Tag: Platinum Games

Vanquish Trophy Guide

Editorial Team

Vanquish Trophy Guide. Difficulty: ***  A third-person shooter taking place in the near future with an AR suit that allows time to slow down. While not a particularly long game, the Platinum demands some serious skills.

Game Name Difficulty Trophies Developer Country Bronze Silver Gold Online DLC
Vanquish *** 51 Platinum Games Japan 42 5 3 0 0

Vanquish

Vanquish is a third-person shooter, with bullet hell elements, requiring constant quick reactions from the player. Players control a DARPA agent wearing an Augmented Reaction Suit, which allows the ability to enter AR mode, slowing time and allowing the player to target enemies.

In the near future, when Earth's growing population has caused the world resources to become scarce, the American government launches a space station in order to gather solar energy. However, the Russian government is overthrown by ultra-nationalist forces named the Order of the Russian Star, and have seized the space station. Sam Gideon, a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agent, is equipped with an Augmented Reaction Suit and sent in to take back the space station.

Vanquish received positive reviews, with an average score of 83%, praised for its visuals, fast pace action, and overall gameplay, though criticized by some for its short length and dialogue.

While not a particularly long game, Vanquish requires some serious skills in obtaining the Platinum. A playthrough on Hard mode is needed, with lots of collectibles to find. There's a chapter select to help mop-up any missing trophies afterwards. However, the Tactical Challenges mode is hard and frustrating, hence the 3-star rating.

Overall, expect around 15-20 hours on this one, though it really depends on your skills and ability to complete the Tactical Challenges.

Hard mode is available from the start, so if you're in a rush for that platinum, we recommend starting your playthrough there. During your run, you'll want to focus on collecting all the 112 Panglos statues. Check out the collectible guides under our Links tab for this. Also, you'll want to focus on not dying. If you die, simply return to the title screen rather than select Continue, which will void your death.

During this playthrough, avoid changing the difficulty level or using the chapter select, as this will stop you from unlocking the Survivor and ARS Operator trophies.

Once your playthrough on Hard mode is complete, it is now safe to use the chapter select. There are a number of miscellaneous trophies, so now is your chance to go through and mop them up. Check out the Vanquish trophy guide links under our Links tab to see what you still need and how to obtain it.

Last, are the Tactical Challenges. There are 6 in total (5, plus one bonus) and completing these are quite challenging, and the reason why this game received a 3-star difficulty. Check out the walkthroughs under our Links tab for help with these.

Here's a text-based Walkthrough by Apathy000:
http://www.gamefaqs.com/ps3/987822-vanquish/faqs/62014

And a video Walkthrough by Josh Romero:
http://www.videogamesblogger.com/2010/10/20/vanquish-walkthrough-video-guide-xbox-360-ps3.htm

And IGN has a Walkthrough here:
http://www.ign.com/wikis/vanquish/Walkthrough

RaveNScythE18 has a detailed Trophy Guide here:
http://ps3trophies.com/forums/showwiki.php?title=PS3-Trophy-Guides:Vanquish-Trophy-Guide

And a great Trophy Guide here, by wottagunn:
http://www.playstationtrophies.org/game/vanquish/guide/

Platisfaction, connman88 and Kevinnumber1 have a Trophy Guide here:
http://psnprofiles.com/guide/45-VANQUISH-Trophy-Guide

A Challenge Mode Walkthrough by x410xDragon:
http://www.playstationtrophies.org/forum/vanquish/238402-vanquish-challenge-mode-walkthrough.html

Finally, here's a basic Trophy List:
http://www.allps3trophies.com/retail-games/vanquish-trophies.html/comment-page-1

Metal Gear Rising Revengeance Trophy Guide

Editorial Team

Metal Gear Rising Revengeance Trophy Guide. Difficulty: ****  A third-person hack-and-slash and a spin-off of the Metal Gear Solid series. An extremely challenging Platinum that requires a playthrough on its hardest difficulty setting.

Game Name Difficulty Trophies Developer Country Bronze Silver Gold Online DLC
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance **** 51 Platinum Games Japan 42 5 3 0 10

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance is a third-person hack-and-slash action game released in 2013. It is the ninth title in the Metal Gear series, featuring the character Raiden who first appeared in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, in a story set four years after the events of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots.

Following the events four years after MSG4, the powerful organization running the war's economy, known as The Patriots, has been destroyed and broken into separate factions called Private Military Companies. Raiden is a cyborg working for the PMC Maverick Securities, who fight against a rival PMC known as Desperado Enterprises who are determined to destroy peace among nations in order to reap the financial rewards of the war economy.

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance received positive reviews, with an average score of 83%, praised for its combat system and ability to expand the series.

If you've played any previous Metal Gear titles, then you'll understand these Platinums are not easy - and Revengeance is no exception. Using a cheat code, it's possible to jump to the hardest difficulty mode and get the platinum in one playthrough with some mopping-up afterwards. However, we at Trophy Hunter give kudos to anyone able to do this. Most players will probably start on Normal and work their way through as the game gets harder. In order to clear the hardest difficulty setting, you'll need to be a complete master of the mechanics and controls.

Overall, expect anywhere between 30 to 60 hours of gameplay, depending on your skills.

It is possible to unlock all modes of difficulty and head straight into Revengeance difficulty. At the Press Start screen, enter the Konami code: up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, circle, X. However in doing so, you will lack not only the practice and skills gained from playing on the easier modes, but also the upgrades on your gear which ordinarily would make the Revengeance Difficulty mode easier. The choice is yours.

If you decide not to use the Konami Code, then we recommend starting your game on Normal and focusing your first playthrough on collecting as many trophies as you can. This includes all the collectibles and the mission-specific trophies. Check out the Metal Gear Rising Revengeance trophy guide links under our Links tab for further details, as well as a great collectibles video guide.

When you're ready to move up to Hard difficulty, select either Chapter or Continue, rather than New Game, in order to keep everything you've collected thus far. There are a number of trophies you can unlock on this second playthrough, including Amateur Radio Operator, and destroy-related trophies.

Before embarking the Revengeance difficulty, you should head into the VR Missions which will not only earn you two trophies - VR Master and Virtually Flawless - but also more gear and armor that will help you in our final playthrough.

Last is the most challenging stage of all: completing Revengeance mode, and earning an S-Rank across all missions. Check out the Revengeance S-Rank Guide in our Links page if you're experiencing too much trouble.

Good luck!

A great set of video Walkthroughs, on Gameranx:
http://www.gameranx.com/features/id/12845/article/metal-gear-rising-revengeance-walkthrough/

And a great Walkthrough by Ferry Groenendijk:
http://www.videogamesblogger.com/2013/02/19/metal-gear-rising-revengeance-walkthrough.htm

Here's a Walkthrough on IGN:
http://www.ign.com/wikis/metal-gear-rising-revengeance/Walkthrough

This is a great Trophy Guide by Kagarasimaru, which includes the DLC:
http://www.ps3trophies.org/game/metal-gear-rising-revengeance/guide/

A fantastic Trophy Guide by Ferry Groenendijk, with videos and location guides:
http://www.videogamesblogger.com/2013/02/27/metal-gear-rising-revengeance-trophies-guide.htm

Another great Trophy Guide, this one by Gyrocop:
http://ps3trophies.com/forums/showwiki.php?title=PS3-Trophy-Guides:Metal-Gear-Rising:-Revengeance-Trophy-Guide

A text-based Trophy Guide, by Vesperas:
http://www.gamefaqs.com/ps3/960699-metal-gear-rising-revengeance/faqs/66842

Here is a useful Collectibles Guide, by Kheapathic:
http://www.ps3trophies.org/forum/metal-gear-rising-revengeance/199454-metal-gear-rising-revengeance-trophy-guide-roadmap-2.html#post3646085

And a VR Missions Guide, also by Kheapathic:
http://www.ps3trophies.org/forum/metal-gear-rising-revengeance/199454-metal-gear-rising-revengeance-trophy-guide-roadmap-2.html#post3646013

And Kheapathic's Revengeance S-Rank Guide:
http://www.ps3trophies.org/forum/metal-gear-rising-revengeance/199454-metal-gear-rising-revengeance-trophy-guide-roadmap-2.html#post3646054

Finally, here's a basic Trophy List:
http://www.ps3trophies.org/game/metal-gear-rising-revengeance/trophies/

Bayonetta Trophy Guide

Editorial Team

Bayonetta Trophy Guide. Difficulty: **   A third-person beat ’em up shooter as the character uses guns and magical powers against angels and witches. Requires three full playthroughs, one on its most difficult level.

Game Name Difficulty Trophies Developer Country Bronze Silver Gold Online DLC
Bayonetta ** 51 Platinum Games Japan 38 10 2 0 0

Bayonetta

Bayonetta is a third-person beat 'em up shooter, similar to the Devil May cry series by the same director, Hideki Kamiya.

Players take the role of Bayonetta, a woman armed with both guns and magical powers. She meets up with an informant named Enzo who lacks 20 years of her memories. Hearing of someone in the fictional European city Vigrid who possesses the Right Eye, teh two head off in hopes of restoring Enzo's memories. But the road won't be easy, as Bayonetta must defeat angels and other witches along the way.

The game received high praise, particularly in Japan and Europe, with an average score of 93% for its stunning graphics and overall fun gameplay.

This is a high 2-star rating, only because quite a bit of skill is involved. You will have to play the game three times, as the harder modes don't unlock until you've completed the easier ones. Other trophies include using a certain number of attacks and defeating bosses.

Not the easiest 2-star rated game, but still quite doable.

As we mentioned earlier, this game MUST be played three times in order to get the platinum. So, we recommend skipping Easy and go straight into Normal mode, in order to unlock Hard. During this first playthrough, don't worry so much about the portals, but focus on the other collectibles: Chests, Notes, LPs, Moon Pears, and Witch Hearts. Check out the walkthroughs in our Links page for help with their locations.

Once Hard is unlocked, start it up and focus on farming for the 5 million Halos. The best spot for this is the boss battle in Chapter 7. For the portals, we recommend checkout out Labartu's trophy guide in our Links page.

Once you have all the weapons and accessories after your playthrough on Hard, select Infinity Climax and get that platinum.

A great Walkthrough on IGN:
http://guides.ign.com/guides/14253676/page_3.html

Here's another useful Walkthrough, from MyCheats:
http://mycheats.1up.com/view/superguide/3167741/bayonetta/ps3

Labartu has put together a great Trophy Guide, complete with a roadmap and videos of boss battles:
http://www.ps3trophies.org/forum/bayonetta/33043-bayonetta-trophy-guide-road-map.html

This is a detailed, text-based Trophy Guide created by Jared "Echelon 17" Laughlin:
http://www.gamefaqs.com/ps3/946345-bayonetta/faqs/59598

Here's a great Collectibles Guide, by Hayabusa66:
http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/showthread.php?t=193882

Another Collectibles Guide, this one text-based, created by Tzepish:
http://www.gamefaqs.com/ps3/946345-bayonetta/faqs/59183

This is a Strategy Guide for the Alfeheim Portals, by Labartu:
http://www.ps3trophies.org/forum/bayonetta/32778-alfheim-portal-strategy-guide.html#post450740

Here are some useful Combat Tips as well as advice for unlockables, by Simon Hill:
http://www.alteredgamer.com/bayonetta/62573-everything-you-need-to-know-about-for-the-ps3/

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