What's your unpopular opinion about trophies?

[DrBloodmoney]

1 minute ago, Breakingthegreen said:

The best kinds of trophies are the ones that teach you about game mechanics. Were you aware that you can place a unpinned grenade in someone's pocket in fallout 4? I didn't until I read the trophy list.

 

Agree on that - Immersive Sims like Prey and the Dishonoured games are good for that - and recently, the puzzle game Viewfinder was an absolute lesson in how to do that effectively 

[Mr_Wright95]

Mindlessly gathering collectables (for a trophy) in a game after a long days work can be quite enjoyable, especially when paired with a Movie or Youtube

Edited March 24 by Mr_Wright95

[MonaSaxPayne]

collecting trophies is work, and takes the fun out of gaming

[Viper]

I prefer this sweet spot for trophy difficulty that our major first party Sony Titles have hit, with the 3-4/10 Platinums. 

 

Everyone has this odd obsession with games having to be uber difficult, and I just don't understand it. Life is hard enough, I don't want yet more headaches from my escape from it. 

[Allejohan]

It's okay to start a game just for fun, without caring for the trophies

[ThatMuttGuy]

55 minutes ago, Viper said:

I prefer this sweet spot for trophy difficulty that our major first party Sony Titles have hit, with the 3-4/10 Platinums. 

 

Everyone has this odd obsession with games having to be uber difficult, and I just don't understand it. Life is hard enough, I don't want yet more headaches from my escape from it. 

 

It's more that the recent Sony first party games have zero challenge to their trophy lists. When Spider-Man 2 can be fully completed in 20 hours and has a 70%+ on PSNP, that's how you know it's too easy. 

 

People don't need every game to be 10/10, but at the same time, we don't need every game to be a 2/10 in difficulty. 

[Fr_0zt]

Trophies were a bad idea.  It's taken the joy and freedom for many and it has destroyed the minds of others.

[ZOMBIESLAVES]

58 minutes ago, Fr_0zt said:

Trophies were a bad idea.  It's taken the joy and freedom for many and it has destroyed the minds of others.

You're right that trophies have ruined the fun for some people, but there's a very simple solution to this: Just stop caring about completion percents and plat counts. I use trophies as a way to get more out of the games I really enjoy, and I stop trophy hunting when I stop having fun with the game.

 

Completion percentages don't matter. That game you know you would never be able to platinum? Boot it up on your main profile and treat it like a video game rather than a chore. Maybe you'll start enjoying this hobby again 😜

[GoonerLukeThe]

it's completely fine to leave a game at a low percent of trophies if you don't enjoy it, just move on

[RedDevil757]

The platinum should be scrapped. It's all people care about on here. By scrapping it, it'd make the other trophies actually worth something. It wouldn't stop shovelware but it'd definitely help with it.

 

I'm sure everyone will disagree but then some of you would be happy if all other trophies were scrapped, leaving just a single platinum trophy.

[Kittens Are Awesome]

Chasing UR trophies is a pointless endeavor. Ultimately, the only reason a trophy is UR is because the number of achievers divided by owners < or = 5%.

[Jeanolt]

People care too much about completion, rarity and all of that meaningless stuff that only matters to you, but everyone enjoys things differently.

 

My account is a reflexion of what I play, when I played it and for how long, it's my journey and it isn't better or worse than others. My account is literally in the 0.1% of every account ever in PSN and that's amazing.

 

Rarity is only measured here, according to PSN I have hundreds of UR. I literally saw people not wanting to play a game because the trophies were very common and it would ruin "their numbers", talk about addictions..

 

It's perfectly fine to play a random game and let it stay at 3%, it's incredible that I need to say this lol, you don't like trophies less just because you do that.

 

Basically, let people enjoy things.

Edited March 24 by Jeanolt

[Phlegeth]

No one cares about your trophy list more than you.  You pad it with those $3 dollar paid platinums or you only do Ultra rare.  Whether it's 35% or 100%.  People are going to look at your profile and go, "huh, neat" at best.  Before the paid platinum over saturation people cared about the leader board, but now, even normies don't care.

[CelestialRequiem]

3 hours ago, MonaSaxPayne said:

collecting trophies is work, and takes the fun out of gaming

In your case, I can see that being accurate. 

[shadaik]

Every game should have a platinum. All it is by now is a signifier somebody got everything in one game. Plats are kinda overvalued by not being in every game.

[MonaSaxPayne]

50 minutes ago, CelestialRequiem said:

In your case, I can see that being accurate. 

 

u don't like my profile?

 

[CelestialRequiem]

28 minutes ago, MonaSaxPayne said:

 

u don't like my profile?

It's not about me liking it or not. But it's easy to see why you feel that way when you treat trophies as something to earn, instead of just playing games naturally.

 

This isn't even me trying to be insulting -- I was being literal. I understand why you feel that way, given your trophy hunting habits. That's all I was saying.

[Gommes_]

1 hour ago, Phlegeth said:

No one cares about your trophy list more than you.  You pad it with those $3 dollar paid platinums or you only do Ultra rare.  Whether it's 35% or 100%.  People are going to look at your profile and go, "huh, neat" at best.  Before the paid platinum over saturation people cared about the leader board, but now, even normies don't care.

 

People in my bubble care. Some are here on this site and others I talk regularly to in a PSN party. Certain Trophy hunters will always talk about trophies, your profile, specific difficulties, rarities etc. An "actual" trophy hunter bubble always talks about these things with others or engages in boosting, writing guides, giving tips and so on. The validation of your profile is always a part of it.

[sepheroithisgod]

5 hours ago, Viper said:

I prefer this sweet spot for trophy difficulty that our major first party Sony Titles have hit, with the 3-4/10 Platinums. 

 

Everyone has this odd obsession with games having to be uber difficult, and I just don't understand it. Life is hard enough, I don't want yet more headaches from my escape from it. 

I've never really seen anyone actually wanting games to be Uber difficult, but I do think a lot of people want a little difficulty thrown in so it doesn't feel like a participation bonus. There's nothing wrong with games that are not hard, and they can be a lot of fun, but it gets annoying when you become aware it is a mandate from Sony to ensure their first-party titles all kind of feel the same difficulty-wise. I think that's the bigger reason why people get angry. It isn't easy for a natural reason.

 

I was genuinely baffled when both Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart and Horizon Forbidden West asked players to just collect a few things instead of everything. And Spider-Man 2 sitting at like a 70% completion rating is the perfect example of a participation bonus.

 

 

[Viper]

1 hour ago, sepheroithisgod said:

I've never really seen anyone actually wanting games to be Uber difficult, but I do think a lot of people want a little difficulty thrown in so it doesn't feel like a participation bonus. There's nothing wrong with games that are not hard, and they can be a lot of fun, but it gets annoying when you become aware it is a mandate from Sony to ensure their first-party titles all kind of feel the same difficulty-wise. I think that's the bigger reason why people get angry. It isn't easy for a natural reason.

 

I was genuinely baffled when both Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart and Horizon Forbidden West asked players to just collect a few things instead of everything. And Spider-Man 2 sitting at like a 70% completion rating is the perfect example of a participation bonus.

 

 

Well now I like where the difficulty is, but whether the trophy list itself is good, is something else entirely. I too complained about Rift Apart not requiring you to max out the weapons or getting a Bajillion bolts, finishing a NG+, etc. I enjoyed the difficulty of Rift Apart but the trophy list was oddly skimp.

Edited March 24 by Viper

[J-S_93]

Unpopular Opinion:

Collectible Trophies are quite possibly one of the most worst objectives a player has to endure in video games...  And quite frankly is lazy game design used to artificially extend the game's playtime without actually providing anything meaningful or fun for the player to do.

And I want to UNINSTALL the devs that coded them into the games I play.  (Not really, but I cannot stand Collectibles... Or Speed-running Trophies...  I would rather stare at the ceiling and do nothing instead.)

Edited March 26 by J-S_93

[MonaSaxPayne]

2 hours ago, CelestialRequiem said:

It's not about me liking it or not. But it's easy to see why you feel that way when you treat trophies as something to earn, instead of just playing games naturally.

 

I can only speak for myself, but when I have to play a game while glued to a video collectible walkthrough, or play an entire game a very specific way to make sure I earn a missable trophy at the end of the game, or have to boost with 10+ other people some horribly boring/grindy multiplayer trophies, all of this feels like work, and is not fun at all. Because it is not something I would ever do naturally

 

It does not mean I don't enjoy gaming or the games I play, its just that most times I play a game past the point I'm having fun with it, in order to get the platinum 

 

I'm also guilty of 'playing' shovelware at times just for a quick plat

[Jerry_Appleby]

I seem to be one of a very small group of people that loves collectibles and any trophies associated with them. I also love trophies for getting 100% completion as well! 

 

[Startyde]

If someone has 10 "shovelware" plats, they are by definition a better trophy hunter than someone with 1 Ultra Rare. 

 

 

Edited March 24 by Startyde

[Xylobe]

I think the hate that speedrun trophies get is massively overblown. Almost all of the ones I've seen are super lenient, and they're quick to knock out pretty much by definition.