“What the Hell Is That Still Doing There” Backlog Event Ver. 3.0

[Aviditas90]

22 hours ago, Gretchen27 said:

 

Those are tough to choose between, both series are great for different reasons. I'd put a vote down to suggest Lost Legacy if you end up playing Uncharted; or, one of the Revelations games for Resident Evil. 

 

& who knows, maybe the kitties will make great gaming buddies

 

The thing about Uncharted is i hate Collectibles. I really enjoyed playing the Ps Vita game but every time i'm tryin to start Uncharted again i get annoyed from this treasures really fast. 

I like the gameplay though so might just end up playing through them casually and don't bother bout the Trophies. 

 

I played a bit of Revelations on the Switch and Revelations 2 on the Ps4 and i liked them. But everytime i started them there was a new game releasing and i droped it. 

But if I'll start with resident evil it shoild be Revelations 2. Or 6...just to get it out of the way

 

 

[OmegaRejectz]

On 2021-05-17 at 9:18 AM, Aviditas90 said:

Also i really wanna jump into a series of games. Thinking about Resident Evil or Uncharted since i have most of the games in my backlog or at least own them but never earned a trophy which kinda is a shame. 

If you do Resident Evil I’d recommend:

Resident Evil 4, RE2Remake, RE7 & RE Village (RE8). 
7 had some annoying things required for 100%, and Madhouse might give you a run for your money, but overall it wasn’t too bad. RE2 takes many play throughs, speed runs, specific restraints, but overall besides the DLC trophy for killing 100 zombies in the gas station I’d say it isn’t bad overall. 

 

For Uncharted I’d pass on the first 3, they’re more linear than the later games, but personally I think the gameplay hasn’t held up the best.

I’d say play Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End and Uncharted: Lost Legacy.

Released May 2016 & August 2017 means they’re the newest, were natively built for PS4, are playable on PS5 and the gameplay has gotten some nice improvements from the first 3. That’s assuming you don’t care for 100%, Uncharted 4’s Survival mode is an insane grind (you can get people to carry you), the base game’s multiplayer trophies take about an hour and are a walk in the park, and Lost Legacy has no online trophies (you can actually earn the online U4 trophies in Lost Legacy).

 

[Gretchen27]

@Aviditas90

 

Yeah, it gets boring having to follow a collectible guide for a day. I usually try to combine my collectible run with a hard playthrough or some other special one (like a high accuracy run), that way it doesn't feel a complete waste. But the Uncharted game on Vita was RNG based for bounties if I remember right. I could have been lucky as that one didn't seem to take that long to complete. 

 

Best of luck with Relations 2's special episode challenges. I was able to finish the story on the Vita edition, & while I appreciate they released it on the handheld, it admittedly doesn't play well. Attempting the medal list sounds difficult enough on a console version. 

 

@OmegaRejectz

Recommends a third of the RE franchise ?

Fortunately, that 100 zombie trophy is in a DLC. That was more nerve wracking than getting chased around the police station by Mr. X. It certainly takes equal measure of luck & planning. Easier to complete compared to Revelation's list though. 

[OmegaRejectz]

58 minutes ago, Gretchen27 said:

@Aviditas90

 

Yeah, it gets boring having to follow a collectible guide for a day. I usually try to combine my collectible run with a hard playthrough or some other special one (like a high accuracy run), that way it doesn't feel a complete waste. But the Uncharted game on Vita was RNG based for bounties if I remember right. I could have been lucky as that one didn't seem to take that long to complete. 

 

Best of luck with Relations 2's special episode challenges. I was able to finish the story on the Vita edition, & while I appreciate they released it on the handheld, it admittedly doesn't play well. Attempting the medal list sounds difficult enough on a console version. 

 

@OmegaRejectz

Recommends a third of the RE franchise 

Fortunately, that 100 zombie trophy is in a DLC. That was more nerve wracking than getting chased around the police station by Mr. X. It certainly takes equal measure of luck & planning. Easier to complete compared to Revelation's list though. 

I personally mentioned every game I’ve played (minus RE3R, I don’t recommend it. And I haven’t played RE8 yet but I have it on my list). I didn’t even know that was a third, I always thought there was more than 12 RE games (spin offs and whatnot).

Yeah, I never thought I’d manage to get that DLC trophy. If someone doesn’t care for DLC I’d recommend 2 Remake & 7 even more so.

[Gretchen27]

Hi All, 

 

Guess what? Sign ups are back open! 

 

I finally had time to update the general info in the OP, April's streak challenge completions, & make a crappy banner. My skills are lacking in the photo editing department, so if anyone would like to make a better one, please do. It's always bugged me not to have something there. As always, let me know if you find any errors or have a suggestion 

[MattbluePT]

Game for this month:

 

F1 Race Stars (PS3) P: 4.31% [7 years, 11 months]

 

Can't do the 100% this month just because my ps+ subscription ended, and as I don't have too much time now, I'll only renew next month.

[JourneySilvers]

I'm probably not going to finish a backlog game this month, so many new game releases and I've been starting a lot of new games in general ? 

[IGUnique]

5 hours ago, JourneySilvers said:

I'm probably not going to finish a backlog game this month, so many new game releases and I've been starting a lot of new games in general  

I feel ya. Was struggling quite hard this month. Had planned to do the Immortal Fenyx Rising DLC's as my monthly package but mis calculated the date gap so it has only been 5 months...
Forced myself today to do 6-7 hours of boggle to get way to many 3/4/5/6/7/8+ letter words... Thank god it's done...

 

Boggle All 15 Trophies 24th May 2021 • Completed in 4 years, 1 week

[Psy-Tychist]

5 hours ago, JourneySilvers said:

I'm probably not going to finish a backlog game this month, so many new game releases and I've been starting a lot of new games in general  

 

You have 2 games which you can definitely finish quite quickly, if you wanted to.

Whispering Willows (Vita) can be done in about 3 hours blind, just check on the missables.

Grim Fandango can be done in about the same time with a guide, unless trying to do it blind.

 

I have my game for the month as a game I platted a while ago, but haven't got around to the DLC. 

Horizon Zero Dawn All 79 Trophies 19th May 2021 • Completed in 4 years, 2 months

PS4

S RANK

21165 100%

30.85%4.41%

Only took me about 8 hours to go from the start the end cutscene in NG+ on Ultra Hard. Lots of running.

 

Onto Control and flOw (Vita) for now...

[Phlegeth]

Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair [1 Year, 7 Months]  P:  28.28%

 

Pretty fun game.  Nice throwback to Donkey Kong Country.  

[HokieCAB]

May’s additions:

 

Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2.

One year, one month, and two days. 
 

What an absolute grind toward the end, and getting the DLCs changes the requirements for the base game. 

[Aviditas90]

Just a quick note that i'm not sure if I'll get a game done next month. 

Technically i could just end up throwing a Ratalaika game in here but tbh that's not what i would like to do. 

Reason might just be Biomutant. I'm really hyped and not sure if i'm gonna end up playing something else. 

But guess i'll find something nice to finish. 

 

As for a game series I'll start with darksiders. Might get darksiders 1 done for next month but we'll see. 

 

Also working on hotline miami / super meat boy on my Vita but here i'm not sure if I'm able to plat them

[JourneySilvers]

17 hours ago, Psy-Tychist said:

 

You have 2 games which you can definitely finish quite quickly, if you wanted to.

Whispering Willows (Vita) can be done in about 3 hours blind, just check on the missables.

Grim Fandango can be done in about the same time with a guide, unless trying to do it blind.

 

I have my game for the month as a game I platted a while ago, but haven't got around to the DLC. 

Horizon Zero Dawn All 79 Trophies 19th May 2021 • Completed in 4 years, 2 months

PS4

S RANK

21165 100%

30.85%4.41%

Only took me about 8 hours to go from the start the end cutscene in NG+ on Ultra Hard. Lots of running.

 

Onto Control and flOw (Vita) for now...

On my PS I'm currently addicted to Atelier Ayesha, but Whispering Willows is actually a really good suggestion. I haven't even thought about that game in a while. I play my Vita before bed a lot so that may actually be doable, thanks

[Psy-Tychist]

2 hours ago, Aviditas90 said:

Just a quick note that i'm not sure if I'll get a game done next month. 

Technically i could just end up throwing a Ratalaika game in here but tbh that's not what i would like to do. 

Reason might just be Biomutant. I'm really hyped and not sure if i'm gonna end up playing something else. 

But guess i'll find something nice to finish. 

 

As for a game series I'll start with darksiders. Might get darksiders 1 done for next month but we'll see. 

 

You have some great games on PS3 you seem to have started without getting that far on them (Dead Space, God of War 3, L.A Noire, Mass Effect, Batman Arkham Asylum to name a few) but there are definitely a few games you can finish before May has ended.

 

Valiant Hearts - The whole game can take maybe 4 hours including collectibles. The story is also really good yet quite sad.

 

Never Alone - Cute little platformer puzzler with minimal collectibles. About 3-4 hours and the DLC is normally cheap if you want the full 100%.

 

The Unfinished Swan - Quirky little walking puzzle sim with one or two mildly annoying trophies (excellent guides online though). About 3 hours too (and 3 stacks for free).

 

Thomas Was Alone - Quick and quirky puzzle game which can be finished in about 3 hours. Has great narration by Stephen Merchant. 

 

Ratchet and Clank (PS4) - A bit longer than the others mentioned but much more forgiving than the original. About 12-15 hours to complete but so much fun.

 

Apotheon - Don't let the rarity fool you, this 2D platform brawler is not very hard at all considering. There are just a fair few missables but the game can be completed in 8-10 hours. It also has a very beneficial difficulty glitch.

 

I don't know if that helps, but just some recommendations to keep the streak alive.

[Aviditas90]

34 minutes ago, Psy-Tychist said:

 

You have some great games on PS3 you seem to have started without getting that far on them (Dead Space, God of War 3, L.A Noire, Mass Effect, Batman Arkham Asylum to name a few) but there are definitely a few games you can finish before May has ended.

 

Valiant Hearts - The whole game can take maybe 4 hours including collectibles. The story is also really good yet quite sad.

 

Never Alone - Cute little platformer puzzler with minimal collectibles. About 3-4 hours and the DLC is normally cheap if you want the full 100%.

 

The Unfinished Swan - Quirky little walking puzzle sim with one or two mildly annoying trophies (excellent guides online though). About 3 hours too (and 3 stacks for free).

 

Thomas Was Alone - Quick and quirky puzzle game which can be finished in about 3 hours. Has great narration by Stephen Merchant. 

 

Ratchet and Clank (PS4) - A bit longer than the others mentioned but much more forgiving than the original. About 12-15 hours to complete but so much fun.

 

Apotheon - Don't let the rarity fool you, this 2D platform brawler is not very hard at all considering. There are just a fair few missables but the game can be completed in 8-10 hours. It also has a very beneficial difficulty glitch.

 

I don't know if that helps, but just some recommendations to keep the streak alive.

 

Thanks! 

 

Yeah i alway forget about non plat games but thomas was alone is a good call. Definitly working on that as a backup game for next month. 

 

As of now i take a break from Ps3 games but definitly will go back to them. 

God of war and ratchet and clank are definitely some series i wanna jump into. At least trying to finish some more ps exclusives in the near future 

[Flex_Da_Brent]

Hi everyone, hope you're all still doing good here. It's been quite a while again since my last update.

My apologies, life got in the way (when does it not) and I also think that after finally getting the platinum on fall guys (which was a really exhausting affair) I wasn't really in the mood anymore to focus on another single game for too long. Therefore ended up mostly playing new games for a couple months and only managed to finish a couple recent backlog games like Outlast 2 and Darksiders.

 

However last month I decided to finally start tackling my real backlog again. First target ended up being the Tomb Raider reboot. I was still missing all of the multiplayer trophies and I had to do another playthrough of the game since I missed 1 conversation for the chatterbox trophy. Luckily managed to find a really good group to help me with the mp stuff and the extra playthrough was fun and felt fresh since I didn't remember that much. Good game but I don't think I'll ever touch it again now.

 

Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition All 51 Trophies 7th April 2021 • Platinum in 1 year, 10 months

5.63%

 

Next I finished up Erica, not much to say about this one, very easy plat, it's just a bit time consuming considering the 6 necessary playthroughs. I found it to be a pretty boring game too tbh, hence why such an easy one ended up in my backlog. Don't know if I even should include this one for the challenge but I guess it counts. 

 

Erica • EU All 34 Trophies 22nd April 2021 • Platinum in 6 months, 4 days

24.17%

 

Lasty I decided to gather my strength and finally clean up the remastered Uncharted trilogy. Main reason why I did quit on these was because I tried out the brutal difficulty mode on the first one and it felt like the most unfair, ridiculous and broken piece of bs I had ever experienced. Coming back to it now a couple years later, I gotta say I have some more respect for what this mode is primarily trying to do. It really forces you to alter your familiar gameplay style and to find the most optimal strat for each and every encounter since even the smallest mistake can and probably will be the end. Almost every checkpoint is a challenge by itself and reaching the next one is often an incredibly rewarding experience. Doesn't change the fact that some sections are still just extremely poorly balanced to play on this difficulty but at least everything is always doable one way or another. Atm I'm done with both u1 and u2 with which I believe the hardest parts of the trilogy are behind me. Currently about halfway done with uncharted 3 as well and hoping to also finish that one up by the end of may. After that I'm planning to complete u4 and lost legacy as well. I don't think I really need to say anything about the games itself, very well known titles. Not the greatest games imo but they are good fun.

 

Uncharted: Drake's Fortune Remastered All 54 Trophies 14th May 2021 • Completed in 2 years, 7 months

15.89% 3.10%

	Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Remastered All 53 Trophies 20th May 2021 • Completed in 2 years, 7 months				9.08%  3.08%

Apologies for the long post, had quite some stuff to talk about here, guess that's what happens when you tend to slack on posting updates like me ? Been catching up with all of your posts as well, great to see everyone still enjoying this event as much as I do.

 

Untill next time, take care!

 

Edited May 25, 2021 by Flex_Da_Brent

[Kishnabe]

Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout All 35 Trophies 26th May 2021 • Platinum in 9 months, 2 weeks

 

 

Never thought I would complete this one. 

[damage_6-9]

Realised I needed to pop something for May.....

 

Takotan • EU All 15 Trophies 27th May 2021 • Platinum in 6 months, 3 days

Edited May 26, 2021 by damage_6-9

[Aviditas90]

Thomas was alone is prepared and ready to be finished next month. 

So definitly won't break up. 

Thanks @Psy-Tychist@Psy-Tychist again. Totally forgot about that game.

It actually was quite entertaining for what it is. 

[JourneySilvers]

A very noob question, but how do you guys get the layout for the games that you post here? (The photo to the left with the relevant information to the right of it)

[JayDeLosDioses]

31 minutes ago, JourneySilvers said:

A very noob question, but how do you guys get the layout for the games that you post here? (The photo to the left with the relevant information to the right of it)

My guess would be that it's just a simple Screenshot from your normal profile page.

Without the Rating and completion %

 

Looks like I'm only going to finish one game this month.

Depression setbacks are kicking in hard, no real help either that my usual therapist went on vacation for two weeks and the replacement guy, I don't trust him enough to really wanna talk about myself.

 

Not even a game prepared for next month yet.

It's F1 2020 or Demon's Souls though, I'm pretty sure about that. Maybe both.

Been mostly playing newer games, not wanting to go back to the past really.

 

[be_minor]

Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch [3 years, 10 months] P: 8.87%

 

Love this game, glad I finally have the PS3 version completed now. As for what's next: I'm eying either inFamous, Far Cry 3 Classic Edition, or Mass Effect Andromeda. 

[Gretchen27]

10 hours ago, JourneySilvers said:

A very noob question, but how do you guys get the layout for the games that you post here? (The photo to the left with the relevant information to the right of it)

 

 I don't use it myself, but I think just copying & pasting from your profile page should work. You might have to add the percentage in if the formating gets wonky because of the progress bar. 

[JourneySilvers]

Whispering Willows • NA

All 19 Trophies

31^st May 2021 • Completed in 2 years, 9 months

 

Barely got a game in this month lol, thanks to @Psy-Tychist for suggesting a doable one ?

[Ich1994-1994]

OK i guess i will not be able to do the remainning 2000 kills in killzone mercenaries today so i can write my update already. 

 

Need for Speed: Shift All 35 Trophies 2nd May 2021 • Completed in 11 years, 7 months

OK so for the beginning we just had a DLC cleanup. one oneline trophy to do an other than that pretty straight forward racing with a little bit wonky controls. this was also one of my very early games in general and it was pretty interesting to see how how i remembered it was a completley different thing that how it was^^

 

Enslaved: Odyssey to the West All 59 Trophies 9th May 2021 • Completed in 10 years, 4 months

Following another DLC Cleanup. in this case a great game. the maingame is one of my favourite games of all time and i also played the dlc back in the day but could never motivate myself to get the collectibles. DLc was also pretty decent. might also replay the maingame some day soon. its really great for me.

 

Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 51 of 73 Trophies 10th May 2021 • Platinum in 10 years, 5 months

i kinda didnt like this. not back in the day and also not too much when i went back to it. it was less annoying than i remembered it but still needed more grinding on the cop side than i hoped to do. luckiely robber side was done already. the DLC unfortunatley are delisted so i guess in this case it will stay  uncompleted in my profile.

 

Alice: Madness Returns All 51 Trophies 11th May 2021 • Completed in 9 years, 3 months

ANother DLC cleanup. in this case not really a dlc but the entire first game added as a DLC. at first i was excited but oh god....that controls. i mean its one of the very early 3D platformers so i guess its to be expected but i didnt expect it to be that bad^^ espacially cause it seems to be some kind of fan favourite. anyway bit by bit i got it done.
Happy to have another one of my very old projects finished

 

Ferrari The Race Experience All 44 Trophies 16th May 2021 • Platinum in 7 years, 7 months

Another racer. one of my hidden games actually. back in the day i just got the trophy for finishing the tutorial or buying your first car or something and never really identified enough with the game to have it visible in my profile. anyway this little H symbol still annyos me so i started to work on that games too. its not too bad jsut the camera in 3rd person perspective is kinda annoying because it doesnt stay behind the card and instead goes a little to the side in the turns. cockpit view fixed it. anyway wouldnt recommend this.

 

Dead Island All 59 Trophies 29th May 2021 • Completed in 8 years, 4 months

platinum and DLC in this case. got asked buy someone if i wanted to join for the 4player trophies. i actually didnt plan to touch this again but got convinced. it was better than expected just the netcode seems to fall apart since this game is out. when you are in a lobby with 4 players the game tends to freeze after about 4-5min. so getting 5 missions done with 4 people was a big act^^ anyway the DLC was kinda fun. in one of the arenas there is a sweetspot that lets the zombies all spawn in the same place so you just gotta kill the stuff comming for you.
ALso ingame there is a counter for every trophy. its a little bit of a buggy mess but it works^^
 

 

6 games for this month.

i also worked a little on Black ops 2 but didnt really make significant progress there.
also got the online trophy for chronovolt and killzone mercenaries almost done. 

i also sactually started a new game this month which became very rare in the last months. 

 

Agenda for next month

Killzone mercenaries

dark void
work on black ops 2

work on project cars (community events)
maybe NFs shift 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12 hours ago, JourneySilvers said:

A very noob question, but how do you guys get the layout for the games that you post here? (The photo to the left with the relevant information to the right of it)

just want to confirm gretchen. its really just copy and paste. i hightlight from the last letter of the date backwars to the picture and then strgc c and strg v. the formats stays like it is