I watched a video earlier that set up the creator's prerequisites for P{atinuming a game on PS platforms, and it made me think. Like, he made it out to be like these were a badge to display your devotion to a game, which from a certain point of view makes sense.
Myself, I usually play games until I get bored of them, which really limits the possibility of 100%ing a game and getting that sweet, sweet 100%/Platinum. I think I have a total of about 6-7 on the PlayStation platform, a couple on Steam, and3-4 on the Xbox platform.
This doesn't count things out of my control like my skill level. Even if I was in love with Ace Combat 7, that platinum is gated behind a skill level I'll never get. Even if I was super skilled at Rock Band 4, I lack the hardware for drum trophies. And then there are online trophies that can be a crapshoot, or other ones that are basically luck-based. Occasionally, I will get these from luck, but there are ones where if I play for 100 years I'll still never pop.
But usually, it's based on attention span. I usually steer clear of collect-a-thons or things that require flowcharts and graphs. I mean, maybe if the collecting is fun, but the fastest way to burn me out is to ask me to find 500 X around a large map. Similarly, if I don't enjoy a game, it doesn't matter how easy the Platinum is.
As such, my list of Platinums is more of a "games I could be bothered with" or periodically "games I enjoyed enough to stick with. Sometimes, these are games I sincerely liked, like Saints Row 4 and Assassin's Creed Origins. Others were just short enough to keep my interest, like Aer: Memories of Old (I found many of the non-story trophies by hopping around islands, but it's mostly that it's like a 2 hour game).
I don't know, I guess the pop of a trophy or achievement is neat and all, but rarely enough to get me to go out of my way or replay a game i wouldn't already have. Things were a little different when Xbox achievements would unlock things like avatar pictures, but now that those are charged for, I don't care anymore.
TL;DR: do you go out of your way for trophies? Are you one of those people who completes the platinum/100% list? Do you seek them out, or do you just do the ones that are required to beat the game to your specific level of satisfaction (because 100% in-game completion doesn't always mean 100% achievements)?
Myself, I usually play games until I get bored of them, which really limits the possibility of 100%ing a game and getting that sweet, sweet 100%/Platinum. I think I have a total of about 6-7 on the PlayStation platform, a couple on Steam, and3-4 on the Xbox platform.
This doesn't count things out of my control like my skill level. Even if I was in love with Ace Combat 7, that platinum is gated behind a skill level I'll never get. Even if I was super skilled at Rock Band 4, I lack the hardware for drum trophies. And then there are online trophies that can be a crapshoot, or other ones that are basically luck-based. Occasionally, I will get these from luck, but there are ones where if I play for 100 years I'll still never pop.
But usually, it's based on attention span. I usually steer clear of collect-a-thons or things that require flowcharts and graphs. I mean, maybe if the collecting is fun, but the fastest way to burn me out is to ask me to find 500 X around a large map. Similarly, if I don't enjoy a game, it doesn't matter how easy the Platinum is.
As such, my list of Platinums is more of a "games I could be bothered with" or periodically "games I enjoyed enough to stick with. Sometimes, these are games I sincerely liked, like Saints Row 4 and Assassin's Creed Origins. Others were just short enough to keep my interest, like Aer: Memories of Old (I found many of the non-story trophies by hopping around islands, but it's mostly that it's like a 2 hour game).
I don't know, I guess the pop of a trophy or achievement is neat and all, but rarely enough to get me to go out of my way or replay a game i wouldn't already have. Things were a little different when Xbox achievements would unlock things like avatar pictures, but now that those are charged for, I don't care anymore.
TL;DR: do you go out of your way for trophies? Are you one of those people who completes the platinum/100% list? Do you seek them out, or do you just do the ones that are required to beat the game to your specific level of satisfaction (because 100% in-game completion doesn't always mean 100% achievements)?
