Topic: The Trophy Discussion Thread

@RogerRoger can-ching ching indeed 😁, cheers buddy.

@WCB no worries mate, I though that there was some co-op required for the platinum but it turns out that they were just dlc trophies. How did you find the Score Attack stuff?

I have just encountered another of those annoying trophies that require me to continue with a game I have otherwise 'finished'.

I've been putting a few hours into Dirt 5 for the past couple of weeks since getting it with plus, it's a pretty good arcade racer, easy enough to pick up and play. So I have now completed all events and gotten most trophies and have now got to grind for the drive 1000 miles trophy! Playing on and off and completing everything else has only gotten me to around half this distance and so the next bit is just gonna be needlessly repetitive and grindy.

I hate it when games do this, I mean I understand that developers want people to continue playing their games but achievements like this (or minimum hours played) just feel a bit tacked on and ruin the experience for me. Anyhow, thank goodness for the track designer and the community who have supplied courses which can be completed with nothing but a running console and a rubber band - but still, watching a game play itself while I read a book or catch up on housework and assorted tasks seems somehow wrong to me.

@colonelkilgore congrats on the recent plats, as ever.
And I very much agree - the Games Master reboot was trash. I think it was squarely aimed at people my age who retain the nostalgic for for the original and little kids. Anyone inbetween would likely have no interest.
Though Sir Trevor as the GM did have some funny lines that caused a chuckle

Got the Spider-Man Remastered platinum. Requiring 100% of the crimes is just a downer and kinda annoyed me by the end. Onto the DLC now which is unremarkable at best.

@Sorteddan thanks mate, we’ll I must be around the right age bracket having watched the old series during my teens… but something didn’t feel right, that or it was always rubbish but I didn’t mind so much as a youngster.

@nessisonett if you haven’t played Miles Morales yet, I’d say that trophy list is far more friendly (& neighbourhood 😉) than the original’s.

@Sorteddan That's my last Dirt 5 trophy as well and after finishing all the career events I'd racked up 730 miles. I've been playing on and off for the past few days and have managed to add just 20 to that so good tip about the community courses as I don't think I could be bothered to keep driving the same ones again and again.

@Sorteddan @render I’m sure I read that this was originally 10,000 miles and they patched it down to 1000 miles as it was taking a 200 hour grind after all other trophies had popped 🤣

@nessisonett I really wish I could get this without having to buy the Deluxe Edition of Miles Morales.

Just got a Platinum for Guard Duty. Fun enough point and click adventure game. A couple of puzzles I had to look up because I was never going to get it (I don't have days to spare like I did as a kid) but some good humour and clever puzzles.

@colonelkilgore I don't even rack that up in a real car over the course of a year these days 🤣

@ScarletSpidey I got the normal edition of Miles Morales as a present. The remaster was £20 bought from Miles Morales’ main menu.

@nessisonett Oh amazing, I didn't know that! Thanks for the tip!

@render makes you feel better about hitting 1000 though right 😉

@colonelkilgore A lot lot better, it's at least achievable in 2022 😆

@render
Look up online playgrounds and do a search for the term 'miles' - the first couple both have names like 1000 miles afk - So that's what my ps5 has been doing this afternoon, now up to 700+

@Sorteddan Cheers, will check that out. I get what you mean about watching a console play itself being wrong though. We should be petitioning these games companies to make trophy requirements less grindy in order to help save the environment 👍

@render
I was thinking something similar earlier on. I have had games previously that needed 20/30 hours or something so I have just left the machine on while I went out for a few hours which is crazy if you think about it. The requirements should at least be tied to how long an average gamer would take to complete everything, not just an arbitrarily big number.

Still, as the Colonel says, just be glad it wasn't 10,000 miles. Especially with current energy prices!

Maybe they could introduce a thumbs up / thumbs down vote on the trophy list when you achieved it that could let Sony and the game companies know which ones proved popular and which ones everybody thought sucked.

Platinum #73 - The Sexy Brutale - cool little puzzle game with great art design.

@Keith_Zissou yeah not too bad mate, hopefully you and yours are having a nice start to 2022. Real glad Farcry 5 has clicked with you this time… I think I remember us discussing it previously and how it’s my favourite of the series. Hopefully it’ll keep you engaged until you’re done.

The Sexy Brutale is short in fairness (around a days worth), it’s still a quality little product though and I’d definitely recommend it to people looking for something a bit different.

I’ve managed to make a start on those RotTR score attacks too. Damn they’re asking a lot after the main game actually being pretty big anyway (particularly once you’ve 100%ed it). You have to score enough points to get a gold ranking on every mission and tomb in the game (so basically another playthrough, only it takes a good few attempts to get a gold). Got gold on the first seven missions… so just another twenty left to go 😳!

Platinum #104 now in the bag.
Dirt 5 (PS5) all straightforward enough apart from the grindy last trophy mentioned previously in this thread. Nice to get one of the Plus titles done in the month I got it though.