Backlog Challenge 2024 - Sign Up Year-Round!

[L0sT_NZ_Kazekage]

Very small update for me, just got done with the GoW: Ragnarok DLC for about 50 points. It was really good! As someone who has been playing this series since the very first game came out, it was cool having the new Kratos reflect on the Greek days, tied everything together nicely. This has motivated me to continue on with the platinum seeing as how close I already am. I expect to be done with that in the next few days  I bounced around a few games after finishing Yakuza K2 and couldn't be bothered, so I'm glad this has held my attention!

Edited March 14 by L0sT_NZ_Kazekage

[Hitman_Spinksy1]

Managed to finish off Fifa 19 finally and a bit annoyed that I didn't get the last online trophy when the servers were up as I'm 1 away from the platinum and could have easily got it but it is what it is and soon hopefully I'll be done with Fifa for good. Also got another Wild Card badge to go with it. 

[adrifected248]

I just got a simple question: as far as I understand I should enter the overall profile percentage to 'Profile' column before I start working with the game? What should I enter if I've already completed some games before attempting this challenge?

[MrHealthy]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11P2L6idvILZWlF9lR4Ml39I19IeahoBOV-ciQ6_KU1s/edit?usp=sharing

 

Well I ground out the 47 story playthrough I needed in Guilty Gear. Ended up messing a few up so had to do a little over 50 total. Wasn't difficult, just tedious. Then knocked out the few other misc trophies I needed, like playing on every stage. All that is left is the time traveler trophy which requires getting to level 860 in survival mode 3 times in a row. I can barely get to level 100. I am just not good enough at inputting traditional fighting game strings for this. Reaction times are just too damn slow. So I think I won't be getting the final trophy is this. I will give it a couple more goes to see if I can find a cheesy strat, but sometimes you just gotta know your limits and shelve a game again.

 

 

Edited March 15 by MrHealthy

[Rebourne07]

11 hours ago, adrifected248 said:

I just got a simple question: as far as I understand I should enter the overall profile percentage to 'Profile' column before I start working with the game? What should I enter if I've already completed some games before attempting this challenge?

Welcome to the challenge  Good question. You can just put your starting percentage as your completion % for all the games you've done so far this year. The % only starts to matter at 80% and since you're at high 60s right now it wont change anything to just put your current % for all those previous games.

[draqilo]

I'm 5th now... This is good but I didn't did I update been a while, because I don't know how to use my spreadsheet...

[Rebourne07]

16 minutes ago, draqilo said:

I'm 5th now... This is good but I didn't did I update been a while, because I don't know how to use my spreadsheet...

What questions do you have about the spreadsheet? I can help

[adrifected248]

Okay, so this is my first update here. I've just finished Crysis 3 and I'm a little step further to finish my backlog.

 

 

[draqilo]

1 hour ago, Rebourne07 said:

What questions do you have about the spreadsheet? I can help

I forgot how to add a section.

[MD_91]

 

Finally completed a game that I didn't start this year so I can post my first update and join the leaderboard, I kind of want to get to 85% before completing too much off my backlog for the extra multiplier

 

 

[Specialcityman]

Next update.
More DLCs completed and the first two real backlog games finished. I think I'll play more DLC until I sit down to play Just Cause 4 or Detroit Become Human. 
I'm also thinking about upgrading my PS Plus to Premium to finish some Ps3 DLC's from the games catalog and with Jak and Daxter The Lost Frontier coming it's one more reason.

I'm looking forward to see my percentage at the end of the year.

 

Since there is no trophy guide for Goat Simulator GoatZ DLC on PSNP, I have used the ratings from Playstation Trophies

 

 

 

[damage_6-9]

@Rebourne07 Alright for me to sign up? Think I have about 750 games on my backlog that I started before 2024, 🙃

[Rebourne07]

4 hours ago, damage_6-9 said:

@Rebourne07 Alright for me to sign up? Think I have about 750 games on my backlog that I started before 2024, 🙃

Heck yeah man, welcome to the challenge! Just make a copy of this template spreadsheet (just replace the games already there with your own games you've completed this year) and that'll calculate your score for you. Then put your score in this google form and you're in  

[Skagarrin]

OK a couple of small additions:

1. A cheeky one I started in December 2023 - Farming Simulator 17 [30 points]

2. A proper backlog game - started in December 2012 - Wonderbook: Book of Spells [31.50 points]

 

I bought Wonderbook: book of Spells for my wife for Christmas and in her excitement to play we dinged the first trophy on my account by mistake [It's dated 25th December 2012]

And there it stayed until I finally got around to playing it on my account to clear it up for this challenge and Rebourne07's Difficulty Challenge 2024.

To be fair the Augmented Reality holds up pretty well given it's age.

A small amount of points, given the difficulty and time, but one I am glad to have ticked off my backlog.

 

Given it's age and a single trophy before this year it does also earn me the Repentance badge..

 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KWaSfUGcLDn41V4J_E5-xxIyIvhbnlPGT29fYmho3VQ/edit#gid=1701472501

[adrifected248]

Another game finished! This time Slender: The Arrival. Very nostalgic one for me, since I was really terrified of Slender Man when I was a kid. I remember when me and all of my friends were gathering in front of one computer and taking turns playing Slender: The Eight Pages back in the day. Beautiful times...

 

 

[vsvpl1501]

Update #3

 

I had a productive weekend. Even after like the 50th replay, the Splinter Cell games are soo good and simply a timeless classic for me. Road to 80% completion continues

 

 

[PocketRobo]

Hello, this is my first time participating in any group challenge. ( :

I already decided to clean my trophy backlog this year (especially PS3 games & Vita) and thought this challenge would motivate me more and be more fun doing it with others.

 

Here are my finished games so far.

Link to my Google spreadsheet.

 

Btw for Hard Corps: Uprising I used the Xbox Achievement guide if it's alright since it's the only guide with both "Time" and "Difficulty". The PlayStation Trophies guide has only Difficulty.

Good Luck to Everyone! : D

[MattbluePT]

So, first time sharing my progress, but already happy with it:

 

 

 

Not that far from the 5000 points for the badge! Just have to keep going.

Edited March 18 by MattbluePT
Noticed a mistake on the badges.

[CorgiBootyy]

Finally a bit of progress for this challenge. Had finished some small things over that last couple months, but boost up my points quite a bit this month so far by finishing off Uncharted 4 DLC, RE5 Versus and now Black Ops II to 100%. Still need to finish off Resident Evil's Desperate Escape DLC to 100% the whole game, but getting the online boosting out of the way was a relief. Black Ops II was a long time coming, but had quite a bit of fun revisiting some of those old maps and truly completing them. Will probably put some focus on Black Ops III again after kind of getting put in the zombies mood.

 

Have been continuing to grind out both Monster Hunter World plats here and there, as well as the royal flush for High Stakes on the Vegas Strip, which is just a turbo controller AFK, but could theoretically take hundreds of hours of doing that still. Also have been playing Spider-Man 2 NG+, will be worth very little points for this challenge when a guide is up, but the game is still a ton of fun to revisit.

 

Completing the VITA versions of R&C 2/3 also puts me at having earned every possible Ratchet & Clank trophy which is pretty cool!

[Rebourne07]

47 minutes ago, CorgiBootyy said:

Finally a bit of progress for this challenge. Had finished some small things over that last couple months, but boost up my points quite a bit this month so far by finishing off Uncharted 4 DLC, RE5 Versus and now Black Ops II to 100%. Still need to finish off Resident Evil's Desperate Escape DLC to 100% the whole game, but getting the online boosting out of the way was a relief. Black Ops II was a long time coming, but had quite a bit of fun revisiting some of those old maps and truly completing them. Will probably put some focus on Black Ops III again after kind of getting put in the zombies mood.

 

Have been continuing to grind out both Monster Hunter World plats here and there, as well as the royal flush for High Stakes on the Vegas Strip, which is just a turbo controller AFK, but could theoretically take hundreds of hours of doing that still. Also have been playing Spider-Man 2 NG+, will be worth very little points for this challenge when a guide is up, but the game is still a ton of fun to revisit.

 

Completing the VITA versions of R&C 2/3 also puts me at having earned every possible Ratchet & Clank trophy which is pretty cool!

Oh man, that’s epic. Resident Evil 5 DLC and Black Ops 2 DLC are trophies I definitely wanna do soon. Any tips on those? Boosting required? Guide difficulty and times accurate? 
 

Also, congratulations on the full Ratchet and Clank series, that’s impressive!

[CorgiBootyy]

2 hours ago, Rebourne07 said:

Oh man, that’s epic. Resident Evil 5 DLC and Black Ops 2 DLC are trophies I definitely wanna do soon. Any tips on those? Boosting required? Guide difficulty and times accurate? 
 

Also, congratulations on the full Ratchet and Clank series, that’s impressive!

Both will definitely require some boosting. If you have access to either 2 PS3’s (or PS5 w/ PS+ Premium) you can boost half of RE5 by yourself, but will need either 2 people or another person with 2 consoles for the 2 “Team” modes. If you get the former you basically cut time in half to be around 9 hours for the versus trophies on PS3. 

 

Black Ops 2 has 2 EEs that require 4 people to do, as well as the 3 Diner Turned trophies. Pretty much everything else can be gotten solo iirc, but most of it is a bit harder solo. Couple misc trophies that require one other person. I got a little lucky and found a group that has a super nice guy that knows all the maps inside and out and is helping a bunch of people. 
 

One tip for the Buried and Die Rise maps is to go for misc trophies first and deposit a lot of points into the banks on those maps, will help a lot going for the EEs and on subsequent runs. Other maps dont have a bank though.

Edited March 20 by CorgiBootyy

[Rebourne07]

1 hour ago, CorgiBootyy said:

Both will definitely require some boosting. If you have access to either 2 PS3’s (or PS5 w/ PS+ Premium) you can boost half of RE5 by yourself, but will need either 2 people or another person with 2 consoles for the 2 “Team” modes. If you get the former you basically cut time in half to be around 9 hours for the versus trophies on PS3. 

 

Black Ops 2 has 2 EEs that require 4 people to do, as well as the 3 Diner Turned trophies. Pretty much everything else can be gotten solo iirc, but most of it is a bit harder solo. Couple misc trophies that require one other person. I got a little lucky and found a group that has a super nice guy that knows all the maps inside and out and is helping a bunch of people. 
 

One tip for the Buried and Die Rise maps is to go for misc trophies first and deposit a lot of points into the banks on those maps, will help a lot going for the EEs and on subsequent runs. Other maps dont have a bank though.

How difficult are those Easter Egg trophies compared to the main game? Cause I remember Tower of Babble being hell on Earth.

[damage_6-9]

On 3/17/2024 at 3:26 AM, Rebourne07 said:

Heck yeah man, welcome to the challenge! Just make a copy of this template spreadsheet (just replace the games already there with your own games you've completed this year) and that'll calculate your score for you. Then put your score in this google form and you're in  

 

Nope, spreadsheet won't let me change a damn thing..... good luck to everyone.

[Hitman_Spinksy1]

28 minutes ago, damage_6-9 said:

 

Nope, spreadsheet won't let me change a damn thing..... good luck to everyone.

You need to click file then make a copy. Then you will have your own that you can edit. 

[damage_6-9]

1 hour ago, Hitman_Spinksy1 said:

You need to click file then make a copy. Then you will have your own that you can edit. 

 Did that... added a couple of games.... saved it..... gone without a trace