Fall/Winter 2019-2020 Backlog Challenge

[Crispy_Oglop]

A quick start of week update for me with some Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan progress:

1.  Control 
2.  Wolfenstein Youngblood 
3. Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan - 77%
4.  Yakuza 3 Remaster 
5.  Borderlands 3 
6. MediEvil
7. Concrete Genie
8.  The Outer Worlds 
9. Yakuza 4 Remaster
10.  Death Stranding 
11.  Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order 

I feel really close to the platinum with Man of Medan, I think I have about 2-3 story runs left to get the endings where only the men survive, no-one survives and then the co-op trophy to do a playthrough with someone else online. This kind of game is my jam and I'm finding the story to be really interesting. I like ghost ship themed stories and the way it's filmed is really clever too. So far though, I think that they could have put less of the game on the boat at the beginning and more of it on the ghost ship itself.

Edited December 9, 2019 by Crispy_Oglop

[Together_Comic]

Update 12

Final Fantasy XV

 

Final Fantasy XV

 

Date Started: 11/16/2019

Trophies when Event Started: 0/98 - 0% --> 6/98 - 3% (Update 9) --> 7/98 - 5% (Update 9.5) --> 24/98 - 19% (Update 10) --> 65/98 - 56% (Update 11) --> 70/98 - 66% (Update 11.5) --> 84/98 - 83% (Update 12) 

 

Finished 2 of the "Brotherhood" DLCs from FF15 this weekend.  I started once to work on Titanfall 2, but figured if I got away from 15 it would be a long time before I could work up the motivation to come back to it, so I decided to stick with it. The trophies for the "brotherhood" dlcs seem to all follow the same trend.  3 miscellaneous to do during the DLC, completing the DLC on normal, Fight a superboss, and then play a mode from the menu.  I decided to do Gladio first because it seemed like the simplest and it was.  Gladios superboss was Cor which isn't particularly difficult because you can skip his two final phases with gladios op tech bar move.   The other is a score attack, which seems to be harder, but parrying is op and scores a ton of points.  The other I did was Ignis.  His extra was a fight with Ardyn in a "what if" scenario which was kind of neat and a fight with Noctis which is hard, because you have to get an A+ rank on it.  I admit I got a bit lucky because at some point near the end of the fight he teleported away to get MP back (normal), but he just kind of stood there and let me get 9 or 10 total clarity's off before he rejoined the fight.  The guide seems to think that he lost sight of you, but apparently this is random. Either way its done.

 

Overall, I enjoyed the two DLCs that I played but I couldn't help having the feeling that these felt like cut content DLCs. Content that should and would have been in the original game, that was cut out to sell back to you in order to get a complete experience.  At the same time, I can see why, in a game that already has pacing issues, you would cut out these sections that don't really fit what you were already doing. It left me feeling mixed about it.   

 

Anyway, Here's hoping to finish up with Prompto and Ardyn by Friday so I can put this game to rest and play something else (and talk about something else) 

 

Here's a updated summary for whats left to do. 

 

~ TC

 

Game	Trophies	Percentage
Final Fantasy IX	52/52	100%
Mass Effect 3	69/69	100%
Crash Bandicoot 2	25/25	100%
God of War: Ascension	36/36	100%
Return of the Obra Dinn	17/17	100%
Final Fantasy XV	84/98	83%
Super Beat: Xonic!	28/33	64%
Titanfall 2	0/51	0%
J Star Victory Vs+	0/50	0%

 

Swaps 2/7

Drops 0/2

 

[StilRh]

Update: I've not been in the right place for gaming over the last few days -

Spoiler

I have been asked to investigate a patient death at the hospital I work at (I am a nurse), while the case is straight forward I know there is a grieving family to console and provide with closure and that some of my colleagues are going to be cross examined, so it hangs pretty heavy on me.

 I hope to try breaking out of this slump with something light on my days off, probably jamming to Project Diva F, but I hope I can get back into Trails of Cold steel - I have been playing this exclusively and I am finally at the final chapter on my 100% completion run. It is a beautiful game, one you can take your time with. I will likely add Cold Steel 2 and 3 to my challenge once other games are out of the way. Hope everyone else is smashing those platinums!!

[Copanele]

Sadness update:

 

1.  Devil May Cry (PS3) -  100%

2.  Devil May Cry 3 (PS3) -   100%

3.  Demon's Souls (NA version PS3 ) -  100%

4.  Deadpool (PS3) -  100%

5.  Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood (PS3) -  100%

6.  J-Stars Victory VS+ (PS3) -  100%

7.  L.A. Noire (PS3) -  100%

8.  Devil May Cry 2(PS3) - 0% -> 27% -> 64%

9.  DmC: Devil May Cry (PS3) - 0%

10.Bayonetta (PS3) - 2%

11.Alice : Madness Returns (PS3) - 0% -> 3%

12. One Piece : Pirate Warriors 2 (PS3) - 11% -> 13% 

Swaps used : 3

Drops used : 1

 

The painful saga continues. Finished Dante's Normal run and Lucia's Normal run. Upgraded most of the crap both of them have, I only have to invest some extra orbs in Lucia's useless knives. Managed to even complete the worst trophy in the game, S rank in a mission with Dante and Lucia.

What I have left : Finish Hard mode with both of these suckers, finish Must Die with Trish(uh baby, having those sweet DMC1 moves are like a breath of fresh air), upgrading Lucia's arsenal and finishing Bloody Palace, which I will do with goddamn cheats thank you very much! Also abusing my poor Turbo controller, the guns are firing nonstop.

 

Every sliver of respect that I had for this game and Dante went down the drain once I played as Lucia. The dumb character moves like a truck without a wheel, attacking misses the enemies half of the time and her butter knives are really useless. What a crap character. Oh and 2 underwater levels with an underwater invisible boss because why not.

 

As mentioned, can't wait to throw DMC2 into the dumpster. I have 3 games left without this mess and I intend on enjoying every last bit of them. After I am done with this turd.

Doubt I will re-add anything on the list though, I have a strange feeling that with DmC and Bayonetta the schedule will get really tight..

[Mesopithecus]

1.  Final Fantasy VIII -  09/28/2019

2.  Graveyard Keeper - 0%

3.  Yomawari: Midnight Shadows - 0%

4.  The Sims 4 -  10/21/2019

5.  Revenant Saga - 16%

6.  Persona 5 -  12/05/2019

7.  Death end Re;Quest - 0%

8.  Detroit: Become Human -  12/10/2019

9.  God of War -  11/23/2019

10. Slime Rancher - 0%

11.  What Remains of Edith Finch -  09/29/2019

12.  Grand Kingdom -  09/25/2019

13.  Cat Quest II -  11/09/2019

 

Swaps used: 4/5

Drops used: 0/2

 

This event has brought me a lot of firsts - first God of War, first Persona, and now my first David Cage/Quantic Dream game has been completed.  This was a game that I got free from PS+ and knew I'd get around to playing at some point.  I definitely enjoyed it, felt like the game had a lot of replayability, especially going back over the timelines and trying to fill out the different branches.  The story was engaging and interesting, I thought the pacing was great, I also liked the characters especially Connor.  Sometimes the actual gameplay and camera angles felt a bit jerky, and I admit right at the start of playing I was worried as I noticed a bit of motion sickness, but once I settled into playing it was fine.  The QTEs were alright too, balanced nicely with other gameplay.  Curious to play Heavy Rain and Beyond Two Souls to see how they stack up.

 

Next up is Holiday Shopping...that has a platinum right?    Really though, my next game is Death end Re;Quest which I'm really looking forward to.

 

 

[da_eMTy]

Update #3

 

1. Graveyard Keeper - 24% --> 100%

2. Borderlands 3 - 26% --> 33%

3. Tom Clancys Ghost Reacon Breakpoint - 4%

4. Call of Duty Modern Warfare - 0% --> 98%

5. Cat Quest II - 0% --> 100%

6. Shenmue II - 0%

7. Hellblade Senuas Sacrifice - 0%

8. The Walking Dead - 20%

9. The Wolf among us 10% --> 100%

10.Teslagrad 0%

11. Death Stranding 0% --> 42%

 

Not really a big update, played some Borderlands 3 and some other stuff that i forgot to add to the list: Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and GTA III. Both are not possible to platinum without a second run....Fallen Order is Bugged with the Headhunters and for GTA III there is a mission left, that is not possible to do anymore. So for Star Wars im waiting for a patch and with GTA....i have no idea...

 

if its not possible to add these titles i will add some others:

Terminator Resistance

Bully

GTA Vice City

[freddie1989]

Another one off the list for me (well, sort of), finished up Watch Dogs 2 for the platinum but will have to tidy it up once the ludicrously expensive season pass that gives zero content goes on sale. Overall a decent game and one I got into the more I played it albeit the story is nowhere near as good as the first one. Seems I now have 2 on my list requiring DLC so might head back to that one soon.

 

Also knocked out a few chapters on MK X story last night but no trophies to speak of. Will get grinding on that one.

 

Hoping to make a start on The Surge next as I have heard good things about that one.

 

The Surge 0%

Watch Dogs 100%

Far Cry 5 63%

Metro 2033 Redux 0%

Dying Light 3%

Modern Warfare Remastered 100%

Walking Dead Final Season 0%

Zombi 2%

Detroit: Become Human 100%

Overcooked 100%

Watch Dogs 2 48% - 85%

Mortal Kombat X 28%

[Fnee2000]

Milestone update...

 

Well, I hit the big 40...0. That's 400 Platinums with my completion of Titanfall 2. Which in it's own right wasn't a bad game. It has some great core gameplay and is a very fluid game combat wise. I can see how that Apex Legends game became popular if they pulled their gameplay from this game. The multiplayer wasn't half bad either. I just don't have time to devote to anything multiplayer anymore if I want to finish other games. The story was surprisingly very tight for a first person shooter. In all, it is a well rounded first person shooter. Just be prepared for a pain of a time for that one trophy... that ONE trophy... top three in the gauntlet. For some, it might be easy, if you are used to twitch gameplay. I just don't have the reflexes I used to in moving that fast in games. I like to take my time and figure things out. Anyway, I did capture my trophy run, posted it online and put in a previous post if you care to see how I did it. All I can say is it will take practice and patience.

 

I followed up number 400 with Lego Batman 2 : DC Super Heroes (PS3). It's one of the older Lego games, so it was nice having a sub 20 hour Lego experience. They did have a great amount of open world grinding for characters, bricks, and vehicles. It was also a game that languished on my backlog for over 7 years. So it was great to get that wiped away.

 

Well, I am off to figure out what I want to play next. I may go back to The Outer Worlds and finish that all up. I also have to get back to AC Odyssey sometime soon before I forget about it. Lots of decisions to make...

 

Updated list below...

 

Spoiler

Game	Sys.	Start %	Current %	Comp. Date
Wheel of Fortune 2009 Edition	PS3	33%	100%	Sept. 27
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs	PS3	32%	100%	Oct. 4
Dead Island Riptide	PS3	31%
Bentley's Hackpack	PS3	28%
Squareboy Vs. Bullies NA	PSV	28%	100%	Nov. 10
The Elder Scrolls V : Skyrim	PS4	25%
Beyond : Two Souls	PS3	24%
Eat Lead	PS3	17%
Saints Row The Third	PS3	15%
Far Cry Blood Dragon	PS3	15%
South Park : The Stick of Truth	PS3	12%
Assassin's Creed III Liberation	PSV	12%
Sleeping Dogs	PS3	8%
Assassin's Creed Odyssey	PS4	0%	65%
Far Cry 3	PS3	7%
Middle Earth : Shadow of Mordor GOTY	PS4	6%
The Grand Tour Game	PS4	6%
LEGO Batman 2 : DC Super Heroes	PS3	4%	100%	Dec. 11
LEGO The Lord of the Rings	PS3	2%
LEGO Batman 3 : Beyond Gotham	PS4	1%
Borderlands 3	PS4	0%	100%	Sept. 22
The Outer Worlds	PS4	0%	15%
Titanfall 2	PS4	0%	100%	Dec. 6
God of War	PS4	0%	4%
Persona 3 : Dancing in Moonlight	PSV	0%	100%	Oct. 6
Persona 5 : Dancing in Starlight	PSV	0%	100%	Nov. 7
Bibi & Tina Adventures with Horses NA	PS4	0%	100%	Sept. 5
Black Mirror	PS4	0%
Chaos on Deponia	PS4	0%
Deponia Doomsday	PS4	0%
Goodbye Deponia	PS4	0%
Day of the Tentacle Remastered	PS4	0%
Erica NA	PS4	0%	100%	Oct. 3
Everybody's Gone to the Rapture	PS4	0%
Fe	PS4	0%	100%	Nov. 21
Full Throttle Remastered	PS4	0%	100%	Sept. 3
Knee Deep	PS4	0%
Oxenfree	PS4	0%
Psycho-Pass Mandatory Happiness	PS4	0%	100%	Sept. 2
Reverie NA	PS4	0%
Seasons After Fall	PS4	0%
The Liar and the Blind Prince NA	PS4	0%	100%	Sept. 8
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter	PS4	0%	100%	Sept. 6
The Wardrobe	PS4	0%	100%	Sept. 8
Through the Woods NA	PS4	0%	100%	Sept. 2
Uncharted : The Lost Legacy	PS4	0%	12%
Wailing Heights	PS4	0%	100%	Sept. 5
Waking Violet	PS4	0%	100%	Sept. 9
What Remains of Edith Finch NA	PS4	0%	100%	Sept. 5
Whispering Willows	PS4	0%

 

[HaserPL]

A little update. got Resogun up to 98%, just one trophy left for beating the game with one ship. Man, that was tough. I don't remember when I played a game with difficulty spike as big as in this game. The playthrough on veteran, I did 4 levels in about 2 hours, nothing too bad. But at the last level, I was stuck at it for 4 days, which either tells I am bad at this game or the game has some serious balance flaws. 1CC trophy was alright, it took me 7 tries to do it solo. I enjoyed the game overall but I seriously dread the time when I sit down to 100% PS4 version, some of the DLC trophies seem like they created just to fuck with players. My next game is Sniper Ghost Warrior 2, pretty garbage but still a huge improvement over the first game. I guess sniper games are a guilty pleasure for me.

[Zach]

On 8/2/2019 at 11:04 PM, Zach said:

GTA San Andreas (PS4)- 0% ---> 100%  date: 13/09/2019

Assassin's Creed Liberation Remastered- 0% ---> 100%  date: 20/09/2019

Control- 0% ---> 100%  date: 25/09/2019

A Way Out- 0% ---> 100%  date: 10/10/2019

Borderlands 3- 0% ---> 100%  date: 11/10/2019

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare- 0% ---> 98% (DLC)  date: 28/10/2019

Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time (PS3)- 0% ---> 100%  date: 06/11/2019

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice- 100%  date: 26/11/2019

Last of Us Remastered- 0% ---> 100%  date: 2/12/2019

Prototype 2 (PS4)- 0% ---> 100%  date: 10/12/2019

Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order- 0% --->

The Forest- 0% ---> 8%

Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories (PS4)- 0%

Assassin's Creed III Remastered- 0%

Kingdom Hearts II (PS4)- 0%

Assassin’s Creed Rogue Remastered- 0%

RiME- 0%

Murdered: Soul Suspect- 0%

I got the Prototype 2 platinum yesterday. I just got Jedi Fallen Order as an early Xmas gift. So up next is Jedi Fallen Order for singleplayer and The Forest with my coop buddy!

[Copanele]

Wednesday update:

 

1.  Devil May Cry (PS3) -  100%

2.  Devil May Cry 3 (PS3) -   100%

3.  Demon's Souls (NA version PS3 ) -  100%

4.  Deadpool (PS3) -  100%

5.  Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood (PS3) -  100%

6.  J-Stars Victory VS+ (PS3) -  100%

7.  L.A. Noire (PS3) -  100%

8.  Devil May Cry 2(PS3) - 100%

9.  DmC: Devil May Cry (PS3) - 0%

10.Bayonetta (PS3) - 2%

11.Alice : Madness Returns (PS3) - 0% -> 3%

12. One Piece : Pirate Warriors 2 (PS3) - 11% -> 13% 

Swaps used : 3

Drops used : 1

 

After lots of pain and suffering, managed to finish that atrocity that is called DMC2. Rest assured, even if they release it for PS5, no way am I touching it a third friggin time.

By far one of the most horrendous games out there. Avoid it at all costs unless you are crazy about DMC .

 

Speaking of which, the reboot should be next but...considering Bayonetta instead. We shall see what the future will bring forth. 3 more to go!!

[ladynadiad]

1. Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel 3

2. 英雄伝説 碧の軌跡 Evolution (Legend of Heroes: Ao no Kiseki Evolution)

3. Omega Quintet (95%) (52 out of 55 trophies)

4. Asdivine Menace

5. Bonds of the Skies

6. Sephirothic Stories

7. 英雄伝説 零の軌跡 Evolution (Legend of Heroes: Zero no Kiseki Evolution)

8. Murdered: Soul Suspect

9. Monochrome Order

10. Asdivine Kamura

11. Word Wheel by POWGI (NA Vita)

12. SwapQuest

13. Wizards of Brandel

14. Cosmic Star Heroine (NA Vita)

15. London Detective Mysteria (81%) (13 out of 16 trophies)

16. Punch Line

17. Code Realize: Wintertide Miracles (0 out of 31 trophies)

18. Seek Hearts (releases January 7th) (0 out of 34 trophies)

 

575 out of 646 trophies earned so far, 14 out of 18 games completed.

0/5 Swaps used

1/2 drops used

 

Finished up Punch Line which actually ended up being a lot better than I'd expected.  Definitely still very silly and has some so bad its good moments, but once the story picks up it's actually pretty interesting, it just took getting about halfway into the game for it to do so.  Also made good progress on Omega Quintet and only have the grindy trophies left now that I wrapped up the training facility.  Once I finish up grinding for approval rating I'll be able to just set the game up with a turbo controller to wipe out the remaining monster kills.  Will be so glad to wrap that one up at last.

[ZachGM91]

Hello everyone. I come to say I haven't "Completed" a game just yet, but I have beaten three games since last time.

 

Batman: Arkham Asylum (PS4): 100%

Batman: Arkham City (PS4): 0%

Brave: 0%

Caveman Warriors: 100%
Chroma Squad: 100%
Darksiders II: Deathinitive Edition: 100%
Degrees of Separation: 100%✅
Detroit: Become Human: 100%
Fear Effect Sedna: 100%
Iconoclasts: 100%✅
Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep (PS3): 100%

Minecraft: Story Mode (PS4) 100%
Murdered: Soul Suspect (PS4): 100%
Okage: Shadow King: 0%
Outlast 2: 0%➡️52%

Plants vs Zombies (PS3): 0%➡️61%

Rayman Origins (PS3): 100%

The Coma: Recut: 100%✅

 

So.... let's talk about Outlast 2. I enjoyed the first Outlast and Whistleblower, to the point that I may call it my favorite horror game and I was hoping for more of the same when it came to this game. I guess I got my wish. It's kinda the same. You run around shooting video, collecting notes, and running away from big freaky dudes that want to kill you, so it's got the structure of an Outlast game, but it's missing a good amount of what made the first one fun. First off, it tries way too hard. The first game really didn't have too much blood or gore in it, sticking to more body horror and jump scares to frighten you. The second game has so much blood and gore that it starts to lose it's effect very early on. They have dead children, dead pregnant women, and loads and loads and loads of people stabbing you, and it got old pretty fast. They still use gross body horror when it comes to some of the enemies and a scene where you're pretty much crucified, but I don't think it did anything that was shocking. Something I didn't think I would miss were the genitals. I was near the end of the game and one of the villains walks up in nothing but mud, and it gave me two thoughts: "They added a crazy lady in the game, and they had to censor her by not showing anything" and "I'm pretty sure this is the closest that any one in this game has got to be naked." Second, they missed a perfect opportunity to give you a weapon to defend yourself. I know that would have defeated the purpose of the whole series, but hear me out. The first game didn't have many enemies after you. Aside from the doctor, the brute, the final boss and the occasional inmate, everyone at the asylum were friendly and wouldn't get in you way. Here, everyone is out to get you. You rarely have any down time before you have to sneak around a bunch of villagers or one of the four boss villains. What normally happens is that you'll get an objective like reactivate an elevator or get a meat hook from the barn and you'll have to sneak past one of the two things, and then when you are on your way back, a chase will start up and you have to get to the next objective without dying. I think there might be four friendly NPCs (counting your girlfriend and your flashback friend) and when you are getting chased by everyone and their really lumpy grandma, it starts to wear on you. It would have been a great idea if they just let you have a spear or allow you to pick up one of the bajillion objects you come across to even up the odds. They didn't even need to allow you to keep it. There are multiple areas in the game already where you could have lost it. Just say that the wave that knocked you off your raft also got rid of the spear, or you droped it when you fell off the cliff, or Val threw it away when she caught you. The bad guys really liked to take your camera, so why not disarm you as well? Lastly, the story is a mess. To avoid any more spoilers I may have written and to stop me from rambling on any further, I'll just sum it up with that one of the twists is pretty telegraphed that it's not a surprise when it happened and the ending is meant to be up to your interpretation except that the comic and one of the notes you pick spell out what really happens. As always, this is not all of my complaints, but this is a good start. All I have left are the difficultly trophies, the trophy for not hiding in a barrel or closet, and beating the game in under 4 hours. Oh and did I forget to mention that I already beat the game on Nightmare but the game didn't give me the two trophies for doing it? I did? Well now you know why it's going to take me some time before I go back to it.

 

On a lighter note, Plants vs Zombies is a fun game. Not much to say about it aside from it's not as addicting as I thought it was going to be. Every time I picked up a port of a mobile/"Casual" game, I seem to really enjoy myself and want more from it. PvZ is the right amount of game for me and after I'm done with the trophies, I'll be happy with it.

 

Lastly, I took a break from my list to play Shovel Knight: King of Cards. It's always great to have more of what you love. It's probably the second best out of the three DLC. I'm already done with the game, but I might do the rest of the feats just to get the last trophy before heading back to PvZ since it's probably the easiest of all four campaigns and I'm half way done with them any way. The two I see giving me a problum would be the speed run and beating all the card houses without buying any new cards, but it souldn't take too long.

 

A note unrelated to the update: Family is coming in for Christmas in the next day or so. So I might drop off or slow down for the next two weeks.

Edited December 12, 2019 by ZachGM91

[JayDeLosDioses]

@ZachGM91 I think one of the problems of Outlast 2 is the payoff if you beat a boss (or successfully run away since you can't really fight that much). I felt relieved after the doctor died in the first game, but never had a similiar feeling in Outlast 2.

Spoiler

One is dying off screen ffs...

 

[MattbluePT]

Just doing a small update. I've been working on some of the games on the list, but I haven't completed many. Let's see what the next year will bring.

 

1. Digimon: Cyber Sleuth [PS4] - 10%
2. Burly Man at Sea [PSVita] - 0% ➡️ 100%
3. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time [PS3] - 0%➡️15%
4. Until Dawn [PS4] - 0%
5. Goat Simulator [PS4] - 0% ➡️ 57%
6. Thief [PS4] - 0%➡️18%
7. Zero Time Dilemma [PSVita] - 0% ➡️ 100%
8. Assassin's Creed 3 Remastered [PS4] - 0% ➡️ 13%➡️45%
9. Conan Exiles [PS4] - 0% ➡️ 90%➡️ 100%
10. Gravity Rush [PS4] - 0%
11. Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time [PS3] - 21%➡️68%
12. The Walking Dead [PS3] - 16% ➡️ 38%➡️100%
13.  Flower [PSVITA] - 0% ➡️ 90% ➡️ 100%
14. Marvel's Spider-Man [PS4] - 0% ➡️ 66% ➡️ 75%

As I'm playing this one for another event, I would like to add:

 

15. Assassin's Creed Liberation Remastered [PS4] - 0%

 

Green are the games I have already worked on

Blue are the games I played since last update

 

[Geridian]

Hello people, welcome to my fourth update, almost two months after my last update.

 

But before I come to this I want to write something that is not about gaming, but about the things I read from you all:

I feel really sorry that some of you encounter some Real-life hardships in this time of the year which is more known to be the time to wind down, to come together with your family and friends and feeling joy. My best wishes are with you all and I hope that everything will end good.

 

For myself it looks good in terms of family and health, but my work is getting harder and harder for me.

Spoiler

I weigh up whether I want to quit my permanent job which I have had for 3 years in the IT support of a larger company.

They try to push as much as possible in my direction and the management has few other ideas than these.

I also met with a former colleague a few months ago who I know from a previous job.

This colleague had been on sick leave for 1 whole year with depression and burnout (something like this is possible in Germany, I know it's not so in other countries).
I therefore know where such an excessive demand can lead. Since I don't like the job any more, I try to "set myself apart".

Wait and see what the next year has in store for me.

 

Now it's update time:

Blue = New finished game in this update.

Green = Game finished before this update.

Orange = Game started.

Red = Not started. 

Violet = Additional game for this and further updates.

Grey = Game swapped in for another game.

Game with Strike-through = Removed game because of swapping.

 

Threshold: 5 games max. 35%

Used swaps: 1/7

Used drops: 0/2

 

1. Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag (PS3) ==> 100% (61/61) (12/10/2019) [LINK]
2. Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered ==>  100% (41/41) (04/10/2019) [LINK]
3. Final Fantasy XV (PS4) ==> 16% (24/98) 28% (37/98) [LINK]
4. Dark Souls (PS3) ==> 17% (09/41) 100% (41/41) (30/11/2019) [LINK]
5.  Playstation VR Worlds (PS4/PSVR) ==> 19% (08/27)  57% (17/27) [LINK]
6.  Child of Light (PS4) ==> 52% (11/20) 100% (20/20) (01/12/2019) [LINK]
7.  Red Dead Redemption (PS3) ==> 97%  (88/91) 100% (91/91) (21/10/2019) [LINK]
8. Moss (PS4/PSVR) ==> Currently not on profile [LINK]
9. DreamWorks Voltron VR Chronicles (PS4/PSVR) ==> Currently not on profile [LINK]

 

- I remember writing down that I was in fear of Dark Souls because it means I play a game I don't like. But I must say: I liked playing it and finished it.

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Started fresh with a mage, ended up achieving the platinum in NG++.

• At the end my mage was SL130+ with Artoria's Greatshield and Moonlight Butterfly Horn as mostly used weapon/shield set.
• Using this shield gave my mage a good survivability.
• Other then this the mage had 50 int, enough str for the shield, some dex for using MBH and Longbow, rest was Health and Endurance.
• Used "Ring of Favor and Protection" since NG, used Havel's armor when needed.
• Soul arrowing bosses away was kind of fun.
• Only problems I had where getting some of the tail weapons (Used Pyromancy for them and also burned Priscilla with Pyromancy while NG in 1. try) and getting rid of "Four Kings" (In NG and NG+) and "Anor Londo Archers" (Only in NG I died on them for some time, before I used "Homing Spells" on them. On NG+ I used Ring of Fog and Poison Arrows to get rid of them fast).  

 

 

- Playing Child of Light on PS4 was okay. Was my second time playing it (Completed it on VITA some years ago) and what else should I say as it is a solid turn based RPG.

 

- Didn't continue playing FF XV last month because I was busy with Dark Souls, but I began to like the combat system.

Spoiler

• Story is okay but the game feels like "Filler Fantasy I". I really don't know if I will finish it four the challenge.

 

- Also I used my PSVR which was resting for one whole year in it's box and started playing Playstation VR Worlds again.

Spoiler

 

• Did complete the last challenges for "Scavengers Odyssey" and cleared "The London Heist" in one go, but clearing "VR Ludge" and "Dangerball" is a different story.
• My best tour for VR Ludge ended with 8 seconds spare time which I only achieved one time, all other tries ended with 4 or 5 seconds spare time. or much less.
• In "Dangerball" I have found my nemesis with "Nitro".

 

 

==> Maybe I drop some games. We will see.
Wish you all the best!

 

 

 

Edited December 15, 2019 by Geridian
Formating issues

[StilRh]

Weekend update. I've been able to get back in the game with my days off. Cold Steel has been completed and I'm on the 2nd playthrough now. After that cliff hanger I insta-bought the sequel and will add to the challenge when I get more of my challenge games completed. Thinking about my vita selection, might try Tokyo Xandu while I've got the taste for Nihon Falcom games  I'm looking for a bit of a palate cleanser aswel, playing JRPGs with a guide as you're sweating about missables is a stressful way of playing at times - I want some mindless fun.

 

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2064 Read only memories 0%
A Plague Tale: Innocence 100%
Age of Wonders: Planetfall 19%
AI: The Somnium Files 100%
Amnesia 7%
Another world 100%
Atelier Ryza 100%
Assasin's Creed Freedom Cry 100%
Cat quest 100%
Catherine Full Body 10%
Control 100%
Civilization VI 11%
Dark souls 2: scholar of the first sin 31%
Death Stranding 46%
Greedfall 47%
Legend of Heroes: trails of cold steel 15% > 72%
Liar princess and the blind prince 100%
Phoenix Wright: Ace attourney Trilogy 23%
Moss 92%
Resonance of fate 21%
River City Girls 17%
Robinson: The Journey 100%
Shantae and the pirates curse 30%
Space hulk deathwing 44%
Star Ocean IAF 16%
Starwars Jedi: fallen order 100%
Superhot 44% 
The man of midan 46%
The Silver Case 100%
Thronebreaker 4%
Utawarerumono: Mask of truth 35%

Criminal girls 4%
Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc 100%
Muv Luv 26%
Persona 4 golden 27%
Project diva f 2nd 15%
Reverie 100%
Seran Kagura Bon Appetit! 40%
Skyfish 100%
Tokyo xanadu 20%
 

 

[Together_Comic]

Update 12

Final Fantasy XV

 

Final Fantasy XV

 

Date Started: 11/16/2019

Trophies when Event Started: 0/98 - 0% --> 6/98 - 3% (Update 9) --> 7/98 - 5% (Update 9.5) --> 24/98 - 19% (Update 10) --> 65/98 - 56% (Update 11) --> 70/98 - 66% (Update 11.5) --> 84/98 - 83% (Update 12)--> 91/98 - 91% (Update 12.5)

 

Small Update from me.  I didn't manage my goal of finishing this one by today, but we did get another DLC pack done, and only have one more to go (Thankfully).  We finished episode Prompto which was an interesting expansion.  The Snowmobile time trials aren't that bad either once you figure out the paths.  I very much should have this one done over the weekend and have something new for you guys on Monday.   

 

Here's a updated summary for whats left to do. 

 

~ TC

 

Game	Trophies	Percentage
Final Fantasy IX	52/52	100%
Mass Effect 3	69/69	100%
Crash Bandicoot 2	25/25	100%
God of War: Ascension	36/36	100%
Return of the Obra Dinn	17/17	100%
Final Fantasy XV	91/98	91%
Super Beat: Xonic!	28/33	64%
Titanfall 2	0/51	0%
J Star Victory Vs+	0/50	0%

 

Swaps 2/7

Drops 0/2

[ladynadiad]

6 hours ago, StilRh said:

Weekend update. I've been able to get back in the game with my days off. Cold Steel has been completed and I'm on the 2nd playthrough now. After that cliff hanger I insta-bought the sequel and will add to the challenge when I get more of my challenge games completed. Thinking about my vita selection, might try Tokyo Xandu while I've got the taste for Nihon Falcom games  I'm looking for a bit of a palate cleanser aswel, playing JRPGs with a guide as you're sweating about missables is a stressful way of playing at times - I want some mindless fun.

 

Tokyo Xanadu is going to require a minimum of two playthroughs to 100%, three is much easier because nightmare + infinity mode is pretty brutal, so you could easily do a more mindless blind run to enjoy the story and then get the missables on your second run and use the last for anything remaining you still may have missed.  It isn't too bad to do three runs, infinity mode on easy difficulty is a breeze and it can be nice to have that blind run first.  If you go the three playthrough route, do the infinity mode run second and try to get S ranks in the dungeons and all the treasure for sure on that run.

Edited December 13, 2019 by ladynadiad

[HaserPL]

1. Grid 2 24% 100%;
2. Sniper Ghost Warrior 27% 100%;
3. Bioshock 2 27% (15/69);
4. X-Men Origins: Wolverine 24% 85% - One playthrough on Hard + clean-up left for the platinum (46/51);
5. Lollipop Chainsaw 1% 100%;
6. Resistance 3 3% 91% - One playthrough on Superhuman left for the platinum (57/59);
7. Tomb Raider Anniversary 2% (2/42);
8. Tomb Raider Underworld 0% (0/33);
9. Trine 1% 88% - One playthrough on Very Hard left for the platinum (30/33);
10. Trine 2 0% 100%;
11. Bioshock 0% (0/66);
12. Jak & Daxter 0% 100%;
13. Ratchet & Clank 2 0% 57% 100%;

14. Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus 1% 100%;

15. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time 0% 6% 15% 87% 100%;

16. Murdered: Souls Suspect 0% 100%;

17. LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham 3% (3/71):

18. Call of Juarez: Gunslinger 9% 100%;

19. Dead Nation 31% 75% 92% 100%

20. Jak 2 0% 100%;

21. Jak 3 0% 100%;

22. Sniper Ghost Warrior 2 26% 90% - One playthrough on Hard left for the platinum (46/49);

23. Resogun 35% 98% One playthrough of Arcade Mode left for the platinum (32/34);

Sooo, time for another update, I finished Sniper Ghost Warrior 2 on easy now and cleaned up all the other trophies, I just need to do a playthrough on Hard and that's it. The game is garbage, I don't know why it runs so poorly but I had 30 frames only while looking at a wall from like 2 meters away, even the main menu and cutscenes were lagging... It made it almost unplayable at times. The DLC was good though, if the game was like the Siberian Strike then I guess it wouldn't suck that much. You can improvise and the game doesn't punish you for making a mistake, you can actually feel like a sniper, not like some dumbass retard who is following instructions every fucking step. 

 

Now I'm switching to Lego Batman 3, my first LEGO games in like 10 years or so, I hope it's gonna be fun. Cheers guys!

[ladynadiad]

1. Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel 3

2. 英雄伝説 碧の軌跡 Evolution (Legend of Heroes: Ao no Kiseki Evolution)

3. Omega Quintet

4. Asdivine Menace

5. Bonds of the Skies

6. Sephirothic Stories

7. 英雄伝説 零の軌跡 Evolution (Legend of Heroes: Zero no Kiseki Evolution)

8. Murdered: Soul Suspect

9. Monochrome Order

10. Asdivine Kamura

11. Word Wheel by POWGI (NA Vita)

12. SwapQuest

13. Wizards of Brandel

14. Cosmic Star Heroine (NA Vita)

15. London Detective Mysteria

16. Punch Line

17. Code Realize: Wintertide Miracles (3 out of 31 trophies)

18. Seek Hearts (releases January 7th) (0 out of 34 trophies)

 

584 out of 646 trophies earned so far, 16 out of 18 games completed.

0/5 Swaps used

1/2 drops used

 

Finished up London Detective Mysteria now since it is eligible for a bonus for another event by finishing it today.  Also finished getting the 1 billion approval and 10k monster kills today.  I fully admit to leaving the game running all day while I was at work with a turbo controller because I was only up to about 7,500 kills when finishing off approval grinding and its rather tedious just spamming the same special attack to wipe out the monsters in one go over and over again.

 

 

[TropicalOctavia]

Well lads, it's been a fun ride but I'm dropping out of the event. I woke up today to find that my PS4 hard drive had corrupted overnight somehow, and after trying what I could, I couldn't fix it. I happened to have a spare hard drive laying around and popped it in, so the PS4 is working fine again, but all my save data is gone. It's a shame I didn't have the auto-upload to the cloud turned on (it's sure turned on now), because I'm pretty certain I can't get anything off that corrupted drive myself. Anyway, I don't particularly feel like making my way through everything on this list, or everything I had progress in outside of this event again, so I'm thinking I'll just make a new account and start fresh (A new account strictly for trophy hunting, and I'll use my current for recreational play). Call it OCD I guess, but having unfinished items on my trophy list from games that I'm to disheartened to restart from the beginning is going to bother me. Below is my final update, and I managed to finish one game and make some progress in a couple others. Also I published a Ghost Recon Breakpoint trophy guide, so hopefully that helps a few people out. Best of luck to everyone else still in the event, and if you have PS plus I'd strongly recommend turning that cloud feature on. 

 

Spoiler

1.   (PS4) The American Dream - 100%

2.   (PS4) The Escapists - 100%

3.   (PS4) Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power - 100%

4.   (PS4) Trine Enchanted Edition - 17%

5.   (PS4) The Escapists: The Walking Dead - 15% ➟ 61%

6.   (PS4) The Legend of Korra - 100%

7.   (PS4) Persona 4: Dancing All Night - 100%

8.   (PS4) RiME - 100%

9.   (PS4) Star Wars Bounty Hunter - 4%

10. (PS4) Unravel - 8%

11. (PS4) Worms Battlegrounds - 19%

12. (PS4) Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight - 100%

13. (PS4) Borderlands 3 - 100% ➟ 83%

14. (PS4) God of War III Remastered - 0%

15. (PS4) Race The Sun - 100%

16. (PS4) Just Cause 4 - 100%

17. (PS4) Apotheon - 0%

18. (PS4) Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown - 52%

19. (PS4) Final Fantasy Type-0 HD - 25%

20. (PS4) Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm - 9%

21. (PS4) Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 - 0%

22. (PS4) Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 Full Burst - 0%

23. (PS4) Plants vs Zombies Garden Warfare - 100%

24. (PS4) Torment: Tides of Numenera - 1%

25. (PS4) Need for Speed Rivals - 51%

26. (PS4) Dragon Age: Inquisition - 25%

27. (PS4) The Outer Worlds - 0% ➟ 68%

28. (PS4) Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint - 0% ➟ 100%

 

Swaps: 0/7

Drops: 0/2

 

EDIT: Hey all (particularly StilRh), my new account is AscendancyGaming. There's not anything going on yet, but I'll start trophy hunting again soon enough I imagine. I'll be using the new account to write any guides in the future, and I'm considering uploading youtube videos for individual trophies (which I've been thinking about doing for a while, but wanted a more apt name first). 

Edited December 14, 2019 by TropicalOctavia
Update

[MidnightDragon]

Down to the last 20ish levels I need to three star in Harvest Moon Mad Dash. Of course they’re some of the toughest and feels more like luck than skill often. Still, not giving up. Finally getting some motivation.

[Fnee2000]

So, I decided to pick up Call of Duty Modern Warfare since it is currently on sale. I haven't played a CoD game since Blops III but I have heard good things about this new one. Some of my friends are playing the multiplayer. While I just want to go through the campaign, which is actually quite good, the option to play the MP is there if I want. The trophies don't seem all that hard and Veteran difficulty isn't all that difficult. I do seem to get hit by random bullets though. In order to add Call of Duty to my list, I am using swap 6 of 7. I am moving Middle Earth : Shadow of Morder GOTY off my list to add Call of Duty Modern Warfare...

 

Spoiler

Game	Sys.	Start %	Current %	Comp. Date
Wheel of Fortune 2009 Edition	PS3	33%	100%	Sept. 27
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs	PS3	32%	100%	Oct. 4
Dead Island Riptide	PS3	31%
Bentley's Hackpack	PS3	28%
Squareboy Vs. Bullies NA	PSV	28%	100%	Nov. 10
The Elder Scrolls V : Skyrim	PS4	25%
Beyond : Two Souls	PS3	24%
Eat Lead	PS3	17%
Saints Row The Third	PS3	15%
Far Cry Blood Dragon	PS3	15%
South Park : The Stick of Truth	PS3	12%
Assassin's Creed III Liberation	PSV	12%
Sleeping Dogs	PS3	8%
Assassin's Creed Odyssey	PS4	0%	65%
Far Cry 3	PS3	7%
Call of Duty Modern Warfare	PS4	0%	34%
The Grand Tour Game	PS4	6%
LEGO Batman 2 : DC Super Heroes	PS3	4%	100%	Dec. 11
LEGO The Lord of the Rings	PS3	2%
LEGO Batman 3 : Beyond Gotham	PS4	1%
Borderlands 3	PS4	0%	100%	Sept. 22
The Outer Worlds	PS4	0%	15%
Titanfall 2	PS4	0%	100%	Dec. 6
God of War	PS4	0%	4%
Persona 3 : Dancing in Moonlight	PSV	0%	100%	Oct. 6
Persona 5 : Dancing in Starlight	PSV	0%	100%	Nov. 7
Bibi & Tina Adventures with Horses NA	PS4	0%	100%	Sept. 5
Black Mirror	PS4	0%
Chaos on Deponia	PS4	0%
Deponia Doomsday	PS4	0%
Goodbye Deponia	PS4	0%
Day of the Tentacle Remastered	PS4	0%
Erica NA	PS4	0%	100%	Oct. 3
Everybody's Gone to the Rapture	PS4	0%
Fe	PS4	0%	100%	Nov. 21
Full Throttle Remastered	PS4	0%	100%	Sept. 3
Knee Deep	PS4	0%
Oxenfree	PS4	0%
Psycho-Pass Mandatory Happiness	PS4	0%	100%	Sept. 2
Reverie NA	PS4	0%
Seasons After Fall	PS4	0%
The Liar and the Blind Prince NA	PS4	0%	100%	Sept. 8
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter	PS4	0%	100%	Sept. 6
The Wardrobe	PS4	0%	100%	Sept. 8
Through the Woods NA	PS4	0%	100%	Sept. 2
Uncharted : The Lost Legacy	PS4	0%	12%
Wailing Heights	PS4	0%	100%	Sept. 5
Waking Violet	PS4	0%	100%	Sept. 9
What Remains of Edith Finch NA	PS4	0%	100%	Sept. 5
Whispering Willows	PS4	0%

 

[StilRh]

9 hours ago, TropicalOctavia said:

Well lads, it's been a fun ride but I'm dropping out of the event. I woke up today to find that my PS4 hard drive had corrupted overnight somehow, and after trying what I could, I couldn't fix it. I happened to have a spare hard drive laying around and popped it in, so the PS4 is working fine again, but all my save data is gone. It's a shame I didn't have the auto-upload to the cloud turned on (it's sure turned on now), because I'm pretty certain I can't get anything off that corrupted drive myself. Anyway, I don't particularly feel like making my way through everything on this list, or everything I had progress in outside of this event again, so I'm thinking I'll just make a new account and start fresh (A new account strictly for trophy hunting, and I'll use my current for recreational play). Call it OCD I guess, but having unfinished items on my trophy list from games that I'm to disheartened to restart from the beginning is going to bother me. Below is my final update, and I managed to finish one game and make some progress in a couple others. Also I published a Ghost Recon Breakpoint trophy guide, so hopefully that helps a few people out. Best of luck to everyone else still in the event, and if you have PS plus I'd strongly recommend turning that cloud feature on. 

 

  Reveal hidden contents

1.   (PS4) The American Dream - 100%

2.   (PS4) The Escapists - 100%

3.   (PS4) Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power - 100%

4.   (PS4) Trine Enchanted Edition - 17%

5.   (PS4) The Escapists: The Walking Dead - 15% ➟ 61%

6.   (PS4) The Legend of Korra - 100%

7.   (PS4) Persona 4: Dancing All Night - 100%

8.   (PS4) RiME - 100%

9.   (PS4) Star Wars Bounty Hunter - 4%

10. (PS4) Unravel - 8%

11. (PS4) Worms Battlegrounds - 19%

12. (PS4) Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight - 100%

13. (PS4) Borderlands 3 - 100% ➟ 83%

14. (PS4) God of War III Remastered - 0%

15. (PS4) Race The Sun - 100%

16. (PS4) Just Cause 4 - 100%

17. (PS4) Apotheon - 0%

18. (PS4) Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown - 52%

19. (PS4) Final Fantasy Type-0 HD - 25%

20. (PS4) Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm - 9%

21. (PS4) Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 - 0%

22. (PS4) Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 Full Burst - 0%

23. (PS4) Plants vs Zombies Garden Warfare - 100%

24. (PS4) Torment: Tides of Numenera - 1%

25. (PS4) Need for Speed Rivals - 51%

26. (PS4) Dragon Age: Inquisition - 25%

27. (PS4) The Outer Worlds - 0% ➟ 68%

28. (PS4) Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint - 0% ➟ 100%

 

Swaps: 0/7

Drops: 0/2

 

I'm sorry for the loss of you HDD, it must be awful to lose that progress. I remember my old ps memory cards wiping themselves with hundreds of hours worth of saves on it and the thought of starting a fresh is pretty dire. I saw your PSN profile and it seems like you've covered a large range of games, got some good trophies and still managed a good completion rate, hope you find the drive and come back to it at some point :) Let us know your new profile so I know who to credit for the guides. Cheers.