Re: The Trophying/Achievement Thread

[BretBaber]

Got the Going Commando plat. On the Ni No Kuni thread give me your tips for the Alchemy trophy. Thinking about that one makes me want to cry.

[Motinator]

Do you know what the trick was? That's the only one I didn't get every skill point on of the first 3 Ratchet and Clank

[BretBaber]

I went really slow and tried my hardest not to knock anyone in the water. I used the visibomb gun, tesla claw, and the wrench. I used mainly the visibomb gun because it didn't really seem to push enemies into the water.

[Captain N]

I just went past 50% in trophies in Injustice, I think I may get the platinum trophy for it.

[BretBaber]

Playing Uncharted: Golden Abyss on crushing. On the last boss fight and it is royally pissing me off. I know I swipe right and it says I do not. The fight with Dante wasn't bad, sometimes it was just my mistake. This one though just feels like everything I do is wrong even though it is not.

[volvocrusher]

I thought both of them were terrible. Liked the game more on crushing because the rest of it was light on challenge, but fuck those parts.

[BretBaber]

I did end up beating it, found laying it on my lap was the best approach. It did make the game more challenging on crushing, but not to the point of frustrating. Minus those last two boss fights that is.

[TripOpt55]

We need a moratorium on all QTE Boss fights. QTEs are terrible. Replacing boss fights with QTEs are worse. QTEs featuring touch or motion gestures an even higher level of terrible. QTEs that don't recognize your swipes even when you do exactly what they say like the ones in Golden Abyss... just a special kind of terrible.

[Miraculous Kaydybug]

I see Fuse is full of trophies for its MP i know some people who are getting it/have but lol not enough for a full party at any given time.

[BretBaber]

I normally don't mind QTE's, but replacing boss fights is taking it too far. It was a little better when I played on normal and could make 3 or 4 mistakes though. I would have liked to have seen how they would have handled a boss fight though.

[pspiddy]

Trophies are so arbitrary. They make sense to me when I "ding" during normal gameplay, but most seem to be borderline ridiculous. I was looking at The Show Vita trophies and one is for throwing a combined no-hitter with two pitchers. Why? Unless there's an injury why would I do that?

Then there's the polar opposite in that I get a trophy for playing a game. Again, why?

I do like trophies. They're a nice bonus in modern gaming. I'd hate myself if I ever played a game just for trophies what with how lame some requirements are. Ratchet and Clank collection is a good example of trophies I like.

[Miraculous Kaydybug]

Getting trophy for biotic combos in ME2 was kind of like that for me. I play as an Engineer, and its just so fucking hard to time it with your party members cause they dont always use their powers instantly like Shepard does when you select them. I had to go out of my way to make sure my party members and enemies were in the right positions to make sure i could get the timing right for that it was so frustrating.

[BretBaber]

A game that really handles trophies well is The Last of Us, because it makes most of them hidden, and your first play through of the game isn't littered with dings. I love dings, but this game was better the first time without them. I'm sure most that have played the game will agree.

[Motinator]

I agree about Ratchet and Clank trophies being good. Platting A Crack in Time was tough even though I'd played all the Ratchet and Clank's before. But they were also all fair and fun to get at the same time. And I'd have plats for two of the PS2 games if they'd have trophies back then. Someday I'll do it on the HD collection

[volvocrusher]

One game I think that had trophies/achievements throughout that did it well was Mass Effect 2. Structured it so you got it after each mission but while the loading screen was on  there, so it gave just a little bit extra satisfaction while the others gave a challenge, without being annoyingly stupid (save the melee one). I still remember giving an "Awww" when I saw "Cat's in the Cradle" pop up after reuniting Thane with his son.

[BretBaber]

I concur with Volvo on trophies during loading screens as a plus. When they pop up during a story moment I find myself looking up to the right hand corner to see what's going on and pay no attention to the cut scene.

[Krubixcube]

yeah, I don't mind achievements but keep them out of the drama. Games like Rayman, I don't mind but story-focused stuff...ugh.

[TripOpt55]

I returned to Resogun after a week off and managed to get the platinum. After getting frustrated with the 1CC trophy (beat Experienced without continuing), I decided to jump up to Veteran. So when I returned to Experienced tonight it was a breeze. Only lost one life in the whole run where as before I was entering the final boss with no extra lives and messing up. I managed to even beat the boss without dying. 15 times multiplier was a little tough to get as well.

This was my first platinum in a while. I am also going to go after the Tearaway one. Just pretty much collectibles to grab at this point plus a couple silly ones that I need to clean up.

[BretBaber]

Congrats on the platinum. I wish I understood Resogun better, but I really don't. I have no idea what I'm doing in the game besides shooting shit that is coming at me.

[TripOpt55]

Thanks Bret! After playing so much Super Stardust, the basics of Resogun came naturally though it took a bit of learning and discussing it online with some people to get all the nuances of scoring and human saving.

Also I followed this up with a Tearaway platinum today!

[pspiddy]

I don't think I'll ever hunt for the Plat in Resogun. It would certainly be cool to have. But I only play in bursts with no real objectives. I like that it's one of those games you can play for fun or play competitively.

If you're having difficulty with it Bret, just remember to use the speed boost whenever you hear the voice tell you a human is free (whatever it says I can't remember). It makes you invincible while in action and recharges relatively quickly.

[BretBaber]

I think I'll be going for the platinum in Ratchet and Clank: Full Frontal Assault. Only 8 trophies away and they're all doable. If I need help I may call on you Trip for one of the trophies (you have to beat the developer times on 3 levels, I've already done 2). Not looking forward to the trophy where you have to hover boot, run, and glide for a certain amount of miles since there is no way of tracking this. I'll probably spend a good portion of today attempting this.

[BretBaber]

Just need one more trophy for the Full Frontal Assault platinum.  As it turns out I won't be needing Trip, I'll just need some patience.  The last trophy I need is the one I'm not looking forward to. Apparently I've glided for at least a quarter of a mile, I've done the running bit, and I have for sure done the hover boot for at least 50 miles but not more than 100 (need 112).  I wish 1 of the other 2 would tell you when you reach the milestone like the running one does, so I'll literally just be zipping around and flying for no reason.  Bummer deal, but platinum glory awaits!

[TripOpt55]

Nice. I never really took a run at that platinum. Sucks that there is a grind-y trophy.

[BretBaber]

Seems like they do it with all of the Ratchet games, but the worst was definitely the first game from the HD collection where you had to either make 1 million or 250,000 bolts. You hardly earn bolts in that game and I won't lie, I cheated to get it. Some people were saying they played through the game 4 times without it popping up. Bummer.

In the end, I really liked Full Frontal Assault. The multiplayer would be really fun if I still enjoyed playing multiplayer. There's a lot to do in the game to get your money's worth, but I believe the game launched for $20 so really you got your money worth right from the start.

[BretBaber]

Platinum Glory! I had to hover around for 2 hours until that stupid trophy popped up. Insomniac, stop making stupid grinding trophies like that.

[TripOpt55]

Congrats!

[BretBaber]

I will be drinking the finest wine out of my 20th platinum trophy. Success is sweet my friends.

[TripOpt55]

I decided to finally go back and get all the collectibles/singleplayer trophies I was missing in The Last of Us. It was kind of bugging me I never got them. I didn't look very hard on my two Survivor runs though because I was more worried about not getting caught in a bad spot supply/health wise (so I'd sneak by whole areas for instance). Anyway, I finished those trophies up today. Not sure I'll ever get the platinum just because it seems like it'd take a lot of time in multiplayer. Wish they were a little simpler like Uncharted's MP ones, then I'd have it.

[BretBaber]

What are the multiplayer ones? I didn't know there was one other than pick a faction or something like that.

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