How much do you REALLY want that Platinum?
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00:00So, gamers have got pretty mixed feelings about trophies, achievements, feats and other
00:05such systems since they first started to be implemented, and you can kind of see why.
00:09Because while it is very nice to hear that sweet chime when you pop a trophy for doing
00:13something cool, that is kind of undone by the arduous amounts of hours you will have
00:17to put in to unlock some achievements.
00:20And we're talking about the latter today.
00:22As I'm Jules, this is WhatCulture.com, and these are 10 Video Game Trophies That Really
00:26Test Your Patience.
00:2810.
00:29Shovel Knight King of Cards – Card Completionist
00:33Yacht Club Games created three DLC campaigns for their beloved retro-tinged platformer
00:38Shovel Knight.
00:39Each of them cast the player as one of the knights of the nefarious Order of No Quarter,
00:43providing a bit more insight into their histories and motivations along the way.
00:47Shovel Knight King of Cards is perhaps the most expansive of all, offering not just a
00:51wealth of new levels, but a robust card-based mini-game called Joustus.
00:56The game is similar to the famed Triple Triad from Final Fantasy VIII, but instead revolves
01:00around claiming gems on the board by pushing your own cards onto them, and, obviously,
01:04the opponent's cards off them.
01:06The mini-game is optional, but it is still a big focus of the narrative and some of the
01:10levels.
01:11There are tons of opponents to play against and many cards to collect, though claiming
01:14the Card Completionist trophy will be quite the feat.
01:17Not only are some of the cards played only by optional bosses who must be defeated in
01:21order to challenge them at Joustus, but others will need to be purchased from Chester, who
01:25offers mystery cards of different, increasingly expensive tiers.
01:29Many doubles and a lot of gold grinding will be needed here.
01:32Finally, a very difficult optional boss, Gigacardia, must be defeated if you want the Card Crystal,
01:38which displays the location of all unowned cards.
01:41This is going to take you a long time.
01:449.
01:45Bloodborne – Yharnam, Thumerian Queen
01:48As a FromSoftware title and a spiritual successor to the Dark Souls series, there was never
01:52any doubt that Bloodborne was going to be a tricky title to tame.
01:56And those battling to secure a Platinum trophy faced a steep challenge indeed, with the Yharnam
02:00Thumerian Queen gold trophy being a notable roadblock.
02:04As with many of the game's trophies, the requirement is simply to defeat the boss of
02:08the same name.
02:09She's an elusive, sneaky, and difficult foe boasting projectile blood attacks, but
02:13the real issue lies in the journey to reach her.
02:16The Queen is essentially the final boss of the Chalice Dungeons, located deep in the
02:20third layer.
02:22To reach her, you would need to spend hours in the deceptive, puzzle-laden dungeons, which
02:26are both entirely optional, and are referred to as the Old Labyrinth for pretty apt reasons,
02:30because it's very easy to get lost down here.
02:33In addition, several bosses must be fought on the journey to the Queen, some of which
02:36are much more difficult than she is herself.
02:39All in all, this is going to take you a ton of perseverance and a lot of patience.
02:448.
02:45Metal Gear Solid 3 – Snake Eater, King of the Jungle
02:48The Metal Gear Solid series has long provided players with a final ranking of their performance
02:52when all is said and done, and different criteria must be met throughout a playthrough in order
02:57to obtain some of the ranks, and only the very best get the most elite codenames.
03:01Metal Gear Solid 3 – Snake Eater offers the Markhor rank, which is the requirement
03:06for the King of the Jungle trophy.
03:08As the name suggests, this requires an in-depth knowledge of the game's vast jungle setting
03:11– every type of plant and animal must be found and located.
03:15Naturally, this includes those pesky medicinal plants and the elusive Tsuchinoko, which both
03:20makes the trophy missable and your progress rather difficult to keep track of.
03:24As one final little trick, it's also necessary to score at least one kill and raise one alert.
03:30Such is the tricky nature of these ranks and their unlock conditions.
03:337.
03:34Super Street Fighter IV – Trial Athlete
03:37Those who are truly dedicated to fighting games will have surely spent countless hours
03:41in the lab with their fighter of choice, practising combos, spacing, cancels, and all
03:45manner of other technical aspects.
03:47To help with this, the game offers options a little more robust than a simple training
03:51mode against an idle CPU character.
03:54These come in the form of Trials, challenges that push you to perform an increasingly difficult
03:58manoeuvre and slash or combo.
04:00They're character-specific, meaning that each cast member has 24 Trials, and some are
04:04fiendishly difficult.
04:06And of course, Street Fighter IV insists that you complete them all for its Trial Athlete
04:10trophy.
04:11The sheer number of these Trials is beyond daunting, seeing as there are 35 fighters
04:15to master in this way, meaning that you're going to have to put in the grind if you're
04:18going to want to pop that trophy.
04:206.
04:21Far Cry 6 – Oh No You Don't
04:24Those seeking to nab all of Far Cry 6's trophies will have to contend with a rather
04:28pesky gaming mechanic – time gating.
04:31The Oh No You Don't trophy may not sound all that tricky, as some challenges go, but
04:35it's important to consider what this will actually entail.
04:38For starters, these missions are no cakewalk, only being accessible after completing the
04:42campaign.
04:43Insurgencies see a given leader take over a section of the map for one week, and the
04:47objectives associated with that insurgency must be completed before they can change again.
04:52Real-time deadlines are a rarity that even the most nefarious trophies don't tend to
04:56deal in, and this time-consuming mechanic only makes it worse.
05:00Essentially, however adept a Far Cry 6 player you are, it will take three weeks of play
05:04to unlock this trophy, as the third leader won't even be accessible until then.
05:095.
05:10Resistance 2 – Killing Machine
05:12There's a vital caveat to this entry.
05:14For you see, Resistance 2's servers have been shut down, making this trophy now permanently
05:19inaccessible.
05:20Those who tried to acquire it during the game's online heyday, however, will remember just
05:23how daunting it could be.
05:25Online FPS titles are some of the longest living around.
05:28Titles like Overwatch are still going strong – not as strong, of course, but still very
05:32strong after many years, with players racking up incredible stats in terms of hours spent,
05:37kills scored, and so on.
05:38Resistance 2 seemed to be counting on this with its Killing Machine trophy, that demanded
05:42a total of 10,000 kills in online play – not just any online play, but competitive ranked
05:48matches.
05:49Now, the ranked modes of such titles are often not a fun place to be at all, and depending
05:53on your skill level, this could be a long, endlessly frustrating slog simply for one
05:57gold trophy.
05:594.
06:00Grand Theft Auto V – Career Criminal
06:02It's remarkable to think just how popular Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online
06:07still are.
06:08This is primarily due to the robust support that Rockstar has given the game since its
06:11September 2013 release.
06:13At the time of its launch, it was an open world experience on an almost unprecedented
06:17scale, and crossing its map, by means of whichever ill-gotten vehicle you happened to be in at
06:21the time, was a feat in itself.
06:23Such a large world, however, meant that a lot of content had to be provided to fill
06:27it, which is where the rather tricky Career Criminal comes in.
06:30Completing 100% of the game is a very daunting prospect, but this is how the trophy is unlocked.
06:36The requirements included completing every story mission, all the street races and sea
06:40races, all strangers and freaks missions, and a ton more, but not quite everything.
06:45Possible bugs blight this trophy as well, and the fact that it's a little unclear
06:48as to what is needed makes it all the more frustrating.
06:513.
06:52Pac-Man 256's Multiplied Mayhem Trophy
06:55Pac-Man is one of the most iconic video games ever, a concept that has been taken and adapted
07:00by countless other titles over the years, but the original series itself continues to
07:04riff on and modify its own formula.
07:07Some constraints remain, though.
07:08Those pesky ghosts will always be the bane of Pac-Man's existence, and their spawns
07:12will always be trickily timed, and obviously the power pill will always run out at the
07:15most inopportune moment.
07:17And Pac-Man 256 hit PlayStation 4s in 2016, featuring a devious trophy that plays on all
07:22of these issues.
07:24Multiplied Mayhem requires players to reach a x16 multiplier from ghosts with a single
07:29power pellet, while also playing in single player.
07:31And as you can imagine, seeing as the ghosts are trying to get away from you when you're
07:35in this state, means that you're going to have to have a lot of luck on your side.
07:38There's a significant saving grace in that the power pellet can be reset by collecting
07:42another while the current one is still in progress, but depending on the state of play,
07:46this can really take some doing.
07:472.
07:48Call of Duty Modern Warfare's Mile High Club Trophy
07:52Call of Duty fans will surely be adept at the series' gripping high-octane action.
07:56Timing, positioning, and a steady aim are key to success in this iconic series, and
08:01one particular challenge pushes these qualities more than any other – the Mile High Club
08:05Trophy that can be attained in Call of Duty Modern Warfare.
08:09This trophy requires you to skydive to safety on Veteran difficulty, which demands a perfect
08:14run through a very difficult section on an aeroplane to rescue one hostage.
08:18You have just 60 seconds to complete this mission, and are beset by enemies with even
08:22the slightest mistake, meaning that you're going to have to try again.
08:25Attempts are very short, but this only heightens the frustration as you try again, and again
08:29in quick succession.
08:30It's the sort of thing that requires the pattern memorisation and practice of a classic
08:34Mega Man boss.
08:351.
08:36Dragon Age Origins' Blight Queller
08:39Across the RPG genre, it's common to want to avoid battles at some times, but Dragon
08:44Age Origins players won't have that luxury if they're shooting for the game's Blight
08:47Queller trophy.
08:48To achieve this, 1,000 Darkspawn must be killed, and this troublesome trophy is quite time-consuming
08:53at best, and a bug-ridden exercise in futile frustration at worst.
08:58According to PSN Profiles, only Darkspawn killed directly by the player as the protagonist
09:03count.
09:04There aren't an awful lot more than 1,000 Darkspawn in the game during any given playthrough,
09:08meaning that exploiting and reloading saves is one of the only reliable manners of hitting
09:12this goal.
09:13But even this is tentative, as it seems that the count carries over to future saves.
09:17But the trophy is bugged, and its requirements are rather steep, meaning that this can be
09:20very hit-and-miss, even though you need to hit quite a lot.
09:24And there we go, my friends, those were 10 Video Game Trophies That Really Test Your
09:28Patience.
09:29I hope that you enjoyed that, and please let me know what you thought about it down in
09:31the comments section below.
09:32As always, I've been Jules, you can go follow me over on Twitter at RetroJWithA0, or you
09:36can swing by Liv and Let's Dice, where I do all of my streaming outside of work, and
09:39it'd be great to see you over there.
09:41But before I go, I just want to say one thing.
09:43Hope you're treating yourself well with love and respect, my friend, because you deserve
09:46all the best things in life, and do not let anything or anyone else tell you otherwise,
09:49alright?
09:50You're a massive ledge, now go up there and absolutely smash it.
09:53As always, I've been Jules, you have been awesome, never forget that, and I'll speak
09:57to you soon.
09:58Bye.