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Great video buddy Its a tough subject to really talk about and explain For me ive really enjoyed finding games that id have never played without the platinum reward and have ended up being a big fan of those games now Giving myself a challenge of learning and improving on games that id have just tried to rush the story and moved on Seeing every part of a game that the devs want you to see, hidden secrets, hidden bosses etc I understand why some get disenchanted with the hobby but it is just a hobby, and to normal people we're a group of nutters 😅

I see Achievements and Trophies as icing on the cake. They're not the main reason why I play and complete video games, I was doing it long before Microsoft implemented Achievements for the X360 (and later Sony and Steam copied it) and will continue to play them if they eventually go away. I usually enjoy getting Trophies but It depends on the game. Some can be fun and enhance the experience like you described but others can be long and boring. I understand the other side when I hear that Trophies or Achievements ruined the gaming experience for a lot of old school completionists who don’t want to read a guide before/while playing a game or follow a random list to complete a bunch of tasks. I'm also aware that most Achievements/Trophies are ultimately pointless and designed for people that have a lot of free time, OCD and/or addictive personality.

What an awesome video! I don’t nearly spend as much time as I use to chasing trophies and achievements but I have mad respect for everyone that does! I love how you mentioned community as one of the reasons why you are into it. I never thought about that but it makes so much sense. Oh and Rusty’s a real one for giving you that platinum trophy! Love it! I do have a question though, do you have full intentions of getting the platinum when you initially start a game? I know you mentioned that you revisit games to clean up trophies but I wasn’t sure.

Preach brother. I think people cry too much online and once you look at the hobby as a job and care more about the views and engagement than actually enjoying the hobby, I understand it could get tedious. I personally love the grind, I go for a platinum or 100% in every game I play (since I started trophy hunting) and that has lead me into some rough grinds and amazing memories. Even you inspired me to make a video of my list to share it with this community, in a podcast way. Keep up the great content and the positivity

Great video! I’d also encourage people not to hesitate to revisit a game years later. If it has a New Game+ or hard mode requirement, you can always come back after some time and enjoy it with fresh eyes. Just make sure to pop those multiplayer trophies thought!

I’ve enjoyed trophy hunting since I had the Xbox 360 with achievements I use to hunt those still do till this day personally I enjoy getting FPS games and other shooters I enjoy me and my buddy have been earning Platinums together since high school and it’s been fun we had some ups and downs our last platinum was awful we were at each others throats constantly being honest he called me out on that Platinum and I didn’t want to do it but like you said in your video it’s about fun with friends we look back at that one and laugh at it now we will be working on our 10th Platinum soon after I finish the other game I’m about to Platinum myself we usually have a system on how we work on Platinums together we make sure we get the platinum trophy at the same time then after we are done we go on about our ways and play different games until I ask him for help and we run it again

Great video mate & a great outlook on the situation also 😎👌

I genuinely enjoy grinding. In my free time and solo hobbies i have always been grinding. As an example, i have a shiny hunt thats been going on for roughly 1100 hours (shinys are differently colored pokemon). I also grinded league of legends until i got in the top 10k for euw (top 8k). Achievement hunting is just a different way to express my love for it. Getting every Achievement on the hardest difficulty and being forced to figure out how to min max your characters is so much fun to me. Figuring out how to get the best advantages out of the tools the games give you.

I think there's quite a bit more good that comes from trophies/achievements than anything that could be perceived as truly "bad". Our rivalry is a classic example of what it was like when Achivements first came on the scene, and I hope we get to experience something similar if/when Nintendo introduces some type of similar system on their future platform. For me, though, it ultimately comes down to balance. Trophies and going after them can spiral into addiction territory for me (and I think for others out there as well given folks I've talked to about the hobby), and I quickly find myself ignoring other systems or even avoiding certain PlayStation games because the trophy list isn't "good". Taking a year long break from the hunt for me was genuinely important for the health of my personal gaming habits. It also afforded me the opportunity to reflect on the time I spent trophy hunting. Not in a self destructive way, but it helped me recognize that I enjoyed the journey to 100 Platinums. Going forward there will absolutely be a game here and there I'll snag the Platinum for, but it'll just be less of an overall focus when playing PlayStation games than it once was. Really thought provoking video, Blink, thanks for sharing!

Good video

I’m watching this while collecting a billion collectibles in Ghostwire Tokyo. I agree. Trophy Hunting is as fun as you make it. It is our personal responsibility to keep it fun. Yes, trophy hunting has changed over the years. I think, it has become more accessible. We are the captain of our trophy hunting boat. I decide, when to stop, when to refuel, when to set sail in another direction. I had to grow a lot personally to learn this lesson. After 10 years, the magic of the early days is gone, but the magic of «what else is there» is around the corner. I love trophies that make me try side content. An easy to earn Multiplayer trophy can enhance an experience. I don’t need excessive grinds or a billion collectibles. But sometimes, I enjoy it. Ghostwire Tokyo is overkill, BUT it is also a nice change of pace after grinding a bronze trophy that requires a flawless perma-death run. No missable trophies in a game are a great thing. Community IS a big reason. Talking to like-minded people is a lot of fun. In-depth discussions are great. Listening to other opinions to get a more varied perspective on the hobby is important. (Just like this video.) Finishing a series, I started on the PS2, is so satisfying. To have the full picture of Kratos’ story, is beautiful. Returning to the OG Greek games and finishing them on hard difficulty and finishing the challenges, showed me how much I have grown as a trophy hunter. I also learned, that I don’t like the second game as much as I thought. I also found my love for Shadow of the Colossus and ICO 10 years later. I was finally able to experience the magic for myself. I had played it, but back then I wasn’t ready to fully grasp the essence of these two game. That changed and they became favorites. I just realized, I have Outer Wilds still on my list of games to play. Maybe I give it a try during Christmas holidays. Never played it, exept for a few minutes. I managed to die, got a trophy for it and immediately closed the game - I couldn’t stand frustation back then. But I’m also scared of starting it, because everyone mentions the the game as a fantastic experience. I try to not hype myself or have expectations, but I can’t fully block everything out. Great points. I enjoyed this video a lot.

Awesome videos to have in the background as you just described! Currently working on Blazblue Calamity Trigger's platinum myself, and since the arcade modes and online matches are a bit of a grind, these videos have been perfect! Keep on.

Loved this format!! Def made me think harder and realize how right you are. Team games like Overcooked 2 are also sooo fun and promote cooperation, patience and problem solving 😊

Rock on, dude

This episode was a great show. I really enjoyed it.

Real cool collection! I got my Vita last Christmas and Tearaway was a total gem :)

PS4 is literally so much like PS2, including shovelware and AA games

I've been completing games as a whole for about 4 and a half years now myself, with trophy hunting being my primary since December 2022 when I finally picked myself up a PS4 Pro. Just found your channel and I've been itching for this type of content for a long time, I really love just listening and watching someone talk in-depth about the trophies they're earned, their trophy stories, just anything around trophies. I'm also a collector myself, though I haven't watched any of your collection videos I very much look forward to getting to them very soon. To repeat everyone else, your determination for trophies and the game you have with your friend has inspired me to finally get into gear and start widdling down my unearned trophies with the use of an RNG wheel, since I don't really have any trophy friends, to determine what games I finish off next. Day before last I finally cleaned up the last two DLC of the original Bioshock after procrastinating for over a year because of how difficult the trophy guide said the Worlds of Hurt - Expert trophy would be (did it on my first attempt with ease lol). Do you happen to have a discord server, or a patreon somewhere, or intend to open a patreon page? I'd really like to support you!

Man, the video I've been waiting for.. has been really fun connecting with you and the gang on Twitch, but I've been anxious to see how your trophy grind has been going! I'm currently working on three games (still): Demon's Souls (PS5 remake), Sly Cooper and the Theivious Racoonous, and Call of Duty: Black Ops 6. Black Ops 6 is taking up most of my time with the MP and Zombies trophies, but it's pretty good overall. I'm also just really enjoying the MP. It's good this year. I'm excited to get back to Demon's Souls.

Like such videos!

You should really consider adding B-Roll in such videos. Like if you talk about a game, add a bit of gameplay while you are talking. Love the plat dedication in that month. Gotta do the same!

Dang very impressive with the number of trophies. I highly encourage people if possible to find another friend that is into trophy / achievement hunting and challenge them the way we're doing it since it's very motivating and very fun to do.

Now that's a solid month right there mate! 😎🤘 Closing in on number 200 in the platinums, keen to see what you decide to have as that milestone 😁🏆

I also just finished up a 14 year plat run of Heavy Rain. My RE5 (PS3) run was slightly longer

I just finished campaigns and riddler in Arkham city, which I first started at 17 November 2011. Currently playing through NG+ and I plan to wait out till 17.11.24 to pop the plat.

My october was very slow for plats because of my the last of us 2 perma grind. I only got the completion for DQ11 and DAI in preparation for veilguard, which were 95% done from september. Currently working on DA veilguard and really enjoying it.

Cool video. I love seeing games with a huge gap between starting and completing. I should let any reader know I'm on xbox so no platinums for me. October was a fun month. I got the 1000 for Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch Remastered and Digimon Survive. For November I'm planning on playing some Sonic Superstars. Have a fun month gaming everyone. 👍

Looking back, my October was kind of a lighter month. I did play a lot but not as much as I wanted to for various reasons. I finally started a game I was heavily anticipating called "Tevi", a 2D Action-Platformer or Metroidvania if you prefer. Despite some gripes, at least compared to it's predecessor "Rabi-Ribi", I did still really like it. I do recommend giving it a shot if you're willing to. And it being October, I wanted to squeeze in some horror games and thankfully I was able to. Managed to do both "Darkwood", which is fantastic, as well as "Signalis", which I was more mixed on but it's still really good. Sadly that was all the spook games for spook season I managed. Though funnily, "Darkwood" did get me one UR, that being the platinum itself, which I didn't realize was UR until after the fact. 47:30 ("Mad Rat Dead") Holy crap, that is definitely not a game you ever see brought up. In fact, this is my first time seeing anyone else in the wild with it logged on their account. The main reason I know about it is cause NIS is literally my favorite developer. Big "Disgaea" fan but I enjoy a lot of their other IPs and smaller projects as well. I mean, I went on a whole tangent about "A Rose In the Twilight" in one of your other recent videos. And "Mad Rat Dead" is definitely one of the more notable modern picks I really enjoyed. Heck, looking it up just now, I'm the 2nd platinum achiever for the NA version...that's a complete surprise to me. I guess as a fun fact, NIS has this thing where in their upcoming games, they will often include guest cameos of characters from their other IPs. Sometimes as part of the base games, sometimes added in later as DLC. It's one part self marketing but also just really fun nonsense. Kind of has created this whole NIS-verse that I see some people sometimes joke about. Like some examples: Kogure Souichirou from "Hayarigami" (A horror detective VN) was in "Disgaea 3", Plume from "Battle Princess of Arcadias" was in "Disgaea D2", Pirohiko from "Z.H.P. Unlosing Ranger vs Darkdeath Evilman" was in "The Guided Fate Paradox", Metallia from "The Witch & The Hundred Knight" was in both "Disgaea D2" and "5", etc. So for their next big upcoming release, "Phantom Brave: The Lost Hero" (or just "Phantom Brave 2"), it was already announced to be getting various DLC characters and there were some wild picks: 4 characters from the first "Phantom Brave", Liar Princess from "The Liar Princess and The Blind Prince, Girl (the protagonist) from "Yomawari", Samayoi from "Bar Stella Abyss" (which I'm still sad about it remaining a JP only release), and finally...Mad Rat alongside Heart from, well, "Mad Rat Dead". It's absurd and I love it.

October was a good month for me. Completed Immortals of aveum on the PS5, decent game and I'm proud of it because I normally don't play on a hard difficulty. I also got the platinum for Spiderman on PS4 (no DLC). I got the platinum for Day of the tentacle whicn was in my backloog for years. I reconnected my PS3 to clean up my backlog. Got the platinum for Sly 2 after 11 years (missed 3 trophies for purchasing some gadgets). I'm now playing Ratchet and Clank tools of destruction, but that game doesn't have trophies. Quite weird that trophies became a thing in the middle of the PS3 life cycle. On the PS5 I'm playing Biomutant, which is ok but nothing spectacular. Keep up the good work. It is nice to see all the progress every month.

Hey love watching these - great vid again

Great video dude such a great collection, it's impressive. And thanks for including the #teamhandheld picture :D

I AM listening to this while I work!

Such a good follow-on to the first video mate! Loved seeing the pic you mentioned in the first also 😁👌

You pretty much got most of what I have but I think I still got some recommendations to throw your way. "Army Corps of Hell" Essentially, it's a blend of "Pikman" (or "Overlord" if you prefer) and "Monster Hunter" believe it or not. One of the neat things about it is that its entire OST was licensed out to various bands so it's quite unique in that aspect. One of my favorite tracks is "Boss 6" if you need to example. "Muramasa: Rebirth" While this is also on Wii, the definite version is the Vita one. Touched up combat, a redone script translation, and even additional story/character scenarios as DLC. "Super Robot Taisen" (multiple entries) If you're willing to import, I very much recommend this franchise. Essentially, it's an SRPG crossover of various mecha series. Multiple different "Gundam", "Mazinger", "Getter Robo", "Code Geass", "Gurren Lagann", even "Cowboy Bebop" in one entry, etc. Each entries have their own specified gimmicks and series lists to go through, but nearly all of them are just solid SRPGs. Also, the latter entries do have English-Asian versions so you can actually play them properly, rough translations aside anyway. "Oreshika: Bloodlines" One of the more expensive picks, an RPG to be clear. Essentially, you play as an entire family with a cursed bloodline. So your party members primarily consist of mostly randomly generated characters who you have to raise. With each proceeding generation, you have to re-raise your characters but their baseline stats and abilities are better and better. So you're managing going out into dungeons with properly leveled and equipped characters with certain class set ups, all while raising newer characters to catch up and then eventually surpass the prior ones who have died from old age. Of course, I'm heavily simplifying the whole thing but it's interesting. --------------------------------------------------------------- 11:20 ("A Rose In The Twilight") Kind of a minor tangent, but this game has what is probably the most creative implementations of trophies I think I've ever seen in a game. It's kind of a spoiler but it's such a hidden thing in a relatively unknown game that I'm going to go ahead and talk about it. Of course, skip the entire next segment if you don't want to read it. Essentially, once you fully beat the game and obtain 100% of collectibles, you unlock a secret puzzle. If you return to a particular area, you'll find that there are these 3 stained glass windows that you can now interaction with. One of a bird, one a starry sky, and one of a rose. And that's the only hint you have to go by. Clearly, you need to input a sequence as a code but what's the solution? Well, as hinted earlier, it's the trophies. For instance, here are some of the trophy names: - The Beautiful & Final Rose - Bouquet of Roses - Fly Away Little Bird - Quick Star - Canary's Knowledge - Thorn Road - Unheard Song - Red Moon They all correlate to one of the stained glasses in some thematic way. So, basically, your trophies spell out a 28 input long code in the order of going down the trophy list. Once you think you are done with the game, it throws you one last riddle using almost literally everything you've done up till then. And yes, you do get one final reward for solving it.

Steins gate is the goat actually

I collect almost 300 games for vita 97% limited run games for vita is trash but morons buy it anyway

Great second video. Hopefully you get some more for the collection for a part 3!

Ah I started also a collection of ps3 games, they are so underrated, cheap and actually full games on DVD, so no internet connection required, no download. It s rare in these days.

It's the one Sony system that I can say I don't really like that much. For console exclusives it's slim pickings for visual novels with English, RPGs, or horror games. Whenever there were multi-plats I was interested in it's been preferable to me to go for the home console version. It's usually cheaper and performs/looks a bit better. At least with the PSP there were boatloads of exclusive games.

I saw vita. I clicked it. You actually have a couple of games there i don't have! 😮

I started and dropped both VC2 & Bravely Second earlier this year; not out of any dislike, I thouroughly intend to go back to both! I agree about the VC2 maps though. Its a shame because it is such an impressive sequel in so many ways but they cant cover for a dip in the core gameplay. I'd really recommend going back to Dark Cloud 2 (we call it Dark Chronicle) and SMT sometime. Its different strokes for different folks but those are two of my all time favourite games and I will unreasonably demand everyone else love them too.

Ah, a new favourite channel. I never had a vita, I know nothing but the most basic about the library so looking forward to part 2. Oh, also love the shirt, big fan as well ✌️

I stop collecting for vita 5 years ago with almost 300 games. Today some of them is crazy expensive 😕

Loved watching this. I've been collecting vita games myself for a few years now and am on 58 games!

What a collection! Loved seeing all of your vita games in this video mate 💪😎🤘🏆

Such an impressive collection, and I agree Tales from Space: Mutant Blobs is probably one of my favorite experiences on the vita when I did play it. Can't recommend it enough.

Thank you for showing us your collection, This could not have come at a better time, I got my first PS vita literally 2 days ago, and was looking around to see what good games to get for it.

Great video! And I would not be surprised if that Metal Gear game time is legit as I have the same thing on my profile with 120 or so hours.

Dude deception 4 is easily one of the best games to play handheld - get on that

What the hell, biggest Vita collection I've ever seen, I think that might be more Vita games than I've ever seen if I counted every single visit to the game store over the years. Some absolute bangers in there & some that I am gutted that I've never experienced myself. Awesome video as usual Blink, loving these long & chilled out topics/videos.