Topic: The Trophy Discussion Thread

@Werehog both ace attorney investigation games? Impressive!

#63 - Assassin’s Creed Rogue Remastered

Genuinely decent game, remarkably good when you consider it was developed by a side studio in 8 months. But it’s quite buggy and the game is really quite short compared to the fairly gargantuan side content. The platinum just takes far too long for the size of game, doing 20 ship convoys and 20 supply camps is a bit of a grind never mind doing another 10 supply camps with a specific cheat on. The platinum grind honestly soured me a bit on what is a pretty good game. Only Unity left now though!

@Yousef- Thanks! The duology's trophy list is pretty straightforward, but it does require you to trigger a few hidden appearances or lines of dialogue... some of which I really didn't wanna do, 'cause it meant you had to be cruel to certain characters!

Are you a fan of the series, by any chance?

@Werehog of course : ))
Since middle school I think
My first game was probably in 2011
Started with the original which had an iOS port then kept going in chronological order.
My favorite is prosecuter’s gambit. : ))

@nessisonett I’m actually quite glad that this is a good game. Will definitely try it if I get the kick to play more Air Conditioner games.

Same! In fact, I just wrote as much over in another topic!

@Werehog that’s quite sweet, nice to have that in common!

@Werehog Congrats on both. I imagine Ace Attorney Investigations Collection is a bit more forgiving and linear given that it's most likely set in a courtroom and the answers/evidence are so specific. I'd also guess that they are a defense attorney since there wouldn't be as much of a challenge if you were playing a prosecutor and I can definitely see reasonable doubt/challenging the prosecution being an interesting mechanic. I like the defense side of the law too, maybe I'll try it sometime. But Sonic sounds a lot harder with platforming and collecting rings and things so well done on that too, especially with those hours.

Bit of a late start, but I'm sure I'll make up for lost time!

• The main thing is they were both games you cared about and you didn't do it just for the trophies themselves, you could have spent the last couple of months putting hours into random games that meant very little to you. I don't think everyone can say that, trophies can often become a chore.

I started Kingdom Come Deliverance last week and funnily enough I haven't even looked at the trophies. I probably burnt out a little and had to try something that was more about the journey than the destination. Platinum might be possible in this game, I don't mind if it's not because something else will be. Everything so far has been more like an experience and less like a game. I'm at the moment bouncing time-zones quite regularly so the added pressure that I'd put on myself wouldn't be the best idea. I think if I saw this game as an actual game I'd be more likely to push for completion, it's that rare break between a game and an experience that happens once in a blue moon. When it does happens I forget that platinum exists and just try to soak in the world/those moments and memories. I can't remember that last game that offered anything like that, it's captured something really unique. It's just me, my puppy (DLC) and my horse, they don't seem to make a lot of games like this anymore. It's hard too, the combat especially which is it's own trophy when you do take down an opponent or quite a few. I've posted some of my journey in the what are you playing thread, it's been different. Any plans for your next game or platinum?

@Yousef- It’s a really interesting reuse of assets and gameplay from both 3 and Black Flag and I do think that it fixes a lot of my issues with Black Flag as it’s a lot faster paced in general.

@nessisonett sounds really cool, I always wanted a short AC plat. Both AC3 and Syndicate drained me quite a bit.

Alright everyone. I am announcing my official return to the Yakuza series.
Long story short, I’ve been trying, and terribly failing, to really get into persona 5 strikers.

It’s a great game, but not a great game for me. P5? Check. Musou? Check. Easy plat and great story? Check, check, check!

So why am I shelving it? This is embarrassing to admit but my attention span is so dogwater that I wouldn’t be shocked if I was neurodivergent. That said, irl stuff make it hard to sit down. My chair is also not that great.
All in all, the game was just not hooking me. Plus I got several Yakuza plats I wanna re-earn, so there’s that too.

@psmr also pinging the colonel if he ever needs help with Yakuza.

@Yousef- thanks for the heads up. I’m actually slowly working my way through the Yakuza series myself. I’m only doing one every two years as the plats are so involved and the games so similar… but I’ll be playing my next one this year. I have the Kiwami and Kiwami 2 plats and looking forward to getting back into it with Kiwami 3 around December time.

@Yousef- Oh no, it’s not a short platinum really, the story is short but there’s a lot of side content 😂

Thank you! Not to be "that guy" but the ironic thing is, while you do usually play as a defence attorney in the series' mainline entries, the Investigations duology is a spin-off starring a prosecutor who spends most of his time outside of the usual courtroom setting... so, all of your assumptions would fit pretty much any other Ace Attorney game except these!

But it's what makes them so great. They're still using the same formula, structure, and story themes, but looking at them all from a fresh perspective. It's also nice to get "out and about" and walk around a wide variety of environments, rather than just pointing a cursor at some suspicious sprites.

There's a lot of clicking through text boxes, and cases do start to drag as more and more continuity and lore gets built up around them, but based on what you said, I'd recommend trying Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney at some point. Just be braced for more than a few leaps in logic!

That's very true, thanks for putting it that way! As such, I have no idea what my next platinum will be. I'm just playing what I feel like day by day. Hopefully some will have attainable platinums!

Which sounds like a similar approach to...

I'm real glad you're able to approach Kingdom Come: Deliverance with that kinda mindset, and that it's helping immerse you while you bounce between time zones. I like the sound of the puppy and horse companions you mention, too! I'm certain the trophies will flow, but in games that hit like that, I prefer to think of them less as trophies and more as prompts for happy memories somewhere down the line. Here's hoping it continues to work as your escape and that you enjoy the experience!

@psmr my plat count has officially went up to 8, im so proud.
I’m so close to the 2-digit count.

Now that I re-100%ed this game, feel free to ask me anything.

Congrats @Yousef- , do you have anything specific lined up for the big one-oh?

@psmr thank you man!!! For me that would depend. I need to plan things around because 0 and the Kiwamis got a re-release that are all 3 separate executables, with their own achievement sets and their own save file ecosystems, doubling my workload.

Luckily I can cut things down with a fan-made save file converter, so I can transfer my saves from their legacy versions to their 2025 remasters.

The tough part is of course, the fact they need to be trophy saves, and you’re only allowed a maximum of 30 save files, and there’s more than 30 trophies each game (even excluding story progression or unmissable trophies), so I gotta have two sets of saves each game.

You can see how this quickly turns into a headache. Apologies in advance if this all sounds like gibberish. Please feel free to ask me to elaborate on anything I’m unclear on.

Platinim #151 Unicorn Overlord. Wow what truly amazing game, I actually feel bad that I got to play it for free 😅 I pretty much can't find any flaws with it other maybe it was a bit too easy, my team was.
Alain, Berengaria (who got swapped out for Amalia), and Rosalinde (was my wife for anyone who cares)
Yanha, Scarlett, and yeah basically mollywhopped the whole game with them, really glad the devs add the "skip battle" option because as much I loved looking at the gorgeous art work the battles do drap after awhile. The story got me invested straight from the rip and the voice acting in the English dub (which is rare for me) was extremely good, think this shown off the most during "the rite of covenant" some of line deliveries were really heart felt. Trophy list wise very easy as proven by platinum being at 14.2%. In closing Unicorn Overlord has immediately jumped into my top 10 RPGs of all time and highly recommend you play it.

@GirlVersusGame here you are as requested, sorry I didn't reply straight away thought I get platinum first before responding. Oh regarding the headset, I thought I had a normal size head but now you got me questioning am I even normal...

@Oram77 GREAT GAME, I’m happy you enjoyed it.

I’m gonna work on Yakuza 6 next since I did it once on Xbox and wanna do it again. It was a tough cookie to crack back then but today I feel confident.

@Oram77 You probably have a normal sized head, my head might just be smaller than that model of headset is intended. I tested the previous model too and it was fine but I don't recall that one having 3D sound and I think it was black. That current Pulse headset is probably their best PS5 one yet but the earbuds are better for not flattening your hair. You almost feeling bad for playing Unicorn Overlord for free is the feeling I had that eventually led me to start buying Indie games after playing them on Plus+

Congrats with Unicorn Overlord it's such a unique and special game. I don't think I did go for platinum in the game (looks like seventy eight percent) That would have been a blind run and to not miss some recruits would have meant a guide. One I know I missed was some kind of Dark Knight and I was reminded each time I saw builds online. It was a great game though, I hadn't played anything like it and I'm still not sure what genre you'd call it. Definitely one of those 'will I even like this?' kind of games that quickly grew on me. I did use a lot of build guides from Youtube though, Berengaria (If I'm remembering correctly) she was my go to, she had a axe and was stronger than anyone else I had. I can't remember the story but that's the usual. I don't think I finished the Colosseum, I seem to remember watching my team die to angels or something near the very end. I used that skip battle option so many times, especially to keep farming those XP books. I also remember clearly that mini-mining game, I needed something there for a trophy and it took ages to spawn. Instead I kept getting the coins for the vendor. I still can't tell if the game is old, niche or not a lot of people played it, I haven't seen many people mention it. One moment that stuck out was going North to the animal region and the store-keeper was a bear, he told me to take it easy that it wasn't a race, really heart-warming. The other store-keeper was a cat person. I also remember when I lost Berengaria due to something scripted and my team fell apart until I got her back.

I tried Odinsphere after that one, it's the same Developer but it didn't take. I liked the art-work, it just felt sluggish and requiring to mash buttons after how graceful Unicorn Overlord was? that didn't help. There's a lot to be said for turn-based and auto-combat, it's very relaxing to watch something you carefully built do it's thing. I told myself that I'd eventually playthrough it again, and most likely will. Top ten is fair too, I think I'd put it in my own too, it did so much that I hadn't seen before. I'd hoped Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes would be more of the same, that game almost ended me. It wasn't peaceful or relaxing at all, I think I spent three solid hours on the final part of the game, three hours with no save-point. So many parts of the game were painful, Disgaea 5 was so much better. I'm not sure what that genre was either, it was brilliant. The characters, loot, game-play loop, all of it was so well done. It felt like the kind of game you could play for hours or just for a little while and still feel like you accomplished something. Do you know what you'll play next? I don't but then I never do. I need to do some actual quests in Kingdom Come Deliverance or I'll never finish it. I think it's been three days since I played, maybe later tonight.