Topic: The Trophy Discussion Thread

@AgentCooper Cheers. To be fair Death March isn't that tricky, especially if I can do it as someone who very rarely goes anywhere near higher difficulty in games. I'd say putting a lot of skill points in Quen is a big help, getting it to the point where blocked damage also heals you is a big help. I generally make my fast attacks as potent as possible too, as heavy attacks will probably only land if your opponent is stunned or staggered. I personally found the skill that makes food heal for 20 minutes very useful as meditating doesn't heal. Other than that the usual rpg things of doing lots of side quests to level up quick, I ride around to all the noticeboards fairly early to see what contracts are available and when to do them. Oh yeah and places of power give you free skill points so are worth seeking out.
Best of luck whenever you get back to it.

@AgentCooper Good tips from @BearsEatBeets and the only thing I would add for anyone thinking of starting death march is that the first 5 levels are the hardest, in proper Souls fashion, and after that it is fairly medium difficulty although things can still kill you so save often.
Also there is an early quest (I think level 4) where you have to follow your friend, the witch (but a nice witch) into a cave. Make sure to save before this and ensure you are well stocked up and probably over levelled. This really caught me off guard on my first playthrough and I had to resort to an earlier save.
Plus there is a trophy for killing a contract without using magic or buffs, I made a save, lowered the difficulty and did I think the first contract. Get trophy, up difficulty and reload old save (the save should also up the difficulty but just to be sure). Of course you could make a save, wait till end and then get this...plus I think there are other opportunities which might be easier but I wanted this trophy done and dusted.
Oh and be sure to get the free level upgrades in the first area, around 5 I think.

Footnote. RPGs shouldn't have difficulty trophies. 😝

Congrats to everyone on your recent plats 👏

#22 Elden Ring - 108 hours, an absolute gem of a game and a real good effort for the platinum, I did save scum the 3 endings though because 3 playthroughs just wasn't on the cards for me

@MaulTsir Nice, congrats. I've still to platinum that, I got sidetracked by ps+ extra games. I'm was playing the PS4 version on ps5 for that 60fps goodness and plan to platinum it again when Fromsoftware nail the native ps5 version performance, which seemed unlikely at the time as From don't tend to ris those issues and sure enough I think the performance hasn't improved much (afaik).

@CaptD Yeah I'd agree the start of the game can be the trickiest until you've leveled up and unlocked some skill slots. I left that '2 contracts without all buffs' until after the main story as I still had about four contracts left over which were classed as a higher level and I didn't want to chance touching the difficulty slider, even with going back a save. Once I knew that Death March trophy was done I switched about with abandon for that one and that pesky 50 headshot kills, which I still think is the worst trophy in the game.
@AgentCooper White Orchard is the best place to knock out the 'All place of power buffs at once' trophy too as they are all fairly close together.

@MaulTsir Nice one with the Elden Ring platinum. Having to get multiple endings on large time sink rpgs is cheeky. I remember doing something similar with a deciding point save for all endings with Fallout 4.

@MaulTsir Congrats on making it through the game at last and for getting the big shiny too!

Have you got a nice palate cleanser to come up next or is it onto another big game?

@MaulTsir congrats mate, an awesome game… and one I’m looking forward to replaying for a second plat (on PS5) down the road. I save-scummed on PS4 and will do again on PS5 😉😉

I hadn't managed to check in here for a few weeks and wow it's insane the amount of action I've missed. Congrats to everyone who as achieved a platinum(s) since I last posted, especially @agentcoopjnr who must be over the moon with that Spider-Man plat.

I've just got one to add to the tally, #62 A Short Hike. A nice little palette cleanser of a game, not that I needed one as I haven't had chance to play anything sizeable in a while but if I had done it would have been perfect

@render Nice a short hike is on my list, it looks like a charming little game.

@MaulTsir Congratulations on that Elden Ring platinum, seems to be a really satisfying one across the board.

@BearsEatBeets @CaptD Thanks so much for the advice, I’m trying to resist caving to impulse and scrapping my current slate 😂

@render Well done mate! Looks a nice chill one and I’ll pass on your congrats to the youth, he was over the moon indeed 👍

Congrats @render, I actually have this lined up for later in the year… looks to be the perfect filler between grinds.

@render
Well done for #62. A game I only read positives things about and have to resist buying every time my wishlist notifies me is discounted.

@BearsEatBeets
Congrats on the Witcher one. A game I got bundled with my first PS4 all those years ago - was the only game I had for a week or two so I hammered it at the time. Don't think I came close to the plat though.

@MaulTsir
And anyone who platinums a FromSoft game gets a begrudging but massive respect as I doubt I'll ever have the talent or resilience to manage it.

I got the platinum in Yakuza 3. It took a billion hours, and I had multiple tantrums.

Congrats @johncalmc, sounds fun 🤣

@johncalmc Congrats, I can hear the npc now... "If sir has another tantrum then sir will be asked to leave this fine karaoke establishment"

@johncalmc Good job on Yakuza 3. Where are you getting all these billions of hours from???

If I got thrown out of the establishment for having a tantrum while trying to get a Yakuza platinum I would have been homeless ages ago. Those games have really rough platinums.

@sorteddan Thanks, honestly before I played Bloodborne I thought the same thing, I believe I would never have the skill or patience to even complete never mind Plat, I still don't have the skill but I've grown more patient! 🤣

@Thrillo I felt a little lost when I was finished and didn't really know what I felt like playing but I started Outriders for some meaningless shooting fun but I also started Tails of Iron, a nice little Indie game and honestly I've been really enjoying it

@johncalmc Nice one John-san 👍 sounds like a total hassle but a worthy one.

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Snagged plat #45 with Astro’s Playroom this morning, probably the funnest plat in my cabinet. I smiled an awful lot playing this. Top tier stuff 👍

@AgentCooper congrats mate. yeah it’s an absolute joy that one, glad you enjoyed.