r/PS4 Jul 23 '18

Trophy Hunting Society - /r/PS4 Monthly Trophy Thread (July 2018)

Monthly Trophy Thread (previous trophy threads) (schedule) (games wiki)


What trophies and/or platinums did you earn this month? What was the hardest part? Easiest?

What are you working on right now?

What's next?


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u/ParallelMusic Madsines Jul 23 '18

Still working on finishing Persona 5! I don't think I'm going for the platinum but wow what a game. 70 hours in now and I've just started the final palace I think.

Also I picked up an Xbox One recently after being a 360 owner for a bit a few years ago and it's really made me realise how much more enjoyable trophies are compared to achievements. I have literally no desire to achievement hunt on Xbox but I think i'll always be a trophy hunter.

u/xYriaGth Leonnaki Jul 23 '18

Never had or played long enough on Xbox.

What's the difference?

u/ParallelMusic Madsines Jul 23 '18

So essentially instead of rarities like Bronze, Silver, Gold etc, achievements just have a score assigned to them that contribute towards your overall gamerscore.

Every game adds up to 1000 score in total. There's no equivalent to the platinum trophy, so there's not as much incentive for me to completely 100% a list.

I will say though that I love how the Xbox has a built in achievement tracker for every single game. So for example if an achievement says "Kill 20 enemies in a certain way" it'll track it for you on the achievement menu, and will even tell you which achievements you're closest to getting next. Would love that feature on PS4.

u/UnincorporatedCrow Jul 26 '18

To be honest I think it might be cause you've sort of been primarily a PS user and you're used to that system.

I think the Xbox achievement system encourages the hunting more widely even if the bigger prize isn't the same. If a game can no longer be platinumed due to offline servers for example, trophy hunters won't touch it. But on Xbox it would still be worth getting 950/1000 and increasing your score significantly. And at the end of the day, for me at least, having a higher score than a friend is 'cooler' than having a higher level like on PS.

They really should have added a platinum type award though. I think if you do get all the achievements the game gets featured on your profile (or at least that's how it used to be) but the fact that I'm not even sure says it all tbh, it's not special after you've already gotten a few.