After 130 hours in Kamurocho and countless streetfights swiftly ended with the Essence of Head Bashing, I finally got the Yakuza 4 Platinum Trophy on Wednesday night. The mission started a few months ago and, much to the credit of this excellent game, at the time of that final pling I was enjoying it as much as at the beginning.
As for my next Platinum, maybe something a bit less daunting. Anyone want to lend me Hannah Montana?
Here’s your recap. I’ll be roaming the Moors like Heathcliffe this weekend so I’ll respond to your comments first thing Monday morning.
PlayStation.Blog.Europe Weekly Content Recap
- TEKKEN Hybrid Coming Exclusively To PlayStation 3 - Fighting fans are in for a triple treat with this very special PlayStation 3 exclusive
- Free inFAMOUS 2 UGC Vehicles Pack Available Now On PSN, Also Search Through 50,000 UGC Missions - The first inFAMOUS 2 User-Generated Pack is here and it’s free! Grab it now!
- Sound Shapes For PS Vita: Jonathan Mak Demystifies Music Creation - Take a look at the game that had critics reeling at E3.
- Test Yourself: Memory Coming To PSN Tomorrow - Fancy yourself as an amateur psychologist? Then you might want to take a look at this.
- Uncharted 3 Interactive Entertainment Panel At Comic-Con 2011 - Couldn’t make it to Comic-Con 2011? Don’t worry. We have the full video of the Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception panel now.
- PlayStation Plus: More Anniversary Month Treats - See what gifts PlayStation Plus has in store for you this week.
- PixelJunk Shooter 2 Online Battle Tutorial Video - Take a look at Q-Games unique spin on tutorial videos.
- ‘Heads-Up’ Game Store Update 27th July 2011 - Check out all of this week’s goodies on PlayStation Store.
- PlayStation Home: Sodium2 Soars Close To The Sun - Get yourself to the Sodium2 launch grid and try out the new tracks.
- Games That Are Worth More Than Your Car - Delve into the world of game collecting with Sjoerd Rutten, founder of PlaystationCollecting.com.
- VidZone Update: The Videos Keep Flooding In + A Tribute To Amy - Check out all the latest music videos, plus a playlist in memory of the late Amy Winehouse.
- Get Tooled Up With Ratchet & Clank - Check out the brand new trailer for Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One.
- Resistance 3 Public Beta Dates: Early Access Starts August 10th - Find out how you can play Resistance 3′s competitive multiplayer modes early!
- Inside SCEE: Dave Ranyard - Take a look at life inside PlayStation with the SingStar and DaneStar Party game director.
- Weekend Debate – The minute to midnight feeling
- Warhammer 40K killteam out tuesday - You know you want it!
- Weekend Essentials - Something for the weekend
- Uncharted Double Pack - Pick up a copy and prepare yourself for the arrival of Uncharted: Drake’s Deception!
- How to get fit with PlayStation – Stay in shape with this five-step workout.
- The People vs Patapon - Patapon artist Rolito answers your questions.
- Ask a question about Resistance and win – Hurry up, it’s your last chance to quiz Insomniac Games on all things Resistance!














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Posted on 30 July, 2011 at 12:10 pm by Skookie30
Let me be the 1st to say congrats getting your PLAT now go out there and the 2nd 1.
Posted on 31 July, 2011 at 5:12 pm by James Gallagher
Thanks! I got heaps of PSN messages from blog readers.
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Posted on 30 July, 2011 at 12:14 pm by shenstra
Congratulations! A much easier, yet still enjoyable second platinum would be Assassin’s Creed 2.
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Posted on 30 July, 2011 at 12:15 pm by orton131
@Skookie30 I was the first I think, I told him via PSN message on Wednesday.
But once again congrats James, try SmackDown Vs RAW 2011, fairly easy.
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Posted on 30 July, 2011 at 12:21 pm by Skookie30
BTW james i give up on Castle crashers as a FREE plus game it is broken 1 trophy is glitch i got all 26 animals orbs sitting in my ark & the trophy didn’t unlock.
i haven’t finish the game the devs should be ashame giveing us a broken free game my friend had unlock it he bought it.
& before you say did you went on mutiplayer co-op because that dont count, No i find em all in single player.
i notice there are 2 animal ords as part of DLC and the King 1 i see ppl play as King on the leaderboards but Crap EU get shafted by devs I say STF-U
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Posted on 30 July, 2011 at 12:23 pm by Skookie30
ahh but i was the 1st on blog to say congrats like the ppl that put First in the post
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Posted on 30 July, 2011 at 12:26 pm by Menodixi
Congrats on your first platinum trophy, James.
I guess there are many other very easy Platinum trophies except from Hannah Montana. Cars 2 and Megamind are good examples. Most of the games which bases on movies have easy Platinum trophy. This might be a way of pushing the sales of these games, because there are many trophyaddicted people out there.
By the way I enjoyed reading the articles from the “Inside SCEE” category. You are right, we already know many things about your job, so I would also be very interested in an article “Made in Austria”, a report from the Playstation 3 Blu-ray manufacturing.
Posted on 31 July, 2011 at 5:13 pm by James Gallagher
That’s a great idea for a feature. I’ve got a few more interview candidates lined up and I’m glad you enjoyed it.
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Posted on 30 July, 2011 at 12:27 pm by PHILYPOT08
congrats james
i plats hannah montana like 2 yrs ago LOL try resident evil 5 & assassins creed 2 & WWE all stars i enjoyed playing them & getting the plats fairly easy aswell & fun games
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Posted on 30 July, 2011 at 12:29 pm by GRB20
Yeah Yakuza 4 is the best game I’ve played this year along with Little Big Planet 2. Hopefully Of The End is localised or the Black Panther PSP game is on the PSN.
Posted on 31 July, 2011 at 5:21 pm by James Gallagher
It’s up there for me too. Such an underrated series.
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Posted on 30 July, 2011 at 12:29 pm by Skookie30
there a few DLC with castle crashers there the pink knight one a skin there a KING DLC a skin & a weopon & like i say the 2 animal orbs.
but my trophy list didn’t had the DLC trophies and my friend who bought it was from norway so he didn’t get the DLC from USA did he.
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Posted on 30 July, 2011 at 12:31 pm by BellEvil
Congratz! I may ask a few things like how to do the Ultimate Essence, the explanation in the game is not very clear, I end up doing the Essence of Finishing.
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Posted on 30 July, 2011 at 12:36 pm by brucewillis215
congratz on getting your platinum i actully know that feeling it’s awesome at first then after 15 plats you get bored a little and then this is only a addiction now! but on my other account i had 25plats it happpened too me, the reason i am not posting with that account is that this site is kinda wierd for unsupported regions like iceland, soo i am starting again from scratch, but i hope that you will enjoy each platinum you get, but when you get your tenth platinum trophy you will know the feeling of accomplishing something very big. and you deserve too feel proud
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but hey do you know anything about section 8 voucher codes?,i thought i would get him straight too my e-mail but i haven’t got it.
soo you know: i bought section 8 prejudice at the first seconds soo, were is my code for section 8 seriously i completed section 8 prejudice on 6 hours,
Posted on 31 July, 2011 at 5:25 pm by James Gallagher
I was just kind of relieved and to be honest, if I hadn’t announced that I was going to do it I would have given up a long time ago. I’m just not a completionist – I play little bits if lots of things.
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Posted on 30 July, 2011 at 12:43 pm by Skookie30
you may delete my Ranting above about the game being broken i now need to buy the Last 2 animals in the insane store that the difficult level insane.
so question are these 2 animals in the insane store the 2 animals that was with a DLC? or are we still getting the other DLC‘s including the pink kinght thanks
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Posted on 30 July, 2011 at 12:43 pm by Mikal_Drey
hey hey
congratulations.
how does it feel ? did you feel like it was worth all the effort just for a digital trophy ? would you recomend the experience for others ?
did going for the trophy enhance the gaming experience or did it feel more like a grind, as some trophies (collect 350 shards .. ) can feel more like a chore than an enhancement.
Feeeeedback on the experience for us non trophy concerened folks. please.
Posted on 31 July, 2011 at 5:32 pm by James Gallagher
I’d certainly recommend the game but the whole experience confirmed that I’m not a natural trophy hoarder. I have a busy work and social life and there is an eternal backlog of games I want to check out, so I’d rather move on to something new than do all the extra stuff needed for the platinum. That being said, I like how it forced me to do things I wouldn’t usually have bothered with, like learning Shogi (Japanese chess).
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Posted on 30 July, 2011 at 12:46 pm by Ross McGrath
Welcome to the dark side, JG.
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Posted on 30 July, 2011 at 1:22 pm by connorblue14
i know its off topic but if anone has youtube here can you please subscribe to me please i beg u its iBaDPS3Productions ok thank you sorry but i beg you
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Posted on 30 July, 2011 at 1:54 pm by Dante_Zero
i’ve aleady messaged you but thought i’d come on here and say congrats anyway. If your looking for a slightly less daunting platinum then i still think your best off carrying on with Hot persuit which i noticed you were playing. I’s not too difficult and is repectable no the less or alternative platinum FIFa 11 you’ve put enough hours into it. lol
p.s WOOOOOOHOOOOOO!!!!!
Posted on 31 July, 2011 at 5:35 pm by James Gallagher
Thanks! I do intend to go back for some mire Hot Pursuit so I’ll see how close I get.
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Posted on 30 July, 2011 at 2:36 pm by sephiroth180
Platinum in Yakuza 4? I salute you, good sir
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Posted on 30 July, 2011 at 2:41 pm by DARREN200COOK
Ross? You shouldn’t be here! Anyway try GT5 for platinum. You have to do 2 24hr endurances and it takes about 1 month-2 months max to platinum for GT5.
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Posted on 30 July, 2011 at 2:45 pm by RedeyedRonin
how about telling mw why my dl list is constantly getting jumbled twice its happened and its always the plus content that gets jumbled
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Posted on 30 July, 2011 at 4:00 pm by somethingatt
Good thing you didn’t try for Yakuza3. Getting a Platinum in that game made me want to blow my brains out (in a good way…if there is such a thing as wanting to blow your brains out in a good way).
Congrats though
Another fun and much easier Platinum to get is InFamous2.
Posted on 31 July, 2011 at 5:37 pm by James Gallagher
I’m currently starting my second play of I2 (well behaved this time) so I’ll see how close to the play that takes me and see how I feel.
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Posted on 30 July, 2011 at 4:54 pm by CassyChan
Congrats James, Yakuza 4′s a brilliant game, I think I got my platinum for it a week or two after it came out, I literally couldn’t put it down, lol. Out of interest, what was your playtime when you finished? When I got the platinum I had put in a bit over 115 hours, it was hella fun, well worth it.
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Posted on 30 July, 2011 at 4:56 pm by CassyChan
@somethingatt I agree, it was playing pool against cheating AI S.O.B. Seiji Nakano that was probably the most annoying for the Minigame Master trophy in Yakuza 3, but even that was still pretty fun.
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Posted on 30 July, 2011 at 5:22 pm by trutenprower
Congrats James! There’s nothing better than when you’ve put in so much effort that you finally get your Plat trohpy.
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Posted on 30 July, 2011 at 5:24 pm by almighty-slayer
Congratulations mate, seen you playing away at it a lot recently
I need to platinum a new game. Not got one in a couple of months. Sad times.
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Posted on 30 July, 2011 at 5:32 pm by FatMachismo
Yeah Platinums are addictive…something I really like with the trophy system.
Not a bad week, looking forward to Ratchet and Clank All 4 One.
And the announcement on monday ;D
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Posted on 30 July, 2011 at 6:20 pm by taurus82
New visualisations for PS3′s music player, When?
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Posted on 30 July, 2011 at 6:23 pm by XJaguar12X
Congrats James!
After getting every trophy for LA Noire a couple of weeks ago making it 3 for me I am now aiming for my 4th Platinum on Dragon Age 2. I need 3 more trophies so better get playing another new save!
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Posted on 30 July, 2011 at 6:38 pm by Hell-Raiser-85
Congrats James. Go with infamous 2 is not hard to plat plus its a great game to play. Should not take you more then 20 hours to plat.
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Posted on 30 July, 2011 at 6:49 pm by Unwinged-Angel
Hey there, I’ll suggest Tomb Raider Legend/Underworld for your next plats, they aren’t hard, infact, they have been my easiest plat, not only is it easy, but the game is fun too!
Not only that but you may have played Legend on the PS2 first, so you may know where most of the treasures are; making Legend perhaps take only 10-15 hours.
Also, I’ll just finish by saying i’ve been quite dissapointed with the PS Store updates recently and the only thing I really did enjpy were the Hyperdimension Neptunia RED/5pb events and the Dissidia Avatars, I feel that Sony doesn’t really have games old enough for me these days, just saying.
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Posted on 30 July, 2011 at 8:15 pm by SuGaR_rAy_RiDeR
Finally!!! welcome to the Platinum club!!
@ unwinged-angel
Just recently got the platinum on legend, currently going for Underworld at the moment, try anniversary, it’s not too difficult, however, some of the time trials are a bit annoying, if you don’t know the game very well, I managed to get it in a few weeks playinmg on and off
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Posted on 30 July, 2011 at 8:17 pm by CassyChan
Also you’re only about an hour or so from getting the Assassin’s Creed II platinum if you still have your save and there’s zero difficulty in getting those trophies, and it’s an awesome game.
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Posted on 30 July, 2011 at 8:35 pm by morg106
Congrats on your first platinum! Also well done on sneaking the app in there
judging by your trophy total (1365 trophies and ONE plat!) you are probably closer than you think to a few other platinums too. Go get them!
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Posted on 30 July, 2011 at 10:25 pm by Riddler_Tam
Congrats on your platinum james well deserved. 130 hours!! now that is commitment.
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Posted on 30 July, 2011 at 11:47 pm by CassyChan
Derp, after I asked earlier I just noticed you said 130 hours right at the beginning of the post, lol. You should know Kamurocho like the back of your hand now!
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Posted on 31 July, 2011 at 12:12 am by IKMB_Fw_STANDARD
hi james id recommend resident evil 5 its a co-op friendly platinum so if you need help im your man:)
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Posted on 31 July, 2011 at 12:30 am by IKMB_Fw_STANDARD
awww your friends lists full..figures though your a blog mod your a ps blog celebrity:)
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Posted on 31 July, 2011 at 12:34 am by IKMB_Fw_STANDARD
ross whats your psn id?
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Posted on 31 July, 2011 at 12:38 am by ShadowDoGGG
Yakuza 4 has nothing on Heavy Rain. Should have gone for that platinum.
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Posted on 31 July, 2011 at 12:45 am by snow_hawk_88
Congratz on the Yakuz 4 platinum (I need to do that as werll)
The Platinum I am trying for now is Dynasty Warriors Gundam 3, I’ve nearly platinumed it.
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Posted on 31 July, 2011 at 1:05 am by IKMB_Fw_STANDARD
resident evil 5
godfather 2
uncharted 2 and fallout 3 are fun achievable plats im currently at 13 plats
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Posted on 31 July, 2011 at 11:53 am by Sp4reNL
Nobody mentioned Duke Nukem Forever yet?
Or go for Fallout 3, its time consuming (especially if you go for the GOTY edition ) but I enjoyed every second of it
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Or if you want to do an entertaining racegame you could pick split/second.
If you like 2 wheels I can suggest SBK09 (not SBK X/SBK-2010 because it has a glitched trophy that hasn’t been fixed…).
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Posted on 31 July, 2011 at 1:10 pm by Lucreto
Hi James did you get around to looking into the FirstPlay subscription issue I mentioned a few weeks ago?
Just in case you forgotten I was charged the 10.99 for the 90 day subscription 2 weeks later it ended. Will I get my money back?
Posted on 31 July, 2011 at 6:12 pm by James Gallagher
I’ll ask the question again first thing in the morning. It’s likely you’ll gave to call customer services so they can confirm the transaction, I reckon.
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Posted on 31 July, 2011 at 4:55 pm by xchris2008x
@James – Plat Sly Cooper 1 its really easy to get and wont take you long either
Dont go for Hanna craptanna !! lol
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Posted on 31 July, 2011 at 5:41 pm by DARREN200COOK
Another easy one is Terminator Salvation.
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Posted on 31 July, 2011 at 5:52 pm by UNDISPUTED-00001
When is sony gonna release an update or something that gives us the ability to delete trophies….i have many games that i didn’t like and there at 44% and 20%….it’s driving me crazy i hope sony get’s this message as soon as possible…..peace off
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Posted on 31 July, 2011 at 6:48 pm by Sp4reNL
Oh and one question:
Could the developers PLEASE remove the “copy savegame to PS+ storage” icon for non-ps+ members. Or at least not select it by default, but select my USB storage device.
Its pretty irritating if you are back-upping multiple savegames to thumb-drive/usb-drive and you need to reselect to destination device every time.
however a better feature would be “copy all saves to …”
Thanks
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Posted on 31 July, 2011 at 7:55 pm by mew_frenger
hey. hope u will b livestreaming gdc press conferance this year. it can be done easy with a computer or even an iphone. u didnt do it last year, idk y. but please do it this year. even bad quality video is better than text. congratz on platinum. personally i dont give a **** about trophies anymore. they can ruin games for u. i never check trophy list until after ive played the game.
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Posted on 31 July, 2011 at 9:26 pm by Alienshade
I whant you here att the blogg to give oss beter info on psn+.
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Posted on 31 July, 2011 at 10:47 pm by TonyBest100
You should consider trying to aim for Terminator Salvation’s Platinum Trophy, and even its 10 gold trophies while ur at it, since its by far the easiest game for the trophies. Course its the only platinum I have right now.
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Posted on 31 July, 2011 at 10:47 pm by IKMB_Fw_STANDARD
i jus woke up n noticed i slept a whole day
whered sunday go?
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