Topic: The Trophy Discussion Thread

@Azex
Congrats. Hope the bug didn't spoil your experience too much. Can be a mixed boon being forced to replay a game if your enjoying it but had planned in moving on, then there's always the doubt that it may glitch again. Glad you got through it.

Thanks @sorteddan yeah it may work out that way for me too… either way though, I’m sure it’ll be an enjoyable experience as Naughty Dog seem to consistently produce top-tier products.

@colonelkilgore Congrats to the Uncharted Platinum and thanks for sharing dude. Its an inspiring read. I played first three Uncharted games last year (thinking about playing #4 this year). Personally i did not find the games easy by any means on hard so its impressive that you manged to beat the first game on the crushing difficulty (something I have yet to do). I think maybe the following games may be even more challenging on that difficulty level (especially the final boss in Drakes Deception). That said I of course wish you the best of luck!

Cheers @oliverp funny you should mention the final boss of 3 as I can't remember much of the third game at all of I'm honest (apart from the fact that i liked it more than most people seem to).

I do remember some of 2 being challenging towards the end and obviously a few people on the thread have mentioned 4 having some particularly difficult section ls too. Sounds like I'll have my work cut out for me on all of them if I'm honest 😅

@RogerRoger

Congratulations buddy. Never got around to play L.A. Noire but I keep an eye out for it on sale. The trophy list just a bit bland?

#61 Rainswept

An indie murder mystery where you're given multiple dialogue options though only a few can alter the ending. I survived so assuming I got the good one.

It's not a great game by any means but you seem to get the platinum about 40% of the way through even though you haven't really done anything.

Also plagued with crashes so be warned if you give it a go.

@RogerRoger congrats Rog, sounds like you enjoyed the game itself quite a bit before hitting a bit of a wall during the final straight for the platinum. Kudos for pushing on when it got monotonous though 👍

Congrats to @The_Moose too, interesting one that what with popping the plat less than half of the way through… might be one to save in the backlog in case I need an ‘emergency-plat’ 😉

Oh well done @RogerRoger
That's a cool one to have in the collection.

And congrats to @The_Moose on another detective related platinum.
Was tempted to pick that up when it was about a quid in a recent sale... Alas I missed out!

@RogerRoger @colonelkilgore @sorteddan

Cheers guys, much appreciated.

@RogerRoger @The_Moose Nice, well done on those shiny shiny things. Both of those sound like very enjoyable games.

@RogerRoger Yeah a warm congrats to the La Noire platinum. An awesome achievement which very much inspire.

@RogerRoger … and MGSV… and MGS: Peace Walker… but i digress 🤣 yes mate, I got them all last year as it goes. So MGS3 is far and away the easiest one. There’s no difficulty specific trophies (so you could do it all on the easiest difficulty if you wanted) and you can get the plat during one play through.

As for the other two that you mentioned, while most people say that MGS4 is the hardest (due to the Big Boss run… which is crazy frankly) I actually found MGS2 the more difficult and arduous. After 5 playthroughs on every difficulty, in which you can’t really kill any one outright as you need to take their dog tags… then there was about 500 VR missions and some of them were unbe-****inglievable buddy. While I would undoubtedly respect you for going for it if you so chose… and champion you too… I wouldn’t advise anyone go for it really. Crazy, crazy platinum. Somehow I got it while changing job and moving house too… 🤔 actually, maybe the stress of those made it seem worse than it actually was.

edit. Thinking about it I actually got them in 2021. How time flies 😅

@RogerRoger and Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance is apparently the hardest of the lot lol. I do intend to try for it one day but kinda felt a little Metal Gear’d out by the time I’d finished MGS4.

… and I definitely used a couple of guides for the real tricky sections (some of the MGS2 VR missions and MGS4’s Big Boss run in particular)… and I’ll be happy to point you in their direction should you need them, just let me know.

Wow had no idea that you guys liked MGS so much. I like the MGS games very much to. Especially Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance. That game is so cool (I wish more people would have had the chance to play the game). Its definitely one of my favorite games of all time (been trying without much success to persuade some of my friends to play it). Really wish the PS4 had more of those hack and slash action games..

@oliverp I’m still to play MGR:R personally but will definitely get to it. As the platinum is so difficult for MGR:R I’m building my skills on Character-action games (worst genre name ever conceived btw) with less challenging games in the genre first.

The most recent character-action game that released to universal acclaim was Devil May Cry V, not sure if you’ve played it but is apparently excellent and available on PS4 and PS5. Might be worth you giving it a look 👍.

@colonelkilgore. Right so I liked the Ninja Theory version of Devil May more then Devil May V actually. That said I have only played a few mission of Devil May V so maybe I must first complete V before I say final judgment. Ninja Theoryies game was excellent though in my opinion and are also actually a game I kind of think many might have missed but should try out. The visuals in that game are stunning..

@oliverp well…

… that would officially be deemed as heresy within gaming circles 🤣. I wouldn’t know though as I haven’t played them (and I’m sure that you’re not completely alone on that… though probably in the minority is all).

Don’t know if you’ve played them but the PS4 remasters of Bayonetta and Vanquish are also held in high regard by character-action purists.

@colonelkilgore I’m so confused now how to label games anymore. I’m not sure I could differentiate a character-action from an action-adventure from a action-rpg from a western rpg from a souls-like from a narrative-action from a brawler from a…. Etc, etc.

@Th3solution I know buddy… I mean I do understand the sub-genres in my mind (somewhat anyway) but I do feel the accepted nomenclature really unhelpful… particularly in relation to ‘character-action’. I remember that people had problems with the term souls-like for the longest too… but those issues seem to have fallen to the wayside as time has passed.

I suppose the way that I personally pigeon-hole games of this type (that seem to fall under the action-adventure or action-rpg umbrellas) is down to the combat more than anything else. So… deliberate, stamina-based combat would tend to be a souls-like, while flashy and extremely quick hack and slash combat (particularly with air-juggles) would be character-action (we have to come up with a better name though) and anything in-between would likely be action-adventure. I dunno, seems the most logical way to me… but my mind works very differently to most peoples, as is made abundantly clear to me on a daily basis 😅