Platinum Difficulty Challenge 2023

[zaxonzaxon]

38 minutes ago, Rebourne07 said:

Request for everyone here:

 

Can y'all help me find 1s, 7s, 8s, 9s and 10s that came out in 2023? I'm looking to update the Resources section of the main post and a few more brains on it would speed the process up. Thanks. 

 

Well, Diablo 4 and Lies of P come to mind immediately, but you prob already have those.

 

The Light in the Darkness is a 1/10

Syphon Filter 3 also a 1/10

 

Metagame has some here:

Hard and Easy

 

The hard ones are kind of lol (FF pixel remasters 7/10?) and the Easy list looks like mostly shoveltrash, tho.

 

But yeah... mountains and mountains of 2, 3, 5 or unrated.

 

[Rebourne07]

@barra333 Thanks man!

 

@zaxonzaxon OMFG you have GOT to be kidding me on those Pixel Remaster difficulty ratings!!! 🤣 Bro I was just talking to someone else on here the other day about how Metagame.guide is a necessary evil. Those ratings do count, but man they are whack. I've only platinum'd 2 of the 6 so far...so maybe out of just pure audacity I might put one high up on my list next year 🤣

[seannyboy913]

Here's a list of games I could find that should be from this year though I'm sure I missed a few, I did not include most of the 1/10's since a bunch are under 15 minutes and I did include a couple games that rereleased on PS5 this year since the originals weren't on the resources list anyway. I also included multiple ratings if I found them in the 7-10 range.

 

1/10 Difficulty

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Game Name	Rating	Source
Creepy Tale	1/10	Knoef
Gylt	1/10	PSN Profiles
Mangavania	1/10	Xbox Achievements
Math World VR	1/10	Knoef
Mia and the Dragon Princess	1/10	Knoef
No Longer Home	1/10	Knoef
Peppa Pig: World Adventures	1/10	PSN Profiles
Super Box Delivery Beyond the Horizon	1/10	PlatGet
Ten Dates	1/10	Knoef
The Expanse: A Telltale Series	1/10	Knoef
The Isle Tide Hotel	1/10	Knoef
The Light in the Darkness	1/10	PSN Profiles
The Wreck	1/10	Knoef
Video Poker	1/10	PSN Profiles

 

7/10 Difficulty

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Game Name	Rating	Source	2nd Rating	2nd Source	3rd Rating	3rd Source
Armored Core VI Fires of Rubicon	7/10	PS Trophies Guide	8/10	Powerpyx
Lies of P	7/10	PSN Profiles	7.5/10	PowerPyx	9/10	PS Trophies
Persona 3 Portable	7/10	Plat Prices	8/10	PS Trophies
Rain world (PS5)	7/10	PSN Profiles
Resident Evil 4	7/10	Plat Prices	8/10	PS Trophies
Tales of Symphonia Remastered	7/10	PSN Profiles
Thumper (PS5)	7/10	PSN Profiles
Monster Menu: The Scavengers Cookbook	7.5/10	Metagame

 

8/10 Difficulty

 

Game Name	Rating	Source	2nd Rating	2nd Source
Diablo IV	8/10	PSN Profiles	9/10	PS Trophies

 

9/10 Difficulty

 

Game Name	Rating	Source	2nd Rating	2nd Source
Trackmania	9/10	PSNProfiles	9-10/10	PS Trophies

 

10/10 Difficulty

 

Game Name	Rating	Source
Mr. Run and Jump	10/10	Knoef

[Inuty]

@Rebourne07 maybe no games from 2023 but i didnt find them in the Resources so you could add them if you want:

 

1s:

Unpacked (PSNP)

Suicide of Rachel  Foster (PSNP)

 

7s:

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Shredders Revenge (playstationtrophies.org)

Solar Ash (Platprices)

Kena: Bridge of Spirits (Platprices)

Transformers: Devastation (PSNP)

 

8s:

Neon White (PSNP)

Furi (PSNP)

Jotun (Platprices)

 

9s: 

Olliolli 2 (platprices)

 

 

Edited October 10, 2023 by Inuty

[Evil_Joker88]

Lies of P is a 7.5 on Powerpyx @Rebourne07

[Rebourne07]

You guys are awesome, thank you so much for the help. I'll update the Resources section tonight

 

[Rebourne07]

Updated the main post with new games in the Resources tab. As always there's way more out there than can fit there, but there's a good variety of games to choose from if you don't wanna scour the net for ideas.

[x410xDragon]

The Guided Fate Paradox -> 9/10 (PST)

 

 

 

[DazzaFett]

Quick update from me as I got my Silver Leader board place way back in March and although I earned the Platinum for Vanquish in July that would make the List get a gold tier if I used it as a 9/10 however I held back using it in case I would be better off using it as a 10/10 instead.

 

I have now decided to use Vanquish as my 9/10 after all as I have just started on a new 10/10 game which will complete the list and also now give me both the Horror Badge as I completing it in October along with the Masochist badge being that Vanquish could also be counted as a 10/10 as the difficulty on PST for it is 9.5/10 

 

I also hope to be able to complete another Horror game before the end of this  month as well so I am hoping to able to complete a 2nd list shortly after if all goes well.

 

    

[Rebourne07]

Guys! I found this awesome resource here. It's a constantly (and automatically/programmatically) updated list of PST difficulty ratings! 

 

https://www.playstationtrophies.org/forum/topic/326806-pst-difficulty-and-time-rating-index/

 

You can filter it down to the difficulty you are looking for and filter out games that have less than 10 poll votes to find new options

[Rebourne07]

Hello all. In my early preparation for next year's event I'm looking at adjusting badges. Removing some and adding new ones. Since several people on here have taken it upon themselves to add extra challenges and go above and beyond I figured I'd build a little of that into the event with Extreme Badges. There will still be normal badges, but in addition there will be some that are set apart as a bigger deal. Their icons will be larger 100x100 instead of 50x50 and they'll be placed before standard badges on the Leaderboards. These are the ideas and as always feedback and new ideas are always welcome.

 

•  Guide Writer - You personally wrote the trophy guide for a game on your list
•  Hardcore - 7 or more games on your list have Ultra Rare platinums at the time of finishing your list
•  Masochist - More than one game on your list qualifies as a 10/10
•  Minesweeper - Complete a full list without earning any other badges

 

•  Whoa - Complete Platinum tier on a third list in the same year
•  Mind Blown - Complete Platinum tier on a fourth list in the same year
•  Impossibru - Complete Platinum tier on a fifth list in the same year

 

• Grinder - The sum total of the official time estimates of all the games on your list is 700hrs or more
•  Speedrun - The sum total of the official time estimates of all the games on your list is 150hrs or less

 

•  Hard Mode - Platinum a list of all 7-10 rated games
•  Loyalist - All 10 of your ratings come from PSNProfiles
•  Rebourne Roulette - Give me 3 genres and I'll give you 3 games to put on your list
•  Top Ten - Platinum one of the hardest games on Playstation***

***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

Edited October 13, 2023 by Rebourne07

[serrated-banner9]

25 minutes ago, Rebourne07 said:

 Whoa - Complete Platinum tier on a third list in the same year

•  Mind Blown - Complete Platinum tier on a third list in the same year
•  Impossibru - Complete Platinum tier on a fifth list in the same year

 

shouldn't Mind Blown be for completing 4 lists? because currently Whoa and Mind blown is for the same thing

[Rebourne07]

1 hour ago, serrated-banner9 said:

shouldn't Mind Blown be for completing 4 lists? because currently Whoa and Mind blown is for the same thing

You are correct! Sorry about that, I'll edit that now.

[D-E-U-S-X]

So much fun on Friday the 13th! Game number 8 completed. Trackmania Turbo in which you race against time on many different tracks that become increasingly complex and difficult. This reminded me of GTA 5 Online when I drove thousands of hours in races for record times.

 

☠️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

☠️10/10 The Evil Within

☠️10/10 Diablo 2: Resurrected

☠️10/10 Trackmania Turbo

Edited October 13, 2023 by D-E-U-S-X

[Rebourne07]

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

So much fun on Friday the 13th! Game number 8 completed. Trackmania Turbo in which you race against time on many different tracks that become increasingly complex and difficult. This reminded me of GTA 5 Online when I drove thousands of hours in races for record times.

 

☠️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

☠️10/10 The Evil Within

☠️10/10 Diablo 2: Resurrected

☠️10/10 Trackmania Turbo

[Evil_Joker88]

I make an update since i got the of The Callisto Protocol just yesterday for the PS5 and today for the PS4 EU version. Good game, it clearly reminded me of Dead Space although it didn't grab me as much as Dead Space did or still does. The story was alright, what bugs me most is that you cannot focus the camera on an enemy, so when i tried to run away they hit me while i couldn't see them.

 

I am glad that the devs patched ng+ in cuz it took me 2 playthroughs to upgrade my weapons enough to then beat on playthrough 3 the game on highest difficulty. Furthermore thankfully the game loads a save from ps5 to ps4 and vice versa on the same console automatically so i completed the game once and ps5 and then loaded the final checkpoint on completed the game on ps4 too

 

List 3:

 

1) Kung Fu Panda 2 (PST) on 2nd Jul

2) Grand Ages Medieval (PSNP) 

3) Endling: Extinction Is Forever (PSNP) on 29th Jul

4) Call of Duty Ghosts (PSNP) on 11th Aug

5) Puppeteer (PSNP) 

6) Wet (PSNP) 

7) The Callisto Protocol PS5 (PST) on 13th Oct

8.)Dragon Ball FighterZ (PSNP)  on 19th Aug

9) Vanquish (PSNP)

10) Demon's Souls (fextralife)

 

Edited October 14, 2023 by Evil_Joker88

[Gambrosin]

Hi @Rebourne07, could you confirm i can use Lies of P as my 9/10? https://www.playstationtrophies.org/game/lies-of-p/guide/

Thank You

[Rebourne07]

3 hours ago, Gambrosin said:

Hi @Rebourne07, could you confirm i can use Lies of P as my 9/10? https://www.playstationtrophies.org/game/lies-of-p/guide/

Thank You

Yes sir, you sure can

[Rebourne07]

 

Platinum #276: Resident Evil 4 Remake

Wow, what a game! I still can't believe this game even exists! I loved the original to death, its in my official top 30 games of all time. When they announced the RE2 Remake I was skeptical, but then they nailed it. Then RE3 Remake came out and it was half the original game...so I figured when RE4 Remake came out that it'd be heavily cut since RE4 was by far the biggest RE game. But nope! It's the full game! Faithfully recreated with amazing graphics and upgrades! Love it! Now that said, I did the platinum in 8 playthroughs which...is a bit excessive. I know it can be done in less but that would have made it way harder. Either way, fantastic game and I'm glad to have earned the Spooky badge  Just Mortal Kombat 1 and Final Fantasy XVI left for me this year. After that I'm gonna pre-emptively start making progress on next years lists since I really wanna finish two complete lists since I've never done that before. MK1 is practically done, just waiting for the unobtainable trophy to release. I wrote the trophy guide for it so that'll earn me the Guide Writer badge again. And XVI I'm halfway through my FF mode playthrough but got bored. It's not my favorite FF game. I'll get back to it to finish it up soon though.

 

LIST 2 GAMES:

 1/10: Unpacking

 2/10: Final Fantasy II

 3/10: Humanity

 4/10: Mortal Kombat 1

 5/10: Final Fantasy XVI

 6/10: Dead Space Remake

 7/10: Resident Evil 4 Remake

 8/10: Gran Turismo 7

 9/10: N/A

 10/10: N/A

 

LIST 2 BADGES:

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 Above and Beyond - 

• Gran Turismo 7

 Brownie Points - 

• Final Fantasy II

 Guide Writer - 

• Mortal Kombat 1

 Mad Skillz - 

• Gran Turismo 7

 Old School - 

• Final Fantasy II
• Dead Space Remake
• Resident Evil 4 Remake

 PS5 Master - 

• Unpacking
• Humanity
• Mortal Kombat 1
• Final Fantasy XVI
• Dead Space Remake
• Resident Evil 4 Remake

 Repeat Offender - 

• Gran Turismo 7

 Spooky - 

• Resident Evil 4 Remake

 

LIST 1 (COMPLETE):

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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:

 

Edited October 24, 2023 by Rebourne07

[Inuty]

I have decided on my games for list 5 and will see if i can complete the last list until the end of the year. 4 games are already completed so lets tackle the last few months of the year

 

List 5:
1 - Unpacking (PSNP) 
2 - The Forgotten City (PSNP)
3 - Dredge (PSNP) 
4 - Untitled Goose Game (MetaGame)
5 - Trails of Azure (PSNP) 
6 - Sayonara Wildhearts (MetaGame) 
7 - Solar Ash (Platprices)
8 - Velocity 2x (Platprices)
9 - Lies of P (playstationtrophies.org)
10 - Deadbolt (PlatPrices)

[Rebourne07]

36 minutes ago, Inuty said:

I have decided on my games for list 5 and will see if i can complete the last list until the end of the year. 4 games are already completed so lets tackle the last few months of the year

 

List 5:
1 - Unpacking (PSNP) 
2 - The Forgotten City (PSNP)
3 - Dredge (PSNP) 
4 - Untitled Goose Game (MetaGame)
5 - Trails of Azure (PSNP) 
6 - Sayonara Wildhearts (MetaGame) 
7 - Solar Ash (Platprices)
8 - Velocity 2x (Platprices)
9 - Lies of P (playstationtrophies.org)
10 - Deadbolt (PlatPrices)

Broooo how do you platinum 50 games in a year!? Especially considering all the difficult ones included! 😮 

[Inuty]

23 minutes ago, Rebourne07 said:

Broooo how do you platinum 50 games in a year!? Especially considering all the difficult ones included! 😮 

Well not sure if i can finish the 5th list but let see if i can manage, so it is not 50 games yet now that you say you think about a hall of fame, maybe i can get a place there with 5 lists. But to be honest i nearly concentrated the whole year on games which fits in those lists, which was some time a bit exhausting. After the 3rd list i thought i will concentrate now on games i want to play but they nearly filled a list again so i did go for the numbers i was missing haha.

[gruffiiti]

@Inuty is really a cyborg and doesn't sleep. 

[Rebourne07]

2 hours ago, Inuty said:

Well not sure if i can finish the 5th list but let see if i can manage, so it is not 50 games yet now that you say you think about a hall of fame, maybe i can get a place there with 5 lists. But to be honest i nearly concentrated the whole year on games which fits in those lists, which was some time a bit exhausting. After the 3rd list i thought i will concentrate now on games i want to play but they nearly filled a list again so i did go for the numbers i was missing haha.

Oh you're for sure making the hall of fame cause I don't see anyone coming up from behind and beating your total number of badges. Also, that feeling of wanting to still participate in the challenge but not work around lists so much is exactly why next year there will be easy mode lists. So all the 3/10 new AAA titles that come out have a place so hopefully that's taken care of next year.

[Inuty]

2 hours ago, Rebourne07 said:

Also, that feeling of wanting to still participate in the challenge but not work around lists so much is exactly why next year there will be easy mode lists. So all the 3/10 new AAA titles that come out have a place so hopefully that's taken care of next year.

I guess my count of 5 lists can be easily beaten then haha