Summer 2020 Backlog Challenge

[JayDeLosDioses]

JAY-NANIGANS,

it's Sunday, you know what that means - I'm your host Jay and this is Sunday Update #3!

 

Far Cry New Dawn 0% -> 100%

I've never played a worse game from a big franchise in my life. 

The singleplayer stuff was stupid, they changed things like names and such from Far Cry 5.

The story was boring, the villains even worse.

Gameplay ... exists.

I've crashed myself to the coop trophy thanks to Fnee.

 

Just Cause 4 0% -> 5%

Blowing up stuff is still fun, haven't played enough yet to fully share my opinion about the game with y'all.

 

Assassins Creed 4 Black Flag 10%

Had the first multiplayer session with the lovely Liioni yesterday.

Leveled up from 17 to 22 while doing Wolfpack for 2 hours or so.

I'm not high on singleplayer games adding a multiplayer mode, but at least Wolfpack is fun.

 

And that's it for this weeks recap, I'm not adding a new game this time around, I've got some things I might add in mind tho.

Tune in next week for a brand new episode of Sunday Update

 

 

[Draps-1337]

Update! Finished Yonder on the weekend and started playing 428: Shibuya Scamble and the story is starting to get wild! Looking forward to digging in again after work today.

A Plague Tale: Innocence - 100%

Killzone: Shadow Fall - 0%

Yonder - 0% -> 100%

PaRappa The Rapper Remastered -  100%

Mirror's Edge Catalyst - 13%

428: Shibuya Scramble - 0% -> 5% (though i suspect most of the % will come at the end of the game)

CHAOSCHILD - 0%

FullBlast - 100%

Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime - 0%

Tearaway Unfolded - 0%

[DizzyDavidson]

Update:

• Tales of Xillia 2 (PS3) - 5% => 10%
• God of War 3 (PS3) - 0%
• Bioshock Infinite (PS3) - 0%
• Zone of the Enders HD Edition (PS3) - 0%:
• Cat Quest (PS4) - 0%

Another week gone and another couple of trophies earned.

It's going slower than I would have hoped but just like the Loverboy song goes I'm "Lovin' Every Minute of It". ToX2 really is a great game and I can get "lost" in it doing stuff. I'm barely progressing in the story but somehow I'm still putting in time.  

 

Glad to hear (read) at least most others are making good/great progress. ?

[Static_Rook]

Update 4

 

Snowrunner - 27%

Sakura Wars - 4%

The Last of Us Part 2 0% 16%

Dreams - 88% 91%

Civilization VI - 34%

 

I hit level 25 in Dreams so just a few more hours of puppet jumping to go! Started Last of Us 2, should be a quick plat mop up once I'm through the story. 

 

I re-downloaded Destiny 2 for the new season and that has taken over my gaming time and halted progress on anything else. Gotta make those numbers go up!

[Hiyo_Rain]

Life is Strange PS4 - 18% -> 36%

Psychedelica of the Black Butterfly - 9%

Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls - 8% -> 20%

Conception II: Children of the Seven Stars - 0%

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy - 0%

Strawberry Vinegar - 0% -> 100% 

Far Cry 5 - 18% -> 92%

Far Cry New Dawn - 0%

VA-11 Hall-A PS4 - 0% -> 100% 

 

Update 4!

I was going to start working on Life is Strange on my day off on Saturday this week, but for some reason I couldn’t load any episode except episode 1 even though the rest were installed. So, I had to uninstall and reinstall the whole game overnight. My internet sucks, so all those separate downloads would take hours to install even in rest mode :/ I made some progress today, but I’m disappointed about the loading issue because it pushed back my finishing that game until the week after instead of this coming week, since I’m only doing one chapter each day I have off and all. I'm not really into high school drama or teenage rebellion/petulance or anything like that so I'm hoping the main story will interest me enough, because the first two episodes are mostly that drama... I didn't like it when I was in high school, I don't like it now as a staff member at a high school. It takes a special kind of story for a game (or book/movie) set in a high school to interest me, so I really hope this one gets better and I end up liking it.

 

I played all of Va-11 Hall-A this week, thankfully I was able to find the same video guide I used for the vita version to get the shmup minigame taken care of in less than an hour. My excitement for the sequel is renewed! And I should really get back to 2064 Read Only Memories, considering it's set in the same universe. I finished the story for Far Cry 5, which leaves just the arcade mode and the NG+/infamous DLC. I’m gonna do the DLC first, due to my habit of not wanting to go back to finish DLC trophies if I have the plat. I was hoping to get to skip the replay by doing the coop skip workaround with my friend, but he didn’t have a save that we could do that in. Maybe I can find someone on discord or here who can help me though, because I really don't want to go through the story again… I'm not a fan of the way the resistance point system was executed, though I like the theory. Oh, and I also made some progress in Ultra Despair Girls.

[freddie1989]

Very quick and very small update from me. Made a bit of progress on Borderlands 2 the last week but nothing to shout about. Really enjoying it though. Should have Life is Strange 2 arriving in a couple of days so can get going on that and also have the Walking Dead Final Season to add to my list at some stage so progress to be had once I find time to turn the console on.

 

Hope everyone is having a blast as always!!

 

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands 5%

Life is Strange 2 0%

Far Cry New Dawn 0%

Resident Evil 7 0%

Rise of the Tomb Raider 16%

Borderlands 2 6% - 11%

[KillerUni12]

On 6/8/2020 at 9:13 AM, KillerUni12 said:

Update #1

Ratchet & Clank: 11%-> 58%, 8 trophies remaining

Hitman Contracts: 5%-> 10%, 24 trophies remaining

Off to an okay start so far, hoping to finish my first game this week!

Update #2!

1. Rachet and Clank- 100%

2. The Witcher 3- 13%

3. Hitman 2- 12%

4. Hitman Contracts- 10%

5. Stealth Inc 2.- 15% (SWAP #1)

 

After 6.5 years of gathering dust on my list, Ratchet & Clank has been platinumed! I really enjoyed this game although it got pretty frustrating sometimes- the Magneboots tracks were very easy to fall off of. I have the trilogy and the PS4 reboot in my backlog, so I'll definitely play those soon.

Otherwise, I've been mopping up other PS3 games lately- trying to clear out the system's backlog before the PS5 comes out. I swapped GTA V for Stealth Inc 2 because I saw the online trophy for Stealth recently became obtainable again. (That, and the GTA list looks too daunting to finish before August- I'm in 11 credits online and studying for an actuarial exam in July!) 

[TomataEighty9]

On 15.6.2020 at 5:02 AM, TomataEighty9 said:

Update :

 

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy - 11%

FIFA 20 - 31% ---> 44%

DOOM Eternal - 0%

Sleeping Dogs - 0%

L.A. Noir - 0%

 

I haven't made ANY progress since last update, and sadly, i think im going to drop out.

I'm pretty hooked on RDR2 right now, and i wanna try and go for the plat. (might take me a year or more ), so much to do....

 

I guess im just a gamer who want's to go for less games and longer. Good luck to all of you!

[Berendsapje]

Update

2064: Read only Memories: 14% (10/65) -> 35% (25/65)

Beyond: Two Souls: 0% (0/46)

Detroit: Become Human: 13% (9/49) -> 14% (10/49)

Island Saver: 100% (13/13) 

Lego Ninjago Movie: The video Game: 4% (3/51)

Monster Energy Supercross: The official Videogame: 0% (0/51)

Need For Speed Rivals (PS4): 100% (26/26) 

RIDE: 0% (0/51) -> 1% (1/51)

Rogue Aces: 0% (0/34) -> 80% (30/34)

The Crew 2: 0% (0/35)

The Witness:  91% (12/14)

Wreckfest: 0% (0/21)

 

Swaps Used: 0/2

Extra Games: 0/5

Total Trophy Haul: 120/456

 

It's been less than a week since my last update, but I'll be away without Vita, and thus without Link Play.

 

I don't know what the Vita underwent through it's lifespan when someone else owned it, but it couldn't have been brilliant. For one, the L2 and R2 buttons barely work (on the back). pressing the screen while steering is like sewing on a button with a jackhammer, so that's not going to happen as well. My games are therefore rather limited.

 

Considering where I am with Detroit, I'm going to take a little break (Really stressful bit coming up, where I can die. Not going to risk it). Still managed one trophy.

 

I also continued 2064. Now I'm at a bit where the missables come in. I don't have one of them, and I really want to get i now. Going to try it when the TV FINALLY arrives.

 

Every game on the list is now on my profile, to motivate me to actually play them. RIDE has a trophy where you don't even have to complete a race, so I just got that one already.

 

Last and least, Rogue Aces. I've gotten really far, and all I have to do is complete the normal campaign (get to mission 100 with 3 lives), the other trophies are sort of necessary to actually complete it.  My VITA is screwing with me though, and I keep getting lag, which sends me into a wall. Haven gotten really close a couple of times (I carried one plane  from mission 23 to 88 before crashing into a wall. Another time, I took my first plane from the start to Mission 60. Also going to have to do this on the actual PS4.

 

In other words, until the TV arrives, I can't do anything. For some reason, I really don't want to play Beyond Two Souls. I was even thinking of swapping it with Heavy Rain, which is a very similar game mad by the same people. So that's why it's once again silence on my part until the bloody thing arrives. We ordered it 2 weeks ago, the shop is 3 miles away, and still nothing. We don't even know if the order came through. 

 

Happy Hunting Everyone!

[Hiyo_Rain]

On 6/22/2020 at 1:43 AM, Hiyo_Rain said:

Life is Strange PS4 - 18% -> 36%

Psychedelica of the Black Butterfly - 9%

Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls - 8% -> 20%

Conception II: Children of the Seven Stars - 0%

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy - 0%

Strawberry Vinegar - 0% -> 100% 

Far Cry 5 - 18% -> 92%

Far Cry New Dawn - 0%

VA-11 Hall-A PS4 - 0% -> 100% 

A Summer with the Shiba Inu - 0%

 

I'm adding another game - it's another Rata port of an indie VN. It won't take long and I'm going to play it right away anyway because I adore dogs, so why not? It'll make me feel a bit better about not having made tons of progress in other games lmao!

My next update with the new numbers will be coming on Sunday night as usual

[Copanele]

I will do a final switcharooni, because I have 0 mood for a specific game : 

 

1. Berserk Band of the Hawk - 100%  

2. Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm - 3%

3. Trine Enchanted Edition- 12%

4. Middle-earth : Shadow of Mordor - 8%

5. Assassin's Creed Odyssey - 7%

 

REMOVED GAME : Crash Bandicoot, Shadow of the Colossus 

Switches : 2/2

 

Reason I removed SotC : SPEEDRUN. Nah son I am not doing that now. I absolutely loathe speedruns, this is why I will do this game in my own free time away from challenges, when I feel daring enough. 

Readded AC Odyssey because honestly...I feel like playing something in Ancient Greece. Plus it's the final AC that I need to finish (got all of the previous ones  )

Truth be told I doubt I will be able to complete these games until September, but I will try my best anyway!

[Zach]

On 5/3/2020 at 9:45 PM, Zach said:

Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories- 25% ---> 100%  date: 11/06/2020

Funk of Titans- 0% ---> 100%  date: 13/06/2020

Mafia II (PS4)- 26% ---> 58%

Last of Us Part II- 0% ---> 2%

Bioshock (PS4)- 0%

Ghosts of Tsushima- 0%

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (PS4)- 0%

Final Fantasy VII- 0%

Update: Mafia 2 58% and Last of Us 2 2%

 

Sorry for the lack of updates, Had a busy week.

Edited July 28, 2020 by Zach

[MidnightDragon]

2 hours ago, Zach said:

Update: Mafia 2 58% and Last of Us 2 2%

 

Sorry for the lack of updates, Had a busy week.

Thankfully they fixed Mafia II so your streak will not be broken yet.

[StilRh]

End of vacation update: I've had 8 beautiful days off and I return back to work tomorrow  Much of this time was spent with family, reading or generally doing as little as possible but I did get a good 50 hours of gaming time in. Half of that was a blind, moderate difficulty run through the Last of Us 2. I just need to mop up collectables. I've turned on the accesibility options to help with this (I must say Naughty Dog, these are fantastic. I know several disabled gamers and these really even the playing field) but it will be time consuming so I'll chip away over the weeks I guess. I spent a good chunk of time with Age of Wonders: Planetfall, the latest DLC is brilliant. With games of this nature though, trophies will come pretty slowly through the campaign missions. Off list, I've been playing Killzone and Freedom Wars for when the heat saps my motivation to play longer experiences or I've not got much time to play with.

 

Spoiler

Age of Wonders Planetfall 22%
Atelier Firis: The Alchemist and the Mysterious Journey 12%
Darksiders II 14%
Last of Us 2 19% > 42%
Legend of Heros: Trails of Cold Steel 2 0%

 

[MidnightDragon]

Gotten through most of June without touching any of my list.  Well, I've got a week off work, so gonna fix that!

[HaserPL]

 

#161 Platinum - Sniper Elite 3 and the second game off the list ;). Very fun to play if you take it lightly and don't mind clunky stealth mechanics and AI, the DLC was also fun, but too short for its price in my opinion. However, Authentic COOP playthrough in which me and my buddy also went for the collectibles as a real pain in the ass. AI was more aware than the Xenomorph in Alien Isolation on Nightmare... 21 hours in total and I think I will do it again on PS4 if I can find someone for the coop. Solid 7/10. Have a nice upcoming weekend lads

[Draps-1337]

Update! Finished 428: Shibuya Scramble, that was really an incredible ride. So I caved and picked up The Last of Us: Part II yesterday, so I'll be playing through that this weekend. looks like the platinum is easy to pick up while I'm at it. So I'll work on that for now. I feel like I'm ahead of schedule for my list. So I don't feel too bad!
Good luck this weekend everyone!

A Plague Tale: Innocence - 100%

Killzone: Shadow Fall - 0%

Yonder - 100%

PaRappa The Rapper Remastered -  100%

Mirror's Edge Catalyst - 13%

428: Shibuya Scramble - 5% -> 100%

CHAOSCHILD - 0%

FullBlast - 100%

Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime - 0%

Tearaway Unfolded - 0%

[Stanners316]

Update #3:

 

1. The Town of Light (PS4) -  (3rd June)

2. The Council (PS4) -  (18th June)

3. Ratchet & Clank (PS4) - 30%  82%

4. Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair (PSV) 77%

5. Lego Avengers (PS4) - 47%  65%

6. The Walking Dead S2 (PS4) - 0%  65%

7. Erica (PS4) - 24%

8. Valiant Hearts (PS4) - 19%

9. Steins;Gate (PSV) - 0%  16%

10. Final Fantasy 7 Original (PS4) - 8%

11. Kona (PS4) - 0%

12. Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge (PS3) - 0%

13. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (PS4) - 0%

 

I've gone for a bit of a shotgun blast approach this last week or so. With 4 games in recent progress, and 8 games in progress in total, I still strangely want to play something else at the moment. I'm not allowing myself to though, because I've placed a PS store ban on myself indefinitely. I've had to buy a new fish tank because the current one has a leak. I'm so so lucky that its high up meaning I only needed to reduce the water by an inch to stop it. Wallet's been hit hard though, so no new games for me. This does mean I'll have to swap out Fallen Order as it's the only game I don't currently own. Don't know what I'll replace it with yet so I'm leaving it on there for now. Right, quick fire game comments..

I'm into the challenge mode in Ratchet & Clank and I'm loving it. This was one of the last games I played before I stopped drinking and I kept getting flashbacks of being insanely lost, confused and angry. What a remarkable experience change. It's just genuinely fun to play. The levelling of all weapons to max might go into a 3rd PT but I don't care, crazy. 

I've now got all the minikits/characters/Stan Lee's from all the levels (+DLC) on Lego Avengers and my in-game completion is just 58%, wow. I tried to clear a mini hub world yesterday but got bored. Short, sharp attacks at this are needed I reckon.

I'm enjoying The Walking Dead S2 a lot more than I thought I would. Clementine's a badass. There's some split second decisions you make that can turn out shockingly, but Clementine just remains a stoic nutcase from what I've seen so far. Minimal whining, the girl's grown up. I'll definitely be picking up the others when my wallets happier.

My oh my, I came quite close to giving up on Steins;Gate. By the looks of the trophy percentages, a fair few did. 13% didn't get from pressing start (yes, you get a trophy for pressing start) to the end of the prologue. A further 16% then didn't finish Chapter 1. For a VN, this tells it's own story (ha). It's a combination of how slow it is, how niche the subject is and the fact that it's extremely hard to like yourself (in the game that is). Two days ago, I never thought I'd warm to the mad scientist, but I actually am. He treats his mates like shit, laughs maniacally too much and thinks it's acceptable to put his hand up a girl's top to check she's alive. This last point really gave me a "ffs, again" feeling. I was so so close to turning it off for good but I remembered I'd chosen to play it because it features at the top of a lot of the VN lists. I've now discovered the reason. I'm hooked and I'm firmly in, but it shouldn't have taken 12 hours of play time to get there. I've just finished Chapter 3.

Have fun and take care all!

 

Edited June 27, 2020 by Stanners316

[MidnightDragon]

Seeing that my PS4 decided to quit working today, my summer list is currently on hold. I’m hoping to be able to get a replacement before Ghost of Tsushima. Fortunately, my saves are all backed up, so don’t have to redo Bomberman.

[AmarisSkye]

5 minutes ago, MidnightDragon said:

Seeing that my PS4 decided to quit working today, my summer list is currently on hold. I’m hoping to be able to get a replacement before Ghost of Tsushima. Fortunately, my saves are all backed up, so don’t have to redo Bomberman.

Oh no! That really sucks. Any idea what caused it to die?

 

Also - unrelated - but I am not sure if you saw my post from June 20th where I asked to be added. 

[MidnightDragon]

5 minutes ago, AmarisSkye said:

Oh no! That really sucks. Any idea what caused it to die?

 

Also - unrelated - but I am not sure if you saw my post from June 20th where I asked to be added. 

Just happened and I did not see it. Sorry. I’ll add you later.

[MidnightDragon]

On 6/20/2020 at 10:45 AM, AmarisSkye said:

@MidnightDragon, I'd like to join. After taking a break from playing my PS4 to put nearly 900 hours into Animal Crossing New Horizons, I am back to trophy hunting.

Here are my initial 5 games:

 

1. Bendy and the Ink Machine - 24%

2. A Plague Tale: Innocence - 14%

3. The Bridge - 14%

4. Lego Marvel Super Heroes - 17%

5. Q.U.B.E. Director's Cut - 9%

Added now. Sorry.

[Sylvieeex]

4th Week Update!

 

Spoiler

 

Uncompleted:

1. Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate - 0%
2. God of War II - 0%
3. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater - 0%
4. Severed - 0%
5. Senran Kagura Estival Versus - 0%
6. Shantae: Half-Genie Hero - 0%
7. Shinobido 2 - 0%
8. Rayman Origins - 0%
9. Tearaway - 0%
10. Titan Souls - 0%
11. Velocity 2X - 0%

In Progress:

1.  Muramasa Rebirth - 33% > 87%
2. Resident Evil: Revelations 2 - 0% > 5%

Completed:

1.  Assassin’s Creed III Liberation - 0% > 100% 
2.  Call of Duty: Black Ops Declassified - 100%
3.  Color Guardians - 100%
4.  Dokuro - 0% > 100% 
5.  God of War - 100%
6.  Guacamelee! - 100%
7.  Odin Sphere: Leifthrasir - 100%
8.  Sound Shapes - 100%
9.  Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault - 100%
10.  Resistance: Burning Skies - 100%
11.  The Walking Dead - 100%
12.  Unit 13 - 0% > 100% 

 

 

Here's an update from the past two weeks of trophy hunting. I completed Assassin's Creed III Liberation, Unit 13, Dokuro as well as obtaining the Platinum for Muramasa Rebirth.

 

I'm very proud to achieve that platinum for Muramasa Rebirth. After multiple failures getting through the bosses in fury mode, as well as Caves of Evil I successfully managed to punch my way through the plat. I thought it was impossible at first but turns out to be quite doable. Anyone who's looking for a challenge and owns a vita should try Muramasa Rebirth, it's a unique, fun and challenging game that's equally satisfying to complete. The DLCs however are lengthy and annoying to complete due to the need to beat all the Caves and bosses from the main game again. Imagine doing this 4 times since there's 4 DLCs. If you're a completionist and your willpower is as thin as a branch, give it pass. 

 

I don't have anything else to say about the 3 other games. I've completed it before on my other account, so there's experience before going into the games. 

 

Currently, I'm working on Resident Evil 2 Revelations which I have intentionally planned to obtain the platinum as my 1000th trophy. Hope it all goes well!

 

As always, Happy Trophy Hunting week everyone!  

Edited June 28, 2020 by Sylvie

[Fire]

Update 2.

1. The Last of Us II - 28/06/20
2. God of War - 06/06/20
3. Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls
4. Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax
5. Batman: The Enemy Within

Finished The Last of Us Part II. I wrote a bit more about this game in MRP thread, but i will say its a great game. Story is completely different, gameplay is more or less the same with some new improvements, AI is good and very helpful in some areas. It has a lots of collectibles but if you explore every area you'll find around 80-90% of them on the first playthrough. Some people will like the game some won't, but you should play it and see for yourself. Happy hunting everyone.

[StilRh]

Weekend update: Clearing out collectables in LoU2 - I would estimate 4-5 hours left to get the plat but it's going to have to wait until tomorrow/Tuesday because I am covering sickness at work. I got a lot of trophies for Planetfall too.

 

Spoiler

Age of Wonders Planetfall 22% > 29%
Atelier Firis: The Alchemist and the Mysterious Journey 12%
Darksiders II 14%
Last of Us 2 42% > 82%
Legend of Heros: Trails of Cold Steel 2 0%