Popular Post LDCurtiss Posted June 27, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 27, 2023 (edited) Platinum #159 Started this game when it was released back in 2019, didn't finish it. Earned two trophies in April of 2021, put it on the backburner again. After realizing I need to focus more on my backlog instead of adding more to it, I decided to come back to this game. I really enjoyed this game. Sure, it isn't perfect by any means, but I did enjoy the adventure. I wish you were able to skip cutscenes when a game like this calls for multiple playthroughs and you have to get two different endings. Other than that, while it seemed tedious, when you find the right weapon upgrades, have the right suit upgrades, and can be decent at stealth, you'll enjoy this platinum. I do plan on going for the DLC, not sure if I want to do a New Game Plus run, that may be done last. Edited June 29, 2023 by LDCurtiss Correction 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SmileSlice Posted June 27, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 27, 2023 #179 Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth1 [PS Vita] 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Amaterasuthewolf Posted June 27, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 27, 2023 #80: Okay, you can sell the game now Enjoyability: 7/10 Difficulty: 5/10 Overall, a pretty funny game and it provides a genuine challenge with the Ultra-Violence playthrough. 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post FLaNJeY Posted June 27, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 27, 2023 #66 - Death Stranding: Director's Cut Rating: 7.5/10 Difficulty: 2/10 First Plat of the year, on which I've been incrementally working since January. And an interesting game to boot. If you were to tell me you despise it and its intentionally obtuse mechanics and controls, indulgent narrative, and celebrated tedium, I would understand wholeheartedly. But there's a real charm to all those elements, and I thoroughly enjoyed the meditative, iterative grind; completing orders and gradually expanding the network, until you've established an infrastructure that helps expedite the loop, for both yourself and other players. Interestingly though, I found the game most monotonous when exploiting the more advanced structures, which render most orders effortless. Not to say I did not enjoy it at any point; I wouldn't have put 170 hours into the game had I not. However, I infinitely preferred my first trip to new destinations, traversing the uncharted and unwieldy terrain, than my 20th trip, perfectly sheltered from the Timefall in my Lv 3 Long-Range Truck, speeding across a highway. It's not the repetition; that I had visited this destination so many times, but the ease and how mechanical the subsequent trips became, which rendered them so uninteresting. While developing conveniently placed structures along carefully planned routes was satisfying, actually using them to bypass broad swathes of terrain was not. Irrespective, even the 20th trip to a well-visited Prepper is just another opportunity to soak in this game's breathtaking visuals. The Decima engine is a real behemoth. Combat and stealth are elementary, superficial diversions, but do add some diversity to the gameplay loop, the extent of which is somewhat dependent on the degree to which you choose to engage with these systems. The narrative was novel, albeit not particularly impactful for me, and while I don't worship Kojima like most of his avid supporters, I respect and admire his unorthodox and refreshing style of storytelling. It's a divisive package, but I'm actually quite pleased by how much I enjoyed and remained engaged with this game. 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SteelFreaxx Posted June 27, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 27, 2023 (edited) #97 Haven Unlock every trophies A very relaxing game with great music, one criticism would be the loading screens there are so many but they do have some humorous art of Kay & Yu and it was well worth seeing their journey to the end. Spoiler Got a dynamic PS4 theme from the in-game gallery too! Edited June 27, 2023 by SteelFreaxx 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post erwint0920 Posted June 27, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 27, 2023 #77 - GRID Legends You must be one genius of a driver!You are the GRID Legend 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Poindexter2291 Posted June 27, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 27, 2023 #241 - NEW Tales From The Borderlands I did not enjoy it, plat took 3+ playthroughs and 95% of it was AFK waiting for dialogue options 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Doogey23 Posted June 27, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 27, 2023 Platinum No 67, Astros Playroom 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post voodoo_eyes Posted June 27, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 27, 2023 (edited) #657 - Ravenous Devils (PS5) A decent macabre cooking sim. Drags on a little bit too much, as it becomes somewhat boring after a while. The game also softlocked on one save file for me, so had to start over after an hour in. Enjoyment: 6 Difficulty: 2.5 Edited June 28, 2023 by voodoo_eyes 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
percy547389126yv Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 #2,603 & #2,604 PS4 & PS5 versions of Crazy Chicken Remake 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post da-Noob123 Posted June 28, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 28, 2023 Don't think I have posted here since the end of April, in that time I have earned several platinums. May Ratchet and Clank: Full Frontal Assault This and All 4 One are the worst 2 R&C games. I just need one more game (Deadlocked) to complete the series and it was the taste of these 2 games from my mouth and leave me on a high note with the series. Untitled Goose Game Fun little puzzle game, especially in couch coop. Time trials we pretty easy, I recommend it. Syphon Filter 3 By far the weakest entry in the original trilogy but it filled in some background for the first 2 games. Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror Probably the best handling SF game so far and a pretty decent story. Got one more SF game to do, Logan’s Shadow though I am still hoping we get The Omega Strain as a Classic. June Kena: Bridge of Spirits A truly beautiful game that was surprisingly difficult. Normal was challenging enough so I used the Master difficulty trick for the platinum. Might have been manageable if I could reliably parry but I suck with such things. Batman Arkham City Most proud of this one. I had written it off 2 years ago but after recently finishing Knight's 100% I decided to go back to City. Yes the campaigns are challenging but I really psyched myself out of doing them for no reason. Also, I completed all of the DLC so I have now 100% the trilogy. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post disaster500 Posted June 28, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 28, 2023 (edited) #78 Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel - 3.39% Personal Diffculty - 4/10 Time Played - 52 hours Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel is set between Borderlands 1 and 2, and tells the story of the events leading up to the beginning of Borderlands 2. You'll see how Jack became Handsome Jack (and an absolute psychopath), how he got an endless Hyperion robot army, and why he wants to find the Vault on the planet Pandora so badly, he'll destroy everyone in his way. In terms of gameplay and missions, the game is basically BL2 in space. Most of the game takes place on Elpis, Pandora's moon, and with that is typical space/sci-fi stuff. There's a lot of low gravity sections, there's a new type of gear called "Oz Kits" which is your oxygen supply, and there's many references and easter eggs about popular sci-fi media such as Star Wars. There's new laser weapons, and cryo weapons replace the slag weapons in BL2. The main elements of Borderlands are still there though, the combat/character progression and the humour. The Pre-Sequel isn't as funny as BL2, mainly because Jack in BL2 is one of the best villains in gaming history, whereas in TPS, he hasn't yet become the cocky, arrogant arsehole who taunts you throughout the entire game he's so well-known for. Instead, the main "bad guy" is Colonel Zarpedon, who's uninteresting. There's still plenty of funny parts though, mostly from the side missions, and some of the bandit leaders you come across, such as The Bosun and Deadlift. Combat and character progression is satisfying as ever, as you level up you'll slowly get more and more powerful guns, as well as piece together a build for the unique character you picked at the start, each with several unique skill trees. In the base game there's Athena "The Gladiator", Wilhelm "The Enforcer", Nisha "The Lawbringer" and Claptrap "The Mistake". I played as Wilhelm, with his 2 combat drones Saint and Wolf. The trophy list is quite grindy and there's a lot to it. The main timesink is getting a character to level 50, which basically requires 2 playthroughs (normal and True Vault Hunter Mode) with many side quests completed. Some other big ones are completing all side missions in a playthrough, and completing every single Badass Challenge to level 1 (although some only unlock when you have others at level 5, so at one point I spent a while grinding 750 point-blank shotgun kills). There's also 1 trophy related to each character's ability. Wilhelm, Nisha and Athena have easy ones, Claptrap's is awful. As the punching bag of the series who is generally incompetant and everything he does, Claptrap's skill is RNG. The game selects one of many abilities to use, and his trophy requires you to use 15 all of them. They have random effects, including turning into a pirate ship, spawning a disco ball that spams elemental effects, and a bomb that'll instantly kill you upon detonation unless you kill another enemy with it. Some of these are very rare though, including one that's both rare and mulitplayer exclusive. If you use it while a teammate is downed, there's a small chance your skill will instantly kill you, and revive your teammate at the same time. Overall, I spent about 90 minutes constantly using Claptrap's skill, hoping to pull the right ability. I must've got some of them 20 times before I ever got the Funzerker ability, the last thing I needed for the platinum. Overall, I recommend, although you should play BL2 first. Speaking of BL2, that'll probably be my next platinum. I played it in 2019 before I trophy hunted, but I did the main story and 90% of the side quests, so I've mostly got clean-up left for that. Edited June 28, 2023 by disaster500 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JAK-KRIEG Posted June 28, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 28, 2023 #662 - Car Mechanic Sim Enjoyment: 5.75/10 (Plus I got it free from Extra) Time to plat: ~ 60 hours Difficulty: 3.25/10 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post Swotam Posted June 28, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 28, 2023 #208 - Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered (PS5) Be Greater 62% Common My second time getting Platinum in this game. I originally played the PS4 version to 100% and decided to pay $15 to get the PS5 remaster after reading several reviews about how much better it looked, etc. I have to admit that the PS5 version in Performance RT mode looked really good. Everything was nice and smooth, and the environments looked excellent and very natural. It's definitely the best way to experience the game. Seeing as how I wanted to actually play the game as opposed to simply importing my save and auto-popping everything, I replayed the story from scratch, obtaining those trophies naturally (along with several others), before importing my PS4 save to unlock the remaining trophies I didn't really feel like grinding out again. Say what you will about auto-popping, but there's definitely times when it can save you from having to spend hours doing things you don't really feel like doing. Love it, hate it, doesn't matter to me. An excellent game on PS5 just as it was on PS4. Insomniac managed to hit the target with this one and made a superhero game to be remembered. #209 - Marvel's Spider-Man Miles Morales (PS5) Be Yourself 48% Uncommon One cannot play Spider-Man twice without playing the Miles Morales spinoff as well. As with the original game this one looks and feels excellent on PS5. The Performance RT mode offers stellar visuals with excellent performance. Insomniac did a solid job of making this game familiar yet unique in its own way, with Miles being less polished in his web swinging while having his own unique abilities to play with. The story was short, solid and enjoyable, although I did find some of the encounters at the end of the game had an awful lot happening at once and it was occasionally annoying to get hit by some random enemy ability when you didn't even know they were around due to there just being too much going on to keep track of. Otherwise an extremely fun game to play with a straightforward Platinum that doesn't ask you to spend ridiculous hours doing cleanup activities that aren't enjoyable. Definitely looking forward to Spider-Man 2 later this year, and hoping that it will meet or exceed the already high bar set by Insomniac with their existing releases. 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post StraightVege Posted June 28, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 28, 2023 Platinum Garden #340 At first glance, the appealing art design similarities in this novel take on side-scrolling puzzlers could almost convince you that it was developed by Night School (Oxenfree), but the total lack of dialogue or narration should quickly dispel that silly notion. Indeed, this bittersweet, nostalgic story about two separated childhood friends is told wordlessly, as you traverse eight abstract, rotational island dream worlds. Each is themed around the duo's fondest memories, and strewn with cherished items from their past halcyon days of hanging out together. Your objective in The Gardens Between is always the same: to carry an orb of light all the way to the shrine atop the level's peak, discerning how to overcome various obstacles along the way. Only Frendt, the tech-savvy boy, can interact with mechanisms and gadgets in the environment; meanwhile the girl, Arina, carries a lantern to catch those elusive light orbs, which she can then place on jumping boxes to send them flying elsewhere on the map. Occasionally, their paths will even diverge, requiring one to open the way for the other by some means. Walking right advances the passage of time forwards, while backtracking to the left reverses it, so based on how events around you transpire during the trek up the mountain, it's often necessary to move time back and forth quite a bit to make progress. For example, a giant saw blade stuck in a plank blocking your path can be removed by having the girl repeatedly pass over the handle to cut it. The stage complexity escalates at a perfect pace, with devious late-game puzzles likely needing much pondering to ascertain the solution, provided you're forgoing the use of walkthroughs, of course. Upon solving a world, you're rewarded with a touching memory scene of the good old days, when the close buddies spent hours playing video games, or gazing at the stars. Considering the extremely simple controls and mechanics (only the left stick and X button are utilized), it's amazing how much depth they achieved, creatively using elements in every manner possible to keep the gameplay fresh throughout. This is obviously a production where the team had a clear vision, and avoided extraneous fluff. Sometimes, it's better not to overcomplicate things. One minor, yet frequent issue, however, occurs when the camera swings around to view the opposite side of the island. The kids end up walking to the left, yet you still need to hold right on the analog to advance. This just feels awkward and counterintuitive, akin to using 3D controls in an old survival horror game built for tank movement. It also happens when climbing ladders, since you need to hold right to go up, and left to go down. Seems like they could've handled this more elegantly, but you do grow accustomed to it before long. As someone whose childhood "friends" often bullied him for being different, the emotional ending, while poignant, probably didn't gut punch me as strongly as intended. Nevertheless, it did cause me to reminisce about how effortless it was to make friends back then. I mean, you could literally run into some new kid in the neighborhood, and spontaneously begin playing hide-and-seek or something. Obviously not the case as an adult; profoundly sad how nothing good ever lasts. Certainly one of the most absorbing adventure-puzzle games I've played thus far, and absolutely worth trying if you enjoy wistful, clever brain-teasers of this sort. Doubly so if you can get it as a PS+ Extra "freebie" like I did. The Voxel Agents are a development studio to keep an eye on, for sure. And when you need me, we can go to places only we know. PerfectionistLeft no stone unturned during your time on Tacoma Station. #341 Players of Fullbright's Gone Home should settle comfortably into this similar first-person adventure game they released back in 2018. Although Tacoma may have a very different sci-fi setting, the overall experience feels rather familiar, exhibiting the same design ethos. You explore an abandoned space station in 2088 as Amy Ferrier, contracted by the Venturis hypercorporation to collect the recorded data of its evacuated crew members. Your secondary objective is to retrieve the vessel's Al caretaker, called ODIN, and return it along with the gathered information. Apparently, these massive companies basically own their employees in the future, meticulously tracking everything they do aboard the station, and they obviously don't want the truth about what happened there to leak. I always enjoy a good anti-capitalist narrative! To accomplish her mission, Amy uses a slick augmented reality system to follow holograms of the crew through their routines, listening to their conversations, reading their not-so-private correspondence, and piecing together the events which ultimately led to them fleeing the station. Gameplay-wise, you're essentially just strolling around clicking on points of interest, and solving some simple door code puzzles, but the detailed world is convincing, and snooping around these people's personal lives felt plain wrong. Although I admittedly rushed through this one using a guide, what I could glean of the story and themes was compelling indeed, so I'll definitely be watching a proper playthrough on YouTube, if I don't simply run through it again myself. Quite refreshing to see a game subvert the "evil Al run amok" trope, treating kind ODIN like a sentient being, worthy of basic rights. Possibly an issue humanity will someday need to grapple with. Another solid Extra pick-up, I'm pleased to say! Considering the alternative? I would say that I do. 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jermster_91 Posted June 29, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 29, 2023 #137 A Plague Tale: Requiem The Rats are back! I enjoyed the sequel a lot more than the previous game. I think the story is better and the characters are more flushed out. It would be interesting to see what path they take if a third game is made. 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Intoner_Zero Posted June 29, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 29, 2023 #191- The Medium This was just an okay game; appreciated the visuals, even though it wasn't remotely scary in the least, and the most exciting thing about it for me was having Akira Yamaoka involved with the music. Oh, and Thomas pretty much hit DILF territory 'cause daaaamn.(⁄ ⁄•⁄ω⁄•⁄ ⁄) That's all~ 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Phlegeth Posted June 29, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 29, 2023 #73 Master Thief Unlock all trophies for Sly Cooper's final outing. . . final? Really? This was okay. Some of the missions were more frustrating than fun. That one where you had to protect Murray while he drug the van was the worst. And then they brought it back for a challenge and he had half health. And that one challenge where you had to shoot down 12 specific planes was annoying. When you got to like two left the other planes would fly into you, doing damage or if they hit you in the front making you fail the challenge. I hated that plane. That mission on the final level where you had to destroy the shields of the other planes before you can damage them was the worst. Cause again they'd just fly into you. Thankfully that challenge was the boss and he was easy. And that first time challenge was very tight. It took me a few tries. But all the other time trails were very lenient. But enough complaining. I did like all the characters. Some of the gimmicks were annoying, but overall they were fun. Panda King and The Guru were fun. The RC car was fun too. Didn't like the helicopter claw thing though. Or Dimitri's swimming. Those controls were weird. And I don't like being underwater in general. 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mr_Fluffy_Pants_ Posted June 29, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 29, 2023 (edited) 165 - TMNT Shredders Revenge PS5 Have loved the turtles since I was a little kid, and it was an honour to get this platinum. Amazing game, one of the best beat ‘em ups I’ve ever played honestly, and the best ninja turtles beat ‘em up in my opinion. Can’t recommend this one enough. Definitely going to do the ps4 version as well at some point, but after playing through this one at least 8 times in the last 8 days to get the platinum I’m kind of turtled out at the moment ? Hopefully the up coming dlc has trophies as I’ll definitely be picking it up if it does. Edited June 29, 2023 by Mr_Fluffy_Pants_ 28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TheNobleOnez Posted June 29, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 29, 2023 #81 - Bloodwash A great game produced by Puppet Combo. Short but effective and super retro. Platinum is incredibly easy and enjoyable as a bonus. #82 - Watch Dogs: Legion This was my first Watch Dogs game and I thought it was decent. Luckily none of the collectible trophies bugged out for me like they are known to do. #83 - Hokko Life This is the perfect game for people who want to play Animal Crossing but don't own a Nintendo console. Has its own charm and the art style is quite cute. Platinum is on the rarer side because of the game's obscurity. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MissShake Posted June 29, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 29, 2023 #107: Hogwarts Legacy Trophy Triumph Obtain all other trophies #108: Beyond Blue Master of the Sea Earn all other Trophies #109: UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH Exe:Late[cl-r] Rebirth of a Champion Unlocked all Trophies for UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH Exe:Late[cl-r]. #110: Astro's Playroom You've Only Done Everything Found all trophies in ASTRO's PLAYROOM. See you in our next adventure! 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Amaterasuthewolf Posted June 29, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 29, 2023 #81: Full Completion Difficulty: 3/10 Enjoyability: 9/10 This game's art was absolutely beautiful and the puzzle platforming was incredibly fun. It's strange that you don't even have to beat the game for the platinum, but it's well worth seeing it through to the end. 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Doogey23 Posted June 29, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 29, 2023 Platinum No 68. After 13 years, I went and got this out. Such a great shooter before Call of Duty was popular, this was my first shooter. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ZoKu08 Posted June 29, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 29, 2023 Trek To Yomi #320 A Trek To RememberCollect all other trophies. 14.81% Rare 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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