You'll have to play through Persona 3 Portable twice on PS4 to unlock that all-important Platinum, the game's recently released Trophy list reveals. All in all, it's a fairly predictable list, but it's probably going to take most players a significant amount of time to unlock everything — especially if you're playing through Persona 3 for the first time.
As alluded, though, arguably the biggest obstacle is a gold Trophy titled 'A Pair of Wild Cards', which asks you to complete the game with each protagonist. For those who might not know, one of Persona 3 Portable's main selling points back in the PSP days was that you can choose to play as either the original male lead, or a new female lead. Your choice doesn't impact the core story to any significant degree, but it does alter dialogue, while also changing available romance options.
Other potentially tricky Trophies include maxing out all of your social links (which may take two playthroughs anyway!), dealing over 999 damage with one attack, and defeating some especially difficult optional bosses.
Put next to Persona 4 Golden — which releases on the same day, the 19th January — it's safe to say that Trophy hunters will have their work cut out for them. Golden, by the way, has the same list as it did on PS Vita — and that was already one heck of a grind.
Think you'll be trying for the Persona 3 Portable Plat? Start planning out your playthrough in the comments section below.
[source powerpyx.com]
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I have both games downloaded and ready to go on my Series X thru Game Pass. Idk if I'll go for the Platinum, though. With my backlog, Game Pass, and PS Plus Premium I have too many games to play that will keep me busy for years.
Idk if I can dedicate 100's of hours to one game.
Got the 4 golden plat and enjoyed it immensely, so I’m up for 3, which I’ve never previously played. Kind of wish it was On a portable again though, I’ll have loads to play in the house this year.
4 golden and the original V needed two playthroughs too. Or 1 and a 1/2 at least in Vs case. Royal was significantly easier, perhaps a nod to people who've already played v to death.
So nice gotta beat it twice
Well yeah. Both paths differ quite a bit. It would be silly for them not to encourage both.
Atlus could just remake P2, P3 and just take my money but all we get are low effort ports.
I'm planning to get the Platinum for this and Persona 4 Golden again (did it once on Vita). P3P is definitely gonna take a while as when I played Persona 3 in the past one run took over 100 hours. P4G is shorter and I know that game so well at this point it should be quicker to Platinum. However I only played P3 once and with two runs for each character that will take plenty of my time. At least it will keep me busy while I wait for Like A Dragon Ishin.
I probably won't get to it right away but maybe someday during a game release drought. I never finished my P3P game on Vita with the female protagonist so I'd probably go that route first.
@thefourfoldroot1 it is on a portable, it’s coming to Switch lol definitely picking it up for that. Feels right to be on handheld
@ItsATM
Yeah, we could get it on switch I guess, but then you lose the entire trophy campaign…
I've actually booked 10 days off work for the (Re) release!
Safe to say I'm a fan.
I've never played these games before, but I've always wanted to try them.
I'm more interested in persona 4 than 3 tbh, but it seems like both games will be very demanding, by the time these release hopefully I will have some room to play persona 4 golden 🤞🤞
Beat the game twice? Guess I'll buy it zero times then and save myself the time.
100% run with one protag and quasi-speedrun with another. Shouldn't add too much time.
@Balosi Persona 5 only needs a single playthrough for platinum. After maxing everything, there's still like 1-1.5 months of extra time.
Why do 80% of JRPG trophy lists require more than 1 playthrough? So much content to attach trophies to and yet this just keeps happening.
It’s alittle annoying at least.
I tried four times to get the Persona 4 Golden platinum and Hardcore Risette foiled me every time. I'm sour the port has the same list but I might as well try again.
MegaTen platinums are a real test to obtain. There's a reason I only have all the trophies for Persona 5 Royal, which had a bizarrely generous trophy list, even compared to the original P5.
@thefourfoldroot1 I mean... PSP games didn't have trophies, either. Nothing did before the seventh gen, but you still enjoyed playing video games, right? They're nice to have, but if it's a game you want to play on a handheld, it makes more sense to grab the Switch version.
@Ralizah
That’s why I didn’t play it on the PSP (or VITA). Not the place for a trophy discussion really, but losing an entire trophy campaign means half a game for me. I know we didn’t have them in the past, but I wish we did. There are lots of mediocre games I could have enjoyed more, as well as lots of good and great ones.
I personally stopped caring for trophies after all i got for completing 22 platinum trophies in 2021 was an avatar. And in 2022 i got 0 plats and still got an avatar
@Milktastrophe nope, you need to beat the Twins in NG+ which requires you to play through Kamoshida’s Palace & also summon Satanael. So it requires a partial NG+ because both aren’t available in NG. Royal can be completed in 1 playthrough but the original P5 cannot.
Not surprising. I had to beat Persona 5 3x to get the platinum. My most played PS4 game I think, 400+ hours. And it was a pleasure for all the way.
@CWill97 And the original can be platined in 2 runs with a guide, as some things are missable, like the confidants and the school tests. Even the social stats of the protagonist don't max in the 1st run.
I cannot wait to play P4 again, its been like 12yrs since I played it.
P4 and P5 are made to be played multiple times. Is this surprising? I find NG+ playthroughs often the most fun.
@freddquadros you absolutely can max everything in a single run, and there's like 1-1.5 months of extra time. You can check this guide for the optimal route: https://psnprofiles.com/guide/7236-persona-5-complete-100-walkthrough
@CWill97 so not two playthroughs like OP originally claimed.
@Milktastrophe there's a couple trophies for the original, the twins fight as said, and a special persona I think that you only get quite far into a second run.
Edit : and that's not even mentioning that following a step by step guide really isn't the best way to play it first time round. Though I guess that's just opinion, maybe some people enjoy it.
Took me 3 runs of Demons Souls to get the plat just now. Don’t mind it at all when the trophies nudge you towards experimenting and trying new things each go around.
I don't mind that I need to beat the game twice, once per protagonist. Someone else said that Tartarus was tedious or something along those lines. I've never played any of the P3 games so I'll have to experience that for myself. I'll probably play P4G first though because that was the one that I was most interested in but I know I'll enjoy P3P as well.
@thefourfoldroot1 Man, I thought I was curmudgeonly but you take it to a whole new level . You can't enjoy games without trophies, you can't enjoy games if they're not VR. In sure in a year you'll be grumpy about VR too. Maybe it's time to take up stamp collecting.
@NEStalgia
Lol, I didn’t exactly say that. I can and do enjoy games without trophies (or to be more precise, games I already have the trophies for, or have no intention of going out of my way to get), I just don’t really have the need to start games without the feature given the hundreds of games I have in my backlog which do have that feature.
And, yes, I’m tired of the standard pancake game formula. But that’s not to say I won’t play them if they are within the genre or franchises I know I’ll like, it’s just that the complete lack of innovation - the cookie-cutter design - has led me to grow bored of most. VR on the other hand is completely fresh and still innovating. Reminds me of the days games where moving to “3D”, and many new thing were being tried. Plus, it’s just innately superior in terms of perspective and immersion. Couldn’t imagine enjoying platformers, racing games, flight games, horror games, and many other types, anywhere near as much in flat mode as I would in VR.
As to stamps - no trophies and completely pancake flat. You obviously weren’t listening, lol.
@Balosi Yes, I agree. I only followed a guide on the 3rd run, to max the confidants, find some unique persona fusions, etc. This game is so special that at least the 1st run should be done without guides. And a NG+ run is encouraged.
@thefourfoldroot1 You no longer play games, you play the trophy machine.
Ok, fishing then. It's not flat and theres trophies.
@NEStalgia
Games, trophy challenges, same thing, developer given tasks. A game with more enjoyable tasks and challenges is simply better than one with fewer, that’s all.
I enjoy fishing …but only in videogames.
I guess I won't be bothering with trophies for either game! Just gonna enjoy the story.
@thefourfoldroot1 "I enjoy fishing …but only in videogames"
But only if there's a dopamine feedback device in the form of a ding sound for doing so
@NEStalgia
Now you get it! I like to enjoy my games as much as possible! 👍
I barely have time to play it once let alone twice, the amount of games coming out in the next few months is ridiculous.
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