Most Recent Platinum

[Kishnabe]

 Platinum #117: Severed (VITA)

 

Just like Tearway, used the Vita touchscreen really well. The enemy had enough variety, add enough abilities as the game progress to keep in interesting.

 

One of the shortest Dungeon Crawlers, I have ever played. Took 8 hours for the Platinum   ( +1 hour of failed attempts/deaths). Used to playing 60+ hour dungeon crawlers. Wish it was around the 15 hour range.

 

Drinkbox crushing it again with their art style, everything is pleasant to look at.  Hoping they revisit with Severed 2. Must buy like Guacamelee. 

[Senbon Kaguya]

 

 #191 - El Shaddai Ascension of the Metatron

 

Lord of the Metatron

 

 

Earn all of the trophies.

 

 

Ok so this is an underrated and overlooked game if I've ever seen one. It has religious stuff in it but it doesn't take away from the game at all, it adds to it.

 

The environments, the characters, the music, its all wrapped up in one amazing package. I totally recommend this game and its only $10 or even cheaper if you find it somewhere!

 

G Ranks proved to be a pain on some chapters, especially chapter 10. Curse you last set of enemies!  Glad to have it finally done though, took a while.

 

 

[RedRodriguez87]

 

Memories Returned

 

I've never been big on VN games, but I can still say with no hesitation that these guys suck.

 

We got the main dude who's an ass.

 

The other main dude who literally treats you like a dog.

 

The pretty boy whose actually a bore.

 

The boring guy who plays his part well.

 

And the axe-crazy schizo.

 

It's a crying shame I couldn't hook up with any of the girls, or heck, even the god boy imp that follows you around.

[J2V89]

Street Fighter IV: Platinum #88

 

 

It's about time I did this. This is my longest platinum time stamp currently for a game, with a time of 2 years, 11 months. I'm glad I finally ended up doing this game. For someone like me who is a noob at fighting games, I had a lot of difficulty with some of these trials, mainly C. Viper's 3rd and 5th hard trial, El Furte's 5th hard trial, Gen's 5th hard trial and Ken's 5th hard trial. At the start, I wasn't familiar with the fighting game terminology such as terms like "QCF" and "FADC" but now I'm fully aware of what someone is talking about when they write their strategy for games like this. I didn't hate this game, but I also didn't enjoy it much, a lot of it is very repetitive, especially doing all survival and time attack levels and beating arcade mode with all characters. For the non-trial related offline trophies, you can mainly just spam Zangief's lariat which combines all 3 punch buttons into one move that does a lot of damage to opponents and barely ever misses them. I did the hard trials before normal trials because I wanted to get the hard part over and done with and after doing all hard trials, the normal trials were a breeze. I mostly hated using charge characters in trials and combos that required me to use an ultra and catch Dan in the air with it, there aren't many things more annoying than getting to the very end of the combo to miss the ultra at the end of it. 

 

I did this game with a regular controller, I don't have a fight stick and I don't think a fight stick is necessary for getting the platinum on this game, heck you may even make the game take longer for yourself if you buy a fight stick solely for this game without ever using one before. When using the controller, I used the d-pad for special move inputs, the analog stick is way too inaccurate and unhelpful. The online for this game requires you to do a lot of things to get all the icons and titles associated with it, the longest part of the online is the fact that you need to win 501 matches as a requirement for titles and icons, even though the trophy list says you only need to play 500 matches. The online is pretty much impossible to do without boosting this year because it is severely dead and some of the requirements put you at a disadvantage against your opponent, such as "win 50 matches with 0-10% health remaining". 

 

I'll probably do Super Street Fighter IV and more fighting games in the future when I have cleaned up my trophy list backlog. This game and Gran Turismo 5 were the games that had me most concerned about my completion rate for a while, now I've done them both. I think Gran Turismo 5 is still a much more difficult platinum than SF4, but I'm also quite bad at racing games too. 

 

The Gold Standard Video

 

No Challenge Too Hard Video

 

Platinum Video

Congrats on the platinum and I agree the online requires you to do so much for the icons and titles. I'm sure you'll be able to do Super Street Fighter IV. 

[voodoo_eyes]

#142 - Magus

 

 

 

Crap game, easy plat. That sums it up really. Was 4€ on the sale and that's about what it's worth. Story is bad, mechanics are poor, graphics are abysmal. The gameplay is somewhat enjoyable for inexplicable reasons. It's still better than Damnation that much is for sure.

 

Enjoyment: 5

Difficulty: 1

[Dark Layla]

#74 Wolfenstein: The new order




A fantastic game with a brutal game mechanism!
Although i consider a nazi shooter (because of some references) don't be fooled, this is one of the best shooters I've ever played in ps4!

Not to mention the fact this game is one of the pioneers in first person!

There isn't missable trophies and the game is not difficult (even the uber difficulty can be "manipulated") although the ironmode is a real challenge.... real




This story isn't over, the next "chapter" begins on the prequel Wolfenstein: The Old Blood


 

Edited October 5, 2016 by Rose_Dark

[Undead Wolf]

    Platinum #138

 

Adventures of Mana

The Hero of Mana

Obtain all trophies.

 

So this game is a remake of a Gameboy game called Final Fantasy Adventure (or Mystic Quest in Europe). Unlike other remakes (I'm looking at you FFVII), it plays exactly like the original, just with updated graphics and music. As you can imagine, this makes it feel a little clunky and dated, but I think it adds a lot to the charm. It takes me back to what it was that made these kinds of games so great in the first place, and for added effect, you can even switch the music to the original version. It's awesome. The game doesn't hold your hand, and it's not always clear where to go or what to do, but if you remember, that's how games were back in the day. Of course I've been spoiled by modern games, so I had to rely on a guide to get me through, but I can still appreciate it.  You can pick this it up pretty cheaply on Vita, and if you're a fan of older RPGs, then I'd absolutely recommend you to do so. The platinum is pretty straightforward too if you needed some extra motivation.

 

 

Remember when video game soundtracks were like this? It's so GOOD!

Edited October 6, 2016 by Undead Wolf

[Shurax_Urden]

Double Platinum this time! I think I am going to try Castlevania LoS now

 

#33 Does whatever a spider can!

Unlock all 42 trophies to earn this.

 

Enjoyment : 7/10

Difficulty : 3/10

 

Hard mode was not hard at all, only had struggles with Mysterio level. I spent 20 hours here, and got a bit tired of repeating the levels, some of them had to replay it about 3 times and it was a bit boring. Overall a really good spider game and enjoyed it a lot. The platinum almost came by itself without looking it

 

#34 Sand Master

Unlock all other trophies

 

Enjoyment : 7/10

Difficulty : 1/10

 

I was only 4 trophies away and the game glitched on me when I only had one sarcophagus left Anyway, I replayed it again some years later from the beginning and beat it in one day. Brought me some old memories

[Bez_Gaming]

 

Sand Master 

Unlock all other trophies.

 

Another platinum, slightly challenging but nothing too crazy here, not bad for a free game, I honestly didn't hate this game, sometimes the combination of jumping re solidifying the water or jumping re solidifying the water running up then jumping and repeating two or three times can be a little tricky but you get the hang off it pretty quick after some practice, again no hate I didn't mind this game, free running and the boss battles could be pretty awesome, maybe a little repetitive if I wanted to be a little critical... I'm looking forward to grabbing another platinum soon.

 

Next is the last of us... two trophies needed.. hopefully I can start it sometime this weekend.

Edited October 6, 2016 by PulpFiction91

[Ala-Arska]

Assassin's Creed: Liberation HD

 

 

Platinum Trophy

Collect all other 30 Trophies for this Trophy

 

So, the Platinum description isn't the most inventive ever and the image itself is something from the Summer Olympics. We're off to a good start   

Now, I'm not an expert with the AC games (having played only five of 'em), but Liberation is probably the weakest one for me. Or maybe tied with the first one.

First of all, it doesn't feel like an Assassin's Creed title. There's no present um...present, the areas are small, and viewpoints are not high enough.

Secondly, it's a tad on the short side. It feels like a cross breed of a standalone DLC and a spin-off. 

Thirdly, and this is a big one: DEM GLITCHES! Graphical hiccups, force-quit-ones, unresponsive button prompts... Bugs Galore (no, not my kinky porn name)!   

One of the weirdest anomalies happened in the Bayou, where my character decided to be a fish and started swimming...on dry land   

Speaking of the Bayou...I really wanted to like that swamp atmosphere, but the odd camera switches and annoying climbs just made me hate it. Pthui!

Although I make it sound like an unplayable mess, all in all I did get some enjoyment out of it. As a rating, I'd give it a   Trophy   

For die-hard AC fans, and those who really, really want to complete every...single...one...game in the series. I salute thee   

[markcavan]

#106 - Murdered: Soul Suspect on PS3 (41st plat of 2016) - 42.59% UNCOMMON

 

I really enjoyed this game. Interesting story and lots of collectibles has you exploring. I also picked this up for around €5 on a recent PSN sale so was a bargain.

 

Overall 7/10 enjoyment with a 2/10 for difficultly

[snakebit10]

 

Assassin's Creed: Liberation HD

 

 

Platinum Trophy

Collect all other 30 Trophies for this Trophy

 

So, the Platinum description isn't the most inventive ever and the image itself is something from the Summer Olympics. We're off to a good start   

Now, I'm not an expert with the AC games (having played only five of 'em), but Liberation is probably the weakest one for me. Or maybe tied with the first one.

First of all, it doesn't feel like an Assassin's Creed title. There's no present um...present, the areas are small, and viewpoints are not high enough.

Secondly, it's a tad on the short side. It feels like a cross breed of a standalone DLC and a spin-off. 

Thirdly, and this is a big one: DEM GLITCHES! Graphical hiccups, force-quit-ones, unresponsive button prompts... Bugs Galore (no, not my kinky porn name)!   

One of the weirdest anomalies happened in the Bayou, where my character decided to be a fish and started swimming...on dry land   

Speaking of the Bayou...I really wanted to like that swamp atmosphere, but the odd camera switches and annoying climbs just made me hate it. Pthui!

Although I make it sound like an unplayable mess, all in all I did get some enjoyment out of it. As a rating, I'd give it a   Trophy   

For die-hard AC fans, and those who really, really want to complete every...single...one...game in the series. I salute thee   

 

 

So, I'm not the only that the swim on dry land glitch happened to.

[Black Goku]

Lego Star Wars VII : Force awakens on PS4

[Sunflower]

 #56 - Adventure Time: Finn & Jake Investigations

 

 

I'm a big fan of Adventure Time and wanted to pick up some of the games. It's a good point & click adventure style game. The cases are quirky as expected of AT and the art style (on the PS4) looked really colourful and vibrant. Enjoyed it quite a bit, though on the short side. Still, it was fun for a relaxing afternoon. 

[Stevieboy]

 

Complete Hero

 

LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes (PS3)

[zadorvp]

PLATINUM #298: Dead Synchronicity

Tomorrow Comes Today

Tomorrow Comes Today

[MStalker58]

 #116

 

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow

 

 

The more I played this game the more I loved it. I still prefer the old-school 2D Castlevania games (those were some of my favorite games as a kid) and LoS is definitely a different type of game from those. However, it's a great game when judged on it's own and not compared to the older games in the series. Some of the influences for LoS are fairly obvious. The combat is very God of War like, a couple of the bosses could have been ripped straight out of Shadow of the Colossus, and the platforming is similar to the likes of Uncharted or Prince of Persia. Luckily, Lords of Shadow successfully mixes all of those elements while the Castlevania atmosphere and environments make the game feel unique and not just a clone of those other titles.

 

The graphics are impressive, the overall presentation is great, and Patrick Stewart was a nice touch as the narrator. The game is rather lengthy and it takes 2-3 playthroughs for the platinum, but it never felt like a grind to me. Adding trials to each level mixed things up and gave it some replay value. Some of those trials were annoying at times but nothing too hard. Definitely feel like I got my money's worth with the lengthy campaign, replaying levels for the trials, 2 story DLC's, not to mention Mirror of Fate being included in the Ultimate Edition. I'd recommend this game to anyone who enjoys the action adventure genre, just don't expect a classic Castlevania style of game. 

[Zoushi]

 #26 Steins;Gate

 

 

Sky Clad Observer 

Unlocked all trophies.

[CloudsInHead]

 

 

"It can't be for nothing."

 

The Last of Us: Remastered - Platinum #17

 

Very nice looking platinum and the game... well, I'm still processing many things

 

Ellie is not only one of the greatest female characters of all time (IMHO), but the story and immersion made me feel as if she was becoming like my own daughter, or little sister to put it better. She was resilient, fierce, intelligent, assertive, brave, loyal, and (above all) selfless. She defies stereotypes and wins everyone over, like Brienne from Tarth (iirc) on Game of Thrones. Awesome female characters.

 

A little sister who stabs Clickers through the head and takes out multiple, fully grown, crazed men routinely. Also, I loved playing as a half-crazed, half-normal Joel... much rampaging.

Edited October 6, 2016 by The_Apex_Badger

[Ei8_Hundr8]

BLOODBORNE

- All trophies acquired. Hats off! -

 

God I love this game. Surprisingly it's not as hard as people said it'd be. Be patient and this game is quite easy, including the chalices.

[Jalok-]

  #135:Need For Speed

Hit PSN level 33!!
Fun: - 7/10
diff: - 2/10
 

[Ala-Arska]

Code: Realize

~Guardian of Rebirth~

 

 

C: R Master

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I don't know why, but that Platinum image strongly reminds me of Kingdom Hearts...

What a weird set of trophies, so many popping at the end that I missed my sweet Plat screenshot completely. It came prematurely   

These visual novels seem to have a same principle behind them: you're a gal, choose one of (more or less douche) emo guys, watch Bad/Normal/True Ending. Repeat.

At least now there's some League of Extraordinary Gentlemen-esque plot backing up these mating rituals.

Arsène Lupin, Van Helsing, Victor Frankenstein...um, Herlock Sholmes? Most likely played by Cenedict Bumberbatch   

And, of course, some gratuitous shots of topless dudes. All in their pale and skinny glory. Yum.

But, with as great visuals as in Amnesia: Memories and equipped with a stronger tale to tell, it's a good catch for the fans of this otome genre.

And it's currently free, so you really can't complain. Go forth, single ladies, and put a ring on it   

[Makilio]

#40: Dragon Quest Heroes

 

Decided to get myself in the Dragon Quest spirit for the release of Dragon Quest Builders. It's a pretty fun game with all the things you love (and hate) from the DQ series. It has its flaws and difficulty issue (there's no difficulty), but it has enough appeal to make me want DQH2 to be released in the West as soon as possible. Besides, how can you say no to a series that is full of shirtless men?

Edited October 7, 2016 by Makilio

[TheFinalEmblem]

Platinum #59- Adventures of Mana

The Hero of Mana

 

Boy, this game was a ton of fun. If your a fan of old RPG games, you'll definitely enjoy this. It's a complete remake and overhaul of the GB game Final Fantasy Adventure, and games like that aren't really made these days anymore, it's kinda reminds me of a Link to the Past honestly, which might be why I enjoyed it so much. While there's not a ton of replay value, I'm totally gonna pick up the GB version when I can and play that because it was so fun.

 

Platinum screenshot

Edited October 6, 2016 by TheFinalEmblem

[AJC3317]

Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse - Ultimate Adventurer

 

Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse is a point and click adventure game that follows the adventures of the art insurance claims adjuster George Stobbart, and his girlfriend but not really, journalist Nico Collard. The two of them find themselves in Paris at an art show, where the mysterious painting known as La Malediccio gets stolen. What follows is a story of fraud, religion, and murder, where George and Nico must unravel the mystery and discover who is responsible. 

 

The most noticeable thing about the Broken Sword 5 when it first starts is the art style. It looks as though the game is taking place in a painting, which makes sense considering the story is based around a piece of artwork. The backgrounds are vibrant and still, save for a bird flying in the sky here or there. Interestingly enough, it's also one of the few games in history where the cutscenes look worse than the real time graphics. The cutscenes all look muddy and out of focus, which is jarring when they are transitioned to and from. Thankfully there are only a scarce few cutscenes in the game, so most of the time is spent looking at the lovely in game artwork.

 

The story of Broken Sword 5 tries to hit a lot of notes, but ultimately feels unfocused. It begins with George attempting to track down the rightful owner of La Malediccio, and ends with a man attempting to raise Lucifer to destroy Jehovah. Not exactly a natural progression. The game was originally released as two separate chapters, and split up the differing stories make more sense: the first chapter dedicated to the insurance fraud scandal, and the second to the religious significance of the painting. But when the chapters are paired as one game, the story drags on and on. The sense of dragging is not helped when there are far too often long dialogue heavy exchanges between actual gameplay sections. Many minutes can pass between button presses, and Broken Sword 5's story is too predictable and not engaging enough for the game to get away with it.

 

The gameplay is standard point and click adventure stuff. Unlike many other games in the genre, however, Broken Sword 5 attempts to be as straightforward as possible. Many solutions to puzzles are fairly easy to find, and the game will not allow you to leave an area until you have solved all the puzzles and gathered all the items you need to. This helps to avoid the worry that there may be something else in a different area that you may need to solve a puzzle in the area you're currently in. Even any dialogue puzzles are solved simply by just choosing every available option. The best thing Broken Sword 5 does is immediately leave an area when you click on an exit, rather than wait for the character to walk over to the exit. This is nice because George and Nico have no idea what urgency means, and will always walk as slow as possible even when, say, chasing after a kidnapper and his victim. All in all, most players won't have too much trouble with the puzzles.

 

That is, however, until a couple puzzles toward the end. The first takes place in a fully blackened cave where you need to find a light source. The interactable area of an item is very small in Broken Sword 5 as it is, and when you put the items in pitch black it makes it that much more frustrating to find them. That puzzle slows the pace of a the game to a crawl. The second puzzle then grinds it to a full stop. It requires you to translate markings into english using a guide. The problem is that no markings that you are translating actually appear on the guide. The game expects you to make some very large assumptions on what the markings actually mean in order to solve the puzzle. It is a very out of place ramping up of difficulty in a game that otherwise is mostly uncomplicated and easy for a point and click game.

 

Broken Sword 5 is a great game to introduce someone who is unsure about point and click adventure games to the genre. The puzzles are fairly easy to solve and the game isn't going to purposefully try and misdirect you. If you're a veteran of the genre then there probably isn't going to be much here to entice you. You will find the puzzles too easy, and the story will become long and predictable if you don't play the two chapters separately with a break in between.