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sorteddan

@WadeIsInsane
Well done. It's a good feeling to go back to sort out unfinished trophy business.

“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”

Cornaboyzzz

@WadeIsInsane Congrats on the plat ! My Tekken 6 platinum goes way back (10-12 years I think) but reading about the Nightmare Train brings back memories.

#331 F1 2021 - The usual, not the longest nor the hardest of the series, it sits between F1 2019 and F1 2020 in terms of time/difficulty. A word on the useless "50 hours of track time" trophy, not really aligned with the rest of the list. I had to leave the game on for a couple nights to get it. Useless.

Cornaboyzzz

sorteddan

@Cornaboyzzz
Again Congratulations on your latest and mighty impressive number reached!
Also join you in the hate for such trophies, especially when you can get everything else done in half the time - just a waste of electricity. I know they're designed to keep people playing but as we know the workarounds just make them seem pointless and annoying.

“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”

Jimmer-jammer

@WadeIsInsane Thanks! And congrats on your new plat! I’ve actually never played a Tekken before. Soul Calibur and Mortal Kombat have always been my go-to fighting franchises. Of course I’ve dabbled in many others but Tekken and Dead or Alive are two I’ve never played. Here’s to the next one!

“Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning.” C.S. Lewis

colonelkilgore

@RogerRoger good advice, cheers Rog. It’s a weird one as once the major symptoms clear up you just assume that you’re basically better (or thereabouts)… but the moment your pushed/challenged you’re hit like a ton of bricks.

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Cornaboyzzz

Thanks everyone !

@ThereThere I'm currently finishing Final Fantasy IX but I gave up on the platinum a while ago. Who had the idea of putting a trophy like the 1000 jumps at the jump rope ??? It doesn't make any sense to me. And if it wasn't enough, there is another one where you need to kill 10 000 enemies. I'm not even sure you would kill more than 1000 enemies in an average playthrough. It doesn't add anything to the game, it's just a waste of time, and I hate that.

I'm pretty upset with this one because Final Fantasy IX is my favorite game of all time, and this platinum would've meant a lot to me, but I'm just enjoying the game and that's what counts. So the next one should be Hitman 3, I'm halfway through the game right now.

Cornaboyzzz

Cornaboyzzz

@ThereThere I mean, you could farm the 10 000 enemies little by little, yep, but the jump rope minigame is absurdly hard. You need to jump 1000 consecutive times without missing a single jump, and the timing changes regularly. No thanks !

The Hitman trilogy is absolutely incredible, you should definitely try it !

Cornaboyzzz

sorteddan

and just popped number 126 with Shadow Warrior 3.
Short enough to not start to grind. Fun enough FPS with lots owing to Doom reboots. Had to go back to a few levels for upgrade collectibles but still done in around 9 hours.

“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”

colonelkilgore

@sorteddan congrats boss, I got this in the backlog for a rainy day (a rainy day when I’m fancying some FPS action 😉)… so it’s good to know that it fairly painless. Well done dude

currently residing in PS3 Purgatory

Cornaboyzzz

@ThereThere It's a bit higher than it should, because some people were using some kind of script with remote play to get this. But I'm not going there.

Cornaboyzzz

Lavalera

@sorteddan gz on the new shiny sounds like a short but fun experience

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sorteddan

@colonelkilgore @ThereThere @render @Lavalera
Thanks guys.

Also snuck in #127 last night with: Flatland Prologue (PS4) but no congratulations necessary for this one, picked it up for around 30p in recent sale, took just under an hour for all trophies. Meh.

“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”

The_Moose

Hi guys, I need some advice. Basically I'm an avid trophy hunter and it has to be something extreme for me not to attempt it (Mein Leben on Wolfenstein for example).

Recently started a game called Aggelos and been playing through it on hard mode. It's an infuriating side scroller where persistence has gotten me through about 3/4 of it. Now I'm stuck on what I think is a very cheaply made level which was just designed to crush your soul and is just plain unfair.

Your armour may as well be made of paper and the only reason to upgrade your weapon is because it'll kill the enemies one hit sooner than the last. I'm trying to use a shortcut (which I've deemed the only way to get through the rest of the game without putting a controller shaped hole through my TV).

Do you guys honestly think in these scenarios it's worth it to keep going and try for the plat or is there a time when you should just tell the Devs to f**k off for making a game which is so hard I'm amazed it got through play testing?

FYI I have done some tough plats in the past such as Titan Souls so I don't consider myself unskilled at games but just wondering if this is the game which has finally beaten me.

A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. – Seneca

sorteddan

@The_Moose
If it's getting to the point where it's aggravating you then you should at least take a break from it. You will know there is a great sense of accomplishment from overcoming such challenges, especially the ones that nearly break you but sometimes you need to leave to go back.
Forget it. Go play something you will enjoy. If, after a time away, you feel like returning to have another crack at it then read up all advice/tips, watch the vids, check trophy guides etc. before you do. You can be sure that if you're struggling with it then so have many others before you and they may have the tips you need.

Remember that gaming, and trophy hunting, is a hobby or pastime we do because we enjoy it. If you're not enjoying it - stop doing it!

That's what I think anyhow.
(I have given up on games at 98% and one trophy away from completion because they had me in a similar mental state. And I don't regret it at all.)

“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”

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