Topic: The Trophy Discussion Thread

@CWill97 congrats buddy… and you’re right, it’s a tall order to find the right game to play after something of that quality and epic nature. I’d suggest a palette-cleanser… a little indie of a genre you never normally play that has generally good reviews. It would probably freshen you up for the next big AAA game of your choice.

@johncalmc I literally have no idea how anyone gets the plat on most of the Yakuza games so I doff my cap at anyone who does/can.

@CWill97 Yakuza 6 was also very do-able as once you completed the game you could reload right before the final fight, bump up the difficulty and get the legendary play through that way. The clan creator trophies were VERY grindy too though.

@colonelkilgore thank you! I’m giving Stray a try because of your advice. I’m hoping it’ll be a nice, relaxing game for the most part. Gotta say though: the “Can’t Cat-ch Me” trophy was not fun to get haha. But nonetheless, going to keep going after earning that gold trophy.

@Thrillho You just do nothing else for a week or two, cross your fingers, learn Mahjong, and pray.

@johncalmc I learnt the basics in Judgment as you had to play to get one of the friends (and also hope the weird rule they introduce comes up on a hand you win).

Was it just 100% completion or did it need a legend play through as well?

@Thrillho In Ishin? You have to do Legend. But you can be sneaky like in Yakuza 6 and just change it to Legend at the end if you want.

#157 Jedi Fallen Order (PS5)
It was ok, dragged on a bit longer than I'd have preferred. Glad it's done.

Finished Stray last night. Did one chapter then speedrunned it, etc. It made it easier because I remembered where everything was. Fun game but a tad bit overhyped

@CWill97 Sometimes just being released on a subscription service day and date is enough to get it overrated. 😂

@sorteddan Congrats, Obi Wan would be proud.

@johncalmc Good show on the plat. I've always struggled to get into the Yakuza games, I find the stories interesting but the fighting system doesn't grip me so I hope that Like a dragon with the turn based might correct that although I'm still not going to learn Mahjong....or am I? 🤔
PS. Now if Yakuza had the Sleeping Dogs combat I might be more into the fighting....seriously Sleeping Dogs > GTA, why haven't we got Sleeping Dogs 2 and it can't be that the pork bun jokes are all done.

@CaptD
Thanks.
but Obi -(can do)-Wan
I'm more about the Master Ooba-Neba Nocci these days - never met the guy but what a name right!

And I feel I may well love the new turn based Yakuza also if I ever let myself fall down that rabbit hole

@sorteddan @CWill97 well done on your latest shinies guys.

@sorteddan I actually found Fallen Order a little overrated myself. Definitely not a bad game but I expected more for sure… I’m hoping the sequel will be more what I was expecting.

@RogerRoger
Yeah all the extra requirements were pretty achievable. I especially appreciated the way each area on a planet had separate collectable counters making it easier to narrow the search focus on guides. Could have done with a fast travel though in my opinion.
And as someone who watched Gotham a few years back I had difficulty not seeing Cal as a young joker during cutscenes.

Very much agree with @colonelkilgore it wasn't bad but I somehow expected something more epic whereas I found it to be bang average. Has made me think I should rewatch all the films at some point though. Apart from the original trilogy I've only ever seen the others maybe once, is it worth seeing in chronological story order?

@CWill97
Good stuff on your Stray shiny. I felt pretty much the same as you and I played it at the time of the release hype.

@CaptD Don't worry, no Mahjong required for the Like a Dragon platinum! And no second play through needed either (just a lot of grinding to beat the last dungeon).

@ThrillHo Excellent, so it goes from a 9/10 to a 3 or 4/10. 🤔😂

@sorteddan I missed your comment about the Star Wars films and I’m currently doing a chronological (re)watch of the films and live action series from the beginning.

There’s a good reason I hadn’t rewatched episodes 1-3 before as they are… not good. E3 has more action scenes at least.

Finished The Quarry trophies last night. Man, the extra playthroughs were such a slog. If I didn’t pop on some sports in the background, I don’t think I would’ve completed it. I feel like Until Dawn was the better game but The Quarry wasn’t bad- if you only do 1 run.

Now, I’m chipping away at FFX platinum. I’ve beat the main game for awhile now. Next up is finishing the sphere grids. I’m grinding for fortune spheres. So, I’m putting on another show/game and chilling. I’ll probably put it down during March Madness this Thursday

#58 - Two Point Campus

An easier platinum than Hospital but not as fun a game unfortunately. Only one or two trophies that I had to go out my way for but they only took a few minutes of work to get.

Much congrats to @CWill97 & @Thrillho on your latest plats both

Congrats on recent plats. I can see how running a hospital is more fun than a campus especially if you have an evil streak. 🤔

So 4th time really was the charm! Platinum #32 Skyrim!
I just intended to beat the game, but I just got sucked in. I didn’t want to post because I figured anything & I mean anything could happen to screw over the plat for me.
It’s still riddled with bugs. Completely inexcusable. Most would just go away by reloading the game a few times.

The thieves guild trophy was the only one I had to grind via reloads & by the end I only had to find 2 books & 2 stones for their respective trophies that didn’t come naturally.
Level 94, ~121 hours played. The trophy guide has it at 125 hours for the plat but I reckon I could’ve shaved off at least 20 hours if I wasn’t messing about.
All in all. One of my favourite platinums ever. Not only because the game has been stuck in my backlog for over 10 years, but because the trophy list was actually really well laid out.