Topic: The Trophy Discussion Thread

@PeaceSalad 🤙

Update: I just got the platinum trophy for Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl. I’m now going to do a NG+ run in Stellar Blade and mop up the two remaining trophies I have left to get the platinum. It’s been a great gaming year so far for me.

@PeaceSalad I fell in love with Stalker, and got the platinum for the first game several days ago. I would say you can play the sequel on Game Pass without having to worry about not understanding the story. I played the sequel first, and then the first game, and honestly the story felt like the same. With that said, there are reoccurring characters and locations, so if that is a concern I’d play the first. As for barrier of entry - the game(s) are difficult. It can be frustrating at first, because you’ll die a lot, whether that’s by enemies or environmental hazards. But once you learn the systems, get better gear and guns, how things work and what to use, it becomes a very good and manageable game. Inventory and over-encumbrance is probably the most difficult thing to juggle.

This year I’m going to try and platinum more games. I got twelve last year. I’m making a concerning effort to spend more time and get the most out of the games I’m enjoying. I don’t always need to be bothered with new releases, and I have a bad habit of buying them regardless.

With that said, I am going to also replay several games to get the platinum. I cannot stand platinum trophies that require a NG+ run (meaning I’ll be replaying Spider-Man Miles Morales at some point this year) or a new difficulty mode unlocking when you beat the game so you have to replay it. I also dislike trophies that require a second playthrough to get all of the collectibles because some are tied solely to NG+. Give me a difficult trophy list that can be 100% completed in one playthrough and I’ll be happy.

I got the platinum in Final Fantasy.

My journey to play every Final Fantasy game has begun.

Newest plat is Forspoken

I enjoyed the game but it's a bit of a weird one. It seems like a game that's been re-scoped midway through development - the map is enormous and really well designed (in terms of terrain alone) but you won't see the majority of it (including none of the coolest parts) even if you do all the side quests the game has to offer.
It looks like they wanted to make a much bigger game but found out it wouldn't fit with their time and resources after making the map.

Still, it was a fun time but I think that hinged a lot on me mostly doing the post-game stuff in a "1-2h a day with the brain off before sleep" kinda way for a couple weeks

(I also got 100% trophies on the DLC but that's much less of a grind)

@PeaceSalad congrats on the Spidey 2 plat 👏 I liked it a bit more than you but glad you stuck it out, I know it was a chore early on for you. I need to do a NG+ run for the 100% one day, maybe when 3 is ready for release.

@Kraven nice one on Stalker 👍I'm also not the biggest fan of NG+ trophies that are required for the platinum. Especially if they are long games. Keep that on a DLC trophy list of needs be, I'm okay with that.

@johncalmc awesome, that is definitely on my bucket list as well

@Voltan congrats 👏 that one I wasn't overly keen on going off the trailers until I played the demo. I know for some it was the complete opposite. I still have it and one I would like to get to next year I'm thinking

#135 Evil Dead - my first platinum of the year and one from my backlog list I wanted done. It is a fun asymmetric 4v1 multiplayer game, or was I should say. It still could be but only prestige level players frequent it anymore, so if you want the plat you need some dedicated others to help boost.

Also played through Wind Peaks, no platinum unfortunately, but still a nice chill hidden item game to play inbetween my longer grinds

@PorkChopExpress I appreciate that cheers buddy… and it brings up some great memories from that year I played through all the Metal Gear Solid games. Funnily enough, I need to return to that now what with the Master Collection release from 2023. I need to fill out my trophy list with the now available Metal Gear & Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake and Metal Gear Solid platinums… and then when I eventually recover from my recent exploits on Deus Ex… 😅, I’ll at least attempt to complete the set with Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (saving it for my 50th PS3 plat… but if I fail, I’ll just leave it at 49 and call it a day).

… and yes me too, I’d lose my **** if they announced another Deus Ex - the series deserved a far bigger audience and far more love.

I hope Ted in his final days before retiring instructs the Insomniacs to patch Killing Machine for Resistance 2 so I can finally get that platinum.
It would cement his legacy as head of one of the best developer companies. What a bargain Sony got when they bought them.

@PorkChopExpress it has a nice cartoony art style to boot!
I have wanted to play A Short Hike now that you mention it.

I've not posted about my trophies for a while but recently got a couple I'm very pleased with. I've been going back and replaying some games I've previously played a long time ago. Games I thought I could get some extra trophies in and up my PSN profile grades for them (I know it's unimportant but I like as many A/S as possible while still being fun).

I replayed Resident Evil as I noticed there were quite a few simple trophies I could get from a second playthrough such as using the other character and different 'endings'. I found a video guide for getting all the items and after finishing that playthrough I noticed he had video guides for all the trophies. I never set out to get the platinum as it had play on extra hard/invisible enemy trophies and I didn't think I'd probably be able do those kind of ones. However, after getting the speed run trophies I decided to have one punt at following his knife only/invisible enemy run (which would have seemed absurd to me before starting this all). Suffice to say I somehow managed it and found myself only a 'Real Survivor' and 'No Save' away from a platinum. Thanks to the video guides I was able to get them done. There was one section on the 'no save' run that got my heart rate up as there is a bit where you can get knocked off a platform for an insta-death, but after getting past that the rest wasn't too bad.

After managing that, I noticed the Youtuber (Optinoob by the way) also had a guide for 4th Survivor on Resident Evil 2 Remake. The trophy for completing that mode was all that had kept me from the platinum in that game. Admittedly I hadn't tried too many times when I first did the rest of the game but I sucked at being precise with the limited ammo and the ability to get past enemies without getting grabbed. Even when I attempted following his route/method I found myself getting grabbed and using up more items than the guide did but kept going to see how far I could get. I got to the final outside section without any healing/grenades which the guide suggested using but somehow managed to limp my life-starved, defenseless Hunk (with Mr X footsteps loud in my ears) to the gate and the final trophy was mine.

TLDR; I now have the platinum for Resident Evil and RE 2 Remake. I did the latter on the PS4 version and I'm pondering saving getting the PS5 platinum as my 150th as I love the game. I'm on 139 now so will see how it goes.

Got my first shiny plat(s) of the year just now for Guardians of the Galaxy.
Played through the PS4 version and had to replay up to chapter 6 on NG+ as one collectable trophy didn't pop when it should've. Took about 24 hours.
A mostly enjoyable game with story fairly humorous in places though combat, especially on bosses, became a bit repetitive.
Then booted up the PS5 version, migrated the save and auto-popped all the trophies. So a two-fer for my first of the year.

@BearsEatBeets awesome stuff! Always feels good to go back and clean up games.
I'd like to tackle a Resident Evil this year, I think I put down RE2 Remake on my list for this year

@sorteddan congrats on the first plat of the year!
I enjoyed that one myself. Did it on Xbox though for the 1000GS. Maybe one day I'll do it on PlayStation

@WCB Cheers. If you do go for those this year I do recommend checking out Optinoob's vids to help do them efficiently. I discovered them a bit late in my runs so the save I unlocked the infinite rocket for RE also unlocked the exploding zombie into the game so I barely used it.

@PeaceSalad
Well I had both versions installed on my PS5. I played through and got all trophies in PS4 version then loaded up PS5 version and selected menu option 'Migrate save game ' then again selected 'Migrate save game ' and all trophies auto -popped. Not sure why I had to do it twice but guide I was reading said I may have to.
So I think it was via developer server, if that answers your question.

No platinum, but completed Dear Esther last night. I loved Still Wakes The Deep last year, and wanted to dive into The Chinese Room's back catalogue. Considered the OG Walking Sim, it's very bare bones, just walking and an unfolding narrative pushed by voice overs and subtle clues littered throughout the environment. A pretty boring "game", but one that kept me enthralled for the few hours it took to pop all the trophies.

I love how the Devs mine their heritage and culture for their games. I want to replay Everybody's Gone To The Rapture one day, another one of theirs I loved a number of years back. They pack so much detail of the era into their games and always a fascinating story.

I have one trophy left in Star Wars Outlaws but it's an annoying one 😩

@Voltan So how is SW Outlaws? It’s another one of those games that seems to have disappointed many people and yet it’s also been praised as well. I think they patched a lot of the issues I heard? Like the insta-fail stealth stuff was a lot of the complaints I heard and supposedly they patched that out, right?

It’s one I’m curious about, and might try to mix in this year or next.

@Th3solution It's neither the best Star Wars game or the best Ubi open world but it's still pretty good if you like both of those things (which I do).
They did remove insta-fail stealth and fixed a couple other things (like the fact that you couldn't carry a weapon with you while climbing a ladder, which was a baffling design decision) and it's all good changes. It still feels a bit rushed and undercooked in some areas though.
It's also one those games that had some visible upscaling artefacts on base PS5 and than a reportedly bad PS5 Pro patch but the latter has also been improved since (I did not see the original PS5 Pro patch due to not being able to buy a disc drive for 3 months).

What I did like is how there's no way to reveal all points of interest in an area - instead you need to either simply explore (a ? appears on your compass when you're near some of them) or eavesdrop on conversations or find notes on datapads that reveal their location. It's rather well done IMO, makes exploration feel more "organic". You know I like a good question mark leading to small platforming segment ending with a chest containing a crafting material I have no use for

I'd say it's a 7.5/10 game after the improvements. Not bad.

To keep this on topic - the last trophy requires me to "destroy each syndicate's flagship without taking hull damage" and while it's not the easiest task (even after changing difficulty settings), the annoying part is that while the ships appear in specific areas in orbit, there's only a chance you'll find them there - and even if you save your game with the ship on your screen, it won't be there when you load.
There's also no way to track this, so while I think I got two of them already (there's four), I'm not even 100% sure they counted.
There were a couple other decently hard trophies but this one is one of the most annoying ones for that reason.