Two Platinum Trophies: One Campaign, One Multiplayer
You know, I think it's long past time this happened.
I'm not the only person out there who would've had a Platinum Trophy if it weren't for the required online Trophies. This includes last year's Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood; I had all the campaign Trophies but because I had no desire to play it online, I was deprived of the "completionist" Trophy, regardless of how many hours I put into getting everything.
And I'm willing to bet that the door swings both ways. How many Modern Warfare 3 fans will easily nab all the multiplayer Trophies but as they have zero interest in the campaign, they'll never get all the single-player Trophies? As far as I'm concerned, campaign and multiplayer are two entirely different experiences and each should have a Platinum Trophy. Either that, or have two differently colored Trophies, each of which proving your mastery of the offline and online modes.
I really don't believe that one has to go online in order to nab that coveted Platinum. Isn't it hard enough already? Many campaigns require a huge amount of time and dedication if the player wants to earn all the single-player Trophies; why aren't we rewarded for that? And on the flip side, why aren't the multiplayer fans rewarded for similar dedication? It's time, Sony. Give us the appropriate reward for mastery of each.
Tags: trophies, platinum trophy, game campaign, multiplayer
10/18/2011 9:13:33 PM Ben Dutka
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Comments (53 posts)
TheIllusiveMan
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 @ 9:48:51 PM
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I do think however that some online trophies are just plain ridiculous. Even if you play online a lot, some are just too hard. You mentioned AC: Brotherhood, and while I did platinum it, the one trophy that was stopping me for nearly a month was to get all co-op bonuses in one match. None of my friends had the game, and barely anyone on there tried to help you get any of them because they only cared about getting their own kills. Not to mention I heard Killzone 2 had a play 2000 matches or something similar.
Ben Dutka PSXE [Administrator]
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 @ 9:56:55 PM
TheIllusiveMan
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 @ 10:14:19 PM
Ben Dutka PSXE [Administrator]
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 @ 10:20:35 PM
Killa Tequilla
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 @ 10:21:10 PM
And i qpologise in advanced for any spelling errors or any errors at all since im using my iTouch and its diffucult to type. Atleast to me it is.
Killa Tequilla
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 @ 10:29:53 PM
And again, i apologize in advanced for any spelling errors.
coverton341
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 @ 10:46:44 PM
Is multiplayer really what the "game" is throwing at you, or is it what the uncontrollable variable of the masses throwing at you?
I ask this in all seriousness and here is the weight to my argument: "Online interactions are not rated and not controlled by the development team" (or something along those lines).
With those disclaimers at the beginning of all games with multiplayer components it is quite clear that the developers acknowledge that the online aspects of gameplay are wholly outside of their control or design in the end.
In the end, I agree with Ben that they should be separate on that alone.
Actually, re-reading jman's second post, I like the idea of having non-required trophies for the platinum, kind of like when DLC arrives and you don't need those trophies to plat the game.
Last edited by coverton341 on 10/18/2011 10:49:31 PM
Killa Tequilla
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 @ 10:51:00 PM
ZettaiSeigi
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 @ 10:58:25 PM
Beamboom
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 @ 1:26:57 AM
It's all up to the developers what trophies they put in there. I guess we should more criticize the devs for cramming a lot of online trophies into a typical single player game and vice versa?
AshT
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 @ 4:31:11 AM
Deadman
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 @ 5:30:03 AM
As it was brought up that there are sp trophies that are completely frivolous, the same exists for mp.
Take a game like Medal of Honor, that has trophies for spending x amount of time in specific game modes. How does spending :15 min in mp equate to mastering a game? You could pause the game for the required time and nab those trophies. Hardly mastering imo.
Underdog15
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 @ 6:20:04 AM
funk_master
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 @ 12:31:04 PM
slugga_status
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 @ 12:58:40 PM
I look at it like this. Most people who want the platinum trophy really love the game. So if you love the game that much it won't kill you to go online to pick up a couple of trophies. I haven't seen many games that have a vast amount of MP trophies to achieve just for platinum.
It's fine how it is now..I mean the argument can go both ways to be honest. There's likely a vast amount of MP only gamers who want more MP trophies and less SP trophies..I know..sounds crazy right? but they're out there
AcHiLLiA
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 @ 1:47:35 PM
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Akuma07
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 @ 5:40:45 PM
For example, Killzone 2 had a trophy that required you to be in the top 1% of the ladder by the end of the week.
I spent the ENTIRE first week playing the game online and was well into that 1%, only to have my download limit reached and my net slowed down, making me unable to play it for the last 2 days of the ladder. This pushed me out to the top 3%, so I didn't get the trophy. And since then, the number of players has dwindled to barely anything, and I do not have anywhere near as much free time as I did back then (I played online for nearly 30 hours that week), which means it will be nearly impossible for me to achieve.
BikerSaint
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 @ 10:10:19 PM
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But I'd also add in that if they really need to keep the game with only 1 top level trophy, then just add a "Titanium" trophy into the mix, and that one alone would be only for the gamers who have platted both of those SP, & MP modes "Plat's".
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TheIllusiveMan
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 @ 10:15:18 PM
ZenChichiri
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 @ 2:33:50 AM
Akuma07
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 @ 5:41:41 PM
mk ultra
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 @ 2:02:16 AM
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But then you could get a plat without a 100% and that brings up something else I don't really like. When you have a plat and 100% on a game, and then they release DLC and you have a plat and only like 60%. i think you should still have the 100% and if DLC adds 20% more trophies then you should get 120% for completing them all. If they add trophies after the fact it should be more than 100%, not deminish trophies i already earned
Maybe they could lock out the other trophy so you would still get a 100% the same as the plat. I don't know, just running with ideas.
Last edited by mk ultra on 10/19/2011 2:06:23 AM
Fane1024
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 @ 3:49:49 AM
As for the article, I'm not in favor of a double-platinum system. I agree that the platinum should reflect "mastery" of all aspects of the game, but I do believe that the online trophies should be easily obtained (i.e., for trying each mode) like those in Uncharted 2 or Burnout. Online games usually have a separate system for bragging rights, distinct from trophies, so I don't see the need for trophies which reflect outstanding achievements.
In fact, I believe that NONE of the trophies should be ridiculously hard to obtain. It's a system to reward players for playing the game, especially those parts they might otherwise ignore. If the developers want to set up absurd challenges, they can have a supplementary system like the "pins" in LBP2.
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dante_zero
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 @ 3:32:42 AM
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I also hated it in brotherhood as i didn't really care about the mp, the worse thing is some of the trophys were ridiculous as they didn't allow you to track them in game properly.
Personally i don't mind the online trophys if it's an online only game ie MAG,DCUO,FreeRealms but i do wish they would put more thought into the process. The guys at ubisoft for example will know how many people have played there game and completed the campaign and how many have jumped into the online portion so why not seperate them?. Most online trophys are like bronze anyway so minimal reward for maximum effort. I think with the trophy system having been in place for quite awhile now and developers used to applying them into games maybe its time to give the system abit of a review.
Ultimadream
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 @ 7:07:34 AM
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AcHiLLiA
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 @ 1:33:22 PM
slugga_status
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 @ 7:26:50 AM
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After Killzone 2 though there's not many games that have MP trophies that are very hard to get. Take Black Ops for example. That game only had 5 online trophies. Take Resistance 3, that game has no online trophies.
I sounds like it really just boils down to people who like to play MP and those who don't. If you don't like MP then you're going to have a complaint about having to get a few online trophies. If you do then you view as another challenge and have the sense of "mastery" of the game. There's just not too many games out there that have a high amount of online trophies to warrant any type of change.
Last edited by slugga_status on 10/19/2011 7:28:04 AM
TreyLocos
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 @ 8:37:08 AM
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Trophies that encourage rigging of online matches are simply insane, like the AC brotherhood one with all the co-op bonuses. There are games that I think balance the trophy set well, like Uncharted 2 and Killzone 3.
Pyramid
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 @ 8:49:26 AM
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slugga_status
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 @ 8:54:04 AM
DrRockso87
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 @ 8:57:24 AM
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That way you can platinum games grabbing every trophy in single-player and then work for extra trophies in multiplayer if you wish to (I'd have sooooooo many more games platinumed if there were the case).
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Twistedfloyd
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 @ 9:22:14 AM
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Nice idea, Ben. Would be cool if they implemented it.
Bjorn77
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 @ 9:48:08 AM
slugga_status
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 @ 12:49:07 PM
The Real Deal
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 @ 10:33:54 AM
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Games that are defined at there core as being singleplayer should at least divide the two experiences in regards to trophies. I wouldn't go as far as saying there should be a platinum for the online portions of these games. But a clear seperation where the singleplayer trophies go towards the platinum and the multiplayer trophies exist just as an addition.
Ultimadream
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 @ 1:57:30 PM
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It's the same with Deus Ex, it looks an alright game, and is going for dirty cheap already, but today they just released some DLC ironically called 'The Missing Link'... No I fear there is going to be more, so I am no encouraged to buy the original game incase later there is a package with it all in. It's rare that I feel comfortable buying a game on release do to this and it just plain sux.
slugga_status
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 @ 2:57:16 PM
What pisses me off is when I buy all the DLC for a game. Then they either package it all into a GoTY edition or bundle them into one big DLC pack for a cheaper rate. I can't stand that crap and really makes you feel like you were taken advantage of as a consumer or you wasted your money
mk ultra
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 @ 8:42:38 PM
It would be nice if more developers cut you some deals if you agreed to buy all the DLC at the beginning like ND and IW.
Axe99
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 @ 3:48:19 PM
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It's not practical now, as games like CoD and SOCOM, that have very few MP trophies, but going forward could be a goer?
Akuma07
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 @ 5:53:59 PM
Most of the time people try to get the completionist "Platinum Trophy" because they are trophy whores, if we introduce another tier, it would just mean that Platinum trophies lose their meaning, they would be another level, just like Gold.
Akuma07
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 @ 5:51:10 PM
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I played a game recently where online trophies are pretty much only there to get people to try the multiplayer, and did not require any investment into it at all. Such as "Win a game of Search and Destroy". You could do that in 5 minutes.
But games like AC:B "Achieve level 50". It is a fair trophy, but seriously, in THAT game, getting to level 50 takes DAYS!
Oh and I hope MW3 doesn't have any multiplayer trophies, MW2 didn't! it was the 1st game i platinum-ed.
gray_eagle
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 @ 7:44:16 PM
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Sol
Thursday, October 20, 2011 @ 1:56:03 AM
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ZenChichiri
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Tuesday, October 18, 2011 @ 9:40:08 PM
I couldn't be bothered to get the Bioshock 2, Homefront, or Bad Company 2 plats because they required many hours of online play, of which I have no real interest. Just as some people play games for multiplayer, they'll be denied the single player trophies.