Topic: The Trophy Discussion Thread

Not a trophy hunter by any means, but the Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 platinum has been achieved.

This easily gets my vote for GOTY.

Well done on recent plats folks, Oblivion and Exp 33 both look very good.

My latest plat is the (imo) highly underrated Atlas Fallen from the Lords of the fallen (not that one) and The Surge devs. A sort of monster hunt light game set in the desert and the main method of traversal is sand surfing which is great but the sand is coarse and rough and irritating and gets everywhere.
A solid 7.5 and an enjoyable platinum with not too many collectibles and stuff plus almost everything is easily tracked. 3/10 difficulty and 30 hours. Played on PS Extra.

I got the Platinum in Infinity Nikki. I've been working on it for... five months?

#80 - Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii

These recent shorter offerings have been really enjoyable compared to the 100h+ behemoths the main games have become.

The main plot isn’t all that in depth but still serviceable, and it’s actually quite nice not having to keep up with a ridiculous spider diagram of who’s who. But the game does dabble in bringing back some fun side activities like Dragon Kart, as well as introducing new ones still (exploding Home Run anyone?).

The two combat styles for Majima are both quite fun and the fact that the game changes the default style depending on if you’re in Hawaii or pirate territory means I ended up actually using both.

The game is kind of easy though which may be because I tend to do all side content as soon as it’s available but it meant big boss fights were over disappointingly quickly and random encounters were often finished in a single attack.

Travelling around in your ship was cool to start with but became pretty tedious and the boat combat the same, particularly in the Pirate Coliseum.

But overall great fun if you’re a fan of the series. I like that they’re not afraid of using the characters’ age as a story point either rather than just shying away from it, and it’s even more fun that the story here is actually canon.

So, I spent the memorial day weekend at my bf's place and finished up Astro's Playroom on his Pro. Absolutely everything, including, of course, the Platinum trophy. Although I admit I couldn't figure out how to find or unlock the hidden bots myself, so I used a guide for those. Unlike the collectibles and secrets in the main game, finding them isn't particularly rewarding or intuitive.

Fun little game, and my first PS5 Platinum! The devs are so slavishly true to the Nintendo spirit they're clearly drawing from that they even include some of the awful gimmick/vehicle segments from 3D Mario games that I hate. Overall, though, it's an incredibly pretty and charming little title, and I'm not surprised it made such a strong impression on Playstation fans when it first released.

Also gotta love the final boss being a callback to the PS1 T-Rex tech demo. They dig deep into the well of Sony's history in very cool ways.

I'm fairly impressed with the features of the Dualsense itself. It really puts Ninty's "HD rumble" to shame, although we'll see if they can match it at all with their upcoming Switch 2. Although we know that won't happen with the neat, pressure sensitive analog triggers.

On to Astro Bot!

@Th3solution @HallowMoonshadow

I think that's quite a few people's first PS5 platty trophy @Ralizah!

I was a smidge disappointed there was no reference to the manta ray that also came with the T-Rex tech demo.

The T-Rex is the more iconic of the two obviously but still!

And trust me... The well digs REALLY deep for the cameo bots that appear in Astro-Bot!

I think you'll find the powerups in AstroBot MUCH more palatable too~!

No worries mate, I'm even later 😂 I have a habit of going AWOL

Same here mate. Thank god they changed that one trophy for iridescent eurekas from 100 to 10.
Loved my time with it but time to put it away, too many other games to play.
🏆 #136 Infinity Nikki

Got the platinum for A Short Hike. My platinum count has dropped recently, mainly because I only ever seem to be playing Elden Ring and Sniper Elite. So thank goodness for short and sweet experiences like this. Probably spent around ten hours on it at a guess? Highly recommended for anyone seeking a relaxing, fun experience.

I've started the Suikoden remaster this week, so that'll probably be my next platinum.

#81 - RoboCop: Rogue City

A fairly limited game but an enjoyable enough shooter.

The few open world sections were a bit weird as some of the missions you could stumble on were quite interesting but Robo’s slow movement makes it a real chore to get around.

The weapon upgrade chips were quite neat and I stuck with one for most of the game but when I changed for the final mission it was silly overpowered, becoming a powerful automatic weapon that required no reloading.

@Gremio108 @Thrillho congrats 👏

Platinum #104 Days Gone (PS5).

@Splat congrats 👏 One I'm looking forward to playing for the first time one day

Not a trophy hunter by any means but the Elden Ring Nightreign platinum has been achieved.

It was quite nice getting it while just playing the game naturally and not really looking anything up.

Still probably going to sink hundreds more hours into it.

Platinum #64 is Assassin's Creed Shadows

The one disappointing thing about Shadows was how little it did with the series' recurring themes. Hunting Templars is maybe 2% of the game (even if technically important to the story), basically nothing about the animus (other than the UI), no powerful artefacts for an ancient civilization, literally nothing.
As a result this was one of the least engaging AC Stories to me, even though the characters are not bad at all.
That being said, gameplay-wise it's probably the best of the new ones.

As for the trophies - I left "A rare occurence" for last and that was a mistake. This one requires you to do something in each of the year's seasons (at specific times of day too) and there's currently no way to fast forward time in Shadows - meaning this trophy took multiple hours of just idling in game, waiting for the seasons to change.
Other than that, fun

@Voltan Does time advance during fast travel? I remember seasons changed during either critical events in the plot or when I decided to jump from one point to another.

@Mythologue it does not - the way it works is if enough time has passed in game (indicated by the progress bar around the season icon on the map screen), the season will change next time you fast travel or complete a mission or hold d-pad right on the map screen.
But unless the progress bar is already filled, fast travel leaves you at the exact same time of day / season.

My trophy hunting has been a lot less aggressive than it used to be. I haven’t done a dedicated platinum run for a while, with my last one being The Gardens Between 6 months ago.

Still, I’m trying to max out as many trophies as I can earn naturally through my usual compulsive playthroughs. As I was pondering my trophy collecting drop-off yesterday, I was scrolling through my games and I just noted that my average completion percentage is in the neighborhood of 40-50% for most of the big games. I still have plenty of games above that range and games below that range, but that’s probably an average and I can live with that.

What I don’t like is seeing a completion percentage in the single digits. That just bugs me. And I absolutely despise having games at 0% or 1%, but thankfully there’s only a couple of those. I think you can still delete games from the list which have no trophies, so I’m not sure why I didn’t do that for one of them.

Does having low percent numbers on their trophy list bother anyone else?

@Th3solution
Not really, I’ve made peace with my Shawn White snowboarding progress only having one trophy (back in 2008).
However I would like to see my overall completion a bit higher (currently at 62.5%) but I’ve so many games on my profile that to move the needle takes a lot of effort. I have read that some people have created new PSN IDs just to get that magical 100% and how those people get very angry when dlc comes out which ruins that.

@Th3solution yeah it does bother me tbh. I’m currently sitting at around 79% and trying to get over 80% is turning out to be incredibly difficult. The main reason for this is dlc taking a lot of games original lists down below 75%-ish… but I do also have a remnant of games that I’d played prior to my trophy hunting days. I’ve been knocking the platinums on them out periodically but there are a few that are now no longer achievable due to server closures/content removal and such.