People who have above 90% completion...

[Mathieumatic]

From personal experience, I only platinum the games that I enjoyed enough to fully complete. There are a bunch of games I've come across over the years where you have to complete so many repetitive, boring tasks just to get the platinum which makes it not worth it to me. I could never get myself to platinum/100% every game I play and I'm honestly fine with that. Gaming is supposed to be a hobby and if I forced myself to finish every game I played, it would feel more like a job to me. This is why I'm asking everyone on this forum with 90% or above completion rate the following questions:

 

• Why bother?
• How do you motivate yourself to complete the games you didn't enjoy?
• When did you start this completion trend? From the start of your account or did you have to overcome a huge backlog to achieve this?
• Do you feel like 100% completion is an overall better experience than a normal playthrough (where you don't mind the trophies)?

 

I'm interested in your responses, thanks in advance.

[Juzota]

6 minutes ago, Mathieumatic said:

if I forced myself to finish every game I played, it would feel more like a job to me.

 

You know, everybody doesn't think and feel like you.

[starcrunch061]

4 minutes ago, Juzota said:

You know, everybody doesn't think and feel like you.

 

I don't think he asserted this in any way, shape or form. In fact, he was very careful to say that he felt that way, and then even opened the thread to hear the views of others who don't feel the same way.

 

But anyway, while I'm not the target audience of your thread (as my completion% is only at 83.7%), I have been on a mission to raise this up (it was 68% back when I joined). Why? It's fun for me. It's not always fun to finish plats, but I get enough reward out of having a plat that the work involved becomes worth it.

 

I've certainly motivated myself to complete games I don't enjoy, because the overall completion itself grants enjoyment.

Edited February 17, 2020 by starcrunch061

[Alternatewarning]

I am also not above 90% yet but I'd like to get there (only 85 right now).  I think the main thing for me is this:

"How do you motivate yourself to complete the games you didn't enjoy?" - I don't!  I pick the games I play very carefully, either a series I know I like or a type of game I enjoy.  If I don't think I'll like it, or I'm not sure, I'll put off buying it until I forget about it and move onto something else.  It's easy to finish a game that you enjoy.  At least to me it is

[ShahinMiah]

Why bother? Because I have an OCD about making my profile look organised and nice to look at with 100% completion all the way through. It just looks bad as a trophy hunter to have different percentage completion. Bear in mind though, I don’t go for paid dlc as unfortunately, not everyone is a millionaire. If i were, then perhaps id invest my time into that dlc.

My motivation comes from the above. Having that organised look throughout my profile. However, every game on my profile no matter what reviews say, i have quite enjoyed and I honestly don’t mind a grind to get that Platinum because to me it’s somewhat enjoyable as sad as it may sound.

 

I started this way back when Assassins Creed 2 was released and after finishing the game, obviously there wasn’t much else to do so I decided to try and obtain all the trophies which I did and it just felt great and from then on I slowly became a trophy hunter which to this day I still really enjoy doing.

 

A 100% Platinum completion is a better experience depending on what kind of game you’re playing. For example action adventure games like Tomb Raider, Far Cry and Uncharted have many secrets within the game and without the trophies, you probably wouldn’t explore these areas of hidden messages and collectibles unless you really do explore thoroughly. So it all comes down to the game

[FawltyPowers]

I got myself to 99.68% once - 12 trophies off 100% that I couldn't get because of server shutdowns, so it was pretty much a 100% account. This was 7 years after I started my account.

 

I just used to do one game at a time, 100% it and move on to the next. I enjoyed it because getting 100% was closure and more often than not by that point I'd done everything the game had to offer.

 

I didn't have to worry about bad games as I never get games on a whim, I've seen reviews, gameplay footage, what appeals to me, trophy lists etc. In fact if you can believe this, two of my worst games are Skyrim and Pyre.

 

I prefer having 100% on games, I like the challenge, I like to know I've beaten a game. A friend of mine can't understand why I waste my time on it, we're all different.

 

As for backlog, that wasn't a problem on the PS3, when I achieved 99.68%. It is a problem now on the PS4, great games continually on sale, it's hard to hold back and it's the reason now I'm sitting at 78.19%. I'd rather experience every game in part, than a handful of games to 100%. I've curbed my spending now, I just don't have the time for it all.

[PostalDudeRus]

I have different case of idiotic gaming behaivor: I got myself tons of games via sales and I mostly finished them just by 40-50% (story mode only) but I am planning to 100% or platinum everything I can. 

And most of the times I gotta be in trophy hunting mood to start 100/platinum journey on game. Cant explain but, I can suddenly return to unfinished game I started 4 years or more ago just because

Edited February 17, 2020 by PostalDudeRus
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[Undead Wolf]

Why bother?

Because I find it satisfying to complete a game to its fullest. I like looking through my profile every now and then to see stacks of 100%'s on top of each other. An incomplete game on my profile just leaves me with a feeling that I have unfinished business there.

 

How do you motivate yourself to complete the games you didn't enjoy?

I have a pretty good idea of what I enjoy about video games, so it's rare that I'll end up playing something I don't like. Whenever I encounter a huge grind or a "boring" part of a platinum, I use that as an opportunity to catch up on some podcasts I listen to or I watch some YouTube videos. It's actually a pretty chill experience, especially after coming home from work when I might not be up to play something that requires my full attention. If I somehow play a game that I absolutely can't stand (most recent example being Ni no Kuni II), I'll drop it. I'm not aiming for a 100% profile after all, so there's some wiggle room.

 

When did you start this completion trend? From the start of your account or did you have to overcome a huge backlog to achieve this?

When I first created my account, I was a lot more casual about what games I would try and platinum. Usually with games that required multiple playthroughs, I would just do the first one and think to myself that I'd come back and finish it off later. It's thanks to this site and seeing the stats on my profile that slowly turned me into a completionist. Within a couple of years of creating my profile, I was fully invested in completing everything I played, so it wasn't too difficult to go back to most of the games I started before and 100% them. There are only a few games from that time left to do now.

 

Do you feel like 100% completion is an overall better experience than a normal playthrough (where you don't mind the trophies)?

Yes, absolutely. A good trophy list makes you experience everything a game has to offer, be it completing the highest difficulty, doing all of the side content, etc. I don't get that same feeling of fulfilment after doing a "normal" playthrough.

[AstraiIIa]

An interesting question here.

 

It depends of my humor or my determination at the moment. You've some kind of annyoing trophies like in Tetris where you need to farm a lot, (usign a turbo controller to get rid of) which is not a funny experience but totally doable and you can do something else at the same moment.

 

Or the famous "Finish the New Game +" trophy which depends really of my motivation.

 

But in all of the cases, I've to finish at 100%, it can be very irritating to think I've not succed a game.

[BeautifulTorment]

32 minutes ago, starcrunch061 said:

 

I don't think he asserted this in any way, shape or form. In fact, he was very careful to say that he felt that way, and then even opened the thread to hear the views of others who don't feel the same way.

 

It's still a valid explanation. 

[sepheroithisgod]

• Why bother?

           Because it is fun for me.

• How do you motivate yourself to complete the games you didn't enjoy?

          I enjoy most games I play, I do not add games for the sake of trophies, therefore, I only play games that interest me. However, in the rare exception I don't enjoy the game, I simply power through or listen to YouTube the whole time.

• When did you start this completion trend? From the start of your account or did you have to overcome a huge backlog to achieve this?

          I overcame a huge backlog and spent the better part of over a year completing old games in my collection. Trophies didn't even exist when I started on the PS3. I would say I began taking trophies seriously when I noticed I had more than my friends. It was fun to brag about them to my friends when I was younger.

• Do you feel like 100% completion is an overall better experience than a normal playthrough (where you don't mind the trophies)?

           I do because I would probably never experience half of what I do on my journey to 100% in some games. And yes it is possible to have a great journey without 100%, but being able to say you did everything the game offered is rewarding to me.

Edited February 17, 2020 by sepheroithisgod

[Mathieumatic]

30 minutes ago, Juzota said:

 

You know, everybody doesn't think and feel like you.

Sorry, it wasn't my intention to sound condescending.  It's quite the opposite really, I admire everyone that has the dedication to get 90%+ completion since I can't see myself doing it. Just wanted to give you guys a little insight on how I view gaming/trophy hunting, so you guys understand where I'm coming from and why I'm asking the questions in the first place. The questions are just a way to start an open discussion about this, I don't mean to attack or debate against you guys: there is no right or wrong, just opinions. And I'm interested in yours

[kerck11]

I do, I only play games that I'm interested at and when I'm done with my first playthrough I'll try to get 100%.

 

Its either a hobby or addiction for me

[Smashero]

1) Why bother?
"All or nothing!" Anyway, it looks way much better to have 100%, than a 27%, 62% or even 95%. What once started have to be completed ;).

 

2) How do you motivate yourself to complete the games you didn't enjoy?
A bottle of vine and everything is going way much more smoothly and it is less painful ;).

 

3) When did you start this completion trend? From the start of your account or did you have to overcome a huge backlog to achieve this?
Nope. Around 3-4 years ago when I got addicted and wanted to increase the completion percentage.

 

4)Do you feel like 100% completion is an overall better experience than a normal playthrough (where you don't mind the trophies)?

Yes, it is. Actually you can always compare those two ways: first play for fun, ignoring trophies and finishing the game, then do it again to complete it.

Edited February 17, 2020 by Smashero

[tanonero]

Why bother?

I've always been like that, I am only bothered by uncompleted stuff.

 

How do you motivate yourself to complete the games you didn't enjoy?

That's easy, I don't play what I won't enjoy.

 

When did you start this completion trend? From the start of your account or did you have to overcome a huge backlog to achieve this?

See first answer.

 

Do you feel like 100% completion is an overall better experience than a normal playthrough (where you don't mind the trophies)?

Usually a normal playthrough precedes a competition playthrough, so I get both and I don't "prefer" either, I just enjoy them for what they are.

Edited February 17, 2020 by tanonero
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[Kristycism]

Nice topic! I've always been (a bit too) obsessive over completion rates. Only on my own profile, mind you. I know not everyone has the same level of insanity I do, and I'd never judge anyone who doesn't obsessively make themselves miserable by forcing themselves to do something they don't want to, just so that their completion is high. After all, gaming is a hobby, and we should all do it the way we personally enjoy it. I enjoy completion, but if you don't then you shouldn't bother and should just stick to what you personally enjoy.

Anyway to answer the questions:

 

 

Why bother?

Honestly, I just get personal satisfaction from it. I've always been a completionist in games, which I think stems from starting out playing collectathons for so many years. I've never been able to leave a game unfinished. Sometimes this even takes me beyond the Platinum/100% trophies, and sometimes the trophies require me to do things I might not have otherwise. But overall, it's just a way for me to track all the games I've completed, even though I'd have done the same thing anyway if trophies didn't exist.

 

How do you motivate yourself to complete the games you didn't enjoy?

For the most part, I'm just careful about the games I start, and only start games I'm sure I'll enjoy. However, I do sometimes get it wrong and hate a game almost immediately upon starting. For those, I just play them in between other games that I do enjoy, to break the monotony. And if I'm really not liking it, I don't force myself to play it at that time, I just take a long break until I do feel like it, satisfied in the knowledge that I will complete it eventually when I'm in the mood.

 

When did you start this completion trend? From the start of your account or did you have to overcome a huge backlog to achieve this?

Ehhhh since long before trophies existed, I guess, since I've always been a completionist. But if we're talking about the trophies on my account, then from the start of it.

 

Do you feel like 100% completion is an overall better experience than a normal playthrough (where you don't mind the trophies)?

Depends on the trophy list. If the trophies reward you for exploring all aspects of the game and doing all the things the developers intended when they made the game, then yes. I think you can find lots of hidden secrets or new ways of playing by following a good trophy list which can really add to your experience. On the other hand, some trophy lists are just stupid and make you do things that you wouldn't otherwise consider, like mindless grinding well past the point where you can clear all content, etc. Those can sometimes take away from an otherwise great experience.

[eigen-space]

I'm sitting at just above 95% completion right now, and I don't think I've been much lower than 90% for any long period of time since creating my account.

 

I like the feeling of accomplishment of 100%ing a game. It's an internalized sense of motivation rather than an external one; I don't need validation from others to feel good about it, though it's nice to have this community to share accomplishments.

 

I don't find "hard" trophies to be annoying-- I like to look at them as a challenge. I sometimes find grindy trophies to be annoying, but I figure that if I put in the effort to get the rest of the trophies done, I can spend an hour or five grinding something out (similar to @Undead Wolf, I multitask while grinding). If I find a game boring, I figure I can still put in some time to finish it up as "boring" games, to me, aren't challenging and don't have much of a story, so they aren't a hassle to complete... just dull; they usually kill my gaming motivation for a day or two, though, as I'll be reluctant to start something new out of fear that I might pick another bad game

 

The worst kinds of games for me, though, are ones that have terrible trophy lists that kill the enjoyment of the game. Trails of Cold Steel is an excellent example of this... it's an AMAZING game in terms of story and characters, but the stress of finding a million different missable collectibles and having a mandatory second playthrough makes the game an overall unpleasant experience (I'm probably in the minority opinion, though). And it's such a long game that you really don't want to replay it more times than you have to. However, I know I can get all the trophies so long as I pay attention, so why not?

 

My profile, however, will never be at 100%. There are some games that just didn't agree with me (namely Okami and Kingdom Hearts), and I can't see myself picking them up again. I'm not in the business of torturing myself. There are also games that I probably don't have enough skill for (Dungeon Travelers 2, Terraria, FFX) so I gave up-- doesn't stop me from attempting them periodically, though. And then there's the ones where the grinds did get too mind-numbing so I stopped (Oh Sir! The Insult Simulator, Little Dragons Cafe)-- though I probably will go back to them some day.

 

To answer @Property_Damage's below question... 31-years-old, 40-hrs a week job as a data scientist, 10-15 hours a week working out, married, a 9-month old baby, and 4 dogs. I get about 2-4 hours a night for gaming on weekdays, and 8-12 hours a day on weekends.

Edited February 17, 2020 by eigen-space

[IntroPhenom]

1 hour ago, Mathieumatic said:

From personal experience, I only platinum the games that I enjoyed enough to fully complete. There are a bunch of games I've come across over the years where you have to complete so many repetitive, boring tasks just to get the platinum which makes it not worth it to me. I could never get myself to platinum/100% every game I play and I'm honestly fine with that. Gaming is supposed to be a hobby and if I forced myself to finish every game I played, it would feel more like a job to me. This is why I'm asking everyone on this forum with 90% or above completion rate the following questions:

 

• Why bother?
• How do you motivate yourself to complete the games you didn't enjoy?
• When did you start this completion trend? From the start of your account or did you have to overcome a huge backlog to achieve this?
• Do you feel like 100% completion is an overall better experience than a normal playthrough (where you don't mind the trophies)?

 

I'm interested in your responses, thanks in advance.

 

I have an over 90% completion rating, and intend to raise that incrementally, trophy by trophy.  You asked why bother.  For me, more enjoyment is had if every trophy is popped.  With good/great games, full completion elevates the degree of enjoyment, allows for more play time, etc.  With mediocre/lousy games, trophies create enjoyment.  AER was a bad game, in my opinion, but I popped every trophy, and enjoyment was gained from doing so.  And I gain a better experience than a normal playthrough when 100% is had, yes.  Perhaps not at the exact moment I pop a final trophy on an ill-favored game, but later on, when I review my list of completed games, to remind myself what I've accomplished as a gamer.

[Property_Damage]

I would like to know the ages and lifestyles of some of these completionists

 

for example, im 36 witha family of 3, i work anywhere from 50-60 hours a week at my job and its a management position

 

as i get older im starting to fade away from my platinum hobby and careless and less about trophies and platinums in general

 

 

[JavaNext]

Well why not?

I've always enjoyed completing games, before trophies there used to be rewards for completing difficulties, challenges and whatnot, stuff like costumes, making of videos and artwork. Not many games have those because of DLC but trophies represent that completion now.

I'll admit there are a few games that me think twice about completing them but I still enjoy it.

 

[WayfarerFox]

1) Why Bother?

For me as to this question it's as simple as I play one game at a time. It's good to keep an overall percentage up so it looks more organised. When it comes to playing games if I've started 3+ games then I kind of feel like I don't know what to play. What needs my attention more and etc and I don't need to get stressed out when it comes to gaming so I stick to one game at a time. 

 

2) How do you motivate yourself to complete the games you didn't enjoy?

There's been a few on my account that I haven't enjoyed but I chalk it down to an experience. I'm not the type of gamer to pick up a game and put it down after 5 minutes. I want to experience everything the game has to offer before I make an absolute solid verdict on the game. Motivation is needed but depending on the game you could always watch a show or look up quicker ways to do stuff on youtube just to make the time less annoying. Sometimes you even start a game absolutely hate it and then go back to it and it actually turns out to be great. An example for me was yeaaaaaars ago. I borrowed Fallout 3 off a friend, played it for about 20 minutes and thought this is awful can not be bothered to play this. Got back to it a week later and it turns out it's one of the better games I've played in a long long time. You just have to give games a chance.

 

3) When did you start this completion trend? From the start of your account or did you have to overcome a huge backlog to achieve this?

I've always wanted to attempt a completion account and this so happens to be the one I'm doing it on. I did have a massive backlog but I've been more selective on what I play now. Mainly because I've got my moneys worth on some games that I've played and some are so much of an effort I won't do them again. I always try everything I've got though. If I'm unsure on a game I'll make sure to play it on a blank/alt account first to see what kind of damage I can do before I attempt it here but that's all really. 

 

4) Do you feel like 100% completion is an overall better experience than a normal playthrough (where you don't mind the trophies)?

Absolutely, the way I see it is value for money. Do I want to spend £40-60 just to experience a 7 hour campaign playthrough? No thank you. If you factor in that trophy list it will have you doing things you never normally would. Collect all this, do all of that, see all of those. You wouldn't think about that stuff if your goal is just to get from starting point to end goal. That's just my opinion though. Going for 100% is my preferred way to play games. It just opens up so much more to me.

 

Sure we do feel the burnout sometimes and some games do become a chore but you've just got to be patient and open minded. It's a lot of effort but in time anyone can do it really. Gaming is still definitely a hobby. Although I play a lot and have quick completion times. I don't aim for these but when you mainly work weekends you have a lot more time than you think and that's all there is to it really. For me, I don't think OCD or anything has anything to do with it. I just like what I'm doing.

 

I'll probably care a million times less when I've got other priorities like a full time job, a family etc but so far there's not a million things I can do before those things start to happen.

Edited February 17, 2020 by ImmortalFox-

[zizimonster]

I have my own rules:

 

Do not play more than one game at a time.

 

Do some research on a game you are about to play, particularly read its (trophy) guide if there is any.

 

Play the game, and focus on it until you obtain the platinum trophy (and more trophies if the game has downloadable contents/add-ons).

 

That's all, and that's how I motivate myself every single time. 

[sk_lp_him]

First - I'm a loser with no life

Second - I have OCD

Third - I feel pride and accomplishment

[Sword]

@Property_Damage 23 years of age, single, software developer working 40-45 hours a week. Fun stuff. Church style social life style, got groups I meet with during the week. Hang out with the guys and play board games/smash bros weekly. I really believe if I was married I'd play a lot less, but that's just not for me right now. Haha. Staying away from the bar/party life gave me a lot of time for video games over the years. Not having a social life helps. LOL. My time for games actually has gotten less as I actually have somewhat of a social life now. I used to play for 9-12 hours a day (3am-4am nights, woo). Now? Nah. If I can get in 3 hours a day during the weekdays and 6 hours a day on weekends that's about all I can do. Usually play from like 9pm-12pm during work week days.  I'll eventually end up not caring as much about platinums/completion but for now it's my hobby. 

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Okay OP, so this is going to get pretty long, but I hope it helps answer some of your questions from my experiences in depth. I've been doing this whole high % profile thing for years. Though, my experience comes from 7+ years of Xbox achievement hunting. I'm still a little baby in terms of PlayStation years (I started this profile at the end of October 2019. Swapped to PlayStation because I got sick and tired of the lack of JRPGs on Xbox! Finally made the switch, never looking back). It just looks weird when I talk "big talk" while having such a little profile. It's a work in progress. Anyways, with that disclaimer out of the way... 

 

When you think of gaming hobbies: some play video games casually (trophies don't matter one hoot), some play to collect achievements/trophies in general (but maybe don't care as much, just enjoying a trophy pop here and there), some play to gain as many achievements/trophies as possible in the shortest amount of time irregardless of if they complete the game or not, some try to plat as many easy games as possible to get the highest rank, some only play single player, some play only multiplayer... Finally, some people try to maintain as close to a 90-100% account as possible (completing all the games challenges, grinds, difficulties, endings, weird miscellaneous tasks, etc.). I believe the % hunters are just one sect of the overall array of hobbies you can do with video games. Is it for everyone? Certainly not! It's can be a very demanding task. (Though, I believe in all honesty, having anything above 99% is close enough to perfect, because realistically you should ALWAYS be working on SOME game. Therefore it'll be rare for any account to "truly" be 100%... because that means you're not playing video games! That's just no fun!). I suppose it depends on what types of games you do play for a 100% profile (easy vs hard games). 

 

So, why bother?

Well I've met some extraordinary people who have goals of maintaining a high profile % completion, so it's formed a bit of a network community I talk to/encourage/watch. They in turn do the same with me. Personally, the feeling of completing games can be very fun, from a certain point of view. It might be a little eccentric or OCD, but seeing a bunch of "S" rank/platinums/100%'s can feel very accomplishing at the end of the day. More so if the game is deemed a "harder" difficulty/has a excessive grind you overcame. Not to mention that, in the case of a good platinum list, it will open you up to exploring all aspects of a game/doing things in a way you might not have thought... or force you to explore the entire game so you see every area (and all its secrets!). I feel that the more games you complete, the more tolerance you'll acquire to where grindy/hard trophies become less and less of an issue... mostly.

 

How do you motivate yourself to complete the games you didn't enjoy?

I feel every % hunter would be blowing smoke if they said that they haven't run across any games that had a trophy or so that really made them question "Why am I doing this". The games themselves can be very fun, but some of these developers throw really grindy/difficult/weird trophies at you where even the most patient % hunter can sloooooowly feel bored/tired. My advice from personal experience? Accept that when you're a 90-100% hunter, that doesn't mean you have to 100% every game before moving onto the next. Take breaks. Play other games. Come back later. Do grindy trophies over the course of a few months. You don't have to put in 4-5 hours every day on the same game. Maybe play 30 minutes or an hour a day of one game, then spend the rest of the day playing something else. The little time you play every day adds up over time. The key is not to let your backlog (of played games) grow super big or else you'll have so many games to go back and complete, that you'll never get around to them. If I slowly find myself not enjoying a game/trophy grind, I'll allow myself to play something else and come back to it later. My limit on games (that I've started) in my backlog is between 5-10 games maximum. Also, don't try to be a goody two shoes. Google answers, use guides, use tricks/glitches/exploits. There's been some really annoying games I've played where a glitch or trick really made it much easier to complete. Ethical? Maybe not... but hey, we do what we gotta do here. Lol.  

 

When did you start this completion trend? From the start of your account or did you have to overcome a huge backlog to achieve this?

From the start of my account (though I'm slightly less than 90% right now). My account is still in its baby stages, I haven't played too many games (joined PlayStation community at the end of last year).  So, it's been very easy for me to maintain a high % (using the advice given above) because I'm very good at maintaining a short backlog of games (allowing myself to bounce between games, but never getting out of hand where my % is truly at risk). I hope to maintain this moving forward over the years. I'm aiming for 99% completion, which will become easier to maintain the more games/trophies I earn. It didn't used to be like this though.

 

I first really got into the concept of "100%ing" things when I finished my 100% commendations on Halo:Reach on Xbox back in 2012ish? For context, without being a hacker, earning 100% commendations on Halo:Reach takes a year/years. I think I spent over 186 days of in-game time before I hit the 100%. It took 4 months of playing 6 hours a day to earn the "Perfectionist" and "Grounded" commendations for one of the co-op modes called "Firefight". Kinda like playing Zombies in CoD where you fight waves of enemies. "Perfectionist" was for completing a round without dieing and you could only earn max 3 per game, with an average time of 10-20 minutes per game. You needed 5000 of those to get the max level in that commendation. So... yeah, extrapolate that time out and do the math on that one. That's just for ONE of these things, there were multiplayer/campaign ones too. Once I got the 100% I ended up figureing out I was one of probably 30-60 people in the world that had attained that feat legitimately. That feeling was surreal and for months I got messages calling me a hacker/no life but hey, it felt great. I took that and applied it to achievements/trophies and.... that's where it all started. 

 

Do you feel like 100% completion is an overall better experience than a normal playthrough (where you don't mind the trophies)?

In my (honest, though it hurts to admit) opinion, no. This is the one valid "I can't really argue it" point I'll give anyone who approaches me saying I shouldn't try for a 99%+ profile. Here's the two reasons why...

 

1) Some games have certain ways to approach earning the trophies that save a playthrough (or more). Some games have it to where you have to earn all the items in one playthrough (no transferring between playthroughs). Some games have the "complete this trophy on a NG cycle to save the pain of trying on a harder NG cycle (Dark Souls, Bloodborne are key examples of this)". So... sometimes... well... I find myself looking at guides/researching the game/spoiling the game to see how "hard" the trophies are because I'm trying to "save" as much time as possible. By the time I research the trophies, figure out which are missable/hard to obtain, I've run into spoilers/boss names/story plot points so often I may have spoiled half the game for me at that point (or run into "easy xp farming/gold farming/etc" tactics that I already know I can exploit the moment I run into them in the game). Then I figure "oh what the hell" and spoil the whole game at that point. Others might not have this problem, but I find myself having a big problem worrying about trophy difficulty/time spent doing this hobby. It would be more relaxing sometimes to just do a blind playthrough of some of these games and worry about the trophies later, but I find that I feel like I've "wasted" time if I don't couple my playthrough with hunting trophies. Which leads me to my second point...

 

2) I've NOT played some games because of the trophy requirements/time needed/difficulty once I research these games. Worrying about "losing" my potential 100% profile due to glitched trophies/server shutdowns/difficulty has pretty much shoehorned me into playing single player/easier games. I've been working on breaking this habit (I started Super Meat Boy to break this habit). This is why I said earlier that having a 99% profile is good enough (if you're a 100% hunter at least). I feel like being paranoid over even not earning a SINGLE trophy over the years of playing video games is just not fun. Kudos to anyone who has a true 100% account, but realistically you'll eventually run into a situation where your skill is not high enough/server shuts down/glitched trophy and you'll have to accept it. For myself, I'm not sure if I can complete Super Meat Boy which means I'll always have trophies unearned (oh no!). However, I can still have 99% or more. Would I have rather not played SMB (a game I wanted to play for fun) and be paranoid about the unearned trophies? Nah, not worth it. 

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To conclude, it doesn't make anyone any better/worse than someone else to have a high % profile or not. It's all about having fun. As long as you're having fun doing it, it can feel real accomplishing. There's a small sort of "pride" thing about having a lot of 100% games, but as long as you don't shove it in someones face or degrade them for not being like you, then it's okay to feel a sense of pride over your work. Reading others opinions on this topic has been interesting and fun. Good topic.

 

Happy Gaming everyone.

 

[AJ_Radio]

This is sort of a mixed topic. 

 

I feel that many trophy hunters, if they were willing, can easily reach 90 percent or above by stacking a lot of easy games. They don’t hurt the completion rate as much as games that are more difficult. 

 

The way I see it, you definitely need to be determined and to some extent committed to having an account with a high completion percentage. 

 

I have over a 95 percent completion, so I’m definitely what people would say is a completionist. Having a profile full of games that are finished as opposed to a profile full of wide gaps (unfinished games) looks a lot better. Maintaining that can be difficult if you find yourself switching between multiple games. 

 

I don’t like a profile that has a lot of E ranks, it looks ugly. Of course everybody’s preferences are different. However I like to think that a profile with as many trophies as mine with a high completion rate is more accomplished than what I regard as profiles that have very low completion. Anybody can have a crappy percentage rate, but getting to that high percentage especially if a number of games you played are difficult or time consuming, that takes time and effort.