The Platinum Rush: To The Credits… And Beyond!

come on! you can do it!

Way to go, James. I’m keeping an eye on your progress through PSN as well

I’ve been silently stalking your progress, and for someone who says they tend not to go for platinums, you’re tearing through at a pretty solid rate. Not too much left to go.

What’s your PSN ID James? Or just add me. Hey got the trophies here to check if its really you anywho

I tried Mass Effect 2 on Insanity, but that level is seriously… INSANE!! :O

BEYOND!!!

Shogi is basically the same as chess

Keep your eyes on the prize. I’m looking at the Plat on KZ3 at moment although it’s being interupted by Shift 2 and Mass Effect 2 (doubt I’ll Plat either as I work on trophy vs time to judge if its worth the effort for some harder trophies) amongst others

I think you should read the Wikipedia article on Shogi as it explains what pieces can move and in what direction.

It wouldn’t count as an online guide, because you’re not getting gameplay advice, you’re merely finding out the rules of the game.

Nice one James. This platinum shouldn’t be too long now. What you’ll tend to find now is that you’ll either be sinking alot more time in to it or too little time toasted the end so my only tip is to simply pace yourself dowager the finish line dude.
It always helps me to do it that way. The more I see you playing yakuza 4 on PSN the more icwant buy it but I got motorstorm 3 and naruto to finish off which to be quite honest is doing my sweed in but these 2 platinums from each of these games will bump my platinum amounts to 50 so it needs to be done.

The life of us trophy who… Hunters is a stressful one lol

Go for the ‘KillZone 3′ Platinum, it was very easy to do;)

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@4 The trick to beating ME2 on Insanity is to do it with a new game, not a new game +. The game increases the difficulty, especially for bosses, in relation to your level. So if you start a new game +, you will most likely be around level 25, making it much harder than starting a completely new save! Buy a few weapon packs from the PSN and you will find it much easier.

Keep it up James.. the more you have to finish the more rewarded you will feel when you obtain your platinum..

I got some other games to finish off first so I don’t see Yakuza 4 for me in the near future.. and with the imminent release of MK My focus goes out to Crysis 2, Splatterhouse.. etc.

Just watch yourself there. Once you hit your first Platinum Trophy you’ll be hooked

As someone who has yet to complete Yakuza 3, just did a boss fight and unlocked the fighting arena mini game, can’t help but have respect for someone who wants to get the Plat for 4. To me, shows some passion and dedication. Yakuza plat seems difficult and time consuming.

Best wishes, although I feel inspired now to finish 3 and get as many trophies as I can.

Yes I agree with KZ3 platinum but on elite its crazy. But managed to get pass it then worked out online trophy’s boom platinum

@16 take it u didnt play kz2 on elite then(remembering the 2 broken ds3′s and the blisters on me thumbs and still never got round to getting it)but i did kz3′s elite with the sharpshooter it was ace

Awesome! I just beat it yesterday and I already started all the extra mini-games and stuff in Premium Adventure. What did you think of the story James? I thought it was brilliant, think I preferred 3′s finale though.

A few tips for the trophies you still need based on my experience with them:

Shogi is pretty much like chess, the trophy for it is extremely easy, just move the pawn-like pieces forward until you can manouver an opening to get one of the pieces that move like bishops to get to the opposite end of the board.

Mahjong is a bit more time consuming but it’s a fun game. For the trophy alone play against the easy guys and just get rid of pieces if you can see someone else has or has already got rid of one of those already, there are four of each piece in play and you’ll need seven pairs but it’s not really a rare hand to come across, you’ll need a litle luck though.

The non-casino minigames can all be played at Ryugujo, they’re on the other floor instead of the casino one.

I’d save pachinko till you’ve done the substories and found some more locker keys as there are penty of cheat items you’ll pick up along the way to help with pachinko.

For memo master you get most through the story but there are some like one on the roof that you may miss, also Naomi gives you 3 I think if you keep talking to her for ages, and the trophy comes up when you look at them in the menu.

For the bowling trophy how I play is I go 3 clicks to the right, then aim the ball a little left of the first pin, then put a little spin on it to the right. Takes some practice but when you get it strikes are pretty easy.

And for karaoke Kiryu can do all 11 tracks, the others can’t do some of them I think.

As for making money for Akiyama and stuff, I’d save at the batting center and go to the casino, bet 10,000 on the banker on baccarat and then save if you win, reload if you don’t. Then you can exchange winnings for platinum plates and sell them at Ebisu, the pawn shop.

^Doing that at the casino will help you with the Walking Bank, Akiyama and Tanimura trophies, and you can spend the winnings on buying the handguns from the weapons dealer on the rooftops for Saejima’s tropy too.

Now I’m off to play through all the hostess maker stuff… though I’ve never really enjoyed the hostess stuff, lol

beat insane on ME2 on the 360 – I was an infiltrator – you don’t need to buy any weapon packs at the end of yr first playthrough you get a choice of becoming skilled in a weapon outside your class or in my case because of my class a very nice sniper rifle – I chose the rifle.

remember to send your party ahead let them take the damage – the hardest part for me was the bit on the collectors ship with the flying platforms Miranda is good for taking down guardians extra shield – the ones that possess other enemies – I used the krogan as well

its not easy and there will be tearing hair out moments – persistence is key

got my 4th plat on RDR – now going for my 5th – thinking of trying to plat a game a month as I’ve earned 4 plats in my 4 months of having a ps3 – maybe Dead Rising 2 or Atelier Rorona or Ar Tonelico next

@LazyBaker, wow hey, thanks for the tip!!! Most definitely gonna try it!!!

I’m looking close to getting my 1st platinum on Prince of Persia :TFS.
Its taken me all of about 5 days to get most trophies on the first playthrough, and the final few shouldn’t be too hard to get. Thing is though, it’s a bit easy, would this platinum be a badge of shame?

Cool, thanks for the tip James! I need all the help I can get with the hostesses… who would’ve thought computer generated girls would be so hard to chat up?!

I started the long trip for Platinum in Wipeout HD, the 2nd hardest platinum trophy in PS3 history. I didn’t know it when I started, but hell, I love this game and if this is gonna be my 1st platinum – all the better 9if I’ll ever get it) ;]

It’s a shame there’s no Platinum Rush track from Wipeout Pulse in WOHD, that would be quite fitting ;]

Just wanted to say that I love these posts. I’m not into these exact games so I have not much to contribute here, but it’s nice to see your progress here and on PSN. Good luck:)

getting gold trophies become difficult and platinum impossible why?!