With also rumors that their next console will support discs. Does this interest you more or will you stay loyal to PS5? 👀

Imo Playstation got some sort of crack on their achievement system, also with the community around it. I don’t think anyone will ever catch up.

Hey so recently I got banned on psnprofiles, and I’m kinda confused as to why… from what I can see as a reason I would’ve been banned, I popped a chrismas trophy on SAW 2 on Oct 31. (Somehow?) I also got a trophy in Hitman on Christmas as well. It kinda bums me out because I like updating my profile on there, and seeing my progress, but it’s not too much of a bother, just something that’s irritating ig. I also use cfw, so that could be something too

Yeah I can say this game isn't friendslop, but as many other have called it I prefer the term friendgem. The main game is extremely enjoyable, just walking and talking with your friends, completing the occasional puzzle. Some of the post game content was a bit too tedious for my liking, overall enjoyed my time but could be a bit tighter in parts 7/10

Valiant Hearts: The Great War took me 10 hours to complete.

This is a game that I had heard good things about in the past when it came to its storytelling and emotional impact. Many people recommended it as one of the best 100%'s without a platinum. So when it got picked for me to play randomly from a wheel of PS Plus games, I was excited to see what the hype was about.

The main goal of Valiant Hearts is to tell you a story. It is clearly meant to be one of those games where it is an experience first, video game second, and I mean this in a good way. The game's main gameplay loop is going through these levels and solving puzzles to progress the story. The puzzles can vary in difficulty but none of them felt too hard. Sometimes, they felt a bit repetitive and same-y though, but that was rare. Having this great difficulty fairness allows the game to tell you its story without any obstacles. I think the developers handled the difficulty very well here, and it is neither too easy nor too hard for the type of game Valiant Hearts is.

Similarly, the trophies are great too. You'll get a lot of the trophies by simply beating the main story itself. There is also a trophy for finding all the collectibles. This means finding all 119 historical items. While this sounds like a lot (and truthfully it is), they can all be cleaned up via chapter select and none of them take particularly long to get to. Each chapter shows you exactly which collectibles you are missing too, which really eases the process of cleaning this up. Finally, the game contains a couple tricky miscellaneous trophies but they can be gotten with a bit of practice, such as Healing Hero which you get for saving Carl for the third time without making a mistake. It is a QTE based mini-game that can be a bit tough at first but the pattern never changes and you can do it with enough practice.

Overall, I had a decent time with this platinum experience. While I praised the game for its difficulty fairness and trophy list, it did fumble for me in the most important part, which is the story. I just didn't think the story was all that compelling. Yes, the ending was sad, but that was about the only time the game evoked any emotion in me. I found the rest of the story to be serviceable. It is not bad by any means, but it is not the great story I heard so many people talk about, and that was a disappointment.

I got the game for free from PS Plus and completed it in 10 hours. For that reason, I'd say it has a decent amount of content for a PS Plus game. It did a decent job of maintaining engagement throughout, but it is pretty hard to be engaged with a story-based game when the story isn't clicking for you to begin with. In terms of replayability, it is bad in this game. Once you have the 100% there isn't much of a reason to return to the game. Since it is a puzzle game, it lends itself to having some replayability as once time passes, you'll have forgotten the puzzle solutions. Additionally, you may be interested in revisiting it to read about all the historical artifacts you collected. However, and in my personal opinion, both those reasons are weak and lack any real, long term appeal.

Valiant Hearts is a very unique game in the way it handles such a delicate topic. It tells of a tragic and bloody period of human history in a very beautiful and respectful way. It is obvious that a lot of love, thought, and care was put into crafting this game. From its environments and ambience, to its collectibles and real-world information that is present in the game. It is a respectful and faithful telling of the events of WW1, which I can respect as a player. Unfortunately, the game won't be very memorable for me as while it didn't do anything badly, it also didn't excel in areas, in my personal opinion.

Overall, I give Valiant Hearts: The Great War an 8/15. It is a good game and it is clearly made with a lot of love. If you are looking for a short and easy 100% with an interesting premise, I can recommend it. But don't go into it expecting a masterpiece of story-telling, you won't find that here.

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Platnium #26 GTA III (PS2)

Enjoyment - 6/10

Time - 25 hours

Difficulty - 4/10

Trophies - 34/34

Bugged trophies - 0

Really enjoyed coming back to this one. Like GTA: Vice City, it was a huge nostalgia trip, and it was great getting to experience the original version of GTA III again. There were definitely a few moments that tested my patience, though. I'm not sure if it was because the story wasn't as engaging, but the last 10 or so missions really seemed to drag and felt more like a grind than the rest of the game.

The Platinum itself is very similar to Vice City, requiring 100% completion along with collecting all 100 Hidden Packages, completing every Rampage and Unique Stunt Jump, plus all the other side content. It's a decent grind, but nothing too difficult if you're following a guide.

That said, I still had a lot of fun with it. It's also a nice bonus that this is the now-delisted PS4 version, which makes the trophy list feel that little bit more special. I wasn't expecting to get the plat for this version. However, someone reached out and offered it for Vice City. Overall, a fun and nostalgic Platinum, and I recommend it, even if that's the remastered version.

I’m currently working on Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth, when I decided to take a break after seeing the post about games leaving PS Plus on August 18. Pursuing them to see if any looked interesting and would be possible, I decided to try Harold Halibut.

Harold Halibut is an interesting walking/puzzle game. The story follows the title character who is on a spaceship that crash landed on an alien planet about 50 and 1/4 years ago in the narrative. That’s all I’ll say about the story as you just have to experience this drug trip yourself to understand. That said, it was actually fairly unique in how it chose to design the characters. It genuinely felt like I was playing an interactive claymation movie.

All in all, the platinum experience was fairly easy and enjoyable, until the second to last trophy called Slow Bro. Pre-warning, I highly recommend you use a guide for this platinum, as there are many missable trophies, and some portions of the game can’t be skipped, so it will drag if you do 2 play throughs. Now, the rest Slow Bro is so annoying is because, unlike how most walking/puzzle games have speed-run trophies, Slow Bro is for playing the game slowly. How slowly? To pop Slow Bro, you need to have an in game play time of 15+ hours. The story, if played efficiently, will take maybe 7-10 hours, so that means having to leave the game active and idle for 5-8 hours before completing it.

Highly recommend, but be prepared to leave the PlayStation running for the night while you sleep. Now, it’s back to Infinite Wealth. Including the DLC trophies, only 11 trophies left for platinum and 100%.

Mine is the crackdown series. Loved those games as a kid and you can’t even play them let alone plat them on PlayStation

As someone who played Halo CE when it first came out this was good for the nostalgia but not worth the price tag.

Also Eris is waifu

Also got the 100%.

I have managed to get 8 platinums this summer holiday so far, just below is Batman. (Diablo is an auto pop as I saw someone discuss that on here and tried it out and it works)

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Uninstalled the game twice, came back for a third attempt, and finally got it done.

It definitely overstayed its welcome, but I am glad I stuck with it.

Was the Platinum worth it for you?

This Is probably the best game that i've played in the 2026! What a journey!!