The Ultra Rare Cleanup 2023 [CLOSED]

[Tomy_IV]

On 2.7.2023 at 6:33 PM, Tomy_IV said:

 

Final Tier

 

Red Faction Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered.  

 

Skulls Of the Shogun  100%   

 

Battlefield 2042     

 

Bellator: MMA Onslaught  100%

 

Xeodrifter EU  PS4  100%  

 

 

 

From now on i will just post after i got 5 more Ultra rare games done. Then making a list so i dont need to swap out and make new post if im changing my mind on doing diffrent games 

[AvengedEvil]

Tier 2 Game 5: UNO (PS4)

 

What can I say about this game? Well, it's UNO. I guess everyone knows it. ?

Edited August 6, 2023 by AvengedEvil
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[Yuber6969]

Finished Uno!

 

https://forum.psnprofiles.com/profile/324260-yuber6969/?status=252052&type=status

 

My PSNP+ game list isn't updating, so I'll type it out.

 

Tier 2:

 

1. 3D Dot Game Heroes (3.16%) - 100%, plat

2. Street Fighter X Tekken (1.45%) - 100%, plat

3. Uno (4.20%) - 100%, no plat

4. The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena (0.92%) - 37%

5. Zombi (3.29%) - 0%

[Mitsu]

I would very much like to join in ?
Just to make sure I got this correctly - any game I have completed this year, with an UR trophy, counts, correct? Sorry, non-native here ?

[Copanele]

13 minutes ago, Mitsukaipt said:

I would very much like to join in ?
Just to make sure I got this correctly - any game I have completed this year, with an UR trophy, counts, correct? Sorry, non-native here ?

Hey there, welcome  

Actually no, any game you have completed with an UR trophy, from the moment of joining the event will count  I signed you up so if you complete a game with an UR trophy, post it here and I will update

Edited August 6, 2023 by Copanele

[Mitsu]

1 hour ago, Copanele said:

Hey there, welcome  

Actually no, any game you have completed with an UR trophy, from the moment of joining the event will count  I signed you up so if you complete a game with an UR trophy, post it here and I will update

Thank you, thank you for setting me up!

*cracks knucles*

Time to get cracking then ?

[HedleyNEUK]

Tier 3 Game Completion

 

 

 

Car Mechanic Simulator 2.77%

 

Decent enough sim, with nothing hugely difficult, but some pretty grindy stuff to do, although im cool with grindy stuff. Most of the post game grind i did on remote play on my phone using the backbone

[Joe Dubz]

Hello gang! I have an update to make, as I conquered the quite challenging Unravel 2 a few days ago! Such a great and cute lil game; it's a platformer and you have to switch back and forth between 2 "Yarnies" to complete puzzles and various sections. It can be done solo, however it is made much easier having a solid co-op partner... For that I would be remiss not to thank @vixietrixie for helping me plow through this! Fun fact: I was soooooooo close to getting last place on the speedrun leaderboard, clocking this one in at a cool 3 years and 3 months! ?

 

Most of the trophies are simple; beat each level without dying and a couple of other misc ones to do that weren't hard. But the real meat of the challenge comes from needing to speedrun each level! It almost feels like the devs throwing the speedrunning part in was an afterthought or something... No in game timer and some of those times are so ridiculously tight, they are close to WR times! I'm looking at you, Hideaway ? This level was ridiculous, there is virtually no room for error! And the trickiest part is that the par time is 13 minutes even. That's a long time to go through a level, only to have RNG screw you or something in the last minute!

 

Which brings me to another small gripe... Sometimes Yarny would fall through a rope bridge you've created for no reason. It's fine normally, but when you're trying to speed through the level, it can be a run-ender!! The game could be a bit glitchy but overall it was fine. 

 

The last big challenge is to clear all 20 bonus levels in 45 minutes. Load times do count for this, so I found it much more beneficial to use my PS5! It easily shaves 5 minutes off of literally just waiting for your screen to load. It took me on my 3rd solid try to pop this one, but all in all it wasn't too bad with a bit of practice! Here's a video of my run through there in case you're interested:

 

At any rate, looks like this will close out Tier 1 for me! The progress of which will follow:

Tier 1:

BADLAND (0.07%) 100%  

Nex Machina (3.66%) 100% 

Lumo (0.81%) 100% 

Dead Nation (2.62%) 100% 

Unravel 2 (1.57%) 100% 

 

Not sure what'll be next for me. Been playing alotta Black Ops 4 with vixietrixie, which has also been enjoyable! The caveat here is that I don't think I'm gonna get and complete all the DLC, so it won't be eligible here for that reason. Ah well, I'll think of something and I'm sure I'll be back soon enough! Later ✌️

[Lum]

Alrighty, I’m finished with my last game and finally concluding my tier 1 list, making a swap with Injustice (swear I’ll get that turbo controller soon lmao) for Dying Light 2. Despite all the crashes (around 30+), weird (and sometimes hilarious) glitches and starting a NG+ to ease the grind towards a stronger Aiden in preparation for the Carnage Hall gold medals, I’ve had a lot of fun with the game. The Carnage Hall trials can be challenging but can definitely be made easier with Legend points, Level 9 Artifact gear and co-op partners. This is one of those cases where the game’s difficulty doesn’t match the low rarity percentage plat and 100%, with the low rarity percentage seemingly being a result of bad technical issues and glitchy/buggy trophies since the beginning of its release…and many of these players never returning since, or that some do but still have issues with popping the trophies. Fortunately, I haven’t had such bad luck as all the trophies popped just fine for me so I’m happy about that.

 

Tier 1:

Koihime Enbu Ryo Rai Rai (0.63%) 

Dead or Alive 5 (0.54%) 

Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 (0.73%/0.18%)  ?

Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time (4.22%) 

Dying Light 2: Stay Human (2.98%/0.23%)  ?

 

Like with the other events I’m in, I’ll just wing the games that I’ll be playing for my tier 2 list, although I’m not sure how far I’ll get with this one.

[poetic_justice_]

Still hammering away at Tier 1. After 287 hours and 3 months, I am officially the 39th PlayStation gamer to achieve 100% completion in Empire of Sin. For anyone interested, EoS can be 100% completed in less time - much less time if you have a disc copy and never download any updates - but I knew none of this when I took the proverbial first step. Digital copies with the Precincts update force players to spend at least 200 hours to achieve the platinum (14 playthroughs X 9-16 hours per playthrough, plus another 10-20 hours of added time for a Lone Wolf playthrough). The Make It Count DLC adds a 15th playthrough and has at least one buggy trophy, Accounts Cleared. I created a thread outlining ways to avoid the bug (mostly) so other players don't have to playthrough Maxim Zelnick three times like I did. 

 

TIER 1

1. Battlefield 2042 (PS5) DONE

2. Empire of Sin (PS4) DONE

3. Enlisted (PS5): Despite its "pay to grind, pay to upgrade" model, Enlisted is fun. However, I don't think the in-game counters are accurate. My PlayStation shows me at 66 hours for the game, but in-game counters set me at 44 hours. One trophy requires 100 in-game hours, so this is taking awhile.  

4. Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout (PS5): I am stuck at 98% on Fall Guys. Lowballer is buggy; our team won by one point, but Lowballer did not unlock. Apparently, other PlayStation gamers are experiencing the same problem. I submitted a video with a request for support to Mediatonic, and am now waiting for a response. Mediatonic hasn't featured maps compatible with Lowballer in Squads for months. There was one week of compatible maps, then nothing. Without more compatible maps or a fix from Mediatonic, I will not be able to platinum Fall Guys.

5. Battlefield 2042 (PS4): No progress of yet.

 

Fuel (PS3): No progress.

Edited August 11, 2023 by poetic_justice_

[HedleyNEUK]

14 hours ago, poetic_justice_ said:

Still hammering away at Tier 1. After 287 hours and 3 months, I am officially the 39th PlayStation gamer to achieve 100% completion in Empire of Sin. For anyone interested, EoS can be 100% completed in less time - much less time if you have a disc copy and never download any updates - but I knew none of this when I took the proverbial first step. Digital copies with the Precincts update force players to spend at least 200 hours to achieve the platinum (14 playthroughs X 9-16 hours per playthrough, plus another 10-20 hours of added time for a Lone Wolf playthrough). The Make It Count DLC adds a 15th playthrough and has at least one buggy trophy, Accounts Cleared. I created a thread outlining ways to avoid the bug (mostly) so other players don't have to playthrough Maxim Zelnick three times like I did. 

 

TIER 1

1. Battlefield 2042 (PS5) DONE

2. Empire of Sin (PS4) DONE

3. Enlisted (PS5): Despite its "pay to grind, pay to upgrade" model, Enlisted is fun. However, I don't think the in-game counters are accurate. My PlayStation shows me at 66 hours for the game, but in-game counters set me at 44 hours. One trophy requires 100 in-game hours, so this is taking awhile.  

4. Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout (PS5): I am stuck at 98% on Fall Guys. Lowballer is buggy; our team won by one point, but Lowballer did not unlock. Apparently, other PlayStation gamers are experiencing the same problem. I submitted a video with a request for support to Mediatonic, and am now waiting for a response. Mediatonic hasn't featured maps compatible with Lowballer in Squads for months. There was one week of compatible maps, then nothing. Without more compatible maps or a fix from Mediatonic, I will not be able to platinum Fall Guys.

5. Battlefield 2042 (PS4): No progress of yet.

 

Fuel (PS3): No progress.

Hey, I assume the digital downgrade using a proxy (similar to FFXV and Mafia 3) to vanilla 1.0 would work? I've been keen to play and complete EoS but don't fancy 267hours, even though I'm someone that's cool with a big grind ?

[poetic_justice_]

28 minutes ago, HedleyNEUK said:

Hey, I assume the digital downgrade using a proxy (similar to FFXV and Mafia 3) to vanilla 1.0 would work? I've been keen to play and complete EoS but don't fancy 267hours, even though I'm someone that's cool with a big grind ?

I am completely unfamiliar with how to perform digital downgrades to 1.0, but from what other gamers have shared, yes, Empire of Sin version 1.0 is preferable. If you can find a disk hard copy and disable all updates, that would be the simplest way. Without the Precincts update, I read that a single playthrough takes two hours. Personally, I think that estimate is low; I would guess 4-5 hours is required for each playthrough. However, the ability to taxi and immediately attack another boss's safehouse without having to conquer every precinct connecting your empire to his (or hers) shaves at least ten hours off each playthrough. Gamers stated the platinum took them 40 hours in 1.0, but I personally doubt that. I would estimate 60-70 hours (14 playthroughs X 4-5 hours, plus another 10-30 hours for Lone Wolf, depending on RNG for boss-on-boss assassination attempts). There are certainly speedrunners who earned the platinum in less, but for an average gamer unfamiliar with the turn-based genre, figure on 60-70 hours.

 

The longest slog is the Lone Wolf trophy; that took me 40 hours. I was still new and thought everything was about gangster vs. gangster violence. I didn't understand the importance of business arrangements. These arrangements allow you to request your allied crime bosses to discreetly eliminate another gangster. This kills the targeted boss without creating repercussions for you with the other crime bosses. In a 7-boss Associate difficulty playthrough, you can ask a single ally boss to target five enemy bosses simultaneously (Idk if this is true in version 1.0). This multi-assassination order is useful, as each assassination attempt only has a 10-20% chance of successfully eliminating one boss. Your business allies will even assassinate each other if you ask them to, though I would recommend doing this only when they are the last two bosses remaining.

 

The alternative way to eliminate other crime bosses is tough. Your one crime boss vs. an entire safehouse of 11 goons and mini-bosses is incredibly difficult even on the lowest difficulty. You can kill only the main crime boss and exit the door to eliminate his/her empire, but that is assuming the other ten goons don't shred you to pieces before you can exit. Combat is turn-based, so even at full 250 health (1000 notoriety), you likely will die. Each goon attack takes 25-41 damage off your health. In a single turn, ten goons can take you from full health to dead. If you're caught in the open, there's nothing you can do to stop this. Always save on the safe house doorstep before you enter. I accomplished two safehouse takedowns this way, but it took many tries. 

 

The least risky way to win Lone Wolf is to become the Chi Town Mogul. You have to fully upgrade 116 rackets. This forces the player to focus on business and diplomacy while (mostly) avoiding combat. This is how I eventually earned Lone Wolf. Oh, don't befriend the cops if you go this route; you will lose faction standing with other crime bosses once they find out you're connected to the cops. Don't take Bosky up on his cop bar offer, and don't snitch. If I had focused on Chi Town from the start, I could have cut my Lone Wolf run time by at least 10 hours, but I had no idea at the time.

 

For the Maxim Zelnick DLC, you will have to update and play with the Precincts update. I posted one method to avoid the Accounts Cleared bug in the forums. 

Edited August 9, 2023 by poetic_justice_

[HedleyNEUK]

Cheers for the hugely detailed response @poetic_justice_

 

Luckily i did both of the digital downgrades i mentioned, so im familiar, just means il need to use my PS4.Good to know that i can work around the main game trophies that way!

 

Also i've already read through your info on the main game threads and will certainly go back to that info (and the above) once i get started, its all very much appreciated

 

Take it easy  

[ShadyWARcotix]

Loved this thread last year and did a lot of great games but forgot to join here. I'm on vacation right now but I wanted to list my games here.

 

Tier 1:

Mirror's Edge

CoD: Black Ops Cold War

Blur

Rez Infinite

MGR: Revengeance

 

Ps: @Copanele idc about completions but from your own perspective. I have both Catherines. Which Catherine would you recommend? The ps4 full body version or the ps3 one?

 

Cheers

Edited August 10, 2023 by ShadyWARcotix

[Copanele]

1 hour ago, ShadyWARcotix said:

Loved this thread last year and did a lot of great games but forgot to join here. I'm on vacation right now but I wanted to list my games here.

 

Tier 1:

Mirror's Edge

CoD: Black Ops Cold War

Blur

Rez Infinite

MGR: Revengeance

Rayman Legends

 

Ps: @Copanele idc about completions but from your own perspective. I have both Catherines. Which Catherine would you recommend? The ps4 full body version or the ps3 one?

 

Cheers

From my own perspective I'd recommend this game: Ride to Hell Retribution. A fantastic romantic action story that's definitely better than whatever is happening in Catherine ?

 

Serious answer - I'd go for the PS4 version. Hurts less and it's more stupid

[ShadyWARcotix]

4 hours ago, Copanele said:

From my own perspective I'd recommend this game: Ride to Hell Retribution. A fantastic romantic action story that's definitely better than whatever is happening in Catherine 

 

Serious answer - I'd go for the PS4 version. Hurts less and it's more stupid

 

Sadly it's no UR anymore ? hahahah. These memes about this game are hilarious.

 

Thanks for your answer!

[Thedah]

UR Clean Up 2023 Tier 2 by Thedah

Icon	Game	Platform	Progress	Rarities	Completion
	Samurai Shodown VI	PS4	12/12 - 100%	? - / ? 1.44%	?
	SoulCalibur V	PS3	51/51 - 100%	? 2.69% / ? 2.69%	?
	Exist Archive	PS4, Vita	45/45 - 100%	? 3.19% / ? 3.19%	?

? = not started • ? = started • ? = complete

Generated with PSNP+

 

Samurai Shodown VI done! Doing 48 Arcade Mode playthroughs was a mind numbing experience ?

[poetic_justice_]

19 hours ago, HedleyNEUK said:

Cheers for the hugely detailed response @poetic_justice_

 

Luckily i did both of the digital downgrades i mentioned, so im familiar, just means il need to use my PS4.Good to know that i can work around the main game trophies that way!

 

Also i've already read through your info on the main game threads and will certainly go back to that info (and the above) once i get started, its all very much appreciated

 

Take it easy  

TIER 1

1. Battlefield 2042 (PS5) DONE

2. Empire of Sin (PS4) DONE

3. Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout (PS5): DONE! So happy Mediatonic finally included the Fall Ball Cup! Lowballer is done. Thanks to Amphie_Barber for help with offense to keep the score 1-0. 

 

4. Enlisted (PS5): No update. 

5. Battlefield 2042 (PS4): No progress of yet.

 

Fuel (PS3): No progress as of yet.

Edited August 11, 2023 by poetic_justice_

[Mitsu]

On 06/08/2023 at 9:40 PM, Copanele said:

Hey there, welcome  

Actually no, any game you have completed with an UR trophy, from the moment of joining the event will count  I signed you up so if you complete a game with an UR trophy, post it here and I will update

One more question then, sorry, imagine I already have a plat for a game, but it's not yet at 100%. When I get it to 100% can I add it here? ?

FANK YOU!!

[Copanele]

5 minutes ago, Mitsu said:

One more question then, sorry, imagine I already have a plat for a game, but it's not yet at 100%. When I get it to 100% can I add it here? 

FANK YOU!!

Yep!

Just make sure it's Ultra Rare according to PSNP ranking, not PSN ranking

[Yuber6969]

Finished Brink!

 

https://forum.psnprofiles.com/profile/324260-yuber6969/?status=252174&type=status

 

In = Brink

Out = Zombi

 

[Thedah]

UR Clean Up 2023 Tier 2 by Thedah

Icon	Game	Platform	Progress	Rarities	Completion
	真・恋姫夢想～乙女対戦★三国志演義～	PS3	48/48 - 100%	? 4.8% / ? 4.8%	?
	Samurai Shodown VI	PS4	12/12 - 100%	? - / ? 1.44%	?
	SoulCalibur V	PS3	51/51 - 100%	? 2.69% / ? 2.69%	?
	Exist Archive	PS4, Vita	45/45 - 100%	? 3.19% / ? 3.19%	?

? = not started • ? = started • ? = complete

Generated with PSNP+

 

Koihime on the PS3 done! That's all 3 of the Koihime Fighting Games completed. The challenges in this one are about a 1/10 compared to RyoRaiRai.

[DrBloodmoney]

S'up, chaps and chaplettes,

 

Third game in Tier 2 Complete!  ?

 

 

 

Looks like an auto pop (and it is, technically,) though it's actually one of the longer games I've done!

 

The reason? 

Bloody Classic Tetris Mode!

 

They added 2 additional modes that need to be SS ranked for the platinum in this version, including Classic Mode, which was a bitch to get done. I didn't fancy my chances of doing it on a Duelsense D-Pad, so stuck with attempting on the PS4 version of the game, where I could use the (much better) Duelshock 4 D-Pad, and just cashed in my efforts once it was done, with a save import.

 

The result? A 30-second platinum, that took me about 60 hours  ?

How's that for a conundrum!

 

 

Anyways:

 

 

My Current UR List:

 

Tier 1

1. Metrico+                                  -     (4xUR)      -     4.35%

2. Tetris Effect                              -     (7xUR)      -    0.49%

3. Cities Skylines                         -    (44xUR)     -     0.06% (100% Stat)

4. Dead Cells                               -    (8x UR)      -    0.22% (100% Stat)

5. Cities Skylines Remastered     -    (5xUR)       -     3.02% (0.25%) (100% Stat)

 

 

Tier 2

1. Dante's Inferno                        -     (1xUR)      -     0.87% (100% Stat)
2. Fights in Tight Spaces             -    (3xUR)       -     2.50%

2. Tetris Effect Remastered         -     (7xUR)      -    1.72%

[Copanele]

17 hours ago, DrBloodmoney said:

 

 

 

Looks like an auto pop (and it is, technically,) though it's actually one of the longer games I've done!

 

The reason? 

Bloody Classic Tetris Mode!

 

They added 2 additional modes that need to be SS ranked for the platinum in this version, including Classic Mode, which was a bitch to get done. I didn't fancy my chances of doing it on a Duelsense D-Pad, so stuck with attempting on the PS4 version of the game, where I could use the (much better) Duelshock 4 D-Pad, and just cashed in my efforts once it was done, with a save import.

 

The result? A 30-second platinum, that took me about 60 hours  

How's that for a conundrum!

After thinking for a bit and checking the requirements...this isn't a full autopop, since you had to do extra tasks.

Specifically, the Seriously?Seriously. trophy, where you had to replay levels for SS rank (and of course, reach that rank  )

So having that in mind, I will award full points for this particular entry and add it to the Bounty list.

Edited August 16, 2023 by Copanele

[DrBloodmoney]

18 minutes ago, Copanele said:

After thinking for a bit and checking the requirements...this isn't a full autopop, since you had to do extra tasks.

Specifically, the Seriously?Seriously. trophy, where you had to replay levels for SS rank (and of course, reach that rank  )

So having that in mind, I will award full points for this particular entry and add it to the Bounty list.

 

 

Well.... this is like that time I found a rare "One Ring" in the booster pack of LotR Cards I got for free with my comics....

 

...wasn't expecting that, but I'll take it! ?