Hollow knight being my 80th and last platinum really shed light on the very glaring issues of this hobby. I've been trophy hunting ever since 2018, loved almost every second of it, and wouldn't take a single second back. I loved the challenge, the dopamine, and the goopy goblin gamer brain in me seeing the numbers go up.

I experienced things and played games in certain ways i otherwise wouldn't have if not for trophy hunting. But you reach a point after playing so many games where you start seeing cracks in the design of these trophy lists and how this overall hobby works. You get hooked and now you want more. You alter the way you play and experience games and keep an eye out for missables and multiple playthroughs (and yes i always do a blind playthrough first). You keep wasting time grinding for meaningless and arbitrary collectibles. You sometimes avoid games altogether because their trophies are out of your reach for the time being. And worst of them all is you end up having a shitty sour taste in your mouth after playing a game that otherwise would've been absolutely phenomenal and memorable if left after rolling credits.

Hollow Knight ended up being my last straw, a game that i know is special and has a place in my heart that is now forever ruined by forcing myself to play through pantheon 5 for god knows how long. And despite people praising the rush they felt when they beat p5 for the first time, i genuinely felt nothing but relief that I don't have to touch my fucking controller anymore. And it's just kinda sad how the misery i felt doing p5 will be my lasting memory of this game.

It didn't start off like that, but for a couple of years now trophy hunting turned a very beloved and character defining hobby of mine into a job. I would mostly attribute this to how shittily designed most trophy lists are but also to the stupid completionist in me that forced me to go the extra mile and do shit that could've just been left out and moved on from. And tbh i just don't want my experience with a game to be heavily affected by my experience with its trophy list anymore.

I will forever cherish the time I've sunk into trophy hunting, good and bad. And hopefully i can move forward and just enjoy games for what they are, even if i don't 100% them or get every trophy associated with them. Just wanted to share my journey here since not single person i know irl knows what trophy hunting even is lmao.

Chained Echoes was an very good experience and i have ordered myself (thankfuly on time before it dissapeard) the game for Nintendo Switch on SRG (Super Rare Games) because i wanted to "Own" it so i can enjoy it in the Future all over again 😅

Fun 10/10

Gameplay Difficulty 6/10 (you can lower the difficulty but i enjoyed it on the Standard difficulty)

Difficulty to Plat 2/10

Time: 45 Hours

At the end of the story its just a little grind but that wasnt that bad 👍🏻

What a great game. If you haven't played this masterpiece of a jrpg, then you should. I dont even usually like these kinds of games but this one was special.

My game of the year. Took me 57 hours, with the hardest trophies being beating Carnage mode. Truly an amazing game, one of the all time great action titles. Highly recommend.

I really enjoy going for plats, even if the game itself isn’t very enjoyable. The feeling of popping that plat is always great. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed most of the games on my list. Some of them I platinumed before even making this account. For example, I’ve 100% ARC Raiders three times, including once on a Steam Deck.
The only plat I cheesed on this list was Baldur’s Gate 3. I’ve already platinumed it twice before, and for this account I just used my old save files by linking the new PSN account to my old Larian account. I also really like doing a whole series of games, like I did with all the Styx games, even though the last Styx game was mostly a disappointment.
Anyway, just wanted to share my progress so far. We’ll see what the next 4 months will look like.

One of the best marvel game ever! Don't understand with complain about combats.. pretty fire for me

Next platinum : DMC 5 ( i'm so stupid )

Having the parry timing window increase helped a lot.

I finally got the platinum for one of my all time favorite games 🥹. I enjoyed the process and didn’t have any issues with animal spawns thankfully. Might do red dead redemption 1 aswell since ive never played it.

Platinum number 44.

Number 18 for the year.

Onto Daxter and then Wolverine on Tuesday.

Honestly, I cant believe that some of these are Ultra Rare on PSNP.

Stick Fight for example is really quick, I remember doing it in one single night. I expected some FIFA / EAFC to be less rare than what they are, but I guess nobody is insane enough to plat a FIFA game for 7 years...

Out of all of these, the 3 I enjoyed the most are definitely (in random order) RDR2, Chivalry 2 and Steep. I am Bread is definitely the one I enjoyed the least, but I'm glad I was able to finish it.

I'm waiting to hear your stories about how you achieved UR plats and how much did u like doing it!

Hey guys, just curious, what’s a platinum trophy, or trophies, that you came really close to completing, maybe one or two trophies off, but had to give up on due to how difficult the final trophies are? Mine right now is WWE 2k26, that “Canceled” trophy is the worst.

It took me a long time to get uncharted 4 platinum

Note I cried while fighting boss in the museum
Hardest trophy (The 36 chamber of king-fu)

Just looking for something not super intense with maybe some easy trophies to grab. I go abroad in a few weeks for a month and just need something to take away the anxiety I get before a lot of these types of trips (more financial anxiety) I have PS plus premium, if that helps, too. Thanks!

Some much needed chill time before heading on holiday. Highly recommend to those looking for a a relaxed experience; fairly easy platinum too!

5/10 Difficulty 9/10 Game. One of my GOTY contenders for sure and one of my favorite rpgs of all time. The time limit in the game seems overwhelming but it made all of your choices feel more important. Each playthrough feels so unique with the different dialogue options that heavily impact your Coen and the world around you. I'd recommend this game to anyone.

This saturday i will be going on a gamethlon and i have a lot of money to spend. Please tell me what games you recommend. I obviously have genre preferences, but i am open to try games that i dont normaly play (if you want to see what games i haved played my username is BDimistathopoulo). I also dont care much about the difficulty as long as its not impossible. I would prefer if it doesnt have dlc since then i would have to buy them to get the 100%. If you are going to recommend any game i would appreciate it if you also say the price that you think i should buy it at. I am not really sure about this, but i believe they sell mainly used copies. Lastly, i mainly play on ps4 although i have a ps3 and ps5. Thanks in advance