Topic: The Trophy Discussion Thread

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.

@Th3solution

Absolutely it does! Like you I don't like to see anything on my list below 10% - to be honest I will probably play a game I don't like at all to get it to over 20 or 30%.

I have come to accept that attempting to plat every game I play just isn't fun and burns me out so am prepared to leave some games when I feel I've done all I wanted with them.
However if I can get that shiny without going out of my way too much, or if im enjoying the time and the challenge then I'll definitely still go for it.

@Th3solution I've just had a look through my trophy list out of curiosity and it turns out there's quite a few games in my single-digit club. Look at this for a list:

Kena Bridge of Spirits
Dredge
Ender Lillies
Rise of the Tomb Raider
Blasphemous
Tetris Effect
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
Days Gone
The Last of Us
Modnation Racers
Dead Island
The Sims 3
Bayonetta
Singstar
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit

Some genuinely good games there, that I've completely bounced off and moved on to something else (apart from The Last of Us, I definitely completed that so it must have a rough trophy list).

I've made my peace with it. Although I would like another crack at Tomb Raider one day.

@Gremio108
Some top games there and some are even enjoyable plats.
I have a number of Last of Us 1s on my profile, the PS3 version with a shocking two bronze and yes I completed that, then the Remastered version which is the same trophy list but I managed 100% (inc dlc) and except* for the MP was a fun awesome platinum. Finally I have the Part 1 platinum with which ND totally sucked the life/fun out of...imo but I’m sure many agree with me on that one.

*I enjoyed the MP but just didn’t like the MP trophies.

@Gremio108 Your single digit club is a little more than mine, but I feel your pain.
I can endorse Rise of the TR, and also Kena Bridge of Spirits, both really good games, but also with reasonable trophy lists. TR has a much bigger list with the DLCs so even after earning 65 trophies I’m at 49% completion. But Kena actually has a fun and achievable list up until the trophy for beating the game on Master difficulty. That’s the only trophy I lack for the platinum and the game is too hard on Master so I will have to stay at 90% completion forever. And actually I think I read there’s a workaround where you can crank up the difficulty to Master right before the end boss and if you can beat it then it will count as a Master difficulty clearance. I haven’t confirmed that though

@CaptD @graymamba Where do you find the offfical total percentage complete? I was just eyeballing my list and guesstimating from list on the app. Does the console give you the overall completion number?

@sorteddan 😄 Yes, I have been known to stick with a game for a few more hours than I want just so I can pad my trophy number up a little. I’m better about keeping the percentage above 10 over the last two generations and most of my single digit games are from PS3 and Vita.

@Th3solution PSN Profiles mate, its really good actually and gives all kinds of stats.

@graymamba I should make an account. I’m just annoyed at the number of accounts, passwords, 2FA keys, and ID numbers that I have to keep. Trying to minimize accounts but PSN profiles seems to be a worthwhile one. I’m not sure why Sony doesn’t do their own native version of that in the console OS. I’ve always liked how Apple does it with iPhones where they see innovative and helpful ideas for their device and system made through third party app software and then just bake in their own version of it into their next updates. It’s nice to have the features in the system already without having to download a separate app.