Topic: The Trophy Discussion Thread

@Gremio108 @colonelkilgore
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Not so keen on the smell of humanity though.

@sorteddan All this talk of UFOs at the moment, you would have thought they would open the hanger doors (or beam down) take one whiff and say "it don't half pen n ink here, we're off"

(Yes the aliens came from the planet Cock-A-Ney)

@colonelkilgore @sorteddan got it last night. One of my proudest platinums this one. I was determined to do it without looking anything up. There were some roadblocks along the way, but I got there eventually. It's probably my favourite puzzler on the PS5 (although The Pedestrian was good as well) and maybe my favourite I've played since Portal 2.

I can confirm it does indeed smell good.

@Gremio108 congrats dude… and really flare those nostrils to take it all in 👃 (and yes that actually is a nose apparently ☺️).

#178 Operation Tango (PS5)
Interesting idea for cooperative online play - having to rely on communication and problem solving. Only made me swear at one of my best friends a couple of times, made me chuckle a couple more and quite a feeling of relief when you get to the end of each mission. Made quite a nice change anyhow.

@sorteddan congrats buddy. I played this with a dude I’ve never actually met… and only ever talked for the first time during Operation Tango. Needless to say, we were both on our best behaviour… but I (& I’d imagine he too) was absolutely EXHAUSTED at the end of both of the two sessions.

Cheers @colonelkilgore
Have you played any of the 'We were here' series?
Seems like a similar type experience and am thinking of picking up the first one, given its currently about 30p in the sale!

@sorteddan yeah we played the first two We Were Here games not long after we played Operation Tango. They are similar… if simpler tbh (though there was the odd challenge here and there). We’ve been meaning to play the next two installments since then but have struggled to find a time that fits for us both.

I have the We Were Here and Operation Tango games if anyone fancies playing them.

Latest Plats...
It takes two (baby). Excellent game and worthy of being a game of the year.
Not an easy game and there are tricky bits but there is so much variety in the gameplay that you keep coming back for more. Difficulty 4/10.

The Ascent. Oh dear what a missed opportunity, fantastic looking blade runner inspired world. However the boring repetitive fetch quests really bring it down which is such a shame as you can see how much effort went into the game.
I wonder if an over the shoulder viewpoint and a more Returnal type gameplay would have been a better game, certainly the weapons and gadgets look and sound great. Of course that would break two player coop as split screen would be required and we all know a certain machine isn't capable of that (put those pitchforks down...it's a joke).
Difficulty 3/10. Worth playing just for the world and the awesome atmospheric soundtrack.

@sorteddan @CaptD Nice one on those latest plats.

@CaptD Loved It Takes Two, what a game!! I'm still tempted to play through the PS4 version just to give it another go.

@CaptD congrats buddy. Yeah I loved It Takes Two also, was a joy to play through it with the missus… not sure that joy would be the word that she’d use though 🤣.

@CaptD
Good stuff.
Reassuring to know I wasn't the only one who felt The Ascent was just a bit meh.

Got #103 with Unpacking (PS5). I did the PS4 version as #82.

Finally cracked that Dead Nation nut and got #65 last night. The run that I did it on ended up being quite easy and I actually thought I'd got one more level to go, so you were definitely right about that RNG @colonelkilgore. Thanks for the support from all you guys on this one, I'm glad I didn't give up ✊

@render well done mate, a hard earned and well-deserved #65 👏

@render Great stuff on Dead Nation, I hope you enjoyed the game overall despite the annoying run repetition at the end..truly the definition of insanity.
It seems like I'm the last to obtain the platinum as it is still on my to-do list.

@colonelkilgore @CaptD Cheers guys, that did end up being tougher than I thought. I think I put 45 hours in all told so way beyond what the guides suggested. Still an enjoyable game though and I can see similar themes with the game play between Dead Nation, Nex Machina, Resogun and Returnal.

@render
Good effort. We knew you had it in you.

#179 PGA Tour 2k23 (PS5)
It's in the hole.
Pretty straightforward list to complete - only needed one online match and just about everything else done in career mode. Think it's my 30th shiny of the year as well.