Fallout 4 Trophy Guide

Fallout 4 Trophy Guide. Difficulty: ***  An action-RPG set in an open-world, post-apocalyptic version of Boston, and part of the Fallout series. Like other games in the series, the Platinum is not difficult, only time-consuming.

Game Name Difficulty Trophies Developer Country Bronze Silver Gold Online DLC
Fallout 4 *** 51 Bethesda Game Studios U.S. 34 15 1 0 34

Fallout 4

Fallout 4 is an action RPG taking place in a post-apocalyptic world, and is the fifth major installment in the Fallout series, though the first to be released on eighth generation consoles. Players explore the open-world environment of Boston city and its surrounding area of Massachusetts, battling against both human enemies as well as mutants and robots. The game adds a crafting aspect known as base-building, and returns the feature of playing in either first or third-person.

Taking place in the year 2287, ten years following the events of Fallout 3, and two centuries after the Great War between the United States and China which ended in a nuclear holocaust, the player-character is tricked into entering cryogenic tubes and frozen alive in Vault 111, along with his wife and son. After being reawakened by two strangers, he learns that his wife has been murdered and son is kidnapped. After returning to cryogenic sleep, he is awakened again following a malfunction in the support system. Discovering he is the sole survivor of Vault 111, he sets out to avenge his spouse's death and find his son.

Fallout 4 received positive reviews with an average score of 88%, praised for its story, vast amount of content, and improved combat system, though criticized by some for its visuals and bugs.

I've you've played gotten the Platinum on either Fallout 3 or Fallout: New Vegas on the PS3, then you should have a good idea of what to expect. The game is not particularly difficult, only time-consuming. There are a vast number of missions to complete, enemies to defeat, collectibles to find, and a few other miscellaneous challenges, on your road to the Platinum. The Platinum can be earned after one playthrough with some mopping-up afterwards, if a few strategic saves are made.

Expect around 70-80 hours minimum for the Platinum, though more if you are taking your time exploring and performing more side-missions than necessary.

The faction-related trophies follow a similar fashion to Fallout: New Vegas, in that siding with one faction will eliminate the chances of siding with another. This means that not all the trophies can be unlocked in a single, straight-forward playthrough. However, like Fallout: New Vegas, the issue with missable trophies can easily be avoided by making some strategic saves.

With that in mind, we recommend beginning with simply playing through and enjoying the story. As you start working through the faction quests, you'll eventually receive a warning that your next decision will make another faction hostile to you. It is here where you'll want to make an extra save. Then, continue playing through and unlocking all the trophies related to that faction. Once completed, reload your previous save and head on to another faction.

Aside from the faction-related trophies, there are no other missable trophies in the game. As you play however, you'll want to hack every terminal you come across to work towards the RoboCo's Worst Nightmare trophy, and pick every lock for the What's Yours Is Mine trophy.

Once you've completed the main story and gotten all the faction-related trophies, it's time to mop-up. You'll need to find a total of 20 bobbleheads for the They're Action Figures trophy, find and read 20 magazines for the Print's Not Dead trophy, discover 100 locations for the Ranger Corps trophy, and a number of other miscellaneous ones which you may or may not have unlocked during your playthrough. Be sure to check out the Fallout 4 trophy guide links under our Links tab to see what you still need and their requirements.

First, IGN has a Walkthrough here:
http://www.ign.com/wikis/fallout-4/Walkthrough_and_Quest_Guide

And a text-based Walkthrough by SeniorBill:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps4/164592-fallout-4/faqs/74585

And a Walkthrough by Redemption:
http://www.neoseeker.com/fallout-4/walkthrough

Harry94 has a great Trophy Guide here, which includes the DLC by Sellers et al:
https://www.playstationtrophies.org/game/fallout-4/guide/

A detailed Trophy Guide by DaveyHasselhoff and Luckay:
http://ps3trophies.com/forums/showwiki.php?title=PS4-Trophy-Guides:Fallout-4-Trophy-Guide

A great Trophy Guide by Hazanberg, omegarevan, spazza136, and NCSFan001:
https://psnprofiles.com/guide/3638-fallout-4-trophy-guide

And PowerPyx has a useful Trophy Guide here:
http://www.powerpyx.com/guides/fallout-4-trophy-guide.html

And an Achievement Guide (same as the trophies on PS4) by BiggD and The Deadly Dog:
https://www.xboxachievements.com/game/fallout-4/guide/

A video demonstrating the Mercenary trophy, by HarryNinetyFour:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuezDefO6iY

And a video demonstration of the Future Retro trophy, by HarryNinetyFour:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppacXMazVr4

And HarryNinetyFour's video demonstration of The Harder They Fall trophy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZlSIOsAT7A

And a video demonstration of the Pranksters Return trophy, also by HarryNinetyFour:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6umhPQrEUA

An interactive Map:
http://www.fallout4map.com/

Finally, here's a basic Trophy List:
https://www.truetrophies.com/game/Fallout-4/trophies

Fallout New Vegas Trophy Guide

Fallout New Vegas Trophy Guide. Difficulty: ***  An action RPG set in a post-apocalyptic Las Vegas. More time-consuming than difficult, which can be completed in one playthrough with a few strategic saves made.

Game Name Difficulty Trophies Developer Country Bronze Silver Gold Online DLC
Fallout: New Vegas *** 51 Obsidian Entertainment U.S. 36 13 1 0 25

Fallout New Vegas Trophy Guide

Fallout: New Vegas is a first-person action-RPG set in a post-apocalyptic world. Players can roam freely across the land, working towards a main quest as well as several side quests, while leveling-up their character and earning bonuses. While not a direct sequel to Fallout 3, the game takes place in the same universe.

The player controls a courier, transporting a "Platinum Chip" across the Mojave desert to New Vegas, when the character is shot and left for dead by a man named Benny. The player-character awakens in a town, now free to seek revenge against Benny, learn the secret behind the Platinum Chip, and choose sides in a coming war for the domination of the Hoover Dam.

Fallout: New Vegas was both a commercial and critical success, with an average score of 87%, praised for its compelling story and interesting characters, but criticized for technical issues.

For more information, check out our Fallout: New Vegas Review.

As far as difficulty goes, Fallout: New Vegas is no different than Fallout 3 or the Elder Scrolls titles. If you've played any of them, then you'll know that this game is more time-consuming than challenging.

Most trophies are either story-related, or dealing a certain amount of damage with certain weapons. Other challenges include playing/winning casino games (which are easy enough by saving and reloading) and a few minor collectibles. Also, the game contains 4 possible endings, but you can made a save point which you can then continuously return to and switch story paths.

Overall, will take about 60-80 hours of your time, but not requiring much in the way of skills.

Since this game has no trophy for difficulty mode, you can go ahead and select Very Easy. However, you must turn on Hardcore mode for the Hardcore trophy. This has no effect on damage, but you will need to eat, sleep, and drink water to survive, as well as a few other "realistic" disadvantages which make the game more challenging.

Also, SAVE OFTEN! This game is very glitchy, and can freeze on you often.

For the most part, you simply need to play through the main quest. Most of the damage-related trophies, as well as location discoveries, will come to you over time. Also, check out the trophy guides in our Links page for side-quest trophies, tips for the casino game trophies, and locations of snowglobes.

As you advance towards the end, make sure you create a save which you can resort back to after completing one of the ending paths. This will prevent you from having to restart the entire game when working towards one of the other three endings.

This is a useful wiki guide Walkthrough:
http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Fallout:_New_Vegas_walkthrough

And IGN has a great Walkthrough, here:
http://www.ign.com/wikis/fallout-new-vegas

And Mahalo has a useful Walkthrough, with videos:
http://www.mahalo.com/fallout-new-vegas-walkthrough/

Another useful Walkthrough, created by Jonathan Svarzbein:
http://www.gamefront.com/fallout-new-vegas-walkthrough/

Here's a great Trophy Guide, by Lord Maim:
http://www.ps3trophies.org/forum/fallout-new-vegas/74050-fallout-new-vegas-trophy-guide-road-map.html

And another detailed Trophy Guide, this one created by DaveyHasselhoff:
http://ps3trophies.com/forums/showwiki.php?title=PS3-Trophy-Guides:Fallout:-New-Vegas-Trophy-Guide

Yet another great Trophy Guide, created by PS3T Bot:
http://www.ps3trophies.co.uk/threads/30554-Fallout-New-Vegas-Trophy-Guide

Travis McCrory-Gardner posted a useful Trophy Guide, here:
http://www.1up.com/do/blogEntry?bId=9065117

A simpler, but still useful Trophy Guide, by Jeff Belote:
http://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2010/11/15/fallout-new-vegas-trophy-guide/

This is a Map of the area:
http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Fallout:_New_Vegas_map

Finally, here's a basic Trophy List:
http://www.allps3trophies.com/retail-games/fallout-new-vegas-trophies.html

Fallout 3 Trophy Guide

Fallout 3 Trophy Guide. Difficulty: ***  An action RPG set in a post-apocalyptic Washington D.C. More time-consuming than difficult, which can be completed in one playthrough with a few strategic saves made.

Game Name Difficulty Trophies Developer Country Bronze Silver Gold Online DLC
Fallout 3 *** 51 Bethesda Game Studios U.S. 38 10 2 0 22

Fallout 3

Fallout 3 is a post-apocalyptic, first-person action-RPG. After living safely in Vault 101 while the world outside suffers from the aftermath of a nuclear war, your father and scientist does the unthinkable - leaves the vault! Armed with a stick and pellet gun, you decide to venture off after him. While making your way along the main storyline, you'll take on a vast number of side-quests, battle against robots, mutants and raiders (oh, my!) and get involved in an ongoing battle between the Brotherhood of Steel and remnants of the American government, known as the Enclave.

War...war never changes.

For more information, check out our Fallout 3 Review.

This game does not require the amount of skill used in other games, such as Dead Space or the Uncharted series, where you are constantly running, jumping, dodging bullets while keeping an eye on your ammo and health level during a playthrough on hard or crushing modes. In fact, the game tends to become easier as your character levels-up, your weapons grow stronger, and you've mastered using the V.A.T.S. mode.

What this game does require, however, is a fair amount of time. Though not nearly as many hours will be spent as compared to Dragon Age: Origins, in Fallout 3 you can obtain the platinum in one, long playthrough. A hundred percent of these trophies are certainly doable, provided you have a lot of free time on your hands.

Specifically, often make new saves!! Do not overwrite the same single save over and over, because there will be times when you've made a mistake, and need to go back. Once, I accidentally met a character I wasn't supposed to meet yet, which jumped the main story forward - I received the next trophy for completing the umped mission, but missed the one before.

Keeping a number of saves will also help you when encountering glitches. A popular one is during Kicking Up the Trail, in which you're escorting Dr. Li. At the Citadel, she is supposed to use the intercom to allow you inside, but some people have reported that she just stands there, doing nothing. In this case, reload a past save, shoot your way out of the sewers again, and the glitch should be rectified.

The majority of the trophies are story-based, which include side-quests. Once found, they are easy to do even without a walkthrough (though we provided several in the Links page). After a mission has been selected, simply follow the arrow on your compass to where you need to go.

Slayer of Beats, which requires you to kill 300 creatures, is easily done during the course of the game. But Doesn't Play Well With Others is a bit more challenging, since you won't encounter 300 people simply by going through the story. Our advice: go out of your way to kill people, particularly later on when your character grows strong. If you're near the end of the game and still have not acquired this trophy, then head to areas and campsites where you remember seeing thieves and bandits, and wipe them out.

For Psychotic Prankster, in which you have to slip a grenade or mine into someone's pocket, we recommend either having a high stealth skill, or use a Stealth Boy. You must be in a sneaking position to pull this off. Also, make sure you've saved just before performing this prank, for you will lose karma. Once the trophy is acquired, reload, and continue with the game.

For Weaponsmith, we recommend that once you have a home (most likely in Megaton) you'll now have access to several lockers, in which you can store an infinite amount of stuff. Reserve one of these lockers for only equipment necessary in making custom weapons. Then, using the list provided in our Links page, keep an eye out for these items as you play. Once you have them all, and the necessary schematics, simply build one of each, and the trophy is yours!

Same goes for The Nuka-Cola Challenge. If you come across any bottles of brightly glowing blue Nuka-Cola, DO NOT DRINK OR SELL THEM! Instead, toss them in a locker. You'll need to collect 30 in order to acquire the trophy.

For Data Miner and Keys Are For Cowards, make sure you have every computer you come across, and pick every lock you find. Overall, there should be plenty of locks to work out, but the computers are a bit more rare, so keep your eyes peeled. Also, you may come across a safe which can either be picked or its computer hacked. In this case, pick the lock first, then even though it's open, hack the computer anyway. Since you only have 4 tries to hack before the computer shuts you out, save the game just before trying - this way, you'll have four chances to score the password instead of three.

You may notice there are trophies for reaching levels 8, 14 and 20, with each for the three karmas. Does this mean you have to play the game three times? Hell, no! Here's the trick: Once you get the trophy for reaching one of these levels, save the game, then load up a past game. Head into Megaton, duck into the hospital, shop and/or church, kill people inside (make sure they don't escape and sound the alarm) and start stealing things. Continue doing this until your karma is down to Neutral, then head out of Megaton and start killing random enemies until you get the trophy. After that, load up the same game, and repeat until your karma is down to bad. This works, of course, if you maintain Good karma. It's always easier to become bad than it is to become good (in life, and Fallout 3).

On a final note, make sure you've acquired every other trophy before embarking on the final battle. Once you beat the game, there's no going back.

Since most of the trophies are story-based, here is a Walkthrough by IGN, which includes all Side Quests and DLC:
http://guides.ign.com/guides/901269/page_3.html

And if you don't find what you're looking for there, try this Walkthrough by Wikia: http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Fallout_3_walkthrough

Mahalo also has a rather detailed Walkthrough, though is text-based and lacks pictures:
http://www.mahalo.com/fallout-3-walkthrough

Here is a Map of the area, useful for the One-Man Scouting Party trophy:
http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Fallout_3_map

And just in case, here's another Map:
http://fallout3tips.blogspot.com/2008/11/most-complete-fallout-3-map.html

Here is a forum which lists the parts needed for making Custom Weapons. Keep scrolling down, and you'll learn the location of the schematics, as well:
http://www.achieve360points.com/forums/showthread.php?t=99189

This is a list of the locations for the Nuka-Cola Quantum bottles, necessary for The Nuka-Cola Challenge trophy. (Tip - give the bottles to Sierra rather than Ronalds, because Ronald is a jerk!)
http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Nuka_Cola_Quantum

Here is a list of the Bobblehead Locations:
http://planetfallout.gamespy.com/wiki/Fallout_3_Bobblehead

As an added bonus, this is a useful Youtube video which demonstrates the Psychotic Prankster trophy, provided by andrews1022:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f22uYOJ4_50

Finally, here's a basic Trophy List:
http://www.ps3trophies.org/game/fallout-3/trophies/

Fallout New Vegas Review

7 / 10 Banzai!s

The Game:

Developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by Bethesda Software, Fallout: New Vegas was released in North America and Australia in October of 2010. A first-person action RPG, it continues the Fallout series in its post-apocalyptic world, this one set in and around Las Vegas, Nevada.

Like other Fallout games, players can customize their character, find places to live where they can store their gear, battle robots and super mutants, hack computers, pick locks, and use V.A.T.S. to target their enemies. Fallout: New Vegas includes a Hardcore Mode, which requires the players to eat, drink and sleep to ward off starvation, thirst and exhaustion, among other new challenges.

Unlike other Fallout games, the player character is not a Vault-dweller. Rather, you are a courier who has been shot and left for dead by a man named Benny (voiced by Friends Mathew Perry). After being rescued by a robot named Victor and taken to a nearby town to be healed, your quest is to search out Benny and take back the casino chip he’s stolen from you. Along the way, you’ll eventually be forced to either make an alliance with one of three factions: the New California Republic, a military force posing as what remains of the American government; Caesar’s Legion, slavers who follow the customs of the Roman Empire; or Mr. House, a mysterious controller of the Vegas strip. Or, you can discard all three options, and attempt to rule Hoover Dam’s power all to yourself. The choice is yours, thereby creating four possible endings.

 

What I Liked:

Having been released so shortly after Fallout 3 (the last DLC – Operation: Anchorage – was just released on the PSN only 8 months earlier) the developers decided to add some changes and twists to the game, which I applaud them for trying something new and keeping the series fresh. Besides the Hardcore Mode – which was a new, yet challenging way to add realism to the game – the three factions narrow the gameplay to specific choices which must be made during the second half of the game, creating more reason to load back after and completing the story to try a new path. None of the four possible choices are purely selfless, with endings somewhere in the grey area, rather than a good or evil decision.

Unlike other areas left in ruin after the war, the Vegas Strip is powered by the Hoover Dam, filling the setting with bright lights and attractice colours as you play roulette, black jack, slot machines, or watch some of their entertaining shows – as entertaining as they’ll get in a video game, anyway. Again, the developers were trying to keep things new and fresh from their previous game, and the changes in setting added to that freshness.

The characters are interesting and colourful. You’ve got Victor, the robot with a friendly, Roy Rogers like voice who is either following you for protection or spying on your actions. The King, who started a cult-like group in worship of Elvis Presely. And Mr. House himself, a mysterious behind-the-sceenes fella who may or may not even be human. And like the previous Fallout 3, all the quests and side-quests are filled with interesting twists and turns. The story is never linear nor boring in Fallout: New Vegas.

 

What I Didn’t Like:

The bugs.

This game had so many problems that, if not for the bugs, I probably would have awarded an 8.5 or 9 Banzai!s out of 10. The game froze, on average, at least once every hour – sometimes even just shutting down the PlayStation 3 completely, and restarting the whole system all on its own. The DLC for Fallout 3 was criticized for freezing at times, but I found Fallout: New Vegas to be far worse, forcing me to save the game every 10 minutes for fear that it would crash on me at any moment. This game was NOT ready to be released on the shelves – but for whatever reason, Bethesda did it anyway.

Fallout: New Vegas also lacked the feeling of an “open world” in comparison to previous Fallout games. Unlike Fallout 3, where you were free to roam from one end of the map to the other and explore new areas, New Vegas was filled with mountains, trenches and large bodies of water which restricted your movement, almost as though setting you on pre-determined paths.

 

Overall:

Fallout: New Vegas is a fun game for fans of the post-apocalyptic series – provided that you have the patience to get past the constant freezes and crashes and not toss the game out the window in frustration. It offers fresh new settings in a different way of storytelling, enough so you don’t feel you’re simply playing one of Fallout 3‘s DLCs. Though not as grand as its predecessor, and despite containing far, far more bugs than any game I’ve ever played (including Terminator: Salvation) it’s still worth checking out. Those new to the series, may want to pick up Fallout 3, first.

 

written by Damon Finos