Platinum Difficulty Challenge 2024

[AlterArchuria]

Sign me up again! Here hoping the 2nd time around I will get more done if not at least 75% of it finished

 

 1/10: Date A Live: Rio Reincarnation

 2/10: Persona 5 Royal

 3/10: Sorcery Saga: Curse of the Great Curry God

 4/10: Persona 4 Golden

 5/10: Persona 3 Portable

 6/10: Final Fantasy X-2 HD

 7/10: Class of Heroes 2G

 8/10: Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon

 9/10: Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

 10/10: DMC5

 

Badges:

Spoiler

- Persona 5 Royal, Persona 4 Golden, Final Fantasy X-2 HD

- Sekirio, Persona 5 Royal

- Final Fantasy X-2 HD

- Persona 3 Portable, Persona 4 Golden, Final Fantasy X-2 HD

- Persona 3 Portable, Persona 4 Golden, Persona 5 Royal, Sorcery Saga: Curse of the Great Curry God, Final Fantasy X-2 HD, Class of Heroes 2G

- Sorcery Saga: Curse of the Great Curry God

- Date A Live: Rio Reincarnation, Persona 3 Portable, Persona 4 Golden, Persona 5 Royal, Final Fantasy X-2 HD, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

- Persona 3 Portable, Persona 4 Golden, Persona 5 Royal

- Persona 3 Portable, Persona 4 Golden, Persona 5 Royal

- Persona 5 Royal

- Class of Heroes 2G

- Estimated time total of all games: 805 Hrs

 

Edited March 10 by AlterArchuria
Fixed Badges

[Shyjun]

On 12/10/2023 at 2:07 PM, Rebourne07 said:

@Shyjun Your Rebourne Roulette games:

 

1/10 - Snakeybus Very unique gameplay, wonky but super fun indie game. Short though, so if you want a longer one for Grinder then Life is Strange

5/10 - It's hard to find Old School 5/10 games but there's Turok 2: Seeds of Evil but it's a shooter and only 30hrs so if you don't care about Old School then Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA since it's 80hrs towards Grinder

7/10 - Mass Effect: Andromeda For your Series Master badge and it's an RPG for One Trick Pony

 

 

 

Thank you for the suggestions! Your description for Snakeybus got me pleasantly intrigued so I will get this one for my 1/10. As for my 5/10, I will go with Ys VIII to get the grinder badge (I would be a few hours short with Turok).

 

It was a good idea going with the Rebourne Roulette, I am not sure I would have played those games otherwise!

 

I will update my list with the new games. It is quite ambitious one for me with a whopping 17 badges. Hope I can complete it this time!

[vsvpl1501]

After a short familiarization phase here in the forum, I will be happy to start the year 2024 with a challenge. Here is my list: 

 

01/10 (PS4) The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series 

02/10 (PS4) Quake ll

03/10 (PS4) Heavy Rain

04/10 (PS3) Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Blacklist

05/10 (PS3) Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow

06/10 (PS4) GTA V

07/10 (PS3) Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory

08/10 (PS4) Call of Duty: Black Ops III

09/10 (PS5) Lies of P

10/10 (PS4) Red Dead Redemption 2

 

 

Badges

 

Spoiler

•  Y tho? - Platinum a game rated 1 or 2 difficulty with an official time estimate of 50hrs or more (Walkin Dead)
•  Rare Letter - Platinum a game starting with P,Q,V,X, or Z (Quake II)
•  One Trick Pony - 6 or more games on your list are from the same genre (Shooter Quake ll, 3x SC, COD, RDR2)
•  Backlog Breaker - 3 or more games on your list had 1%+ progress BEFORE 2024 (Splinter Cell Games)
•   Above and Beyond - Platinum a game with an official time estimate of 100 or more hours (BO3)
•  Licensed - 2 or more games on your list are licensed games with characters originating from movies, comics, etc. (Walking Dead and Pinocchio)
•  Old School - 3 or more games on your list are remakes, remasters or PS1/PS2/PSP games (Splinter Cell and Quake)
•  Package Deal - Platinum 2 or more games in the same list from the same game collection/bundle (Splinter Cell HD Collection)
•  PS3 Master - Platinum 3 or more PS3 games on your list (3x Splinter Cell)
•  PS4 Master - Platinum 6 or more PS4 games on your list
•  Series Conqueror - 3 or more games on your list are from the same series (Splinter Cell)
•  1%er - Platinum a game that has less than 1% PSNProfiles rarity (Black Ops 3)
•  Royal Flush -  7 or more of your games on your list had 1%+ progress BEFORE December 2023 
•  Gotta Catch 'Em All - Earn 12 or more badges in a single list
•   Grandmaster - Earn 3 or more hardcore badges in a single list

 

Edited February 5 by vsvpl1501

[Rebourne07]

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

To make things a little more interesting there are optional badges you can earn. These badges give you a way to distinguish your list from others or give yourself an additional challenge if you wish. A badge is awarded to a list, not a game. So a badge can only be earned once per list. Please note the number of games required for each list varies badge to badge. Badges will be posted next to your name on the leaderboards once you reach Platinum tier. It's a good idea to include and track your badges on each update post you make. Badges are not required for completing the challenge. Each player is responsible for tracking and posting their own badges.

 

There will be two winners for the Platinum Difficulty Challenge 2024 declared at the end of the year:

• The player with the most badges overall
• The player with the most unique badges

The prize for each of these is a 50% of the buymeacoffee prize pool in USD PSN card money and a personalized event completion badge to indicate that you won the challenge. Winning is more about the bragging rights and the fun of the challenge than the money. Special recognition will also be given to those that earn the rarest badges, whatever those end up being.

Hey there everyone. For this year's challenge I thought of an idea to spice things up a bit. I set up a buymeacoffee prize pool and 100% of donations go to the winners of the challenge. If you want to say thank you to me for hosting this and other events or want to reward the players on here for their effort, please consider contributing a bit to the prize pool. The prize pool, however small or large, will be divided evenly between whoever this year's two winners are at the end of the year. Thank you everyone for your support

Edited December 11, 2023 by Rebourne07

[VersusCA]

2 hours ago, Rebourne07 said:

Hey there everyone. For this year's challenge I thought of an idea to spice things up a bit. I set up a buymeacoffee prize pool and 100% of donations go to the winners of the challenge. If you want to say thank you to me for hosting this and other events or want to reward the players on here for their effort, please consider contributing a bit to the prize pool. The prize pool, however small or large, will be divided evenly between whoever this year's two winners are at the end of the year. Thank you everyone for your support

 

I put in for 10$

 

Did you change the criteria for prize winners? The section under "badges and prizes" says the two winners are:

• The player with the most badges overall
• The player with the most unique badges

But the section right above the Hall of Fame says the winners are:

 

Prizes

Most Total Badges: TBD

Most Badges in a Single List: TBD

 

Either way, I will put in another 20$ if someone beats my count for most badges in one list!

[Rebourne07]

1 hour ago, VersusCA said:

 

I put in for 10$

 

Did you change the criteria for prize winners? The section under "badges and prizes" says the two winners are:

• The player with the most badges overall
• The player with the most unique badges

But the section right above the Hall of Fame says the winners are:

 

Prizes

Most Total Badges: TBD

Most Badges in a Single List: TBD

 

Either way, I will put in another 20$ if someone beats my count for most badges in one list!

Thanks man!!! That's awesome! I'm hoping for the winner's sakes that we can get a good prize pool going cause I feel bad for offering just $25 each for the winners of the PDC 2023 challenge, but that's all I could realistically afford on something like this.

 

And yes, I decided to change it back to the original category of most unique badges. Though I'm going to have Hall of Fame categories for Most Lists, Most Badges in a Single List, Most Hardcore Badges, etc. Thanks for pointing out the Prizes pieces that wasn't updated, I'll fix that now.

Edited December 11, 2023 by Rebourne07

[Rebourne07]

For anyone who is also looking to clear out their backlog, I created a new event. This goes well with the Backlog Breaker and  Royal Flush badges too.

 

 

[xNoxPainNoxGainx]

I wouldn't mind joining it's only for abit of fun though I can't think of many games at the moment but I have warhammer chaosbane and kena I have started them though but I haven't got the platinums just yet 

1.Burly Men At Sea/Lara Croft Go

5.Knights Of Pen And Paper +1

6.Warhammer Choasbane

7.Bloodborne

8.Kena Bridge Of Spirits

9.Celeste (Should be A 10)

Edited December 14, 2023 by xNoxPainNoxGainx

[WatermelonElf]

Hi Everyone!!

 

I'm new to trophy hunting and would love to accept this challenge! 😁 (below is my incomplete list which may change!!)

 

1/10 - Dodgeball Academia

2/10 - Lego The Incredibles

3/10 - Ratchet & Clank (2016)

4/10 - Stray

5/10 - God of War Ragnarok

6/10 - Knack

7/10 - Kena Bridge of Spirits

8/10 - Call of Duty: World at War

9/10 - Spelunky

10/10 - To be confirmed

Edited December 30, 2023 by WatermelonElf

[princexedar]

Im signing up for next year. 
I'll collate a list and see what i come up with to do.

[Rebourne07]

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

There will be four winners for the Platinum Difficulty Challenge 2024 declared at the end of the year:

• The player with the most badges overall
• The player with the most hardcore badges
• The player with the most unique badges
• The player with the most badges in a single list

The prize for each of these is a 25% of the BuyMeACoffee Prize Pool in PSN card money and a personalized event completion badge to indicate that you won the challenge. If you want to support the event or its participants, please consider donating to the prize pool. 100% of the donated money goes to PDC winners. Winning is more about the bragging rights and the fun of the challenge than the money. Special recognition will also be given to those that earn the rarest badges, whatever those end up being.

 

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

Prizes

Most Total Badges: TBD

Most Hardcore Badges: TBD

Most Unique Badges: TBD

Most Badges in a Single List: TBD

CURRENT PRIZE POOL: $120

 

GUYS! Some VERY generous players have donated $120 so far to the prize pool!!! The end goal was $50 lol so this is incredible. Because of this I've expanded the prizes to 4 categories instead of 2 and each winner will get 25% of the pool. 100% of the money goes to the winners, none to me so this is super cool and should make the event even more fun and introduce some competition for those playing the most

[princexedar]

@Rebourne07
 

• What types of games do you love? thoughtful sci-fi, narrative intrigue, shooters
• What types of games do you hate? Music games, anything one note or grubby garbage
• What PlayStation systems do you own? PSvita, PS3, PS4, PS5
• Are you ok with any new / full price games? Yes
• Are you ok with M rated games? Yes
• Do you prefer indies, AAA titles or no preference? No Preference
• Do you want games from your backlog, games new to you or no preference? Backlog
• Are you interested in maximizing badges earned? Yes
• Give me a number 1-3 - 3
• Give me a number 4-6 - 5
• Give me a number 7-9 - 8

[Rebourne07]

@princexedar

 

Your Rebourne Roulette games:

 

3/10 - Doom (2016)

5/10 - Assassin's Creed III Remastered

8/10 - Dark Souls (PS3)

 

All 3 are from your backlog. Good luck! 

[KillerUni12]

On 12/8/2023 at 11:36 PM, Rebourne07 said:

Your Minesweeper list is now approved

 

Second list looks good! Could you provide the link where you're getting the 450hrs for GTAV? I believe it, just cant find it myself in the little searching I've done. 

 

Your 3 Rebourne Roulette games:

 

2/10 - Maneater

6/10 - Resident Evil 2

 

The guide says 5/10 now...but as you can see here it was very recently a 6/10 when my PSNP+ extension recorded its rating...so it'll still count as a 6/10 and towards Loyalist (Don't mind my 1 second autopop time lmao)

8/10 - So this one is really hard. It's an interesting challenge to put these games together with each player's unique restrictions. Your restrictions of no old games, no co-op games, PS5 only and going for Loyalist all make it really hard to find good 8's...so I'll give you two choices and you can choose which to do. Either Deep Rock Galactic which does have co-op, but you have it on your backlog list or Devil May Cry V which would fit the bill perfectly except...in the rules I say I'll never give anyone a 10 and this can be be found on other sites as a 10. So you choose

 

Sorry I can't help with the Money Bags badge...yet. No 2024 game has a trophy guide with a rating so I wont be able to factor that into the Rebourne Roulette badge until later in the year. 

 

 

Awesome, thank you! I'm excited to give Resident Evil a try, it's a series I've been meaning to start for ages. 

 

For the GTA V time, the site should be linked in my original post, but here is the link: https://nodegamers.com/2022/04/14/grand-theft-auto-v-trophy-walkthrough/

[Rebourne07]

5 hours ago, KillerUni12 said:

Awesome, thank you! I'm excited to give Resident Evil a try, it's a series I've been meaning to start for ages. 

 

For the GTA V time, the site should be linked in my original post, but here is the link: https://nodegamers.com/2022/04/14/grand-theft-auto-v-trophy-walkthrough/

Thanks! The one in your post went to the PSNProfiles guide I think but that’s a great find. Perfect game for people going for the Grinder badge. ESPECIALLY considering GTA V will be on Playstation Plus Extra starting this month. 

[Inuty]

@Rebourne07 I am curious, do you have any examples for 1/10 difficulty games which are 50 hours or longer? Just cant imagine a 1/10 rating which takes so long haha

[Evil_Joker88]

50 minutes ago, Inuty said:

@Rebourne07 I am curious, do you have any examples for 1/10 difficulty games which are 50 hours or longer? Just cant imagine a 1/10 rating which takes so long haha

I know two

 

Harvest Moon A Wonderful Life (35 to 50 hours) on Platprices

 

Oh Sir the Insult Simulator (100 hours) on PSNP

 

 

[Lenzsotic1]

Count me in!!

My list will be: 

 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: RESIDENT EVIL 7: BIOHAZARD (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/)

 

My goal is to complete 80% of all the games I have listed here. But I would be very happy if I could do 100%. Depending on how much time I can take, this list seems doable. I'll try to update the list every month or when I finish a game.

 

Edit:

I forgot that I already had trophies in the games of 4/10, 5/10 and 7/10. So I swapped Days Gone for Lego 2K drive, Lords of the Fallen for Resident Evil 7 and Steep for Conan Exiles. Now the list should fit. And i also swapped Life is Strange 2 for MARVEL`S SPIEDER-MAN: MILES MORALES cause i forgott about this game haha.

 

Edited December 14, 2023 by Lenzsotic1

[KillerUni12]

5 hours ago, Inuty said:

@Rebourne07 I am curious, do you have any examples for 1/10 difficulty games which are 50 hours or longer? Just cant imagine a 1/10 rating which takes so long haha

Farming Simulator 22 is 1/10 and 50 hours on PSNP, that's the one I'm using!

[Inuty]

Thanks for the replies, I just thought this is really hard to get for a 1/10 because i just know small games with those ratings. Everything at 50 hours Mark gets already a higher difficulty rating because of the hours you need to put into it 😉

[Shyjun]

On 12/11/2023 at 4:55 PM, Shyjun said:

Thank you for the suggestions! Your description for Snakeybus got me pleasantly intrigued so I will get this one for my 1/10. As for my 5/10, I will go with Ys VIII to get the grinder badge (I would be a few hours short with Turok).

 

It was a good idea going with the Rebourne Roulette, I am not sure I would have played those games otherwise!

 

I will update my list with the new games. It is quite ambitious one for me with a whopping 17 badges. Hope I can complete it this time!

@Rebourne07 Is it still possible to use Turok 2 for my 5/10? I was short 13 hours for Grinder with it hence why I choose Ys over it. But I since then found a longer time estimate for Slay the Spire so I would be good with Turok 2. It fits more the theme of the Rebourne Roulette as it is definitely a game I would not have played otherwise and I am happy to try new things. Cherry on the cake, I get my old school badge.

I already made a decision before so I understand if it is too late and not in the spirit you had with the Roulette.

[Rebourne07]

1 hour ago, Shyjun said:

@Rebourne07 Is it still possible to use Turok 2 for my 5/10? I was short 13 hours for Grinder with it hence why I choose Ys over it. But I since then found a longer time estimate for Slay the Spire so I would be good with Turok 2. It fits more the theme of the Rebourne Roulette as it is definitely a game I would not have played otherwise and I am happy to try new things. Cherry on the cake, I get my old school badge.

I already made a decision before so I understand if it is too late and not in the spirit you had with the Roulette.

Not too late! That’d be awesome if you played Turok 2! Best old school shooter of all time in my opinion 

[VersusCA]

6 hours ago, Inuty said:

 I am curious, do you have any examples for 1/10 difficulty games which are 50 hours or longer? Just cant imagine a 1/10 rating which takes so long haha

 

Farming Simulator 15

 

Neko Atsume (200h)

 

Caravan Stories (125h, mostly idling, free to play)

 

Oh...Sir! The Insult Simulator (100h, also an Ultra Rare platinum)

 

Frozen Free Fall (100h)

 

1/10, 50h difficulty search on Platprices (7 games I didn't already link).

[coldhardcrash_]

Really enjoyed the last two iterations of this challenge, had me complete games that I personally wouldn't have thought to be within my skillset, so I'm ready to test myself again!

 

Here's my initial list for 2024, subject to any changes I may make during the year.

 

 1/10: Toem

 2/10: Ben 10: Power Trip (PS5)

 3/10: Shantae: Half Genie Hero (VITA)

 4/10: God of War Ragnarök (PS5)

 5/10: Uncharted: Golden Abyss

 6/10: Cyber Shadow (PS5)

 7/10: Bastion (PS4)

 8/10: Rayman Origins (VITA)

 9/10: The Evil Within (PS4)

 10/10: Splasher

[Kirenoxs]

Hi, I'm fully commited on events this next year, since I've been a part of the PSNP community for around 4 years

 

my list for now is: 

 

✖️1/10: Toem 📷

 ✖️2/10: Arcade Game Series: Ms. Pac-Man 👻

 ✖️3/10: Castlevania Advance Collection 🦇

 ✖️4/10: Untitled Goose Game 🦆

 ✖️5/10: Wolfenstein: The Old Blood 🔫

 ✖️6/10: Hades 🔥

 ✖️7/10: Blasphemous ☦️

 ✖️8/10: Yakuza 3 🐉

 ✖️9/10: Spelunky 2 ☠️

 ✖️10/10: Splasher 🖌️