Platinum #179 + #180: (Thimbleweed Park EU + NA Version)


Hey there!


Thimbleweed Park is a retro-style Point & Click, which has been available on PC since a few months. Now it has also been released for PS4. It has been developed by the same guys who also made Maniac Mansion and The Secret of Monkey Island. The game is made in pixel-art and looks really nice. Also, the music and sound effects are retro, which reminded me of the times when I played Point & Clicks on my PC in the early ‘90s.


The game takes place in 1987 and starts with a murder and you take over control of FBI Agents Ray and Reyes. Your task is to identify the murder. As you progress through the story you unlock 3 more character: Ransome the Clown, Delores Edmund, and Franklin Edmund the Ghost. They all have their own backstory and their own goals but you need to work together to solve all the puzzles.


There are 2 different difficulties (casual and hard). Once you’ve chosen your difficulty you can’t change it anymore until the end of the game. Casual is very simple. Some of the puzzles have been simplified, while others don’t even exist. On hard mode, you’ll see that some items are on different places and that there are more locations you must explore. You’ll get a trophy for completing the game on easy and another one for completing the game on hard. Unfortunately, those trophies don’t stack, which means you must play through the game twice.


Speaking of trophies, it’s not done with playing through the game twice. There are also a few miscellaneous trophies you must keep an eye on. The most annoying is for sure “No One Is Home”. To unlock this trophy, you need to call 100 different people and listen to their voice mails. This will take about 30 boring minutes.


You also need pick up 75 so-called specks of dust. These are the collectibles in the game. The problem is that they don’t have any fixed placed – they appear random. Worry not, there’s a very easy trick to get them within 5 minutes. Just play until you encounter one of those specks and save your game. Now pick up the speck and reload your old save. Do this until you’ve picked up 75 of them.


If you’re playing the game for the first time, you’ll need for sure 10 hours to unlock the Platinum Trophy. I needed 6 hours alone for the hard playthrough on the EU version, in which I was also going for all the random trophies. On the NA version, I was much faster. I needed only 5 hours (including a few breaks) to unlock the Platinum Trophy.


If you like Point & Clicks, you’ll definitively love this game. Especially if you’ve played some of the classics. This game is full of references to those old games. Unfortunately, it’s quite expensive (19.99€ or 19.99$). It might be best to wait until it’s on sale.


Here’s a spoiler free guideor you can also follow the walkthrough provided by IBadDriverI.


And here's the speck of dust exploit:


Yours,
AvengedEvil

Platinum #178: Siegecraft Commander (NA version)

Hey there!

Man, I was really waiting for a long time to see this game on sale. I’ve already played the EU version and I knew that this game can be completed in under 1 hour and I didn’t want to pay full price (19.99$). Thus I had to grab this game in the latest flash sale.

Siegecraft Commander is a pretty simple strategy game with decent graphics. That controls are also quite good. The devs did a good job here. I’ve played such games already on other consoles and I remember quite well which crappy controls these games had. Of course, playing such games on PC is always the best option.

Even though the game offers a campaign, I can’t tell you anything about the story. All trophies have to be unlocked in local multiplayer, which means that you need at least two controllers. It’s a bit confusing to play with 2 controllers but you’ll get used to it quite soon. Of course, it would be best if you have someone who could help you. This would also speed things up. I’d also recommend to play at least the tutorial to get used to the game’s mechanics.

The most annoying trophy in the game is called “Winter War”. I would focus on this one first. The rest is cake walk. If you’re following a guide and know what to do, you can finish this game in under 1 hour easily. As I’ve already played the EU version, I was able to beat the NA version in approx. 40 minutes.

All in all I must say that I was happy to get a quick Platinum Trophy but I wouldn’t have been sad if I would have had to play through the game. I think that I would have enjoyed it.

Yours,
AvengedEvil

Platinum #177: The Assembly

Hey there!

The Assembly was initially released for VR only but later on there has been a patch which allows you to play the game without VR.

The graphics and the controls aren’t that bad – when playing with a controller – but could have been better. Unfortunately I don’t own VR so I can’t tell you how it looks and feels to play this game VR. I didn’t pair much attention to the story but I all can tell you is that I got bored pretty early.

The game itself is, at least in my opinion, a pretty boring walking simulator. This means that most of the time you’re walking around and do some stuff to advance with the story. Most of the time you’re solving some more or less easy puzzles. Luckily the game doesn’t take that long and all of its trophies can be unlocked in one playthrough by following a guide. If you’re playing through the game blindly, there’s a high chance that you miss the one or the other trophies. Upon beating the game you unlock chapter select, which makes the clean trophy up pretty easy.

I can recommend this game to any trophy hunter who’s out for a quick Platinum Trophy but I’d wait until this game is on sale. For all other players it would be best to save your money and spend it on another game, unless you’re a hardcore fan of puzzle games.

Following the video by IBadDriverI you should be able to beat the game in around 3 hours.
 

Yours,
AvengedEvil

Platinum #176: Undertale


Hey there!
 
Undertale is some kind of wannabe RPG in which you spare every single enemy, if you wish too. While I do find the idea behind beating a RPG without killing a single enemy very interesting and good, I also do find the implementation very bad. I don’t understand why this game has been so hyped, when it has been released on PC a few years ago.
Yes, it has been developed by only one single person and yes, there are a lot of secrets to discover within the game. But that’s basically it. Uncovering some secrets don’t make the story any better. Even if there are a lot of different endings, I wouldn’t waste my time going for all of them.
 
The good thing is that, if you’re a trophy hunter like me, you don’t even have to complete the game to get the Platinum Trophy. The story-related trophies only force you to play until level R3 inside the core. You don’t even have to unlock one single ending. There are also 4 trophies for picking up 4 random items which will unlock automatically while playing the game. The only trophies that can be missing are the donation-related trophies. For this you have to spare Papyrus and get with him on a date. Afterwards you’ll have access to the dog shrine within his house. Here you have to donate 35G for the last trophies. Unfortunately you can only donate 1G at the time, so it will take a few minutes.
 
If you’re out for a quick & easy Platinum Trophy, wait until this game is on sale. 14.99€ is way too much in my opinion. Following the video by IBadDriverIyou should be able to beat the game in around 3 hours.
 
 
Yours,
AvengedEvil

Apakah PS4 Pro worth it untuk dibeli?



Mungkin banyak dari teman-teman semua yang sudah memiliki PS4 sempat berpikir untuk upgrade ke PS4 Pro, dan sebenarnya itu lah yang saya pikiran dulu, saat itu saya merasa perlu upgrade ke mesin yang lebih power full untuk mendapatkan performa yang lebih maksimal.


Perasaan bertanya-tanya dan penasaran, membuat saya browsing dan mencari informasi tentang perbandingan PS4 Pro dan PS4 biasa, hasilnya tentu "rata-rata" ada sebagian yang menganggap perlu upgrade ada yang tidak, dan tentunya semua jawaban itu tidak membuat saya merasa puas sama sekali.


Hingga akhirnya, saat manusia mencari sesuatu, maka terbukalah jalan.. Ada teman saya menjual PS4 Pro dengan harga PS4 biasa, singkat cerita akhirnya saya membeli PS4 Pro punya teman saya itu, dan jujur ekspektasi saya saat itu untuk PS4 Pro sangat tinggi sekali, di kepala saya cuma ada bayangan main game PS4 dengan grafik dan frame rate yang JAUH LEBIH BAIK dari sebelumnya.



Dan akhirnya saya mencoba dan mengetes PS4 Pro tersebut, saya langsung memainkan beberapa game yang sudah ada patch untuk PS4 Pro, seperti Ratchet & Clank, Rise of Tomb Raiders, Last of us, waktu itu saya mencoba nya di TV LG 32" FHD, dan ternyata oh ternyata, tidak ada perubahan yang signifikan dari segi grafik, texture dll tidak berubah, hanya "sedikit" perubahan nya, saat setting grafik dinaikkan ke resolusi native 4K. Saat itu saya masih belum percaya, mungkin ada yang salah, atau ada yang belum saya setting, waktu itu saya mencoba semua kombinasi settingan yang ada di PS4 Pro atau setting yang ada di dalam game, dan hasilnya tetap sama saja. Namun untuk beberapa game yang improve di FPS seperti Final Fantasy 15, inFamous Second Son saat kita ON kan fps memang terasa langsung di mata, 60fps memang sangat nyaman di mata. Inti nya dari percobaan pertama ini resolusi, grafik tidak terlalu terasa, yang terasa saat game di set 60Fps, nah sayangnya hanya sebagian kecil game yang bisa di up sampe 60FPs. (Seumber : http://www.gamesradar.com/ps4-pro-confirmed-games-list/)

Dari percobaan di atas saya mengambil kesimpulan, kalo PS4 Pro WAJIB menggunakan TV 4K HDR supaya hasilnya lebih maksimal, dan saat itu saya masih tetap bertahan di TV FHD, hingga suatu hari TV FHD saya tiba-tiba rusak karena kena air, dan singkat cerita lagi, saya bisa beli TV 4K HDR UHD Samsung 40KU6300, dengan semangat 45 kala itu saya sudah tidak sabar untuk mencoba TV tersebut di PS4 Pro, lagi-lagi dengan ekspektasi yang tinggi.



Saat pertama kali dicoba, memang sudah terasa perbedaan gambar nya, saya merasa senang sekali, gambar lebih detail, pada menu utama pun sudah terlihat perbedaannya dengan TV lama saya, detail kecil begitu jelas terlihat, saat itu saya tidak sadar kalo detail tersebut di dapat bukan karena PS4 Pro melainkan karena resolusi TV 4K yang lebih detail. Tanpa basa basi saya langsung mengetes kembali beberapa game yang dulu pernah saya test di PS4 Pro, dan memang ada perubahan tampilan, namun kembali ini semua tidak signifikan, semua setting telah saya coba, HDR, Boost Mode, setting-bolak balik di game hingga akhirnya saya sadar, apa pun yang saya lakukan hasilnya tidak akan jauh dari apa yang saya lihat saat itu, dan akhirnya saya menyerah, terima apa adanya.




Dari situ saya merasa untuk upgrade dari PS4 biasa ke PS4 Pro SANGAT TIDAK WORTH IT :(, kita harus mengeluarkan uang 6.5Jt untuk tampilan yang HAMPIR sama saja seperti PS4 biasa, kalau sebelumnya kita sudah melihat grafik PS4 maka grafik di PS4 Pro tidak ada yang "WAH". Lagi - lagi ini merupakan sebuah trik marketing dari Sony, agar mendongkrak penjualan console nya. Saya jadi ingat beberapa hari yang lalu, saat saya mencari Indomie edisi "Vintage" yang dijual di Indomaret, dan setelah keliling se-Balikpapan semuanya ludes terjual, dari situ saya belajar satu hal, kalo sesuatu hal yang SAMA, dengan rasa yang SAMA, dengan bumbu yang SAMA, dengan porsi yang SAMA pula, saat hal itu di packing dengan packing yang berbeda dan memberikan embel-embel edisi khusus maka, masyarakat akan berbondong-bondong untuk membeli barang tersebut.. itu lah trick marketing. Sebenarnya PS dah dari lama melakukan trik di atas dengan mengeluarkan PS dengan warna-warna tertentu, edisi Fat, Slim dll, cuma beda nya di PS4 Pro ini ada penambahan hardware yang merupakan hal "Baru" di dunia console.




Kesimpulannya:
- Tidak worth it bagi user yang sudah memiliki PS4 upgrade ke PS4 Pro, baik menggunakan TV 4K atau TV FHD Biasa.
- Saya lebih menyarankan untuk user baru yang belum memiliki PS4 langsung upgrade ke PS4 Pro, karena dari segi stabilitas dan power lebih power full ketimbang PS4 biasa. Jika dana nya mencukupi.
- Saya lebih menyarankan untuk upgrade TV FHD ke TV 4K, karena ada fasilitas HDR di PS4 Biasa yang bisa aktif di TV 4K, adanya fasilitas Auto Motion Plus dan yang jelas menjadi new experience bagi kita.
-Stay di PS4 sambil menunggu PS5 dengan major upgrade hardware yang lebih signifikan.
- Game PS4 sekarang di build dan di develop dengan menggunakan engine PS4 biasa jadi saat di mainkan di PS4 Pro ya tidak ada perubahan signifikan, karena masih menggunakan data file seperti PS4 Biasa, cuma tetap ada peningkatan sedikit.
- PS4 Pro tidak perlu karena beberapa TV sudah ada fasilitas Auto Motion Plus, yang membuat semua games, acara TV dan Moves bisa di tayangkan dengan 60Fps jadi saya merasa TV dengan fiture ini lebih worth it ketimbang PS4 Pro (Baca: http://hydeist666.blogspot.co.id/…/fiture-motion-smoothing-…)

Saya tidak melarang bagi teman-teman yang mau membeli PS4 Pro, silahkan, itu hak anda pribadi, semua artikel di atas murni cuma pendapat pribadi saya sebagai user PS4, namun mungkin teman-teman bisa lebih dipertimbangkan kembali dan tidak termakan trick marketing, uang 6.5jt its a lot of money, jadi belanjakan dengan bijak. Semoga artikelnya bermanfaat..

Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice Overview


Merupakan game indie besutan Ninja Theory yang telah membuat game-game seperti Heavenly Sword, Enslaved, DmC: Devil May Cry, dan game terbaru mereka adalah Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, sebuah game hack and slash yang mengambil tema kekelaman neraka dan dewa-dewa Nordik.




Sayang sekali game ini tidak tersedia dalam bentuk fisik atau kaset BD, jadi teman-teman harus membeli digital nya se harga $29.99 di PS Store Region 1. Bisa dibilang Ninja Theory sebagai developer tunggal cukup sukses membuat game ini, walaupun sempat beberapakali terjadi penundaan, namun akhirnya game indie ini sekarang bisa disejajarkan dengan game kelas AAA. Pemanfaatan Unreal Engine 4 benar-benar dimanfaatkan dengan maksimal oleh developer sehingga hasil animasi yang cukup realistik dan mencekam.



Adanya isu "permadeath" dimana save game akan dihapus secara permanen jika karakter utama sering kali mati, membuat game ini menjadi semakin menarik, dan tentunya akan membuat kita merasa semakin takut saat karakter kita mati dalam game ini, suasana mencekam ini lah yang ingin disampaikan oleh developer ke kita para playernya.


Platinum #175: BRIKS (EU version)

Hey there!

BRIKS is a classic brick breaking arcade game in a new design. It features animated backgrounds and power-ups like multi ball or fire ball, which are typical for this kind of game.

There are 40 levels available from the start and you have to beat them all to unlock 10 additionally levels. Some of the levels are quite easy but other ones might take a few tries. Whenever you stuck on a level I’d suggest you replay one of the easier levels, rack up some lifes, and try the level again. This tactic is especially very useful in level 50. In this level you aren’t breaking any bricks, instead you have to defeat a boss. This is a flying head which takes a lot of hits until it’s dead. Having a lot of lifes will come in handy.

While playing through all levels you should be able to get most, if not all, trophies. In case you miss some, simply replay one of the levels and try focusing on the trophy requirement. Depending on your skills and luck, you should get all trophies within the range of 3-6 hours.

14.99€ is in my opinion overpriced but as it has been removed from the store for a while I couldn’t wait. I feared that it gets removed again before I bought it. There’s also a NA version available but here I’ll definitively wait for a price drop.

Yours,
AvengedEvil

Platinum #174: Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters

Hey there!

Green Lantern:Rise of the Manhunters is another game in which you can unlock the Platinum Trophy quick and without much effort.

Most of the trophies will unlock naturally whilst playing through the game on hard. Don’t worry, hard is pretty easy if you have a second controller lying around. Simply press START on your second controller when you’re about to die. Now you only need to survive 10 seconds with as player 2. Afterwards you’ll respawn automatically.

During your playthrough you should also focus on unlocking as many kill related trophies as possible and upgrade your character regularly. Furthermore there are a few collectibles you need to pick up. Here I recommend using a guide and to get them in one playthrough. They’re needed to unlock 2 trophies and they’ll also power up your character, which is very helpful.

After you’ve finished the game simply hit CONTINUE and finish the first 3 levels. This should give you enough willpower to max out your character and to unlock the Platinum Trophy. To unlock all trophies you shouldn’t need more than 6-8 hours.

I haven’t followed the story in detail as I’ve skipped as many cut-scenes as possible but from what I’ve seen I can tell that it’s even worse than the movie. And the movie wasn’t any good at all. To be fair, this game is much better then Iron Man 2 but if you want to play a really good comic / movie game, I’d suggest you get yourself a copy of X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

If you ever stumble across a cheap copy of the game and you want a quick and easy Platinum Trophy, you can buy this game. But I wouldn’t pay too much or expect a really good game. Furthermore you need to keep in mind that it’s a PS3 game and already a few years old. This means the graphics aren’t up to date (and have never been).

Yours,
AvengedEvil

Platinum #173: Star Wars Battlefront

Hey there!

Finally, a long journey has come to an end. It took me more than 1 year and 7 months to finish Star Wars Battlefront. You can imagine how happy I’m that it’s finally over.

This game is a relic of my pre trophy hunting era. I didn’t care much about trophies and as a Star Wars fan I thought that I must get this game. The game wasn’t nearly as good as expected. There’re only a few offline missions and the online modes also got pretty boring soon. So I just unlocked a few random trophies and gave up the game quickly.

A few months later, when I was already into trophy hunting, I regret that I’ve ever bought this game. But I didn’t want to keep this game unfinished, as I knew that I could do it. Indeed, some of the missing trophies turned out that they aren’t that hard and unlock a few every now and then. When I was nearly done with the main game and most of the DLCs, it was time to grind up to level 100. A boosting session with using the droid run exploit and some double XP weekends helped a lot to shorten the time. When this was done I only had to beat the 4 survival missions on hard. And to be honest, these mission were actually really hard if you don’t know what to do and if you try them solo. So I started to read some strategies and played and completed Hoth as well as Tattoine in co-op. I completed Sullust and Endor solo and I must admit, I’m a little bit proud of this.

Endor was the last map and when I made it I couldn’t help myself and made a little victory dance in front of my TV. ;-)

If I wouldn’t have bought this game in my pre trophy hunting era, I’d never have touched this game. But now I must say that I’m very happy and proud to call this ultra-rare Platinum Trophy my own. And there’s also one thing I can tell for sure, I’m not going to buy Star Wars Battlefront 2 – unless the trophies are super easy of course. ;-)

Yours,
AvengedEvil

Platinum #172: Iron Man 2

Hey there!

I bet none of the devs ever said: “We made a great game” when they released Iron Man 2 for PS3 back in 2010. This game is just one big joke. The gameplay, the graphics, the story, the (German) voice acting; simply everything is bad in this game. This is a typical game that has been released in addition to a movie to make some quick money.

Lucky you also unlock all trophies very quickly. The 8 missions are all very short and can hard mode is completely easy by using an exploit. Unfortunately it’s not enough to beat the game. You have to complete most of the missions with Iron Man and War Machine, which means you have to replay them at least once. And there’re also kill related trophies. You have to get 100 kills with every weapon but to be honest, kill grinding was actually the fun part in the game and can be completed quickly. You can easily unlock all trophies in 6-8 hours or less, if you’ve the patience to do so.

If you’re looking for a quick and easy Platinum Trophy, go and get another game. It’s not worth the time and money. There’re many games out there which are exactly that easy, but are for sure more fun. If you’d like to play an awesome comic / movie game, go and get yourself X-Men Origins: Wolverine. It’s harder but way better.

Yours,
AvengedEvil

Platinum #171: X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Hey there!

As a huge comic – and especially Wolverine – fan I was interested in playing this game since many years but it turned out that this game is hard to get in Austria. Finally I was able to pick up a copy of this game at a Gamestop.

When I started the game I was surprised by the graphics. Even the game has already been released in 2009, the graphics are still awesome. Especially the cutscenes look really great.

Storywise you’re loosely following the story of the movie. If the movie would’ve been as brutal as this game, it would have been a great movie. It’s exactly how a Wolverine game has to be. You don’t have to forget that he’s the best in what he does, and what he does isn’t very nice! ;-) So you’re fighting / killing your way through lots of enemies within the 5 chapters and take out some mini-bosses as well as some iconic Marvel characters. Even it’s just button smashing most of the time, it never got boring.

Thropywise you’ve to play through the game on normal and hard, max out your character, get some collectibles and kill lots of enemies in various ways. This doesn’t sound that bad but unfortunately there’s no NG+. This means that you have to beat the game on normal to unlock hard mode, do a lot of grinding, and afterwards you have beat game again. This time on hard. Luckily you’ll know most of the levels very well then, which means that you can ignore lots of enemies and just speed run through most of the sections. You can also skip all cutscenes now. All in all it will take approx. 20 hours to get the Platinum Trophy.

I can really recommend this game to any comic / hack and slash fans. You won’t be disappointed!

Yours,
AvengedEvil

Platinum #169 & #170: Energy Cycle (PS4 EU & Vita EU Version)

Hey there!

Since the PS4 EU & Vita EU versions got their own trophy stacks, I couldn’t resist getting those two quick and easy Platinum Trophies. Each version costs 3.59€ and can be completed in 15 minutes.

For further details about the game and a video guide by IBadDriverIcheck out Platinum #153: Energy Cycle (PS4 NA Version).

Yours,
AvengedEvil

Platinum #167 & #168: Demetrios (PS4 EU & NA Version)

Hey there!

Demetrios is a Point & Click game that has already been released for the Vita in December 2016. Now the developers have released 2 separate versions for the PS4. And the good thing is that they are cross-buy. This means that in case you’ve already played the Vita version, you’ll get the PS4 version for free! As I already got the Platinum Trophy in the Vita version, I was able to download the PS4 EU version without paying anything.

The game itself features hand drawn art (which looks really nice) and a good – and sometimes funny – story. Unless some other Point & Clicks I’ve played this one is very stable. It never crashed on me.

It’s best to use a guide when going for the Platinum Trophy. There are many miscellaneous trophies that can be missed and you also need to find all cookies and encounter all game over scenes in the game. The trophy “Mommy, I wanna stay at the funfair” is missing in the PS4 version. This comes quite in handy as you had to get 1,000 coins at the funfair, which has a boring and useless grind. The rest is still the same.

If you already own the Vita version, I highly suggest to get the PS4 version as well. It’s for free and can be completed quickly. Who doesn’t want to get some free trophies? Maybe you also want to get the other PS4 version as well, when it is on sale. You’ll really rush through your 3rd playthrough. I managed to beat the NA version in under 2 hours.

Below you can find a Platinum Walkthrough by IBadDriverI. If you’re playing the Vita version, don’t forget to get 1000 coins at the funfair. This is best being done by playing the horse race over and over again.


Yours,
AvengedEvil