Ah, trophy whoring. While I’ve never obsessed over the fake-but-totally-real little awards packed into games enough to hunt down a copy of the Hannah Montana movie tie-in, I’ll definitely go after platinum trophies if they’re reasonably attainable. A couple of weeks ago I got the platinum trophies for Assassin’s Creed II and Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands, with the latter being the easiest of the five I’ve picked up.
There are a few other games I own that I’m on the cusp of getting the platinum for but have given up on. Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune only asks that I beat it on Crushing, but I couldn’t get halfway through without wanting to break something. For Sonic’s Ultimate Genesis Collection, all I have to do is beat Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine. However, that would require me to get good at a game I hated as a kid and hate even more now. And as much as I love Red Dead Redemption, I don’t see myself putting another 20 or so hours into the multiplayer to reach the top rank.
However, those are all games that I could one day buckle down and do something about should I ever feel the need to. The games that follow are relentless and will do nothing but mock even the most steel-willed trophy hunter.
So if you plan on playing these games with the intention of getting that platinum, think again.
BioShock 2
This is the most recent game on this list, and also one that not many people played. It’s too bad, because it’s excellent. Not only that, but it hands out most of its trophies like candy. The single-player trophies just ask that you bunker down and beat the game on the hardest difficulty, and even the multiplayer trophies just require you to play all the maps and rank up.
However, that’s where the problem lies: no one plays the multiplayer, and with good reason – it’s tacked on, and you can absolutely tell. No one I know who enjoyed the original game asked for it, but there it is for dozens of people to enjoy. Even when I tried out the multiplayer during the first week the game was out I had trouble finding a match, taking anywhere between 2-10 minutes to find a game.
Buy this game, but not for the multiplayer. Or just buy it at all. C'mon, people!
I suppose you and a handful of really, really determined friends could try to reach rank 40, but the rest of us in the game community will just move right the hell on, if you don’t mind.
Guitar Hero: Metallica / Van Halen / Smash Hits
The Guitar Hero franchise was a bit saturated last year, to say the very least. On top of the (excellent) Guitar Hero 5, there were THREE other GH games released on consoles. There were two key differences between GH5 and these three offshoots: 1) the offshoots were based on the capable but unspectacular World Tour engine to varying success and 2) the platinum for GH5 is attainable, while the others were goddamn impossible.
I have the WipEout HD platinum
What a freaking awesome game which is why I totally wanted it 
Can’t say much for the other games as most of them I haven’t even played. Street Fighter IV I can see being hard but probably a lot more manageable with an arcade fight stick.
I would say Unreal Tournament 3 and MAG deserve to be on that list. GTA4 is tough, you’re right, but Auf Viedersen Petrovic isn’t the tough one lol. Wanted is. Where you need to be level 10 in online play. That requires you to play Fly the Co-op on hrad to get $4500-$6000 a game in about 3 minutes. You need to play that one about a THOUSAND times to get the cash required for the trophy. That means one of the most time consuming trophies there is. Resistance 2 has a tough one like that for online ranked play.
MAG, before patch 1.06 came out took me 250hrs to platinum. That wasn’t my goal, I just loved the game. You have to love certain games to get the platinum. UT3 is another tough one. Prolly takes as long as GTA4 and MAG.
SF4 is prolly one of the toughest there is though. I saw the list and said I hate fighting games, not even going to try this one.
You should add Far Cry 2 to the list, which is probably literally impossible to get the platinum for.
There’s a multiplayer trophy in FC2 that requires you to earn enough XP to reach the highest rank in the game. I think if you do the math, it would take around 3 years of straight playing the multiplayer every single day in order to reach that high of a rank.
Don’t platinum games unless they are something incredibly special and I have an interest in actually getting each trophy. So can’t really say much on this subject other than trophies and platinum ones. The only game I ever got a platinum is God of War 3. To me, that says something. It is my first and only game so far and I pretty much played all the major releases since the beginning. Came close, but never wanted to get the hardest one cause it didn’t feel worth it to me.
Noooo UT3 wasn’t very hard, just alot of grinding to do, and you can “cheat”, I guess and get the trophy for 200 kills on 50 different days by changing the date in the ps3 lol and the online matches you need to win can be private rooms full of bots, so it only took me about 20-30 hours of game time, but not very hard in the end really.
What No Ninja Gaiden that is the only game that no one could platnum
I disagree with bioshock 2 .. i played it very thoroughly and i know theres a decent number who still do .. especially the multiplayer
What about Heavy Rain?
The amount of time and dedication put into seeing every single ending would be simply tormenting..
>_<
You Forgot Killzone 2 with its top 1% for the week trophy.
@Vof — Remind me never to play against you in WipEout, lol.
@joostin — I played UT3, but got rid of it before the trophy patch. And I’ve never played MAG.
@Lambert — Wish I’d remembered Far Cry 2. That game is broken on so many levels that it’s not even funny.
@SonyJunkie — ‘Grats, I could never platinum any of the GoW games.
@MechSamus — Changing the date?? Witchery!
@ZoroSama — I feel dumb for not remembering a game as ball-busting as Ninja Gaiden. D’oh!
@Deathslizer — My matchmaking claim above wasn’t an exaggeration — I honestly think I spent as much time looking for matches as I did playing them. I never went back. =/
@Traumatic — There are guides for seeing every ending and getting every trophy, but I’ve actually yet to play it.
@Droccafeller — Well, I managed to get into the 10% one week, and I’m not very good.
warhawk. what do i win?
Unreal Tournament 3 platinum isn’t hard because you can boost near enough every trophy using bots. The only real hard trophy on the game is defeating Akasha on insane mode. I’ve done that but can’t be bothered going for the platinum as it gets boring after a while.
GTA IV platinum has become easier to obtain now because there is a money glitch where you get 300k after 3 hours worth of playing or something so it’s easier to reach the highest rank now. Don’t quite know all the details but search the internet & you’ll find out what I mean.
You should have added Tom Clancy’s Endwar to the list though because that platinum is impossible to platinum. Nobody in the world has obtained it (see for yourself on ps3trophyguide.com) as I believe one of the trophies is glitched and the same goes for NBA 2K10 with one of the trophies being glitched on that.
Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe and God of War 3 were pretty tough platinums in my opinion. Took some sheer dedication and lots of RAGE until I got them!
it’s Wipeout HD, not WIpOut HD
@matt — You win your words being on the internet. Wee!
@Deak-in — I wish I’d known of that site’s existence before writing this. *womp womp*
@doa766 — Who exactly are you talking to?
you must mention Warhawk, and Fight Night Round 4
Bioshock 2 was pretty challenging but I managed to obtain the platinum. The Single player trophies weren’t that hard and the Multiplayer trophies were just time consuming. The multiplayer wasn’t that bad but I knew eventually it would turn in to a ghost town so I played it non stop for 5 days until i reached level 40. Everytime I went back to play more multiplayer on psn there was tons of people playing capture the sister and the better modes.
First I want to say that this was incredibly well written so good job. As far as platinums go I think I have four and as a lot of people pointed out, it’s best to just go for them on the games you love to play. I have several games that I know I will never plat just because they are so time consuming to do so, especially JPRG’s, anything by NIS is probably incredibly difficult to obtain, Star Ocean 4, White Knight Chronicles, etc, are all very long roads to platinum. But this articles raises a good point about trophies (and the same could be said for achievements I suppose) and that’s the inclusion of MP trophies that you would more than likely have to obtain within days of release. I think it would be better for them to not be included to achieve a platinum because if you are late to the purchase than you will likely never be able to 100% the trophies. One of the best things about Uncharted 2′s trophies is the two MP trophies are just a matter of beating one match for each. I only have about three left to plat UC2 and I imagine that crushing mode will piss me off as much as doing it on UC1 but I love the game so I have no issues with achieving it. You should do another article for the most time consuming platinums because that would be an interesting list.
I have 2 of those platinums. Ghostbusters was a cakewalk overall.
WKC, who the hell wants to put 600+ hours into that game.
Warhawk hands down.
You have to play for over 1,000 hours to get to the last rank (General), which is a must to achieve the platinum trophie.
Killzone 2 has some troublkesome moments too, especially when trying to beat the campaing in elite mode. The 1% is not that hard if you decide to invest some time in the online play for the week.
But yeah, nothing compares to warhawk xD