Backlog Challenge 2024 - Sign Up Year-Round!

[InfinateEternity]

It's time for my first update of the year, and, with a lot of heavy lifting from SoulCalibur 5, I'm officially in the Bronze Tier! (@Rebourne07) If there are any issues with my calculations, please let me know!

 

 

 

The Legend of Dragoon (PSNP Guide) was a wonderful touch of JRPG nostalgia that has a mature story which starts with you trying to save the protagonist's kidnapped childhood best friend. But, develops into a dragon-filled fantasy tale full of religious allegory & commentary on both racism and classism (with a touch of politics).  Beyond that, there is an exploration on the meaning of family, and human relationships. Features some voice acting, and a great OST, as well as rhythm-based gameplay. Would definitely recommend if you haven't played it yet! (Read my full thoughts: HERE)

 

SoulCalibur 5   (PSNP Guide) was a fighting game clean-up, where I just to grind my profile to level 99 (had 9 levels to go) and finish grinding the 86,700m of movement in battle (which is something I do NOT want to repeat again! - See HERE for more info).

 

 

[MrHealthy]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11P2L6idvILZWlF9lR4Ml39I19IeahoBOV-ciQ6_KU1s/

 

Finished off 2 more.

 

Sea of Stars I started when it hit plus last year. Played through two thirds of it and shelved it for other priority games. Finally sat down and finished the rest. Very solid RPG with a pretty decent trophy list. Just didn't like the artful gambit trophy requiring me to replay a decent chunk of the game in NG+.

 

God of War Ascension I knocked out the single online trophy back in 2019 so it was sitting at 1%. I have been playing several PS3 games lately so figured it was time to actually play the game. It was just okay. Story didn't really feel that important to the series as a whole, and the environments felt a little repetitive. Having not played a God of War game in some time I wasn't really bothered by the game play changes in this entry. Several dumb trophies though that you probably won't get through normal means. The 1000 hit combo is the most egregious. I believe this qualifies for the Repentance badge.

Edited January 14 by MrHealthy

[CorgiBootyy]

Just a couple games done so far, been chipping away at Monster Hunter, but I'm sure that will take me another month at least just for the base game.

Payday was a big one to finally knock out though, just over 11 years completion time. PST guide for that DLC pack I think under-rates the time and difficulty by a few points, but oh well. Will probably start working on finishing up Payday 2 in the next bit now as well.

[DLM1988MUFC]

19 hours ago, Rebourne07 said:

If a game doesn’t have a PSNProfiles guide you can use one from a different reputable site like playstationtrophies.org or PlatPrices.com

 

If there’s literally no guide anywhere then it just can’t count, to keep things objective. Or you could always write the guide yourself and have it submitted here on PSNProfiles. 

 

Thanks, I agree that's the best way 👍 

 

 

Weekly update:

 

[Kirenoxs]

Weekly update, these Arkham City AR Challenges are giving me a hard time but will complete them soon and will move onto other games

 

 

 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1v-r4TcIoXpli0gO-0O6aYLP2d9dywRido7Vpv0uTYtE/edit#gid=1701472501

[Caju_94]

On 1/14/2024 at 1:23 AM, Rebourne07 said:

If a game doesn’t have a PSNProfiles guide you can use one from a different reputable site like playstationtrophies.org or PlatPrices.com

 

If there’s literally no guide anywhere then it just can’t count, to keep things objective. Or you could always write the guide yourself and have it submitted here on PSNProfiles. 

 

Question. Some of the games I am completing have a guide on PlaystrationTrophies, however, they use a time range for estimated time to platinum (for example 6-10 hours). In these cases, should we consider for example, the average? (In this example, 8 hours).

 

Thanks.

[Finch_III]

@Rebourne07, I have a similar question to the poster above RE: timeframes on Playstationtrophies guides. 

 

I'm thinking of doing the Binding of Isaac DLCs. Both Afterbirth+ and Repentance are on PSNProfiles. 

 

But I can only find the first Afterbirth DLC on Playstationtrophies, where it has a timeframe of ... 1 month haha. Is there any way of translating that into something I can use for this challenge? 

[MrHealthy]

@Kirenoxs Your Arkham Knight DLC start dates can be the start date of the base game per this comment (also mentioned in the time multiplier section of the OP);

 

 

Go get that 1.7 multiplier!

[Rebourne07]

@InfinateEternity Congratulations on Bronze tier!!

 

@Kirenoxs Yeah @MrHealthy is right, your start date for DLC is the start date of the base game.

 

@Caju_94 @Finch_III If a game doesn't have a PSNProfiles guide, but is listed on playstationtrophies.org and a time range is given, then you can use the highest number in the range. So if the most voted time option is say, 20-30hrs, then the time estimate for the purposes of this challenge is 30hrs. 

 

 

[CaptainMonkster]

I'd like to get involved in this please, I do every year and always fall off the wagon! Currently at 58.something percent so I'll aim for 66%+

[Finch_III]

1 hour ago, Rebourne07 said:

 

 

@Caju_94 @Finch_III If a game doesn't have a PSNProfiles guide, but is listed on playstationtrophies.org and a time range is given, then you can use the highest number in the range. So if the most voted time option is say, 20-30hrs, then the time estimate for the purposes of this challenge is 30hrs. 

 

 

 

The issue for the guide I've linked is that the timeframe given is '1 month' – which I'm not really sure how to parse into hours haha

[draqilo]

On 12/11/2023 at 4:53 PM, Rebourne07 said:

Backlog Challenge 2024

 

Premise

During the year 2024 finish as much of your backlog as you can. Each game and DLC pack is weighted by difficulty and time estimate. Points are totaled up and you climb the ranks according to your earned points.

 

Rules

• The challenge begins January 1st, 2024 and runs through December 31st, 2024. Anyone can sign up at any time during the year. 
• For a game to count it must have at least one trophy timestamped before January 1st, 2024 and at least one trophy timestamped after January 1st, 2024.
  • Games that do not have one trophy timestamped, but were loaded onto your profile at 0% do not count
  • Games you started in 2024 from scratch do not count
• For a DLC pack to count, the base game or DLC pack must have at least one trophy timestamped before January 1st, 2024 and the DLC pack must be 100% completed after January 1st, 2024.
• It doesn't matter if you're starting from a single trophy earned or a single trophy away from completion. It all counts the same.
• If the game has a platinum trophy, then you must earn the platinum trophy to count it.
• If the game doesn't have a platinum trophy, then you must earn 100% base game trophies to count it.
• For DLC packs, you must get 100% in the DLC pack to count it. Each DLC pack is worth it's own set of points according to it's difficulty / time estimate.
• If a game or DLC pack has a PSNProfiles guide, you must use the difficulty rating and time estimate from that guide. If a game has 2 guides, you can use whichever results in you getting more points.
• If a game does NOT have a PSNProfiles guide, just post and ask if a different official guide with a difficulty rating and time estimate is ok to use if you can find one.
• Auto pops count. Completion is completion.
• When calculating points, please be honest. It'd be too much work to check the math and timestamps on every game for every player so realistically only the top performers on the leaderboard will be checked, but please aim to be as accurate as possible in your calculations and only include games you know you had progress on pre-2024 to keep things fair and fun for everyone.
• Once there are 10+ people in Platinum tier a Top 10 Players chart will be made and kept updated. 
• The longer or harder the game / DLC pack is, the more points it's worth. See the Points and Multipliers section below for details.

 

Points & Multipliers

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• Each platinum, base game 100% or DLC pack you complete is worth: 
  • Difficulty Rating * Time Estimate
• For example...if you had Cyberpunk 2077 in your backlog, having started it pre-2024 and then you platinum'd it in 2024 you would earn:
  • 
    • Difficulty Rating = 3/10
    • Time Estimate = 85hrs
    • 3 * 85 = 255 points
• Or say you completed 100% trophies in the Resident Evil 7: Biohazard - Banned Footage Vol. 1 DLC pack then you would earn:
  • 
    • Difficulty Rating = 7/10
    • Time Estimate = 15hrs
    • 7 * 15 = 105 points

 

 

• PROFILE MULTIPLIERS: The larger your backlog, the more options you have to earn points. However, for those with higher completion rates:
  • Profile at 80%+ completion => All points for each game past that completion level are multiplied by 1.25x
  • Profile at 85%+ completion => All points for each game past that completion level are multiplied by 1.50x
  • Profile at 90%+ completion => All points for each game past that completion level are multiplied by 1.75x
  • Profile at 95%+ completion => All points for each game past that completion level are multiplied by 2.00x
• SYSTEM MULTIPLIERS: Special incentive is given to go back and do games outside the typical PS4/PS5 ecosystem: 
  • PSVR or PSVR2 games => All points for each VR game are multiplied by 1.25x
    • The game must require VR, not just have an optional VR mode.
  • PS Vita games => All points for each Vita game are multiplied by 1.5x
    • The game must be Vita only or PS3+Vita: 
      •  counts for the multiplier
      •  counts for the multiplier
      •  does NOT count for the multiplier
  • PS3 games => All points for each PS3 game are multiplied by 1.5x
    • The game must be PS3 only or PS3+Vita:
      •  counts for the multiplier
      •  counts for the multiplier
      •  does NOT count for the multiplier
      •  does NOT count for the multiplier
• TIME MULTIPLIERS: The longer a game has been in your backlog, the more points it's worth:
  • Once you complete the game, look at the time to platinum / time to complete: 
    • If this time is anything less than 1 year, it does NOT qualify for a multiplier
    • If this time is 1 year or greater, then a multiplier is applied using the formula: 1.Years
      • Ex: Platinum/Completed in 1 year+ => 1.1x
      • Ex: Platinum/Completed in 4 years+ => 1.4x
      • Ex: Platinum/Completed in 12 years+ => 2.2x
      • Etc.
    • Months are irrelevant. Only years count. 11 months is not a year.
    • This applies to DLC too. Even if you platinum'd the game forever ago. If you finish the DLC in 2024, then it qualifies for this multiplier. 
      • To find your start date for DLC, just use the First Trophy Date on the base game: 
• COMPLETION MULTIPLIER: For games with unobtainable / impossible-for-you trophies, you can get partial credit. 
  • This multiplier requires a bit more tracking. Take note of your Start % before beginning a game that you know you either can't or won't get 100% on and record it on the Google Sheet. It's hidden by default so you'll need to expand the two hidden section between columns E&H and columns L&N.
  • After getting as far as you can/will, record your End % and your Completion multiplier will be calculated for you. The formula is End% - Start% / 100. 
    • 
• All modifiers stack!

 

Badges & Hall of Fame

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As an added bonus to help keep everyone engaged in their backlogs even after hitting Platinum tier, there are badges you can earn. These will only be applied to those in Platinum tier on the leaderboards (5k+ points). If your backlog completions for the year have earned you a badge, just tag me and I'll add it to the leaderboards. 

 

•  Arduity - Finish a game or DLC Pack of anything with a difficulty rating of 9 or 10
•  Blood, Sweat and Tears - Earned 5k points even if you removed any outliers (1k+ completions)
•  Closure - Finish a game that you started your first year of trophy hunting 
•  Drop in the Bucket - Completed a game or DLC for 1 point (before or after modifiers)
•  Finishing Touch - Platinum or 100% the base game of a true backlog game (1 year+) you already had 50%+ done
•  Got ‘Er Done - Completed 4+ DLC packs on a single game
•  One Shot - Reached 1250 points with a single game (game + DLCs ok)
•  Phew - Platinum or 100% a game with servers shutting down in 2024
•  Repentance - Take a true backlog game (1 year+) from <10% to 100%
•  Round 2 - Finish all DLC on a game you platinumed over half your profile’s age ago

 

Hall of Fame

• Most Points - TBD
• Most Completions - TBD
• Most DLC Packs - TBD
• Most Points from a Single Game - TBD
• Most Points from a Single DLC Pack - TBD
• Most VR Completions - TBD
• Most PS3 Completions - TBD
• Most Vita Completions - TBD
• Longest Completion - TBD
• Players with 8+ Badges - TBD

 

To sign up, just comment below!

• All you have to say is that you want to join, but you could post some other information if you want to like your starting profile %, backlog related goals for the year and/or games you're planning on doing on your way to Platinum tier on the leaderboards.
• If you're joining mid-year, you can just calculate up the points you've earned up to this point and post that to get started.
• Here's an EXAMPLE Spreadsheet with Formulas by @Xylobe to help track your progress. Please use screenshots of this spreadsheet or links to a personal copy to update us every time you earn new points  Tag me each time you hit a new tier or get another 1,000 points above Platinum tier and I'll update the leaderboards. 
• To make a personal copy of the spreadsheet, go to the link and go to File -> Make a copy. Then just bookmark that and put your game information in it and post that link each time you complete a game. 

• Upon reaching Platinum tier you can put the challenge's signature badge in your signature if you so choose:

 

Leaderboards

 5000+ Points Earned

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You officially finish the challenge at 5,000 points. However, for every 1,000 points after your initial 5k you earn a prestige .

 

 Shyjun - 

 

 3750+ Points Earned

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No one has earned this tier yet...

 

 2500+ Points Earned

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VersusCA

 

 1250+ Points Earned

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Xylobe

DLM1988MUFC

InfinateEternity

 

I'm coming with over 20k+ points after I earn Fortnite platinum as all 3 stacks and I got roblox and cold war 100%, roblox for the 1 point badge, I'm finishing my last 30 zones and I'm the king with over 4 prestiges.

[Rebourne07]

On 1/15/2024 at 8:37 AM, Finch_III said:

@Rebourne07, I have a similar question to the poster above RE: timeframes on Playstationtrophies guides. 

 

I'm thinking of doing the Binding of Isaac DLCs. Both Afterbirth+ and Repentance are on PSNProfiles. 

 

But I can only find the first Afterbirth DLC on Playstationtrophies, where it has a timeframe of ... 1 month haha. Is there any way of translating that into something I can use for this challenge? 

Sorry, I looked further into it and yeah...wtf, that's a hard one. Really in terms of this challenge that kinda makes that guide useless cause it needs to have a difficulty and time estimate to work. I'd say we could estimate what a month is...but that's so wishy washy that it would be pretty much guessing and hurt the integrity of the points system. The best solution, though far from ideal cause of how much work is involved, would be for you to complete it then write a guide for it here on psnprofiles and use that rating and time estimate once its published. Either that or just not get points for those DLC trophies. idk, that's a hard one man.

 

13 hours ago, draqilo said:

I'm coming with over 20k+ points after I earn Fortnite platinum as all 3 stacks and I got roblox and cold war 100%, roblox for the 1 point badge, I'm finishing my last 30 zones and I'm the king with over 4 prestiges.

Haha holy crap that's epic. Please fill out a copy of the Google Sheet with your values and post either a screenshot of it or a shareable link to your copy and I'll update the leaderboards

[Xylobe]

13 hours ago, draqilo said:

I'm coming with over 20k+ points after I earn Fortnite platinum as all 3 stacks and I got roblox and cold war 100%, roblox for the 1 point badge, I'm finishing my last 30 zones and I'm the king with over 4 prestiges.

 

Didn't Roblox just get its trophy list like a week ago? I don't think you'll be able to claim points on it unless I've misunderstood the rules.

[Finch_III]

23 minutes ago, Xylobe said:

 

Didn't Roblox just get its trophy list like a week ago? I don't think you'll be able to claim points on it unless I've misunderstood the rules.

 

Yeah, I don't think they can use Roblox. Not only did they register their first trophy for it in 2024, but also I couldn't find a guide for it anywhere. Which I guess makes sense given the trophy list is so fresh haha. 

 

 

44 minutes ago, Rebourne07 said:

Sorry, I looked further into it and yeah...wtf, that's a hard one. Really in terms of this challenge that kinda makes that guide useless cause it needs to have a difficulty and time estimate to work. I'd say we could estimate what a month is...but that's so wishy washy that it would be pretty much guessing and hurt the integrity of the points system. The best solution, though far from ideal cause of how much work is involved, would be for you to complete it then write a guide for it here on psnprofiles and use that rating and time estimate once its published. Either that or just not get points for those DLC trophies. idk, that's a hard one man.

 

Ah, that makes sense. I don't think I'll be writing the guide for it tbh haha. 

[Sephiroth-22-]

Update # 2. I've highlighted my new completions in green.

 

Limbo was a big win for me. I was 1 trophy (the 5 or less death run) away for 6 years. Thanks to this event, I found the motivation to go back and get it done. I also made more progress on Valhalla. Got 4 more DLC lists to go! Not looking forward to the Mastery Challenges though. Lastly, Borderlands 3 is a game I only play co-op with a buddy from out of state. The progress is gonna be slow, but we're hopping to play through all of the DLC's this year.

 

I've been enjoying reading through everyone's updates so far. Best of luck!

 

[Kirenoxs]

On 1/15/2024 at 9:40 AM, MrHealthy said:

@Kirenoxs Your Arkham Knight DLC start dates can be the start date of the base game per this comment (also mentioned in the time multiplier section of the OP);

 

 

Go get that 1.7 multiplier!

 

20 hours ago, Rebourne07 said:

@InfinateEternity Congratulations on Bronze tier!!

 

@Kirenoxs Yeah @MrHealthy is right, your start date for DLC is the start date of the base game.

 

@Caju_94 @Finch_III If a game doesn't have a PSNProfiles guide, but is listed on playstationtrophies.org and a time range is given, then you can use the highest number in the range. So if the most voted time option is say, 20-30hrs, then the time estimate for the purposes of this challenge is 30hrs. 

 

 

Great! thank you both @MrHealthy and @Rebourne07 sorry I didn't fully understand the rules as english is not my main language

 

I have updated my sheet with start dates of the base games

 

 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1v-r4TcIoXpli0gO-0O6aYLP2d9dywRido7Vpv0uTYtE/edit#gid=1701472501

[DrunkenEngineer]

How did you find the Arkham Knight Community Challenge Pack @Kirenoxs?  I've got Arkham City and Arkham Knight clean up on my list for this year and those challenges look like a big roadblock.

[viech54]

 

Cleared my second entry, Final Fantasy XIV - Endwalker: Newfound Adventure DLC. For the start date, I put in the start date of the DLC. Both the main game and the DLC were started last year, so doesn't make a difference, point-wise. Or should I put the start date of the main game here? @Rebourne07

 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18ZvWJClmFZSyTVgcbEwTKAmmPNCl3Pu2_7tppFzjm-o/

[Hitman_Spinksy1]

 

Finally on the board and my god that turned into one grind fest at the end but such a brilliant game and happy to have finally got around to finishing it 

[Rebourne07]

1 hour ago, viech54 said:

 

Cleared my second entry, Final Fantasy XIV - Endwalker: Newfound Adventure DLC. For the start date, I put in the start date of the DLC. Both the main game and the DLC were started last year, so doesn't make a difference, point-wise. Or should I put the start date of the main game here? @Rebourne07

 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18ZvWJClmFZSyTVgcbEwTKAmmPNCl3Pu2_7tppFzjm-o/

Start date of the main game is what should be used for all DLC on any game. In this case it might not make a difference, but I'd say keep it all consistent with the base game start date for everything just in case. 

[Caju_94]

Time for update no.2

 

 

 

I was not expecting the next three entries on my entries to be these ones, but it happened. Meanwhile, I started a new game, hence why my percentage didn't raise that much between the first and second game.

 

On Super Toy Cars (https://www.playstationtrophies.org/forum/topic/265134-super-toy-cars-trophy-guide-and-roadmap/), I only had a trophy left, where I had to drive for a total of 500 miles, so after a couple of hours driving around in races I finally got the 100%.

 

Goat Simulator was one of these games I had to platinum for a long time because... Well, I got it more for curiosity and as a sandbox for fun in the first days. Finally managed to get all the collectibles and misc trophies left and even finish one of the DLCs. I am planning to finish the other 3 DLCs as well.

 

I am tackling various games, especially Blur (PS3), since I know it will give me quite a big number of points.

 

I am also completing a tab in my own event Excel, where I am putting all the games of my backlog eligible for the event so I can predict the points they will give and strategize.

 

Edited January 16 by Caju_94

[Kirenoxs]

On 1/16/2024 at 1:41 PM, DrunkenEngineer said:

How did you find the Arkham Knight Community Challenge Pack @Kirenoxs?  I've got Arkham City and Arkham Knight clean up on my list for this year and those challenges look like a big roadblock.

 

hi @DrunkenEngineer for Arkham Knight not too bad, the one I had major trouble was "the curtain falls" since you need to get a perfect free flow in all 4 rounds.

 

On the other hand, Arkham City, oh Jesus, Catwoman challenges were very hard for me, since I did first the ones in Arkham Knight and the gameplay is way smoother and faster, I felt like I didn't move fast enough, I read that Catwoman challenges are the hardest in Arkham City tho., I'm doing now Nightwing and Robin and those don't seem too bad, since you can complete Black Mask and Wayne Manor for medals.

 

Anyways, I noticed my formula was not adding up all rows so I modified it and I my points almost doubled 🤦‍♂️

 

 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1v-r4TcIoXpli0gO-0O6aYLP2d9dywRido7Vpv0uTYtE/edit#gid=1701472501

[Rebourne07]

Platinum #281: Skyrim PS4

 

 

And just like that I hit bronze tier! This one is huge and part of my 100% all versions of Skyrim project so this is the first of many posts involving Skyrim for me and definitely the biggest point wise. 

 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12CF6g-9pdODbmfEFClwRA8A5-P9Dhjmjc4r0QHpTLMo/edit?usp=sharing

Edited January 18 by Rebourne07

[draqilo]

I need 1 more missions for fortnite platinum. I already did my spreedsheet so I'm waiting until i can get platinum to share with you. Points count: 22 607.