Spring 2023 Backlog Challenge

[Vanqishd]

Time for an update now that we're making progress:

1. Sifu (PS5) - 7%
2. Horizon Forbidden West (PS5) - 16%
3. Outriders (PS4) - 24% > 82% 
4. Hogwarts Legacy (PS5) - 8% -> Sackboy: A Big Adventure (PS5) - 68% (Swap 1/3)
5. The Last of Us Part II (PS4) - 11%
6. Anthem (PS4) - 40%

Outriders has been vanquished. Not a great game, to be honest, but still decent. The story was okayish, the abilities were fun, but enemy variety was poor and the combat encounters were more and more of the same. By the end of it, it got way too repetitive. Still, it was in the backlog and I'm glad to be done with it. Time to move on to Sackboy and try wrap it up this week, while figuring out what else I'll play out of the list. Good luck to you all as well!

[Taruta13]

15 hours ago, StilRh said:

That Playstation showcase guys... RIP completion percentage. RIP wallet, job and relationships lol

Okay, before I go on my walk, I need to see what the big dealy-o is that made you burn your credit card...

 

*checks out Playstation showcase*

 

 

HOLY SH**, ANOTHER CAT QUEST GAME!?!?!?

 

*burns his own wallet*

[Vulpine9Tails]

1 hour ago, Taruta13 said:

HOLY SH**, ANOTHER CAT QUEST GAME!?!?!?

I'm pretty sure I yelled this exact thing at my tv when I saw it. 

[freddie1989]

1 hour ago, Taruta13 said:

Okay, before I go on my walk, I need to see what the big dealy-o is that made you burn your credit card...

 

*checks out Playstation showcase*

 

 

HOLY SH**, ANOTHER CAT QUEST GAME!?!?!?

 

*burns his own wallet*

 

43 minutes ago, Vulpine9Tails said:

I'm pretty sure I yelled this exact thing at my tv when I saw it. 

 

See why can't I get excited like you guys. I see the gameplay and it just makes me think it belongs in 1994 not 2023. I don't grasp it.

[Fanatixa1]

Hi everyone, 

 

Here's an update from me. No completions unfortunately, mainly because I went on vacation to Lithuania for a week. I will switch Block a Pix Deluxe for Aerial Knight's Never Yield. There's no way I can complete Block a Pix this challenge and I will keep it for another challenge. I saw Aerial Knight's being recommended as a fun platinum, but I didn't really enjoy it.  I thought it was pretty boring actually. It is an easy platinum, and I only have one dlc trophy left for 100%.

 

I finished the story for A Plague Tale: Requiem. I enjoyed it, but didn't love it. I thought it took too much time and it's a very dramatic story. I think the first one was better. I don't have a lot to say about Hogwarts Legacy. Not sure if I'll be able to finish it this challenge. If not I will keep it for the summer challenge. 

 

1. The Artful Escape 100% 

2. God of War Ragnarök - 100% 

3. Toem - 100% 

4. PowerWash Simulator - 100% 

5. Dead Cells - 49%

6. Block-a-Pix Deluxe • EU - 50%   Aerial Knight's Never Yield - 0% --> 98% 

7. Hogwarts Legacy - 21% --> 31%

8. A Plague Tale: Requiem - 18% --> 90%

9. Bugsnax - 100% 

 

Swaps 2/4

[Charizarzar]

Update #4

 

Time for a final update - I know Spring isn't over just yet but I'm unlikely to finish anything else.

 

1.  Dredge - 0% > 100%
2.  Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments - 0% > 100%
3.  The Complex - 0% > 68% > 100% 
4.  A Plague Tale: Innocence - 0% > 100% 
5.  Hitchhiker - 0% > 100% 
6.  The Town of Light - 0% > 100% 
7.  Road 96: Mile 0 - 0% > 100% 

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Swaps Used (2/4)

• Mafia II was swapped with Sherlock in my last update because I love what I've played of the Mafia series (started with 3, then 1) and didn't want to rush through 2. It's been a while since I've played a detective game so I really enjoyed Sherlock, apart from an annoying arm wrestling minigame that didn't work properly, but probably did end up giving me arm muscles from all the retries.
• Death Stranding was swapped for Dredge. I really wanted to finish this one before the end of the event and am on the final leg, but unfortunately it's turning out to be a very long leg. I started this event at 24% and currently am at 81% after over 100 hours of playtime, so I'm happy with my progress either way! The only thing I have left to do is 5-star all of my relationships with the people I have to deliver to and grind out various delivery types. I've just finished building up a zipline network in the Eastern area (which took the better part of a day) which helps me with S-Ranking the timed ones, and then need to do the same in the Western region, which unfortunately is much bigger and I expect will be more complicated to build on since you have a limited number of ziplines to work with. Not sure how much longer this game will take me, but hopefully not too long if I just keep at it.
  • On a more positive note, Dredge was excellent! Decided to buy it after hearing a lot of buzz, despite thinking a horror fishing game wasn't really my sort of thing, but I had a lot of fun.

Wishing everyone good luck with their final games for this challenge! Don't think I'll sign up for the Summer challenge as I'm going away again soon and aren't sure how much time I'll have, but I'll definitely be there for future events.

 

Goodbye from Sam and BB!

[Vulpine9Tails]

3 hours ago, freddie1989 said:

 

 

See why can't I get excited like you guys. I see the gameplay and it just makes me think it belongs in 1994 not 2023. I don't grasp it.

I really enjoyed the first two games. My bf and I played coop for the entirety of the second and we had a blast playing it together (hope the new one has coop but couldn't really tell from the trailer).

 

It helps that I absolutely adore anything related to cats.

Edited May 25, 2023 by Vulpine9Tails

[RaxxisOmega]

On 5/18/2023 at 11:11 AM, RaxxisOmega said:

Week 11: More Human than Human - Rob Zombie

As we enter the home stretch I'm knuckling down and.. and.. why am I playing Tears of the Kingdom???

At least I got Detroit: Become Human done.

On The Chopping Block

Guardian's of the Galaxy 34%  68%  87%

 Ghostwire: Tokyo 20%  30%  64%  95%

Not gonna lie to you Marge, I didn't know about the Spider's Thread update when I put this on the list. Gonna try my best to get it over the line but I don't like my chances  

 Final Horizon 25%  28%  37%  50%  83%  86%

I really have to stop reading Reddit in the car while I am waiting for my partner to finish work. I would have had this done by now

Swapped

Kamen Rider: Memory of Heroez  Ghostwire: Tokyo

COMPLETED!

 Spongebob Squarepants: The Battle for Bikini Bottom  

 Detroit: Become Human 

Ho boy, I did not like the second run of this game. Mainly cause I feel like if I fail Clancy Brown, I am less of a person. 

 

Not long left of this challenge and already my mind keeps wandering to the next season but I am determined to get this done.

 

Till next time my Guys, Gals and Non-Binary Pals; Happy Hunting!

Week 12: It Ain't Over Till It's Over - Lenny Kravitz

 

The finish line is in sight, time to pull out my patented brand of deadline panic and get these last few done.

So come on brain, less than a week to go and a public holiday coming up.

Work with me here!

 

On The Chopping Block

Guardian's of the Galaxy 34%  68%  87%

 Ghostwire: Tokyo 20%  30%  64%  95%

 

Swapped

Kamen Rider: Memory of Heroez  Ghostwire: Tokyo

COMPLETED!

 Spongebob Squarepants: The Battle for Bikini Bottom  

 Detroit: Become Human 

 Final Horizon 

DLC done and dusted. A most enjoyable game

 

Till next time my Guys, Gals and Non-Binary Pals; Happy Hunting!

[Taruta13]

15 hours ago, freddie1989 said:

See why can't I get excited like you guys. I see the gameplay and it just makes me think it belongs in 1994 not 2023. I don't grasp it.

 

You haven't played the other two Cat Quest games like I have.

[freddie1989]

14 hours ago, Vulpine9Tails said:

I really enjoyed the first two games. My bf and I played coop for the entirety of the second and we had a blast playing it together (hope the new one has coop but couldn't really tell from the trailer).

 

It helps that I absolutely adore anything related to cats.

 

Yeah maybe being a huge dog guy it taints my opinion ?

3 hours ago, Taruta13 said:

 

You haven't played the other two Cat Quest games like I have.

 

No i have seen the hype but nothing from trailers etc makes me want to touch them

[MidnightDragon]

I won’t be doing my 100th plat as part of the spring challenge. The post office screwed up AGAIN. Another copy has been sent and not by the stupid post office. Hopefully I’ll have it sometime this weekend, but it’s a holiday weekend, so it may be iffy.  I could change the game, but not going to for now. I might if it takes much longer.

Edited May 27, 2023 by MidnightDragon

[Fanatixa1]

Hi everyone, 

 

Hope you're having a great weekend  I'm making 2 last swaps, so that I can complete the challenge in the last few days. I will swap out Dead Cells and Hogwarts Legacy. Both these games, I will move to the summer challenge. I will swap them for Cat Quest II and Narita Boy. I've been wanting to play Cat Quest II for a while, since I really liked the first one. I did not enjoy Narita Boy when I played it 6 months ago, but I want to get it out of my backlog. I restarted it and will use a guide to hopefully complete it quickly. 

 

Good luck everyone for the last days of the challenge! 

 

1. The Artful Escape 100% 

2. God of War Ragnarök - 100% 

3. Toem - 100% 

4. PowerWash Simulator - 100% 

5. Bugsnax - 100% 

6. A Plague Tale: Requiem - 90% --> 100% 

7. Aerial Knight's Never Yield - 98% 

8. Dead Cells - 49% Cat Quest II - 0% --> 21%

9. Hogwarts Legacy - 31% Narita Boy - 16%

 

Swaps 4/4

[Vanqishd]

We've done it. Second game down:

1. Sifu (PS5) - 7%
2. Horizon Forbidden West (PS5) - 16% > 21%
3. Outriders (PS4) - 82% 
4. Hogwarts Legacy (PS5) - 8% -> Sackboy: A Big Adventure (PS5) - 68% > 100%  (Swap 1/3)
5. The Last of Us Part II (PS4) - 11% -> God of War (PSVita) - 11% (Swap 2/3)
6. Anthem (PS4) - 40%

Sackboy is finally done! I don't know whether it was harder to finish the last time trial or do the Wonderplane levels on co-op with my GF, but it's done. I've also convinced her to keep playing some co-op games and we'll go for the Cat Quest games soon enough. Also made some tiny progress in HFW, so this list is looking a lot better. We'll see how far I can go with the time that remains, but hey, at least it's looking a lot better than two weeks ago! Good luck y'all on this last sprint as well.

 

EDIT: Will be using a second swap for God of War PSVita, see how that goes.

Edited May 27, 2023 by Vanqishd

[Taruta13]

Looks like crunch time.

[Jelly Soup]

Update 3:

 

1. Furwind - 1% > 18%

2. Farming Simulator 17 - 33% >  (#171, 5/18/2023)

3. Burly Men At Sea - 17% >  (#172, 5/23/2023)

4. Beyond Blue - 5% >  (#173, 5/27/2023)

5. Tower Princess - 4%

 

That went smoother than I thought it would. The scanning wasn't bad, but the map was a painful to look at.

 

I'm pretty sure I'm not going to have the time to finish the last two there before the month is out, so I'll call it here. Will move those two to a new list for the next challenge.

[Vulpine9Tails]

1. Marvel's Avengers - 4%

2. Hogwarts Legacy - 10%

3. Need for Speed Unbound - 8%

4. Bioshock 1 Remastered - 6%

5. Glass Masquerade 2 - 100% ☑️

6. Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth - 2% -> 27%

7. Life is Strange - 100% ☑️

8. Murdered Soul Suspect - 100% ☑️

9. New Super Lucky's Tale - 31%

10. Code Vein - 10%

11. Persona 5 Dancing in Starlight - 100% ☑️

12. Seasons After Fall - 100% ☑️

13. Sherlock Holmes Crimes and Punishments - 100% ☑️

14. Spongebob Squarepants The Cosmic Shake - 10%

15. Tales from the Borderlands - 100% ☑️

16. The Last Campfire - 100% ☑️

17. The Order 1886 - 100% ☑️

18. Mafia - 30%

19. Back to the Future The Game - 100%☑️

20. Assassin's Creed Brotherhood - 17%

21. Cooking Mama Cookstar - 100% ☑️

22. The Witcher 3 - 100% ☑️

23. Chronos Before the Ashes - 100% ☑️

24. Danganronpa 1-2 Reload - 10%

25. Marsupilami Hoobadventure - 100% ☑️

 

I ended up going on a bit of a binge today playing Digimon. I messed up a collectible in chapter 8 which makes me mad because I have actually platinumed this game three times on other accounts and this is the first time I've ever messed that up, and I was even trying to pay attention to the collectibles. I had my guide up and everything. Smdh. I am not sure if the Demon Lords DLC is still available where I could collect what I missed. If it's not, I will have to do a NG+. Which is fine I suppose because I love the game but I was hoping I could just play through once, get the platinum again, and then jump straight into Hacker's Memory. Oh well, that's what I get for my bad habit of only utilizing one save slot. Lesson learned? Probably not. 

Edited May 28, 2023 by Vulpine9Tails

[SicilianDragon92]

Update #8
 

1. Ghostwire: Tokyo 0% > 95%  
2. Final Fantasy 0% > 100% 
3. Immortals Fenyx Rising 6% > 29%
4. Kingdom Come: Deliverance 39% > 93% 
5. Wasteland 3 9% > 43%
6. Mass Effect 3 0% > 100% 
7. Kona 0% > 100% 

Updates in Bold, swaps (3/4) in Purple and completed games in Blue.

 

Since last update and with a couple of days to go I’ve finished Kona just before it left PS plus. I got the impression it was more of a twin peaks or deadly premonition style mystery but the game it really reminded me of was firewatch, just with more snow. I’m not averse to a good walking sim, but for some reason it didn’t grab me like I thought it would. At least it was a fairly short completion though.

 

I’ve also managed one of my proudest platinums and that is Kingdom Come. DLC is absolutely killing me in this challenge though and I’m certain I do not have time to take on a hardcore mode playthrough so will have to leave that one as is.

 

As I’m off for the next week I’m hoping to get a bit closer to the finish in Immortals and Wasteland 3. While it might not look like it I’m actually in the cleanup phase with both of them. Most of the story is done and I’m doing mostly optional things before the point of no return. Doubt I’ll finish either in the time left but will give it a good go.

[MidnightDragon]

I decided to change my 100th platinum. I also decided not to use my last swap and be content with being done with 4/5. Still a couple days to go  and you can sign up for summer as well.

Edited May 29, 2023 by MidnightDragon

[grumpaluffagus_1]

Update 5 (And likely the final one)

1. The Witcher 3 (12%)
2. Stray (100%)
3. Spyro the Dragon (100%)
4. Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy (15-->100%)
5. Mass Effect (100%)
6. Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (40-->100%)

Managed to complete 5/6 games with only a few days left to go.Guardians of the Galaxy was good fun, I just wish I had followed a collectible guide in my first playthrough since replaying only select chapters was not much fun. And then there was the combat trophy that required me to remap buttons to pull off with any consistency, making me wish that they had put a little more work into combat. Or just added the option to customize controls in game.

I don't think there is any way I could complete the Witcher 3 in the remaining time and will just be moving it to the summer challenge. Good luck to everyone trying to finish their list in the next few days!

[StilRh]

Hey loves,

This week I've not played much due to my shoulder killing me. Not being able to play games and being in pain has bummed me out a bit so my motivation has flagged a bit as well. Having said that I do want to do a final push for platinums before the challenge ends.

I've swapped Elden Ring for Deliver Us the Moon and hoping to cruise through it for an easy (but not too cheap) 100%. So far I like the premise (I love sci-fi especially 'low/hard' sci-fi) and some of the set peices are incredible... But I am not finding it fun like I hoped (this may be the pain talking). I've made a few gains in Humanity without any trophies to show for it. The online stuff has been very amusing and distracted me from the main game.

I didn't really want to play anything off list this week but one day working with a stream going (the days you can work from home with a chill vidja stream is awesome) and saw Miasma Chronicles. I was aware of this before it's release, but from the marketing I didn't think I'd like it and was going to skip it and keep my money and gaming time in reserve for the flurry of June releases. What I saw on stream made me re-evaluate that however and I'm really enjoying it so far - I plan to carry this into the next challenge.

Before the challenge ends I would like to do an all nighter or two and knock out Deliver us and Humanity, my shoulder allowing.

Good luck everyone. It's been really nice to read about your progress.

 

Catan 100%

Chained Echoes 100%

Crosscode 12%

Dredge 100%

Elden Ring 11% > SWAP > Deliver Us the Moon 0% > 33%

Hogwarts Legacy 100%

Kaiju Wars 26% 

Meet Your Maker 100%

Monster Sanctuary 16%

Nobody Saves the World 64% 

Resident Evil 4 (remake) 47%

Shantae: Half-genie Hero 63%

Sniper Elite 4 29%

Star ocean divine force 20%

Humanity 14%

The Forest 100%

The Last Spell 29%

The Pedestrian 100%

Warhammer 40,000 Mechanicus 27%

Wild Hearts 29%

 

Swaps 2/4

Platinum/100% 7/20

[Heather342]

Final update

 

Hey everyone, time for my final update of the challenge. It's been an extremely productive week for me ?

 

First things first though, it turns out that I'm a bit of a dumb dumb ?. I managed to figure out the cause of my VR eye strain was because.....the headset settings were too bright ??‍♀️. Turned the brightness right down and all my issues were resolved! ? So with that, I was able to crack on with the story missions in Horizon Call of the Mountain during the week. Finished the main trophies by Saturday night, went on a clean up collectables run yesterday and this morning, and then this afternoon was all about the challenge hub. My god, between the assault course and the archery challenge I'm absolutely knackered now! My Fitbit went nuts and apparently I smashed my step goal today even though I barely left the living room! ? 

 

As soon as that was done I went straight to SMT 3, quickly played through my last 2 save files, got the plat and hit my milestone of 5000 trophies! ?.

 

And that's all my games this challenge complete. Congrats to everyone who hit their goals, and good luck to everyone who is still working on it! ? 

I won't be taking part in the summer challenge, but I'll be cheering from the sidelines. I had set myself a profile goal to have 100% completion by plat 100. I have 4 games left, and between Red Dead 2 and Persona 4 Arena I think it's gonna take me a while. I might be back in time for fall, we'll see what the progress looks like in 3 months time.

 

Completed games:

- Spiderman Remastered

- Legend of Dragoon

- Shadow of the Colossus

- Horizon Call of the Mountain

- Shin Megami Tensei 3 Nocturne

 

Swaps used (1/4)

Red Dead Redemption 2 -> Shadow of the Colossus 

Edited May 30, 2023 by Heather342

[freddie1989]

Final update for me. 4 completions I am happy with as it is hard to find time at the minute.

 

Horizon is superb as the first one was so that is being rolled over anyway. 

 

I will see you all there!

 

Lego DC Super Villains 100%

Dishonored 2 0%

Mafia 100%

Doom 1%

Assassins Creed Valhalla 0%

Stray 100%

Horizon Forbidden West 14%

Life is Strange: True Colours 100%

[rjkclarke]

Final Update

 

1. Observation (PS4) 0% > 100%
2. Type:Rider (PS4) 0% > 100% 
3. Ape Academy 2 (PS4) 0% > 100%
4. Yooka-Laylee (PS4) 0% >100%
5. Firewatch (PS4) 0%
6. Silence (PS4) 0%> 100%
7. Kona (PS4) 0% > 100%

Games Completed 6/7

 

Swaps Used 4/4

 

I guess I'd better shoot one more update before the challenge ends tomorrow! I'm going to call 6 out of 7 pretty good considering I'm not getting too much time for gaming by myself these days... Which I must add, is very much not something I'm not complaining about - as co-op gaming has been even more fun, so I'm looking forward to doing more of that in the future with the always awesome @Redblaziken8 - my co-op partner in both gaming and life .....

 

And..... the entire thread collectively reaches for their sick bags.... ?

 

My final completion for the event ended up being Ape Academy 2.... and you know what? I was honestly really surprised by how much fun I actually had with the game, I wasn't quite sure what to expect from it, and I'm still not even quite sure what I got, but I definitely enjoyed it.

 

I knew I just wanted something fairly light and simple to play for a little bit and this really does hit that spot... I can definitely see why it was released on the PSP too, as the game by its very nature lends itself really well to being able to just pick it up and put it down at any moment without too much interruption. As you'd expect from the Ape Escape franchise it is absolutely brimming with quirky and unusual humour, that has some borrowed story beats and enemies from Ape Escape 2, a game I've not played for quite a while.... and probably ought to change that....

 

So yeah that's me done for this challenge I think..... I could of course be a massive cockwomble and an unattentive boyfriend and just play Firewatch whilst Red is sat next to me.... but something tells me she wouldn't really like that, and who could blame her..... So instead I think we'll be firing up some Lego Indiana Jones 2 for some good old fashioned couch co-op again

 

A massive congratulations to all of you who finished your lists.... and everyone who didn't, because let's be real, it's just nice to be cutting a bit of a path through the jungle-like backlogs that we all seem to have!

 

I'll see you all in the next one!

[Redblaziken8]

Final Update: 

 

1) Hue PS4 - 0% > 100% ☑️

2) God of War: Chains of Olympus PS3 - 50% > 74% > 100% 

3) Titanfall 2 PS4 - 8% > 10% > 17% > 100%

4) Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order PS5 - 2% > 29% >100% 

5) The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker PS4 - 0% 

6) Borderlands 2 PS4 - 15% > 27% > 42% > 49% > 60% > 100% 

7) Life is Strange: True Colours > 100% 

 

Games complete: 6/7

 

Borderlands 2 > 100% 

 

This one was a really fun completion with @rjkclarke, took us since the middle of February to get the 100%, after I'd played half an hour of the game prior nearly 4 years ago now. It's been really nice to get into the Borderlands series finally and we're going to be playing the rest of the Borderlands games along with the Tiny Tina Wonderlands game in future. The DLC for this game was also really good, my favourite being the Tiny Tina DLC, which was awesome. Having an adventure set in a D&D world with Tiny Tina as the DM was a lot of fun, and really had a lot of amusing moments. The worst one was the Lilith DLC, just seemed a way to get people to play Borderlands 3 rather than providing some worthwhile content to the rest of Borderlands 2. The rest of the DLC more than makes up for it though, and I couldn't recommend this one enough if you haven't played it and you're looking for something you can play either online or offline co-op, or on your own if looter shooters are something you enjoy a lot! 

 

Hue > 100% ☑️

 

I loved this puzzle game, it's really inventive with how it does its puzzles. The addition of each colour brings new additional puzzles that increase the difficulty slightly, but it never feels too much. Then the last area has the hardest puzzles of the whole game as expected. I loved the soundtrack in this game as well, and it's a really pretty game. I'd recommend it easily if puzzle games are your thing, it's available on PS Extra/Premium and it's a short game to complete. The clean up was a little bit annoying, so I'd recommend going out of your way to get as many of the collectibles as possible on your first playthrough. It does have fast travel to certain areas but you need to redo puzzles you've already done before to get to the collectible you need, and sometimes it can take like 20 mins or more just to get to the collectible you need. 

 

Pretty happy with my progress on the challenge, and didn't expect to get 6/7 done really - certainly didn't expect Borderlands 2 to get done! But after a bad back for a week and having to take some time off, managed to finish the rest of the game with Rob. Because I didn't get to Dr Dekker, I'm going to start that one in the Summer Challenge instead, since I'm playing some co-op with Rob at his place for a while.

 

Nice job on all the progress everyone, see you in the Summer Challenge!

 

 

Edited May 30, 2023 by Redblaziken8

[beerwego]

Final Update

Pushed through to finish Stray which definitely improved once I got into it although the Territory trophy didn't want to unlock and made it frustrating.

Ghost of Tsishima has only 2 trophies left , the new game completion I'm half way through and Legends raid which I've done the 1st one . I will hopefully finish these whilst doing the summer challenge......and I'm moving The Quarry along into that as I've not even done a blind playthrough yet  .

Nice to see it's been mostly smashed by people this challenge.

Stray PS5 ......55%........>100%

 

Ghost of Tsushima Directors Cut PS5........Plat +88%........ Platinum+92%

 

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter PS4.........100%

 

Lego DC Super Villains PS4 ........100%

 

The Quarry PS5.. ......10%.......>17%