@RogerRoger@colonelkilgore Thanks both of you and I'm not quite sure If I'll have a particular game lined up for #50. When I first joined the PS eco system I never paid much attention to trophies but now I fancy going back and replaying games just to pop the trophies, big game at the moment is Tales of Arise but I have plenty indies I'm excited to dive into
@colonelkilgore Nice work, congrats on those. I also have the plat for Arrog - real frikin weird game. Still want to revisit Edith Finch but I get it’s not everyone’s bag.
@oliverp Great work on that first platinum, congrats.
I managed to unexpectedly platinum The Callisto Protocol last night. I wasn’t expecting to get it as i was sure I’d missed some collectibles and wasn’t enjoying it enough to go back to do them as well as a maximum difficulty play through. Somehow though the trophy for the collectibles popped on the second to last chapter and I tried the fiddle to manual save and change the difficulty after the last boss and that worked with my disc version unpatched. Not disappointed to have played the game as there’s been some high points but I’m also glad I’m finished with it. I would still recommend it if you are into the sci-fi horror genre and want something that’s a solid 7/10.
Congrats on the surprising platinum @render… always a nice feeling when you manage to pop one that you weren’t altogether convinced that you’d be able to get done.
Do you think that will be a one off for you then? It’s a nice achievable list for that game where you don’t have to go too much out of your way to get the full set.
But before you know it you will have suddenly gone from just having to visit a location to trigger the only missing trophy to replaying a whole game to get the one trinket you’ve missed to get the shiny plat
A genuinely phenomenal game, which did motivate me to go for essentially 100%. The last little bit was annoying but the grind to level 99 took me about an hour so that was fortunate. The final final secret boss can go die though, I bloody hated that thing. 90 hours of my life but it was totally worth it! I get why they’re revisiting Dragon Quest III though after that post-credits scene.
@nessisonett congrats on that, sounds like some serious work… albeit enjoyable work. I actually have this in my backlog (though not the S version) I have no idea when I’ll find 90 hours for it though.
@nessisonett congrats, I have actually had this on my list for so long it's criminal that I haven't actually played it yet. Nice one for the plat, roughly how long did it take to achieve it?
@MaulTsir 90 hours! I did crack the level 99 grind though, so if you aren’t hunting metal slimes through a specific ability that three of your characters can use then it could take you another 5 or 6 hours.
@colonelkilgore I’m not sure if you’d have the original version automatically upgraded to the S version or not but I’d absolutely recommend playing that version instead as it adds a whole lot of content.
@RogerRoger Amidst all the Lego games, there are a few platinums that are a bit more effort!
@nessisonett I’m sure I’d be able to find a copy of the S version relatively cheap by the time I plan on playing it. I’ll do a bit of research and check out whet extra it offers.
Got the platinum in GOW Ragnarok this afternoon. Wire to wire one of the best most enjoyable games I've played in the last 30+ years, an absolute masterpiece.
Also got the NFS Unbound plat last week, great way to end off the year with 2 of my favorite franchises!
@redd214 congrats on your two recent plats… and while I haven’t played Need for Speed: Unbound, I totally agree with your praise for God of War: Ragnarok, an unbelievable game!
Wow did not expect such a response. Thanks anyway to everyone who took time and congratulate me for the platinum. Appreciate it very, very much. I of course hope to continue my journey with PlayStation and this community which hopefully will include more trophies going forward
Platinumber #147 Gris (PS5)
I was made up when I found this was getting a free PS5 upgrade and more than happy to once again help Gris restore some colour to their world and overcome their grief.
An absolutely lovely little indie gem.
Also my first shiny in more than a month. It's good to be back.
@oliverp
Excellent effort getting your first plat in the bag, and a great game to be your first as well.
@redd214
Well done on your recent double. Although the year's not over yet you know, still time for more!
#148 Old Mans Journey (PS4)
Not much to say about this one. Not as memorable or emotional an experience as I had been led to believe. Less than two quid, couple of hours to complete.
On to the next one.
@JudgeDredd
Congrats to the missus then. @MightyDemon82
Nice one... though I've never heard of it! Any good?
“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”
Congrats to everyone on recent platinums.
I just need to complete online races to get the GT7 plat, and am also working through 428: Shibuya Scramble - I think I’ll see it through to platinum, really enjoying it, very chilled experience and a lot of fun.
Firstly, I'd say the trophy hunting and the enjoyment of the game are two separate experiences. You're required to complete the game on Nightmare difficulty which you will certainly find punishing at the beginning. What's worse is there isn't much help in the online forums, only those who gloat about "how they install patches to make it harder". I also hate difficulty trophies in RPGs because you're usually forced to pick certain races/classes to take advantage of certain bonuses to make areas smoother. Whilst this isn't the worst example of this you will probably benefit with some more than others.
I found myself doing a lot of grinding to boost my level and get better gear to beat seemingly simple stages of the game. This is really time consuming and frustrating. The size of this thing is easy over a hundred hours and Bioware fall into the trap of believing size matters. Fair enough it's expected that you get a fair bit of meat on an RPG but this felt overwhelming with not a lot of variation.
It does a decent enough job of exploring wider events alongside the main story by travelling to different regions to help out in the stuff going on there but it doesn't really have an effect on the main story like Origins did.
Speaking of the main story, this is actually its weakest part in my opinion. The villain is actually someone you meet in DA2 DLC which is a cheap move by Bioware. It's not necessarily pivotal that you have the backstory knowledge of him from this previous encounter but it certainly helps in terms of world building especially when a couple of characters talk about the last time they fought him throughout the game and the reason why. I didn't encounter him in DA2 so felt like I didn't really understand what was going on.
The villain himself was quite underwhelming also. He had a strong introduction but that's as far as it goes. His motivation and supposed knowledge of the world really undermines what is thought to be established lore and whilst acknowledged here and there, the implications of what he's saying feel somewhat glazed over. He doesn't look particularly intimidating and the final fight against him as well as how it comes about feels quite rushed.
I also can't help stating how disjointed the whole story is. I know with RPGs you can get too engaged in side content to the point where you forget what the main story is about but I didn't feel this was the case with Origins or even DA2 for that matter. I found myself completing main and side quests purely going through the motions without much knowledge of why I'm doing it. "Go to location A and kill B for C". I'm sure it was explained why I was doing it but either the amount of content was overwhelming my brain, or the reason for doing it was just so run of the mill it didn't really matter.
Once you get Nightmare difficulty out of the way and clean up on Casual it's a much more enjoyable experience and is probably a better game because of it.
Another point which makes it difficult to immerse yourself in the world was the lore you discover. For instance you're given a codex which allows you to read up on things and provide backstory to regions, monsters, characters etc. Only problem is instead of telling you about something directly, it usually gets described to you in the words of someone elses journal entry. Instead of saying this is a ... and it does ..., it's described more as "today I was walking down the road and came across a walking skeleton, my wife told it a joke which it did not find funny. It then stabbed my wife." - Journal found in Redcliffe.... obviously this is an exaggeration but you get the point. I'm not really wiser about how the skeleton came about, their frequency and aims but I do know what some guy wrote about it.
Soundtrack is actually quite decent, especially in the bigger battles and quite a nice part at the end of the Trespasser DLC.
DLC - The Descent
Owning the GOTY, this is the first DLC I played halfway through the game. Breaks no real new ground, doesn't add much in terms of gameplay and without going too much into it, you end up in the Deep Roads fighting darkspawn and dwarves. The story left me with more questions than answers and really makes you ask yourself what you've just experienced.
Biggest challenge you'll face without a doubt are the dwarves who have automatic crossbows which make the Gatling gun in Terminator 2 feel like a pea shooter.
DLC - Jaws of Hakkon
In this campaign you are tasked with gaining the allegiance of a barbarian tribe to fight another barbarian tribe hell bent on bringing about a doomsday scenario. Again, I don't feel this breaks any new ground and the second last level is badly designed. You go up against a boss who hits harder than an enraged Mike Tyson which you can't back out of unless you have a previous save meaning if you can't beat him and have no other nearby save...well.....
DLC - Trespasser
Picture this, you've cleared Nightmare difficulty and nearly all main story content, your character is a badass who can take on anything thrown at them, you complete what is actually a decent post game wrap up unlocking the story related trophies. You check your trophy list to find out it isn't 100%, you think "what could I have missed?".....TRIALS!
Trials are in-game modifiers which make things more difficult in return for a chance to earn special loot. Adds a bit of replayability but Bioware added trophies attached to Trials which can only be completed at specific parts of the game meaning if you don't have previous saves, you're in for another campaign play through which I did. On Casual difficulty it won't take ages, I got it wrapped up in about 20hrs (won't take ages relatively speaking).
The Trespasser DLC is best of the three by a mile though.
Summary
In the trilogy, Inquisition is better than DA2 but not by much I'd say. Origins is still the crown jewel.
Would I play it again? Yes! I actually would but will do it in the run up to DA4 being released to refresh my memory of the story and do an actual play through making decisions based in what I want to do.
As for going for trophies in this game it's absolutely possible to do it, just be prepared to sink in a lot of time and a hell of a lot more if you actually want to play the game as normal and enjoy it for yourself first.
Remember this is only my opinion and sorry for the long review but the amount of time and effort I sunk into this prompted me to write my review just to help anyone else who has this on their to do list.
Congratulations to everyone else on their recent plats though!
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