Uncharted: Drake's Fortune

Difficulty: A straight forward trophy set and average difficulty makes this platinum a breeze. The only instance this game because difficult is the "church" section on crushing difficulty.

Time: The fastest way to achieve platinum is to start playing the game on hard difficulty and then on crushing. This eliminates the need to play through the game three times as you would have you do if played on normal difficulty the first time through. Expect to spend anywhere from 15-25 hours to complete this platinum.

Tips: The game automatically saves your current stats even after you die and restart a check point. For instance, if you have killed 5 people and restart a checkpoint then kill 5 more people with a grenade the game will register it as 10 total people killed. This allows for easy grinding if you find an area in the game where it is easy to achieve a certain trophy.

The boat: The very beginning of the game is a great spot to grind for a lot of trophies. For example, "brutal expert", "head shot expert", "steal fist", and "steal fist expert" are all easy trophies to achieve on the boat.

-HeaT

Modern Warfare 2

Difficulty: The trophy set for Modern Warfare 2 is straight forward and easy. The veteran difficulty can be challenging but the checkpoints are so plentiful that you will have no problem getting through the missions if you have some patience.

Time: Completing all the trophies for the single player campaign took 12 hours on two playthroughs. You can complete the single player trophies complete in one playthrough to shave a few hours off the time. If you do so I would estimate finishing them at around 10 hours. The Spec Ops mission had a completion time of 31 hours. However, depending on your skill, and/or your friend's skills, you can finish the spec ops mission much quicker. I would speculate it is possible to finish Spec Ops around the 20 hour mark. I would look to invest anywhere from 25-50 hours for the platinum.

Tips: Juggernauts: These beasts can be killed with one shot to the head from a thumper. They will always seek to enter a building through a doorway, so if you find a building with one entry you can block them from coming in because they cannot step over your dead body. On the oil rig if you create a choke point, two people with sniper rifles can take out one juggernaut VERY quickly.

Spec Ops: Some missions can be completed by just getting to the final checkpoint without the necessity to kill enemies. Once you find out what missions these are, set up a plan (which usually involves flashbangs) to get to the finish point quickly without killing many people.

Snatch & Grab: The easiest way to complete this mission is once you cleared the field from the airplane at the halfway mark, make a dash for the smoke by sticking to the right side of the map. While running never stop and use flashbangs if you see enemies so you can easily run past them.

Reloading: Some weapons have long reload animations, like the ones that have very large clips. If you pay attention you can see that your clip is finished reloading before the animation is complete. Once you see the clip fully recharged you can melee and cancel the rest of the reload animation. It will shave a second or so from your reload, which can help in certain situations.

-HeaT

Demon's Souls

Warning - Due to the complexity of this game there will be a lot of terminology used which you might not be familiar with. Once you play through some of the game you will begin to understand.

Difficulty: The difficulty of the game itself is above average. The difficulty of achieving platinum is slightly above the "above average" range pushing it into the hard category. However, this is not because it is actually difficult but more of an issue of time consumption, planning your playthroughs, and doing a good amount of reading about the mechanics of the game. In other words, you must actually do a fair amount of research in order to have the knowledge to execute trophy achievements.

Time: I clocked in 98 hours when I hit platinum. Due to the nature of random drops that you will need for weapon upgrades, I would put this platinum anywhere from 80-120 hours. If you get extremely lucky with ore drops you could end up in the lower bracket of 80 hours. Something interesting to note is that on my first playthrough I clocked in 45 hours and my fastest playthrough was 10 hours. So once you familiarize yourself with the game, it is fairly short, which makes things easier. If you know someone who already owns maxed weapons needed for trophies, you could ask them to drop them for you in a co-op game and as soon as you pick up the weapon you will acquire the trophy. This will save a huge amount of time but it is difficult to find someone who will do this as you need to be fairly close in character levels.

Execute: You will have to play through the entire game at MINIMUM three and a half times. If you are lucky, and I mean EXTREMELY lucky, you could technically only need to play it three and half times to acquire the platinum. Because this is very unlikely, you might have to play it five to six times, depending on the luck you have with crystal lizards dropping what you need.

Tips: I will leave some tips on what I believe is the fastest and most efficient way to platinum this game and some general tips about the game and how it works.

-First playthrough: Use the boss demon souls to acquire only magic spells. Complete ALL world and character tendency events in the first playthrough(its possible). This means obtaining all weapons and items related to world/character tendency. Acquire all rings for Rouges Trophy (yes it is possible).

-Second playthrough: Finish acquiring all the spells. Start using the boss souls you have left over to acquire miracle spells.

-Third playthrough: Finish collecting all miracles. Start working on weapons that need to be forged with boss demon souls. About half way through the fourth playthrough finish forging all unique weapons. After all gold trophies are complete you will need to collect the necessary ore for weapon upgrading.

-Kill every crystal lizard you see on every playthrough. You can attack them from a distance with a bow or magic spells. If you are using light armor you can just chase them down and attack them.

-Except for a very few instances, ALWAYS wear the theif's ring. It will aid you immensely as it allows you to get the drop on enemies and on some bosses.

-I personally think that, except for looking cool, heavy armor is useless especially in new game plus. Enemies, from what I have seen, can kill you just as fast regardless of what armor you are wearing. If you chose to sport light armor you can avoid attacks much easier because you are faster and more mobile.

-I think a "battle mage" (starting class mage) is the best class in the game and definitely the most versatile.

-Crescent weapons are some of the best if not THE best in the game, even better than +5 unique weapons.

-Changing World Tendency: There is a lot of talk about how to do this, and even a long seven step process that is in the official strategy guide, but it is not as difficult as it might sound. Here is how you attain pure white. ALWAYS play in soul form in that particular world. Once you beat a boss you will be forced to into human form. When this happens go to the nexus then to another world and suicide so you are back in soul form before returning. If this is done throughout the world you are working on and you kill the blackphantom(s) in that world you will ALWAYS have pure white by the time you defeat the main boss of that world. In the event that something weird happens and you still do not have pure white, help other players kill bosses to shift the world in white tendency. However, using my method I have yet to not acquire pure white in five playthroughs. To attain pure black perform these actions in this order: suicide, use Stone of Ephemeral Eyes to resurrect, return to nexus so change takes effect, go back and repeat.

-When doing world tendency events, always do pure white first then change it into pure black.

-Character tendency is attained by killing special blackphantoms when the world is in an extreme state or by killing NPCs in or outside of the nexus.

-Killing the red dragon is not required for achieving any trophy.

-Drops are more likely to happen in pure black world tendency so if you are farming ores I recommend changing the world to pure black.

This is a fairly complex game so if have any other specific questions feel free to contact me.

-HeaT

Bionic Commando

Difficultly: Bionic Commando's trophy set is fairly straight forward. On the whole it is an average game in terms of difficulty. One exception being the trophy that requires you to complete the game on "commando" mode (the game's hardest difficulty setting), which is an above average trophy to acquire.

Convenience: Technically, this game CAN be platinumed in one playthrough because you can choose commando mode from the get go, complete all the challenges, and collect all the collectibles on one save file. However, and that is a big however, this feat is extremely difficult and will become overwhelmingly frustrating if you are not a talented gamer. The reason being is that the game does not save ANY challenges or collectibles you have acquired until it reaches a check point, and check points range from far to very far apart. Therefore, if you die before reaching a checkpoint you will have to redo all challenges and collectibles you previously completed and picked up.

Time: Besides finishing the game on one go, there are two other options. The first approach is the two playthrough method. With this option you should use one playthrough to complete all challenges and collectibles on normal difficulty and the second playthrough to complete the game on commando difficulty. The second approach is the three playthrough method. One time for challenges, the second time for collectibles, and the third time for commando mode. I chose the three playthrough option and I hit platinum in 18 hours. Depending on which option you take, this game can take anywhere from 10-23 hours to platinum.

Tips: One of the most difficult situations you will face in the game are snipers on commando mode. The secret to dodging their fire is to keep your swings short and fast and to never float. If you find your self floating during one of your swings quickly find something to latch so that you change positions swiftly. As long as you are moving and changing positions quickly the snipers will not lock on.

-HeaT

Resistance 2

Difficulty: Resistance 2's single player trophies can finished within two play throughs and approximately 16 hours of play time making it a fairly easy platinum set. However, the multi-player trophies, while not difficult are VERY time consuming.

Are You Serious?: First of all, this game's multi-player trophy set is absolutely absurd. There is one trophy...let me repeat ONE...trophy that will take you minimally 65 hours, and that is if you are an amazing gamer. This particular trophy requires you to achieve 10,000 online kills in ranked matches. Personally, after about 15 hours of playing the game I would consistently place in the top 3 spots when matches were completed. Taking this into account it took me 70 hours to achieve this trophy.

Time: I do not recommend even attempting this platinum trophy if you are a "trophy hunter" as you can probably accumulate 4-5 platinum trophies in the time it will take you to complete Resistance 2. Look to spend a minimum of 120 hours, if you are a solid gamer, to complete this platinum trophy. To be fair, the multi-player is fairly entertaining so it is not a complete chore but still, did it need to be 10,000 kills? A serious time sink.



Tips: In co-op multi-player, once you aquire the perk which allows you to use the pulse cannon this will give you the opportunity to "steal" boss kills. From what I noticed if you score the last hit on a boss you will get that kill and the extra experience, which generally runs in the thousands. If you time it correctly you can use your pulse cannon to get that last kill and the extra experience to level your character faster. In deathmatch multi-player modes, the ripper allows for easy and fast kills in small area maps. Keep a lookout for ammo packs which supply you with extra granades (which is good for quick and multiple kills) or secondary ammo.

-HeaT

Dead Space

Difficulty: Even on hard mode, there is not anything particularly difficult about Dead Space. The trophy set is pretty straight forward and there are no curve balls, so to speak. Overall, I would rate it as an "easy" platinum.

Convenience: You will have to play through the game approximately two and a half times. I clocked in 22 hours on this platinum and would guess that it could take anywhere from 18-27 hours.

General Tips: On your first play through I would aim to complete the "One Gun" (beat the game using only plasma cutter) gold trophy. Prioritize spending all your credits to fully upgrade the plasma cutter and your suit's health. Once this is accomplished the game should be fairly easy even with the one gun handicap. It also helps that a fully upgraded plasma cutter is a very strong gun.

After you beat the game, load your saved data and start a new game with all the progress you have made on your upgrades. At about the half way point through your second game you should have the trophies for all the "upgrade" achievements. If you wish for things to go faster you can also use cheats that will supply with you credits and it will not void your trophy completion. Once your "upgrade" achievements are done, you can start hard difficulty and achieve any other trophies that you did not complete on the normal mode.

On hard mode do not try to conserve ammo by curb stomping or physically attacking as it puts you in danger to receive a hefty amount of damage. Instead, focus on your accuracy and diversify your gun usage to conserve ammo for other weapons. Considering I had 23 health packs preceding the last boss battle, hard mode should not be too difficult.

-HeaT

Terminator Salvation

Interesting: Terminator Salvation has a peculiar set up for its trophy "distribution". Generally, big release games are given a set of 30 or more trophies, while smaller downloadable games, are given somewhere between 10-20 trophies. Terminator Salvation was only given 12 trophies, including the platinum. What is even more interesting is that, minus the platinum, the rest of the trophies are all gold. Nine of the trophies are "completing a level" achievement and the other 2 are "completing a difficulty" achievement.

FAST: If you want a quick platinum trophy, and I mean QUICK, this is your game. I finished this platinum in 6 hours flat. You can expect to spend around the same time, give or take 30 minutes. The only thing you need to do is set the difficulty to hard so you can get it on one play through.

ps...This game was pretty bad. Probably the worst game I have played this year, but it was a quick platinum trophy.

-HeaT

Mirror's Edge

Unique: Let me preface this post by saying Mirror's Edge is one of the most important games of this console generation. Not only is this one of the freshest feeling games to come out in the past 5 years, but it holds unforeseen significance in the competitive scene. I think with the implementation of minor tweaks this can be the first good (for technicalities) none versus competitive game which can be played seriously as an e-sport. It can be compared in a similar fashion to how the 100 meter sprint is a sporting event in track and field.



Difficulty: Strictly speaking from a skill perspective, this game is extremely difficult to platinum. In fact, if you use this site http://ps3trophycard.com/ to check the top 10 trophy holders, only 1 of the top 10 have this trophy complete. This game's speed trials and time trials require a tremendous amount of focus and concentration. It took me approximately 50 hours to hit platinum. However, depending on your skill level I can see this game taking anywhere from 40-90 hours.

General Tips: There are trophies that will require for you to play through the game two times, once on a normal difficulty and once on hard difficulty. First, I suggest going through the story mode on both difficulties so you can familiarize yourself with the machanics and physics of the game. Remember to not kill anyone with a weapon in one of the run-throughs. After you have acquired all the story mode trophies, I would move on to the time trials trophies.

-Time Trials: These will take a lot of repetition and patience to accomplish. The easiest way to go about doing this is YouTubeing world record runs for the particular time trial you are working on. This particular user's channel (http://www.youtube.com/user/pzypherx) has about every time trial and world record. Every time trial stage has 1-3 key short cuts that will give you a 2 or 3 star rating so keep a look out for those key shortcuts. Some jumps, especially in world record runs, are very hard to do consistantly and are not necessary to attain a 3 star rating. Pick and choose your short cuts wisely.

-Speed Runs: The reason I recommended time trails first is that it uses sections from the story levels that you can now...probably do with your eyes closed. When you get to those sections you will have practiced them so much that it will make the target time much easier to achieve. Again, use a general search on YouTube for speed runs and pick out those huge shortcuts that will shave off seconds to complete the run.

-HeaT

Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection

Difficulty: This has been the easiest platinum trophy that I have acquired. I would give this an "easy" rating based on time invested and ease of trophy requirements. There is one exception, a trophy by the name of "Yatta!", which requires you to complete the game Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine. This is a game of skill (and some luck), similar to Tetris, and is not a trophy that you will eventually acquire if you invest a lot of time (like a large portion of trophies in any game).

Convenience: This platinum will clock in around 12-18 hours. I completed it in 14 hours with a big chunk of time spent on Dr. Robotnik's M.B.M. All trophies but one, will not demand that you play through the whole game, so once you finish that particular trophy you can switch games. In fact, some games you will only be playing for five minutes to acquire its corresponding trophy. One thing that should be noted (for the Play All Genesis Titles and Play All Arcade Titles trophies) is that just lunching the game actually counts it as being played. Sonic's Ultimate Collection is probably the most straight forward platinum I have encountered so you should not have much trouble with its trophies.

General Tips: In addition to Dr. Robotnik's M.B.M, the Vectorman 2 trophy (Can you dig it? - Reach scene 11) can be a little difficult and cause some frustration. If you wish to make things a little easier in Vectorman 2, you can change the difficulty option to easy, which will grant you more lives and hit points. Additionally, when you pick up x3, x5, or x10 power ups this counts for lives as well. If you are having difficulty in certain stages, one option that can be used is locating a free life power up and going back to it when you have one of the multiplier power ups.

-HeaT

Bioshock

Difficulty: I would have to say the overall difficulty of this platinum is "moderately difficult". The achievements themselves are not particularly difficult, however, the first half of the game will test your gaming skills but as you become stronger the second half of the game is quite easy.

Convenience: The best thing about this platinum trophy is that it can be achieved through one complete play through. Depending on how well you deal with the difficulty this trophy will clock in around 20-30 hours. It took me approximately 23 hours.

The Set Up: If you want to complete this platinum in one play through select the "survivor" difficulty and when the game starts turn off the vita-chamber machine through the options menu. All that is left now is acquiring the rest of the trophies through the survivor difficulty setting.

Tricky Trophies: There are four trophies I found particularly tricky and can be missed if you are not paying attention or do not act accordingly.

-Research PHD (Max out all possible research): Maxing out all possible research also includes the different type of cameras and security devices (such as flying bots). If you destroy all cameras before maxing the research on cameras then you will miss this trophy.
-Found Cohen's Room (The player has entered Sander Cohen's personal quarters): When Cohen reveals his completed masterpiece DO NOT KILL HIM. Later in the game there will be two dancing splicers that Cohen is admiring and you will need to kill them for him to come out of his chambers. If you kill him before this scene then you cannot enter his chambers.
-Weapons Specialist (Acquire all upgrades for all weapons): This trophy coincides with the one listed above. There is a weapons upgrade machine in his room that will be required for achieving this trophy.
-Historian (Collect all audio diary): There are two audio diaries, New Year's Eve Alone and Hole in the Bathroom Wall, that you must obtain before going to the medical pavilion because you cannot backtrack if you miss these diaries.

All other trophies are self explanatory.

General Tips: Like I have mentioned before, the first half of this game is difficult, mainly because of the big daddies so save OFTEN. Secondly, stock pile electric ammo for the shotgun because it immobilizes the big daddies for about one second. Because of this immobilization, if you time it correctly you can unload an entire clip without the big daddies moving. I found it to be the easiest way to deal with them, so I recommend fully upgrading the shogun first and not wasting any electric ammo until you confront big daddies.

If you have any questions or trouble with any of the trophies in this game feel fee to drop a line. Thanks!

-HeaT

Introduction: What's This Blog About

This will be an informative blog about the completion of platinum trophies for the Playstation 3 console. The information given will vary depending on the games. You can generally expect to see tips on tricky trophies, the fastest way to achieve completion, the amount of time spent on trophies, and anything else I find relavent to share. I will be publishing posts after finishing the game I am working on, however, since I have completed several games already I will be diligent in posting about the games I have finished.

In gaming communities and amongst friends I am known as HeaT, but since HeaT was already taken I had to use the name HeaTFury for my PS3 tag. If you have any questions feel free to message me through the PS3 account or leave comments on this blog and I will get back to you in a timely manner.

-HeaT