Most Recent Platinum

[Zircon_Lotus]

Platinum #105

Nioh 2

 

Nioh 2 is the sequel to the game of same name released in 2017. Does it live up to it predecessor?

 

Normally I start my platinum post with the story, but in Nioh I think the gameplay (and the difficulty) are far more important. The gameplay is very similar (if not the same) to the previous entry, with the difference being in having more weapons to choose from and Anima and its uses. Difiiculty-wise the first game was harder for me. I had a very hard time playing the first Nioh, the first missions and bosses were hell. At some point midway things started getting easier, and I felt really overpowered later on. In Nioh 2 this never really happened. Of course early game things were rough and I died a lot, but nothing comparable to the almost 10 hours that I spent on the first Nioh main mission, mainly because of that fucker Onryoki (and the devs really love him, because even in this game he appears many times). Aside from very early on, almost all others boss fights were easy to moderate. Some I would win on the first try, others with 2 or 3 retries, and others with less than 10. Only the top 5 bellow made me retry many and many times (although never to a Nioh level). 

1st - Saito Toshimitsu: the boss of the first online mission. The only boss in this game where I had to overleveI and stop and think of a strategy. They went a bit overboard with him.

2nd - Yatsu-no-Kami: the snake boss from the 3rd main mission. Early on I had to rely on dodging and running because anything would deplet my ki, but this fucker attacks cover almost all of the arena, and his dark realm phase is too hard to deal with because of the snake that he release. It is hard to kill the small snake while having to avoid the boss almost always deadly attacks.

3rd - Gyuki: the bull-faced spider from the first mission of the 4th area. He is too big and would always mess with my camera. Plus he hits too hard and would break me guard very easily.

4th - Enenra: the boss from the second mission. At the time it was just impossible for me to guard against any of his attacks because of lack of ki. Until I learned the range of his attacks and his attack pattern the fight seemed almost impossible. After that was a matter of patience, because it takes long to kill him. 

5th - Shibata Katsuie: he does not give you breathing room. It is very hard to use onmyoji on this fight, or even disengage to recover ki faster, because his attacks seems to cover almost all of the room. He also hits like a truck and his fire attacks are hard to deal with. 

 

If you paid attention, yes, 2 of me top 5 were early bosses. Having few elixirs (and no divine rice to buy more), almost no onmyoji and ninjutsu, low ki and toughness make things hard, because you need to rely too much on learning patterns, dodging with almost no mistakes and patience to attack on the small windows that enemies give. After I started increasing my ki, toughness and onmyoji (I almost didnt use ninjutsu) bosses fights were not too hard anymore.

 

Talking about other aspects, the story is another one of the many retellings of a fictional Sengoku Period featuring yokais and famous daimyos. The story serve its purpose, and the last scene made me feel a little sad. The soundtrack is very good, specially the musics used during bosses fights. Graphics are the weak point of the game. I played on Action Mode in a base PS4. The character models, enemies, cutscenes all looked nothing more than ok, but sometimes the terrain, specially when I zoomed with ranged weapons looked like shit. 

 

The platinum is not too grindy if you do things while doing your first playthrough. I was able to get the needed proficiency for every weapon minus axe, kusarigama and ninjutsu. Playing through the main missions of the first 2 areas in Dream of the Strong was enough for me to farm the proficiency needed for the others. The only soul core that I didnt get while doing the other things was the Nurekabe. Kodamas are easy to find if you have an acessory with "Kodama Sensor". Using the whale spirit guardian + tea utensils with high eccentricity on display in your hut + replaying the 2nd mission from the last area with level sync makes farming tea utensils very easy and quick, although I only had to farm for 6 after doing everything else. Dungballs are also quick to farm. Everything else are either unmissables, or very quick miscellaneous trophies.

 

In the end I enjoyed Nioh 2. I had a better time with the first game, but I think this was because Nioh was my first soulslike game, and I played it after a very long time without playing a big game. Also action games dont feel the same to me after playing DMC5, Ghost of Tsushima and Sekiro. But if you want to play a good samurai game with soulslike gameplay and a good amount of challenge, you should give Nioh 2 a try. 

 

[Biertje373]

Platinum #26

Persona 5 Strikers

True Phantom Thief
Earned all trophies.

 

This game is great, awesome music, great story and fun gameplay. It only had 1 trophy that I kinda disliked and even that one wasn't too bad.

I can't wait to see what my next Platinum will be.

 

Oh yeah, here's my Platinum screenshot:

Edited March 10, 2021 by Biertje373
Forgot to add the platinum screenshot

[BADMUSTAFA]

Assassin Creed Unity : Platinum 

Time : 1 month , 3 days total 

Difficult : 3/10 easy game just needed time

Fun : 7/10 

 

All what you needed to know when you played collect the cheat and viewpoint and other collectibles and be sure use your Helix for showing everything chest in map & do coop mission get all reward + complete the rest skill point inside each mission by collect them and everything easy just needed time

[DeathNyx]

Saints Row: Gat out of Hell (PS4)

 

 Platinum N°97: Scorched Savior

 

 

Collect all other Saints Row: Gat out of Hell trophies

 

Game enjoyment: 7.5 - 8 (9 - 9.5 because you can play as Kinzie <3)

Trophies enjoyment: 7

Trophies difficulty: 3.5 - 4

 

Comment: You can never get wrong with a SR game. Enjoyment is assured. Too bad this is basically only a DLC and, as such, to short. Now i'm going to complete some other games then i can finally try the remastered of The Third.

Edited March 10, 2021 by DeathNyx

[Div_Muzza]

#142

 

We Always Had Faith In You

Obtain All Trophies

 

Rare - 16.49%

40,359 Achievers

 

[CaptainMonkster]

Gta 4 ! Decided to get around to finishing the mp on ps3 games since I imagine they'll be shutting down soonish!

[sk_lp_him]

#86 - NieR: Automata

 

 

Final Words
Thank you for playing.

 

10/10 Masterpiece. Words can't describe this game. It's my second playthrough and now I love it even more. I did everything 100% legit - trophies, quests, collectibles, fish encyclopedia. It's totally worth the 100+ hours I put into the game. It's such a rewarding experience.

[Yoey_666]

#421 - Flipping Death

 

#422 + 100% - Control: Ultimate Edition

[postofficebuddy]

Platinum #137: Minit 

 

Enjoyment: 8/10 

Difficulty: 3/10 

 

Bought this one on the recommendation of the Platchums over on YouTube. A hilarious reverential little ode to both Half Minute Hero and classic NES Zelda. I highly recommend it. The in game hint system is actually very useful. I was able to do almost everything without a guide. The 25 run trophy is pretty easy if you do it during the second play through since you can just skip about 60% of the game with the broken sword. 

[Sigma999]

                                                                                      # 76 - Hitman :Blood Money (PS3) 

 

                                         

 

I've played this so many years ago on Trilogy HD on PS3 but didn't bother to go after the platinum trophy.

Some days ago, i had this sudden urge to go back to play Blood Money and try to plat it once and for all, even though i have lost my previous save and in result had to start a new career all over again, and went straight to Professional difficulty to get the trophies left to do.

Still holds up nicely and had loads of fun trying and retrying the missions for Silent Assassin ratings and finishing on Professional, although it has it's own issues with the controls not responding well sometimes which can be a detering factor on your quest with this game.

                                                                  

[Deadly_Ha_Ha]

 # 41 - Okage: Shadow King

 

 

Difficulty - 5/10

Enjoyment - 7/10

 

This game is awesome. It's a PS2 RPG from 2001 that I'd see from time to time on the store and honestly never figured on getting. I think I got it on sale semi-recently, but it's only $15 normally I think and is extremely worth that price. The game has a very unique art style that holds up to this day as far as I'm concerned, and is a charming and actually really funny game. It isn't too long and the scope isn't so big, so the feel of the game is kind of cozy, if that makes sense? From start to finish the game doesn't overstay its welcome, and that extends to the trophy requirements; no missables technically, though one trophy in particular better be done at one particular moment otherwise it could add a LOT of hours to the grind, the actual level grind doesn't take long, the game's challenge is actually not totally mindless which is nice, and I was sad when it was over. 

 

It's a dungeon crawler like a lot of RPG's on the PS2 were around this time, and while I can't say the variation in gameplay is... there at all really, for the length of the experience I can honestly say that I pretty much never felt "over it." The game doesn't hold your hand and unless you're following an actual story guide you'll have to be pretty aware of the game's story progression lest you feel lost and end up wandering around for a while like I did a few times. But nothing is so cryptic or out there that the extraneous few minutes of talking to the residents of the town you're in can't solve. 

 

Totally recommended if you like quirky games, specifically RPG's, or you're into rounding out as many PS2 on PS4 games like I seem to be.

[Golem25]

Platinum #85 - Spy Hunter 

 

 Exemplary Service - Acquire all Trophies.

6,621 Owners - 1,489Achievers for a percentage of 22.49% (average completion; 36.46%)

 

 

Enjoyment; 6/10

Difficulty; 3/10

Trophies; 7/10 (nice if slightly generic tiles, diverse requirements)

Spies Hunted; 10/10

 

This was a nice little surprise, a vehicular combat game exclusive to the Nintendo 3DS and Playstation Vita made by the guys who were responsible for all the LEGO titles on Sony's latest (and last....?) handheld. Has anyone ever heard of, let alone owned, this game here? Over 6,000 owners on the leaderboard but I personally had never seen the game until I happened upon it by browsing an online store for used games. Bought it for a pittance and after having played it I'm glad I did - also because it seems to be out of stock now despite there being like ten copies available last month.

 

A modern reboot of a 1983 top-down arcade game by Midway, Spy Hunter sees you unravel a sinister plot revolving around industrial espionage by driving down roads in a sports car armed to the teeth with weapons as you blow up everything in your way. When you hit water or go off-road, the car spontaneously transforms into a boat and off-roader respectively, which is pretty nifty. Vroom vroom, shoot shoot, it's all pretty standard fare and quite basic but enjoyable throughout its ten or so hour runtime to the Platinum Trophy.

 

 

Featuring a total of three voice actors, none of whom voice the main support characters who account for the bulk of the game's script and are limited to text, Spy Hunter's story is somewhat generic with a plot twist that you can see coming a mile away, but it's not bad by any means. The story is very much in service of gameplay as it provides justifications for the player being moved from one biome (desert, mountains, beach, forest) to the next. As you play, you unlock more than a dozen weapons which you can mix and match to the four equipment slots on your car (switching between and firing them is done via the face buttons), allowing you to develop your own playstyle.

 

Most of the challenge in this title comes from having five challenges you need to complete in each of the 23 or so levels; these include time limits, damage limits, and collectibles which will result in replays for most of the stages. Once you've played a few stages it becomes apparent that environments are reused quite a bit, but by opening different routes up depending on the level, the developers have managed to keep matters relatively fresh - the levels being short helps in this regard, and them being bite-sized makes Spy Hunter a perfect game to play on the go.

 

I was pleasantly surprised by the Trophies which all have fair requirements that invite you to explore all the weapons offered to you throughout the game. The most frustrating of the bunch is Consummate Professional which requires you to perfect all the challenges, but even that can be achieved with some patience and practice. With that in mind, there is really no reason at all for me to not recommend Spy Hunter to anyone who owns a Playstation Vita. It's a great handheld title and a good fit for the Vita, it looks pretty slick and plays really well, and the Platinum is both relatively rare for a game of this length and not too arduous to unlock. Definitely seek this game out.

[yellowwindow7]

 

Platinum Columbia / Bioshock Infinite

 

( ps4 )

 

now after i finally played this i gotta say that i was a bit harsh on bioshock 2 and i'll take that back, as much as bioshock 2 to be a stinker in the series itself ( except the Minerva's Den, that DLC content was so cool! ) but i think i enjoyed bioshock 2 more than infinite.

 

i barely felt like playing a bioshock game with infinite, it felt like if the devs were a huge bioshock fans that tried to copy it and changed some stuff and named it differently to avoid getting sued and tried to makes it cool where the city is on top of the clouds instead of under the sea, i did not liked Infinite as much as the other two games... especially the first game, Columbia is pretty.. but it's not impactful as Rapture.

 

infinite is your typical linear mindless cover base military shooter with superpowers, and just like 70% of the 7th gen consoles games you got an AI partner, and elevator's one time gets you to your destination in a few minuets and on other occasions the same elevator will take ages to reach your destination once booker and elizabeth enter a conversation, same goes to elizabeth when she's lock picking, one time she open a lock in an instance and other will take forever until she completely done talking with you.

 

the skylines is a bit clunky to use in my opinion, as you have to look at the railing and keep wiggling the right thumstick until you find an opportunity to cling on them.

and i wish if you can organize the items elizabeth is holding for you instead of the AI do that stuff for you... speaking of elizabeth AI, for some reason her AI is tuned down a bit in the Burial at Sea Episode 1, she don't gives you the health pack when you need them the most and same for the salts.

 

and speaking about Burial at Sea, i loved Episode 2 so much! it was the closest to the first Bioshock game in terms of gameplay and i like that style of exploring the city like a rat trying to survive a harsh place, even though the enemies AI is so dumb even at the highest difficulty possible as the peeping tom ability is so OP, and i find it funny how the enemies can tell that the person whose taking them down one by one is a female.... they didn't even see's her before to begin with, especially when you goes back to columbia where booker and the younger elizabeth were wrecking havoc and trending all over the news at the radio stations.

 

why we can't have a more modern Bioshock game that plays exactly like the first game and burial at sea epi 2?

 

what is worse and sad is that Irrational Games have shut their doors down after they made this DLC, i heard 2K is making a new bioshock game and i'm not riding on that hype train until i see some gameplay of it, here's hoping that it's not about some maniac building a city in space this time.

 

i had to keep one trophy away from getting the platinum until i fully beat both Burial at Sea DLC's to get the full story, once i did i went and plat the game.

my favorite part in this package is Burial at Sea Episode 2, and i at least i kinda enjoyed the base game on the 1999 mode. 

 

i don't know what will be my next platinum, probably will be Bully, and also gonna works on 100% the Clash in the Cloud DLC too.

 

 

 

[Div_Muzza]

#143

 

VICTORY

Complete All Missions

 

Uncommon - 26.62%

119 Achievers

[kkulifay]

 

Battlefield IV on the PS3. Multiplayer is still alive and the campaign was entertaining. A recent thread was created recently (see below) with some good commentary. 
 

 

Edited March 10, 2021 by kkulifay

[Guest]

On 07/03/2021 at 11:38 AM, Megatritionsts said:

Pacman Championship edition 2 

Extremely hard one, congrats !!! 

[Megatritionsts]

2 minutes ago, kevao97 said:

Extremely hard one, congrats !!! 

Thank you very much kevao I really appreciate it you have some tough platinums too!!!!

[BlackSquirrell1]

Plat #42: Yesterday Origins

 

 

Triskel
You've achieved supreme knowledge.

 

Difficulty:  2/10

Fun Factor:  7/10

 

Didn't really know what to expect from this one, but it was sitting in the backlog so decided to see what it was.  Definitely a wordy game, and one of the achievements was to play through the game without skipping any of the cinematics.  I recommend it for anyone who just wants to kick back and enjoy a game.  Only annoying aspect were the hotspots, as I obviously missed a few and had to go back and try to collect them.  Thankfully you can select the chapters where you had missed the hotspots, so that wasn't too bad.

[eigen-space]

Platinum #128 - Erica (NA)

That's a Wrap, 23.39% Rarity

Difficulty - 1/10, Time Spent - ~8 Hours , Enjoyment 6/10

 

Erica was a really interesting videogame idea with using real life actors and a movie-like art style. I don't think I've seen or heard of anything like this before.

However, it gets really tedious playing a game 5+ times to get all the trophies. I don't mind playing for different endings, but at least make it possible to make branching saves. There's no reason to replay the first 20 minutes of the game 5 times when the choices made in those first scenes don't really affect any of the outcomes if you get all the collecgtbibles the first time through.

[Fr_0zt]

 #185 FFVII Remake

 

 

Master of Fate

 

 

Fun = 9/10

Difficulty = 6/10

Time = 80 hours

Best girl = Honestly, I love all 3 

Best theme = Ghoul/ Abzu/ Leviathan 

 

 

 

 

Edited March 11, 2021 by Fr_0zt

[breakdance1989]

PLATINUM #97 - I, AI:

 

[Icymind25]

Platinum # 10: Batman Arkham Origins

 

Platinum #11: Rayman Legends

 

Platinum 12: Tomb Raider (2013) (PS3)

 

Edited March 11, 2021 by Icymind25

[Luckman]

#83 Arrog

 

 

 

 

Edited March 11, 2021 by Aspex1250

[Trini]

 #143 - Remnant: From The Ashes 

 

 

 

 

 

Surprisingly, I've enjoyed playing this a lot more than I thought I would have. Although the story isn't my cup of tea, and it can get very repetitive at times, the co-op makes up for it, IMO. The RNG mechanics could either be your friend or foe depending on your luck; fortunately, luck was on my side most of the time to get stuff done quickly. I strongly recommend playing with a group, not only would it cut the time to platinum by a large amount, but it would also help with difficult sections of the game as well. 

[skeggah]

 

Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor (PS4) 

PLATINUM #200 Y'ALL!

 

So, this had me fuming yesterday. The platinum for this game was quite short and sweet, but that damn trophy in the DLC, "Hunt is my Mistress"..

I went from an allright gamer straight into Lloyd Christmas mode, performing terribly and hitting every possible shitty decision. Our imaginary cat was laughing it's ass off watching me bounce around the room, trying to blame my now worthless skills on a lack of coffee among other things.

Although, this game is now at 100% through a shared effort in the household. I am RE-HE-HEALLY looking forward to doing this again, because guess what? I friggin bought the GOTY edition as well, just days before my experience with this, well, crap. Don't get me wrong, I liked the game, but this challenge kicked my ass all the way to the Shire.