[LiquidSolid]

Platinum #85 - Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
Fun and pretty easy platinum. Going through Extreme before Hard really helps prepare you, to a point where you don't even really have to worry about dying less than 5 times. It's a pretty good port though, especially compared to all the other Ubisoft attempts (BG&E, PoP Trilogy and Splinter Cell 1+2), so I'd recommend it. It's still as awesome as it was when it came out and easily the best game in the series.

I guess I'll try to wrap up Resistance 3 before getting back into Yakuza: Dead Souls. Then I'll just have Army Corps of Hell, Motorstorm RC, Tales of Graces F and Shadows of the Damned in the backlog (though I'll probably buy Binary Domain on PSN next week thanks to the PS+ discount).

[StevePharma]

HHHHNNNNNNGGGGGGG..........

feelsgood.jpg


Back to Golden Abyss, trying to plat that.

[MR BLACKMAGIK]

Plans for May:

Finish Sniper Elite V2
Finish Trials HD
Max Payne 3
Game of Thrones
Ghost Recon Future Soldier

[Montresor]

Finally done with Rock Band Batles and Rock Band 3. I topped out at 950/1000 for Beatles and 1050/1250 for Rock Band 3. I'll move on to Fez next!

[Tizoc]

I just joined it the other day so far its been fairly nice, since I joined I got 2 coupons for a gaming mouse and a keyboard for 40% and 60% off respectively. if I'd of been on top of it sooner I would have scored a XBL Minecraft code

Interesting, also...seems I am a member with them O_o
Will update my Trophy collection by the end of the month. I'll see if my brother's interestedin one of the rewards and have it sent to him in UK.

[Tryckser]

Just platted Rayman Origins on Vita - First Vita Plat wohoo :D

[SykoTech]

Whoo, 30 hours online in Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3. Good times....laggy matches aside. Never going to get that mission trophy though.



Well, back to Street Fighter x Tekken for a while...

[CorrisD]

Well damn, I didn't even notice there wasn't a level select in the Vita version of Plants vs Zombies, I figured it would be along the lines of the iOS version which lets you pick whatever level you want from the adventure, means having to go through to get to a certain level for a trophy, damn, lol.

Also anyone Platinum Alpha Protocol?
I looked through its Trophy Guide and while it doesn't look difficult it does look like it takes a lot of effort sorting out the different choices to make to get certain options for trophies, I'm starting to wish they made literal walkthroughs for certain games where you can look up what you should be aiming for at that exact point.

[Atolm]

Working on DMC1 HD, right now I'm griding stuff and orbs to go for the DMD run.

[Returners]

Platinum #85 - Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory Fun and pretty easy platinum. Going through Extreme before Hard really helps prepare you, to a point where you don't even really have to worry about dying less than 5 times. It's a pretty good port though, especially compared to all the other Ubisoft attempts (BG&E, PoP Trilogy and Splinter Cell 1+2), so I'd recommend it. It's still as awesome as it was when it came out and easily the best game in the series. I guess I'll try to wrap up Resistance 3 before getting back into Yakuza: Dead Souls. Then I'll just have Army Corps of Hell, Motorstorm RC, Tales of Graces F and Shadows of the Damned in the backlog (though I'll probably buy Binary Domain on PSN next week thanks to the PS+ discount).

Able to finish in a weekend? D3 comes out next week and I won't be touching my PS3.

[TheSeks]

FFXIII's platinum was so boring... farming long gui's to get trapezsomethings... ugh. Then, I got a platinum for FFXIII-2 last Sunday and I was like "is that it?". Sooooo much easier. Out of curiosity, has anyone here gotten Star Ocean's platinum?

Yeah, I think I'm going to have to go back to Gran Pulse to do the one mission to unlock Gilgamesh Inc to get the last weapons I need. Then I think I have 1-2 more accessories that are one-time/mission unlock reward only then the rest are just upgrades and stones. *sigh*

[LiquidSolid]

Able to finish in a weekend? D3 comes out next week and I won't be touching my PS3.

Probably not I'd guess. It's not the longest game but 3 playthroughs is still quite a bit. I guess you could just go for it and get as much as possible before D3 arrives.

[TheSeks]

Well he did do it 'legit' and didn't hack anything. I don't really mind that though. I retract my sad shit statement, because I thought he hacked the trophies.

That's exactly the same method you could do for ALL the Warhawk trophies in a fashion. Outside of TDM that doesn't allow two controllers to be on different teams. Rank is the only one that is non-boostable without a bunch of people because two-controllers on the same PS3 is an unranked match, IIRC.

When I looked at Starhawk's list, I was like "yeah, if they didn't fix that loophole it's an easy platinum."

[Nori Chan]

1250/1250 Raccoon City

finally :D now moving onto whatever gamefly sends me

[george21000]

HHHHNNNNNNGGGGGGG.......... feelsgood.jpg Back to Golden Abyss, trying to plat that.

nicely done!

[StevePharma]

I'm starting to wish they made literal walkthroughs for certain games where you can look up what you should be aiming for at that exact point.

This guy did an amazing job on that for Deus Ex: Human Revolution

Wish more guides were structured like that.

[Joni]

Reached my goal of becoming level 22. Resistance: Burning Skies finally updated, so my gaming habits of May didn't have a lot to do with it.

[De4th Strike]

Finished dead nation on grim last night coop with my brother. Such a good game. Need to do a morbid playthrough now but will probably wait a few months. Shocker gun makes quick work of the army dudes. Nothing else seems to work well apart from the shocker and blade cannon. Love the blade cannon though funnel them all in a corridor and then bam. I unlocked about 5 trophies on it. Not many left but they are mainly golds. Only at 43% Is the dlc worth it?

[jost]

Finished dead nation on grim last night coop with my brother. Such a good game. Need to do a morbid playthrough now but will probably wait a few months. Shocker gun makes quick work of the army dudes. Nothing else seems to work well apart from the shocker and blade cannon. Love the blade cannon though funnel them all in a corridor and then bam. I unlocked about 5 trophies on it. Not many left but they are mainly golds. Only at 43% Is the dlc worth it?

I really liked this game, I need to get back into it.

[darkside31337]

Man the people who said Trine 2 was an easy platinum weren't joking. I'm only halfway through my playthrough and I already have the platinum. First time that's ever happened for me where I got my plat even before I beat the game (generally because beating the game is almost always a trophy in itself).

Gonna try to get another 100% from my PSN backlog before I sell my soul to Diablo in a couple days :(

[Joni]

Damn, turned out I was playing Deathly Hallows: Part I on Medium, I had hoped it was on Hard. That is what you get if you take too long between playing sessions. (7 months) Ironically the Medium trophy is rarer than the Hard trophy so I'm better. :D

Oh well, I'll just take a little break and pick it up again tomorrow or monday so I can add this game to my list of finished stuff. Finishing this game is my only remaining goal for May.

[Flux]

Finally reached 60,000! Been trying to clear out my backlog before Diablo 3... doesn't look like I'll finish some of these games before then.

[KaizorPenguin]

Haha, sounds like most of trophy-GAF will stop once Diablo comes out...my chance to strike? I should stack up on various Disney games

[Returners]

Haha, sounds like most of trophy-GAF will stop once Diablo comes out...my chance to strike? I should stack up on various Disney games

I'll still try to Vita hunt! Just got Unit 13.

Also, wrapped up Hot Pursuit platinum, had to grind out the last few ranks on cops.

Playing through Chaos Theory in hopes of at least finishing it once this weekend.

[ToLateToLove]

Only at 43% Is the dlc worth it?

The DLC is great and very cheap. Perfect to play co-op with your brother. Spent much more time on the DLC-mode than the original game!

[StevePharma]

Haha, sounds like most of trophy-GAF will stop once Diablo comes out...my chance to strike? I should stack up on various Disney games

LOL so true. If it was easy to track I would add a separate Diablo entry in post #2. That game has so many achievements....

[CorrisD]

Haha, sounds like most of trophy-GAF will stop once Diablo comes out...my chance to strike? I should stack up on various Disney games

Not for me, lol, I've never played a Diablo, it's one of those series where I've always wanted to get it but just never have.

Hopefully means catching up on the leader board this month, lol.

[jonno394]

Just because I love the Rayman image i'm posting mine

[CorrisD]

Seriously screw Plants Vs. Zombies "Lucky Spin" trophy, I've spent god knows how long today on it.

[RoninChaos]

So I finally started playing Uncharted one today. I noticed some really weird shit. I got trophies like "100 headshots" but didn't get the ones for 10 headshots, and 30 headshots. Same for some of the treasures. What gives?

[TheSeks]

So I finally started playing Uncharted one today. I noticed some really weird shit. I got trophies like "100 headshots" but didn't get the ones for 10 headshots, and 30 headshots. Same for some of the treasures. What gives?

Are you using a save from before the patch?

[RoninChaos]

I played the game back when it came out, but on a different PS3. This is under my own account, and I'd never played it on this playstation before today. No previous saves or anything.

What's especially irritating is the way the trophies jumped. I got the trophy for headshotting an enemy, but not the ones for 10 and 30. I didn't get ANY for the brawling stuff, but then the 20 one popped after a while. Treasures were the same.

[TheSeks]

Weird. You might want to delete the save data and repatch.

[De4th Strike]

The DLC is great and very cheap. Perfect to play co-op with your brother. Spent much more time on the DLC-mode than the original game!

Sweet, cheers man will get that tonight then. Sounds like horde mode. Is that basically what it is?

[Joni]

Good, I managed to fit in two playthroughs of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I into the weekend. Platinum #61 and another game cleared from the backlog.

[KaizorPenguin]

Good, I managed to fit in two playthroughs of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I into the weekend. Platinum #61 and another game cleared from the backlog.

That sounds like a horrible weekend, haha, I heard that game was awful. I really wish a good developer could make a HP game, huge missed oppurtunity, though I remember really liking Order of the Phoenix, even if it had its share of flaws.
I haven't earned many trophies lately, as I've played MGS2, which I didn't even bother to try earning trophies in, I just wanted to enjoy the game, and I'm doing the same with Snake Eater. I also finished Half-Life 2:Ep. 1, which doesn't have trophies.
Last month burned me out on trophies, and right now I just want to play games without worrying about the trophies. I'm sure I'll get back to hunting pretty soon though.

[Joni]

That sounds like a horrible weekend, haha, I heard that game was awful. I really wish a good developer could make a HP game, huge missed oppurtunity, though I remember really liking Order of the Phoenix, even if it had its share of flaws.

Half-Blood Prince is fun though. And I switched it up with season 6 of Criminal Minds and season 1 of How I Met Your Mother so overall the weekend wasn't a loss. The advantage of The Deathly Hallows Part I is that you can practically skip all fights though so each playthrough was fast.

[Nori Chan]

So I'm getting MGS HD collection from gamefly soon.

Any word on the achievements? Doable? Difficult?

[Derrick01]

So I'm getting MGS HD collection from gamefly soon. Any word on the achievements? Doable? Difficult?

I think it's a good mix of easy-normal stuff and pretty ridiculous ones.

Like in MGS 2 you have to collect all of the dog tags which I believe takes multiple playthroughs and you have to do all of the VR missions and there's 1 for placing first in 50 of them. I tried getting 1st in the very first mission since I thought it would be easy but as soon as the guard I have to avoid passes me and I run to the finish, I always get 2nd place. There's also one for finishing the snake tales missions which are pretty tough. There's no radar and you usually have little to no supplies.

As for MGS 3 I was able to get about 10 trophies within an hour of starting the game, but there's trophies for collecting all snakes, all birds, all frogs, all mushrooms and more that I don't remember (1 for each of those, not 1 total). There's also 1 for finishing the game without killing ANYONE, including all bosses.

So like I said there's a solid mix of easy and ridiculous ones. I'm assuming the achievements are the same on 360 though.

[Nori Chan]

This will also be my first MSG game ever so that's going against me too lol

[Derrick01]

This will also be my first MSG game ever so that's going against me too lol

I would recommend playing 2 --> 3 --> Peace Walker even though when you start the collection up it has 3 --> PW --> 2 in order of the time periods they take place. If only because there are less actions and controls to learn in 2 since it predates the others. Story wise I don't think it will make much difference since there aren't any references about 3 in 2 since Kojima didn't have any of this planned ahead of time.

edit: Maybe those collection trophies in MGS3 aren't so bad after all. Since I wrote that last comment I got the fish and fruit trophies and I'm not even halfway done with the game. Must have been lucky I guess.

[Stephen_drewz]

About to hit my small goal for the month of going from 4000-4500 gamerscore. Just playing through Prototype 2 and picking up achievements along the way. Loving this game TBH.



Doubt I will hit 5000 this month as next on my list is Crysis2 PC. Might be able to set another goal of 4750 though as I will be playing Ghost Recon when it releases here on the 24th.

Edit: my phone shows incorrect gamer card lol? Will correct if needed when back on pc.

[LiquidSolid]

I think it's a good mix of easy-normal stuff and pretty ridiculous ones. Like in MGS 2 you have to collect all of the dog tags which I believe takes multiple playthroughs and you have to do all of the VR missions and there's 1 for placing first in 50 of them. I tried getting 1st in the very first mission since I thought it would be easy but as soon as the guard I have to avoid passes me and I run to the finish, I always get 2nd place. There's also one for finishing the snake tales missions which are pretty tough. There's no radar and you usually have little to no supplies. As for MGS 3 I was able to get about 10 trophies within an hour of starting the game, but there's trophies for collecting all snakes, all birds, all frogs, all mushrooms and more that I don't remember (1 for each of those, not 1 total). There's also 1 for finishing the game without killing ANYONE, including all bosses. So like I said there's a solid mix of easy and ridiculous ones. I'm assuming the achievements are the same on 360 though.

MGS2 takes 5 playthroughs at the very least, each on different difficulty levels (from Very Easy to Extreme) and you'll probably find Extreme's boss fights quite hard. I found it fairly easy but then I've played the shit out of the MGS series, so I'm probably not a great example. VR Missions only really get any difficult in the Tuxedo Snake missions, they're super easy beforehand. The biggest problem with it is that the vast majority of the missions are repeated 5 or 6 times, so it gets repetitive and boring pretty fast. 50 first placings is incredibly easy though. No way could someone finish all the VR Missions and not get it along the way.

MGS3 is piss easy. It can be done in one playthrough on any difficulty (including Very Easy) if you use a guide. It's a bit of a joke, though I nice refresher after the long MGS2 grind.

As for the 360/PS3 differences, as far as I'm aware the 360 version still has the major trophies (all dogtags, all VR Missions, etc), it's just lacking a lot of the smaller ones (shoot 10 cameras, etc), so they're just as hard as the PS3 versions without being as rewarding.

[endresults]

I'm going to have a few months here coming up where I can focus on nothing but gaming. It's going to feel good man. Can OP throw me up on the vanity list?

[De4th Strike]

God, Everybody's golf on vita is a massive time sink.
up to silver rank challenges now.
Only got 1 crown accidently.

Will take forever.

Starting to get boring now as well. Think ill finish challenge mode off then be done with it.

[UNCyrus]

Slowly grinding away working towards my Disgaea 3: Absence of Detention plat...

[ThingontheFloor]

This will also be my first MSG game ever so that's going against me too lol

This will sound very anti-achievement, but I really suggest playing MGS3 "properly" by not just throwing it on Very Easy and running through the game collecting everything your first time. I would start just playing it on Normal, have a good time, and you'll get an idea as to your surroundings. The 2nd playthrough, throw it on Very Easy and collect everywhere (there's plenty of guides online) and on Very Easy you'll get a tranq. gun with infinite ammo so you don't kill anyone. You can do this in less than 4 hours once you know where to go.

Hardest part is toward the end and having to shoot some easy to miss Kerotan frogs with a sniper rifle, but overall not bad at all.

[Nori Chan]

Oh no, I love enjoyin games. Even though I know there is a difficulty achievement, I still always play through the game normally then proceed to do the difficulty related achievements or collectables

[izakq]

So I'm getting MGS HD collection from gamefly soon. Any word on the achievements? Doable? Difficult?

MGS 3 was pretty easy to get, compared to the other two.

Right now, I'm working on MGS:Peace Walker, but it's such a time suck. Those Extra Ops of the four and five skull difficulty vehicle battles are tough for me, as I'm worthless in stealth and don't have too many powerful weapons. Still, it's a great game that I would love to Platinum one day.

[LiquidSolid]

MGS 3 was pretty easy to get, compared to the other two. Right now, I'm working on MGS:Peace Walker, but it's such a time suck. Those Extra Ops of the four and five skull difficulty vehicle battles are tough for me, as I'm worthless in stealth and don't have too many powerful weapons. Still, it's a great game that I would love to Platinum one day.

Find someone to play co-op with. The harder vehicle missions can be brutal solo but get a lot easier if you've got a friend.

And yeah, ThingontheFloor's MGS3 advice is best, especially if you're playing it for the first time.

As for sniping Kerotan frogs near the end of the game, make sure you use your directional mic to double check whether you got them. Hear the sound they give off and continue, don't and you need to reload your save