Popular Post Omelette Paradise Posted September 23, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 23, 2020 #397 - Castle Pals This was a somewhat fun but rather forgettable retro style platformer. I liked the graphics and I liked that the two playable characters feel very different with unique abilities which added some welcome variety. Having said that, there isn't enough here to set it apart from other retro style platform games I've played that have been released recently. Enjoyment: 7/10 Difficulty: 2/10 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Emery_92 Posted September 24, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 24, 2020 Mafia 2 Definitive Edition 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Canario1988 Posted September 24, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 24, 2020 #140 Far Cry 3: Classic Edition Difficulty:3/10 Enjoyment: 8'5/10 I saw this gem from last gen with a great discount in the store and I couldn't resist to play it. And of course... Plat it! 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ZitMeatloaf Posted September 24, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 24, 2020 #60 - Final Fantasy VII Remake "Master of Fate" This is instantly one of my favorite platinums. Not because it was especially difficult or anything; the original FFVII holds a special place in my heart and is still my favorite game in the series. I was super excited to play this game and I loved it. I thought I would skip the cutscenes on the second playthrough to save time, but I ended up watching everything again. After seeing so much analysis of the story and knowing how the game would turn out, the cutscenes had much more significance on the second viewing. I think I enjoyed the second playthough more than the first one! Now it's time to go back and play the original game. 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dauersack Posted September 24, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 24, 2020 (edited) Strafe #52: Completionist The word "Strafe" means "Punishment" in German, and rarely was a game ever more aptly named. I played this game at the behest of someone who clearly did not have my well being in mind, which makes me all the more proud of earning this, my second ever platinum with a below 1% rarity, against the odds and against my own brain screaming at me to stop. As of now I am only the 12th person mad enough to get this platinum. Strafe is a crowdfunded, Unity engine shooter, it describes itself as a retro/arcade shooter. What does this mean? This means it took a lot of its inspiration from old school shooters like Doom, most noticeably the (by todays standards) ugly graphics, which are admittedly somewhat appealing in how they are implemented through funny enemy design and executed with the over the top blood and limbs flying everywhere. Sadly, also a lack of most quality of life features that are expected to be in a game nowadays is a result of this. Strafe is using an ironman approach, if you die you start from the beginning, losing your progress like weapon upgrades. There are few chances to refill life and armor, many enemies, and procedurally generated levels for the most part, game design is often bordering on unfair given that enemies can suddenly appear from a wall that snaps open, or already be on your ass when you enter some of the later levels, and they hit for a lot of damage so one unlucky ambush can ruin your current run. The levels are all chock full with enemies, from classic melee grunts to enemies jumping at you from ceilings or walls, to acid suicide bombers or shotgun using armor guys, also some more bizarre enemies like flying kamikaze jellyfish. How many enemies there are and how they appear is as random as the level layout itself. At the start of the game you pick up one of 3 main weapons, a shotgun, a machinegun, or a sniper style railgun, all with their own ups and downs, primary and secondary fire. You get to collect other weapons randomly appearing in the level, with very limited ammo, and you get to upgrade the stats of the main weapon with 1 of 4 possible upgrades randomly appearing in the level, either more magazine size, precision, damage or fire rate, and one of several big modifiers for primary and secondary fire that also randomly appear or don't appear. As hinted at by the number of times the word random appears here and the fact it was inspired by very old games, yes this game is hard, rng has to be on your side if you want to have something resembling a good time, and even then the game has a big learning curve and controls HORRIBLY. But hey, the game looks like an early 90s game, has short levels and not too many features, surely a beast of a console like the PS4, which can run God Of War and Horizon Zero Dawn, can easily and smoothly run something that looks like this, right? Dead wrong. This game has the worst performance I have ever seen in ANY videogame, its fps hits single digits at times, especially in the so called Murderzone, an extra mode for some casual killing in a "survive x number of waves" environment, you get actual diashows or freeze screen for several seconds while playing. Not only is the performance atrocious, it also has the nerve to have loading times sometimes exceeding a full minute when restarting a level, which is mind boggling to me. I guess it is because this is the vastly inferior console version, as the devs did not bother to update it after a certain point. The controls were clearly meant for pc, aside from controlling horribly, a single mini game one has to win for a silver trophy called "Hangtime" made me consider spending some quality time hanging from the neck due to how insufferably bad the controls were with a controller, rarely have I ever felt that much rage and frustration, it felt like trying to play a moderately difficult platformer by using the controller with your feet while sitting on hot coals. So the game looks bad, runs terribly and is clearly not optimized for console in any way, but at least it is simple by design so its gotta be bug free...right? Hell no, one of the buggiest games I have ever witnessed. Falling through the floor, which happened so often the devs made an actual feature attached to it to compensate people, enemies becoming invisible, damaging acid puddles becoming invisible or doing damage on the level far above their actual position, weapon modifiers disappearing, enemies stuck outside the map but still able to shoot at you, doors no longer working, barrels exploding for shits and giggles, secret rooms being unreachable, level transitions leading to horrible visual bugs especially late in the game, and your optional flying killer drone buddy sometimes attacks and kills you because it sees an enemy stuck outside the map somewhere. But with all that going on, at least the trophy list gotta be reasonable, correct? Not reasonable, I daresay it is insanely unreasonable in fact. This game is sub 1% for a very good reason, and the main offender here is this horrible trophy list. Several buggy trophies requiring a lot of repetition to finally unlock, trophies that have descriptions that are completely useless, trophies that have outright WRONG descriptions, very tough trophies, annoyingly grindy trophies, hard rng trophies, this gotta be one of the worst trophy lists I have ever completed. Does the story save it? Well there is not much of a story worth mentioning, but considering the nature of this game and the games it was aiming to copy, I shall not list this as a negative, because no one in his right mind would expect more than a barebones story from such a game. So the game has a LOT of negative qualities indeed, but was there anything decent or god forbid good in all these weeks of suffering? Actually, yes. As hard as it is to believe, but once I got used to the control and how the game works and tries to screw you over, I caught myself having fun every once in a while when I was on a roll and got to rampage around with some good weapon upgrades, turning enemies into big pixelated puddles of blood and limbs. The games soundtrack is rather unique and pretty nice as well, as is the weapon variety for such a game, though sadly some of the more unique weapons that could have made the main game a LOT better are reserved for limited secret weapons you almost never got to see. Speaking of which, the game has TONS of secrets and easter eggs from movies and videogames, from small nods to weapons from other games all the way to mini games. The game does have some self aware and dark sense of humor at times, something I always appreciate. Despite not being into shooters all that much anymore, I still enjoyed the occasional rampages when I was having a good run, and this game had the potential of being decent or even good, perhaps it even is on PC, but not on console. Overall, the game does not get a recommendation from me though, as the negatives definitely outweigh the negatives by quite a large margin, which seems to be typical for crowdfunded games. I recommend it only for people who really love this kind of game, and they should definitely get it on pc then, not console, completionists should avoid this like the plague unless they get a kick out of shortening their lifespans for a super rare platinum. Positives: + Nice soundtrack + Can be fun IF it works + Lots of easter eggs + Funny trophy names and icons (look at that mug in the platinum) + Can rock the retro shooter feeling Negatives: - As buggy as some of the shittiest broken games on the market at times - Inferior console version in terms of features and basically everything else due to a lack of fixes and updates - Controls horribly - Performance is beyond insulting - Trophy list is an iron boot kick in the balls (HANGTIME!!!) - Random levels can lead to immense fluctuation in difficulty - Some bullshit difficulty like getting mugged before being able to do anything at level start - Gets very repetetive because you see the first few levels a LOT, with different layouts but the same enemy types - last boss is as dull and unimaginative as possible, spamming the most common 2 enemy types in the entire game Someone already said that he was surprised I even took on this game, well it was part of an ongoing competition with another gamer, and he has to plat Outlast 2 for it despite being an absolute pansy and incapable of handling horror games, so even though I got punished a lot with this game, it was worth it to see and hear him scream, and oh boy if that poor fucker ever gets far enough to actually try for the platinum. Last but definitely not least, a BIG shoutout to @matuda-you , another brave soul who earned this platinum before me. He helped me a lot on my journey to the platinum, trying to explain in his native language, japanese, how to approach some trophies I was stuck on, having a lot of patience and motivating me to keep trying, especially with one of the shitty bronze trophies that refused to unlock despite me doing it dozens of times. He really went out of his way here, which is much appreciated. Without Matuda, I would have needed dozens of hours longer to finish this game, as reliable information on it are very hard to find and testing everything out can take a long time with some trophies. どうもありがとうございました、友達 Edited September 24, 2020 by Nighcisama 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dry Posted September 24, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 24, 2020 Platinum #90: Star Wars Battlefront 2 (2017, duh!) PSN Rarity: 0.3% PSNProfiles Rarity: 4.61% This is the second time I've unlocked the platinum trophy for this game. First on my previous account, again for this one. I pre-ordered the standard edition for this game months before the November 2017 release because I found enjoyment out of the 2015 game despite being a let down for the majority of gamers. Back then I had friends IRL who I could play with on PS4 and Star Wars Battlefront 2015 was the game we would spend hundreds of hours together having fun in public multiplayer and goofing around in private matches. It was a legitimately fun time for me to be on my PlayStation until about a month or two into Battlefront 2's widely-controversial release we lost most interest in being together in games. After that I continued playing until I reached Level 50 mid-January 2018, thus unlocking the platinum after 90-100 hours of gameplay, moving on I'd invest much more in trophy collecting until I couldn't keep going on with my account that I spent the majority of my life on. Starting from America's Indepence Day 2019, I created this account to continue what I liked doing on PlayStation the most (trophies). On top of playing new games (and of course easy ones) I'd like to revisit some games I've played before on the old user with the hopes I can earn all of the trophies I had in the past again, Battlefront 2 was no exception. I was skeptical at first about doing the entire trophy list again until I read about co-op/PvE mode. This would end up speeding up my platinum time by a significant amount and certain trophies less stressful because I much perfer dealing with the AI over human players. On top of that there would be a 2xp bonus every weekend and 3xp on Wednesdays which makes the game much more generous than when I played in the first three months. I also got to try out most of the other new content added to the game since I last touched it (the heroes/villans were all very cool). Overall, I would say this game has improved well since launch (well, except for the campaign. That's still the same). I had some fun my first time playing, now I kind of feel bad it's over again... Enjoyment: 8.5/10 Hours: 50-60 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Viscera1900 Posted September 24, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 24, 2020 #261 - Spyro 3: Year of the Dragon Party like it's 2024 "Win all trophies in Spyro 3" Enjoyment: 8.5/10 Difficulty: 3/10 Finaly completed Spyro trilogy. I have to say that all the 3 Spyro games are equally good and enjoyable. But if I have to choose a favorite out of those 3 games; I'd pick Spyro 3: Year of the Dragon, just because there are multiple playable characters in this game. 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post YeWeeScumBag Posted September 24, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 24, 2020 #30 Crash Bandicoot 2 : Cortex Strikes Back I needed my milestone to be one to remember. I definitely made the right choice saving this one for plat #30 10/10 but you won't catch me doing them gold relic runs again ? 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Puppeter04 Posted September 24, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 24, 2020 #37 CSI: FATAL CONSPIRACY ENJOY: 6/10 DIFFICULTY: 2/10 PLAYTHROUGHS: 1 #38 ARMY OF TWO: THE DEVIL'S CARTEL ENJOY: 10/10 cause I played coop w/ wife DIFFICULTY: 4/10 normal, 6/10 insane PLAYTHROUGHS: 2 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post voodoo_eyes Posted September 24, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 24, 2020 #499 - Stellatum One of the easier schmups out there.It's also one of the longest and the most customization. It drags on a little bit though. Enjoyment: 6.5 Difficulty: 2.5 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post AK-1138 Posted September 24, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 24, 2020 Platinum #244: Road Bustle Difficulty: 2/10 Playtime: 10-15 minutes Enjoyment: 3/10 It's 2120, and corporations finally own everything. 99.3% of the world's surface has been developed into a ceaseless hellscape of roads, railroad tracks, and skyscrapers. Backpacking, a scarcely remembered activity from the Before Times known only to the few, has concordantly become a deadly gamble. But where is there even to go, when everything looks the same? What have we done to the Earth? What have we done to our fair sister? In this one regard at least, Dutch van der Linde was right. ...Yeaaaaaah, that's just me trying to impose any kind of meaning on this massively uninspired Frogger-alike. It's more effort than the devs put forth. It would be a completely inoffensive bit of playage, if it weren't for the inexcusably poor draw distance, and buggy trophy poppery. At least the price is highly agreeable for what you get? I'd buy that for a dollar (and I did), but not much more. 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sagaan Posted September 24, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 24, 2020 #159 - dragon crown Dang i didnt like the game back at 2013, but 7 years later i had to give it an another try. Had lot of fun playin it. Plat took me 49h, u safe around 25 - 30h using a sec pad to get dem character trophs done, or even more if u have 3 or 4. Nothing is missable. U dont need to grind 100 floors to kill the demon if some1 unlocked it, u just join yer ese to the last floor and kill dem demon like a elder boss. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Godo Fwar Posted September 24, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 24, 2020 #359 - Strider Strider Master Earn all Trophies in Strider 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Geninjo Posted September 24, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 24, 2020 #63 - Final Fantasy VII Remake 33 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Fr_0zt Posted September 24, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 24, 2020 # 169 Erica Thats a Wrap Enjoyment = 7/10 Difficulty = 3/10 (4/10) cuz it got a bit boring Use this guide!! MAKE SURE you read the first comment. 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post No longer here Posted September 25, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 25, 2020 #107 - Pyre 4/10 Difficulty 9/10 Fun PSNP Rarity: 4.7% PSN Rarity: 18.91% One of the most unique experiences! The game has a great story along with a sport twist, as the game is basically NBA Jam but with emphasis on the characters and story. I should play other SuperGiant games soon. But for now, Uncharted 4 is next! 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post Fearless0610 Posted September 25, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 25, 2020 Platinum #70 - Alien: Isolation Alien Isolation "In space no one can hear you scream" Wow...just wow. This is the Alien game I've been waiting for since I was a kid and it's easily the best entry in the whole series since Aliens. Creative Assembly absolutely nailed it in every aspect from the incredibly creepy and impressive atmospheric tone and look that feels like the original film, phenomenal sound and music, remarkable level design and environmental story-telling, interesting characters especially Amanda Ripley, fun and tight gameplay, but the real star is the AI...mainly the Alien itself aka the Xenomorph. It's absolutely scary, aggressive, intelligent, and unpredictable. I love how it adapts to your playstyle and always keeps you on your toes all the way through. It's probably the most impressive AI I've ever seen in a game...vents have never been scarier ? I played this back in 2014 when it came out and I loved it. But since I'm slowly going through my backlog and trying to platinum old games and I kept thinking about it especially with Halloween around the corner. I'm glad I did because this was a really fun and enjoyable platinum and made me love the game even more. I would honestly call this a masterpiece and it's easily my favorite horror game! It's also a wonderful love letter to this iconic series and it's a shame it probably won't ever get a real sequel...Alien: Blackout doesn't count! Platinum #71 - One Night Stand One Night Stand So I bought this for 3.99 and I was pleasantly surprised by it. I don't normally play visual novel games but this one caught my interest because of the whole concept of a "One Night Stand" and trying to piece together what happened the previous night because you were wasted. The game is pretty short but it does have 12 endings with very different outcomes which keeps it interesting and replayable. Also the platinum is incredibly easy and won't take you long. Check it out 24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ya_Boy_James Posted September 25, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 25, 2020 #34 - FALLOUT SHELTER Platinum Trophy Collect all other 34 Trophies for this Trophy. Phew. Not much to say here except that maybe I paced this wrong having to grind objectives at the end -- not sure if they're scaled based on your vault size but the fact that tasks like stop 55 incidents and find the mysterious stranger 11 times (in my 140 person vault!) were "good ones" through my last ~20 objectives felt bad. I played this thoroughly on mobile first so that may have added to my fatigue, but I think it was better and more seamlessly casual in that format as well. Nonetheless, this one joins the shelf with Fallout 3 & 4! 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BADMUSTAFA Posted September 25, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 25, 2020 (edited) Call of Duty Black Ops 3 : Difficult : 6/10 Fun : 10/10 Time : Totally 1 week , 1 day my strategy 1- play the game on hardened and get as much as you could AL and other trophy kills + collect all collectibles 2- when your weapon and lvl up unlock all core + make all 5 class different weapon for upgrade all weapon the best mission for farming weapon with solider enemy not robots its ( Rise & Fall ) Then play the game on Realistic 3- Play combat immersion on realistic there is a glitch still working all you need to do bring you friend already done realistic make him sit on chair then u friend sit in sometime , 3-7 try it work 4- play the game on veterans without daying the best chance with this Difficulty Chose in every class you have ( Emergency Rever ) it’s automatically revive and dose not cout you die 5- play shadow evil zombies & multiplayer trophy its very easy thats all Edited September 26, 2020 by BADMUSTAFA 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ya_Boy_James Posted September 25, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 25, 2020 #35 - ASSASSIN'S CREED UNITY Master Assassin Earn every Trophy. When I originally played AC Unity in its first week it was sloppy. NPC townspeople ran chaotically into and through obstacles, frame rate was unreliable, and I fell through the street into a void 3 times without completing my first mission before I shelved the game and moved on for what became years. However.. With patches in place this game was great! French Revolution era Paris felt like a complete city with faithful renderings of many famous structures. The campaign had an enjoyable flow and narrative, and during its course I organically found a fair portion of the otherwise daunting 128 cockades and 294 chests. Co-op missions were much more fun than the multiplayer in Black Flag, although finding the collectible sync points in these missions was best done in a private match. The Nostradamus Enigmas were perhaps the only collectible that began to feel excessive as a scarce few came naturally to me without a guide (I would rather have done the Murder Mysteries or Paris Stories, though they were not all required for the Platinum). At the end, running through an "abridged" version of the campaign to clean up optional mission challenges as a skilled-up, geared-up master assassin, hastily dispatching any threat, was a rewarding finale. 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoapMacTavish222 Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 #368 Road Bustle for PS4........ there's not much I can say about this one. The game was $0.99, I have just finished the battlefield 4 grind, so yes, I felt like being a trophy whore. Probably one of the easiest platinums that exists. Enjoy yoself! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post preciseRNG Posted September 25, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 25, 2020 #22 A Plague Tale: Innocence Innocence I got my hands on a used copy of it. Didn't know too much about it, only read a couple of good things on some articles on the internet. I did enjoy it more than I thought I would. Loved the atmosphere, the characters and somewhat unique, but on the downside a bit repetetive, gameplay. The story was very interesting, felt a little rushed in the end and lacked explanation in some points. I would have loved to get some more historical facts on this very dark era of history via collectibles or something like that. All in all I'd rate it a 7/10 personally. If you can find a good deal, definitely give it a try! 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Eqill5 Posted September 25, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 25, 2020 Platinum #38 The Last of Us Part II I absolutely loved this, and I really hope in the future we get a Part III 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sardavanua Posted September 25, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 25, 2020 #169 - Cosmic Star Heroine After I got the Cosmic Star Heroine platinum on PS4 a few days ago, I decided to go for the Vita stack aswell. This time I enjoyed the game way more, than I did on PS4. The loading times are a little longer and sometimes the game starts lagging, but overall the game performed pretty well on the Vita. I also enjoyed the game way more on Vita, it's a perfect game for an handheld. Difficulty: 3/10 Enjoyment: 6/10 Time spent: ~ 9 hours 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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