The Ultra Rare Cleanup 2023 [CLOSED]

[Vergil]

@ExistentialSolid

 

I personally haven't done both yet. But Big Blue Tree seem to think DBEX+ is slightly harder . But you can judge for yourself.

 

 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pHH7ok5OeDU

 

The routes are much tougher.

 

The first vid is apperantely an event you need to do for the trophy 

Edited February 10, 2023 by Vergil

[Copanele]

7 hours ago, Together_Comic said:

I never seem to get very far with these events, but I'm willing to try.

 

 

Persona 3 may end up not counting, it still has 9 days before it becomes eligible, but we'll see.

Madden was finished in 2023, so maybe it counts? If not that's fine I'll pick something else. 

Welcome welcome! 

Sadly no, Madden NFL 22 will not count, it has to be a game from the moment of joining  but maybe Persona 3 will be  (if it doesn't get a rarity increase)

 

2 hours ago, ExistentialSolid said:

 

Before I disappear into the void for another few weeks, I have a quick question about the Most Wanted list @Copanele. For Q3, Dariusburst Another Chronicle EX+ is listed as one of the eligible bounties. I was curious if Dariusburst Chronicle Saviours would count in its place in much the same way that Catherine: Full Body does for Catherine (PS3) considering that CS and ACEX+ are almost identical (to my understanding anyway) barring a few minor changes in ACEX+. The trophy list for Chronicle Saviours appears to be the more difficult of the two given the inclusion of the hitless-QUZ route trophy "Bird of Legend" while ACEX+ instead demands a hitless-CGL route, which is made easier thanks to the Murakumo ship's inclusion in arcade mode. If Chronicle Saviours doesn't count, it's all good. I just figured I'd check since the two are so similar! 

I checked...and checked...and checked some more...and yeah they look similar enough, I have no idea "how" difficult they are since I never played them. So based on the Catherine/ Guilty Gear XRd example, yes I would allow it, any of them will count and if you complete both games, you get double the points (there is a non-UR stack, that one does not count though)

 

However....since I am unfamiliar with the game  if there are Dariusburst players/100% achievers who think the second game should not be added, I will unfortunately have to remove it. This is only on the basis that I don't know the game that well.

[ExistentialSolid]

2 hours ago, Vergil said:

@ExistentialSolid

 

I personally haven't done both yet. But Big Blue Tree seem to think DBEX+ is slightly harder . But you can judge for yourself.

The routes are much tougher.

 

The first vid is apperantely an event you need to do for the trophy 

I've only played a few difficult shmups, so it's tricky for me to compare the difficulty of both games based on this video, but I trust Big Blue Tree's assessment if he believes the game is harder. My opinion was based around the absence of the hitless "Bird of Prey" trophy which CS is notorious for and the tip thread I stumbled across below wherein the OP (who also has the platinum trophy) claims CS is a bit tougher:
 

If some of the 1CC trophies and events rival CS's "Bird of Prey" then I totally understand ACEX+ being the harder game. In which case, maybe the game shouldn't be added alongside ACEX+. Since you have the CS platinum and much more shmup experience, are you convinced ACEX+ is the harder game?

 

43 minutes ago, Copanele said:

I checked...and checked...and checked some more...and yeah they look similar enough, I have no idea "how" difficult they are since I never played them. So based on the Catherine/ Guilty Gear XRd example, yes I would allow it, any of them will count and if you complete both games, you get double the points (there is a non-UR stack, that one does not count though)

 

However....since I am unfamiliar with the game  if there are Dariusburst players/100% achievers who think the second game should not be added, I will unfortunately have to remove it. This is only on the basis that I don't know the game that well.

Sounds good, I appreciate you looking into it! I'll hold off on playing it for the next few months and try to do more research into ACEX+ before committing to one or the other. 

It'd be great if more shmup specialists were able to weigh in on the difficulty of the two games. Since I haven't played either of them either, I could be totally wrong in believing CS is harder than ACEX+. If the general consensus is that CS is easier than ACEX+, then I agree CS probably shouldn't be added to the list. 

Edited February 11, 2023 by ExistentialSolid

[Vergil]

4 hours ago, ExistentialSolid said:

I've only played a few difficult shmups, so it's tricky for me to compare the difficulty of both games based on this video, but I trust Big Blue Tree's assessment if he believes the game is harder. My opinion was based around the absence of the hitless "Bird of Prey" trophy which CS is notorious for and the tip thread I stumbled across below wherein the OP (who also has the platinum trophy) claims CS is a bit tougher:
 

If some of the 1CC trophies and events rival CS's "Bird of Prey" then I totally understand ACEX+ being the harder game. In which case, maybe the game shouldn't be added alongside ACEX+. Since you have the CS platinum and much more shmup experience, are you convinced ACEX+ is the harder game?

 

Sounds good, I appreciate you looking into it! I'll hold off on playing it for the next few months and try to do more research into ACEX+ before committing to one or the other. 

It'd be great if more shmup specialists were able to weigh in on the difficulty of the two games. Since I haven't played either of them either, I could be totally wrong in believing CS is harder than ACEX+. If the general consensus is that CS is easier than ACEX+, then I agree CS probably shouldn't be added to the list. 

 

 

Here is a run for the no hit trophy. My bad for leaving it out, for some reason i thought you done DBCS lol.

 

For me personally i found DBCS no more than an 8/10. Its not really that hard. Even on this you have a gadget or something that basically nullifies 75% of all incoming enemy shoots 

 

Copanele asked me for recommendations. So i said about DBEX+ and Deathsmiles 

 

Edited February 11, 2023 by Vergil

[tony_snake_24]

I finished my second game of Tier 1!

 

 

 

Rumbleverse, yet another Battle Royale in a saturated market, right? Well, yes, but I don't mean that in a derogatory way. The game is good enough, it's fun, and it's different, and I had a decent time with it. It's a BR where you don't shoot anything or anybody. You do it the old-fashioned way, with punches and kicks. The combat features a rock-paper-scissors system where blocking beats regular attacks, said attacks beat vicious attacks, and these beat blocking. There is more to it since there are melee weapons, Special Attacks that you can learn by picking up some books and the Super Attack you can do once you fill the SuperStar gauge. And let's not forget jumping from skyscrapers and elbowing people to death!

If two people use the same type of attack, they will clash and nullify each other. All of these moves have priorities over others with the Super Star... Super being at the top. This plus its comedic and cartoony style, and climbing everywhere in a way that would make Spider-Man jealous, differentiate it from the others.

 

As for the trophies, the game is mostly easy with some tricky ones and the big, grindy one. The UR trophy consists of winning a game without picking up any specials, which tbh I didn't have much of problem with at all. You just need to buff your attack a lot with the red drinks, use elbows for devastating damage, play it safe and hide, and get lucky with a good partner. I got it playing duos. The ones I had trouble with were getting a KO with a Stop sign, which breaks very easily so the enemy has to be almost dead, and you can't know how much HP they have left, and the grindy one, doing 100 vicious attacks on blocking enemies. Let me tell you, people don't block often. I had to boost these last two trophies. To not make this too long, the rest of the trophies are easier miscellaneous ones.

 

The game is shutting down after a measly 6 months since release, which is baffling to me. I haven't played the big three Battle Royales (PUBG, Fornite and Blackout/Warzone, basically cod), but I played this and also Spellbreak (RIP ?), with both of them having an interesting take on Battle Royales and their own style. It's a shame they weren't succesful enough and that there will be no way to play or preserve these games going forward. 

 

BIG NEWS! (for me anyway lol). I should have my PS5 delivered next week so I'm swapping in the PS5 stack of Rumbleverse. There is no autopop, and the same UR trophy is still UR. so it should count for the event. I would like Astro's Playroom to be my first PS5 trophies, but apart from this stack I also need to start Dreadnought already. Just 8 days over a month left ? so idk.

 

Tier 1:

- Medal of Honor (3.36%) (100%)

- Dreadnought (EU) (0.50%) (0%)

- Rumbleverse (PS4) (2.1%) (100%)

- Rumbleverse (PS5) (2.82%) (0%)

- Knockout City (PS4) (3.66%) (0%)

[Shrooba]

Count me in for this year ?

1. Rayman Legends (PS4) - 4.13%
2. GRIP: Combat Racing - 2.53%
3. Superhot - 4.79%
4. Assetto Corsa Competizione (PS4) - 0.51%
5. Red Dead Redemption 2 - 2.36%

Edited February 13, 2023 by Shrooba

[ScintillaWolf]

Another two games to add to the list and one I would say is significantly harder than the other ? I'll let you figure out which 

 

  

 

Rumbleverse was just a spontaneous decision once I learned how quickly the trophies could be achieved, but Future Soldier has been a year in the making, very proud to get it done! My second rarest platinum to date, I very nearly decided not to bother with it when the server closure was announced, but I am glad I put on my big boy pants and got it done ?

[dieselmanchild]

Tier 1

1. SteamWorld Dig - (0.95%)
2. The Evil Within
3. WipeOut Omega Collection
4. Tennis World Tour 2
5. Trine 2: A Complete Story

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(100%) - SteamWorld Dig

 

A couple years ago I was browsing my local library when a game called SteamWorld Dig 2 caught my eye. I knew nothing about the game but was instantly attracted to the cover art and decided to check it out. It ended up being a metroidvania platformer about a little robot miner who digs for gems and valuable ore underground, and I completely fell in love with it and got the platinum trophy. I’ve been meaning to play the original SteamWorld dig since then and figured why not now? It has no platinum unfortunately, but it does have a few UR trophies which makes it perfect for this event.
 

The first game, much like the second, is an action platformer revolving around mining tiles, gems and ores underground, and carving out your own platforms and pathways in the process. It is super enjoyable to play. It was a bit strange playing the titles in reverse though, as going backwards like that really illustrates just how much the developers improved upon the winning formula they found in the first game, in every possible way.
 

SteamWorld Dig still has noticeable metroidvania influences, but in general it’s a far shorter and far more linear game with nowhere near the depth of the sequel. This made it a rather simple endeavour (I finished in one day), but it still posed a really fun little challenge with the ‘Master Prospector’ trophy which requires you to finish the game with a gold star rating in all 4 categories. This requires you to speed run the game in under 2.5 hours without dying, while also collecting 150+ orbs and 20,000 gold (which means digging out most of the map in the 2nd and 3rd areas).

 

The 2nd game has an identical trophy which is a lot harder due to the longer and more complex nature of the sequel, so this one was pretty simple and straightforward. The hardest part for me was re-learning the wall jump trick which is used in both games to reach inaccessible areas early on and skip large portions of the game. I had learned this jump in SW2 so I thought the muscle memory would come back to me quickly, but it ended up taking me a solid 30-40 minutes before I could perform the jump even one single time lol. Once I got the timing down though, the subsequent jumps came pretty easy and I breezed through the game in a couple hours.

 

Awesome little gem of a series. Would highly recommend both games, particularly SteamWorld Dig 2 which has a platinum trophy and is also eligible for this event. ?

 

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Other updates:

 

WindBound (91%) - I found this game on the catalog at the beginning of January and expected this to be my first UR platinum of the year, but the game has turned into a living nightmare for me. I won’t go into too much detail right now since I’ve ranted about this all over the forums already, but I’m currently stuck on a buggy trophy that refuses to pop and is holding me back from the platinum. The sheer time and effort I’ve put into this game over the past 6 weeks attempting to solve this issue is what has held me back from making much progress in the UR Cleanup thus far. I’m still holding out hope I’ll be able to finish and post this soon though!
 

The Evil Within (87%) - I’ve finished my Survival/no upgrades playthrough, mopped up all the collectibles and miscellaneous trophies, and finished all 3 DLC packs. All that remains is the notorious Akumu mode (which I started working on yesterday), and the 5 hour speed run, and then this platinum and that big sexy bounty is mine! This game has been thoroughly enjoyable and I’m glad I finally got an excuse to check it out.

[HaserPL]

On 31.12.2022 at 1:54 AM, HaserPL said:

4. Time Crisis Razing Storm 19/44 27/44 0.20%;

5. CarX Drift Racing Online 30/37 34/37 1.12%;

6. Battlefield 1 12/51 30/51 0.87%;

15. Payday 2 3/44 25/441.88%;

 

Update time!

 

First, I managed to complete every arcade and sentry trophy in Time Crisis, meaning I only have to finish the story and multiplayer grind to get the plat. I also managed to boost every online trophy in Battlefield 1. With CarX Drift Racing I think I need only about 4/5 hours of grinding to get the platinum trophy. As for Payday 2, I and my crew has made some decent progress, now I'm grinding the XP (74 out of 100 ranks for now), and when we all hit higher ranks we will do the hardest trophies together.

[MrHealthy]

@Copanele What's the ruling on trophies that slip into ultra rare during the year? For example Hitman 2 previously had only 1 ultra rare which I already had so I couldn't claim it for this event. But due to the influx of players worried about possible server closure in the future a second trophy has dropped into ultra rare territory. Do I need to wait a month before popping it make sure it stays UR?

[Copanele]

49 minutes ago, MrHealthy said:

@Copanele What's the ruling on trophies that slip into ultra rare during the year? For example Hitman 2 previously had only 1 ultra rare which I already had so I couldn't claim it for this event. But due to the influx of players worried about possible server closure in the future a second trophy has dropped into ultra rare territory. Do I need to wait a month before popping it make sure it stays UR?

Ah nope, if an already existing trophy in an "old" game becomes UR, then it's eligible. 

The 1 month rule is only for brand new games/DLCs

[TheHarryGamer99]

On 06/02/2023 at 9:36 PM, TheHarryGamer99 said:

 

Swapping Fifa 18 for Medal of Honor

 

Tier one is now the following:

 

Super Dungeon Bros - 0.92% (Finished on the 1st of January)

Medal of Honor -3.37% (Finished on the 6th of February)

That's You! - 1.74%

Party Golf - 3.78%

Fifa 17 (PS3) - 1.10%

 

 

 

And another update: That's You replaced by Secret Neighbour (0.87%).

 

Tier one is now the following:

 

Super Dungeon Bros - 0.92% (Finished on the 1st of January)

Medal of Honor -3.37% (Finished on the 6th of February)

Secret Neighbour - 0.87%

Party Golf - 3.78%

Fifa 17 (PS3) - 1.10%

[Walt the Dog]

Unturned (NA): 100% (https://psnprofiles.com/trophies/11675-unturned/Wdog-999)

 

Was about as easy as was advertised back in the 2022 Cleanup. Despite having basically no FPS/TPS or survival chops, this was a cinch between abusing the world settings sliders like it's an early-360 era sports game and using cheats to spawn in whatever the hell I wanted. That said, not sure how soon I'm gonna get to the EU stack between the price of it (will definitely wait for a sale to grab it in the first place) and also just the fact that while the game was easy, there was quite a bit of jank (the airport mission took me like 6 tries to do just because the last couple of zombies I needed wouldn't ever spawn) and in particular, getting an online game started for the two rep trophies was an absolute nightmare. Ended up taking several tries between last night and today just to make a server in the first place.

 

In any case, with me sitting at 846 plats now (meaning I wanna start finalizing what my 850th will be), I get the feeling my 50th UR plat is gonna be held off for a bit. On the bright side, once I get done with the Brain Challenge online grind (it's been running since last weekend and it should finally be done by the end of Tuesday or so), I finally have both Fit in Six and My Fitness Coach Club, so I can run those side by side on my PS3s for two easy UR 100%s. I also would like to burn through my Jackbox games since I had to get a subscription to SessionBox to do What the Dub?!'s audience trophy and I'd like to use that for all it's worth now so I hopefully don't have to pay for more than one extra month of it.

[Together_Comic]

On 2/10/2023 at 5:18 PM, Copanele said:

Welcome welcome! 

Sadly no, Madden NFL 22 will not count, it has to be a game from the moment of joining  but maybe Persona 3 will be  (if it doesn't get a rarity increase)

 

No problem, I'll pick something else.  I figured it wouldn't count .  I'll probably also go ahead and remove P3.  After playing it a bit and looking over the trophies, I feel like it will be somewhere in the 6-8% range once someone puts a guide out for it. Even if I finish it before then, it still doesn't seem to be the spirit of the event for me. 

 

Not sure what I'll replace them with though.  Probably Crash 4 for one, does anyone else have suggestions.  I'm generally a fan of platformers and RPGs.

 

TC

[MrHealthy]

Games 2 and 3 done.

 

Duke Nukem 3D Megaton Edition

https://psnprofiles.com/trophies/3045-duke-nukem-3d-megaton-edition/MrHealthy

 

This is definitely a case of people just not bothering to do the trophies. Because its 6 very easy ultra rares. 3 I self boosted in multiplayer. The other 3 you get just for completing the 3 bonus campaigns included in this edition. Literally all of the trophies in this can be done on the easiest difficulty though and the game has a built in rewind function when you die so death does not matter at all. It's just a lot of duke to play, and the level design can be dated making you look all over for the one key or switch you need to proceed. Still I enjoyed it as when I was a kid I only ever played the couple of free levels in shareware versions.

 

Hitman 2

https://psnprofiles.com/trophies/8388-hitman-2/MrHealthy &

https://psnprofiles.com/trophies/9274-hitman-2-additional-expansions/MrHealthy

 

I was already working on this anyways and while I had the previous single ultra rare the influx of new players has caused another (shockingly easy) trophy to drop into ultra rare status. Thought I may as well claim a point for it since I can and have spent 100+ hours completing it. It is a fantastic game. Honestly no real point in starting this now though with Hitman 3 becoming Hitman World of Assassination. With no plat and a ton of now inaccessible DLC unless you already claimed it it just ain't worth it for anyone new. Go play Hitman 3, its one of the best open sandbox / stealth games ever.

[TheHarryGamer99]

23 hours ago, TheHarryGamer99 said:

 

And another update: That's You replaced by Secret Neighbour (0.87%).

 

Tier one is now the following:

 

Super Dungeon Bros - 0.92% (Finished on the 1st of January)

Medal of Honor -3.37% (Finished on the 6th of February)

Secret Neighbour - 0.87%

Party Golf - 3.78%

Fifa 17 (PS3) - 1.10%

 

Tier one is done:

 

Super Dungeon Bros - 0.92% (Finished on the 1st of January)

Medal of Honor -3.37% (Finished on the 6th of February)

Secret Neighbour - 0.87% (Finished on the 12th of February)

Magicka 2 - 1.35% (Finished on the 13th of February)

Fifa 17 (PS3) - 1.10% (Finished on the 13th of February)

 

[TheHarryGamer99]

10 minutes ago, TheHarryGamer99 said:

 

Tier one is done:

 

Super Dungeon Bros - 0.92% (Finished on the 1st of January)

Medal of Honor -3.37% (Finished on the 6th of February)

Secret Neighbour - 0.87% (Finished on the 12th of February)

Magicka 2 - 1.35% (Finished on the 13th of February)

Fifa 17 (PS3) - 1.10% (Finished on the 13th of February)

 

 

Tier two is the following:

 

Pure Chess (PS3) - 1.28%

Medal of Honor Warfighter - 1.55%

Time Crisis 4 - 1.57%

Fifa 21 (PS5) - 1.62%

Fifa 21 (PS4) - 1.31%

 

 

[MD_91]

Tier 2

 

1. Catherine: Full Body (2.74%)  Bounty

2. Dead Nation (2.63%)  Bounty

3. Catherine (1.94%)  Bounty

 

Didn't like my chances of getting the plat for Full Body after struggling through my first playthrough on normal difficulty but I ended up liking it so much that I decided to buy the PS3 version and do that too

 

@Copanele I understand you are a big fan of this game so you'll be happy to know I'm planning to do the PS3 EU stack as well

 

Dead Nation being on the most wanted list motivated me to finally go back and finish it after 9 years, the first playthrough was a struggle but everything after that wasn't too bad once I was used to the game again

 

 

Tier 1

 

1. Ark: Survival Evolved (4.73%) 

2. Fifa 23 PS4 (2.19%) 

3. Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime (3.53%) 

4. Puppeteer (4.29%) 

5. Superhot (4.86%)

 

[TehUberCheezCatz]

Already going off script, so replacing Grid with The Bit Trip, since I just on a whim finished Beat and just barreled through the last few, also finished OlliOlli's platinum but stuck waiting on money for the dlc lol

1: OlliOlli World (2.14%P/1.07%)
2: Killzone Mercenary (4.06%)
3: Watch Dogs [PS3] (4.69%P/0.84%)
4: Call of Duty Black Ops 4 (0.59%P/0.30%)
5: The Bit.Trip (2.78%)

[CorporalBowser]

Connectank done...

 

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.......I don't want to talk about it.....

 

 

Tier 1 (is the Loneliest Number)

 Rogue Legacy -  2.95% - Jan 1

 The Escapists -  3.57% - DLC 3/3 complete - Jan 3

 Nex Machina -  3.66% - Jan 5 - Q1 Most Wanted List entry

 Cryptark -  4.15% - Jan 5

 Red Faction -  3.50% - Jan 8

 

 

Tier 2: Judgement Day

 Red Faction II -  3.62% - Jan 11

 Strike Vector EX -  2.07% - Jan 13

 Rebel Galaxy -  3.28% - Jan 18

 Raiden V: Director's Cut -  3.05% - Jan 20

 Mothergunship -  2.82% - Jan 23

 

 

Tier 3 is a Magic Number

 Moonlighter -  4.02% - DLC 1/1 complete - Jan 31

 Portal Knights -  3.05% - DLC 1/1 complete - Feb 7

 Connectank -  4.20% - Feb 15

Edited February 16, 2023 by CorporalBowser

[Baker]

On 13-2-2023 at 2:19 PM, Together_Comic said:

 

Not sure what I'll replace them with though.  Probably Crash 4 for one, does anyone else have suggestions.  I'm generally a fan of platformers and RPGs.

 

TC

I see you play JRPG’s. ?

 

I have a couple of suggestions for those but let me just give one: Exist Archive

 

One of those hidden gems, for me at least. Has a bunch of UR trophies but is not difficult at all. Takes around 80 hours so for a JRPG that’s not bad..

Edited February 16, 2023 by Baker

[Taruta13]

On 2/10/2023 at 5:18 PM, Copanele said:

Persona 3 will be  (if it doesn't get a rarity increase)

My predictions is that Persona 3 Portable will never get beyond Ultra Rare, just like Dark Cloud 2 hasn't gotten past 5% yet and is still Ultra Rare, because people will look at it and go "ewww" and not touch it, so only the hardcore fans will get the platinum.

[maxfighter23___]

Just now, Taruta13 said:

My predictions is that Persona 3 Portable will never get beyond Ultra Rare, just like Dark Cloud 2 hasn't gotten past 5% yet and is still Ultra Rare, because people will look at it and go "ewww" and not touch it, so only the hardcore fans will get the platinum.

 persona3 and persona 4 is my next two games after persona 5 series are done and ps5 is way to expensive  for to buy so i stay with  ps4 and ps3 sadly though i wish they had not set ps5 so expensive more then 600€ cost it right now so this one is going to stay with ps3 and ps4 i have stil persona 5 original left 

[tony_snake_24]

5 hours ago, Baker said:

I see you play JRPG’s.

 

I have a couple of suggestions for those but let me just give one: Exist Archive

 

One of those hidden gems, for me at least. Has a bunch of UR trophies but is not difficult at all. Takes around 80 hours so for a JRPG that’s not bad..

That game's battle theme is amazing! Stumbled upon it and loved it since

 

Since I'm posting something, might as well give a small update. I've been working on Dreadnought these days. Got most of the miscellaneous kill trophies and the hardest trophy, completing wave 10 in Havoc mode (survival type of mode). Now I need to finish a few trophies off, get the game mode wins and farm matches. 1000 matches is a lot. I'll probably finish everything else with about 100 matches, but there's still enough time to get them done before shutdown. Though right now... servers are down. Apparently it happens sometimes and the devs have to restart them. Scary ?

I almost didn't start this game a few days ago due to hearing about this, among other things. Also, I haven't started Rumbleverse PS5 yet, but that should be taken care of this weekend or next week. 

 

Oh, phew! Before I even finished writing this, the servers are back for Dreadnought. They were down for 35 min.

[SlimSanta94]

2 new UR plats done recently:

 

 

Dreadnought (EU stack) - 0.68%

Difficulty - 1.5/5

Enjoyment - 2/5

 

 

Overwatch 2 (PS5 Stack) - 0.49%

Difficulty - 3.5/5

Enjoyment - 5/5