Happy New Years, everyone! Here are three more platinum summaries!

Well, took a dang long time and consumed the remainder of 2016, but I swore I'd squeeze out at least one more platinum trophy from my game systems before the ball dropped on that year, sooooooo...

#43 - Hitman GO: Definitive Edition

Not a big fan of the Hitman games, but this platinum was really easy to do if you follow a guide giving every solution to every puzzle. Only a few trophies were not in a guide but you can get them very easily. I did fail a couple of puzzles because I wasn't reading the solution right, but that's a typical thing to go for. And it was cheap: $7.99 on the PSN store. :)

#44 - inFAMOUS: Second Son

Placeholder, but I felt sort of the same way after going through Expert Mode and getting sniped a LOT.

For the record, I had not expected to touch this series. Yes, it's an exploration-based adventure game where you power your character up and get collectibles and whatnot, but the whole place was... not my style. The whole idea of Conduits didn't really stick with me. I think it's because the first two inFAMOUS games were so bad that Second Son was hard to grasp. But I needed a game starting with the letter "I" for my PIKACHU project and the only other options were Invizimals(which is dopey) and... ICO. X(

Luckily, I found a Let's Play by that master of comedy, kalonZombie. His voice is hilarious and he makes even a dark gritty game like this one feel light and hilarious with his guest commentators. He also did the Ratchet and Clank series, and that made him one of my top Youtuber Let's Players in my honest opinion. (He is just finishing up a Let's Play of the Ratchet and Clank: The Movie: The Game for PS4 and he's still got it.)


Another thing I despise about games like this are you have to go through both evil and good karma paths to get 100%, which I hate. I do not love being evil and bloodthirsty, and having to kill innocent civilians is a sin which I fear for my soul. But I got through it super-fast and just went to healing the innocents instead. ^_^

Great game, might try First Light as I love Fetch. ;)

And finally...

#45 - Adventures of Mana

(I love the way that Sumo is about to be crushed by a rock. ^_^)

A faithful remake of the original Game Boy game Final Fantasy Adventure for the PS Vita. I didn't realize what it was until I started playing it. I got through it with the help of the Mana Relay race by RPG Limit Break and compared the games. It's amazing. I couldn't do it all in one go as there are four trophies that require hours of real life grinding. Also missed a weapon after going through Dime Tower and had to redo Dime Tower after picking up the Demon Axe.

But all in all, an easy game and fun. I think I only died once. ;)

That's it for 2016! Happy New Years to everyone reading this and may 2017 be filled with more platinums. I intend to get my 50th soon. :D

#42: Dragon Quest Builders

On this day five years ago, the Playstation Vita came out in Japan. In honor of that, I made my next platinum be a game which is part of the most popular RPG franchise in Japan... Dragon Quest! ^_^

 

Happy birthday, PS Vita, and may the light be your guide. :)

The PIKACHU Project

As you readers may know, I tend to be... distracted a lot when going for platinums and end up forgetting about my goals until it's too late to do anything about them.

NO MORE. I have a flawless plan to get at least seven platinums in the next three months and it's...

PIKACHU.

Yeah, you heard me right. I will be platinuming seven games in a thing I call "The PIKACHU Project." Here's how it will go down:

1. I will start playing the games at December 15, because the first three games were part of the Winter Backlog event in PSNProfiles.com.
2. I will do these in order - I'll start with the first game and not play the other games until I get 50% or more of the trophies in the first game. By doing this, I will not be distracted by the other games and get all the games progressing at a decent pace.
3. The names of the games will start with the letters that, if they were lined up in order, would spell "PIKACHU." I plan on doing this project for other Pokemon in the future. 6_^
4. The project is complete once the last game gets its platinum.

Wish me luck! It took me a while to get the games, but here they are! I'll be reporting my progress every week or so.

1. Putty Squad (PS4)
2. inFamous: Second Son (PS4)
3. Knack (PS4)
4. Adventures of Mana (Vita)
5. Claire: Extended Cut (Vita)
6. Hitman GO: Definitive Edition (Vita)
7. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Remastered (PS4)

Oops...

My apologies. I have not updated this blog for a few months, but I was... distracted. I promise that I'll get up the most recent platinums here ASAP.

Phoo! Finally got my PC to accept Vita screenshots! Back in bizness! ^_^

Nice to see it work. I should have done this LONG ago. :p

Dragons and Questing, what more can you ask for? :D

Starting up a new thread in the PSN Profiles forum for those who want to finish this great game 100%. :)

Some screenshots I got for the thread.

Platinum Rain Day #3!

Well, it's that time of year, when Dragon-Archon pulls out the corks for the third round of Platinum Rain Day. While I strongly suggest you go HERE to see what it's all about, the short version is this:

• You declare ten games which must have a Platinum trophy.
• You complete all but the final trophy that would make the Platinum be claimed.
• You hold off getting those trophies until the thread's deadline, then get all the platinums in the course of 24 hours.

I completed the first Platinum Rain Day event on my old account and attempted to do the second but things and life got in the way. So hopefully I will do better this year. I made a few mistakes about trying to platinum the Kingdom Hearts games when they had few trophies. I won't make that mistake again. But anyways, here is the list of games I am going for in the next few months:

1. OKAGE: Shadow King (PS2 Classic)
2. Dragon Quest Heroes
3. Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengance
4. Rogue Galaxy (PS2 Classic)
5. Psychonauts (PS2 Classic)
6. Ratchet and Clank (reboot)
7. Ratchet and Clank 2 HD
8. Ratchet and Clank: A Crack in Time
9. Ratchet and Clank: Into the Nexus
10. LEGO Dimensions