An aspect of gaming I’ve fallen well and truly out
of touch with is achievement/ trophy hunting. As someone who went through highschool during the
PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 generation, I was a massive achievement hunter. When you’re a kid with
bugger all money, you needed to make your games last as long as they could and the best way to do
that especially if they were single-player only was to go for all the achievements or trophies.
Whether I loved the game or wasn’t a big fan, if I had unlocked some trophies or achievements I
was going to try and get them all whether it was Dark Souls all the way to Doritos Crash Course and
I was that sort of gamer for a long time. Until I just wasn’t. Yeah when I started working the ol’
9-5, having the money to buy any game I wanted and barely enough time to play them I started to fall
off the trophy and achievement hunting bandwagon at least to the extreme degree. As I’ve said in
a few videos, if I love a game I will see what it takes to 100% it but even then if it’s out of
the way I’ll just leave it at that. I still loved the sound of a trophy or achievement popping but
I wasn’t hunting anymore. That was until I finally played Marvel’s Spider-Man a few months back. Now
I’ve already gone over my thoughts on Spider-Man as a game, I think it’s phenomenal but when I was
going for that Platinum it ignited something back up in me. I loved going for that prize, that 100%
prize and I looked at my PSN profile which whilst not my original, I’ve had for a long, long time
and the amount of Platinum trophies I had was embarrassing. I’ve had this account since 2014 and
I had a whopping 7 Platinum’s to my name. Granted, some of that can be attributed to 100 percenting
given games on Xbox or on Steam instead but still, it just wasn’t good enough and with this new
motivation the perfect set of videos stumbled across my timeline. Mystic’s 30 Platinum’s in 30
Days challenge videos, which are a great watch if you haven’t seen them but he brought up feelings
that I could really relate to as a content creator. I have so little time to actually just
play games. If it’s not for a video or a session with my mates I am lucky if I play one or two
games just for myself. So, I figured why don’t I attempt this challenge? It posed the perfect
concoction of getting to play a bunch of games whether they’re from my backlog or just games I
want to revisit, get way more Platinum trophies hopefully that I’m proud of but gotta do what
you gotta do and make a video to boot which if I may toot my own horn is pretty good… good enough
to get you to hit that like button and subscribe I think. Unlike Mystic however, I’d been out
of the game for some time now other than the odd platinum for games like Ghost of Tsushima or
Spider-Man. I also only had my PS5 hooked up with my PS3 and Vita in storage which limited the games
I had access to and before someone comments. No, Australia does not have the PS3 game catalogue
on PS5 which is great… well worth forking over the extra cash am I right? Anyway, the
point is I needed to prep and prep hard.
I stumbled into a couple of bumps in the road
in this prep phase namely being… not every game I wanted to play had a Platinum trophy, in fact
out of a list of 45 games I had compiled after hours and hours of scouring the PS store and
the Plus membership catalogues and looking into guides I had to cut a whopping 25 games
from that list because whilst I could still get 100% it’s not a Platinum. Annoying as games
like Abzu and Soma amongst so many others I was really looking forward to finally playing
which I guess I’ll just do on my Xbox now, but every game should have a platinum trophy.
I mean it’s literally just a trophy to say you got all the other trophies but I digress. I would
eventually come up with 30 games that at the time sounded plausible just to give myself a rough
idea of games to play next along with two rules for myself. Rule number 1: All games in this
challenge had to be 0% completion to Platinum. There was no minimum platinum time, it could be
30 minutes or 15 hours or whatever but I couldn’t have even one trophy in any of these games
before starting the challenge. Rule number 2: Once a trophy unlocked I had to stick with the
game until I got the platinum. I was allowed to test games but I had to be quick with my decisions
because if I didn’t like a game and had a trophy unlocked, it was too late. This rule actually
eliminated quite a few games that I won’t say were bad but I wasn’t feeling at the time like
Angry Video Game Nerd 1 and 2 and Foreclosed. I played the tutorials and just bailed.
They weren’t hitting the spot in that brief window. I also had a guideline for myself that I
wasn’t going to play games that didn’t genuinely interest or intrigue me. This challenge can be
pretty simple if you just buy the cheap trophy games that solely exist to get platinum’s
but I promise you they aren’t in this video. That was done after the challenge and no, I’m
not proud of it. There are a few short platinum trophies but they were games I was interested
in checking out for whatever reason. With those rules written up, I bought and downloaded all
the games on my list, siked myself up for the coming month and on the 7th of October at 10PM I
started the 30 Platinum’s in 30 Days challenge.
Now Day One was a bit of a nothing day for a few
reasons. Reason number one was I still needed to get videos out for the channel and for some reason
I decided to start this challenge mid way through working on the Modern Warfare 2 Retrospective. Bit
of a goof on my behalf but this wouldn’t be the last time making a video would prove to make this
challenge difficult. I still had time to start playing a game, I just didn’t platinum anything in
my first 24 hours which came down to a pretty big oversight and general cockiness. I underestimated
just how long 10 hours is. 10 hours seemed like nothing, lightwork when researching my list of
games. I mean when I’m making my retrospectives, 10 hours is like the dream number. But it
wasn’t until I actually started playing and trying to balance everything on top of this
challenge that I realised, if I could play for 6 hours a day that was a good day. These 10
hour plus platinums I’d written down were going to take longer than I thought so I did have to
go back to the drawing board pretty early on to figure out how to best balance these longer
platinum’s and still make good progress.
Early on into Day 2 we achieved our first
platinum… It was a Telltale game but still. Tales From The Borderlands was Platinum No.
1. Apologies for the lack of trophy popping, my footage corrupted but
we’re good from here onwards. I started with Tales simply because I wanted to
make a video on the game before the next game released later that month. Now my more in depth
thoughts on the game are in that video which I highly recommend watching, that video was a blast
to make but in short. If you haven’t played it, go do that. It's incredible and easily Telltale’s
best game in my humble opinion as well as a top tier Borderlands experience. In terms of a
platinum though, the Telltale games are as easy as they come. Just play the game till the
end and boom, the platinum is yours. In regards to this challenge the Telltale games are time
consuming, again taking me more than a day to complete but we have more than enough days left
to make that time up. I wasn’t stressing.
By the skin of my teeth I snuck a platinum
in here, not because it was another longer game… but because most of the day I was
preoccupied with editing. I did manage to get Platinum No. 2 (ironic considering I
had to choose between achieving the platinum today or releasing the turd that was absolutely
just breaking down my butthole) Lara Croft GO. I’ve had this game on my backlog for some time
now and I've only heard great things going in and it was great fun. I’m not a massive Tomb Raider
fan only really playing the remakes and a few PS2 games nor am I a particularly proficient puzzler
but I found the solutions to be a great mix of challenging but clear. Nice shorter experience
which will be a common theme but a great game to play regardless of going for the platinum. In
terms of the platinum trophy there are a number of missable trophies along with everyone’s
favourite collectible based trophies which get surprisingly challenging to find but overall
with a guide for those collectibles and bearing in mind those missable trophies I managed to knock
this one out in 4 to 5 hours. With a complete guide I’m sure this is a 2 hour platinum but I
still want to play these games to enjoy them. Getting the answers given to me for a puzzle
game just would have defeated the purpose.
A few hours after I unlocked the Lara Croft
Go platinum I’d go on to unlock platinum no. 3 Tacoma. Tacoma was one of those games
I’d always seen the image floating around, whether I’d see the game on sale, on gamepass,
maybe through a YouTube recommendation whatever it may be when I was prepping for this
challenge that’s how I picked some of these games. This game looks familiar, how’s
the platinum, achievable? Alright let’s finally check it out. I wasn’t too sure what to expect
going in but I’m glad I finally checked Tacoma out because this game had me hooked in from
the get go. The story is really intriguing and has such a great atmosphere and trophy wise
they seemed to have some fun with these. There are a number of missable trophies but the game
is short enough that if you need to do another playthrough you’re probably bringing your total
time in game to about 2 hours. Really short experience so perfect for trophy and achievement
hunters but worth experiencing regardless.
Two platinum’s in one day feels great I tell you
what. The first platinum of the day was a bit of a project, I’d been playing this one between editing
and platinuming the shorter games and that was platinum no. 4 Tekken 7. I love Tekken, I grew up
playing so much Tekken 3 with my brother and dad and going on to playing Tekken 4, Tag Tournament
and 5 with my cousins any chance we got. A lot of fond memories with the series. Unfortunately I
just haven’t played it in years. I never played 6 and before this platinum I’d played maybe an
hour of 7. Fighting game wise I’d been getting my fix from Mortal Kombat and Injustice. I missed
the series and that was the best part about going for this platinum. It felt great to be playing
Tekken again and overall I had a blast with this game. However, I did poorly optimise the order I
went for trophies mainly because I wasn’t sure if the online was still kicking. Now if the online
was dead I needed to know ASAP before another trophy popped and I was finding games… they were
just half way across the world with awful ping. I tell you getting these online trophies was the
bane of my existence as for a couple of hours I tried to get all the online stuff done. I did this
without re-learning how to play Tekken which in hindsight could have saved me a lot of time but I
did eventually do it and moved onto the more grind heavy stuff like the story mode, getting 50,000
damage in practice mode, getting to warrior rank etc. These weren’t too difficult, they just
required a lot of repetition especially the 50,000 damage. That took me at least 30 minutes
to an hour alone. Again I had fun though, it felt great to play some Tekken again and
platinum wise it’d have to be one of the easiest fighting game platinum’s out there right. Trophy
hunters, not a bad one to add to the collection.
The second platinum of the day was actually a
prime example of why not every video idea works. Platinum No. 5 Sonic Origins. I thought with
the release of Sonic Frontiers it’d be a great idea to go back and finally play the original
games. I’ve never been a big fan of Sonic, only playing Rush and the Racing games. So I
wanted to try and understand the appeal and Sonic Origins was conveniently on sale. The risk
with this selection was as soon as I booted one of the 3 games up a trophy would pop so once I
started I was locked in and I have to be honest in the beginning I was miserable. I was making
my way through Sonic 1 and I just wasn’t having a good time and pretty much scrapped the video
idea from there. I don’t want to go out of my way to poo poo a series that many love just because
it’s not for me, I’d rather focus my attention on games I love. However, I still had to push through
and platinum the game and this was a great example of the longer I played the more I went on to
enjoy it. Going from Sonic 1 to CD to 2 and finally 3 I just enjoyed them more and more and
the platinum requirements weren’t too bad either. Beat the games, unlocking items, collecting
rings, killing enemies, it really was pretty straight forward thankfully. Sonic CD was probably
my personal favourite of the collection but again, 2 and 3 were fantastic too and I really started
to see the appeal to the series. Still not a huge Sonic fan but glad I finally knocked these games
off the backlog and I’d be keen to try out some of the 3D titles if nothing else now. This is a
pretty quick platinum to boot and as long as you can get through each game you’ve basically done
the hard work for the platinum requirements.
This is another example of seeing a game's
cover art what felt like all the time. Platinum No. 6 Black The Fall. I’ve had my eye
on this game for some time now because again, I’d seen it in what felt like in every sale
and from what I could see it looked very Limbo/ Inside - esk which is pretty spot on. Black
The Fall, much like Inside in particular, is a really short experience, maybe 2 to 3 hours
tops that is filled with intrigue, atmosphere, soviet propaganda and this great world that
you only learn more about through visuals. In terms of the platinum I do recommend a guide
as most trophies are missable. They aren’t the most difficult, such as sitting on this bike
for a certain amount of time or finding hidden areas but if you miss them you’ll need to start
again which is always a bit of a pain. Short and sweet platinum though which for this challenge
is always appreciated and I’m glad I finally checked this game out. If you enjoy games
like Inside I’d recommend playing this one.
Platinum No. 7 was another decent time sink
but damn was it worth it. Grim Fandango. I’d never played Grim Fandango before this
video but I am a big fan of Tim Schafer’s games and there has always been something about
this game's art style that’s made me want to try it out. Holy hell, this was an experience I
struggled to put down. Whilst the movement and general gameplay did take me a little bit to
get used to and without a guide back in the day I have no idea how you were supposed to figure
out some of these puzzles. Again I’m not great with puzzles but damn some of these solutions
are the real deal. But this game's story, world, characters and their charm had me from the
jump. Whether it’s Manny or Glottis to side characters like Lupe or Chepito. All of these
characters are so memorable, funny and likeable that it just further pulls you into this story and
world. I cannot recommend Grim Fandango enough, it was by far one of the best experiences I
had during this challenge and I’m so glad I finally played it. In terms of the platinum, a
lot of the trophies are missable but they just pertain to unlocking specific dialogue so just
keep talking and you should get most of them. I will say I did have my first panic attack of
the challenge after not unlocking the Platinum during the credits only to find I missed one
dialogue trophy. Thankfully it was a 10 minute fix through good saving but I was worried. Outside of
that, a pure joy to platinum and simply play.
This platinum took me a little longer than
expected and probably the first example of that estimated time I’d researched being dependent
player to player. Platinum No. 8, Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture. This game has always been on my
radar, it looked really interesting, I don’t mind a good walking sim if the story is there and
I have to say that the first playthrough was captivating. I was hooked in, I was piecing it all
together and by the end I was like that was great, that was a worthwhile experience. Platinum wise…
not so much. One thing I didn’t expect to be doing as much as I ended up doing in this challenge
is sitting around doing nothing. The amount of trophies I unlocked during this challenge for
putting my controller down from anywhere from 2 minutes to half an hour. Now Rapture was on the
shorter end of that but there is a lot of stand and do nothing trophies that are just boring. I
also experienced my first bugged trophy of the challenge where I was trying to basically in
my second playthrough smash through the rest of the trophies but the shortcuts had to be done
on their own without doing anything else forcing another playthrough and by the end just walking
annoyed me. Even though overall 3 playthroughs took me around 5 hours, I just ended up loathing
this platinum experience. Game wise, recommend giving it a try. Platinum wise, personally the
first example of downgrading an experience.
What the hell happened? Just 8 platinum’s to my
name and officially past the halfway point. I was stressing, I’m not going to lie because
whilst I’d been playing games in this time. Working on the Borderlands video had taken
up a lot of my time but also just general procrastination up to this point. I needed
to get my butt into gear and boy, did I start today. Platinum No. 9 is going to seem like a
bit of a joke but we have Goosebumps: The Game. A meh sort of game but at this point it’s coming
up to Halloween and I do have a soft spot for Goosebumps. It’s not a terrible game… it’s not
overly enjoyable but it’s sort of just whatever. A nice and easy point and click adventure that
at the very least I did love all the references to Goosebump stories within. Platinum wise, it
took me roughly 3 hours to complete with the main struggle being to complete the game in under
175 turns I think it is. Not overly difficult but definitely a trophy best held for last once you
know the layout and puzzles. Do I recommend this platinum? Not really. Do I recommend playing
the game? Again, not really but it is short if you’re curious and love easy Platinum’s
which at this point we definitely needed.
Platinum No. 10 was another short journey to
Platinum but one I’m a lot more happy with and that is Insomnis. Insomnis was a game I stumbled
upon when looking through the various sales that I hadn’t heard about before hand but really
intrigued me going in. It’s the spooky season, let’s complete some spooky games and Insomnis
was really enjoyable. The scares do wear off quite quickly but the atmosphere, the story and
the visuals do make for a quality experience. I recommend checking it out if you see it on
sale. Platinum wise this was the shortest to date taking a whopping 50 minutes with
the help of save scumming to unlock both endings. Easy platinum but quality game that
I recommend both to people looking to get some trophies and a good haunted house experience.
Platinum No. 11 was another game I hadn’t heard of until finding it on sale, so much so I didn’t
realise it was actually a sequel. Darker Skies. First of all, I definitely need to try out
Greyer Skies after this because Darker Skies was another really enjoyable experience. Yes
it is a bit clunky mechanically and another 2 to 3 hours platinum but I just really
had a blast with this game and that just comes down to the world and atmosphere. Set
after the War of the Worlds this unsettling atmosphere is draped over this whole game and
it’s captivating. Another game I recommend trying out Platinum or not but considering
100% only means tracking 3 missable trophies, you may as well go for that platinum right?
Platinum No. 12 once again, on sale and I hadn’t heard of it before either but a game looking to
capture and throw back to the early PS1 era. Back to 1995. I grew up playing the PS1 and so I think
like many others I’m incredibly nostalgic for that sort of janky graphical style and that’s how 1995
hooked me in. Got me to try it out. Control wise this game is incredibly clunky and the visuals
are a little rough around the edges but this was a real blast from the past and was a fun ride
regardless. I think nostalgia for the PS1 is going to have a lot of say in whether you enjoy this
game or not but for me it was interesting enough story wise and gameplay wise was such a cool blast
from the past that I really had a good time with this game. It’s only about an hour long platinum
with a really straight forward trophy list so, great for trophy hunters and a worthwhile
experience for the PS1 kids out there.
Platinum No. 13 and the last platinum trophy of
this insane day. Batman: The Telltale Series. Once again, Telltale games are pretty straight
forward just play the game and you’ve got the platinum so not much to talk about there. But I
played some of the game to get some footage for the Borderlands video which unlocked some
trophies and so, I had to platinum it and this game is great. I don’t think it’s in
Telltale’s Top 3, that being Borderlands, The Walking Dead and The Wolf Among Us, but
it’s a great Batman and Bruce Wayne story that is well worth playing and probably has the most
“gameplay” of the Telltale games if that’s usually a stickler for you. I still need to play Season
2, that’s been on the backlog for too long now.
After such a massive day yesterday, I did take
it a little easier today. I did get Platinum No. 14… but my opinions on this one might be a
little controversial. Telltale’s Game of Thrones. Platinum wise, you know what it is. Game wise this
has always been one of my least favourite Telltale experiences but I never really knew why until I
replayed the game today. I cannot stand how many assholes are in Game of Thrones. I think it’s
a phenomenal show with incredibly well written characters but as a viewer I just hate watching
that many unlikeable characters and that's why I've never gotten past season 3 of the show. The
game has just as many unlikeable characters but the problem is it relies on multiple seasons
to get that pay off of these characters dying and since this is a one and done IP it doesn’t get
any of that satisfaction. Not to mention it’s the longest Telltale game taking me around 13 hours
to get through and add it all up, I just had a miserable time with this game. I wanted to give
the game a second chance and I will admit, there are some tough choices to be made here. Maybe with
more seasons it could’ve improved but as is, still a bottom tier Telltale game in my opinion and too
much time spent with douchebags for my liking.
Platinum No. 15 thankfully corrected the
course after the last game and ended up being the best surprise of this challenge
so far and that is Deliver Us The Moon. This game was spectacular. Whether it’s the
visuals, the story, the subject matter or simply the high level immersion Deliver Us
The Moon had me by the balls from the very beginning and didn’t let go. I cannot
recommend giving this game a go more, I am now so excited to play Deliver Us Mars next
year I’m hyped. Platinum wise there are a lot of missable trophies and a 30 minute wait and do
nothing trophy which… well lame but the rest of the trophies do come quite naturally if you’re as
invested as I was and loved exploring the various locations as it’s a lot of find collectibles or
finish given stories. Platinum or not play this game. The immersion alone is incredible and
this is an experience I won’t soon forget.
The second Platinum of the day, Platinum No. 16
was an absolute childhood classic. Ape Escape. Growing up on the PS1 you better believe I
played me a lot of Ape Escape but I haven’t touched the series in a long, long time and
with a simple platinum that was all the excuse I needed to come back to this gem. This was
childhood bliss, honestly. Yes the controls take some time to get used to but once I got
over that hurdle this was a “go back in time, turn your brain off and catch some monkeys” type
of experience that was a pure joy to platinum. Highly recommend going back and playing Ape
Escape, it’s a blast to this day and going for the platinum just requires catching an easy 100
monkeys and getting some coins and you’re good.
Platinum No. 17 is simply just a
beautiful game. Spirit of the North. As someone who has studied visual art through
further education, a quick way to get me to pay attention or peak my interest in a game I may know
nothing about is with a unique art style. Spirit of the North visually is gorgeous. The colours all
have a great pop to them but the colour palette is minimal allowing for the developers to tell a
story through colour and visuals alone. That’s impressive and a big reason why I found myself
so invested in Spirit’s story and world. The gameplay is really simple and the objectives are
straight forward but the experience was almost magical simply from a visual perspective. In terms
of the platinum it’s pretty straight forward, the only tedious part is in the end you need
to find all these spirits in a massive space that are all on the move which can be easy to
miss one or two and inflates the overall time from 2 to 3 hours. But outside of that
this was an all around great experience that whilst may not be for everyone is a quick
platinum tied to a beautiful visual journey.
Platinum No. 18 is going to sound like a joke but
I’ll explain my reasoning. Crazy Chicken Kart 2. Does anyone else remember this damn chicken or
is it just me? I saw this game amongst one of the sales this month and immediately it unlocked
a part of my memory I’d long suppressed (for what I would learn was for good reason). I saw the
platinum time was short and thought you know what, this’d be a funny one to platinum… how wrong I
was. This was 3 hours of pure torture. Winning a race on each level is no issue, the problem is
playing 100 races overall and losing 50 of them for whatever reason. The driving’s jank, the
racers are unbalanced and the quickest way to grind these trophies is with this map that can be
beaten in 50 seconds… Like why encourage losing, you have the same result for just playing
100 races that means you can lose but still encourage winning? I wanted this to be dumb
fun but instead, I just feel like a dumb fuck.
Thankfully, Platinum No. 19 was much better.
A Tale of Paper. A game very similar to Little Nightmares just without the horror or the
creep factor… which I understand is sort of a lot of Little Nightmares but you know what I
mean. This game has such a beautiful story with simple platforming and some cool transformation
mechanics. It’s not revolutionary but it’s just a simple beauty that had me having a good time
with the game. The platinum is filled with missable trophies but this is a short platinum
journey taking me about an hour and a half. I will say trophy wise it is refreshing to have
objectives that encourage doing something as opposed to just collecting so many items or sit
around and do bugger all. These were fun trophies to go after and overall a game that before today
I’d not heard of that I’m glad I gave a go.
Platinum No. 20 I’ve had my eye on since it
was released in 2018 because it just looked like good ol’ simple wholesome fun. Donut
County. I was looking forward to finally playing this game and it was exactly the
experience I expected. Simple premise, visually unique and short and sweet. The perfect
experience for this type of challenge. Suck things into a hole to make hole bigger. That’s the
game and it sounds simple but it’s got such a charm to it that I was glued to my seat for the
couple of hours it took to platinum. It’s just a very satisfying game and with the trophies are
again, really simple but heavily gameplay oriented which I appreciate. They’re fun to go after
which cannot be said for a lot of these games. I highly recommend checking out Donut County,
platinum or not this is just pure simple fun.
Platinum No. 21 was a game that somehow I’d
never played before but always looked like a fun goof. Goat Simulator. Simultaneously the
most fun and most infuriated I’ve been and had this entire challenge simply due to one trophy.
That god awful flappy bird trophy. I get it, Flappy bird was awful, funny meme to have it
here. The problem is it’s not fair. All you need is to get 10 points and the amount of times
I had a run unfairly taken from me, I mean look at the space here? How is that a fail? It made
me want to break my controller and easily ruined what to that point was just dumb fun and an easy
recommend for a platinum. It made me forgo the DLC because technically I just need that platinum for
this challenge despite originally going to 100% the game. That’s how much one trophy ruined my
overall experience. Goat simulator is a goofy, but fun game. 100% and platinum is another story.
Platinum No. 22 was another highlight of this whole challenge as we headed back into
space and completed Moons of Madness. I remember keeping an eye on this game before
release but sort of lost track of it until now seeing it in the PS catalogue or on sale I
can’t exactly remember but I immediately wanted to finally give the game a go and wow, this is
a great cosmic horror romp on Mars. Whilst not the scariest title with predictable scares it
is really compelling regardless. The atmosphere is incredible, the story is interesting, you
easily find yourself sinking into this role and by the end I just found myself adoring this whole
journey. The platinum only contains a few missable trophies as well so if you know what they are
going in you can go in without a complete guide, no dramas and get this platinum in one
playthrough. Another recommendation, trophy hunter or not. This is a quality
experience that’s worth playing.
We were finally all caught up. After a disastrous
start I was smashing through these platinum’s and really finding my rhythm which felt amazing
not going to lie. Platinum No. 23 was a game that was a big reason I bought the PS5 in the
first place that for whatever reason I didn’t play until today. Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart.
Ratchet and Clank is one of PlayStation’s finest. It’s a series I love but it’s been 6 years
since I’ve played any of the games and so, Rift Apart was just perfect. I think everyone
knows this game is incredible, that’s no secret but much like Tekken it just felt great to
be playing a Ratchet and Clank game again. I love these characters, the gameplay mechanics new
and old are fantastic and in terms of a platinum it’s a lot of collecting and getting kills with
certain guns. It’s straightforward but again, really heavily gameplay oriented which I expect
nothing less for the series and damn does it feel good to have a Ratchet and Clank platinum…
might have to get some more of those sooner rather than later. If you have a PS5 you owe it
to yourself to play Rift Apart… you listening to me Aidan? You can now re-borrow the game
and you better play it this time okay?
Okay, hear me out for Platinum No. 24. Storm Boy. Trophy hunters may be aware of this game as the
game that takes a whopping 20 minutes to platinum and I’ll be honest this isn’t a platinum I’m
particularly proud of because it is so easy… but, as a game this is simply beautiful. Storm Boy is
an Australian classic and this experience that cost me just a couple of bucks was an emotional
rollercoaster. Play it. I don’t care if you’re after a quick and easy platinum, Storm Boy is
worth playing and it’s not a shameful platinum because as an experience it’s just beautiful. Yes
it’s a little short and the platinum is basically a given but I seriously recommend looking into
this one if not just the story in general.
Platinum No. 25 was the perfect game to
complete for Halloween. Pumpkin Jack. Bit of MediEvil, bit of Nightmare Before
Christmas, bit of fun. It’s not as good as a Medievil for example with a bit too much
gimmick to the bosses and levels but it’s got that childhood platformer vibe which I am
absolutely nostalgic for. The aesthetic just made for a prime Halloween game for me and with
a short 4 to 5 hour platinum this was the perfect experience for this challenge. Not really much
else to say, if you like yourself some Medievil or a throwback to older platformers, Pumpkin
Jack should be right up your alley. Platinum wise outside of the unmissables it’s just about
finding all the skulls and buying the costumes, nothing too difficult just be careful about
quitting out mid area, I did have to go back and recollect some skulls after stopping.
Platinum No. 26 is a game that people seemed to be quite mixed on but I personally loved
it and that is The Medium. A little late for Halloween but The Medium had me utterly
captivated. Artistically this game is stunning, I get a lot of Wayne Barlowe vibes from this world
that had me so intrigued by this story and whilst gameplay wise it’s nothing special I had a great
time making my way through this psychological thriller. Horror wise it’s again not the scariest
but it definitely is tense and unsettling and a game that I recommend trying out if nothing
else. Now platinum wise this was a scary prospect because it’s a lot of collecting and if you mess
up you’re replaying the entire game. Thankfully this was smooth sailing for me with the help of
a guide and carefully keeping track but just be careful, replaying a game for one mistake is not
what you want. Platinum or not though I recommend giving the game a chance, I had a great time with
it personally and I’m glad I finally played it.
Platinum No. 27 I thought was going to take a
lot longer than it ended up taking and that is Maneater. Now to be fair, I’d already completed
the game on my Xbox at release so I knew the general path to platinum going in but I just
smashed through this game. Maneater is just good simple fun. It’s unique, it doesn’t take itself
too seriously and in general it’s just fun to be a shark, grow from this little almost helpless
pup to the oceans Apex predator and get your revenge on all the creatures giving you grief
along the way. The platinum is really simple, just complete each zone, get all the goodies
and make sure you’re taking out those bounty hunters and you’ll get this platinum in no time.
Personally it took me around 7 hours to complete and I had a blast from start to finish. Again, no
DLC today just because of the time restraint but I will go back and do that because the games just
good fun. Highly recommend playing Maneater.
Platinum No. 28 is one of my guilty pleasures
that may surprise you. Murdered: Soul Suspect. Soul Suspect may not be a perfect game, it may
not even be a great game but I just love being this ghost detective and solving the mystery
of my own death. The games definitely B Grade but it’s just fun to play, what else can I
say. The enemy encounters may be brainless but the detective work is good fun. Not LA
Noire levels but still fun enough. In terms of the platinum it is a lot of collecting,
like most of the trophies are to do with collectibles but I actually think it fits this
type of game really well since you’re searching the environment a lot as is. If you’re naturally
exploring this is a simple platinum and a game I recommend checking out if you like a bit of
B Grade content everyone now and again.
Okay trust me I’m not trying to cheese this
challenge. Platinum No. 29… we have Ghost of Tsushima PS5. Yes, I downloaded
the PS5 version of the game. Yes, I downloaded my PS4 save file. Yes, the platinum
took me 2 minutes. Okay let me explain. I want to replay Ghost of Tsushima with all the new
bells and whistles and I will do that. In fact, since this challenge I started checking out the
Legends mode and started New Game +. However, I needed more time to platinum the last game on my
list. I wanted to end with a challenge and as is, I needed more time so, I cheesed a platinum to
make it happen. Ghost of Tsushima is incredible though, easily 2020’s best game and a game that I
now have two platinum’s for so look at me go.
The final day. 24 hours to go and I was going
to finally be finished with this challenge. I had to end with a bang but I needed to be smart,
I couldn’t just play some hour long game and be done with it. That would be pretty lame and also…
Well, I sort of ran out of those games anyway. I wanted to platinum something I was proud of.
I loaded in Ghost Runner, quickly realised that ain’t it for this challenge though it is
incredible and decided that Platinum No. 30, the finale to this challenge would be for a game
that I adore. A game that is incredibly funny and fun to play. A game worth platinuming. But also,
a game that had the potential to take me between 10 to 20 hours and if I missed one of the many
missable collectibles it was over, there would be no way I could comeback from that sort of mistake.
The final game of this challenge was… South Park: The Stick of Truth. I know, probably not what you
were expecting but damn this series is fantastic. The Stick of Truth is simply a love letter to
South Park and a damn good game to boot. It’s funny, it’s filled with great easter eggs and
references to iconic episodes, the gameplay is a lot of fun because it so heavily incorporates the
humour into the turn based combat. It’s a great game that I highly recommend playing platinum
trophy or not. The platinum trophy did have me worried though. Missable collectibles are daunting
and not to mention how many trophies are tied to ending the game a certain way, playing the whole
game without letting your buddies fall in combat, saving summons for very specific encounters
and moments. All of that tied with the fact that this is not a short game had me a
little stressed going in… if only I knew the panic attack waiting for me by the end. With
4 hours left on the clock I was just about done, I’d beaten the game, gone after all collectibles,
and grinded the combat trophies. I was all set to be done… until that platinum trophy didn’t
pop. I was missing one piece of equipment after 12 hours of work. My heart dropped because
whilst not all collectibles are forever missable, some are and if it was tied to a mission I was
screwed. Thankfully, I had just missed one in the open world. I picked it up, the platinum trophy
popped and after 30 days, I was finished.
With the 30 days all said and done, before I
get to my final thoughts on this experience I wanted to quickly hand out some awards for the
good and the bad of this challenge. First off, let’s go with the most common Platinum I
achieved. The basic bitch Platinum if you will goes to… Storm Boy. No real shocker here
it is a gimme platinum coming in at a whopping 92% platinum rate. Again I really recommend this
game, basic platinum though. On the flip side, the rarest Platinum I achieved came in at nice
and slim 2.6% and that was for Tekken 7. I’m quite proud of this one as a lifelong Tekken fan
and for a fighting game this is a platinum journey that is super straightforward and good fun. The
most fun Platinum to achieve I think is a tie between Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart and South
Park: The Stick of Truth. Both of these games I recommend playing platinum or not but they’re
such great games that going for that platinum and experiencing everything they have to offer was a
no brainer and the time just flew by honestly. The Platinum trophy I despised going for was easily
Crazy Chicken Kart 2. That was the longest 3 hours of my life and from the first trophy I knew I made
a mistake. The Platinum Trophy that ruined the experience for me personally was Everybody’s Gone
to the Rapture. Really beautiful game and that first playthrough was incredible but the longer
you play and the more annoying trophies you go for the more I just began to despise the game. Play
the game, skip the platinum. The Platinum Trophy that saved the experience is easily Sonic Origins.
I cannot describe how much I wanted to give up on this game but through pushing onwards, playing
more of the games and trophy hunting I grew to really look forward to playing this collection and
that’s thanks to the platinum trophy pushing me to keep playing. Last but not least my favourite
Platinum of the entire challenge has to go to Deliver Us The Moon. Again, this game caught
me by surprise but wow did I just love being in this world and going for this Platinum. There
are some annoying trophies like sitting around on the moon doing bugger all but the experience
itself and getting this Platinum was my favourite of the entire challenge. Close contender though
is Grim Fandango. That game is phenomenal.
So, after all of this, what are some of
the lessons and learnings I came away with? Well first and foremost this challenge
reaffirmed that inkling I had when going for the Spider-Man platinum and that is, the itch
is officially back. Getting these Platinum’s was such a rush and I really did enjoy this
whole process… but on the flip side this challenge was a lot more mentally taxing than
I had ever anticipated. Sure you could look at this video as 30 Easy Platinum Trophies
but that’s not really the point. Sure, I definitely could have optimised my early days
a lot better allowing for a few more lengthy experiences but I don’t think there is any way of
avoiding some form of burn out that comes along with this challenge. I was so ready to be done
with this challenge even though I loved the games I was platinuming in the process. There’s just no
time to smell the roses, enjoy the accomplishment of that grand prize. It’s more like that was
cool, alright what next. Don’t get me wrong, I loved that feeling of achieving a platinum
but what I really wanted to do was accomplish some tough or at least lengthy platinum’s. Again
it gave me the itch to revisit games and finally platinum them like God of War, Assassin’s Creed,
Kingdom Hearts, Wolfenstein, Crash Bandicoot, Call of Duty I mean the list goes on and on. By
the end of this I was ready to move onto bigger projects and harder platinums and you know… space
them out a little more. But hey, at the end of the day this challenge helped me achieve all that
I wanted to going into it. I played a bunch of games, upped my platinums to almost 40 and made a
video all in the same process and not only that, but found that love and appreciation for trophy/
achievement hunting and hunters once again.
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