Platinum Difficulty Challenge 2024

[Yuber6969]

@Rebourne07 Do ultra rare games without a platinum count towards the Ultra Rare badge?

[Rebourne07]

1 hour ago, Yuber6969 said:

@Rebourne07 Do ultra rare games without a platinum count towards the Ultra Rare badge?

Yes, they do. I’ll add that to the badge clarifications section today thank you. 

[zemiguelreis]

Just sharing my interest in joining this challenge! I will take a better look at the list of suggested games and wait for some other players to post theirs so I can gather some ideas before posting hehe

@Rebourne07 I read through everything but since I've never done this challenge I'm not sure about this...Trials Rising is on your 9/10 suggestions list and there are no guides for this game. Can it be used as a 10 since there are other games like Trackmania Turbo in both lists?

[Thedah]

Count me in again! Looking to work on my Final Fantasy and Souls games backlog in 2024. As always, it's hard to find 1/10's that I want to play.

 

1/10 - TBD

2/10 - TBD

3/10 - Chained Echoes (PlatPrices)

4/10 - Final Fantasy XIII-2 (PS3T Difficulty Poll)

5/10 - Final Fantasy XIII (PSNP)

6/10 - Final Fantasy X-2 HD (PSNP)

7/10 - Dark Souls III (PSNP)

8/10 - Dark Souls Remastered (PSNP)

9/10 - Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time (PSNP)

10/10 - Dead or Alive 5 (PST)

Edited December 6, 2023 by Thedah

[Rebourne07]

10 hours ago, zemiguelreis said:

Just sharing my interest in joining this challenge! I will take a better look at the list of suggested games and wait for some other players to post theirs so I can gather some ideas before posting hehe

@Rebourne07 I read through everything but since I've never done this challenge I'm not sure about this...Trials Rising is on your 9/10 suggestions list and there are no guides for this game. Can it be used as a 10 since there are other games like Trackmania Turbo in both lists?

No sorry, not unless you can find it rated 10 somewhere. Idk what algorithm PlatPrices uses but it’s reliable. A rating has to come from either a published guide, a community poll or one of the very few algorithm based sites (PlatPrices and Metagame.guide). Not all 9s can be found as 10s. Some can be found as both and if you click the links the 9 and 10 will either link to different sources or to a shared 9.5 rating. If you can find an official rating saying Trials Rising is a 10 you can use that though and I’ll add it to the resources section.

[graphic_violins8]

I am in! I am in!  I’ll post a tentative list. I’d like to actually get OCD this time around!

[serrated-banner9]

@Rebourne07 just noticed that you have Deathverse: let it die on the resources sheet as a 9/10, the servers closed back in July and with it being a online only game, all trophies are unobtainable, should we remove it?

 

While i'm at, here's some more suggestions in case anyone is struggling to find 1, 7, 8, 9 or 10 games (which aren't on the resources sheet, i will try my best to resist my autistic urge to find every single game rated a 1, 7, 8, 9 or 10 on for the sake of everyone's sanity)

 

Plats

Spoiler

1/10

• Jack N' Jill DX
•  A Castle Full of Cats
• My Name is Mayo 3
• PJ Masks: Heroes of the night
• The Walking Dead: A New Frontier
• Pinball Heroes
• That's You!
• Super Soccer Blast
• Minecraft: Story Mode

7/10

• Star Wars: Squadrons
• Worms W.M.D.
• Call of Duty: Black Ops
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
• Call of Duty: Black Ops Declassified
• Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
• Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War 
• Fenix Furia
• F.E.A.R. 3
• PlayStation VR Worlds

8/10

• Wipeout Omega Collection
• The Crew
• Doom (1993)
• Grand Theft Auto 4
• Call of Duty: World at War
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 (PS4)
• Nuclear Throne
• Ace Combat Assault Horizon
• Deep Rock Galactic
• Trials of the Blood Dragon
• Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
• N++

9/10

• Dead Space 2
• Doom 3 BFG Edition
• Sonic Unleashed

10/10

• Atari Flashback Classics Volume 2

 

Non-plats

Spoiler

1/10

• Hidden Cats in London
• Trivia for dummies
• HiQ Ace Unlimited
• HiQ Ace
• HiQ Ace Deluxe
• Learning with the PooYoos: Episode 1
• The Playroom
• The Walking Dead: Season 2
• The Walking Dead: Michonne
• Paraiso Island
• Island Saver
• Soccer Pinball
• Thomas Was Alone
• The Swapper
• Quiplash
• Arcade Archives: Terra Cresta
• Arcade Archives: City Connection
• Arcade Archives: Rygar
• Frogger Returns
• Space Explore
• Unmechanical Extended
• Sonic the Fighters

7/10

• Five Nights at Freddy's 4
• Spelunky
• Hustle Kings
• Sonic The Hedgehog 4: Episode 1

8/10

• Five Nights at Freddy's

9/10

•  

10/10

• Five Nights at Freddy's 2
• Trials Fusion

 

[Inuty]

1 hour ago, serrated-banner9 said:

 

While i'm at, here's some more suggestions in case anyone is struggling to find 1, 7, 8, 9 or 10 games (which aren't on the resources sheet, i will try my best to resist my autistic urge to find every single game rated a 1, 7, 8, 9 or 10 on for the sake of everyone's sanity)

 

 

  Reveal hidden contents

1/10

• Hidden Cats in London
• Trivia for dummies
• HiQ Ace Unlimited
• HiQ Ace
• HiQ Ace Deluxe
• Learning with the PooYoos: Episode 1
• The Playroom
• The Walking Dead: Season 2
• The Walking Dead: Michonne
• Paraiso Island
• Island Saver
• Soccer Pinball
• Thomas Was Alone
• The Swapper
• Quiplash
• Arcade Archives: Terra Cresta
• Arcade Archives: City Connection
• Arcade Archives: Rygar
• Frogger Returns
• Space Explore
• Unmechanical Extended
• Sonic the Fighters

7/10

• Five Nights at Freddy's 4
• Spelunky
• Hustle Kings
• Sonic The Hedgehog 4: Episode 1

8/10

• Five Nights at Freddy's

9/10

•  

10/10

• Five Nights at Freddy's 2
• Trials Fusion

Great Suggestions! With the 100% games without platins the list for 1/10 games get much bigger which is nice. I think there also be some harder 100% games so that you have some more options in the future 

 

@Rebourne07 i think to let 100% games be a part of the challenge is a great change to have some options for a lot of numbers. Didnt you post some kind of Excel sheet from playstationtrophies.org where you could search for polls with more then 10 votes? I think it would be helpful for All to add this in the Resources Tab

[KillerUni12]

I'm in! But I have two questions @Rebourne07

1. Are you allowed to work on multiple lists at once? Or only one at a time? (Like could I complete 2 games with the same difficulty and fill out on 2 lists?) 

2. Regarding games with a variety of ratings - did I read the response correctly that it could be used on 2 lists? Or would this require completing 2 different stacks of the game? (Basically, would completing only one stack of RE Village allow for it to be a 5 on one list and a 7 on another?)

 

EDIT: I lied - 1 more question: Do licensed sports games (PGA, NFL, etc) count towards the licensed badge?

 

My apologies if these have already been answered, I read through the OP but didn't see commentary either way on multiple list restrictions!

 

Anyway, I've compiled two lists below:

 

List 1

Spoiler

1 - forma.8 (PS4) - Diff: XBA, Time: 10

2 - Master Reboot (PS3) - Diff: PST, Time: 6

3 - 2064 Read Only Memories (PS4) - Diff: MetaGame, Time: 15

4 - Heavenly Bodies (PS5) - Diff: PSNP, Time: 8

5 - The Callisto Protocol (PS5)* - Diff: PSNP, Time: 10

6 - Ghostrunner (PS5) - Diff: PSNP, Time: 12

7 - Amplitude (PS4) - Diff: PSNP, Time: 10

8 - Downwell (PS4) - Diff: PST, Time: 20

9 - Serious Sam 3 BFE - Diff: PST, Time: 36

10 - Hollow Knight (PS4) - Diff: PST, Time: 82, averaging results and counting 100+ as 100

 

* = Plan to start before 2024 

Badges: Minesweeper

List 2:

Spoiler

1 - Farming Simulator '22 (PS5) - Diff: PSNP, Time: 50

2 - Endling (PS5) - Diff: PST, Time: 6

3 - PGA Tour 2k23 (PS5) - Diff: PSNP, Time: 20

4 - Grand Theft Auto V (PS4) - Diff: PSNP, Time: 450

5 - Trek to Yomi (PS5) - Diff: PlatGet, Time: 40

6 - Tails of Iron (PS5) - Diff: PSNP, Time: 15

7 - Flame Over (Vita) - Diff: PST, Time: 38

8 - Retro/Grade (PS3) - Diff: PSNP, Time: 35

9 - Aliens: Fire Team Elite (PS5) - Diff: PlatPrices, Time: 120

10 - Injustice (PS4) - Diff: PST, Time: 90

 

Badges:

Above & Beyond (GTA V)

Anthromorphic (Endling)

Backlog Breaker (GTA V, Flame Over, Injustice)

Grinder (Total of 864 hours)

Jock (PGA Tour 2k23)

OCD (Attempting!)

Peripheral Master (Flame Over)

PS5 Master (Farming Sim, Endling, PGA Tour 2k23, Trek to Yomi, Tails of Iron, Aliens: Fireteam Elite)

Rare Genre (Music, Retro/Grade)

Rare Letter (PGA Tour 2k23)

Simmer (Farming Simulator '22)

Y Tho? (Farming Simulator '22)

1%er (Injustice)

Overachiever (2nd list)

Gotta Catch 'em All! (12 badges)

 

Edited December 3, 2023 by KillerUni12
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[Skagarrin]

OK After going backwards and forwards I think I have my 1st list settled. It is a 100% RPG List

 

Although I need a clarification to make sure my 2 series are valid

 @Rebourne07

 

Baldur's Gate:

The Enhanced versions of Baldur's Gate 1 and 2 come as a package.

PSNP has the separate trophy lists with a difficulty of 7/10 each

Plat prices has them bundled together with a difficulty of 4/10

MetaGame has Baldur's Gate II listed as a 7.5 so I should be able to use it as an 8/10

 

So am I OK using the 4/10 from Plat Prices for Baldur's Gate 1 (even though it is technically for both games) and the 8/10 From Meta Game for Baldur's Gate 2

Baldur's Gate 3 is Easy with a PSNP difficulty of 7/10

 

Mass Effect:

The difficulties are good but it does mean I am going to need to Plat Mass Effect 2 and 3 to get the Legendary Edition trophies done.

[One or both will likely make an appearance on my second list 😀]

 

Sorry for no FF game - I'll add one to my second list I promise (or ask for one via Rebourne Roulette

 

 

List One:

1 - Dead Age - PS4 [PlatPrices] - Role-Playing (40 Hours)

2 - 9th Dawn III - PS4 [PSNProfiles] - Role-Playing (200 Hours)

3 - Mass Effect 1 - PS4 [PSNProfiles] - Role-Playing  (20 Hours)

4 - Baldur's Gate 1 - PS4 [PlatPrices] - Role-Playing (40 Hours)

5 - Mass Effect Andromeda - PS4 [PSNProfiles] - Role-Playing (60 Hours)

6 - Mass Effect Legendary Edition - PS4 [PSNProfiles] - Role-Playing (60 Hours)

7 - Baldur's Gate 3 - PS5 [PSNProfiles] - Role-Playing (120 Hours)

8 - Baldur's Gate 2 - PS4 [MetaGame] - Role-Playing (78 Hours)

9 - Diablo IV - PS5 [PlatPrices] - Roll-Playing (200 Hours)

10 - Has Been Heroes - PS4 [PlatPrices] - Role-Playing (30 Hours)

 

Badges Aiming for (If the Baldur's Gate 1 difficulty is valid)

 

Above and Beyond - 9th Dawn III, BG 3, Diablo IV

Fresh Starter - All Games

No Plat No problem - ME Legendary Edition

Old School - BG 1, BG 2, ME 1, ME Legendary Edition

One Trick Pony - All RPG's

Package Deal - BG 1, BG 2, ME 1, ME Legendary Edition

PS4 Master - Dead Age, 9th Dawn III, BG 1, BG 2, ME 1, ME Andromeda, ME Legendary Edition, Has been Heroes

Series Conqueror - BG1, BG 2, BG 3

Y Tho? - 9th Dawn III

 

1%er - 9th Dawn III, Has Been Heroes

Gotta Catch ;Em All - Other 12 Badges Listed

Grinder - Total List 848 Hours

Series Master - ME1, ME Legendary Edition, ME Andromeda

 

Happy to rethink if the BG 1 difficulty is an issue

[barra333]

First draft of a list...

 

1 - (Something will come along)

2 - Maquette

3 - FIA Truck Racing

4 - Crash Bandicoot Warped

5 - Tails of Iron (Plat Prices)

6 - Crash Bandicoot 2

7 - Crash Bandicoot

8 - OlliOlli World (Plat Prices)

9 - The Witness

10 - Assetto Corsa

[Rebourne07]

Sup guys, just coming back to town from the weekend. Gonna look over all questions and post a big answer post here in a bit.

[Rebourne07]

@serrated-banner9 Thank you so much for your suggestions! I'll add them all and remove Deathverse since its unobtainable now. Especially thank you for the 100% suggestions!

 

@Inuty Yeah, I'll find that excel sheet again and post it in the resources tab.

 

@KillerUni12 1) Yes, you can work on many lists at once. The only rule is that for the leaderboards youre only allowed to have one partial list at a time. So one bronze ok, one platinum one silver ok, 2 platinums one silver ok, etc. What doesn't work is one bronze one silver...or one platinum two bronzes, etc. Hope that makes sense.

2) You can use multiple stacks of the same game across two different lists. So say you platinum'd Resident Evil Village on PS4 and PS5, you can count the PS4 version as a 5 on one list and the PS5 version as a 7 on another list. Each platinum/completion can only be counted towards one list though.

3) Sports licenses do not count towards the Licensed badge. They do count towards the Jock badge though. Good question, hadn't thought of that possibility before.

Also, for your Minesweeper list I'll need to look over it pretty carefully. Most badges I just take everyones word for it but Minesweeper is supposed to be the hardest one so I'll check that list out and get back to you

 

@Skagarrin Great list and questions as always  I see no issue with the Baldur's gate stuff. You're good to do all those for the series badge  For Mass Effect Legendary Edition, you wouldn't need to platinum ME2 or ME3, but to earn the MELE trophies you'd have to do ME2 and ME3 on Insanity which is basically most of the platinum haha But yeah, as long as you have 100% on MELE then your completion on ME2 and ME3 won't matter. 

 

@barra333 Oh snap, going for that Top Ten badge I see! Good luck on Assetto Corsa!

[Duke_Ryle]

I would like to sign up.  Here is my list

 

1- Life is Strange - psnprofiles

2- Undertale - psnprofiles

3- Final Fantasy - psnprofiles

4- Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 - psnprofiles

5- Little Nightmares - psnprofiles

6- Tales of Zestiria - psnprofiles

7- Braid – playstationtrophies.org

8- Evil Within 2- psnprofiles

9- Evil Within- psnprofiles

10- Red Dead Redemption 2 – Playstationtrophies.org

Edited December 4, 2023 by Duke_Ryle
link change

[MattbluePT]

I decided to go with a challenging list, for sure. At least time-wise. But I'll share it with you so you can see it for yourselves:

 

 1/10: Paper Beast (5h)

 2/10: LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2 (50h)

 3/10: LEGO Marvel's Avengers (40h)

4/10: Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below (60h)

5/10: Mirror's Edge Catalyst (30h)

 6/10: Final Fantasy X-2 HD (130h)

 7/10: Final Fantasy X HD (110h)

8/10: Bloodborne (50h)

 9/10: The Witness (25h)

 10/10: Dissidia Final Fantasy NT (350h)

 

Total time: 850h (already have the majority of Dissidia Final Fantasy NT completed, I'm not entirely crazy 😅

[KillerUni12]

2 hours ago, Rebourne07 said:

Also, for your Minesweeper list I'll need to look over it pretty carefully. Most badges I just take everyones word for it but Minesweeper is supposed to be the hardest one so I'll check that list out and get back to you

Thanks for the answers! That all makes sense  

 

Appreciate the second set of eyes, I double-checked everything but I definitely could've overlooked something!

[seannyboy913]

On 12/3/2023 at 12:27 PM, KillerUni12 said:

 

List 1

 

1 - forma.8 (PS4) - Diff: XBA, Time: 10

2 - Master Reboot (PS3) - Diff: PST, Time: 6

3 - 2064 Read Only Memories (PS4) - Diff: MetaGame, Time: 15

4 - Heavenly Bodies (PS5) - Diff: PSNP, Time: 8

5 - The Callisto Protocol (PS5)* - Diff: PSNP, Time: 10

6 - Ghostrunner (PS5) - Diff: PSNP, Time: 12

7 - Amplitude (PS4) - Diff: PSNP, Time: 10

8 - Downwell (PS4) - Diff: PST, Time: 20

9 - Serious Sam 3 BFE - Diff: PST, Time: 36

10 - Hollow Knight (PS4) - Diff: PST, Time: 82, averaging results and counting 100+ as 100

 

* = Plan to start before 2024 

Badges: Minesweeper

 

 

Heads up on your minesweeper list but having played Amplitude I double checked the genre's and it is listed as music which would unfortunately get you the rare genre badge.

Edited December 4, 2023 by seannyboy913

[VersusCA]

I think I've made a minesweeper-eligible list as my second one 🤔Would appreciate if anyone can spot any holes but I checked pretty carefully.

 

1	What Remains of Edith Finch PS5
2	Artful Escape PS5
3	The Gardens Between PS5
4	Call of the Sea PS5
5	Battlefront II
6	Mirror's Edge: Catalyst
7	Kena: Bridge of Spirits PS5
8	Evil Within 2
9	Celeste
10	Evil Within PS4

 

5 PS4, 5 PS5, it looks like 2 of the games could classify as remakes (Edith Finch and Gardens Between) but that wouldn't trigger the badge. The highest single genre I have is indie with 4 entries.

[AppleKratue]

Sign me up again, this is a great event! I will use this as motivation again to complete some harder games in my backlog that are already on my profile, hopefully, so I'll just keep the games from 2023 on the list that I didn't complete and replace the completed ones. Can't escape the backlog! My list for now:

 

1/10 - CLANNAD - Guide

2/10 - 428: Shibuya Scramble - Guide

3/10 - Ray Gigant - Plat Difficulty Rating

4/10 - Resident Evil 7: Biohazard - Guide

5/10 - Rune Factory Oceans - Guide

6/10 - Chocobo's Mystery Dungeon: Every Buddy! - Guide

7/10 - Tears to Tiara II: Heir of the Overlord - Guide

8/10 - Mirror's Edge - Guide

9/10 - Super Monkey Ball: Banana Splitz - Guide

10/10 - Devil May Cry 5 - Guide

[Rebourne07]

2 hours ago, VersusCA said:

I think I've made a minesweeper-eligible list as my second one 🤔Would appreciate if anyone can spot any holes but I checked pretty carefully.

 

 

1	What Remains of Edith Finch PS5
2	Artful Escape PS5
3	The Gardens Between PS5
4	Call of the Sea PS5
5	Battlefront II
6	Mirror's Edge: Catalyst
7	Kena: Bridge of Spirits PS5
8	Evil Within 2
9	Celeste
10	Evil Within PS4

 

5 PS4, 5 PS5, it looks like 2 of the games could classify as remakes (Edith Finch and Gardens Between) but that wouldn't trigger the badge. The highest single genre I have is indie with 4 entries.

I’ll look this over and get back to you  

[Rebourne07]

@KillerUni12 You hit a bomb on your Minesweeper list. Amplitude has the Music genre which would earn you the Rare Genre badge. See if you can swap it out for something else and still fit the criteria. Also, I was gonna saw Hollow Knight would earn Above and Beyond but I like your clever averaging of the poll numbers so that one can stay

 

[Rebourne07]

@VersusCA Your Minesweeper list looks good as far as I could see. Good luck

 

 

I realize this year Minesweeper is even more intense with more badges to avoid, so I made this google doc to help anyone wanting to organize a Minesweeper list. I did the first two, but can't do everyone's lists so here you go  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1erIK-1ZSEPu1fLCP0dvvUaFnY6olpXh3LvKg_6dJgxM/edit?usp=sharing

Edited December 5, 2023 by Rebourne07

[seannyboy913]

I'm in for another year for at least one list so I may as well get the minesweeper badge again. If anyone sees any issues with the below list let me know

 

1/10 - Dodgeball Academia

2/10 - Fast & Furious: Spy Racers Rise of SH1FT3R

3/10 - Maquette

4/10 - COD MW2 Campaign Remastered

5/10 - The Callisto Protocol

6/10 - Moonlighter

7/10 - Titan Souls

8/10 - OlliOlli World

9/10 - Mirror's Edge

10/10 - N++

 

 

 

Minesweeper Criteria:

Spoiler

• No game on your list can have an official time estimate of 100hrs or more -- Highest is 80 hours
• No game on your list can have an animal main protagonist -- Check
• No game on your list has won a PSNProfiles award -- Check
• 2 or less games on your list can have trophy progress prior to January 1, 2024 -- COD and Titan Souls have progress
• No Final Fantasy games on your list -- Check
• No game on your list can be a Sony 1st party exclusive -- Check
• *Fresh Starter is not taken into account*
• You cannot be the trophy guide writer for any game on your list --Check
• You cannot platinum any traditional sports games -- Check
• You can have 1 game or less on your list that is a licensed game -- Fast and Furious is the only licensed game
• No more than 2 of your games released in 2024 --Check
• Every game in your list must have a platinum trophy. No 100% games. -- Check
• You cannot platinum the games in your list in order 1-10 or 10-1 -- Will avoid
• No more than 2 games on your list can be remakes, remasters or PS1/PS2/PSP games -- COD MW2 is the only remaster
• No more than 5 of your games can have the same genre/theme (excluding Action, Adventure and Fantasy genres) -- Check (on spreadsheet)
• You cannot platinum any game on your list that requires a Vita, VR or any other PS peripheral -- Check
• No more than 2 of your games are on PS3 -- Mirror's Edge
• No more than 5 of your games are on PS4 -- 4 games
• No more than 5 of your games are on PS5 -- 5 games
• None of your games can belong to the Card & Board Game, Music, Non-Fiction or Party genres -- Check
• None of your games can start with P, Q, V, X, or Z -- Check
• No more than 2 of your games can belong to the same series -- Check
• None of your games can have Simulator in the title -- Check
• Your 1 and 2 rated games must have official time estimates under 50hrs each -- Check

 

• All 10 of your games must have a PSNProfiles rarity of 1% or higher -- Check
• *Gotta Catch 'Em All is not taken into account*
• The sum total of the official time estimates of all the games on your list must be under 700hrs -- Check
• You must have a normal mode list, i.e. a traditional 1-10 list -- Check
• At least one game on your list must have a difficulty rating that comes from a source other than PSNProfiles -- Check
• You cannot participate in the Rebourne Roulette challenge -- Check
• *Series Master is automatically voided since you can't qualify for Series Conqueror*
• You cannot platinum any of the games on the official Top 10 hardest platinums list -- Check
• No more than 6 of your games can have ultra rare platinums -- 5 games

 

[serrated-banner9]

@Rebourne07 noticed some errors on the resource sheet which are as follows:

• Doom 3: BFG Edition is in the 8/10 section when the guide it is linked to is a 9/10
• Dead Space 2 is listed as a 8/10 but it should be a 9/10 using the guide linked
• Final Fantasy IX is a 7/10 and not a 8/10

Probably a couple others but don't want to look at every game to check yet

Some more to add to the sheet if you want:

• MLB 13 The Show: Home Run Derby Edition for 1/10
• NASCAR The Game: Inside Line for 8/10
• Daytona USA for 1/10

[Yuber6969]

@Rebourne07 Hatsune Miku: Project Diva - Dreamy Theater requires you to be connected to a PSP (or a Vita with the PSP game on it) in order to play it.

 

Would this game count for the Peripheral Master badge?