The Ultra Rare Cleanup 2024

[D_D_K_1_2_3]

3 hours ago, Copanele said:

Hey hey, welcome!

Unfortunately the games prior to joining the event do not count. Only what you complete from this moment onwards  according to the rule in the main page:

 

Okay, thanks for answering! Wish I'd joined sooner 😅

[HedleyNEUK]

On 5/31/2024 at 3:42 PM, Copanele said:

 

Sorry, could you please share me the Tier 1 games? I completely missed the count for the last game from Tier 1.

If you can re-quote your post, that would be great  

 

That'd be because i have somehow skipped doing a 5th Tier 1 game

 

Il amend and tidy up when i get a chance, but basically i'm on Tier 1 complete and 1 tier 2 completion

 

[KaijuGoon]

I would like to join. Tentative list:

Olli Olli World (PS5)

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 (PS5)

Disco Elysium (PS5)

Super Monkey Ball (PS5)

Baldurs Gate 3 (PS5)

 

[iMarcoFerrer]

Hello, I got two games of the list:

 

- Amnesia Collection

- Dissidia Final Fantasy NT

 

Thanks!

 

Edit: I read the rules, unfortunely I got these platinums before the event begins 😅

Edited June 4 by iMarcoFerrer
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[KaijuGoon]

Wow, got really lucky and knocked out the last 5 Radysus challenges in Olli Olli World in about 20 minutes and earned the platinum. Plan to knock out the DLC for the 100% over the next few days

[DrBloodmoney]

Well, I've not had many URs so far this year - luck of the draw on the games I've played I guess, but finally one popped up, so might as well add it...

 

 

...as well as actually claiming that platinum that I declared way back when it was still UR!

(I'm sure I did declare this when it was eligible 🤔 I just can't find the post right now 😳!)

 

 

 

 

 

So, my paltry 2024 list so far:

 

Tier 1:

1. Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
2. Punch Club

 

[Yuber6969]

26 minutes ago, DrBloodmoney said:

Well, I've not had many URs so far this year - luck of the draw on the games I've played I guess, but finally one popped up, so might as well add it...

 

 

...as well as actually claiming that platinum that I declared way back when it was still UR!

(I'm sure I did declare this when it was eligible 🤔 I just can't find the post right now 😳!)

 

 

 

 

 

So, my paltry 2024 list so far:

 

Tier 1:

1. Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
2. Punch Club

 

 

You declared it in this post; I happened to see it the other day when I was looking for one my old posts.

Edited June 4 by Yuber6969
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[DrBloodmoney]

6 minutes ago, Yuber6969 said:

 

You declared it in this post; I happened to see it the other day when I was looking for one my old posts.

Ah, sweet - thank you sir! 

[HaserPL]

On 1/19/2024 at 12:46 AM, HaserPL said:

Here's my list, hopefully, I can finally clean up some of these games.

 

1. Time Crisis Razing Storm 40/44;

2. Payday 2 PS4 110/111;

3. Payday The Heist 39/41;

4. Binary Domain 7/50;

5. Ghost Recon Future Soldier 54/60;

6. Mortal Kombat 20/51;

7. Dead Or Alive 5 43/48;

8. RUSE 35/51;

9. Bulletstorm 15/61 53/61;

10. Frostpunk 29/64;

11. Catherine 21/50;

12. Resident Evil Revelations 2 34/44;

13. Trine 2 3/51;

14. Outlast 2 1/25;

15. I Am Bread 31/35;

16. The Chronicles Of Riddick 14/51;

17. Furi 24/34;

18. Injustice: Gods Among Us 41/51;

19. Amnesia Collection 1/23;

20. Call Of Duty Black Ops 3 24/99;

21. DIRT Rally 48/48;

22. DIRT Rally 2.0 28/72 67/72;

23. Kingdom Come: Deliverance 75/83;

24. XDefiant 13/13;

 

Will make it prettier after I'm back from work.

 

Just now, HaserPL said:

24. XDefiant 13/13;

 

Adding it to the event as it's still UR - 3.67% completion rate at the moment of making this comment.

[HaserPL]

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Edited June 5 by HaserPL

[postofficebuddy]

 

Tier 1 

 

1. Red Dead Redemption 2 (PS4, 2.48%) - 100%

2. Disco Elysium (PS5, 1.86%) - 0% Most wanted! 

3. Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor (PS4, 0.71%) - 100%

4. Jump Force (PS4, 2.59%) - 34% 

5. N++ (PS4, 1.97%) - 100% Most wanted complete! 
 

Shadow of Mordor done. The hunt is my mistress was annoying but not quite as bad as its reputation would suggest. Beat the target score by over a thousand points and with a minute to spare. Now on to Disco Elysium before its bounty expires. On an unrelated note the Super Meat Boy platinum is no longer my rarest trophy which is honestly a bit shocking. I remember a while ago seeing someone predict that it would eventually hit 0.5% and it’s now only 0.1% away. Amazing job to everyone that’s managed to achieve it lately. My new rarest is the Persona 4 Arena plat. 

[VersusCA]

Four more done for me:

 

Hitman 2016

MX vs ATV Supercross Encore

Enemy Front

MX vs ATV All Out

 

These were fun for the most part and it was nice cleaning up some games that I had done the online for earlier this year/last year. I am definitely glad to not have any more MX vs ATV games left to do though - after doing 4 in like a month, I'm ready to not do any more for awhile! I do plan to hit PS3 URs hard later this month so should hopefully have another big update in the coming weeks.

[HedleyNEUK]

Tier 1  Complete

 

Game 5 - Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty 2.75%

 

Saw that one of the 3 playthroughs simply required ensuring to kill so many Mudokons, and not rescuing any, so used that for a blind playthrough. This was as much fun as back in the early PS days, and even with following a guide for the rescue 299 playthrough, managed 3:06 mins on that playthrough, so was easy to shave those minutes off for the speedrun trophy. Will do Oddworld Soulstorm at some point soon i think.

 

 

Tier 2 update- First game completed

 

BOUNTY- Disco Elysium 3.77%

 

Actually really loved this one! Did a quick skim of the trophy list/guide and saw a horrific number of missable trophies etc, so made a soft mental note of some of the trophy requirements so that i could just do a semi-blind playthrough. The mental note meant i knew to make a load of extra saves to be able to go back and clean up easier once i had enjoyed the game as intended. That said i did have a torrid time with a few trophies, but that didnt take away from the artistry and deep writing the game got. I can see why it won so many awards. Would deffo recommend.

 

 

[ExistentialSolid]

I have a few UR games in the pipeline, so I'd be glad to sign up!

[S_y_n_e_IR_g_Y]

Not sure how i dit that, but i`ve finished 2 Games.

I would like to switch 2 games aswell:

 

1. High Stakes on the Vegas Strip ✅

2. Smash Cars -> Super Star wars

3. Pix the Cat (Vita) ✅

4. Power Rangers Battle for the Grid

5. Dead Storm Pirates -> Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection

 

• High Stakes was a solid poker Game, also doable with a turbo Controller and the ps+ Cloud. Luckly i got the Royal Flush after around 3500 Hands
• Pix the cat was kinda annoying, but that was mostly due to the vita and its little buttons

 

[Koro249]

Tier 3 Complete

Assetto Corsa Competizione: This was my first ever experience with a sim racer and I was quite amazed at how clean it felt to drive in this game. I used to be afraid of these types of racers because I heard they are quite hard to learn, however for the purposes of this plat, an intermediate skill level seems to be enough. Progressing through the non-career related trophies first provided a natural way of learning to handle the cars. Overall very satisfying and clean and I am happy that this introduced me to the genre. The first career playthorugh was already long, but practicing the tight time trials in between kept it exciting. I would have rated this even higher in terms of enjoyment, but having to do 3 campaigns with the exact same events including races that take multiple hours to complete was not exactly fun and by the end I just wanted to get it done.

Difficulty: 6/10, Enjoyment: 6/10, Playtime: 150h

 

Skullgirls Encore: Looks like this is the tier of firsts. Skullgirls Encore was the first proper fighting game I have done. I have huge respect for these types of games because when I think back to my experiences with fighting games in my childhood, I remember that usually button mashing was the way to go and I had no idea what the hell the games even expected me to do. This led me to choose one that is considered easy, which was a good choice I think, because at the beginning I still got my ass kicked by some of the quite lengthy and technical (for my standards) tutorial combos. Coming from other games, I would have never thought of combining the word 'tutorial' and 'hard' but I guess for fighting games it makes sense. The first time trying I even got frustrated and quit for a while. I think it was mainly because I failed to understand that some moves require precise timing. When I came back, I pulled myself together and after realizing what I was doing wrong, it immediately clicked and the rest of the tutorials were quite simple to complete after that.
After completing the tutorials I can say that I gained a better understanding of what moves to use when in a fighting game (pulling them off in a real battle is a different story still...), which I was not expecting. I thank Skullgirls for that, since I will now certainly try another, more difficult one in the future - perhaps 2nd Encore.
Finally I should mention that I really dig the artstyle and music of this game.

Difficulty: 4/10, Enjoyment: 7/10, Playtime: 8h

 

MX vs ATV Legends: Completed the MX vs ATV series with this one. The game looks good and some of the scenic tracks were quite exciting to explore. However this initial excitement quickly wears off and you are left with a boring grind of endless tracks against really easy AI.

Difficulty: 2/10, Enjoyment: 4/10, Playtime: 20h

 

Path of Exile: This game is huge. Whatever I write here won't do it justice if I want to keep it brief, so I will spare you with the details. One of the best games I have ever played. In my opinion Path of Exile does everything right. The endgame is so rich and exciting and the possibilities are endless. Deeply understanding all the systems is complex and rewarding to learn (literally, as in you will know how to progressively earn more currency as your knowledge expands). If you have an affinity for numbers and min-maxing, this is the game for you. I am very excited for PoE 2.

Difficulty: 6/10, Enjoyment: 10/10, Playtime: 110h

 

Alien: Fireteam Elite: @Mori and @Exhuman1988 were my fireteam. This game was always on our minds, because it's 3-player coop and we heard that it's actually supposed to be quite challenging. So when it came to PS+ we finally went for it. It looks good and the different classes are fun to play, weapons and abilities feel good to use. Unfortunately, the plat is quite boring as a long grind is required to max out everything and you have to play through the story once for each difficulty. Insane difficulty was just a matter of finding the right tunnel to camp in and let all the aliens come towards you. So for the most part, it was not really all that hard.

Difficulty: 5/10, Enjoyment: 5/10, Playtime: 60h

 

[HedleyNEUK]

Tier 2 update- Second game completed

 

Frozen Free Fall: Snowball Fight 0.61%

 

Free to play (if you can resist temptation) candy crush style puzzle game. I enjoyed it in parts, and found it really difficult in parts too. Guide says 1/10 which is based on the ability to buy your way through, but id say its more 6/10 if you stick to it as free to play. 280 main game levels, plus 90 DLC levels, and having to play 50 multiplayers games means it will take quite some time to complete with my PS app showing 82 hours for me. It was a huge time sink so i wouldn't recommend it from a trophy perspective, but was a decent chill game to play on the backbone whilst watching TV with the Mrs.

 

[dieselmanchild]

Tier 1

1. Slender: The Arrival - (2.19% 💯)
2.  Battlefield 3 - (2.74%/0.89%)
3. Vessel - (2.67% 💯)
4.  Call of Duty: Black Ops 1 - (3.70%/0.43%)
5. Outlast - (1.37% 💯)

Tier 2

1.  OlliOlli World (PS4) - (1.28%/0.49%) - Q1 BOUNTY
2.  Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War (PS5) - (3.16%/1.97%)
3.  Path of Exile - (0.57%) - Q4 BOUNTY
4.  Axiom Verge 2 - (3.81%)
5.  Red Faction - (3.63%) - Q1 BOUNTY

Tier 3

1.  Red Faction 2 - 4.47% - Q1 BOUNTY
2. Moto Racer 4 - 73%
3. Ziggurat - 18%
4. Dead Space 3

 

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Hello everyone. It’s been awhile since my last update, but I’ve finished Tier 2 and nabbed a couple more bounties.

 

 #390 - Axiom Verge 2

 

I’ve had this game in the backlog since it came to PS+ a couple years back. Last time I’d looked at it, I didn’t have a PS5 yet. I realized a couple weeks back that the PS5 version actually has some UR trophies so I decided to make some room for this one into my list. Using Optinooby’s brilliant speed run guides I made very quick work of this one and I’m glad for it because in all honesty it really didn’t stand out or resonate with me too much. It had a few unique features but mostly it felt bland, particularly the combat. I’ve played much better metroidvanias since I became fond of the genre a few years ago, but hey, another PS+ game from the backlog done & dusted!

 

 

 #391 - Red Faction

 

Red Faction is a classic FPS game and a goofy dystopian sci-fi from the PS2 era and one that I never had a chance to play. The game is set on Mars, and you play as Parker, a “mine scum” labourer slaving away to the evil Ultor Mining Corporation. The opening scene had me cracking up big time as you watch a miner and guard exchange some nasty words and start shoving each other. Weapons are pulled, shots are fired, and that’s it… the revolution begins! It’s an old game, the ability to remap the controls made it easy to adjust and approach it like a modern FPS, and I found it to be a really enjoyable time once I got into it. The ability to manually save at will made it really easy to push through the hardest spots. The only negative is that the difficulty trophies don’t stack so you have the play through the game 4 times.

 

 #392 - Red Faction 2

 

I got both Red Faction 1 & 2 on sale together for less than $2 a piece and since they are both on the Most Wanted list I decided to play them back to back. Unfortunately Red Faction 2 is pretty awful as far as sequels go. It’s still fun enough as the action ramps up heavily in this game, but it feels almost like it belongs to an entirely different franchise. For one, the actual “Red Faction” revolutionary group is a total afterthought in this game. You cross paths with them a couple times, but the game mainly revolves around a horribly over-the-top crew of walking action cliches. Other than that I hardly knew what was going on, because I really didn’t give a shit. I was just there to shoot and blow stuff up and pop some trophies, and mercilessly the in-game cheats made the unstackable difficulty trophies a non issue with this one.

 

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In other news… I’ve got a few games in the pipeline right now, including many non-UR, but my next entries for this URC event will almost certainly be Moto Racer 4 and Ziggurat. After that my list is likely to change a bit as I’m not entirely decided. I am pretty set on buying Dead Space 3 next time I get paid though as I’ve been wanting to finish that trilogy for quite awhile.

 

I’ve also got my eye on picking up Baldur’s Gate III as I’ve heard incredible things about it and it also happens to be on the MW list. I’ve been getting that RPG itch again lately and think this would be an awesome game to kick off the summer.
 

Finally, I’ve started chipping away at Diablo 2 and am halfway through Hell with my first character, a Barbarian. Once that’s done I plan to switch to offline HC for the rest of the journey. I’m not sure if I’ll finish this one by the end of the year but we’ll see. I did recently pick up XCom2 and it’s DLCs for very cheap so I might shift gears towards chasing that 50 point bounty this summer.

 

I’m having a lot of fun with this event again this year and really enjoy reading all your progress updates. Keep up the good work everyone. 🙂

[XxIsa-GxX]

39 minutes ago, dieselmanchild said:

I’m having a lot of fun with this event again this year and really enjoy reading all your progress updates. Keep up the good work everyone. 🙂

Despite being on two different groups, I remember you from the Squad Wipe sessions when playing Black Ops Cold War. Congrats on clearing that game up!

[dieselmanchild]

27 minutes ago, XxIsa-GxX said:

Despite being on two different groups, I remember you from the Squad Wipe sessions when playing Black Ops Cold War. Congrats on clearing that game up!

Yes I remember, those sessions were wild! By far the largest and most chaotic boosting I’ve done for an online game. I’m very glad you managed to get Party Patrol done as well, I think in the end we got most people the trophy but with such large groups there’s always a few who slip through the cracks. Are you planning to finish the rest of the trophies?

 

Thanks for the kind words & support by the way, I did a write up on my Cold War journey here if you are ever interested in reading about the rest of the platinum journey. Cheers man. 🙂

[Thedah]

@Copanele Hey, I declared God of Rock in Tier 3 when it was UR but now it's no longer UR. If I finish my Tier 3 with a different game, can I still use God of Rock for my Tier 4 list even if it's no longer UR? Once I declared the game, it doesn't matter which Tier I use the game in right?

[Static_Rook]

Second game for Tier 1 done!

 

Metrico (US, Vita) has 6 UR trophies and a 3.82% completion percentage as of today 6/11/2024.

 

I, like a lot of others, got it as a free PS Plus game 10 years ago, played it for like a minute, and then promptly forgot about it. Well, no more! I added it as part of my summer challenge and finally knocked it out over the last couple of days.

 

The trophies, except for one, are more of the annoying kind rather than straight up challenging. There are only 6 levels, and you have to beat each one with certain restrictions for trophies, do a little cleanup, and then go through and grab the collectibles.

 

Nothing too bad, except the trophy for beating the first stage in 42 jumps or less. I tried it when I first started playing it again and couldn't do it. So I did all the other stages, then came back to the first and was finally able to get it once I was more comfortable with the game. Even with the guide it's tough to pull off, mainly because of two puzzles that require some precise timing. If you miss, then it's back to the start of the level to try again. Took about 10 tries with the PS Trophies guide, but I finally got it. Then the collectibles were easy enough with the same guide.

 

Overall, a relatively easy Ultra Rare for a decent game that doesn't run great on the old Vita. But after 10 years, I'm free! No interest in trying to do Metrico+ even though they made the trophy for the first level easier by changing it to 43 jumps or less.

 

Next up, Lone Survivor on Vita. Then probably Quake on PS5, but that one's not locked in yet. We'll see.

 

Tier 1 -
1. Eldest Souls (PS5) 2.51% 6/3/2024
2. Metrico (Vita) 3.62% 6/11/2024

 

[Copanele]

5 hours ago, Thedah said:

@Copanele Hey, I declared God of Rock in Tier 3 when it was UR but now it's no longer UR. If I finish my Tier 3 with a different game, can I still use God of Rock for my Tier 4 list even if it's no longer UR? Once I declared the game, it doesn't matter which Tier I use the game in right?

Yep it doesn't matter. Just keep it there and it should be fine 😁

 

Also for everyone else, I will finally update the lists at the end of this day. Been on a short vacation so the UR event was abit untended, will fix that later on 😁

[FreshFromThaDeli]

On 3/28/2024 at 7:18 PM, FreshFromThaDeli said:

Making a quick swap while it's still UR

 

In: FF7 Rebirth

Out: FIFA 11

 

  Assassin's Creed III (PS3) 

Dark Awake: The King Has no Name

FF7 Rebirth

Them's Fightin' Herds (PS5)

(Most Wanted List) Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom (Vita)

 

  Assassin's Creed III (PS3) 

Dark Awake: The King Has no Name

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth 

Them's Fightin' Herds (PS5)

(Most Wanted List) Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom (Vita)

 

At long last, I have completed this behemoth of a game. I have spent the better part of 3+months to get the Platinum. It is one of the longest games I played to get the Platinum trophy. In fact, it is the second longest single player game I have played for the Platinum behind Red Dead Redemption 2 clocking in at 200 hours 👀

 

A completely unintentional exact 200 hour mark on this game caps off my long and arduous journey completing this game

 

This is a long grindfest of a game that has difficult trophies tied to the endgame.

 

It can be argued that the real difficulty of this game is finding the perseverance to continue grinding to 100% the open world activities, mini games, side quests and the VR missions. I don't want to to make out I hate this game but trophy hunting it is draining and feels like a slog and gets very tedious and repetitive. I quite enjoyed this game for the most part but by the time I had completed all the open world activities, I was exhausted and I still had the hard mode playthrough and the VR missions left to do.

 

I left the VR missions to last after doing the hard mode playthrough to get as many stat upgrades from completing the 14 chapters on hard. The VR missions, more precisely the Brutal and Legendary bouts, are a gauntlet of set bosses and enemies to fight. It's in particular two very difficult bouts 'Rulers of the Outer Worlds' & 'Bonds of Friendship' that require you to beat 10 bosses in a row without dying. If you die, you restart the run and an optimal run with perfectly timed staggers into level 3 magic casts can take 12-13 minutes. It's incredibly demoralising to lose at the 9th boss Bahamut or especially the 10th boss Odin. 

 

It's Bahamut that is the gatekeeper to 'Bonds of Friendship'. I can't tell you how many times I got wiped after he done his particle absorb into overpowered attacks that near enough OHKO me. 'Rulers of the Outer Worlds' was made easier thanks to spamming Yuffie and her Brumal form to fain fast ATB for Aerith and Barrett. Her main role is just to build ATB for the two aforementioned characters so Barrett can tank hits and cast armour on the team whereas Aerith is the spellcaster with her magic power coupled with Arcane Ward that essentially double casts every attack of hers. This was quite honestly the most fun and engaging battle strategy I employed in all 200 hours of playing the game, it's such a shame it was right at the end in a difficulty spike endgame area where RNG can still fuck you over and get you killed.

 

Preparing for this by spending 175 hours on the main game was still nowhere near enough. I had to use highly optimised materia builds found on YouTube. I mainly used @Optinoobyguides which were excellent, very well explained and made it easy to follow along. I recommend using his guides for all the VR battles to have as much advantage as possible going into the fights. A lot of grinding to get the materia all to level 3 is required otherwise you can just forget about it. 

 

After spending 3+ months just playing Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, I'm glad it's over. I enjoyed the ride but I honestly feel so burned out from trophy hunting now and just fancy playing a chill single player game (like Ghost of Tsushima) and not worry about trophies for a bit.

[VersusCA]

Three more for me, all from the PS+ Premium collection - I only have it for the next couple months so wanted to make the most of it!

 

Jimmie Johnson Anything With an Engine (Digital Stack)

 

Deadliest Warrior: Legends

 

Bellator MMA

 

All three of these are super fast completions and can be boosted with just two consoles, meaning if you have a PS4 and a PS5 you can self-boost using streaming. Great games for this event!

 

I will also declare Cricket 24 (PS5) while I'm here as I'm not sure it will stay UR.