The Tedious Cycle of Trophyhunting
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
- Trophyhunting has a tendency to become infuriating. As fun as the journey is, there are a lot of downsides that come into play. In this video, we discuss those.
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I do have over 1000 plats alot of shovel ware plats thou I have some decent plats aswell. Great video mate 👍👍
I think developers should focus less on quantity. Less trophies, but make them extremely challenging and fun to get.
@BLACK 🇺🇸 MAN I do agree mate there was a few enjoyer ones mate
Something I would do if I love the game and I wanted to platinum, depending on the requirements I would take a massive break from the game (couple of months or years) then return to attempt the platinum so I don’t end up getting sick of it quickly and I would have a blast attempting the platinum but games that requires extreme time dedication like red dead or gta or Valhalla is not worth it, the torture is not worth it.
Re the mental health, I determined what my goal was - what type of collection I wanted, after that there was never any problem. If you only want everything 100% then you'll have to deal with the consequences you talked about in this video.
If you want every trophy that exists and be at the top of trophy leaderboards you'll have to deal with the consequences of that goal.
I decided that I don't care about completion percentage, I don't care about trophy level, I don't care about how many platinums I have, what I care about is my list having what I believe are good quality games, and i'll attempt to plat them. If it's not fun to work on it, I won't.
I popped my first trophy june 2009, first plat jan 2010, got my account permabanned in 2014 for experimenting with jailbreaking - I didn't realise the consequences. I lost 5 years of trophies and spent the next 5 years not even looking at another trophy. I gave up. That was too much for me. Finally in 2019 I realised wait a minute, just because I lost 10 years of progress, why can't I just start over again now?
As a result of losing my account and turning my back on trophies, when I started again fresh in 2019, I found what I loved again. And my experience in losing progress made me feel super patient and able to just know when to quit either if I didn't like a game or no longer wanted to play it.
I put 3000 hours into GTAV before unlocking the platinum. I'm still only 92% because I can't be bothered to do the Doomsday Heist. My friends all stopped playing and I don't enjoy that aspect of the game doing heists with randoms, so I'm not going to do it.
Sometimes it takes a cold hard think about priorities to leave something alone. I want those Doomsday trophies, but only if it will be fun to do it with friends. If and when that day comes, then I will do it. If that day doesn't come, I'm not doing it with randoms. I'm at peace with the 92%
The newer RE games are really fun to platinum/100% because most of the trophies gives you new tools to play with in-game to make it more fun. And some trophies pushes you to play the game in ways you probably wouldnt have done if not for the trophies. Replaying the game so many times works in this case because when you play it on repeat playthroughs you realise that the game is pretty short if you know what to do. Online trophies are the absolute worst ones and can definatly ruin a game.
Currently going for KO City before the serversnshut down. It's pretty painful.
Totally agree
I disagree. This new RE4 Remake makes you finish the game like 5 times. Good lord, imagine finishing a big game like that 5 times, even if you rush it's a big pain in the butt. For me a good platinum is finish once on normal, finish once on hard and that's it.
I was gonna plat 7 and 8 but I hate having to replay games 4 games so I said fuck that
@@masonhunt4941 I'm trying to go for DMC 5. But I can't play it for longer than an hour, I get really bored. It's especially annoying since you have to play the game a minimum of 6 times. Also S ranking a mission is so confusing because the new style point system is *FUCKING AWFUL*
Worse trophies are luck base ,grind and online.
online is worse imo
I think maybe this speaks to a larger problem with the trappings of a trophy hunter mentality, like people feeling the need to platinum everything they play, or only play games they can platinum and ignore everything else (even if they really want to play it). We’ve all been there before, but I always try to remind myself that trophies should never supersede fun and enjoyment of gaming. Fun always comes first.. Quite simply put, you shouldn’t be pushing yourself to pursue trophies if you aren’t enjoying it.
There’s also other things you can do to combat tedium and fatigue. For example, I actually just finished a 200+ hour platinum last night that most people would find incredibly tedious, but I loved every second of the journey. Why? Because I spread it out over several months. I played & platinumed other games in between whenever I felt like it, and sometimes I took breaks from trophy hunting/gaming entirely for a few days at a time. If you don’t push yourself past the point of enjoyment, it won’t feel tedious and mentally exhausting, it remains fun and fresh the way it should always be. Just my 2c
I had a similar experience with RDR2. Was pretty done with it after completing the story. Returned to it months later to platinum and loved it. Would lowkey platinum it again. It's a strange thing
You put it perfectly
I also spread out the time between platinum or trophy hunting for several months on end and taking days off from gaming as I feel I would be burned out or just not interested in the game anymore, (not doing it intentional, just something I do regularly) I want to keep having fun with the games I have and not go for chasing platinums or trophies that I don't want or like doing, waste of time really.
R6 siege is the only game that I've gotten platinum and played more than 50 hours(800+)
A good rule to follow is to only collect trophies on a second playthrough, and only if the game is great. Otherwise you are basically working for the game.
Best advice here
thats what i do. I did it with RE4 RE2 GOW R and much more
@@chantier24 Not for everyone. Many gamers are working adults with families who don't have the time we used to in our teens or university days. It's a waste of time to do an extra playthrough if you have a backlog of games.
@@zanfear I agree. If you lack time then you probably shouldn’t trophy hunt to begin with.
oh for sure i need to apply myself this rule with new game just play story for first time the way you want them and after that go for trohpy that way you can enjoy story first and after you are done go for platium
I've had a love/hate relationship with trophies over the years. I used to check the trophy list before I started a game and if the difficulty was too hard I wouldn't even start it. This caused me to miss out on a few great games just because I knew I wouldn't be able to get the platinum.
This all changed when I was playing Saints Row Gat out of Hell, I was youtubing the collectibles but hated every minute and just thought why am I doing this.
Now I play whatever games I fancy whether they are 9/10 or 2/10 difficulty because at the end of the day, no one really cares how many virtual trophies you have.
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@@JapaneseWithPJ nop. Still a sick way to go about it. Still the wrong mindset
@@JapaneseWithPJ that’s still an obsession with trophy hunting.
Should've just made a secondary account to play the games you don't want associated with your main account.
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Trying to go for Platinum in a first playthrough of a game is a recipe for disaster and distracts your enjoyment of a game because you're focused on getting everything right the first time. I generally avoid Trophy guides on a first playthrough and just play the game blind to enjoy it to its fullest, though I do check the Trophy list for any online stuff.
I completely agree with Detroit: Become Human. Just started it 3 days ago but I looked at the trophies and once I saw that ALL of the trophies were missable, I’ve struggled to keep playing. Having so many paths to go down and so many trophies is just so overwhelming and I’m not sure if I can keep going for the platinum. Thinking about continuing Deathloop but the fear of losing all the weapons I have collected to a mine I didn’t see or Julianna killing me just kinda puts me off, but regardless I will platinum both games. They each have their enjoyable moments and both stories are unique and different from others.
I got platinum for DBH a few days ago and It was very jarring
I platted dbh when it came out and I really don’t remember it being that bad. The games chapter select makes it easy, just use a guide that tells you the most efficient way to go about it.
might be too late but theres a way to turn of julianna invasions in deathloop
Funny thing actually, after posting this I started playing Deathloop and it’s really enjoyable. I only got 4 trophies left (including the Golden Loop Update ones) and Julianna isn’t really a threat to me anymore. Now an invasion is just a way for me to get more rewards and practice before I go for Clean-ish Hands (the trophy where you must kill all visionaries and no eternalists in a single loop). And I have tried to turn off Julianna invasions with Friends Only mode, but it keeps bringing in an AI so I put on Single Player Mode.
I finished my first playthrough on Detroit three days ago, now I'm going for the plat. I don't think it'll be that bad, I like to see different outcomes. but it's sad that I have to kill Connor over and over again
is for sure rewarding getting that platium trophy but also that grind can ruin games for you as story wise for me i have goal to get specific number of platium and once i get that number of plat gonna stop trophy hunting for while so i can focus mostly on story but if i wanna continue i need to focus first on story and play as i want it for sample detroit become human i should i have play first my way and then go for trophys after !
Didn't expect this video to be so good and assertive. You talked about all the main points and problems in terms of trophy hunting and it's a good reminder for everyone, including myself.
Thankyou 🙏🏻
Honestly, this just touched me and made me feel like giving trophy hunting another go remembering all the times i wanted to give up but somehow still platinumed a game.
I relate to what you said in this video, there are times when i'm trophy hunting when it just feels so exhausting, annoying, and tedious. For example right now I'm currently going for the FF7 Remake platinum, I absolutely love the Final Fantasy franchise especially 7's universe. However for the last month or two it has felt like a chore to 100% the game, I've found myself drifting to different games to to try and avoid it all together, however I feel like I am unable to fully devote myself into the new games because I haven't 100% FF7 Remake. On the Brightside though I was finally able to beat the Pride and Joy Prototype which has been the main source of my problems for the last month or two so I feel like I am now one step closer in being able to platinum the game and overcome all of these downsides. (Great video by the way!)
I literally just got the platinum on FF7R a couple days ago and I relate about the pride a joy trophy I was probably stuck on that for at least a month and it was so frustrating since I only had that and the hard mode trophy left but it was so satisfying to finally finish it, especially when I beat sephiroth as Aerith with only 1 HP.
My biggest problem with this game is Jules kicking my ass 🙈
Im dying right now star ocean 5 I regret it especially if I don't like the game that much or whatever games in the future I'm stuck for at least 10hrs a day.
I feel your pain on Valhalla. When a game has a gazillion more collectables than really necessary, I feel personally attacked by the devs. (I'm only half-joking)
As someone with around 600 plats and no shovelware nothing hurt more than returnal. I had to grind biome 2 for close to 30 hours for the last log to spawn in
I feel you on that one
Mad respect for no shovelware at that level. That puts you in very elite company. There’s very few people with that many trophies who haven’t padded their list with tons of shovelware and stacks.
Huge props for the No shovelware policy. I would love to scroll through your profile to find new gems in case you wouldn’t mind sharing that here. Regardless, one BIG bravo, Sir. 🤝
@Joe bt thank you! Account is currently suspended as I moved countries and they assumed I'd been hacked which sucks. Generally my shortest plat is astro playroom I believe. But I've done all gtas, every rogue like/lite around. All ubisoft games pretty much except valhalla ( fuck that game) haha
We only so much in this world there's zero good reason to put 30h for one single collectible
I've decided to do these "collectathons" in multiple sessions, I play around 3 games at a time to avoid burnout, even though my backlog is enormous 😹. But I enjoy gaming so much now because I allow myself to enjoy games and accomplish my trophy hunting goals
I wish I can have the same mentality as you
I have to finish one game by i5s own and one multi-player game besides
Play to your heart’s content.Don’t force yourself to play. What you could do is pace yourself. For example what I did for Ragnarok was complete one map section and then the next day I work on the next section. I usually play Valorant or another game.
I think the ones that can ruin a game for me are the trophies that almost require you to be the best in the world. It's a common issue with a lot of shoot em ups (which are my favorite games). Like, getting a Platinum in Akai Kitana and Deathsmiles will never happen. The score requirements are nuts. Which for me should be doable. I have top 5 leader board rankings in several of these games... but nope.
If I remember correctly, one of the Elder Scrolls games requires you to be #1 in the world for a trophy... like wtf
Yea that's bananas. There were a few 360 Era sports games with that. I guess only 5 people get to have it lol
@@SANDREZZ you need to be emporer in Elder scrolls online which is terrible grind or you have to pay for a group to carry you
Great video! You explained it wondefully and I pretty much agree with everything you said. I love trophy hunting and have played some of the best games that I wouldn't have even played if it wasn't for my love of trophies.
Trophies don't exist for me. I will play a game how I want and if I get trophies doing things, that's ok too. I was surprised to see a group dedicated to trophy hunting before. But if it allows you to maximize your purchase, go for it. Just don't burn yourself out in the process.
I love trophy hunting. Like you said, since getting serious about completing games, I have discovered some amazing games that I would have never even considered were it not for the platinum experience. I have also pushed myself to the limit. Completing games like Super Meat Boy and The Binding of Isaac have shown me what I am capable of if I put my heart and soul into something. The only two issues I have had with trophy hunting is becoming addicted to the cheap, easy, press x for platinum games. An addiction I am happy to say I have kicked. The second issue, which is still ongoing, is my inability to enjoy games without trophies. I used to be able to fire up my switch or my evercade and have a great time on Pokémon or Mario or some fun nes/snes games but now that I trophy hunt…if the hunt isn’t there….then the game ceases to be relevant. Thanks for an insightful and thought provoking video mate 😊
Games not having trophies is a great point! I have a similar experience in that
Yeah i completely agree. Was playing Breath of the wild on switch and was enjoying it. But I felt something was missing and got bored and eventually gave up.
Recently been thinking a lot about collectables in games. They are mostly not fun for me but my mind just keeps pushing me to collect them, so to balance it i want to try to collect all the possible things for example in one region of the game world and then decide is it worth it do to the same in all the regions? I really enjoyed collecting backpacks in Spider Man 2018 for exmaple, they give a good amount of interesting insight to Peter's life before the game starts and they are easy enough to collect.
The worst is when you play a game that you really came to love and because of some tedious trophies, the game ends up becoming resented. Detroit was the best example, loved the experience and the story but as soon as one pixel of that platinum notification come up, I was out and the game was deleted 😂
I consider online trophy to be a crime against humanity.
You know full well that at some point the online is gonna shut down and it will be lost forever 😤
Fucking hate most collectables. Finished Mafia Remake and the collectables were dreadful. Give me difficulty related trophies, give me a challenge, but don’y expect me to roam around the open world with a YT guide open on my phone, that stinks
I guess all I can say is this...if you no longer enjoy trophy hunting, then stop. Whether long term or momentarily, stop.
Trophy hunting is just a hobby, not an obligation. If you are feeling burnt out or are not enjoying it anymore, don't force yourself to continue. At the end of the day, we are playing games to enjoy them. Many of us may add additional challenges or goals on top of that (be it speedrunning, challenge runs, trophy hunting, etc) but we shouldn't let those activities become the focus over just enjoying the experience of playing a game.
Not every game is suitable for trophies. And even the games that are, the trophy requirements themselves might not be good either. If trophies are becoming too much to do, don't do them. Just play the game until you feel satisfied and then move on.
It's a bit trickier if it's become an addiction, as it certainly has for some, so it's best to try to start taking steps to separate yourself from it. Take breaks if you have to. Just finished getting a platinum? Take 1-2 days off from trophy hunting to do other stuff and refresh. Multiple long breaks. As with any hobby we love doing, focusing too much on it for too long can induce burn out.
It's all about moderation and remembering why we enjoy playing in the ways we do.
What I started doing is using a secondary profile on my PlayStation to just play the games I don't want associated with my main account. All games (even PS+ games) from the main account can be accessed by all other users on the same PlayStation.
The only thing I hate about trophy hunting is online trophy requirements I was gonna go after shadow of war but it has an online trophy but the online servers got shut down.
It surely is the problem. I started trophyhunting back in 2016. And my first like 10 platinums were those games I pretty much liked. But now... now I start only those games I can platinum, those that don't take much time or effort and so on. It's kinda wrong, because gaming should always be about joy, competition, challenge, emotions, but not the feeling of completing every game. Recently I've platinumed Avengers, not that bad game, but there are a lot of irritations in this game, and I've spent 60 hours on just a grindy process.
That is why, I think we should reconsider going after platinums, and try whatever game you may like, but platinum only those that you truly like and the desire to platinum it comes from within.
This was definitely a video that I need to watch, I’ve been mentally struggling lately about trophy hunting and comparing my account to other accounts on PSN profiles and thinking I’m not good enough to be a high rank
Absolutely agree with you
I used to play only 1 or 2 games mainly fps , then feelings of satisfaction of getting trophies made me explore more generas I wouldn't try before.
Then the unfortunate status now that before starting new game I have to look for the trophies guide and see if it's obtainable and if not most of the time I drove away like wolfenstien games most of the souls etc
It's a weird cycle 😂
I earned my first Platinum trophy in 2015 which was Until Dawn. My trophy hunting really picked up in 2020 during the pandemic. Today I have 278 Platinum trophies and hoping to get to 300 Plats by the end of the year. I am on a little hiatus after grinding out the trophies on my latest Platinum which was Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories!
I got 5 platinum trophies right now
Platinum trophy is addicting but will ruin your life make u become broke better just get a second job instead
I used to play any game really and just go for the plat. I was head on with the trophies. I enjoyed some of them but mostly i put myself through grindy and tedious games which made me hate most of the games i played and i got burnt out. I currently have 84 plats and honestly the games i really enjoy must be 20-30 of them. I stopped caring about the number and the grind in general. If it ain't a game i love i won't plat it. The game that broke me and made me quit this habbit was ghostwire tokyo. This game is so borringly grindy that made me wake up(never got the plat for it , fuck this game). Now i just hunt the games i WANT and love. It ain't worth the time boys.Unless you get paid for it.
I relate so much to this. I feel like I have a tendency in life to make things work, especially games. Like I need to do it the right way and that is completing the game in a certain order and platinuming it. I kind of feel like Trophy Hunting for me is like a form of OCD. I kind of have this same problem in like TV or books where things NEED to be done in a certain way or order while I should just realize fun is the main goal.
As weird as it may sound, Trophyhunting used to ruin games for me. Whenever I played a game, it was with the goal of platinuming it and then never touching it again. It really ruined the fun of taking my time and actually enjoying the game. There were so many games that I rushed through just to get the platinum and then never play again. I still go for platinums occasionally but only for games that I really love such as Yakuza and Earth Defense Force. I try to play the game normally once, and then go back and obtain all the trophies on my next playthrough. For really long games like Yakuza, I will go out of my way to obtain missable trophies on the 1st playthrough but that's it. So yeah, I think trophyhunting is a great thing as long as obtaining the platinum isn't your 1 and only priority
It's such a weird addiction to Platinum. I found that I was playing mediocre stuff just to Platinum it, and not replaying older stuff because I did Platinum it.
Nowadays, I try to say screw it. The experience is what matters. And I'll Platinum it only if it is streamlined to Platinum like Ghost of Tsushima or Spider-Man.
Bro im honestly addicted to trophy hunting, i cant stop myself from platinum any game i start no matter how tedious it is, I had more fun with games before.
The next year I will complete the 10th Year of my trophy hunting and I agree 100% with you that's why I never reached 100 trophy I just got 60 because I only do what I love and when I think am playing for the platinum I just stop playing
If you dont want to platinum or collect trophies , theres a way to disable trophies notification
Nah, hard disagree.
Its about living and existing in an amazing world for even longer. Not blasting through as quick as possible.
That's the ideal outcome most of the time
I’m an avid trophy hunter, but i do draw lines, dishonoured trials of dunwall does live rent free in my head, but i’m not playing 100hrs of challenges to unlock 5 bronze and silver trophies. I find trophy collecting fun- if it isn’t- what’s the point. I’m
YO I JUST GOT A PLATINUM TO END THE VIDEO? LEZZ GOOOOOOOOOOOO 🔥
Real one
I have 7 platinum trophies my first was sly 2 remastered on the ps3, my latest was the Uncharted legacy of thieves collection, the one I’m most proud of was Red Dead Redemption 1. Let me tell you a LOT of time was put into collecting those trophies 🏆
You never play 2 huge games back to back, unless if you aren't going for the platinum. If you going for the Plat, you gona get tired AF at the end and hate everything 😅
This is why I don't consider myself a trophy hunter (I'm fairly new to the PlayStation community) I will only go for the platinum trophy if the game isn't too difficult, unmissable trophies, no multiplayer or difficulty related trophies. That's why I really enjoyed Spider-Man PS4. I love the game and 100%'d but getting the platinum felt good. So I will only go for platinum trophies if they seem manageable to me or if I really, really love the game. Spider-Man PS4 is that. So whenever I get a new PS4 game I'm going to focus on beating it and maybe just maybe I'll give the platinum a shot
I like getting platinums on games I really love. Like Shadow of the Colossus, Elden Ring and Final Fantasy games. But generally I don’t care about trophy hunting. My problem is that most platinums require you to do tedious tasks and it turns the game into a checklist/walkthrough. I just can’t enjoy games like that at my own pace
Platinum hunting for me started when I beat the final boss within a few weeks. I game a lot so it can be an expensive hobby when I finish a game so quickly. So I started trophy hunting. But I always ignore the trophies in my first playthrough. And luckily 9 out of 10 times I’m enjoying the games I play. And it’s ok to play a game twice for the trophies. But now I’m unlucky. I always wanted to play the game Prey (2017). Yes the game is good, but a few things are a gamebreaker for me. I’m not going into details. So that’s one thing. Second, I have to beat the game like 4 times. Yes there is a way with smart use of manual saves to do it in 2,5 playthroughs and using a good guide, but I don’t like that. I finished the game 1 time now and I’m not looking forward to play it 2,5 times again. Yes I beat the game once, but I still have to go for 2,5 playthroughs for the platinum. I did too much wrong in my first playthrough.
And I thought 100%ing terraria was the hardest game I would have to grind for
Outriders, a game I gave a chance and am 2 trophies from the platinum. I will not be farming 1000's of kills with lesser skills to get it.
I got the Valhalla platinum and genuinely despised the game when I finished it.
Having a (new) job is also a struggle in regard to gaming. Always feeling too sleepy and exhausted for gaming which makes me sad. I can imagine having children or other duties makes it even harder to keep on gaming regularly. But maybe it’s also a chance to cherish gaming again not reducing to tedious trophy hunting every single day as it used to be before?
The most important thing about gaming is how much you enjoy playing game and how long you have played that game..Trophies are waste of time
Yeah, I only go for platinums if I really like the game..
I dont go for the dumb small games.
If you don't like the game, why go for a platinum just to see a number go up when it doesn't matter
Ik vindt het persoonlijk niet erg om veel collectibles te paken maar niet te veel zoals valhalla
*vind
My first platnum trophy was In 2021 Re3R realy enjoyed the game and decided to go the extra mile In 2023 I decided to make a new account since I used my old account for both casual gaming and trophy Hunting purposes, when I got more into trophy Hunting the ammount of imcomplete games was frustating like Over 300 só I decided to start over I am now at 54 plats
I'm technically not a trophy hunter, I have 16 platinums and 3 of them are recent. Ghost of Tsushima, Mafia Definitive Edition and Robocop Rogue City. Working on Mafia 2 Definitive Edition and South Park Stick of truth, so i'll plat Fractured but whole aswell. I just plat things I enjoy/ been a fan of. Mafia 2 feels like work tho, I have 1 trophy for the plat left (find 189 wanted posters) and one dlc trophy for 100% (drive 500 miles or something stupid thats gonna take ages lol) 1000 miles :( it don't count towards the plat but I can't have a plat sitting next to a number that ain't 100% like slight OCD
In my opinion I enjoyed times when you were sitting in front of tv playing on PS1, and the game would be spiderman collecting comics without even knowing where they are and it was fun, now those achievements make games too difficult especially devil may cry 4, 5 and other games that requires you to do crazy stuff like killing bosses with sss style get s rank on all levels and difficulties that is just crazy, no way I will do these achievements, I rather play on PS1 and clear breath of fire 3 that I would consider an achievement because I have never cleared this game, I already heard that story of this game is amazing, that is why I will try to clear breath of fire 3. Good thing I"am leaving steam at least I won't have to bother with these achievements and be constantly online to play games I love, I can do it offline Playing my favourite PS1 games with which I grew up with.
Do NOT read the trophy list before you finish your first playthrough. I nearly ruined so many perfectly good games doing so.
Right now, I have trophy notifications turned off completely for my first run through FF7 Rebirth and I'm having a wonderful time with it!
A month or two after the new lords of the fallen came out, I was one playthrough and ab 4 trophies from 100% (after 2 playthrough already) decided to take a break before finishing, I come back and there's ab 12 more added achievements, gave up on that one, more than 3 playthroughs is too much for me personally
AC Valhalla is probably the most tedious and soul crushing game I have ever played so far. I platinumed AC Mirage and I am still not done Valhalla. I don't even think I will finish it anymore.
Dude i stumbled upon this video 'cause I'm thinking myself to make a new account, but I don't know if I should!
I don't wanna do it because of what other people think of my completion percentage, I couldn't care less.
It's because of my OCD! I can't stand those 1% trophy lists!
I just want everything neat and clean.
But at the same time I've got trophy lists on my main account like FFX REMASTERED or DEMON'S SOULS that I wouldn't want to do all over again to be honest.
So I don't really know what to do!
If only Sony would give us that damn option to delete trophy lists man!
i personally dislike the AC platinums. Everything just feels so slow in these games… and i’ve played RDR2
I might be in the minority but I like collect-a-thon games. It’s my zen place to throw on a podcast, turn my brain off, and grind away..
I play what i want & platinum what i want.
Just recently got a PS5, so now i can play the PS5 Versions of games that gave both PS4 & PS5 Versions.
In the span of a week i replatinumed the PS5 Versions of MLB 21, 22, 23 and Miles Morales Spider-Man.
I quit chasing the platinum for RDR2 because of the skinning animals one and the 100% which is ridiculous: you have to beat every challenge and some of them are RNG (Gambler’s). I can’t spend 20+ hours on boring stuff like that.
Getting all the gold medals was fun, though.
Take it from someone who's been trophy hunting since 2009, it isn't worth it at all. I nowadays platinum only games I like and only if they're reasonable. My last few platinum includes are games I really liked. I stopped caring about platinums since 2020 when Assassin's Creed Odyssey broke me, it took too many hours to 100% that game, to the point I abandoned AC Valhalla cause I don't want to deal with it's trophies
Can’t tell you how many times I’ve not played a game due to the trophy list or time involved.
My first platinum was Sly Cooper 1 on ps3 when I was a kid/tween
My brother platinumed sly 2 and I wanted my own victory.
My first ps4 plat was Bloodborne.
I 1000g’d Valhalla on Xbox. Lost my 100% due to dlc. Sold my Xbox. Never AC again. Didn’t even liked it half way.
well idk...collectibles are the easiest kind of trophies. Just open map and collect. It is kinda boring but its not that hard to complete. :D And you are after that proud that you went through all that crap. There is alot of things you can do. Listen to audiobook, listen to podcast, listen to new music, while doing collectibles. First playthrough enjoy the game. Dont rly think about trophies (only if you want) second playthrough do cleanup.
I agree you should just plat the games you love. I 100% Valhalla trophies because I just loved that game. Ghostwire goes way faster than you think. I think I got the plat after like 34 hours
Like has been emphasized, fun is main driving force / reason to play game, get trophies, etc.
However, maybe we are looking at it wrong.
We are looking at it in a way that it needs to be fun, rather than just having fun with it.
It may sound simple, but I think we have just got so caught up with day to day life that we forgot what it is like to have fun.
I completely understand the pain of ac valhalla platinum me myself just pushed the L3 forward in direction of collectible with phone in other hand
I consider 100% completion being beating the hardest superboss or the hardest difficulty, I don't care about platinums
That was very interesting. My own experience is I've never been much of a trophy hunter. I'm an end credits guy. I also only ever play 1 game at a time. I will replay games multiple times occasionally but never for trophy hunting. Always because I want to live in that world again.
I have a big pile of story games and it keeps getting bigger. I'm at a point where i don't even enjoy the games anymore. That's why i stopped completely. I can't even play a game anymore without thinking about getting the platinum and without it affecting my playstyle, because i want to get as much missable trophies as i can. It really sucks and i can't do anything about it. I don't even touch a lot of games if the trophy requirements are too time consuming and even if tell myself that i can do the platinum later if i want to, i remember that games like WATCH_DOGS have shitty multiplayer trophies that will be unavailable after a time.
To anyone that wants to hunt for trophies, i wouldn't recommend it in any way, because it almost always affects the way on how you play the game. But even if you do, make sure it doesn't get out of hand, because it ruins everything for you.
Games with good platinum grinds should make the rest of the game more fun. Not make you hate the game by the time it's done. Yakuza 7 had such a fun platinum trophy. I would have skipped all thw mini games if I hadn't needed to play them
Man I love this video, trophy hunting is truly a double edged sword with an honestly easy fix. Trophy lists should be more a play all the stuff or master the game. It’s honestly why I enjoy doing some games that are online MP trophies. I’ll used my latest platinum Evil Dead as an example, it was mainly a play and enjoy all aspects of the game to unlock the trophies. A collectable trophy turns me off games very fast. I loved the Witcher 3 until I had to force the last 3 trophies. Now I can barely want to touch it to play the dlc
I think the most important thing about games is enjoyment, i only go for platinums if the trophies are appealing to me. I know of people who buy games because it is an easy plat, not because the game is fun but only to make a number go higher. Games are supposed to be entertainment and played how you like to play them. And it’s easy to say maybe but don’t turn it into work. If you don’t feel like doing something in a game, you don’t have to do it.
First platinum I got not even a week ago and it was shadow of Mordor. I’m now trying to platinum the multiplayer game smite. Also started shadow of war as well. For some dumb reason I also started crash 4 and I don’t know why because there’s no way I’m getting the plat I’m literally struggling on regular levels and now it’s gonna annoy the hell out of me that it’s there on the list but it’s not gonna have a trophy. Which with my perfectionist ass probably means I’ll just delete the fucking profile completely and be done with getting trophies.
its funny how most story games have the exact same platinum layout, none try to be any different
This may seem hard to understand but just don’t platinum every game, especially AC Vahalla. Few have even completed Vahalla. It is really not that difficult to understand. Play what you wanna play and be done with it. The trophies are meant to be hard or tedious, if you don’t want that than don’t do it. You literally have a choice.
I love trophy hunting. But the only issue that kind of breaks it for me is the collectible ones and the missable trophies. If the devs could stop this nonsense everyone would be much happier. Almost forgot maybe just as bad as missables are the multiplayer trophies.
Normally i skip games which has too many collectibles if im not a really fan of them, for eksample uncharted games i play no matter what, bur collectibles and mp in then sucks…
I'm experiencing gaming burnout right now and I believe it's completely because of trophy hunting.
Taking a break is important
This vidio perfectly described what i was feeling but couldn't have put into words properly thanks for reminding me and other by this important vidio
I have over 60 perfect games over many platforms and I been trophy hunting since the ps3 days. The only requirements are that I like the game enough and it doesn't have absurd or very frustrating achievements.
As much as I love trophy hunting the ONE thing that has to stop is the ridiculous amount of collectables in a game anything in the high hundreds is just absurd. AC valhalla is just disgusting in terms of collectables. RDR 2 as much as I love it and my personal favorite game of all time it was tedious at the end and drove me crazy but eventually when the plat came through I was more happy it was over than a sense of achievement.
Trophies can ruin a game. For me, trophies ruined the Arkham games. Platinum(ing) them back to back is exhausting and made me hate the series.
Quality over quantity on platinums for me. I only have 14 but from games I love and not bs like “My name is Mayo”
I'm burnt out with trophy hunting especially with likes of jedi survivor locked me out of one trophy when I completed it first when only had two left managed to get that done but messed up on last trophy now and it's made me not enjoy the game
Lol Detriot is easy bro just restart a chapter u don't have to play the whole game.
Im probably the only person to ever say this but my first 100% achievements game was Gotham knights I really liked that game
I started trophy hunting accidently.
Grew up poor asf and couldn't afford any new games so just played the the living shit out of the few games that I had😅
After just under 2 years I got 115 platinums and I'm getting burnt out I just wish I could go back to try a a game and if I like it beat it move on if not I try another instead if I start a game I must platinum it. I've chored my way through so many games I was not enjoying after 20 hours. It's rare I find a game that keeps me interest after that. Another thing that gets to me is now I'm starting to look into completion percentage and now all those games had dlcs that either I just skipped or don't own and all the games I tried before I started trophy hunting and it drives me crazy and I get overwlemed like today I really want to try some new games but I can't because I have unfinished games and I should go clean up my list
In 2017 i got a ps4 for christmas and with it came three games the last of us uncharted 4 and rachet and clank but back then i was only playing it for fun but then 4 years later out of nowhere in 2021 i was replaying rachet and clank and i thought why not get all the trophies and after that i started plat hunting multiple games for example uncharted 4 and tlou which was the most difficult for me
I have the Detroit become human Plat I use to be addicted to that game to the point of speedrunning it somehow XD, but Detroit does need dedication to get 100% but I do encourage you to try to get it, seeing the different endings and choices you never picked is amazing to see! And once you get to the end and see the platinum it’s so refreshing
I will at some point. Some point....
Returnal is just tedious because it’s a roguelike and everyone knows roguelikes are infamous for their platinum trophy
I have around 100 plats too, and certainly before got some games like my name is mayo, but mostly i plat a game when i like the game enough, for example i hated alan wake remastered so i didn't even finish dlc
there's far to many people who shouldn't be trophy hunting in the first place. if it's so awful just do something else, it's honestly that simple. i don't understand the same complaints over and over again