Topic: The Trophy Discussion Thread

@Reanfan7 For one game, doesn't mean it's for the trophy system in general, besides I Googled Sony discontinuing PS Vita trophies and found nothing at. No major media outlets, nothing from Sony etc. Just cause you have a hunch doesn't mean it's a fact. When you do that it looks like you are trying to troll and I have gotten reports about that.

But that's enough discussing it here as we I don't watch to derail the thead anymore. If you have more to say please use the contact form below.

@Reanfan7 @Tasuki Sometimes the Trophies take a few days/weeks to hit Sony's servers, which is why they don't show up on PSN Profiles or on your personal profile. They still exist, they just can't sync because there's nothing to sync to if that makes sense.

This happens a lot with review code, because you get the game before the Trophies are technically "live". It's rare with retail code, but it does still happen.

Just wait and the Trophies will appear, because clearly the set exists in other regions: https://psnprofiles.com/trophies/6645-ys-viii-lacrimosa-of-dana

I'm level 15. Just got second son platinum to make 4 platinums in total. Got sick of mp gaming and am starting to go for trophies instead over the last month or so. I feel I am getting more out of the games too.
Out of interest I had a quick look here
http://psntrophyleaders.com/leaderboard/main
1,335 platinums? Hhhhhmmm. 😨

Got 54 plats
The hardst? Prob armello.
Easiest def everything telltale

Jak 1 is my 18th platinum.

One of the easier ones I've gotten. Only took me so long because of the amount of games I've been playing.

@DerMeister Awh man, I gotta play J & D then. I’ve got it sitting in my library. About how many hours did it take to platinum it?

I got the platinum in Final Fantasy XII and Gravity Rush 2. I'm playing Dark Souls III next but I think I'll skip the platinum in that one because I'm not playing it multiple times.

@Th3solution My save clocks at 15 hours. Honestly though, if you know what you're doing, it shouldn't take more than 10.

@DerMeister Nice. 👍🏼 Even a Telltale game usually takes about 12 hrs to platinum. If J&D can be done in 10 hrs, that’s a high trophy/time ratio. Perfect.

Just picked up my 19th platinum in South Park The Stick of Truth. Perfectly timed given The Fractured But Whole releases in less than an hour

This is the first time I've platinumed a game twice, although first time around it was on an old account.

Hopefully The Fractured But whole has an 'obtainable' platinum.

@booshy89 The collectibles are a nightmare. It took me 3 playthroughs to get the plat on PS3. This time around it took me 2 playthroughs. Would've done it in one had it not been for the missable chinpokomon on the spaceship. Game doesn't auto save collectibles. Got it first, lost to the boss, then forgot about it.

Give it a go! You can blitz through the game in 4 hours or so if you skip the cutscenes.

@booshy89 Well done! I got the Fractured but Whole platinum last week. Aside from one difficulty related trophy (Black, Mastermind) there are no missables.

@Kidfried Yup, wouldn't play the game any other way . Just playing the game earns you most of the trophies. I only spent 3 hours chasing down the few trinkets I was missing, so definitely very doable.

So I'm driving into Manchester early this morning (that's Manchester, England, U.S. friends) when I find myself behind a Renault Clio with a sticker in the back advertising a company who I'm not going to name in case @Tasuki tells me off for advertising, but basically from what I can gather, you pay them to get trophies for you.
Clearly I'm in the wrong job! Was anyone else aware that companies like this exist, because I wasn't? Why would anyone pay to have someone get trophies for them, surely that defeats the object? Bragging rights I guess.

@Gremio108 No way! Never heard of such a thing. Are they hiring? I’m suddenly thinking about a career change 😜

But seriously, the concept is pretty ridiculous. It’s similar to the people who pay for followers on Instagram and Twitter and such. They are completely missing the point. Some people have more money than sense.

@Th3solution Haha, 'Are they hiring?' - exactly the thought I had at first, but then the more I thought about it, I can't imagine anything worse! Imagine having to platinum a game over and over again... Also, I'm not sure that the kind of person who'd pay for trophies is the sort of person I'd want to work for! They were charging £89.99 for the Bloodborne set (I googled them).
What I don't get is, how does it work? Do they come round to your house??

@Gremio108 Yeah, it does sound awful, actually. Usually getting the platinum represents playing the game past the point of actual enjoyment, and to do it multiple times? 😣 It would be torture for 90% of games. Can’t think of many I’d want to platinum over and over.
And I figure you’d have to give them your log in info in order for them to play on your account. That’s definitely not a wise decision either. The whole thing is just crazy.

@booshy89 armello was very enjoyable! It is better with friends but solo is not to bad.
If you do aim for platinum, friends are a must. Some trophies are so rng unfriendly otherwise.

@Gremio108 @Th3solution Things have been around like that for awhile now basically since last gen with the Xbox 360 and PS3. You basically give them your account and they get they trophies for you. Which is basically against Sony's ToS. Not only that but it's a good way to end up having you account stolen so we don't recommend it.

With that being said not really a topic that is allowed to be discussed here so let's just end it now.

@Tasuki I'm curious. What's the trophy you're most proud of earning? It doesn't have to be a platinum. For me it is my platinum trophy for The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II which took me over 400 hours to earn. It's a pretty tough trophy, but ironically not my rarest trophy which happens to be a bronze one lol. xP