[EVENT] PSNP Kaleidoscope Challenge! 2023 [ENDED]

[BeesTrophies]

Card update: Yellow 

 

The rainbow journey so far:

White: MLB The Show 23

Tan: The Quarry

Orange: The Light In The Darkness

Red: Stray

Blue: Hogwarts Legacy

Light Blue: Dodgeball Academia

Brown: The Great Perhaps

Grey: Telling Lies

Black: Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2

Purple: FAST & FURIOUS: SPY RACERS RISE OF SH1FT3R

Yellow: High on Life

 

[Yen-Pop]

Adding to my second card with Life is Strange 2 in the Grey spot. And my God was this a slog to get through for me - it took me multiple years just to get to the second chapter in fact. It was just a miserable, ball-ache, misery-porn time which really sucks because the idea of the story is extremely compelling, and it had compelling moments! But because of long drawn out moments of not gameplay that ended up going no where, the fact that your choices were largely choosing between being a horrific person screaming in the face of a 9 year old or having a heart, and the true reality of the situation concerning police violence and racism in America, it just all together did not culminate in a way I wanted to spend my free time. Finally it was time to get it out of my Pile of Shame, so that the Diaz brothers could be freed from haunting my trophy log. I truly don't know if I'll give this series another go with whatever the third one was called, buuuuut it was free, so I probably will.

 

And I'd love to say I'm gonna beast mode out another card, but I have been convinced to give my very first Yakuza game a go and I finally got a job (yay!) sooooo... Chances are low, but not zero. 

 

Spoiler

White: Thomas Was Alone

Yellow: 

Tan: 

Orange: 

Red: Cult of the Lamb

Pink: 

Maroon: Pyre

Purple: 

Deep Purple: Doctor Who: Edge of Time

Blue: Alan Wake

Light Blue: Spiritfarer

Green: 

Light Green: 

Brown: The Wild at Heart

Grey: Life is Strange 2

Black: Kingdom Hearts Melody of Memory

 

Card #1

[DoctorDrPepper]

So I think i've created another full kaleidoscope but just as last time, i'd love a second opinion because colors are sometimes hard for me. How does this look for card #2?

 

[Finch_III]

A quick update from me: 

 

I used 60 Seconds! Reatomized (light green) and Dredge (brown). I've commented on 60 Seconds! Reatomized on the Bingo Challenge thread already. But it's a fun (albeit frustrating and - eventually - tedious) strategy game with a few ultra rare trophies. 

 

Dredge I enjoyed a lot. It's a Lovecraftian fishing game, if that can even be considered a genre. I think it was really well balanced, and was about the perfect length to avoid outstaying its welcome. I've not really played anything else like it before, and I saw quite a few positive reviews before taking the plunge (pun intended). 

 

Colours-wise, I think Drudge is fine. 60 Seconds is a bit more debatable, and I'll definitely swap it out if something better comes along. However, I'm currently in three PSNProfiles competitions, and I'm starting to run out of time to get everything done. Especially as I have a few 80+ hour games to complete for a couple of them. 

Fingers crossed, I can get everything done by about November, so that I can focus on cleaning up some of the colours on this card. 

[NerdRage04]

I was in that grinding zone and got Cult of the Lamb done! FIRST RAINBOW! WOOOOOH!

 

Now to get to work on my second card! I already have a few things on it.

 

I probably wont post again until I get more than halfway or complete this second card. But don't worry. I read all of your posts at work!

[Copanele]

Hotdamn ,I am done with the stupid Purple color, way faster than expected! Purple - JoJo's Bizarre Adventure HD

 

Card 1 - completed

Spoiler

 

Card 2

 

That makes me hope I'll actually finish a second card faster than expected 😂

 

 

 

[D4T-V4UL7_HUN7R_]

Heyo my twelfth game second card update be upon ye. Got Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Definitive Edition edition filling in the LIGHT GREEN rectangle. All the nostalgia with this one! Just how I remembered it from the PS2 days. Then we have that STANLEY PARABLE ULTRA DELUXE for light black. Stanley has been standing there staring at an office plant for 24 hours today so I'm sure hes glad to be done with that.

 

 

Next I plan to do Journey to the Savage Planet and finish Escapists 2 which I haven't played in quite a while. Then try to do Berserk and Cyberpunk (which are kinda long) before the end of the year...idk if I'll make it but we will see.

 

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[Copanele]

Green color has finally been completed, with this mess of a game My Hero One's Justice 2

Since the card in itself is a mash of several colors, I selected Deku's shirt and "Overhaul" beak guy's  jacket as a green representation

 

 

Card 1 - completed

Spoiler

 

[Zanreo]

Was planning to do Wobbledogs for yellow or maybe one of the blue ones, but one trophy seems to be bugged/unattainable currenly so who knows if that will be fixed in time... Either way, gonna start digging through my backlog soon to hopefully find some remaining missing colors!

[pelagia14]

Okay, my final game for my Card #2 will not be complete until Sept. 23rd at the earliest (due to the National Trophy Hunting PSNP Event). 

 

 

My Card 3 is already half-filled, so I decided now was the time to begin posting about it.

 

• OVIVO [White] - A short 2019 game about "platforming" through pretty monochromatic environments. If you're looking for a chill platinum to earn in an afternoon, this isn't a terrible way to spend the time. Plus, the group of developers are from Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Russia, and the US.
• Chants of Sennaar [Yellow] - This game was released last week and it is a fantastic puzzle game, especially if you are a bit of a language nerd. You are trying to climb up The Tower of Babel a tower, and to do so you need to learn the meanings of the various peoples' glyph languages. It's super well done and an easy weekend platinum.
  • Note: there is one missable trophy at the end of the game, but you can look up how to do it upon learning the final glyphs in the last area. It's very easy, just something that most people would not think to do - particularly completionists! 
• Mass Effect 2: Legendary Edition [Tan] - My favorite entry in this RPG's epic trilogy. The game's opening seamlessly integrates "sequel mechanics" with the game's narrative, and going on Loyalty Missions for your various squadmates really strengthens your bond with them. Scanning for planetary resources is still pretty tedious in the Legendary Edition, but that is my only real complaint with the game. 
• Divination [Maroon] - One of two EZPZ plats I earned way back in January when I was debating if I wanted to do EZPZs. The game's concept has potential, but 20 minutes of gameplay is nowhere near enough time to flesh it out.
• Mass Effect: Legendary Edition [Blue] - The first entry in the best space opera videogame, in my opinion. The Legendary Edition does an incredible job of modernizing ME1's famously awkward controls. It also gives the game a noticeable graphics update and adds a photo mode.
• Untitled Goose Game [Light Blue] - A delightfully silly and lighthearted game where you play as a goose who lives to cause chaos within a small neighborhood. I truly had a blast playing this game and figuring out how to implement the various shenanigans and schemes that the game asked of me.
• The Mooseman [Grey] - A game inspired by Finno-Ugric folklore and mythology. While I appreciated the dedication and research that went into reconstructing Komi folklore as authentically as possible, the game's "puzzles" are so simplistic (and the game itself so short) that it truly feels more like a walking simulator than anything else. If you like exploring other cultures, then consider checking it out when it is on sale. 
• Hades [Black] - This game blew me away. The fact that even failed runs leave you with the ability to progress various elements of your 'home base' area and continue your friendship with various characters means that even 'defeat' feels like a success. Supermassive Games really figured out the whole "30 seconds of fun" gameplay loop here. 

Edited October 16, 2023 by pelagia14
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[Breakingthegreen]

Hello again friends, my last update was on page 55, it was a good time back then, I didn't have a PSVR2 back then... and I still don't now. Anyway I have completed my second card. I've not been going out of my way to complete them since I'd done the first one. But I did eventually get to it, and here it is:

 

 

Card Two Ranked

1. Humanity - It's super good, fiercely intelligent puzzles, and very fun action.
2. Stray - Play this game right Meow!
3. Sayonara Wild Hearts - Tunes to become a superherione to
4. Remember Me - And from this point, we knew that Dontnod was something special
5. Watch Dogs Legion - No one saying this game is bad will stop me disagreeing
6. Crash Team Rumble - They could still remake Crash Bash... Just sayin'
7. Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion - Funny game in a food based society where a turnip sees paper and says "F*** Off Paper"
8. Solitaire Conspiracy - There may be more unique orders for a deck of cards than there are stars in the Milky Way, but the 30th game of Solitaire still feels a little samey 
9. Gris - It's Celeste... but prettier, and completely different in gameplay... Umm... maybe it just share the general Mental Health theme
10. Esper - A short puzzle game, it's VR, but it has no reason that it needed to be in VR, It's definitely worth it for the price that it's currently on PSN for
11. Geometric Sniper: Blood in Paris - It's a Where's Wally game where you sometimes get shot
12. Ape Academy 2 - Rock, Paper, Scissors (featuring a minigame where you wear a Banana Outfit
13. A Castle Full of Cats - Cute game which really needed a screen scaler, a bunch of cats were hiding in the border of my TV
14. Freddie Spaghetti 2 - A story about a Spaghetti losing his job shouldn't be this dull
15. Gabbuchi - I have no honour and I gave up
16. Puzzle Journey - This game was free and it still cost too much, it's just a tile matching game.

 

 

Breakingthegreen's Unscientific Ranking of 32 Semi Randomly Selected Games

 

1. I was a Teenage Exocolonist
2. Humanity
3. The Quarry (PS4)
4. Moss Book II (PS4)
5. Stray (PS4)
6. Road 96: Mile 0
7. God of War: Ragnarok
8. Sayonara Wild Hearts
9. Remember Me
10. Inside
11. Watch Dogs Legion
12. F.I.S.T. Forged in Shadow Torch
13. Gang Beasts
14. Tails of Iron
15. Crash Team Rumble
16. Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion
17. Soltaire Conspiricy
18. Telling Lies
19. Gris
20. Rumbleverse
21. Esper
22. Toy Story Mania
23. Geometry Sniper: Blood in Paris
24. Hoa (PS4)
25. Super Stardust Portable
26. Ape Academy 2
27. A Castle Full of Cats
28. Freddie Spaghetti 2
29. Teacup
30. Pinball Arcade
31. Gabbuchi
32. Puzzle Journey

[Fanatixa1]

Hi everyone, 

 

I've completed Fall Guys for light blue. I already completed this once before and this time it was a bit easier. The grind for 500 rounds, was a bit long but other then that not too bad. 

 

 

Spoiler

Final Fantasy I

Venba

Tan

Pets at Work

Red

Pink

The Gardens Between

Dead Cells

Pinkman +

Hogwarts Legacy

Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout

Green

Light green

Sackboy's Big Adventure

God of War Ragnarok

Oxenfree

 

[JungleCat20]

I'm turning in my third card with Kauil's Treasure filling in for Tan. It is a fun little "Indiana Jones" themed adventure-puzzle game, reminiscent of the PS2 era. I'll continue to hang around and see if a fourth card is doable near the end of the year. This is a truly fun event. 👍

 

 

 

[GT__Jedi]

Light Blue:  The Raven Remastered

 

Constable Anton Jakob Zellner (who looked suspiciously like Hercule Poirot) was on the case to track down the master thief, The Raven.  Was actually a really nice game with quite a bit of interaction and puzzle solving,  The controls were a bit clunky - I kept going into the wrong rooms and talking to the wrong people - but the game made up for that.  Nice game!

 

 

[the1andonly654]

Added The Ascent on Maroon, the logo itself is more red but the lines inside it seem maroon-ish to me, hopefully it's fine. 

 

As for the game, it starts out pretty fun, but quickly becomes a chore. Very basic and repetitive combat, tons of backtracking, side quests consisting mostly of running and watching multiple long loading screens in a row. The Dual Sense implementation was quite nice though, vibration-wise. One of the better ones I've experienced so far. 

 

And with that... I'm done with my first card, if The Ascent counts that is. Though I'm pretty sure I won't be able to do another full card, considering my gaming habits nowadays. 

[Beyondthegrave07]

So I finally finished a game that wasn't a repeat and switched some games around from ones I did complete to make a more interesting looking Rainbow 🌈

 

 

Changes made:

 

Maroon: Poison Control to LocoRoco Midnight Carnival. Reason: better fit for Maroon

 

Blue: Fallout New Vegas to Melty Blood Type Lumina. Reason: Darker shade of blue.

 

Light Blue: House of Fata Morgana to Ape Escape. Reason: more consistent shade of light blue and is a good complement to Melty blood. 

 

New:

 

Light Green: Danganropa V3 

 

The image itself is kind of a rainbow,  but I felt like Light Green was the most eye-catching so I added it here. 

 

I really enjoyed the trilogy as a whole and even made this my 10,000th trophy, but I think I still like Danganropa 2 better. The story and ending for that one was just so hectic and crazy that it really just stuck with me. Not to mention that I loved the character dynamic between Hajime and Nagito better than Shuichi and Kokichi. Kokichi is a great character, but he's got nothing on Nagito. 

 

The minigames though were much much better in V3. The treasure and taxi one were fun. Not to mention the whole RPG thing in it was pretty fun too. Not sure why people didn't like the board game stuff. I thought there was a lot more logic than RNG in creating an awesome character. Almost like logically playing blackjack. You can't make the perfect character all the time, but you can push the odds in your favor.

 

Anyways, that's my update. But one last thing I wanted to add for future reference to all of my updates since I've been switching around games and haven't been making few reviews of everything:

 

Amazing: Persona 4 Golden, Tales of Arise

Great: Danganropa V3, 13 Sentinels, Doki Doki Literature Club, Yakuza Like a Dragon 

Good: Melty blood Type Lumina, Ape Escape, Kingdoms of Alamur, Street Fighter 3rd Strike

Meh: LocoRoco Midnight Carnival 

Edited September 19, 2023 by Beyondthegrave07

[videogmr101]

Third update for me for this event. Decided to add the games that I completed earlier in the year before joining this event.

[DizzyDavidson]

Let's put one down for Tan:

 

Mafia III: And with that the trilogy is done. It's a bit on the lighter side but it still fits tan I think.

This one plays quite differently from the first two entries. The gameplay is pretty much the same but it's definitely not as linear and there are some new elements. In the first two games you worked for the mob to become a maid man basically, in this one you're getting revenge and building your own "empire" because they're wronged you to put it lightly. I played on the easiest difficulty (this time there are no trophies tied to difficulty) but even on that the main character (Lincoln Clay) felt a bit like a glass cannon. Another annoying thing about the game is that you must play on the right patch (1.09) otherwise some of the trophies are quite buggy to the point of being borderline impossible to obtain.

But other than that I quite enjoyed this game too. Also knocked out all of its DLC which were cool too.

 

 

Alright, 3 more colors/games left to do. I think I can get those done till the end of the year. Already got them picked out. 😉

[GT__Jedi]

Moving along on the 2nd card, I've added:

 

Tan - Clouds and Sheep 2.  Fun game! Putting together a flock and keeping them entertained.  Questing and opening additional areas for them to explore while trying to find the Fountain of Youth.   Enjoyed it.  

 

Deep Purple - Goosebumps: The Game.  Reminded me of Day of the Tentacle.  I've never read any of the Goosebumps books, but the game was a blast.  I messed it up so bad I ended up playing through 4 times, but it wasn't overly long so wasn't too bad.  Keep me entertained - quite a few collectibles and jumping from one area to another.  

 

Both games are leaving the PS+ Catalogue mid-October.

 

[lady-reze]

 

Hello! It's been a while since I posted here. Life got pretty busy, so less time for trophy hunting 🙃

 

For deep purple, I played My Little Pony: A Maretime Bay Adventure. Definitely not what I planned for my deep purple game, but my niece was over for a weekend and we played it together. I watched a lot of My Little Pony as a little girl, so this game brought back some fun memories. It's a short and cute game and took basically no effort to platinum. 

 

For pink, I played Unpacking. This game has interested me for a long while, and I'm so happy it got added to PS Plus! I didn't expect it to be so stressful.. The game doesn't let you progress if you place certain items in inappropriate places, and realizing I'd have to completely redo an entire section of a room I had unpacked because I had misplaced one thing was pretty awful. I had to Google a few items because I could not figure out where to place them for the life of me lol. Overall I liked it a lot though. It was interesting how much you could learn about the main character and what was going on in their life solely based on the stuff you unpacked for them. I grew up Jewish so it was cool seeing dreidels and menorahs in the game. I've been playing games for a long time, and I don't think I've ever seen that. 

[cstanci]

One more update! Finished up Grey - Dynasty Warriors 9. Not the best Dynasty Warriors game I have played BUT they took a chance and changed the formula. And I think, with enough time, it will be an amazing change! 

 

Only LIGHT GREEN left - and I am currently working on Lost Sphear for that and then I will have completed this event!

 

[Beyondthegrave07]

18 hours ago, lady-reze said:

For pink, I played Unpacking. This game has interested me for a long while, and I'm so happy it got added to PS Plus! I didn't expect it to be so stressful.. The game doesn't let you progress if you place certain items in inappropriate places, and realizing I'd have to completely redo an entire section of a room I had unpacked because I had misplaced one thing was pretty awful. I had to Google a few items because I could not figure out where to place them for the life of me lol. Overall I liked it a lot though. It was interesting how much you could learn about the main character and what was going on in their life solely based on the stuff you unpacked for them. I grew up Jewish so it was cool seeing dreidels and menorahs in the game. I've been playing games for a long time, and I don't think I've ever seen that. 

I was the same way with unpacking. Was getting stressed about having things in the right place and having no idea wtf dome items were.

 

I learned later after the plat that there was an accessibility mode that let's you place stuff wherever... you want a toaster on your toilet? Printer in the bathtub? Have at it!

[Finch_III]

My September update: 

 

Just the one game added: Returnal (Green). 

I'm a big fan of roguelites, but not so much 'bullet hell' stuff, as my reactions aren't what they used to be! So it took me a long time to get into this game.

In fact, I bought it in 2021 and have sporadically given up, gone back, given up, gone back ... and so on, and so forth. However, I decided to really focus on it, and it really is an incredible game. I sucked pretty hard for a long time, but it all started to click just as I was reaching the end game. 

Not gonna lie, the collectibles were irritating, but I was reasonably lucky and didn't need to do too many grindy runs. 

 

Now, in terms of my Rainbow, it's definitely Green ... but I hate that it doesn't really match the colour of the tile at all. I know that's petty, but I find it a bit jarring. So, I have intentions to switch this out with another game later in the year if I manage to get some finished! If not, it's no biggie I guess! 

Just one tile to go. 
 

[PotrikBerger]

Been a long while since I updated here and thats mainly because I haven't played much at all of anything in recent months as Gaming and I had a bit of a falling out over the summer - but Clash definitely helped us kiss and make-up

 

Black - Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin

Green - Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One

Brown - Dredge

Yellow -  Tchia!

Maroon - Killer Frequency

White - Atomic Heart

Purple - Humanity

Tan - Adventure Time: Pirates of the Enchiridion

Red - Tales of Iron

Light Blue - Final Fantasy XV

Orange - Montgomery Fox and the Revenge of Victor Draven

Light Green - Clash: Artifacts of Chaos

 

Clash: Artifacts Of Chaos (PS5)

 

Anticipation - 2/5

Wasn't expecting too much, a budget game with aspects of a soulslike....well I’ve been there before and ended up with some right stinkers that I've stopped playing within half an hour (I'm looking at you Dolmen, et al). Looks interesting but I was definitely weary.

 

Enjoyment - 4/5

Its so good. So much better than I had ever hoped it would be. Perhaps two of the most curious looking protagonists I’ve seen in a while,  but they quickly found a way to win me over. You use your fists to fight all manner of odd looking creatures and as you progress you level up skills, learn new moves and select from different fighting stances which offers you a variety of approaches to engage in battle. The combat feels good too when it connects, nice and weighty...albeit the camera does suffer from some jank every now and then. However, there is another layer added to the fisticuffs and there are opportunities to turn the fight in your favour before a single punch is thrown. The titular artifacts allow you  to challenge or be challenged to a game of chance and strategy before engaging with some enemies. Lose this and you’ll have a debuff applied during the impending fight. I really enjoyed the change of pace this dice game bought to the encounters.

 

The art direction is excellent, the game looks like a living comic book blended with a colour version of that A-Ha music video from way back when. It’s extremely engrossing. There are also fantastic looping, multiple pathways throughout the game world, each of which begin to link and open up with previously explored areas - it’s extremely satisfying in a dark souls kind of way. Take into account the campfires that you use to save at and the loss of life that throws you into a night world where your tasked to get back to your body to regain all your stuff and the From Soft influence can definitely be felt. But in the small, right ways.

 

Retrospect - 5/5

I can forgive the whiff of jank that was experienced in some fights and some traversal - cameras not locking on to enemies, getting stuck in a bush, special move-ing myself over a cliff edge etc because it was such a fun time and I really really needed a game like this. I was being worn down by the bland, boring and bloated triple a games I’ve been playing recently. The last one I played actually bought me to stop gaming for nearly three months as was so disillusioned with the dullness. But this is pure fun. It’s a beautiful world, with characters that are both interesting and engaging and the gameplay was both strategic and full throttle in different moments. Thoroughly recommend this title. More people should play this game, it deserves a wider audience.

 

 

[rjkclarke]

 

Goodness me it feels like a hell of a long time since I've updated this thread.....

 

I guess these are my hands when going towards my keyboard and entering this thread....

 

 

 

Anyway..... Looks like with Pyre as my Maroon, I only have one colour left, so looks like I'll have finished this first card off fairly soon hopefully. I'm not sticking to anything strict for that though, because I meander around too much on what I'm actually in the mood to play all the time, but we'll see.

 

That being said though - if you're looking for a Maroon, or you know, an actually excellent game, then Pyre is an absolutely great choice, it goes on sale semi regularly too if you wanted to wait for a reduced price, but I'd have been happy with this game even if I'd paid full price for it, it really is an incredibly interesting and unique game.

 

After all, who would ever - on paper at least - think that you could meld a visual novel with a point-and-click style interface, whilst also having a sports game be your main form of frenetic gameplay. Sounds odd? But it totally does work.

 

If you want to read a few more of my ramblings about it, I'll paste my status update thoughts on it under a spoiler bubble, they are of course completely optional, and contain no story spoilers at all, just me waffling

 

Spoiler

"Well, I finally played Pyre.... It's not like it's been on my console since about 2018 or anything ..... Oh well, at least I got there eventually, eh!

 

As usual Supergiant swing for the fences, and absolutely knock it out of the park. What a fantastic little experience this game can be if you just let yourself get swept along by it.

It's a game full of interesting fusions of different genres into one fascinating whole - doing it in such an authentic feeling way that it never really feels as off kilter as it probably should.

 

Supergiant have always been able to do a spectacular job of world-building, and this game is no exception to that either. Both the locales and the characters that inhabit them are written in such a genuine way that you can't help but either sympathise with them, or at the very least understand them. 

 

Gameplay wise, it feels like a cross between NBA Jam, a choose your own adventure, a visual novel, yet has elements of a point-and-click adventure thrown in to the mix also. That seems like a lot, but it really does synergise incredibly well I thought!

 

The game is very story and lore heavy, so I won't talk about it too much, nor will I when I eventually get around to catching up with my review backlog in my checklist thread in about 2000 years.... Well, hopefully not that long anyway

 

Not only is Pyre visually stunning, with a fantastically eye catching art-style - Darren Korb's soundtrack is absolutely incredible, as it is in the other two Supergiant games I've played so far.

 

Looks like I had better get onto Hades in the near future to complete the set! But not before I do a little more pesky backlog slaying of some years old games first "

 

Nice to see so many of you ploughing through multiple cards, I'll see if I can make it to two full ones by the end of the year, but I guess we'll see on that one, it'll be a nice thing to have in the back of my mind anyway!

 

Catch you all in the next one!