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South Park The Stick of Truth Trophy Guide

Editorial Team

South Park The Stick of Truth Trophy Guide. Difficulty: **  An RPG based on the adult animated series South Park with similar animated-style graphics. The Platinum is not difficult, only requires some time.

Game Name Difficulty Trophies Developer Country Bronze Silver Gold Online DLC
South Park: The Stick of Truth ** 51 Obsidian Entertainment U.S. 42 5 3 0 0

South Park: The Stick of Truth

South Park: The Stick of Truth is an RPG based on the South Park adult animated series. The game is played in a 2.5D third-person perspective, with graphics that simulate the TV series, and uses the same voice actors including Trey Parker and Matt Stone, who were also involved in the game's development.

The player-character is the New Kid who has just moved into South Park, who allies himself with Butters, Princess Kenny, and Cartman, who are competing against Stan, Jimmy, and High Jew Elf Kyle, for the all-powerful Stick of Truth.

South Park: The Stick of Truth received positive reviews with an average score of 86%, praised for its detail, humor, and faithfulness to the TV show, though criticized by some for its shallowness to players unfamiliar with the South Park series.

Since South Park: The Stick of Truth is a straight-up RPG, the game only requires a bit of strategy, though is overall quite easy. What does make this Platinum a little challenging, however, are all the missable trophies, of which there are 21. If you plan ahead, make multiple saves, and follow some of the guides under our Links tab, the Platinum can be unlocked in one playthrough.

Expect a little over 15 hours for the Platinum if following a guide, and more if you end up doing an extra playthrough.

NOTE: The trophies on the PS4 have a separate list from those on the PS3.

If you plan to get the Platinum in one playthrough, which of course is the fastest method, then you'll need to get familiar with the trophies. There are 21 missable trophies in total. Some of these are event-specific, such as being bitten 3 times by gingers for the Gingivitis trophy, or defeating the Boss Hall Monitor while wearing freckles for the Day Walker trophy. Others require collectibles such as opening all the garages for the Parkeologist trophy, and finding all the Chinpokomon for the Chinpokolypse trophy. Then there are some trophies which require collective events, such as interrupting 5 channel attacks by using a fart for the Re-Buttal trophy, and farting on four major authority figures for the Truth To Power trophy.

As a result, you'll need to know where these collectibles are, when to perform the event-related trophies, etc, if you plan to get these missable trophies on your first playthrough. So check out and get familiar with the South Park The Stick of Truth trophy guide links under our Links tab, and check out the Missable Collectibles guide by Warbear we've posted.

Also, you'll need to complete the game without selling any items for the For The Hoarder trophy, and never have your buddy knocked out throughout the game for the No Child Left Behind trophy. So be sure to make multiple saves you can reload in case a mistake is made.

Finally, it's worth mentioning that the Are We Cool? trophy requires you to play the Jew class when looking for Jesus in the church. However, since this event is early in the game, it's easy to go back and start a new playthrough for this one, if you don't wish to play the Jew class.

A great Walkthrough by Skan:
https://guides.gamepressure.com/southparkgame/

And IGN has a Walkthrough here:
http://www.ign.com/wikis/south-park-the-stick-of-truth/Walkthrough

An extremely useful Missable Collectibles Guide by Warbear:
https://www.playstationtrophies.org/forum/4316402-post12.html

And a great Trophy Guide by Phoenix4444:
https://psnprofiles.com/guide/86-south-park-the-stick-of-truth-trophy-guide

And Road to Platinum has a useful Trophy Guide here:
https://roadtoplatinum.weebly.com/south-park-the-stick-of-truth-trophy-guide.html

And a useful Trophy Guide by Ferry Groenendijk:
https://www.videogamesblogger.com/2014/03/03/south-park-the-stick-of-truth-trophies-guide.htm

Harry94_ & Warbear have a great Trophy Guide here:
https://www.playstationtrophies.org/game/south-park-the-stick-of-truth-ps3/guide/

A Full Equipment List:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1J3pt8itkzXQlFLu0v8KTpS4DO_qojp6keMhWzz9n4qw/edit#gid=0

A video by HarryNinetyFour showing all the Chinpokomon Locations:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f93bHBjuZHo

And a video by HappyThumbsGaming demonstrating the Gingivitis trophy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lRSWHNrwno

And a video by HarryNinetyFour demonstrating the Dragon Wrath trophy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_JsGcNmt54

Finally, here's a basic Trophy List:
https://www.truetrophies.com/game/South-Park-The-Stick-of-Truth/trophies

South Park The Stick of Truth Trophy Guide PS4

Editorial Team

South Park The Stick of Truth Trophy Guide. Difficulty: **  An RPG based on the adult animated series South Park with similar animated-style graphics. The Platinum is not difficult, only requires some time.

Game Name Difficulty Trophies Developer Country Bronze Silver Gold Online DLC
South Park: The Stick of Truth ** 51 Obsidian Entertainment U.S. 42 5 3 0 0

South Park: The Stick of Truth

South Park: The Stick of Truth is an RPG based on the South Park adult animated series. The game is played in a 2.5D third-person perspective, with graphics that simulate the TV series, and uses the same voice actors including Trey Parker and Matt Stone, who were also involved in the game's development.

The player-character is the New Kid who has just moved into South Park, who allies himself with Butters, Princess Kenny, and Cartman, who are competing against Stan, Jimmy, and High Jew Elf Kyle, for the all-powerful Stick of Truth.

South Park: The Stick of Truth received positive reviews with an average score of 86%, praised for its detail, humor, and faithfulness to the TV show, though criticized by some for its shallowness to players unfamiliar with the South Park series.

Since South Park: The Stick of Truth is a straight-up RPG, the game only requires a bit of strategy, though is overall quite easy. What does make this Platinum a little challenging, however, are all the missable trophies, of which there are 21. If you plan ahead, make multiple saves, and follow some of the guides under our Links tab, the Platinum can be unlocked in one playthrough.

Expect a little over 15 hours for the Platinum if following a guide, and more if you end up doing an extra playthrough.

NOTE: The trophies on the PS4 have a separate list from those on the PS3.

If you plan to get the Platinum in one playthrough, which of course is the fastest method, then you'll need to get familiar with the trophies. There are 21 missable trophies in total. Some of these are event-specific, such as being bitten 3 times by gingers for the Gingivitis trophy, or defeating the Boss Hall Monitor while wearing freckles for the Day Walker trophy. Others require collectibles such as opening all the garages for the Parkeologist trophy, and finding all the Chinpokomon for the Chinpokolypse trophy. Then there are some trophies which require collective events, such as interrupting 5 channel attacks by using a fart for the Re-Buttal trophy, and farting on four major authority figures for the Truth To Power trophy.

As a result, you'll need to know where these collectibles are, when to perform the event-related trophies, etc, if you plan to get these missable trophies on your first playthrough. So check out and get familiar with the South Park The Stick of Truth trophy guide links under our Links tab, and check out the Missable Collectibles guide by Warbear we've posted.

Also, you'll need to complete the game without selling any items for the For The Hoarder trophy, and never have your buddy knocked out throughout the game for the No Child Left Behind trophy. So be sure to make multiple saves you can reload in case a mistake is made.

Finally, it's worth mentioning that the Are We Cool? trophy requires you to play the Jew class when looking for Jesus in the church. However, since this event is early in the game, it's easy to go back and start a new playthrough for this one, if you don't wish to play the Jew class.

A great Walkthrough by Skan:
https://guides.gamepressure.com/southparkgame/

And IGN has a Walkthrough here:
http://www.ign.com/wikis/south-park-the-stick-of-truth/Walkthrough

An extremely useful Missable Collectibles Guide by Warbear:
https://www.playstationtrophies.org/forum/4316402-post12.html

And a great Trophy Guide by Phoenix4444:
https://psnprofiles.com/guide/86-south-park-the-stick-of-truth-trophy-guide

And Road to Platinum has a useful Trophy Guide here:
https://roadtoplatinum.weebly.com/south-park-the-stick-of-truth-trophy-guide.html

And a useful Trophy Guide by Ferry Groenendijk:
https://www.videogamesblogger.com/2014/03/03/south-park-the-stick-of-truth-trophies-guide.htm

Harry94_ & Warbear have a great Trophy Guide here:
https://www.playstationtrophies.org/game/south-park-the-stick-of-truth-ps3/guide/

A Full Equipment List:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1J3pt8itkzXQlFLu0v8KTpS4DO_qojp6keMhWzz9n4qw/edit#gid=0

A video by HarryNinetyFour showing all the Chinpokomon Locations:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f93bHBjuZHo

And a video by HappyThumbsGaming demonstrating the Gingivitis trophy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lRSWHNrwno

And a video by HarryNinetyFour demonstrating the Dragon Wrath trophy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_JsGcNmt54

Finally, here's a basic Trophy List:
https://www.truetrophies.com/game/South-Park-The-Stick-of-Truth/trophies

Alpha Protocol Trophy Guide

Editorial Team

Alpha Protocol Trophy Guide. Difficulty: **  A third-person action shooter with RPG elements involving an ex-agent possessing critical information. Requires at least two playthroughs for the Platinum, one on Hard mode, though doable for any average player.

Game Name Difficulty Trophies Developer Country Bronze Silver Gold Online DLC
Alpha Protocol ** 51 Obsidian Entertainment U.S. 39 9 2 0 0

Alpha Protocol

Alpha Protocol is a third-person action shooter with RPG elements. Players can customize their character with experience, as well as make decisions throughout the game which can affect both the outcome and your character's reptuation.

In a Jason Bourne like situation, Michael Thorton was once an aspiring agent, who is suddenly cast out by the government. But the information he carries could stop an international calamity. The fate of the world rests in the hands of Thorton!<.p>

The game received overall lukewarm reviews, with an average score of 61%. Though the decision-making and character customization was appreciated, many criticized its boring visuals, problems with enemy AIs, and overall repetitiveness.

A doable Platinum, which will require at least two playthroughs. The first can be set on easy, the second on Hard. Throughout each playthrough, you will need to make certain decisions which affect your reputation, and therefore your trophies - this is why at least two playthroughs are necessary. Afterwards, it's just a matter of cleaning up anything you missed.

Since we need to complete this game at least twice, you may as well start off on Easy mode and try to claim as many trophies as possible in your first run. Select Recruit background, which gives you no skills to start off, but will earn you the Evolution Of An Action Hero trophy. As you play, focus on getting a LOW reputation, which will earn you the No Time For Love and Never Trust A Sociopath trophies.

Also, keep in mind that progress towards trophies will NOT carry over into your second playthrough. So if you finish the game with 99/100 critical hits with the pistol, you won't get the trophy for Pistol Mastery after just one shot in the second - you'll have to start over.

On the second playthrough, select Hard difficulty to gain the Hardcore trophy. Having now beaten the game with the Recruit background, you can now select the unlocked Veteran, which will help you out. Here, focus on getting a positive reputation to claim the trophies you missed on your first playthrough. Also, you can get the Ready For Anything trophy, as certain intel is only available when your reputation score is at a certain level with some characters.

Once those two playthroughs are complete, you should have most - if not all - the trophies. Simply go back and clean up anything you missed. Be sure to check out the Alpha Protocol trophy guide links under our Links tab to see what you need and their requirements.

First, we've got a Walkthrough by Jacek "Stranger" Hales:
http://guides.gamepressure.com/alphaprotocol/guide.asp?ID=9548

And another Walkthrough, complete with videos, on Mahalo:
http://www.mahalo.com/alpha-protocol-walkthrough/

Lord Maim has put together a great Trophy Guide, complete with a roadmap:
http://www.ps3trophies.org/forum/alpha-protocol/54315-alpha-protocol-trophy-guide-road-map.html

And another useful Trophy Guide, by trophybot:
http://www.ps3trophies.com/forums/showwiki.php?title=PS3-Trophy-Guides:Alpha-Protocol-Trophy-Guide

This is a very simple, but quick-access Trophy Guide:
http://www.justpushstart.com/2010/05/alpha-protocol-trophy-achievement-guide/

Here's a short list of Tips and explanations of certain Perks:
http://www.ign.com/cheats/games/alpha-protocol-ps3-794752#4dbf889e2db5b91d3a0001e7

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

Fallout New Vegas Trophy Guide

Editorial Team

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 New Vegas Review

Editorial Team

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