Platinum Difficulty Challenge 2024

[KillerUni12]

Another question - for OCD, can you use the date you 100% a game with DLC? Or is only the base game completion date eligible for this badge? 

[Rebourne07]

13 hours ago, KillerUni12 said:

Another question - for OCD, can you use the date you 100% a game with DLC? Or is only the base game completion date eligible for this badge? 

Base game only. DLC isn't really taken into consideration for this challenge. 

[Rebourne07]

 

Platinum #296 - Final Fantasy IV Pixel Remaster

I think I've figured out the key to getting the most enjoyment out of these pixel remasters. The key is to put off the bestiary thing until the end. Only worry about missable bestiary entries, keep encounters off otherwise. That way you can blast through everything without feeling like every dungeon is a slog. Then you just have one giant slog left at the end, but by then you're OP and can just go around collecting enemies. Anyway, I'm shocked at how much I'd forgotten about all these old FFs cause I didn't remember their stories being this good. This one genuinely had a gripping story and meaningful characters. 16/50 games complete. I earned a few badges with this one  Next up is Theatrhythm. Not too excited for that one cause I don't do music games, but it's a Final Fantasy so it must be done lol Maybe I'll enjoy it more than I'm thinking. Ima do Driveclub DLC before that anyway, but that doesn't apply to this challenge. 

 

LIST #1 (Series Master):

 1/10: SpongeBob HeroPants

 2/10: Theatrhythm: Final Bar Line

 3/10: Final Fantasy III Pixel Remaster

 4/10: Hogwarts Legacy 

 5/10: God of War Ragnarök PS4

 6/10: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim PS4

 7/10: Final Fantasy IV Pixel Remaster

 8/10: Metal Gear Solid PS4

 9/10: Metal Gear Solid 3 PS4

 10/10: Metal Gear Solid 2 PS4

 

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Badge Notes:

1.  Above and Beyond - The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim PS4
2.  Anthropomorphic - SpongeBob HeroPants
3.  Award Winner - God of War Ragnarök PS4
4.  Backlog Breaker - [Full List]
5.  Brownie Points - Final Fantasy III Pixel Remaster
6.  Fanboy - God of War Ragnarök PS4
7.  Licensed - SpongeBob HeroPants, Hogwarts Legacy 
8.  Old School - Final Fantasy III Pixel Remaster, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim PS4, Final Fantasy IV Pixel Remaster
9.  Package Deal - Final Fantasy III Pixel Remaster, Final Fantasy IV Pixel Remaster
10.  Peripheral Master - SpongeBob HeroPants
11. PS4 Master - [All but 2]
12. Rare Genre - Theatrhythm: Final Bar Line [Music]
13. Series Conqueror - [Final Fantasy]
14. Y tho? - Theatrhythm: Final Bar Line
15. Gotta Catch 'Em All - [14 Normal Badges]
16. Grandmaster - [4 Other Hardcore Badges]
17. Royal Flush -  [Full List]
18. Series Master - [Final Fantasy, Metal Gear]
19. Top Ten - Metal Gear Solid 2 PS4

 

 LIST #2 (PS5 Focus):

 1/10: Abzû

 2/10: Marvel's Spider-Man 2

 3/10: Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy PS5

 4/10: Cyberpunk 2077

 5/10: God of War Ragnarök PS5

 6/10: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim PS5

 7/10: Final Fantasy V Pixel Remaster

 8/10: Dark Souls III

 9/10: Metal Gear Solid PS5

 10/10: Doom

 

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Badge Notes:

1.  Above and Beyond - The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim PS5
2.  Award Winner - God of War Ragnarök PS5
3.  Backlog Breaker - [Full List]
4. Brownie Points - Final Fantasy V Pixel Remaster
5.  Fanboy - Marvel's Spider-Man 2
6. Licensed - Marvel's Spider-Man 2, Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy PS5
7.  No Plat No Problem - Abzû
8. Old School - The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim PS5, Final Fantasy V Pixel Remaster, Metal Gear Solid PS5
9. PS5 Master - Marvel's Spider-Man 2, Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy PS5, Cyberpunk 2077, God of War Ragnarök PS5, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim PS5, Metal Gear Solid PS5
10. Royal Flush - [Full List]
11. Overachiever - [Full List]

 

 LIST #3 (PS3 Focus):

 1/10: The Walking Dead PS3

 2/10: Bugsnax (PS4)

 3/10: Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy PS4

 4/10: L.A. Noire

 5/10: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR

 6/10: Ico

 7/10: Final Fantasy VI Pixel Remaster

 8/10: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 

 9/10: Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

 10/10: Doom II

 

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Badge Notes:

1.  Above and Beyond - The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR
2. Award Winner - Final Fantasy VI Pixel Remaster
3. Backlog Breaker - [Full List]
4. Brownie Points - Final Fantasy VI Pixel Remaster
5. Licensed - The Walking Dead PS3, Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy PS4
6. Old School - The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR, Ico, Final Fantasy VI Pixel Remaster
7.  Peripheral Master - The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR
8. PS3 Master - The Walking Dead PS3, L.A. Noire, Ico
9. PS4 Master - Bugsnax (PS4), Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy PS4, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR, Final Fantasy VI Pixel Remaster, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, Doom II
10. Royal Flush - [Full List]
11. Top Ten - Doom II
12. Whoa - [Full List]

 

LIST #4 (Unique Gameplay):

 1/10: That's You!

 2/10: Maneater

 3/10: Hunting Simulator

 4/10: Stray

 5/10: Gravity Rush

 6/10: X-Men Destiny

 7/10: Dead Nation PS3

 8/10: Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1+2 PS4

 9/10: Star Wars: The Force Unleashed

 10/10: Resident Evil: Code Veronica X HD

 

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Badge Notes:

1. Anthropomorphic - Maneater
2. Backlog Breaker - [Full List]
3. Fanboy - Gravity Rush
4. Guide Writer - X-Men Destiny
5. Licensed - X-Men Destiny, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
6. No Plat No Problem - Resident Evil: Code Veronica X HD
7. Peripheral Master - Gravity Rush
8. PS3 Master - X-Men Destiny, Dead Nation PS3, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
9. Rare Letter - X-Men Destiny
10. Simmer - Hunting Simulator
11. Royal Flush - [Full List]
12. Mind Blown - [Full List]

 

LIST #5 (Hard Mode):

 7/10: Batman Arkham Asylum

 7/10: Batman Arkham City

 7/10: Call of Duty: Black Ops

 7/10: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

 7/10: Dead Nation PS4

 7/10: Doom Classic Complete

 7/10: Hotline Miami 2

 8/10: Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1+2 PS5

 9/10: Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War

 10/10: PlayStation VR Worlds

 

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Badge Notes:

1. Backlog Breaker - [Full List]
2. Fanboy - PlayStation VR Worlds
3. Licensed - Batman Arkham Asylum, Batman Arkham City
4.  No Plat No Problem - Doom Classic Complete
5. Package Deal - Batman Arkham Asylum, Batman Arkham City
6. Peripheral Master - PlayStation VR Worlds
7. PS3 Master - Batman Arkham Asylum, Batman Arkham City, Call of Duty: Black Ops
8. Rare Letter - Prototype
9. Series Conqueror - [Call of Duty]
10. 1%er - PlayStation VR Worlds
11. Hard Mode - [Full List]
12. Royal Flush - [Full List]
13. Grandmaster - [4 Other Hardcore Badges]
14. Impossibru - [Full List]

 

[Shyjun]

Almost finished with my third list as I just have my hardcore run left in Turok 2. This game was not what I expected at all and the levels are so confusing if you try to get everything, especially since I don't have very good surroundings awareness in first person view. I will see how I can go to complete the hardcore run as I somehow managed to die once to the end boss despite playing on very easy. I might need to get a bit better at shooter games 😅

 

Anyway apart from this progress I completed three more games: Sifu from my backlog, Mass Effect Andromeda that I started in February and Moonscars that was shorter than I thought it would be.

 

Not much to say about Moonscars. I don't mind the short duration but it was maybe too simple difficulty-wise for the metroidvania genre as you can easily beat every boss on first try without needing to really learn the pattern, and learning the pattern and finally beating a boss is one of the most enjoyable part of this genre for me.

 

As for Sifu, I started the game when it came out but having just played Sekiro at the time I think I needed a break from the parry-mechanic despite loving this kind of game. The new difficulties that were added are a nice addition, especially to get collectibles or miscellaneous trophies and chances are high that I will come back to play the arenas DLC at some point.

 

Lastly It took me a long time to complete Mass Effect Andromeda mainly because I was having a hard time starting on insanity from the start and was not really motivated to go through 2 playthroughs so I took a break. Then my wife played the original trilogy for the first time and literally loved it so we did a first playthrough of Andromeda together on normal before I went for insanity and missed trophies on NG+ (such a breeze compared to NG). What was really disappointing were all the game breaking bugs that are still present after all these years. The two most infuriating ones were first the final quest not triggering and having to reload an older save to redo the previous one and losing all side-content progress made in the meantime. And for my last trophy: the trophy for having six strike teams not popping when unlocking my sixth team. I can't describe that feeling when you are happy to get the last trophy that will give you the platinum and it doesn't come. Thankfully this trophy has two different requirements to unlock and I was able to unlock it through the multiplayer requirement shortly after. So a mixed bag despite liking some parts of the game, mainly because of the bugs.

 

Also I have another completion to replace a game in list 1 for new badges. I completed That's you!, a party game that requires to use external android devices in order to play. I could not fit it in any other list and I don't have any other peripheral game so it will fit nicely in the first one. I am using it as my 1/10 and moving Flowers to my 3/10 instead of Mass Effect. If I didn't make any mistake, I don't lose any badge and I get the Peripheral Master in addition to the ones I already have for a total of 17 badges on this list @Rebourne07

 

List 1 (10/10)

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✅1/10: That's You! (7h, PS4, UR) 28/04/2024

✅2/10: Uno (40h, PS4, UR) 19/03/2024

✅3/10: Flower (10h, PS4) 01/01/2024

✅4/10: Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime (40h, PS4, UR) 01/01/2024

✅5/10: AO Tennis 2 (25h, PS4) 07/02/2024

✅6/10: Flow (6h, PS4, UR) 01/01/2024

✅7/10: Dead by Daylight (200h, PS4, UR) 01/01/2024

✅8/10: Slay the Spire (150h, PS4, UR) 01/01/2024

✅9/10: The Witness (25h, PS4) 01/01/2024

✅10/10: Diablo IV (200h, PS5) 01/01/2024

 

 

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1. Above and Beyond : Diablo IV - 200h

2. Anthropomorphic : Flow - You play as a worm/snake-like creature.

3. Award Winner : Dead by Daylight - 2023

4. Backlog Breaker : All games except Uno, That's You! and Ao Tennis 2

5. Fanboy : Flower, Flow

6. Guide Writer: Flow

7. Jock: Ao Tennis 2

8. No Plat No Problem : Flower, Flow

9. One Trick Pony : Indie - All games except Diablo 4, Uno, Ao Tennis 2 and That's You!

10. Package Deal : Flower + Flow included in Journey's Collector Edition

11. Peripheral Master

12. PS4 Master : All games except Diablo IV

13. Rare Genre : Slay the Spire - Card & Board Game

14. Grinder: 703h

15. Gotta Catch 'Em All

16. Grandmaster: Royal Flush + Grinder + Gotta Catch 'Em All

17. Royal Flush : See Backlog Breaker

 

List 3 (9/10) Series Master + Roulette

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✅1/10: Snakeybus 13/02/2024

✅2/10: Final Fantasy VIII (poll average 2.73, 50h) 26/04/2024

✅3/10: A King's Tale: Final Fantasy XV 21/01/2024

✅4/10: Mass Effect 2 (poll average 4) 18/01/2024

✅5/10: Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII - Reunion 22/02/2024

✅6/10: Mass Effect: Legendary Edition 27/01/2024

✅7/10: Mass Effect: Andromeda 08/05/2024

✅ 8/10: Moonscars 06/05/2024

❌ 9/10: Turok 2: Seeds of Evil

✅10/10: Alien Rage (poll most voted) 07/04/2024

 

New badges to earn on this list: Old School, Series Conqueror, Series Master, Rebourne Roulette

 

 List 4 (9/10) Minesweeper

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✅1/10: The Gardens Between (PS4) 23/03/2024

✅2/10: Roki (PS5) 07/04/2024

✅3/10: Kingdom Hearts III (PS4) 28/03/2024

✅4/10: Mass Effect 3 (PS4, game difficulty from metagame is 4) 28/01/2024

✅5/10: Alan Wake 2 (PS5, game difficulty from metagame is 4.5) 09/03/2024

✅6/10: The Messenger (PS4, poll most voted) 25/03/2024

✅7/10: The Callisto Protocol (PS5) 26/04/2024

✅8/10: Rollerdrome (PS5) 08/04/2024

❌ 9/10: Lies of P or Metal Gear Solid (MCV1) or Metal Gear Solid 3 (MCV1) or Salt and Sacrifice (PS5)

✅ 10/10:Metal Slug Anthology (PS4, poll most voted) 29/04/2024

 

List 5 (5/10) Hard Mode

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✅7/10: Blasphemous 22/04/2024

✅7/10: I.Q Intelligent Qube 24/04/2024

✅7/10: Sifu 02/05/2024

❌7/10: The Talos Principle

❌7/10: Thymesia (game difficulty from metagame is 6.5)

✅7/10: Kena: Bridge of Spirits 29/04/2024

❌7/10: Mortal Shell

✅8/10:  Dead By Daylight Additional Chapters 100% 18/03/2024

❌ 9/10: Hollow Knight

❌ 10/10: Super Meat Boy or Metal Gear Solid 2 (MCV1)

 

 

[Duke_Ryle]

Finished The Evil Within platinum last night for the 10 difficulty.  I really enjoyed the gameplay, but the story was kind of a mess.  I'm hoping the DLC explains things a bit more. 

 

This is a game that relishes challenging the player and while I enjoyed those challenges I'm really glad to have finally finished the platinum.  It required 3+ playthroughs from me and my final playthrough was for the speedrun trophy, which was great because by this point I was over the base game and wanted it done as fast as possible.  The hardest challenge for me personally wasn't Akumu difficulty (take any damage at all and die mode for those who don't know) but the no upgrades run in my first playthrough.  The base abilities and weapons really suck and not knowing enemy placement or what to do in the first playthrough made it very challenging.  By my Akumu run I had a much better feel for the game and the upgraded weapons, abilities and ammo stock made the combat so much easier.  

 

Anyway I'll be working on the DLC for this game and picking away at FFVII Rebirth before starting the Evil Within 2 so it'll probably be a while before my next update.

 

1- Life is Strange - psnprofiles - Done

2- Final Fantasy II - psnprofiles - Done

3- Final Fantasy VII - psnprofiles - Done

4- Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 - psnprofiles- Done

5- Little Nightmares - psnprofiles - Done

6- Evil West - powerpyx

7- Bill and Ted's Excellent Retro Collection – psnprofiles - Done

8- Evil Within 2- psnprofiles

9- Celeste - playstationtrophies - Done

10 - Evil Within- platprices - Done

 

Badges:

No Plat No Problem.

Brownie Points

Old School

Series Conqueror

PS4 Master

 

In Progress:

Fresh Start (8/10)

[maisie666]

On 5/2/2024 at 7:42 PM, Thedah said:

Almost done my first list but so hard to find a 1/10 I want to play!

 

1st list:

 

1/10 - TBD

2/10 - Tekken 8 (PSNP)

3/10 - Chained Echoes (PlatPrices)

4/10 - Dead or Alive 6 (PSNP)

5/10 - Breakers Collection (PSNP)

6/10 - Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon (PSNP)

7/10 - Armored Core: Verdict Day (PSNP)

8/10 - Marvel vs. Capcom 2 (Playstation Trophies)

9/10 - Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Platget)

10/10 - Dead or Alive 5 (PST)

 

2nd list:

1/10 - TBD

2/10 - Marvel vs. Capcom Origins (Playstation Trophies)

3/10 - Under Night In-Birth II Sys:Celes (PSNP)

4/10 - Star Ocean Second Story R (Foggy Productions)

5/10 - Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin (Playstation Trophies)

6/10 - TBD

7/10 - TBD

8/10 - Skullgirls 2nd Encore (PlatPrices)

9/10 - Windjammers (PlatPrices)

10/10 - Dissidia Final Fantasy NT (Playstation Trophies)

 

How about forma8 for 1/10.   I thought it was a great little metroidvania.  

 

https://www.xboxachievements.com/game/forma-8/guide/

[Skagarrin]

7 hours ago, Shyjun said:

Lastly It took me a long time to complete Mass Effect Andromeda mainly because I was having a hard time starting on insanity from the start and was not really motivated to go through 2 playthroughs so I took a break. Then my wife played the original trilogy for the first time and literally loved it so we did a first playthrough of Andromeda together on normal before I went for insanity and missed trophies on NG+ (such a breeze compared to NG). What was really disappointing were all the game breaking bugs that are still present after all these years. The two most infuriating ones were first the final quest not triggering and having to reload an older save to redo the previous one and losing all side-content progress made in the meantime. And for my last trophy: the trophy for having six strike teams not popping when unlocking my sixth team. I can't describe that feeling when you are happy to get the last trophy that will give you the platinum and it doesn't come. Thankfully this trophy has two different requirements to unlock and I was able to unlock it through the multiplayer requirement shortly after. So a mixed bag despite liking some parts of the game, mainly because of the bugs.

 

 

 

I'm currently working through ME Andromeda going the insanity route on the first play-through and it is tough until you level your skills and gear.

I feel it's much harder than Insanity in ME1 and ME2 but that maybe due to my familiarity with those games.

 

And the bugs are very annoying:

I've had instances where every door in the spaceship wouldn't open so I was stuck on the bridge until I quit and reloaded.

I've fallen through the world several times times.

And I lost all sound in the game during a cut-scene with no subtitles so I had to reload as I had no clue what was going on.

 

[Rebourne07]

On 12/1/2023 at 11:43 AM, Rebourne07 said:

 Shyjun : [January 1st ~ Diablo IV] [April 14th ~ Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two] {26/6}

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@Shyjun I updated your list #1 with Peripheral Master. I'm so glad you're playing Turok 2 lol Imo it's the best old school shooter of all time, maybe second to Doom II, but even that's debatable. Good luck on hardcore mode! Saving frequently and reloading if you get hurt too bad or waste too much ammo is the key. 

[Skagarrin]

Another Update with my 5/10 completed - Mass Effect Andromeda

 

Mixed feelings about this one, because it was better than advertised but I think it suffered being over-shadowed by the original trilogy.

Story was OK but I think the exploration was handled much better.

I was pleasantly surprised that it fits between ME 2 and ME 3 in the timeline. I thought I was playing it out of sequence due to the order I needed for the OCD badge.

Bug were a bit of an issue as I posted before and I had to replay a section of the final mission because a console I needed to progress just didn't appear.

 

List One:

1 - Dead Age - PS4 [PlatPrices] - Role-Playing (40 Hours) - Completed 11/01/2024 - 23:45

2 - 9th Dawn III - PS4 [PSNProfiles] - Role-Playing (200 Hours) - Completed 07/03/2024 - 23:18

3 - Mass Effect 1 - PS4 [PSNProfiles] - Role-Playing  (20 Hours) - Completed 06/04/2024 - 12:09

4 - Baldur's Gate 1 - PS4 [PlatPrices] - Role-Playing (40 Hours) - Completed 26/04/2024 - 18:30

5 - Mass Effect Andromeda - PS4 [PSNProfiles] - Role-Playing (60 Hours) - Completed 10/05 - 23:07

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)

 

Next up the climatically awesome ME3 so I can finish the ME Legendary Edition trophies.

When ME 3 is done I will have 100% completed the entire series as I already have all the PS3 versions of the original trilogy at 100%

[Rebourne07]

2 hours ago, Skagarrin said:

When ME 3 is done I will have 100% completed the entire series as I already have all the PS3 versions of the original trilogy at 100%

Trophy hunting by series is the greatest form of trophy hunting. This is epic.

[D-E-U-S-X]

Vanquish is finished. Very good, fast-paced sci-fi shooter from Platinum Games in Japan. After I got the Platinum on PS3 last week, I immediately bought the remaster on PS4.

 

List 1.

 

1/10:  The Suicide Of Rachel Foster

2/10: Final Fantasy II

3/10: Unturned

4/10: Zombie Tycoon 2

5/10: Wolfenstein: The Old Blood

6/10: Quantum Theory

7/10: XCOM 2

8/10: Yakuza 0

9/10: Vanquish

10/10: Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus

[nashoyo68]

2nd Game for list #2 Completed today PC Building Simulator.  I don't have a lot to say about this game. It is a PC building simulator with an incredibly unstable save system. Note to anyone else who feels like building the same exact computer for 50+ hours, play this game on version 1.00. On version 1.00 you can use the PCBay Glitch to make on average $2-3k per job as opposed to 3 to 4 hundred. I can't imagine how painful of a grind $1,000,000 would be on the most recent patch.

 

On an unrelated note Star Labs for Injustice is complete. That leaves just a few small things to clean up once I get to that point in the list.

 

The List #1:

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1. Paraiso Island                                                      💯Completed 1/1/2024
2. Theatrhythm: Final Bar Line                      Completed 1/4/2024
3. Final Fantasy XV                                         Completed 1/8/2024
4. Uncharted: Drake's Fortune Remastered Completed 1/17/2024
5. Batman Arkham Knight                              Completed 1/28/2024
6. Batman Arkham Asylum                                  Completed 1/28/2024 (After Knight)
7. Batman Arkham City                                  Completed 2/14/2024
8. Final Fantasy IX                                                    Completed 5/4/2024
9. Surgeon Simulator                                      Completed 5/4/2024 (After ff9)
10. Assetto Corsa: Ultimate Edition                    (12/35 Hotlaps)

List 1 Badges:

25 Total

8 Hardcore

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Badge Details:

1. Above and Beyond: Assetto Corsa: (250), Final Fantasy 9 (120)

2. Anthropomorphic: Paraiso Island

3. Award Winner: Final Fantasy IX

4. Backlog Breaker: Just about every game.

5. Brownie Points: Theatrhythm: Final Bar Line, FF XV, FF IX

6. Fanboy: Uncharted Drake’s Fortune (Naughty Dog)

7. Licensed: Batman Arkham Asylum, Batman Arkham City, Batman Arkham Asylum

8. No Plat No Problem: Paraiso Island

9. OCD: To be determined.

10. Old School: Batman Arkham City and Asylum (Remade in the Return to Arkham Collection) Uncharted Drake’s Fortune (Remastered)

11. Package Deal: Batman Arkham Asylum, Batman Arkham City

12. PS4 Master: All 10 games are ps4 games.

13. Rare Genre: Theatrhythm: Final Bar Line (Music)

14. Rare Letter: Paraiso Island: “P”

15. Series Conqueror: Batman Arkham Asylum, Knight, City (Batman Series) Theatrhythm: Final Bar Line, Final Fantasy IX, Final Fantasy XV (Final Fantasy Series)

16. Simmer: Surgeon Simulator

17. Y Tho? Theatrhythm: Final Bar Line 

18. 1%er: Assetto Corsa, Surgeon Sim

19. Gotta Catch 'Em All: 24 Other Badges

20. Grandmaster: 1%er, Gotta catch em all, Top 10, Rebourne Roulette, Royal Flush, Grinder, Series Master

21.  Grinder: 761 Hours Total

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    Assetto Corsa: (250)

    Surgeon Sim: (50)

    Final Fantasy 9 (120)

    Batman Arkham City (75)

    Batman Arkham Asylum (35)

    Batman Arkham Knight (75)

    Final Fantasy XV (80)

    Uncharted Drake's Fortune Remastered (25)

    Theatrhythm Final Fantasy (50)

    Paraiso Island (1)

     

22. Rebourne Roulette: #'s 2, 5, and 9.   

23. Royal Flush: Everything But Paraiso Island

24. Series Master: Final Fantasy Series,  Batman Series

25. Top Ten: Assetto Corsa (Fear)

 

The List #2:

1. Ultimate Chicken Horse 4.52% (UR)                      Completed 3/8/2024
2. PC Building Simulator 1.39% (UR)                          Completed 5/11/2024
3. Jurrasic World Evolution 10.51%
4. Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn 4.02% (UR)
5. Final Fantasy X 8.69%
6. Final Fantasy X-2 6.48%
7. Kickbeat 0.43% (UR)
8. Darkest Dungeon 2.46% (UR)
9. Injustice: Gods Among us 0.19% (UR)
10. Super Meat Boy 0.38% (UR)

 

List 2 Badges:

29 Total

8 Hardcore

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Badge Details:

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1. Above and Beyond: 10, 6, 5, 4, 2
2. Anthropomorphic: Ultimate Chicken Horse
3. Award Winner: Final Fantasy X
4. Backlog Breaker: 10, 9, 8, 6, 5, 3, 2, 1
5. Brownie Points: FF X, FF X-2, FF XIV
6. Fanboy: Kickbeat
7. Guide Writer: Ultimate Chicken Horse
8. Licensed: Injustice: God's Among Us (DC), Jurrasic World Evolution (Jurrasic Park/ World) Uncertain
9. No Plat No Problem: Kickbeat
10. OCD/ DCO: Free Badge Essentially. This may prove problematic with FF 14.
11. Old School: FF X, FF X-2, Injustice God's Among Us Ultimate Edition, Kickbeat
12. One Trick Pony: Strategy: 8, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2
13. Package Deal: Final Fantasy X/X-2 Remastered
14. PS3 Master: Final Fantasy X, Final Fantasy X-2, Final Fantasy XIV, Assuming I read the rules right.
15. PS4 Master: 10, 9, 8, 7, 3, 2, 1
16. Rare Genre: Kickbeat (Music), Ultimate Chicken Horse (Party)
17. Rare Letter: "P", PC Building Simulator
18. Series Conqueror: Final Fantasy: X, X-2, XIV
19. Simmer: PC Building Simulator
20. Y Tho: PC Building Simulator (120 Hours)
21. 1%er: 10, 9, 7
22. Gotta Catch'Em All: 20 As of writing
23. Grandmaster: 1%er, 12+, Grinder, Royal Flush, Top 10, Ultra Rare,
24. Grinder: 1170 Hours Total. If I can’t finish this nonsense. This is why. Times from PSNP Guides.
25. Loyalist: With the UCH guide published all 10 games have PSNP ratings.
26. Royal Flush: 10, 9, 8, 6, 5, 3, 2, 1
27. Top Ten: Super Meat Boy
28. Ultra Rare: 10, 9, 8, 7, 4, 2, 1
29. Overachiever: Overly Obsessed With Badges

 

Edited May 11 by nashoyo68
Star Labs Note

[Lenzsotic1]

Half of the first List down with this  :

 

Hotline Miami

 

Hotline Miami is a really fun and exciting game. Even if it´s not an tripple A title It tells a really good story and also this game is a masterpiece and I'm very excited to see how Hotline Miami 2 will play. The platinum trophy wasn't too easy but not too difficult either, so I recommend you give the game a try even if you don't want to complete it 100%.

 

List:

 1/10:  LOST WORDS: BEYOND THE PAGE

 2/10: MARVEL´S SPIEDER-MAN: MILES MORALES (https://www.playstationtrophies.org/game/marvel-spider-man-miles-morales/guide/)

 3/10: FAR CRY: NEW DAWN

 4/10: LEGO 2K DRIVE (PSNP)

 5/10: HOTLINE MIAMI (PSNP)

 6/10: MORTAL SHELL

 7/10: CONAN EXILES (PSNP)

 8/10: TRIALS OF THE BLOOD DRAGON

 9/10: THE EVIL WITHIN

 10/10: Hollow Knight (https://www.playstationtrophies.org/game/hollow-knight-eu/overview/)

Edited May 12 by Lenzsotic1

[Copanele]

Finally, I completed the list with Hi-Fi Rush as a 10/10 (thanks xboxachievements)

 

LIST 1

 

1. Fight
2. Skyscrappers (NA stack)
3. Stick Fight
4. Aquapazza: Aquaplus Dream Match
5. Jump Force
6. Jet Car Stunts
7. Sifu
8. Elden Ring
9. Lies of P
10. Hi-Fi Rush

 

I will attempt a second list but I doubt I'll be able to do it  

 

LIST 2

 

1. Donut County
2. Ender of Fire
3. Tekken 8
4. Skautfold: Shrouded in Sanity
5. Nioh
6. Soulcalibur II HD Online
7. Brawlout
8. -
9. Mirror's Edge
10. -

 

Badges:

 

List 1

 - Above and Beyond - Platinum a game with an official time estimate of 100 or more hours: Elden Ring is estimated around 80 - 120 hours, so it goes straight into the "100 hours" mark

 - No plat no problem - Earn 100% base game trophies on a game without a platinum:  Both Jet Car Stunts and Fight count for this badge

 

List 2

 Anthropomorphic - Platinum a game with an animal main protagonist - BK from Donut County is considered the main protagonist. 

 - No plat no problem - Earn 100% base game trophies on a game without a platinum:  Ender of Fire counts for this badge

 

[Rebourne07]

7 minutes ago, Lenzsotic1 said:

Half of the first List down with this  :

 

Hotline Miami

 

Hotline Miami is a really fun and exciting game. Even if it´s not an tripple A title It tells a really good story and also this game is a masterpiece and I'm very excited to see how Hotline Miami 2 will play. The platinum trophy wasn't too easy but not too difficult either, so I recommend you give the game a try even if you don't want to complete it 100%.

 

List:

 1/10:  LOST WORDS: BEYOND THE PAGE

 2/10: MARVEL´S SPIEDER-MAN: MILES MORALES (https://www.playstationtrophies.org/game/marvel-spider-man-miles-morales/guide/)

 3/10: FAR CRY: NEW DAWN

 4/10: LEGO 2K DRIVE (PSNP)

 5/10: HOTLINE MIAMI (PSNP)

 6/10: MORTAL SHELL

 7/10: CONAN EXILES (PSNP)

 8/10: TRIALS OF THE BLOOD DRAGON

 9/10: THE EVIL WITHIN

 10/10: Hollow Knight (https://www.playstationtrophies.org/game/hollow-knight-eu/overview/)

 Congrats! Dude Hotline Miami is by far my favorite indie game of all time. I’ll warn you though, Hotline Miami 2 is STUPID HARD. Like not just a step up from 1…I’m working on hard mode right now after giving up years ago and I’ll tell you…it’s the “not fun” kind of hard. Be prepared lol 

[barra333]

3 hours ago, Rebourne07 said:

I’ll warn you though, Hotline Miami 2 is STUPID HARD. Like not just a step up from 1…I’m working on hard mode right now after giving up years ago and I’ll tell you…it’s the “not fun” kind of hard. Be prepared lol 

Agree 100%. I had a hell of a lot of fun with the original. The deaths felt like fair skill checks. With 2, it just wasn't fun. So many deaths from off-screen enemies that just felt unfair. I gave up in the A+ ranks. 

[Yuber6969]

@Rebourne07 Do reboots count for the Old School badge? I'm thinking specifically about the PS4 version of Samurai Shodown.

[Rebourne07]

4 hours ago, Yuber6969 said:

@Rebourne07 Do reboots count for the Old School badge? I'm thinking specifically about the PS4 version of Samurai Shodown.

Good question, but no. That'd open it up too much. 

[Rebourne07]

On 12/1/2023 at 11:43 AM, Rebourne07 said:

 Copanele : [May 12th ~ Hi-Fi Rush] {2/0}

•  {2/0]

@Copanele Congratulations on finishing the challenge! You're only the 5th person to do so this year (slower progress from everyone this year). Probably cause everyone (including me) is bouncing around more. Anyway, good job  If you earned more than the 2 badges, let me know and I'll update.

 

The prize pool for all categories is currently at $170. Once per platinum tier finisher I will promote the prize pool and ask anyone that is enjoying this event to contribute  All prize money goes to event winners, none goes to me. 

[LancashireLad87]

List 1 (Traditional)

(Total Progress: 660/1000%)

 

#1: Star Wars Episode 1 Racer (PS4) (Progress 98%)  

#2: Maneater (PS4) (Progress 90%)

#3: It Takes Two (PS4) (Progress 91%)

#4: God of War 2018 (Roulette Game 1) (PS4) (Progress 0%)

#5: Goat Simulator (Roulette Game 2) (PS4) (Progress 97%)

#6: Wolfenstein The New Order (PS4) (Progress 97%)

#7: Batman Arkham Knight (PS4) (Progress 90%)

#8: Armored Core 6 (Roulette Game 3) (PS4) (Progress 0%)

#9: Doom 3/Dead Space 2/Shadow Warrior (Progress 0%)

#10: Wolfenstein 2 The New Colossus (PS4) (Progress 97%)

 

List 2 (Hardcore)

(Total Progress: 919/1000%)

 

#1: COD4 Campaign Remastered (PS4) (Progress 98%) Difficulty 7/10

#2: Guilty Gear XRD Sign (PS4) (Progress 97%) Difficulty 7/10

#3: Jurassic World Evolution 2 (PS4) (Progress 97%) Difficulty 7/10

#4: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Shredders Revenge (PS4) (Progress 98%) Difficulty 8/10 

#5: Nioh 2 (PS4) (Progress 99%) Difficulty 7/10 

#6: The Evil Within (PS4) (Progress 88%) Difficulty 9/10 

#7: Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 (PS4) (Progress 97%) Difficulty 10/10 

#8: Split Second (PS4) (Progress 97%) Difficulty 7/10   

#9: Wipeout Omega Collection (PS4) (Progress 98%) Difficulty 9/10  

#10: Resident Evil 4 Remake (PS4) (Progress 50%) Difficulty 8/10  

 

Non-PSNP Guides

 

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge Trophy Guide & Road Map (playstationtrophies.org)

WipEout Omega Collection Trophy Guides and PSN Price History (platprices.com)

Resident Evil 4 (2023) Trophy Guide & Road Map (playstationtrophies.org)

Nioh 2 Trophy Guide (griffinsgamingguides.com)

Jurassic World Evolution 2 Trophy Guide & Road Map (PS4 & PS5) (platget.com)

Guilty Gear Xrd Sign Trophy Guide & Road Map (playstationtrophies.org)

 

Quick Update: I've made a decent amount of progress on Batman Arkham Knight since my last update. I've jumped from 77% to a respectable 90% having completed the Batgirl DLC and wrapped up a few miscellaneous trophies along the way. I'm 60% of the way through new game + at the time of writing which I'm hoping to wrap up before my next update then I can move on to the fun stuff, collectibles! I'm contemplating on starting a new project to make progress towards the challenge, since I'm a bit burnt out with Arkham Knight.

 

Perhaps, I will start God of War 2018 which I heard is a banger! Don't worry I'll have RE4 Remake and Batman Arkham Knight as side projects. Regrettably in a few weeks I'll have less time to play since my niece will be off school for half term for 2 weeks which will hinder my progress so I guess it's time to put some effort into God of War 2018 boys!

Edited Tuesday at 11:23 AM by LancashireLad87

[Yuber6969]

Haven't updated in a long time because I wasn't sure what badges I was gonna go for, if I had time for two lists, etc. Have a better idea:

 

Games Done:

 

2 - The Legend of Dragoon (PlatPrices)

4 - Hunting Simulator (PST)

5 - Virtua Tennis 4 (PST)

6 - Ace of Seafood (PlatPrices)

 

Badges:

 

Anthropomorphic - Ace of Seafood (You control fish lol)

Fanboy - The Legend of Dragoon

Jock - Virtua Tennis 4

No Plat No Problem - Ace of Seafood

Rare Letter - Virtua Tennis 4

Simmer - Hunting Simulator

Y tho? - The Legend of Dragoon

 

Games Planned:

Spoiler

1 - Muv-Luv (PST)

3 - Rogue Warrior (PSNP)

7 - Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII - Reunion (PST)

8 - Red Faction: Guerrilla (PST)

9 - Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum Session! (Metagame)

10 - Street Fighter V (PSNP)

 

Badges:

 

Above and Beyond - Street Fighter V

Backlog Breaker - Rogue Warrior, Hunting Simulator, Virtua Tennis 4, Red Faction Guerrilla, Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum Session!

Brownie Points - Crisis Core

Old School - Muv-Luv (Windows), The Legend of Dragoon (PS1), Crisis Core (PSP)

Peripheral Master - Muv-Luv

PS3 Master - Rogue Warrior, Virtua Tennis 4, Red Faction Guerrilla

Rare Genre - Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum Session! (Music)

 

1%er - Red Faction Guerrilla, Street Fighter V

Gotta Catch 'Em All

Grandmaster

Grinder

Ultra Rare - Hunting Simulator, Rogue Warrior, Virtua Tennis 4, Ace of Seafood, Red Faction Guerrilla, Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum Session!, Street Fighter V

 

 

Edited Friday at 12:52 AM by Yuber6969
Forgot to add the Brownie Points badge

[Platinum_Vice]

Happily reporting a win with a recent completion of Do Not Feed The Monkeys, an extremely off the wall indie game where you play as a voyeur watching people in their homes through hacked webcams. You report their schedules to a shady organisation so that you can afford rent.

 

It's such a bonkers game and features some non-PC humour. After a blind first playthrough where I didn't think I was going to enjoy it, looking up some tips for trophies made subsequent playthroughs (ie trophy hunts) far more enjoyable. Have a look and see if it's your type of thing. 

 

  1/10:  Grim Fandango Remastered

  2/10:  Unpacking

  3/10:  Do Not Feed The Monkeys

  4/10:  Transistor

  5/10:  Resident Evil HD

  6/10:  Oddworld: New & Tasty

   7/10:  Bastion

  8/10:  Valfaris

  9/10:  Furi

  10/10: Hollow Knight

[Shyjun]

Nearing the end with 2 more games completed!

 

Same as before, I managed to complete my minesweeper list before my third one with Metal gear Solid, so I will invert them. Pleasantly surprised with this one as I am not a big fan of stealth in video games. That was the main reason I never played the series before as I thought it would not be my cup of tea but I quite liked this one and will gladly follow with the next ones. Still, some of those 300 VR missions were quite frustrating as it requires you to be precise but the controls aren't.

I also quickly completed The Artful Escape before it leaves PS+, replacing Mass Effect 3 on the list to avoid the Old School badge.

I checked several times to be sure I do not earn any badge on this list but feel free to tell me if I missed something. I have 5 PS4 and 5 PS5 games, and the most represented genres are Shooter and Indie (5 each).

 

I completed Thymesia as well for my 5th list. A souls-like that is quite short compared to other games in the genre. The combat system seemed quite hard at first but once you unlock some abilities it becomes way easier.

 

Also, I managed to get gold cups more consistently in Rayman Legends and will be able to get my final trophy sooner than I thought so I will include it in the list.

 

Only 5 games to go! I will most likely keep Hollow Knight for the end as it is one of my favourite games ever (who would have guessed?) and I already 112% it on Switch so I don't have any worry about my ability to finish it. On the contrary, the most challenging game left will surely be MGS 2 or Super Meat Boy and we will see if I can surmount it or if I hit a road block with those ones.

 

List 3 (10/10) Minesweeper

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✅1/10: The Gardens Between (PS4) 23/03/2024

✅2/10: Roki (PS5) 07/04/2024

✅3/10: The Artful Escape (PS4) 15/05/2024

✅4/10: Kingdom Hearts III (PS4) 28/03/2024

✅5/10: Alan Wake 2 (PS5, game difficulty from metagame is 4.5) 09/03/2024

✅6/10: The Messenger (PS4, poll most voted) 25/03/2024

✅7/10: The Callisto Protocol (PS5) 26/04/2024

✅8/10: Rollerdrome (PS5) 08/04/2024

✅ 9/10: Metal Gear Solid (MCV1) (PS5) 17/05/2024

✅ 10/10:Metal Slug Anthology (PS4, poll most voted) 29/04/2024

 

Badges:

 

1. Minesweeper

2. Whoa

 

 

List 4 (9/10) Series Master + Roulette

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✅1/10: Snakeybus 13/02/2024

✅2/10: Final Fantasy VIII (poll average 2.73, 50h) 26/04/2024

✅3/10: A King's Tale: Final Fantasy XV 21/01/2024

✅4/10: Mass Effect 2 (poll average 4) 18/01/2024

✅5/10: Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII - Reunion 22/02/2024

✅6/10: Mass Effect: Legendary Edition 27/01/2024

✅7/10: Mass Effect: Andromeda 08/05/2024

✅ 8/10: Moonscars 06/05/2024

❌ 9/10: Turok 2: Seeds of Evil

✅10/10: Alien Rage (poll most voted) 07/04/2024

 

New badges to earn on this list: Old School, Series Conqueror, Series Master, Rebourne Roulette

 

List 5 (6/10) Hard Mode

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✅7/10: Blasphemous 22/04/2024

✅7/10: I.Q Intelligent Qube 24/04/2024

✅7/10: Sifu 02/05/2024

❌7/10: Rayman Legends

✅7/10: Thymesia (game difficulty from metagame is 6.5) 12/05/2024

✅7/10: Kena: Bridge of Spirits 29/04/2024

❌7/10: Kingdom Hearts 0.2 Birth by Sleep: A Fragmentary Passage

✅8/10:  Dead By Daylight Additional Chapters 100% 18/03/2024

❌ 9/10: Hollow Knight

❌ 10/10: Super Meat Boy or Metal Gear Solid 2 (MCV1)

 

 

Edited Friday at 06:08 AM by Shyjun

[Inuty]

@Shyjun pretty insane that you nearly already finished 5 lists in half a year. I thought i was really insane to complete 5 Lists last year but you could even beat this with a 6th list if you want haha

 

Very impressive, Good job!

 

[Rebourne07]

On 12/1/2023 at 11:43 AM, Rebourne07 said:

 Shyjun : [January 1st ~ Diablo IV] [April 14th ~ Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two] [May 16th ~  Metal Slug Anthology] {27/7}

•  |  {13/4}
•  |  |  {13/2}
•  |  {1/1}

Congratulations @Shyjun on your 3rd completed list AND for completing Minesweeper, the rarest badge, AND for still being #1 in the most badges category at 34 total badges!