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

[Ich1994-1994]

I finally finished war frame this month. Very happy it’s done and for PS4 there are probably no more trophies coming. 

 

Warframe All 84 Trophies 24th October 2021 • Completed in 3 years, 7 months

[Aviditas90]

Really had a fun time here but please set me as inactive.

 

As of now i set 90% of my gaming time in Diablo 2 and the rest mostly in some unstarted or newer games. 

 

Might come back in 2 years when Diablo 2 is done

 

Good luck and fun to all of you. 

Keep up the good work

[Sylvanticore]

Got a 3rd game completed now! Since I had already completed this on PC I put it into safe mode and just speed ran it.

 

Time to 100%: 1 year, 1 month, 2 weeks

[MattbluePT]

Rocket League

All 88 Trophies

29^th October 2021 • Completed in 4 years, 5 months

AR: 1.01%

 

Managed to complete the remaining DLCs and get the 100% for this game. This wasn't an easy month to play, but at least got rid of one game from the backlog

[SyIaris]

Two done this month, form is filled in.

Meant to get back around to Danganronpa THH, Resident Evil 5, or Lollipop Chainsaw, but did not. I'm a coward.

 

Zombie Army Trilogy

Difficult for someone prone to sniping since the enemies are psychic and know exactly where you are, but it's pretty fun to go mowing through mobs of zombies and come out triumphant. The difficulty seems pretty fair, aside from one boss stage we couldn't quite work out. Enjoyable game, little hesitant to play ZA4 with the crazy DLC...

Wasn't planned, but I love how it should be sitting right under its non-bloody twin in the streak challenge.

 

Plague Inc: Evolved

Re-re-100%'d, thanks to another sneaky DLC release. Still fun, and one of the few games I keep installed after finishing.

@Gretchen27 The % entry for this is likely to be off since it just released today-ish. Feel free to leave it out entirely.

 

[JayDeLosDioses]

I've took a break from my Dark Souls 2 NG++ run for the final spells and managed to get another game done for this month. 

 

Platinumed GTA San Andreas (the ps4 port) earlier today.

Had some moments that made me tilt quite a bit during the game, but it's still one of the best games imo, I'm looking forward to playing the trilogy again when the remastered versions are released.

But back to SA:

What's really tilting for some missions are the controls - you can only shoot in front of you while riding a bike, so in a car chase you have to drive alongside - look to any side with R2 or L2, and then shoot either with O or L1. There's also no checkpoints, so if you tried to kill someone for a few minutes, then failed - it's "fun".

I also struggled with the Taxi fares, and they made me rage quit the game a long long time ago. But manged them okay this time.

 

I'll get Dark Souls 2 done next month, it's not much left to do. The stupid Lava boss and running to the castle to buy the remaining stuff.

[JayDeLosDioses]

Sorry for the double post, but there's too much I want to say about Dark Souls 2 for an edit.

 

Dark Souls 2 was the first FromSoftware game I've ever played, I remember that one of my best friends said he found this awesome game, I should try it out. So I did - as a mage - while skipping the tutorial area.

I had no idea how to lock the camera, I've free aimed my way to the Last Giant and lost a ton of times, so I've quit saying "Skyrim is way better than this shit."

Oh boy, I never was so wrong again.

 

I came back a few months later, this time playing coop with my friend, and not as a mage.

Played the tutorial, read the message "Press R3 to lock onto an enemy" and my mind was blown. The whole game changed.

We've played through the whole game, finished the story while more or less ignoring all NPC quests... we had a thing going that whenever we meet a new NPC, a coin flip would decide about Dead or Alive.

I've  started a few platinum runs on the good old PS3 after that, but never finished a whole run, always stopped during cleanup.

 

Time went on, the PS4 remake was released and we played that one as well, this time completing the side quests, but then stopped during the third DLC, it's the one you can't play coop. Not a problem for me, I'd say that I've managed to become quite good in Dark Souls. I've learned to parry, played PvP, finished the story a few more times with different builds, but I've never went ahead and got all the different schools of magic done.

 

There's this problem with Dark Souls 2 ... it's always so ... I don't know how to put into words, it's so nearly good. I know it had a troubled development and they've changed directors during that. There's so many little things that happenend in both the original release and the remake that just aren't on the typical level you'd expect.

• Areas that don't fit together, Earthern Peak and Iron Keep is the perfect example for that. Going up a mill, just to unlock an elevator that goes even higher up to a castle that's not supposed to be in the sky.
• Bad boss design, there's 41 bosses (32 without DLC) in the game, and from the top of my head, there's three that I enjoy fighing. Sir Alonne, Fume Knight, Burnt Ivory King - all of which are DLC bosses. Most of the bosses are generic big knights in armor or "animal" like bosses.
• Agility - there's this stat that's only used in DS2, the higher your agility stat is, the more i-frames you get when rolling, can drink your Estus faster, block faster... it's crap. It's faster to use Lifegems than drink Estus in the early game. 
• There's a bug in the Scholar of the First Sin edition that halves the durability of everything. Because they've changed the game from 30FPS to 60FPS, every time you're weapon connects with something it counts as two hits, not for damage, that's calculated correctly, but it basicly cuts the durability of any weapon in half. 

It's saying a lot, that I've finished DS3, DS1, Demon's Souls, Sekiro and Bloodborne before the very first game I've played in this genre.

Anyways, it was a longer text than I thought it would be.

One more month to go for this year!

 

 

 

Edited November 2, 2021 by JayDeLosDioses

[be_minor]

I was trying to complete this before Nov. 1, but I needed a couple DLC trophies still. Glad to have the plat/ 100% now though.

 

Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition • NA All 60 Trophies 1st November 2021 • Completed in 5 years, 1 week

[Kishnabe]

This would have been my October Streak Game, just need 3 more hours on Oct 31st to complete. Could not get motivated to play games. 

 

Try next year for the 12 month challenge. 

 

PixelJunk Shooter Ultimate All 27 Trophies 2nd November 2021 • Platinum in 11 months, 3 weeks

Edited November 2, 2021 by Kishnabe

[Gretchen27]

OP has not been updated yet, it will be later this week.

Monthly Summary:

October

                                                                 

Games Completed by Participant:

be_minor: 2 games

Berendsapje: 1 game

damage_6-9: 1 game

lch1994-1994: 1 game

IGUnique: 1 game

Ilzaki: 1 game

JayDeLosDioses: 2 games

JourneySilvers: 1 game

KingHayes9000: 1 game

MattbluePT: 1 game

Psy-Tychist: 2 games

Sylaris: 2 games

Sylvanticore: 3 games

tomotakino: 1 game

xEl_Cidx: 1 game

Zbir_Vladimir: 3 games

Total: 

24 games (+1)

 

Oldest Game Completed: Call of Duty: Black Ops [9 years, 6 months] KingHayes9000

 

Youngest Game Completed: Zombie Army 4: Dead War [6 months, 1 day] JayDeLosDioses

 

Rarest Platinum:  Torment: Tides of Numenera (1.63%) Psy-Tychist

 

Rarest 100%: Warframe (0.10%) lch1994-1994

 

Absolute Rarity: Call of Duty: Black Ops (0.45%) KingHayes9000

 

 

Active check time for: @Askey @bruin-rocks @Crispy_Oglop @Flex_Da_Brent @HeyaBen @HokieCAB @Kevvik @kingofbattle8174 @Mr-ttaM @OmegaRejectz @Phantochi (profile deleted?) @SunkenQueen @TheDragonfly44 @Unwanted_Kermit @Wild-Arms-R @Zbir_Vladimir

Edited December 7, 2021 by Gretchen27

[AUSTRALIANDJ]

Hey @Gretchen27 I'm really sorry. Covid issues at work and forgot to post.

 

I just managed to get a streak challenge done but ill update it in the form. I hope this is okay. 

 

It was the horizon chase turbo dlc.

 

Saved my month.

 

I dont mind if you dont update me or the streak challenge until the end of November out of respect for your time. But it'd be awesome if you can at some point.

Edited November 4, 2021 by AUSTRALIANDJ
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[Psy-Tychist]

@Gretchen27 Where be the two games I posted in the form? 

I posted them on October second.

[Ich1994-1994]

42 minutes ago, Psy-Tychist said:

@Gretchen27 Where be the two games I posted in the form? 

I posted them on October second.

Did you check the September update? I think the form usually switches on around the third of a month

[Thirsty_Otter]

I'd like to join in on this event. Granted I don't have many unfinished games over six months old, but it should give me motivation to finish a couple games I've been putting off for a long time.

 

Games list:

Greedfall (first trophy earned September 21 2020)

Two Point Hospital (first trophy earned February 5 2021)

Borderlands: The Presequel (first trophy earned November 28 2020)

Doom Classic Complete (first trophy earned December 2020)

Naruto Shippuden Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 (first trophy earned September 24 2020)

Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War (first trophy earned January 15 2021)

 

[Psy-Tychist]

3 hours ago, Ich1994-1994 said:

Did you check the September update? I think the form usually switches on around the third of a month

 

Yeah, it was still in date. And I meant I posted on November second.

 

[Gretchen27]

4 hours ago, Psy-Tychist said:

@Gretchen27 Where be the two games I posted in the form? 

I posted them on October second.

 

I'll look for them when updating the OP. I can be a blind bat sometimes. 

 

3 hours ago, Ich1994-1994 said:

Did you check the September update? I think the form usually switches on around the third of a month

 

The dates are the only thing that switches on the Form. On my end, every month goes to the same excel sheet. Which may explain why I missed Psy-Tychist, those first days of a new month usually have overlaps from the previous.

 

3 hours ago, RoadRunner_005 said:

I'd like to join in on this event. Granted I don't have many unfinished games over six months old, but it should give me motivation to finish a couple games I've been putting off for a long time.

 

Welcome! I'm interested in hearing about Greedfall & Two Point Hospital when you get those finished. They both look fun. 

 

Best of luck with the others & I'll have you in the OP soon. 

[Kishnabe]

Tennis World Tour 2 All 31 Trophies 4th November 2021 • Platinum in 8 months, 2 weeks

 

 

Another November Entry

 

 

[poetic_justice_]

Geez, I need an event like this. Unfortunately, much of my backlog is related to platinum-breaking ultra-rare trophies. However, if I can chip away at a game a month, that's better than nothing. The time limit is six months or more since last earning a trophy? 

 

 

October: After 7 years, 10 months, I finally platinumed Medal of Honor Warfighter. Thanks to everyone who helped.

November: I restarted Brain Challenge. This will take months to complete. 

 

Not counting the 24 0% games, the 4 completely frozen-due-to-server-closure games, and the 7 games that can never be 100% completed due to server closure, this is where I stand: 

 

PS3 - 45 titles

PS4 - 14 titles

 

Some games, like Marvel Pinball, Dying Light, and Street Fighter IV I will most likely never complete. I've already spent hours of frustration on certain trophies, like Parkour Fever, Bozak Horde, and various pinball tables. However,  there are others I want to at least try.

 

Brain Challenge

Fast Draw Showdown

The Fight

Sackboy's Prehistoric Move

Naughty Bear

The Playroom

Ratchet and Clank All 4 One

Sniper Elite V2

Dead Nation

Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor DLC

[JayDeLosDioses]

Completion numero dos for this month.

Assassins Creed Valhalla is back at 100%.

 

I think it's kinda funny, that they call the DLC "Mastery mode" and it's probably the most buggy thing I can remember Ubisoft releasing.

Also, a lot of the challenges aren't "How good can you use our pre-made build in situation XY", instead they are "How many enemies can burn themselves"

Then I had to reset a few of my skills, because if you don't you can't complete optional stuff that was released MONTHS after the game

 

Really looking forward to another year of DLC for this pile of garbage.

[poetic_justice_]

6 hours ago, JayDeLosDioses said:

 

Assassins Creed Valhalla. I think it's kinda funny, that they call the DLC "Mastery mode" and it's probably the most buggy thing I can remember Ubisoft releasing.

Also, a lot of the challenges aren't "How good can you use our pre-made build in situation XY", instead they are "How many enemies can burn themselves"

Then I had to reset a few of my skills, because if you don't you can't complete optional stuff that was released MONTHS after the game

 

Really looking forward to another year of DLC for this pile of garbage.

Dang, wow. Thanks for posting this, Jay. I was looking forward to getting a PS5 before playing this, as Ubisoft burned almost all its bridges with me for how they handled Division 2. 

 

1. I paid full price for the Ultimate Edition with Season Pass at launch, $100 US. A year or two later, Ubisoft released Warlords of New York, which they had been planning all along but didn't include with the ultimate edition. Warlords required a separate purchase of $25.

 

2. The Operation Dark Hours raid had no matchmaking upon release and was practically unwinnable on console. In two months, only two hundred nineteen players worldwide were able to finish. That was for both PS4 and Xbox combined. Hundreds of players complained to Ubisoft, asking for the raid to be patched. Massive Entertainment and Ubisoft's response was an arrogant, "Get good. We're fine with the raid as it is." After two months of infuriated gamers protesting, Ubisoft finally caved and adjusted the difficulty. By that point, the damage had been done. I would guess over 70% of Division 2 console gamers said, "F- this, we're done" and left the title completely.

 

3. The loot/gear system was an indecipherable mess for at least 18 months. I spent hours creating spreadsheets and researching online to find out which drops were good for what builds. The end-game loot was hopelessly complicated. The loot system now is what the game needed to be at launch. 

 

4. Data miners determined the drop rate for God-tier rolls was 0.02%. Players could literally spend thousands of hours grinding for a particular weapon with particular stats before finally having one drop.

 

5. Ubisoft totally destroyed the cosmetic portion of Division 2 with microtransaction greed. In The Division 1, players could break items down for credit that could be purchase cosmetics they didn't own. While playing the the game to 100%, I acquired most of the cosmetics in the natural course of play. In Division 2, Ubisoft completely destroyed the loot roll system for cosmetics. When I first started playing the game, there were 115 items I could roll for. After 50 rolls, I had acquired less than 25 unique items, as over half my rolls were duplicate items I already possessed. The items I broke down for store credits were around 25% of what was needed to get another item, whereas in Division 1 they were closer to 30-50%. Ubisoft charged real money for players to get skins, and they weren't cheap.

[JayDeLosDioses]

DLC month continues

 

This time it's Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor.

I've never played the Bright Lord DLC, and I've struggled with the Hunt of the Mistress trophy before leaving the game again.

BUT, I've honestly feel like I've never played a game better than the Test of the Wild this time. Everything just worked... in the end I had 9 minutes spare.

In the second try that is, my first try failed with a time of 40:25 (the time limit is 40:00).

I didn't use the backup strat mentioned in the guide, but I did quit out to reset the Graug baits quite a lot. With less than 2 minutes time for every captain and Warchief, killing them with combat finishers isn't really an option.

Thankfully most of the Warchiefs have bodyguards, that's an important time saver. If you can't kill most of them during Riots the challenge is impossible I believe.

 

17 hours ago, poetic_justice_ said:

Dang, wow. Thanks for posting this, Jay. I was looking forward to getting a PS5 before playing this, as Ubisoft burned almost all its bridges with me for how they handled Division 2. 

Valhalla is still worth playing, it's a good RPG. And maybe I just had bad luck with how many people in the challenges killed themselves. You'll need patience for the mastery stuff, that's for sure.

 

Not quite sure if I will do another game this month, or if I'm already checking out for November. Time will tell I guess.

[poetic_justice_]

8 hours ago, JayDeLosDioses said:

DLC month continues

 

This time it's Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor.

I've never played the Bright Lord DLC, and I've struggled with the Hunt of the Mistress trophy before leaving the game again.

BUT, I've honestly feel like I've never played a game better than the Test of the Wild this time. Everything just worked... in the end I had 9 minutes spare.

In the second try that is, my first try failed with a time of 40:25 (the time limit is 40:00).

I didn't use the backup strat mentioned in the guide, but I did quit out to reset the Graug baits quite a lot. With less than 2 minutes time for every captain and Warchief, killing them with combat finishers isn't really an option.

Thankfully most of the Warchiefs have bodyguards, that's an important time saver. If you can't kill most of them during Riots the challenge is impossible I believe.

 

Thanks for posting this. Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor has been sitting at 97% on my profile for years thanks to the two trophies you mentioned. Wow, 9 minutes to spare? Holy cow. I remember rage quitting on my last attempt two years ago when I was putting the sword to the last target enemy at 39:55. The extended animation for the kill put me at 40:02. The attempt did not count. 

 

For the other, I didn't think about quitting out to reset the Graug bait. I made the mistake of starting riots in the upper right-hand corner of the map. The warchiefs and captains spawned in riots, but navigating that castle maze with the Graug was too cumbersome. Some targets became terrified, ran faster than I could, and hid in narrow and elevated walkways where the Graug couldn't reach.

 

I appreciate the clarification on Valhalla.

Edited November 7, 2021 by poetic_justice_

[Gretchen27]

Hey everyone, 

 

Dropping in to say the OP update is going to be postponed for right now. Last week was hectic at work while dealing with a sick dog. By the weekend she took a turn for the worst, it's still touch & go at the moment. & since it's not typical to be this late with the update, I wanted to let you all know the reason. Continue clearing off those games as usual. I'll catch it up when there's less on my shoulders. 

 

[Sylvanticore]

On 09/11/2021 at 1:17 AM, Gretchen27 said:

Hey everyone, 

 

Dropping in to say the OP update is going to be postponed for right now. Last week was hectic at work while dealing with a sick dog. By the weekend she took a turn for the worst, it's still touch & go at the moment. & since it's not typical to be this late with the update, I wanted to let you all know the reason. Continue clearing off those games as usual. I'll catch it up when there's less on my shoulders. 

 

 

Oh no! I'm so sorry to hear this Gretchen, please don't worry about the thread and take care of yourself and the doggo, at all times real life should come first. I hope everything clears up soon and you can relax again. Be safe okay!

[JourneySilvers]

On 11/8/2021 at 7:17 PM, Gretchen27 said:

Hey everyone, 

 

Dropping in to say the OP update is going to be postponed for right now. Last week was hectic at work while dealing with a sick dog. By the weekend she took a turn for the worst, it's still touch & go at the moment. & since it's not typical to be this late with the update, I wanted to let you all know the reason. Continue clearing off those games as usual. I'll catch it up when there's less on my shoulders. 

 

Of course, don't worry about a forum board when serious life stuff is weighing on you )): Im hoping your dog can recover, I know how scary of an experience it is to go through pet emergencies. I'll be thinking of you and your dog ❤️