Topic: The Trophy Discussion Thread

@GirlVersusGame Actually, yes! Having struggled to settle on anything new, I was quietly chipping away at the first game's platinum, but then the whole update travesty really got to me. It's why I'm back on Ace Attorney now. Should be getting my next platinum from that series, all things being well (and I have a couple other easy ones lined up for afterwards, too).

What's your next gonna be, do you know?

@Werehog I thought it was going to be Crimson Desert, but I played for a couple of hours and ran into some issues. It's playable, I'm not boarding the hate train, I'd just prefer to wait until it's a little more functional. I think I'm going to try Kingdom Come Deliverance, I waited eight years that should be long enough and it's kind of like Crimson Desert (though Ravix will say otherwise) it's a man with a sword, in a sort of fantasy world (I probably just offended Czech people) I tried to think of something else to play and can't. I'm not sure that I'll go for one hundred percent, it's been a couple of hours of trying to decide now so I need to pick something. I thought Slime Rancher 2 might be a fun quick platinum, it's honestly very boring once you get them into a pen. Maybe I'll try Kingdom Come Deliverance for the sake of it and for a platinum look to Indies again. Gris and Coffee Talk are all tempting.

Crimson Desert is a 300 HOUR platinum?!? I ain't no hater but that is boarding the realms of ridiculous

@Oram77 I just checked before bed and it doesn't even have a thumbnail. I waited to see if it would load and it never did.

Hello ladies and gentleman! First ever post here😄
Just backtracked a lot of pages in this topic and saw that there are some dedicated hunters here so it encouraged me to shoot my shot.

Platinum #57

Mafia The Old Country

Fun: 9/10 (die hard mafia fan)
Difficulty: 3/10
Grind: 7/10
Time: 23 hours

It’s definitely not a groundbreaking title or anything close to a masterpiece, but it’s a well-crafted, competent piece of work. The developers clearly knew what they wanted to deliver, and they executed it cleanly. If you’re into the Mafia universe and its atmosphere, this game feels like a genuine love letter to that world — especially with its Sicilian setting, which adds a lot of charm and authenticity to the whole adventure.

Difficulty-wise, even on Hard it’s really not an issue. I think I died maybe twice during the entire playthrough, so nothing frustrating or overly demanding there.

The only real downside for me was the collectibles. Going for 100% turns into a bit of a chore toward the end, and that part definitely drags compared to the rest of the experience.

All in all: not revolutionary, but a respectable, well-made game — and for fans of the Mafia vibe, absolutely worth the ride.

@iBeerMonster good evening my friend and I hope you’re enjoying your first time on this forum! We’ve got tons of great people here, 3olution, Ravix, the colonel, Scotty, tjuz, ols, GvG, ness, JohnnyShoulder, Werehog, mightydemon, hapless, Sarge, mrpeanutbutterz, Furious, Ralizah, wc, tasuki, Zul, CaptD, Naruball, PuppetMaster, Hollow, Oram and a lot more just to name a few! though I may have already mentioned the entire forum by this point 😂
And a great staff, so I’m sure you’ll have no shortage of warm welcomes here.

And damn, 57 plats??? You’re already a thirdaway into Oram’s record, the two of you are definitely knocking it out of the park. I struggled to get just ten. XD

Mafia the old country is already out, huh? How is it compared to 3? Do you feel the gameplay been improved? I like 3 story wise, but I wasn’t huge on the gameplay so id like to know!

And yes I’m well aware of the collectibles grind, me and the colonel are both well aware of the abysmal GTA IV pigeons… yuck!

That said, looking forward to hear more from you.

@iBeerMonster Welcome and congrats on the Mafia plat. How far did you go back in the thread lol? It's been going on a while now

@Yousef-

Thank you for the kind words buddy

Yep, it was released back in august 2025. In my opinion, Mafia 3 was the worst episode of them all, the original and the sequel was waaaaay better than the third so compared to it, it is such a big improvement, meanwhile because of the unique original sicilian OG mafia setting, it is not fair to compare to any of the old episodes directly because Old Country is different in many many ways.
However i still think its not everyone’s cup of tea.

It’s still only my subjective opinion, cause i love everything related to italian mafia, if its a game, a movie, a documentary or even in a form of a book

Related to the amount of my plats - thanks, grinding them since the release day of the base PS5, and proud because never touched any shovelware titles, ps4/ps5 autopops or anything like that. Quality over quantity is my opinion in hunting these shiny little things )

Hope you all had a great weekend.

@Gremio108 Appreciate it, friend
Not sure, maybe like a few dozen pages

@iBeerMonster Welcome! And that’s an impressive platinum collection.

And you’ve reminded me that I need to play the Mafia series. I have the first three games in my backlog and just haven’t made my way to them yet. Mafia 1 is definitely on the list to try and get to this year though. There’s just too many games and not enough time.

Platinum #150 Fatal Frame 2 Remake. Mixed feelings on the game, while the graphics looked really nice and the sound design was top notch... I got to be honest I really hated the combat at first, for reference I played on Battle and some fights literally took 5 minutes, I had to look up a video for advice and luckily I found one that was very helpful and since then fighting ghosts was not a problem even on Nightmare dif. So overall I would have to agree with Push Sqaure's review which was 7/10.

The trophies however had no right being this grindy (could this be a Team Ninja thing?), all I will say is good luck with up grading the camera fully as that could take you between 30-40 hours to do, also taking pictures of all 230+ specters (which are highly missable) without a guide...

@Oram77 how do you feel about this being your 150th platinum?

@Oram77 Sounds alarmingly similar to the ‘Ghostwire Tokyo’ platinum grind. Took me over 50 hours to transfer all of the spirits. Congrats!

@Yousef- My "honest" reaction to getting 150 platinums:

@Metonymy I actually got the platinum for that last year some time and yeah I have to agree with you that it was a way too excessive, still a decent game to be fair!

@Metonymy That was such a good game, Ghostwire Tokyo. I took a gamble on it, I heard Yo-kai and had to try it. I spent so much time being impressed with elements like the Hyakki Yako and the Nekomata. I didn't find the platinum too hard but then it did fit my play style and I was all about the theme. I haven't seen many people talk about it, the combat was very unique too.

It looks like I tried it right after Persona 5, possibly because of the Japanese elements/setting. Then kept with the weird theme and went for Weird West right after that, also a brilliant game. I think I must have tried Disgaea 5 as my first Japanese game (not counting Fromsoft) then decided to try more Japanese style games. I see no others before that one. That's what I like about trophies, they allow me to track my interests and the evolution of each. If I don't like a game I don't one hundred percent it and no one sees the trophy/percent gap, if I see platinum I know I liked it.

@GirlVersusGame Yeah, I had a lot of fun with the game. Enough to grind out all the trophy’s! In a way it was a bit like an interactive museum, but was also just fun and unique. I’m so glad Tango Gameworks got a second life - they are a great studio. ‘The Evil Within’ series is, in my opinion, super underrated. I’d like to give ‘Weird West’ a try some day.

@GirlVersusGame nice you’re playing Royal exactly as I am playing strikers

@Yousef- I played it maybe a year ago, it was my first Jrpg and I really liked it. I can't remember where or who recommended it and I haven't played anything like it since. It felt really unique, I think I played a Final Fantasy game soon after, the one with the car. Disgaea 5 was really unique too with a really good game-play loop, so much loot too.

@GirlVersusGame sweet ✌️
I feel we need a persona thread to help people ease into the franchise. It’s a good series.