Spring 2024 Backlog Challenge

[ProfSeajay7]

On 4/2/2024 at 10:02 PM, ProfSeajay7 said:

(6) Secret of Mana (1%)
(7) Trials of Mana (0%)
(8) Legend of Mana (7% => 10%)
(9) Dragon Quest Builders 2 (100%)
(10) Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom (PS5) (7%)

 

Still alive, folks. I'm slowly chipping away at Legend of Mana every morning. I will have more time to hack into my games after I earn this final trophy for FFXIV and get the platinum. The fact that it's raining doesn't help my mood considering that lightning might show up and force me to black out to avoid a power outage which would ruin my progress. Spring is something just mean that way. ⛈️

[Redblaziken8]

Update 4:

 

1. Enslaved Odyssey to the West PS3 0%

2. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater PS3 0% > 41% > 54% > 100%

3. Deathloop PS5 13%

4. Flipping Death PS4 0%

5. LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean 0% > 34% > 100%

6. Batman Arkham Origins PS3 34%  

7. Bioshock 30% PS3

8. Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time PS5 0%

9. The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker PS4 0%

10. Evoland PS4 0%

11. Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker PS3 0% > 11% > 16%

12. L.A. Noire PS4 0%

13. Tiny Tina Wonderlands PS5 0% > 100%

14. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince PS3 0% > 100%

15. LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars PS3 13% > 100%

16. Monkey Island 2: Le Chuck's Revenge PS3 0%

17. Prince of Persia: Sands of Time PS3 0%

18. Haven PS5 0% > 17% > 100%

19. Chicken Police PS4 0%

20. Sly 2: Band of Thieves PS3 0% 

21. LEGO Lord of the Rings PS3 0% 

22. Shadow of the Colossus PS4 0% 

 

Games complete: 6/22

Swaps: 1

 

Beat 3 games to add another 4 more, pretty typical for me at this point! 😂 It's been a fun couple of weeks anyway and have a lot to update.

 

Tiny Tina Wonderlands > 100% 

 

I started this one off similar to how I felt with Borderlands 3, it was a really rubbish start and we were both wondering why we keep choosing mediocre co-op games to play and only being able to play a couple of hours without being pretty bored and jaded with it. It picked up though like Borderlands 3 did, I think after chapter 4, but most of the best content in the game comes from the side quests imo. The Overworld is cool in concept but the random Pokemon like encounters element is a weird feature that just shouldn't be in a Borderlands-esk game. Pretty weird. Also what's really weird about this game is the lack of a substantial soundtrack, most of the time you're just killing enemies to like no background music, it's really strange and considering how good Borderlands 2 was for this that was super disappointing. Also the DLCs are absolute crap, just the same killing enemies over and over for each of the 4 DLCs, and then it's do it on 3 more difficulty levels after. SUUUUPER tedious. Glad that's over with. The guns don't have that same punch from Borderlands 3 either, but again it picks up more as you unlock more spells, more weapons and especially the introduction of the second class to give you access to different action skills and other stuff.

 

I sound like I hate this game but I don't, genuinely had a lot of fun with a lot of the side quests, especially the ones related to trophies because you got to go to a cool new area, and each are well designed and contain their own unique side quests. One was a really beautiful oasis that was stunning and another a world designed on the magic beanstalk, absolutely stunning and we both had a lot of fun with these. The humour was really funny at times and there's some that really stand out to me, seeing Geralt of Rivia as an absolute asshole in one of the quests being one of them, and Claptrap trying to talk up all the ladies with a new voice. 

 

I'm glad I played this one anyway and I'd still recommend it. If you're not a 100% completion whore like me though, do yourself a favour and just get the plat and leave the DLC. I paid £6 and even that was too much. That's saying something, like I'm a cheap ass but yeah, this DLC sucks and it feels like it was just a cash grab with next to no creativity or thought put into it. It's not Mad Moxxii from BL1 bad, but it's bad. 

 

Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater > 100% 

 

Well I absolutely loved my second playthrough of this, and yeah I watched all the cutscenes again. I normally wouldn't after just playing the game but I wanted to see how knowing what was going to happen would affect my enjoyment of the game. I really loved it, probably even more so this time around and I'm interested to see where Big Boss' character goes so yeah, on to more Peace Walker sometime soon! I popped it as my 125th milestone just to show some love for the MGS series, it took me way too long to play these games but I'm glad to finally be playing them now absolutely years later.

 

LEGO: Pirates of the Caribbean 100% 

 

This is what me and Rob were playing before we got to Tiny Tina, honestly it's probably the best of the 3 LEGO games I've played so far, absolutely nothing in it is tedious and you can get the True Pirate on the first playthrough of the levels too which is nice. Enjoyed the experience a lot so I've pestered Rob about playing another LEGO game with me hence adding LOTR to my list, thankfully he's happy to play these with me 😅. It's so satisfying popping that 100% completion trophy along with the platinum. 

 

Going to be getting to Chicken Police this week since I fancy playing it before it leaves the service, and then get to Sly Cooper 2 and some BioShock I reckon. More Black Ops II off challenge as well more than likely. 

 

 

Edited April 13 by Redblaziken8

[viech54]

Update #07

 

The Sinking City

 

I'm just not good at choosing truly great games this time around. FFIX has a great story, characters, world, and music, but bad optional trophies. Dragon Quest Heroes is bugged and I was lucky to complete it at all. The Sinking City has terrible combat.

 

Even on the lowest difficulty setting, enemies take way too many hits to kill and can defeat the player in 2 or 3 hits. Depending on the enemy, of course, but any enemy besides the most basic one can be a threat. Could make for an interesting game, if executed properly. Which it isn't, imo. The player's movement is not made for these encounters, the way to go is to run away/past enemies and avoid fighting if the enemies don't have to be killed. There are other ways of getting EXP besides killing enemies and it's better to preserve your resources. While these resources are limitless, you can just use them on the enemies you have to fight instead of going back to farming spots every now and then.

 

So, yes, the game would be better without combat or with more polished combat. Which is a bit of a shame. The rest of the game, such as the atmosphere, the world, the story, and the characters are not bad. I want to see more of that. The game is based on Lovecraftian/cosmic horror, which is a theme I like. They're doing a good job at portraying that so far.

 

Now, will I finish it? Probably. I might take turns and alternate between this game and any of the others. Can't be bothered to deal with mediocre combat for extended periods of time. Good thing the game is not that long.

 

_____________

 

Anyway, take care, good luck with your lists!

 

Games:

1. Final Fantasy IX: 11% -> 17% -> 28% ->71% -> 100%
2. Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below: 45% -> 80% -> 100%
3. A King's Tale: Final Fantasy XV: 0%
4. Hogwarts Legacy: 0%
5. The Sinking City: 3% -> 9%

Games completed: 2/5

Swaps used: 0/3

Swaps:

[Slifer1945]

update.

diofield chronicle ps4 18%-39% trophies unlocked! chapter 2 now lvl 21 i enjoy the story and its my first time i play tactical rpg game aswell,this one will be next to platinum!

 

and i do also a game that is not from this challenge!

 

dragonball xenoverse 2 98%.

last dlc trophie is from hero coliseum i have beaten some characters in hero coliseum almost there!

 

devil may cry 4 special edition 5%

got to mission 6 i going to play this one back once i finished dragonball xenoverse 2!

i hope i can finish dragonball xenoverse 2 so i can delete the game and moving to the next one.

 

the games i'm playing are!

 

1.the diofield chronicle 

2.dragonball xenoverse 2

3.devil may cry 4 special edition

 

those are 3 ps4 games it wil keep me busy!

 

 

 

[Mr_Wright95]

Update #5

Progress Since Last Update:

 

• Wreckfest 100%
• Ape Escape (40%) -> (74%)
• The Knight Witch (12%)
• Hello Neighbor 2 (28%) -> (100%)
• Untitled Goose Game (0%)
• PGA 2K23 (72%) -> (97%)
• Twisted Metal 2 (0%)
• Moving Out 2 (37%)

 

EDIT:

I somehow forgot Prodeus was on my list of games I submitted originally and have omitted it from past updates, I have not made any progress on that one as yet.

• Prodeus (18%)

 

 

Solid progress since last update with Game #2 of 9 finished!

 

Ape Escape: Solid progress with this one. I think I have about 4 levels left before I finish the game / get the Platinum so this one should be finished by next update.

 

Hello Neighbor 2: Despite bugging on me and forcing me to replay this from the beginning I was able to knock this one out and get this one completed. A solid enough game that builds suspense well, but nothing spectacular.

 

PGA 2K23: Still a little bit to go with this one despite the trophy %. The last grind trophy is taking a lot longer than I anticipated and has stalled my progress through the rest of the list. Pretty good golfing game though and I have enjoyed my time with it. Hopeful to also have this one finished by next update!

Edited April 10 by Mr_Wright95

[rjkclarke]

Update #3

 

1. Mass Effect 3 (PS3) 43%
2. Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One (PS5) 0%
3. Blacksad: Under The Skin (PS4) 0%
4. Tiny Tina's Wonderlands (PS5) 0%>100% ✅
5. Dreamfall Chapters (PS4) 0%
6. The Last Guardian (PS4) 0% > 100%✅
7. Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions (PS3) 0%
8. Mafia: Definitive Edition (PS4) 0%
9. BioShock Infinite (PS4) 0%
10. Haven (PS5) 0%>100% ✅
11. Metal Gear & Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake (PS5) 0%
12. Never Alone (PS4) 0%> 100% ✅
13. Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (PS5) 0%
14. Shenmue III (PS4) 0%
15. Dishonoured 2 (PS4) 0%

Games Completed

4/15

 

Swaps Used 2/3

Tchia---> Meat Gear & Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake (PS5)

Dead Island Riptide (PS4)---> Tiny Tina's Wonderlands (PS5)

 

Time for another update....

 

I guess I'll get this one out of the way quickly.... @Redblaziken8 and I knocked out Tiny Tina's Wonderlands the last week, as we had a decent amount of time off, considering how neither of us have been particularly glowing with what we've had to say about it, it's a surprise that we managed to get through it that quickly.

 

I didn't hate it - but I didn't love it either.... but at least I ended up rather enjoying it, as in the early stages of the game.... I was like, "Oh no..... why have I added this awful game to my trophy list"..... Funnily enough, I tend to prefer keeping that feeling to a minimum

 

Thankfully the game did get better, some of the optional areas the game boasts are absolutely stunning, and really are very well designed areas that are really enjoyable to traverse and explore. I wish the gunplay had a felt a little more impactful than it does, but I think part of that is down to the really poor sound design in this game, where it seems as if the bare minimum was the benchmark at all times in this aspect of the game, which I always think is a shame, as good sound design, or use of a soundtrack can enhance something by so much.

 

I have written a bit more about this game in a status update, and I guess if you want to see me doing my best Abe Simpson yelling at a cloud impression I'll put it below, it feels very out of character for me ....

 

Spoiler

This is an odd little game, it has some infrequent high points, and some really overwhelmingly bad low points, which, since Borderlands 3, seems to be a bit of a recurring theme in the Borderlands series.

 

Don't get me wrong, I did enjoy this game, quite a lot in the end. However, I think it helped I was playing it in co-op with @Redblaziken8.... I honestly think playing this game solo would be a pretty empty feeling experience.

When I said there were lows, there's some real lows too - I always try and find a positive wherever possible, but for a while I was really struggling with it in this game. the first third of the game is mediocre, devoid of interesting content or characters, and the characters you do meet just feel a bit empty.

 

Speaking of empty...apparently the sound designers, and sound department didn't read the email about creating a soundscape, or a soundtrack, as so much of this game is very devoid of sound, which just adds to the empty feeling it has in places..... Or..... like my theory the numbnuts blew the entire budget for soundtracks on the licensed music in the credits....

 

Also, whilst I'm still on a little negative train about the bad points - this game has some of the worst DLC I've ever played, it's bland, repetitive, accompanied by a really irritating character who you constantly just want to mute whenever she speaks.... and it's borderline criminal that Gearbox charge £8 a DLC pack for something so shallow and empty....

 

God I sound like a right grumpy boy eh....

 

The game does get significantly better though, and I did end up rather enjoying it, the best content in the game definitely comes in the form of it's side quest, and side content, that contained some very funny moments, and some pretty good parodies of popular IP's.

 

With Borderlands you at least can be pretty sure the gameplay will deliver, and I think it does, I just don't think you ever quite feel as powerful as you can in other Borderlands games where you can lay waste to an entire screen very quickly, and in an absolutely satisfying way.

 

I did really enjoy my time with Never Alone though, which I thought was a fascinating little puzzle/platformer indie adventure type thing. I've actually been meaning to play that for such a long time, and that's usually what I tend to put on these backlog challenge lists, games that I've been meaning to get around to but never quite have....

 

Well, with this one - I'm so glad that I did. It's ironic really, as one of my best friends played this not too long ago himself, after I recommended it to him, but he got to it before I did... Funny how that goes.

 

Honestly though, if you want both a relaxing experience, and an educational one too, then this is the game for you. I don't mean boring educational either where someone just drills facts into your brain, like an unhinged roadside worker, I mean interesting educational, where you end up taking an active interest in the stories, traditions, and thought processes of the cultures represented here. 

 

Never Alone, has a real heart and soul (well, not strictly a real one, but you know what I mean ) it might be a little finicky sometimes with its controls and its gameplay, but the story it's trying to tell, and the meaning behind it resonated with me quite a bit. I also liked how the games writer, repurposed one of his Grandfather's stories, and personal experiences, but shaped it in an organic way to make an interesting piece of narrative, this was also done incredibly well with the games DLC.

 

I really would recommend giving this game a go at some point if the interest ever takes any of you.

 

I'll put a bit more waffle about it in a spoiler bubble below.

 

Spoiler

After playing a pretty intensive game with an animal companion recently in The Last Guardian, I decided I wanted to scratch a bit of an indie itch again, so I decided to dive straight in with Never Alone.

 

I really enjoyed this game, outside of recommending people play it for themselves, which I absolutely do! There's not all that much I can say about it really that doesn't give away too much plotwise, and it's worth experiencing both the story, and the DLC story, and paying attention to the moral messages within both.

 

The game itself is only around three hours long, then about five when you factor in the DLC. But it's very much worth your time.

 

I'm pretty glad this game doesn't have any deathless speedruns or anything like that, as it's got some really finicky, and sometimes very janky platforming, where your characters can just occasionally get stuck on scenery, but it's not anything infuriating, and didn't at all hinder the experience for me.

I did rather enjoy how the game encourages using the environment to your advantage in certain places, where its clearly drawn some heavy inspiration from Limbo. Which of course, is no bad thing. 

 

I really love it when games hailing from less explored cultures or areas get to educate its audience on customs and traditions through gameplay. Never Alone does this in a really fascinating way, as it's collectibles, titled "cultural insights," are really smoothly polished, and well crafted mini FMV documentaries exploring some of the customs and traditions and why importance is placed on them within the games narrative.

 

All in all, I'm very glad that I played this, and it made me quite interested to explore whether there's any cinema out there that explores Inupiat culture, as I think you could do some really creative things with so many of the small stories that are told just during those mini documentaries.

 

What's next though?

 

As far as games on my list go, I'm really not sure I'm thinking it'll probably be Metal Gear 1 and 2, but I'm currently making my way through BioShock 2, I literally took a break from playing it to post this update, and I'm finally closing in on the platinum after basically thirteen years.... so erm... no time at all, right?

 

That might make me a little bit more motivated to start up BioShock Infinite, as y'know.... I'm like over ten years late to the party on that one, but oh well.... What's new with me

 

I'm also thinking of staying aboard the PS3 train for a bit, and finally cleaning up Mass Effect 2 and 3 whilst I'm back enjoying playing on that console again, (although one of those won't count for this challenge) I do plan on playing Metal Gear 1 and 2 soon though, as @Redblaziken8 has gotten me back in a bit of a Metal Gear Solid mood again lately, and I'm pretty eager to add another Metal Gear platinum to my collection.

 

Whatever happens, I'll still be reading all of your updates, and I'll catch you all in the next one!!

Edited April 10 by rjkclarke

[whodeygamer]

Update 2

 

1. Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus 

2. Sly 2: Band of Thieves - 0% > 34%

3. Sly 3 Honor Among Thieves Medievil

4. Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time Tales of Kenzara: Zau

5. Severed 0% > 3%
 

Swaps used: 2/3

 

 

After playing part of sly 2, realizing that I’m just not having fun with it, and seeing that the following games in the series are longer than 2, I’ve decided to do away with the full vita theme and use 2 of my swaps on upcoming ps plus games.

[Heather342]

Update #6

 

Hi everyone, hope you are having a great week 😊 

 

I haven't managed to get much time on my challenge games this week, but I was able to knock out my first completion with Rayman Origins. I managed to get through all of the remaining levels in the main part of the game without too much trouble, picking up all the remaining collectables and speed runs after a couple of tries. The last Tricky Treasure wasn't too bad either. Once you finish all those and have all the skull teeth, it opens up the secret area to the final final boss - The Land of the Livid Dead. O.....M.....G that level is so difficult 😅. Took me many hours of trial and error to get through it, thank god there's no extra objectives in this level and a decent checkpoint system!

 

Other than that, I made a start on Solar Ash. I've cleared the first two areas and the bosses. I'm liking this game a lot, although I need to get better at taking down the anomalies and remnants. The game doesn't really explain what you have to do to destroy them, but I figured it out after dying a bunch of times 😅. This is another indie game that doesn't take a huge amount of time to complete, so I'm taking my time to get to grips with it. It needs multiple playthroughs for the plat anyway, as there is a speed run trophy and a hardcore difficulty trophy. Hopefully I get better at it the more I play, the hardcore run is apparently pretty difficult! 

 

That's all I got this week, catch you guys next time!

 

Trophy progress:

- Rayman Origins -> 54 > 100%

- Strayed Lights -> 81%

- Solar Ash -> 0 > 11%

 

Pending games:

- Tunic 0%

- Sea of Stars 0%

- Eternights 0%

[CurseBanette]

Final Fantasy XIII-2 completed! Collecting all the 160 fragments turned out to be more entertaining than I expected. Immediately using a guide for the quiz related fragments was a must, or else frustration was all I was going to get lol. There was a fragment requiring to complete the bestiary and I got the opportunity to find and battle some really cool monsters, in particular the bosses and the monsters appearing from the void/rifts, especially the Don Tonberry and Raspatil. I am thankful there was no need to catch all the catchable monsters, meaning that prof. Oak stayed in Pokèmon lol. Still, it was very cool every time I accidentally caught a new monster, in particular the Proto Behemoth. Also, the monsters require so many materials to fully develop. I do not hate grinding, but I rather avoid it. So I powered up the monsters I use in my party the best I can without too much grinding and it was still enough to get the platinum. The fragments related to the casino were so unneseccary lol. Very glad auto-play was an option, all I needed was to find a way to keep holding the L1 button. So I stuck my controller between my Xbox 360 and Dreamcast (yay I finally got to "use" them again XD), so L1 stayed pressed and in this way I let autoplay enabled for the casino slot machine. Went to dinner, and upon returning I barely earned enough casino coins (10.000) for the trophy to pop lol. Glad that it was this quick and I did not even need to do the chocobo races then. Excellent platinum, one of my favourites!

 

16 games left and 96%+ completion rate! I stated multiple times that 99% is my goal, but the closer I get, the more I realize I want the 100% instead lol. Games like Dead Or Alive 5 and Star Ocean 4 will have something to say about it XD. Oh well, one step at a time. 97% is next.

 

7. Shining Resonance (PS3-Japan) - 44% --> 97%

Back to the games I chose for this challenge, I resumed Shining Resonance and I am close to the platinum. 1 trophy left. Again, me avoiding grinding caused me to be severely under leveled in the end game and post game, making battles much harder lol. And guess which trophy I am missing: the one requiring one character to reach level 100 XD. And thank god it's only 1 character. Kirika and Rinna are my highest leveled characters, both level 88, but Kirika has a few thousands more exp points. In my party (4 characters), at first I was mainly playing as Kirika because her being an Archer and Healer made battles and boss fights much easier to win. For the endgame and post game, resources became easier to acquire, so I decided to mainly play as Rinna and go nuts with her very powerful magic attacks. I used A LOT of MP restoration items XD. I mostly played long-ranged then. Oh yeah, this jrpg game was released only in Japan, so the game is completely in Japanese lol. But I still knew what I was doing because I already got the platinum for Shining Resonance Refrain, the enhanced version released worldwide for PS4. The trophies and requirements are NOT exactly the same. And there are no guides specifically for the PS3 version (at least i did not find them lol). But thanks to Google Translate and my experience with Refrain I still figured out and overcame the differences. Thing is, I first played the PS3 version in 2022 and resumed only a few days ago. I was lost lol. Especially for the sub-quests. Unless I severely missed it, the game does not have a sub-quests tracker. And that was when barrier language really kicked in, especially for Fernando's quests lol. The collect 200 different monster materials trophy was a problem too. In that case, my grinding avoidance and language barrier proved to be a formidable tag team and I felt like I met my platinum breaker lol. But at the same, it was very thrilling (in a weird way lol) and very relieved when I finally got those trophies! Now I am grinding for level 100 by repeatedly defeating one of the post game bosses that I find the easiest to kill. Thankfully, it always respawns by simply leaving the area. Also, the campfire and merchant are very close by which is very helpful. I expect to get the platinum either today or tomorrow. By tomorrow I mean past midnight lol. This is one of my favourite games ever and very likely my favourite PS3 game! Time ago I also purchased the PS3-Hong Kong version and I will very likely stack that platinum too one day!

 

For the next game, I was thinking Tales Of Xillia. I first played it in 2020. I did not like it, but I am totally willing to give it a second chance. I'm feeling very positive about it. Another game would be Nier (PS3), which is also from 2020. Now that game is awesome, to me even better than Automata. But first I think I will play Xillia. Out of my 16 games left, 3 of them are Tales Of games (the other 2 being Berseria and Zestiria). It might be too much to play all 3 of them close to one another due to how long they are, so I better resume at least Xillia as soon as possible.

 

My games for the challenge

Spoiler

1. Demons Souls (PS3-NA) - 11%

2. Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 - 7% --> 100%

3. Jump Force - 10%

4. Kingdom Hearts (PS4) - 20%

5. Kingdom Hearts Chain Of Memories (PS4) - 3%

6. Rabi Ribi (PS Vita) - 14%

7. Shining Resonance (PS3-Japan) - 44% --> 97%

8. Tales Of Berseria - 32%

9. Tales Of Xillia (EU) - 21%

10. Tales Of Zestiria (PS4) - 9%

11. Vanquish (PS4, AS) - 0%

12. Catherine (PS4) - 0%

13. Prototype (PS4) - 0%

14. White Day A Labyrinth Named School (PS4) - 0%

15. Silent Hill 2 - 0%

16. Silent Hill 3 - 0%

17. Crash Bandicoot 4 (PS4) - 0%

18. Wolfenstein 2 The New Colossus - 0%

19. Tekken 8 - 0%

20. Jojo's Bizarre Adventure All Star Battle (PS3) - 0%

21. God Of War (PS Vita) - 0%

22. Spec Ops The Line - 0%

23. Deception 4 The Nightmare Princess (EU) - 0%

24. Resonance Of Fate - 0%

25. Fairy Fencer F (PS3) - 0%

 

[gladiatorrrrrrr]

Hello all,

 

Update time!

 

Dishonored 2 - PS4 - 40% => 100%

Finished the game. Must say that it was a very nice ride. Loved the low chaos/non detected run. Was less happy with the Blood and Steel trophy where you couldn't use any super powers and best way forward was to go on a rampage. Not the type of game to that. The way the missions are build and how you can choose a different path each time made is very replayable. I still did find on my 3rd playthrough hidden passways...

 

Remember Me - PS3 - 11% => 100%

I am so glad that I have restarted this game. Getting to the platinum only took me 10+ years 😅. The combat system is simple and yet sophiscated as you can adjust it to your playstyle/circumstances. Loved the story and how your abilities changes during the game. Game is not very hard once you got the hang of it, only downside is that you cannot skip cut scenes and have to replay a whole chapter if you missed something that is at the end. Because of that it took me a bit longer.

 

 

Current Status

 

Next weeks

I might decide to swap out A Plaque's Tale Requim. But will decide next week

- Undertale - PSVita

[freddie1989]

Update time. Fairly positive one especially during a busy time for me personally.

 

Helldivers I have put to one side for a while now. We won the war finally so I knocked out the 2 trophies that relate to winning that, just the defence one to go and then it will be a huge grind in small bursts. It is a blast to play even if it has no real point to it.

 

Made a start on Plague Tale which picks up nicely from the first one and adds in some new approaches and keeps all the charm Innocence had. I am 11 chapters out of 16 currently so it will just be finish the story and then clean up so shouldn't take too long. 

 

After that I am clueless on where to go. Nothing is shouting at me currently. Might knock out Endling as it's my only short one.

 

Metro: Last Light 100%

 

Endling 0%
Plague Tale Requiem 0% - 35%
Helldivers 13% - 22%
Rise of the Tomb Raider 16%
Ghost of Tsushima 1%
Battlefield Hardline 24%
Dying Light 3%
Zombie Army Trilogy 0%
This War of Mine 0%
Ghostwire: Tokyo 12%

 

[Slifer1945]

update.

 

persona 5 tactica 18% ps5 

i did good progress finished some quests and i replayed a mission for to have all the rewards once i completed the story then i can move to new game plus.!

 

the diofield chronicle 39% ps4 

got into chapter 2 upgraded some stuff in the game replaying missions,doing side quests!

for to lvl up to 50 i think that is the maximum lvl in the game.

 

i only finished 1 game crisis core final fantasy 7 reunion ps5!

i played the game until it was finished doing everything in 1 playtrough was a bit tough i had some troubles with good match for aerith trophie but once i understand it then it was easy.!

 

hope more finished games wil be there soon.!

 

[gruffiiti]

Update 2

 

1) Tunic - 30%  -->  100%

2) Ghost of Tsushima - 17%

3) Overcooked 2 - 68%

4) Sleeping Dogs - 0%  -->  Borderlands GOTY - 0%  -->  75%

5) Batman: The Telltale Series - 0%  -->  Call of the Wild: The Angler - 0%  -->  49%

 

 

So a good chunk of March was used to finish up The Crew before servers went offline but I am happy I managed to get it done on time. Since then I have been played a few games off list including finishing Overcooked with my daughter which had been on my backlog for years. I am swapping in two of the other games I have been focusing on as I will likely be playing them for the next while anyways.

 

Tunic (100% - 37/37 trophies)

Finally spent the time on this game that it deserved and was well rewarded for it. The game is excellent and having the collectibles be pages of an actual manual like we used to get with games was awesome. Not only was the manual nice to view it was chock full of hints/secrets to uncover that helped you progress in the game. Really great game even though I was getting my arse handed to me in combat for awhile in the beginning.

 

Borderlands GOTY (75% - 61/81 trophies)

I have had almost all the Borderlands games in my backlog for ages and kept telling myself I need to get to this series. I finally did and had a lot of fun playing through the game coop with a friend. Some of the fun diminished while working through the dlcs as the game isnt nearly as exciting when having to grind for super rare RNG drops and playing a billion arena rounds but am almost done with it and can move on to Borderlands 2 which I keep hearing is the best of the bunch. 

 

Call of the Wild: The Angler (49% - 27/46 trophies)

I was really excited when this game was brought to PS5 as I enjoy a good fishing game. This game lets you explore huge maps (reserves) and actually fish absolutely anywhere on it. It also has multiplayer so you can join a server with your friend(s) and party chat up while hanging out in game as well. The game is great but missed the mark on one thing... I would really really love to be able to push my buddies off the dock or slam into them with my Jeep and send them flying instead of ghosting right through them.

 

Swaps used (2/3) Games completed (1/5)

[Mr_Wright95]

Update #6

Progress Since Last Update:

 

• Wreckfest (100%)
• Ape Escape (74%) -> (100%)
• Prodeus (18%) -> (22%)
• The Knight Witch (12%)
• Hello Neighbor 2 (100%)
• Untitled Goose Game (0%)
• PGA 2K23 (97%) -> (100%)
• Twisted Metal 2 (0%) -> (60%)
• Moving Out 2 (37%) -> (100%)

 

Clearly some massive progress from last update with 3 new games now being finished and solid progress into one more!

 

Ape Escape: Enjoyed my time with this one! Took a while to get my head around the controls and the jank that is the PS1 era, but overall it was a good game in a genre I enjoy

 

Prodeus: Only progressed through one more level, but have enjoyed what I have played so far. 

 

PGA 2K23: Very good golfing game, however the last trophy was a massive grind and took an extra 5 hours of pure focus on just that. Nevertheless I highly recommend this game if you enjoy golfing games!

 

Twisted Metal 2: Quite a lot harder than the first game! This is just more of the same as the first game, but a bit harder. I am not complaining though as I really enjoyed the first one.

 

Moving Out 2: After a busy work week my Fiancé and I finally found some time to game together and managed to hammer the rest of this out!

 

Likely wont be another update rom me for at least a few days, If I manage to complete my list early I will start to add bonus games and see how close I can get to Platinum 200!

Edited April 13 by Mr_Wright95

[TalesofGaming]

Update 5:

 

1) Final Fantasy VII Rebirth - 100%  4/5/24

2) Hakuoki: Kyoto Winds - 35%

3) Spy Fox in "Dry Cereal" - 0% -> 100% ✅ 4/12/24

4) Hokko Life - 51% -> 100%  4/11/24

5) Tails of Iron - 0%

 

Finished off Hokko Life the other day and it was alright. It didn't capture the charm that Animal Crossing has though.

 

I also relived my childhood yesterday playing Spy Fox. It was so cool to come back to it. 🥰

[StilRh]

Hey loves.

Hope you are all doing well.

 

Since the last update I've been chipping away at a lot of different games on my list.

Aliens Dark Descent still scares the everliving crap out of me despite being on NG+ with very tough hombres. I got to the final missin before the campaign death clock starts and I'm taking some time to mull over if I want to farm resources from random events before the clock starts, or if I just want to push through before the planet infestation level gets too high.

Army of ruin is a 'bullet heaven' game that I got on a whim as a new entry to this list. I really missed playing Brotato (having achieved the platinum I am no going to go back to that one) and I heard relatively positive reviews about this. I'm really digging it for such a simple game. I think me getting this was responsible for the port Gods announcing that Vampire Survivors is coming to Playstation (super hyped for that!!). I think I should be able to wrap the platinum up in a week or so, it's a very fun mindless game.

Dragon's Dogma has been fun. I've managed to reach several port stones and now I'm bouncing around the map a little, trying to as much exploration and side content as I can without a guide (I did consult a platinum guide to see where the point of no return is.. and that's it).

Final Fantasy Rebirth 7 continues to impress me. I really liked chaper 4 and the new friends that Cloud makes  Being such a large game it is fatiguing to go into the open world and clear everything. I'm just focued on story for a bit (at least until I feel underleveled).

Necromunder: Hired Gun fun to come back to this one, but I am aware of how janky and behind other games in this genre is after some time away from it. I like to think this platinum will be relatively short and sweet as I was really gutted when Rogue Trader had an unachievable trophy that put me off my last WH40K platinum run.

 

I've also dabbled a bit with Terraria and thought a lot about playing Surviving Mars, as I kind of want a builder/management sim at the moment. Trying to stick to my challenge games mostly though. I know I will be getting Stellar Blade when on launch.

Have a good week

 

Age of Wonders 4 30%

Aliens Dark Descent 80% > 84%

NEW: Army of Ruin 0% > 47%

Balatro 8%

Blasphemous 4%

Cyberpunk (PS5 w/ Phantom Liberty, no loading PS4 saves or autopop) 0%

Dragon’s Dogma 2 18% > 28%

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth 27% > 35%

Necromunda: Hired Gun 18% > 26%

Unicorn Overlord 11%

Warhammer 40k: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters 18%

Yakuza: Like a Dragon 21%

[viech54]

Update #08

 

The Sinking City

 

Finished all non-story-related missable trophies. There are still many missable trophies, but all are part of the main story. So I could skip all side content now. Not sure I will, though. While the combat is still not great, it got better as I got used to it. It is much more bearable now, albeit still only a means to an end and not something I genuinely enjoy. Anyway, side content is interesting and a big part of the game, so I will likely do almost all of it. Can't do 100%, there are three DLCs that are not in the PS4 version and not available on PSN for some reason.

 

I'm in the 6th out of 9 main cases now. Might wrap this up tomorrow, depending on how it takes me to clear the rest. If not tomorrow, then early next week.

 

Trophies: 18/29

 

_____________

 

Anyway, take care, good luck with your lists!

 

Games:

1. Final Fantasy IX: 11% -> 17% -> 28% ->71% -> 100%
2. Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below: 45% -> 80% -> 100%
3. A King's Tale: Final Fantasy XV: 0%
4. Hogwarts Legacy: 0%
5. The Sinking City: 3% -> 9% ->48%

Games completed: 2/5

Swaps used: 0/3

Swaps:

Edited April 13 by viech54

[Slifer1945]

On 4/12/2024 at 10:54 AM, CurseBanette said:

Final Fantasy XIII-2 completed! Collecting all the 160 fragments turned out to be more entertaining than I expected. Immediately using a guide for the quiz related fragments was a must, or else frustration was all I was going to get lol. There was a fragment requiring to complete the bestiary and I got the opportunity to find and battle some really cool monsters, in particular the bosses and the monsters appearing from the void/rifts, especially the Don Tonberry and Raspatil. I am thankful there was no need to catch all the catchable monsters, meaning that prof. Oak stayed in Pokèmon lol. Still, it was very cool every time I accidentally caught a new monster, in particular the Proto Behemoth. Also, the monsters require so many materials to fully develop. I do not hate grinding, but I rather avoid it. So I powered up the monsters I use in my party the best I can without too much grinding and it was still enough to get the platinum. The fragments related to the casino were so unneseccary lol. Very glad auto-play was an option, all I needed was to find a way to keep holding the L1 button. So I stuck my controller between my Xbox 360 and Dreamcast (yay I finally got to "use" them again XD), so L1 stayed pressed and in this way I let autoplay enabled for the casino slot machine. Went to dinner, and upon returning I barely earned enough casino coins (10.000) for the trophy to pop lol. Glad that it was this quick and I did not even need to do the chocobo races then. Excellent platinum, one of my favourites!

 

16 games left and 96%+ completion rate! I stated multiple times that 99% is my goal, but the closer I get, the more I realize I want the 100% instead lol. Games like Dead Or Alive 5 and Star Ocean 4 will have something to say about it XD. Oh well, one step at a time. 97% is next.

 

7. Shining Resonance (PS3-Japan) - 44% --> 97%

Back to the games I chose for this challenge, I resumed Shining Resonance and I am close to the platinum. 1 trophy left. Again, me avoiding grinding caused me to be severely under leveled in the end game and post game, making battles much harder lol. And guess which trophy I am missing: the one requiring one character to reach level 100 XD. And thank god it's only 1 character. Kirika and Rinna are my highest leveled characters, both level 88, but Kirika has a few thousands more exp points. In my party (4 characters), at first I was mainly playing as Kirika because her being an Archer and Healer made battles and boss fights much easier to win. For the endgame and post game, resources became easier to acquire, so I decided to mainly play as Rinna and go nuts with her very powerful magic attacks. I used A LOT of MP restoration items XD. I mostly played long-ranged then. Oh yeah, this jrpg game was released only in Japan, so the game is completely in Japanese lol. But I still knew what I was doing because I already got the platinum for Shining Resonance Refrain, the enhanced version released worldwide for PS4. The trophies and requirements are NOT exactly the same. And there are no guides specifically for the PS3 version (at least i did not find them lol). But thanks to Google Translate and my experience with Refrain I still figured out and overcame the differences. Thing is, I first played the PS3 version in 2022 and resumed only a few days ago. I was lost lol. Especially for the sub-quests. Unless I severely missed it, the game does not have a sub-quests tracker. And that was when barrier language really kicked in, especially for Fernando's quests lol. The collect 200 different monster materials trophy was a problem too. In that case, my grinding avoidance and language barrier proved to be a formidable tag team and I felt like I met my platinum breaker lol. But at the same, it was very thrilling (in a weird way lol) and very relieved when I finally got those trophies! Now I am grinding for level 100 by repeatedly defeating one of the post game bosses that I find the easiest to kill. Thankfully, it always respawns by simply leaving the area. Also, the campfire and merchant are very close by which is very helpful. I expect to get the platinum either today or tomorrow. By tomorrow I mean past midnight lol. This is one of my favourite games ever and very likely my favourite PS3 game! Time ago I also purchased the PS3-Hong Kong version and I will very likely stack that platinum too one day!

 

For the next game, I was thinking Tales Of Xillia. I first played it in 2020. I did not like it, but I am totally willing to give it a second chance. I'm feeling very positive about it. Another game would be Nier (PS3), which is also from 2020. Now that game is awesome, to me even better than Automata. But first I think I will play Xillia. Out of my 16 games left, 3 of them are Tales Of games (the other 2 being Berseria and Zestiria). It might be too much to play all 3 of them close to one another due to how long they are, so I better resume at least Xillia as soon as possible.

 

My games for the challenge

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1. Demons Souls (PS3-NA) - 11%

2. Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 - 7% --> 100%

3. Jump Force - 10%

4. Kingdom Hearts (PS4) - 20%

5. Kingdom Hearts Chain Of Memories (PS4) - 3%

6. Rabi Ribi (PS Vita) - 14%

7. Shining Resonance (PS3-Japan) - 44% --> 97%

8. Tales Of Berseria - 32%

9. Tales Of Xillia (EU) - 21%

10. Tales Of Zestiria (PS4) - 9%

11. Vanquish (PS4, AS) - 0%

12. Catherine (PS4) - 0%

13. Prototype (PS4) - 0%

14. White Day A Labyrinth Named School (PS4) - 0%

15. Silent Hill 2 - 0%

16. Silent Hill 3 - 0%

17. Crash Bandicoot 4 (PS4) - 0%

18. Wolfenstein 2 The New Colossus - 0%

19. Tekken 8 - 0%

20. Jojo's Bizarre Adventure All Star Battle (PS3) - 0%

21. God Of War (PS Vita) - 0%

22. Spec Ops The Line - 0%

23. Deception 4 The Nightmare Princess (EU) - 0%

24. Resonance Of Fate - 0%

25. Fairy Fencer F (PS3) - 0%

 

i have only tales of zestiria i have fun with my backlog i dont start any new games i'm sitting on 1.03 trophies each day  i gonna try to do my best with unlocking platinum trophies and 100percent dlc... i have been thinking on how many games i should play each day 1 ore more it is for to increase my completion that it is now 21.19 wich is very low i want to have at least above 80 completion on my account, i gonna play 2 games each day i'm finishing games aswell i gonna platinum more games that is also not part from this challenge.

[MidnightDragon]

Here are the next six games I'm doing. They may or may not be in order.  All are PS5 unless stated otherwise.

 

Lemon Cake (PS4)

Dolphin Spirit: Ocean Mission

LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga

The Oregon Trail (PS4)

Scribblenauts Mega Pack (PS4)

Another Crusade

 

I have my 125th milestone chosen. Also 150th, but it'll be a while before you all see that.  Not sure on trophy #6,000 other than being a  

Edited April 14 by MidnightDragon

[reaperveteran86]

48 minutes ago, MidnightDragon said:

Dolphin Spirit: Ocean Mission

Nice and relaxing game, I got the platinum in october last year.

One tip: In the second underwater area (Cove of the Ancients), there is a red spiky thing on the right side near the start (near the ground, on and behind some rocks). This is a sea urchin - take a photo of it. It counts towards the "Animal Reporter" trophy but it dosen`t count in the list that shows, how many detectable animals are in that area (the area has 17 including the sea urchin but according to the list that shows in the area select screen, there are only 16 - I first thought the trophy had glitched on me and searching all areas again for an unknown animal, since the game showed me that I already had photographed all animals, was very annoying).

[MidnightDragon]

15 minutes ago, reaperveteran86 said:

Nice and relaxing game, I got the platinum in october last year.

One tip: In the second underwater area (Cove of the Ancients), there is a red spiky thing on the right side near the start (near the ground, on and behind some rocks). This is a sea urchin - take a photo of it. It counts towards the "Animal Reporter" trophy but it dosen`t count in the list that shows, how many detectable animals are in that area (the area has 17 including the sea urchin but according to the list that shows in the area select screen, there are only 16 - I first thought the trophy had glitched on me and searching all areas again for an unknown animal, since the game showed me that I already had photographed all animals, was very annoying).

I appreciate the tip.

[grumpaluffagus_1]

Update #5:

1. Assassin's Creed Brotherhood - 67-->75%
2. Assassin's Creed Revelations - 0%
3. Powerwash Simulator - 55-->68%
4. Disney Speedstorm - 32-->48%
5. Lego 2K Drive - 0%
6. The Witcher 3 - 14%
7. Sleeping Dogs - 11%
8. Immortals Fenyx Rising - 8%

We're now at the halfway point of the challenge and I have yet to finish a single game off this list, going to have to change that soon. This week I got the platinum for Powerwash Simulator, so all that's left is the DLC which I have already started on. I also popped a ton of trophies in Speedstorm, playing it non-stop is finally starting to pay off. My only other progress was finishing a few more trophies in Brotherhood. I really need to finish this game so I can start Revelations, but it's difficult to motivate myself to replay missions for 100% sync and I'm not really feeling the open world activities either. I'm currently at 66% sync so hopefully if I buckle down I can finish it within a few days. It sucks that the platinum journey is starting to ruin a game that felt pretty damn perfect before.

 

Outside of the challenge, I started playing Nobody Saves the World again. I might wind up substituting that in for either Immortals or Sleeping Dogs if the open world fatigue gets to be too much, it's a very nice change of pace at the moment. Other than that, just gotta find time to actually play these and not spend those hours scrolling Reddit on the couch instead.

[ProfSeajay7]

Unfortunately, I have decided that I will have to take an L and leave the event with a Did Not Finish. It's not that I can't complete my list, I could easily work on those games...

 

 

The problem is that I will be unable to play any other games right now except Final Fantasy XIV so I will be leaving those games to rot until October, because FFXIV will be dropping Dawntrail on July 2nd(June 28 for me as I have pre-ordered the expansion), and I have a HUGE bucket list of items I must complete in that game before that date, not to mention that several collab events will descend upon Eorzea, starting with a Yo-Kai watch collab in about 9 days and I need to be in Stormblood before the 24th and I just started Heavensward.

 

So, since I won't be playing any other game until June, I will never be able to finish my list by the end of the event. I will also not be signing up for any more of these events for the time being. Once Dawntrail drops, I will be focusing ENTIRELY on completing Endwalker and Dawntrail main story quests, which will take me three months due to how much content is being dropped. So unfortunately, I must say adieu. I wish everyone else good luck on your lists.

 

(I won't be leaving other events as those are lasting until the end of the year, and I will be playing other games, but I can't finish my current list in the time I have in this event. )

 

My completed games: 6/10

1. Final Fantasy V
2. Wild ARMs (PS5)
3. Dragon Quest Builders
4. Cat Quest
5. Final Fantasy VI
6. Dragon Quest Builders 2

Incomplete games: 4/10

1. Secret of Mana (1%) (DNF)
2. Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom (7%) (DNF)
3. Legends of Mana (10%) (DNF)
4. Trials of Mana (DNS)

[reaperveteran86]

Update 7:

1. Gal Guardians: Demon Purge (EU,PS4) 100%

2.Lost Ruins 0%

3. Mega Man X Legacy Collection 17%

4. Metal Slug Anthology 15%

5. One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 28% -> 35%

6. One Piece: Unlimited World Red (PS4) 65% -> 100%

7. Rage 2 16%

8. Ritual: Crown of Horns 94%

9. Saint Seiya: Soldiers` Soul 15%

10. Shantae (PS4)  100%

11. Shantae: Half-Genie Hero Ultimate Edition 100%

12. Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers 9%

13. Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness 6%

 

I finally finished up One Piece: Unlimited World Red. Most of the grinds wasn`t as bad as I expected them to be, except  the ones for getting everyone to level 40 (which took a lot of time and repeating the same mission over and over, even with all characters equiped with the highest exp boost) and the one for getting a complete word gallery (words are perks that you can equip your characters with and you get most of them for playing the game and the missions or finding treasure chests, but a certain percent of them are random rewards for finishing a mission and these took some time since I have bad luck when it comes to rng related things - one reason more, why I donn`t gamble -). 

I also played a bit of One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 and got trophies for getting 50 different coins, defeating 10 000 enemies with special attacks and for achieving 100% legend points in a single episode.

[Mr_Wright95]

Update #7

Progress Since Last Update:

 

• Wreckfest (100%)
• Ape Escape (100%)
• Prodeus (22%) -> (40%)
• The Knight Witch (12%)
• Hello Neighbor 2 (100%)
• Untitled Goose Game (0%) -> (42%)
• PGA 2K23 (100%)
• Twisted Metal 2 (60%) -> (100%)
• Moving Out 2 (100%)

 

Prodeus: Returning to this one after a month or so of no progress. Really solid Doom like! (Never played doom) but this game makes me want to try it! Only downside is needing a guide for the secrets.

 

Untitled Goose Game: Did not realise this game had co-op so playing this one with my lovely partner which I always enjoy. Pretty cute / quirky game.

 

Twisted Metal 2: Loved the original, love the sequel even more. Really holds up (in terms of fun) considering it is a PS1 game. Really enjoyed it and this was surprisingly difficult with some pretty good mechanics! 

 

No More 0% games left on my list, but the Knight Witch is still in the "Red" tier. Tracking well so far with plans to add some more games if I have time!