and repeating some bits several times didn't feel good.

 

AC Brotherhood on the other hand is one of the best of the series and since i played it on PC and PS3 already i was very familiar with it. Running through medieval Roma is just fantastic It was certainly waaaay easier than Chronicles in comparison...

 

With 7 of 10 games completed on list 2 i'm on Bronze Tier and will write down which badges i have unlocked with this list by now

 

1/10 One Night Stand (Platprices) on 16th Feb

2/10 Demon Hunter: Revelation (Platprices) on 18th Feb

3/10 Stray (PSNP) on 18th Feb

4/10 Minecraft Dungeons (knoef. info) on 27th Mar

5/10 Assassin's Creed Revelations (PST) on 7th Apr

6/10 Assassin's Creed Chronicles (psthc.fr) on 26th Apr

710 Assassin's Creed Brotherhood (PST) on 26th Apr

8/10 Gran Turismo 7 (griffinsgamingguides)

9/10 Xcom 2 (PSNP)

10/10 Hollow Knight (NA) (Trophies.de)

 

Badges:

Carpe Diem: Minecraft Dungeons

Fresh starter: 1/2/4/5/6/7

Love Bird: One Night Stand

One Tricky Pony: Adventure (all 7 of them )

PS4 Master: 2/3/4/5/6/7

Rare Letter: One Night Stand

Series Offender: AC Revelations, Chronicles, Brotherhood

Shameless: One Night Stand (1 hour), Demon Hunter 3 (3 hours), Stray (8 hours)

 

Gran Turismo will be added once i have gold medals on the last 9 licencse tests ?

Edited April 26, 2023 by Evil_Joker88

[Rebourne07]

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

Evil_Joker88 - February 16th ~ Xeno Crisis [[April 26th (Bronze)]]

@Evil_Joker88 Congratulations on Bronze tier on your second list! 

 

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

• The player with the most badges overall - Current Winner: Evil_Joker88 (16 Overall, 13 Unique)
• The player with the most unique badges - Current Winner: seannyboy913 (14 Overall, 14 Unique)

@Evil_Joker88 You are now winning in the Most Overall Badges category

@seannyboy913 You are winning in the Most Unique Badges category

[dieselmanchild]

11 hours ago, D-E-U-S-X said:

The 10 star run looks harder than it actually is because little mistakes aren't a tragedy. It would be far worse without being able to save and I was far away from a perfect run.

 

Were there any specific roadmaps or helpful resources you used when doing it? One of the hardest parts to me looks to be tracking all the various specific actions across your playthrough since there is no in game trackers for most stuff. It looks like a lot of moving parts at once.

[Inuty]

Man i screwed up with my 2nd list. Monster hunter sunbreak is no platinum but instead 6 dlc stacks. That is it for my series badge.

 

Lesson for me, never count games into a list, which don't have a trophy list yet

[Abraniell]

Joining up late this year as usual right on time others will say. I was hesitant to join for this year as I have a few long term plats I wanted to go for this year like 3on3, GT Sport & starting soon with BFBC1 that plus alot on my UR backlog aswell so I will need to manage my time perfectly If I wanted to participate and get the job done for this year too. Last year I manage to almost complete 2 lists, this year we'll see how we do with just the one. As per usual I'm coming up with a pretty difficult to complete list focusing mainly on UR's and Celeste lol but I wanted to throw an extra spice there and focus entirely on Indie Games as this are for the most part the games I find more enjoyable no matter the genre.

So after carefull consideration here's my 2023 picks:

 

• 1/10 - Oh...Sir! The Insult Simulator
• 2/10 - Celeste
• 3/10 - PixelJunk Nom Nom Galaxy
• 4/10 - Verdun
• 5/10 - 7 Days to Die
• 6/10 - The Long Dark
• 7/10 - Absolver
• 8/10 - Wuppo
• 9/10 - Deadbolt
• 10/10 - Splasher

The hardest game on the list by far is already completed so I consider the other ones will fall through is just a matter of time.

The badges that I think apply here are as following:

 

•  Above and Beyond - Platinum a game with an official time estimate of 80 or more hours (TLD is the longest at 200+ hrs)
•  Fresh Starter - 6 or more games on your list had 0% progress prior to 2023 (All but Absolver and 7DTD)
•  Hardcore - 7 or more games on your list have Ultra Rare platinums at the time of finishing your list (All but Celeste)
•  Masochist - More than one game on your list qualifies as a 10/10 (I've seen people using both Wuppo and Deadbolt as 10/10 for some reason)
•  One Trick Pony - 6 or more games on your list are from the same genre (Every single game here is an Indie)
•  PS4 Master - Platinum 6 or more PS4 games on your list (All)
•  Rare Letter - Platinum a game starting with J,O,Q,X,Y or Z (Oh...Sir!)
•  Spooky - Platinum a horror game in October (7DTD)

 

I thought to leave a little bit of a review after 100% as I usually do on this things for the only completed game on the list this far and one of the hardest games I've done ever. So to anyone interested check the Spoiler.

Spoiler

10/10 Splasher: Extremely polished and responsive platformer from some of the developers behind Rayman Origins and Legends. Sadly the game fall through on sales and was only popular in France for some reason so this makes it almost not an UR plat and that can deceive anyone who checks the platinum out. However if you just casually play through the game yourself you will notice pretty quick that even just the Permadeath run will make it a 10/10 and that doesn't even include the extremely tight time trials you have to hit for both single levels and the entirety of the game. Single level trials will requiere absolute perfection on every single level besides level 1, anything besides perfect performance here equals a retry. The full game speedruns have a little bit of a margin for error however we are talking about 4-6 errors depending on the checkpoint for the entire run and considering the quickest time for each run is  43min/ 50min and 73min respectively thats a lot of time to loose if you don't perform clean through the entire run or you make a silly mistake on the later levels where you loose a lot of time between checkpoints. Overall the game is great but the platinum is for big boys only a true 10/10 unlike many you see around, even compared to SMB which is extremely overrated plat imo this game is on another league of its own. It's the hardest 2D platformer game with a platinum to earn period.

 

Edited April 27, 2023 by Abraniell

[D-E-U-S-X]

11 hours ago, dieselmanchild said:

 

Were there any specific roadmaps or helpful resources you used when doing it? One of the hardest parts to me looks to be tracking all the various specific actions across your playthrough since there is no in game trackers for most stuff. It looks like a lot of moving parts at once.

There are videos of different runs on YT. I used the run of Platisfaction (nauGiePS3). Some trophies should not be unlocked until the run, like kills or boat trophy to be sure you have enough in the end.

[Kcrack_Km]

Haven't updated since my first post, I've finished some of the easier games.

 

 

 

 

 

1. Life is Strange: True Colours

2. Ratchet and Clank: a Rift Apart 

3. Stray 

4. Team Sonic Racing 

5. Dirt Rally 2.0

6. Rollerdrome  (PlatPrices)

7. Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN-

8. Lumines Remastered

9. Vanquish

10. Trackmania Turbo 

Edited April 28, 2023 by Kcrack_Km

[barra333]

1 - Word Search by POWGI

2 - Word Maze by POWGI

3 - Bouncy Bullets  (1 Jan)

4 - Hot Wheels Unleashed  (12 Jan)

5 - Xenon Racer

6 - Heavenly Bodies

7 - Ride 3

8 - The Witness

9 - Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1+2 

10 - Assetto Corsa 

On 3/13/2023 at 1:54 PM, barra333 said:

Might as well give an update... 

 

No more games complete, but I have made progress on a few:

The POWGI games only have about 3 hours combined left.

Waiting for Xenon Racer to go on sale. It is the only game on the list I don't own

Heavenly Bodies started

Ride 3 almost done, but won't complete it until December so I qualify for the the Finally! badge. 

THPS 1+2 is inching there, got another couple of levels out of the way. Up to 92 now I think.

Assetto Corsa has been started. Finished several of the hotlaps (including a couple of tough ones) and got a decent start on the career.

 

Must be time for another update... Not much trophy progress, but I got to level 95 in THPS and have done way more of the career and a bunch of the special events in Assetto Corsa (including one of the hardest). Sunk far too much time into Pinball FX this month, which sadly doesn't have a plat.

[Royal11Scotsman]

On 16/04/2023 at 5:04 PM, Royal11Scotsman said:

Change of plan. I'm going to use Donut County as my 1/10. My half completed list is below..

 

1/10 - Donut County - PSNProfiles - 

2/10 - Spyro the Dragon - PSNProfiles - 

3/10 - Spyro 2: Riptos Rage! - PSNProfiles

4/10 - Spyro 3: Year of the Dragon - Powerpyx

5/10 - Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped - Powerpyx

6/10 - ?

7/10 - ?

8/10 - ?

9/10 - ?

10/10 - ?

Just got the Spyro platinum so that’s 2/10 done ☺️

[Salamandxrs]

I'll make a little change in my list because of Bulletstorm which needs a hacking method on Ps3 and is kinda complicated, so i'll replace it with Deadlight Director's Cut  (and change my actual difficulties for Code Vein and FF7 to make it work  ! 

 

2nd List :

 

1/10 - Life is Strange : True Colors (Romance - PS4)   21/02/2023

2/10 - Rebel Galaxy (Action - Simulator  PS4 Less than 5%)  01/04/2023
3/10 - Amnesia Collection (Horror PS4 Less than 5%)

4/10- Code Vein (Action  - Fantasy PS4)   19/03/2023

5/10 - Final fantasy 7 Remake (Action - Role-Playing PS4)

6/10 - Deadlight Director's Cut (Action - Adventure PS4 Less than 5%)

7/10 - Jurassic world : Evolution 2 (Strategy PS4 Less than 5%)

8/10- Dragon age inquisition (Action - Tactical PS3Less than 5%)

9/10 - Trackmania Turbo (Action Sandbox PS4 Less than 5%)

10/10 - Skyforge  (Action - Open world PS4  Less than 5%) 17/04/2023 

 

•  Above and Beyond - Skyforge (686 hours) 
•  Award Winner - Dragon age inquisition 
•  One Trick Pony - (Action) Game 2/4/5/6/8/9/10 
•  Rare Letter - Jurassic World Evolution 2
•  Brownie Points - Final fantasy 7 Remake
•  Carpe Diem - Code vein 
•  Finally! - Skyforge Completed in 6 years, 1 week 
•  Fresh Starter - 1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8
•  Guide Writer - Rebel Galaxy (You might see this guide in a few weeks)
•  Hardcore - 2/3/6/7/8/9/10
•  Jack of All Trades - All 10 games on your list are from a different genre 
•  Love Bird - Life is strange True Colors  
•  Mad Skillz - Trackmania Turbo
•  Masochist - Trackmania Turbo and Skyforge
•  Murica - Jurassic World : Evolution 2 
•  Overachiever - Complete platinum tier on a second list in the same year
•  PS4 Master - 9 Games From 10.
•  Repeat Offender - Dragon age Inquisition 
•  Spooky - Amnesia Collection

[Umdytr]

It's been a while, but I filled in another spot with a platinum: Star Ocean, for the 5/10. The game's leaving Plus Extra soon and I wanted to check out a game in this series at some point, so that worked out well. The multiple playthroughs were kind of a chore and the game itself isn't exactly a masterpiece, but it's got some of that oldschool JRPG charm (and an OST by the great Sakuraba Motoi certainly doesn't hurt). The game originated as an offshoot of Tales of Phantasia and it really shows in many ways. Fun times were had overall.

 

1/10 - Life is Strange

2/10 - Omno

3/10 - House of the Dead Remake

4/10 - God of War Ascension

5/10 - Star Ocean: First Departure R

6/10 - Rez Infinite

7/10 - Kena Bridge of Spirits

8/10 - Slay the Spire

9/10 - Hollow Knight

10/10 - Super Meat Boy

[coldhardcrash_]

Wuppo is complete as my seventh Platinum of this challenge! A true definition of a hidden gem and a very challenging yet satisfying Platinum. The Impossible Run is the Platinum blocker, but with enough patience, practice and luck it's very achievable. Highly recommend this wonderful game.

 

Seven down, three to go!

 

 

 1/10: Lost Words: Beyond the Page

 2/10: Trine 3: Artifacts of Power

 3/10: Apotheon

 4/10: Doom Eternal (PS5)

 5/10: Returnal

 6/10: Titanfall 2

 7/10: Kena: Bridge of Spirits (PS5)

 8/10: Wuppo

 9/10: Shadow Warrior

 10/10: Splasher

 

Also decided to swap out I Am Bread for Shadow Warrior as my 9/10 difficulty game. 

[LancashireLad87]

@Rebourne07 Update for my 2nd List! I believe that puts me in Bronze Tier for the 2nd time, equalling my showing from last years challenge ^^ 

 

1. The Wolf Among Us (PS3) (Time Taken 8-10 Hours) DONE

2. Spyro The Dragon 1 (PS4) (Time Taken 7.5 Hours) DONE

3. Spyro Year of the Dragon (PS4) 0%

4. Doom Eternal (PS4) 93%

5. Resident Evil 2 Remake (PS4) (Time Taken 30-40 Hours) DONE

6. Tekken Tag Tournament 2 (PS3) (Time Taken 20 Hours) DONE

7. F.E.A.R 3 (PS3) (Time Taken 25-30 Hours) DONE

8. Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1+2 Remake (PS4) (Time Taken 24 Hours) DONE

9. Ninja Gaiden Sigma 1 (PS4) (Time Taken 76 Hours) DONE

10. Kohime Enbu Ryo Rai Rai (PS4) 0%

[nitarmho]

Bloodstained is done, 6 still to come. Some heavy Castlevania SOTN vibes on this one, still, it kinda lacks the click that the former one did. Quite enjoyable tho, just didn't really feel the weight of the boss battles, and the new concepts that were put into it seemed better in conception than as it was implemented. If you like the genre, should give it a try! If not, then maybe something else might be better.

- To Do -

5/10 - Sayonara Wild Hearts

6/10 - Hades

7/10 - Agony

8/10 - Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled

9/10 - Hollow Knight

10/10 - The Elder Scrolls Online

 

- Done -

1/10 - Lara Croft GO

2/10 - LEGO Ninjago Movie: The Videogame

3/10 - Claire

4/10 - Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night

 

No new badges this week, lame.

 Above and Beyond - The Elder Scrolls Online

 Award Winner - Hades

 Finally! - Claire

 Fresh Starter - Agony, Hollow Knight, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, Lara Croft GO, Sayonara Wild Hearts, LEGO Ninjago Movie: The Videogame

 Mad Skillz - Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled

Masochist - Hollow Knight, The Elder Scrolls Online

 PS4 Master - All of Them

 Spooky - Agony

 

Almost half!

[Rebourne07]

Congratulations to @Umdytr @coldhardcrash_ and @LancashireLad87 I've updated your leaderboards positions

[dertswa687o]

I am apparently on an even number train right now with Neon White completed. The game is great and I highly recommend it if you're into speedrunning or games with lots of short levels. Most of the trophies are easy, including the ones requiring you to beat the Ace time on each level. The devs included a deliberate shortcut in each level and the game will show you a hint if you achieve the Gold time. The real difficulty lies in the White and Mikey Hell Rushes, which require you to beat 96 levels in a row in one sitting without dying. It takes 65-70 minutes and it's fairly easy to make a simple mistake and die immediately. I died on level 91 on the White Hell Rush once which was devastating. The rushes are very doable with practice though.

 

 1/10 - 

 2/10 - Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout

 3/10 - Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends & the Secret Fairy

 4/10 - Atelier Lydie & Suelle: The Alchemists and the Mysterious Paintings

 5/10 - Insurgency: Sandstorm

 6/10 - Sackboy: A Big Adventure

 7/10 - 

 8/10 - Neon White

 9/10 - 

 10/10 - Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time

[Skagarrin]

Assassin's Creed Valhalla Platinum is in the bag.

My wife and I enjoy the AC titles (I play while she spectates, gives advice and points out things I may have missed), although I know others opinions vary.

Valhalla was in my opinion a solid game and while long, it never felt like it outstayed it's welcome.But, I may have a different opinion once I plow into the DLC ?

 

List One:

1 - Life is Strange - PS4 [PSNProfiles Guide Difficulty] - Drama

2 - Until Dawn - PS4 [PSNProfiles Guide Difficulty] - Survival

3 - Assassin's Creed Valhalla - PS5 [PSNProfiles Guide Difficulty] - Historical - Completed 02/05/2023 - 21:01

4 - Tomb Raider: Legend - PS3 [PSNProfiles Guide Difficulty] - Shooter - Completed 10/01/2023 - 20:27

5 - Uncharted: Drakes Fortune Remaster - PS4 [PSNProfiles Guide Difficulty] - Comedy - Completed 01/03/2023 - 17:58

6 - Hades - PS5 [PSNProfiles Guide Difficulty] - Indie - Completed 28/01/2023 - 09:36

7 - The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - PS4 [PSNProfiles Guide Difficulty] - Open World - Completed 04/01/2023 - 07:09

8 - Dark Souls Remastered - PS4 [PSNProfiles Guide Difficulty] - Horror

9 - Returnal - PS5 [PlatPrices] - Science Fiction

10 - Diablo II: Resurrected - PS4 [PlatPrices] - Hack and Slash

 

I have been thinking of swapping my 2/10 and using Dark Souls as my Spooky badge candidate, but still thinking that through.

Oh well back to the Diablo grind...

[LancashireLad87]

On 30/04/2023 at 0:30 PM, LancashireLad87 said:

@Rebourne07 Update for my 2nd List! I believe that puts me in Silver Tier for the 2nd time, I've officially surpassed last years showing of 1.7 lists ^^

 

1. The Wolf Among Us (PS3) (Time Taken 8-10 Hours) DONE

2. Spyro The Dragon 1 (PS4) (Time Taken 7.5 Hours) DONE

3. Spyro Year of the Dragon (PS4) (Time Taken 8 Hours) DONE

4. Doom Eternal (PS4) 93%

5. Resident Evil 2 Remake (PS4) (Time Taken 30-40 Hours) DONE

6. Tekken Tag Tournament 2 (PS3) (Time Taken 20 Hours) DONE

7. F.E.A.R 3 (PS3) (Time Taken 25-30 Hours) DONE

8. Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1+2 Remake (PS4) (Time Taken 24 Hours) DONE

9. Ninja Gaiden Sigma 1 (PS4) (Time Taken 76 Hours) DONE

10. Kohime Enbu Ryo Rai Rai (PS4) 0%

 

[Walt the Dog]

On 2/7/2023 at 3:36 AM, Walt the Dog said:

Gonna go ahead and join this...

 

1/10: Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! - Guide (PSNP)

2/10: Senran Kagura: Peach Beach Splash - Guide (PSNP)

3/10: Mary Skelter: Nightmares - Guide (PSNP)

4/10: Neptunia X Senran Kagura: Ninja Wars - Guide (PSNP)

5/10: Mary Skelter Finale - Guide (PSNP)

6/10: Omega Quintet - Guide (.org)

7/10: DanceDanceRevolution (EU/New Moves) - Poll (averages to 7.48)

8/10: Record of Agarest War - Guide (.org)

9/10: Record of Agarest War Zero - Guide (.org)

Ten/X: 激アツ!! パチゲー魂 VOL 2 「ヱヴァンゲリヲン～真実の翼～」 - Poll (only motivated votes are both 10s)

 

I... may have forgotten to actually post since I signed up. Even though I've gotten a decent number of plats since then. Whoops.

 

In any case, gonna start with some games I got prior to my sign-up since if I'm interpreting the rules correctly, it seems like they should count as long as they're from 2023.

 

7/10

Game: Mugen Souls

Poll: https://www.playstationtrophies.org/forum/topic/141390-platinum-difficulty-rating/ (149/22 = 6.77)

Badges: Above and Beyond (300-600+ hour estimate), Finally! (First trophy 12/27/2012)

 

Definitely a hell of a grind, though really that's all it is. Can't say I particularly agree with any of the higher ratings it's gotten, though that's mostly because I cling hard to "time ≠ difficulty" considering I see difficulty ratings in part as an advisor on whether someone can comfortably get a plat given their skill level. While there's an argument for a massive time commitment (particularly repetitive and/or pointless ones) deserving a higher rating, I tend to just ignore that entirely in my difficulty ratings (ergo my personal rating for MS is a 3) since that info should already be divulged in the time estimate, thus the difficulty rating should largely just be "how high does your skill level need to be to have a reasonable shot at this." If anything, I'd argue such a judgement is more important in the face of a time sink since it'd suck to go through all that and then get burned at the end because of something genuinely difficult or have to go through something difficult knowing there's still like 100+ hours of bullshit waiting at the end of it.

 

1/10

Game: Pinball Heroes (PS5)

Guide: https://psnprofiles.com/guide/15899-pinball-heroes-trophy-guide

Badges: N/A

 

Not really much to say about this. It's certainly a pinball game that was on PSP, I guess.

 

2/10

Game: Hatsune Miku: Project Diva Future Tone DX

Guide: https://psnprofiles.com/guide/9219-初音ミク-project-diva-future-tone-dx-trophy-guide

Badges: N/A

 

This was a game I was eyeing up for a while, but for a good while, it was physical-only and considering I could get the same content by just purchasing DLC for my existing Future Tone purchase (and in English at that), going for the physical at full price never really felt worth it for an hour-or-so plat. AFAIK, the physical has never really come down in price at all. At most, I've seen a stray copy or two that's gone for a decent bargain, though I haven't really jumped on it yet.

As for how I did finally get it, I learned that at one point, Future Tone DX ended up getting a digital release after all (though it unfortunately replaced the two existing main DLCs for Future Tone, making the JP version of that impossible to 100% without owning those beforehand). At that point, it was just a matter of waiting for a good sale and IIRC, it was about 30-50% off when I finally made the jump.

As for the plat itself, it's pretty easy, yeah. My Project Diva skills had gotten a little rusty from me not really playing at all since I did Dreamy Theater back in 2019, but thankfully it didn't matter much since the plat was basically just a tour of the DX-exclusive content.

 

Post-Signup

 

8/10

Game: Unturned (NA)

Rating: https://platprices.com/game/35660-unturned

Badges: N/A

 

Legitimately no idea how this managed an 8/10 considering you can cheat your way to the plat without much issue, making it realistically a 3 at worst, moreso a 2. I can only assume whoever rated this just went off however difficult it would be doing it without touching the game's world sliders or its cheat menu, to which I can't really assess how much that would matter. Oh well, may as well take the free 8.

 

3/10

Game: Final Fantasy VII

Guide: https://psnprofiles.com/guide/3661-final-fantasy-vii-trophy-guide

Badges: Brownie Points

 

First time playing a Final Fantasy game anywhere past the first hour or so and it didn't disappoint. While I didn't really get to appreciate the gameplay too much what with the God mode option to make everything a cakewalk, the story was neat enough even if some of the shock has been taken away by some elements of it being memetic for decades. No idea if it's gonna stick with me too much (not that it means much; most things don't even if I really like them), but it was nice finally getting around to experiencing such a landmark game in the RPG genre considering I've been playing other RPGs for over a decade now.

 

6/10

Game: DanceDanceRevolution New Moves

Guide: https://www.playstationtrophies.org/game/dance-dance-revolution/guide/ (New Moves is the EU version of this game)

Badges: N/A (if I ever get to finishing my PSNP guide for this, I might be able to claim Guide Writer for this one retroactively )

 

While the difficulty rating here is at least fairly accurate (pretty much the same I've gone with when rating the game), the rarity of the plat is definitely a victim of people just not giving much of a shit. While the rarity for TRICK MASTER is at least understandable given it's RNG hell for 40+ hours and even a turbo controller can only do so much of it, it's definitely odd to see it have 15 URs when charitably, maybe 4-5 trophies including the plat even really deserve it at all.

 

In any case, that leaves my list at...

1. Pinball Heroes
2. Hatsune Miku: Project Diva Future Tone DX
3. Final Fantasy VII
4. TBA
5. TBA
6. DanceDanceRevolution New Moves
7. Mugen Souls
8. Unturned
9. TBA
10. TBA

Badges

 

• Above and Beyond
• Brownie Points
• Finally!

Edited May 4, 2023 by Walt the Dog
Decided to say some things for the pre-signup games, too

[s68sc]

On 20/12/2022 at 11:17 PM, s68sc said:

@Rebourne07 For some reason, I was thinking that I put a list here, sorry, anyway

 

1/10 The House in Fata Morgana [PS VITA]

2/10 Life is Strange 2 [PS4]

3/10 Far Cry 3 Classic Edition [PS4]

4/10 The Last of Us Remastered [PS4]

5/10 Returnal [PS5]

6/10 Kingdom Hearts [PS3]

7/10 Demon's Souls [PS5]

8/10 Grand Theft Auto IV [PS3]

9/10 Star Wars: The Force Unleashed [PS3]

10/10 Persona 4 Arena [PS3]

And I forgot this challenge...  I will start it pretty soon