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Rate the trophy difficulty...  

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  1. 1. Rate the trophy difficulty...

    • 1 - Very Easy
      6
    • 2
      1
    • 3
      1
    • 4
      1
    • 5
      3
    • 6
      8
    • 7
      20
    • 8
      69
    • 9
      83
    • 10 - Very Hard
      143


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Collected Trophy Difficulty Rating: 8.80

 

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I've waited to vote on this 'til I had most of the trophies. I'm up to 40 out of 50 now so I think that time has come... 7/10 from me. Catherine is kinda like Demon's Souls... You will die *a lot*, and as a result, you'll learn from those mistakes and become better and better at the puzzles over time.

 

Time to (P) depends heavily on one's skill. I'd estimate 60 hours or so for an average player, as fast as 40 hours if you're good and 80+ hours if you're not so good. Most of the trophies aren't too difficult, but there are a few such as...

 

- Beat all 4 Stages of Babel Mode (Altar, Menhir, Obelisk, Axis Mundi)

- Beat all 9 Stages of Golden Theater (Story Mode) on Hard Difficulty -and- earn a Golden Prize on each.

 

...that are, in a couple words, "serious business." Those two require a lot of practice/talent. There are videos on Nico Nico Douga and YouTube that illustrate solutions to the puzzles, but even so, it requires flawless execution there's also an element of randomness in Babel Mode.

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I've waited to vote on this 'til I had most of the trophies. I'm up to 40 out of 50 now so I think that time has come... 7/10 from me. Catherine is kinda like Demon's Souls... You will die *a lot*, and as a result, you'll learn from those mistakes and become better and better at the puzzles over time.

 

Time to (P) depends heavily on one's skill. I'd estimate 60 hours or so for an average player, as fast as 40 hours if you're good and 80+ hours if you're not so good. Most of the trophies aren't too difficult, but there are a few such as...

 

- Beat all 4 Stages of Babel Mode (Altar, Menhir, Obelisk, Axis Mundi)

- Beat all 9 Stages of Golden Theater (Story Mode) on Hard Difficulty -and- earn a Golden Prize on each.

 

...that are, in a couple words, "serious business." Those two require a lot of practice/talent. There are videos on Nico Nico Douga and YouTube that illustrate solutions to the puzzles, but even so, it requires flawless execution there's also an element of randomness in Babel Mode.

 

I was hoping to get a platinum here, but after reading this is guess i have to give up already. I suck on puzzles, but i will buy it anyway. EVeryone should buy it and support Atlus that way, for having such great ideas for a game.:dance:

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I can't confirm or not, but I think the Golden Theater (didn't start Babel) puzzles are randomized.

 

As for Babel I believe they are randomized OR there are different variations. But anyway randomized puzzles or not, this is not easy and very difficult to emulate.

You also need to complete Normal in order to even unlock Babel mode stages.

 

Easy and Normal and Hard stages have similarities but the differences that are there make solutions to progressing completely different in parts.

 

I hope we can share better tips once more people have their hands on the game with the Western release...I think a lot of people are going to give up early though.:whistle:

 

I see a lot of people hyping it up but don't really understand how deep the puzzles get. Even with the patch (which gives you an option before starting a game to play Easy with the Drink item [high jump temporary] and a few other small features), the difficulty is relative to Easy=Hard, Normal=Very Hard, Hard=Extreme. By Stage 7 or late areas of 6 on Easy things start to ramp up.

 

Outside of main gameplay, other trophies require you to select the right conversation choices, talking to people in right order, helping the regulars' issues in both the Nightmare realm and real life (Stray Sheep), mastering the Rapunzel mini-game, etc. Replying to certain text messages will also help or hurt the ending you are going for (there are multiple endings) just as conversation choices and pre-Stage Question/Answer do, so multiple playthroughs are necessary.

 

Great game though, it already has a sealed spot in the top 5 gems of 2011 in my book.

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I can't confirm or not, but I think the Golden Theater (didn't start Babel) puzzles are randomized. I looked at some videos and compared to what it had on my screen and the puzzles were different...though it might have been difficulties.

 

As for Babel I believe they are randomized OR there are different variations, which would mean multiple solution videos would have to be made. But anyway randomized puzzles or not, this is not easy and very difficult to emulate by watching a video. You may complete a puzzle by looking at one but good luck getting Golds.

 

Oh yeah and I wouldn't even bother with Easy (unless you enable the Drink bonus) since if you ever need help literally every video on Youtube and Nico Nico Douga is either Normal or Hard stages. Easy and Normal stages have similarities but the differences that are there make solutions to progressing completely different in parts.

 

I hope we can share better tips once more people have their hands on the game with the Western release...I think a lot of people are going to give up early though.:whistle:

 

I see a lot of people hyping it up but don't really understand how deep the puzzles get. Even with the patch (which gives you an option before starting a game to play Easy with the Drink item [high jump temporary] and a few other small features), the difficulty is relative to Easy=Hard, Normal=Very Hard, Hard=Extreme. By Stage 7 or late areas of 6 on Eay things start to ramp up.

 

Great game though, it already has a sealed spot in the top 5 gems of 2011 in my book.

 

I don't believe Golden Theater is randomized; I ignored Easy and beat it three times on Normal, and each time I used the same videos (MasterLL's on YouTube) when I needed reminders on the puzzle solutions. Golden Prizes on Normal aren't too terrible, but Hard is another story. :p

 

Babel, however, I think you are correct - it's not so much "randomized" as it is "different variations," at least 3 or 4 for each stage. I beat Altar last night and am very close on Menhir, but Obelisk and Axis Mundi are still a bit beyond my skill level.

 

Currently up to 42/50 Trophies btw... I still need:

 

Golden Theater - 100% Golden Prizes on Hard

Babel - Menhir

Babel - Obelisk

Babel - Axis Mundi

Rapunzel - Stage 64

Rapunzel - Reverse Rapunzel

Rapunzel - Rapunzel's True Form

 

I'm at my wit's end w/ Babel Mode so I'mma focus on Rapunzel for a while. :p

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The difficulty of this game varies upon the individual themselves in how good they are with solving puzzles. Story related puzzles, however do not change at all, so it is a matter of trial and error. However, if someone would want to simply check the 'Answers' per se, then there are plenty of videos out on Youtube.

 

However, there was something I noticed between the JP and NA versions of the game. Some of the puzzles start out differently, or in the middle of a stage there is something different. However, still, someone could use those videos as guidelines. The true challenge does come from the Tower Of Babel puzzles as those alone are 'randomized' to a certain degree. Those alone are a true test of your own abilities and techniques.

 

I would give the game normally a flat 10 due to difficulty of some puzzles, but since someone could easily literally 'follow' a video on how to solve them, then that can drop the difficulty down a notch or two(In my case, an 8). After all, most of the trophies come from running through the story. Basically from helping the other sheep out of their predicaments to getting all the endings.

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It seems to me that a lot of trophies are easy to obtain but a cluster are very hard. The babel towers and golding hard are the biggest obstacles I see. Rapunzel stages present a problem for those without a guide as well. Never the less quite doable.

 

Golding hard shouldnt be too bad as you learn how to complete it with each go through, so its doable as well. But the babel towers..well they are a babel tower of obstacles for the plat.

Despite still having a set pattern they are still randomly generated and this can cause a lot of difficults to complete, on top of that you have to go through 5 of them.

 

Its going to be a long and hard road.

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Babel mode seems to be the biggest roadblock. In fact, it's very similar to Challenge 6 from Vanquish. You need to have incredible skill to even hope of accomplishing it, but there's also luck factoring in.

 

Doable, but incredibly hard.

 

Everything else doesn't seem too challenging if you use a guide, although getting a gold on hard mode might pose a problem.

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Babel mode seems to be the biggest roadblock. In fact, it's very similar to Challenge 6 from Vanquish. You need to have incredible skill to even hope of accomplishing it, but there's also luck factoring in.

 

Doable, but incredibly hard.

 

Everything else doesn't seem too challenging if you use a guide, although getting a gold on hard mode might pose a problem.

 

I agree with this. Haven't started Hard yet, but the randomization in Babel mode is crazy. I can get to level 100 or so on Alter, but just can't beat it. Gave up after an hour or so. I think that will be the hardest part.

 

Rapunzel is pretty fun and easy. I haven't played it much (I'm just going to sit down with it after the story mode is finished so that I have infinite plays), but it's not that difficult.

 

All in all it's a fun game so the "challenge" doesn't frustrate me. I think that's the biggest thing.

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Hard mode is hard. I was amazed that not only do you lose the ability to take back moves, but the puzzles themselves increase exponentially in difficulty. Still, with the ability to get answers on youtube, that's not really a huge stumbling block.

 

Babel is really hard, though. I'm hoping that local two-player mitigates some of the difficulty, but it's pretty brutal. I haven't started rapunzel, yet. I'm a little confused: do you mean that in a new game, after beating the game, you have infinitely many tries? As far as I can tell, there is no way to go back to the bar at the end of a game, as you are locked in a save elsewhere. I know you can try out any level in a new game - can you also play rapunzel infinitely?

 

In any case, I want to play a little more before giving a rating, but this one is going to be high in difficulty.

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Babel is really hard, though. I'm hoping that local two-player mitigates some of the difficulty, but it's pretty brutal.

 

You definatly have less steps to climb, I just did Altar with my cousin, and had about 100 steps to climb as apposed to 150 solo. But I'm not sure if it counts towards the trophy or not.

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Gonna reserve my score for later, but what everyone has said so far is exactly how I feel. I started on Easy Mode, so now I'm doing Normal to clear up Chaos Karma on Story Mode and to prepare myself for Hard Mode. I've been using Youtube guides to help score gold on the levels, but I'm not sure how that will factor in Night 9 when things go crazy. Also finished the first 64 stages of Rapunzel, but those are only time consuming more than anything.

 

The only real challenge to me is Babel. It's intense, addictive and tests my patience. Oddly, I love it. I've spent maybe over 7+ hours on Altar with zero success (131 is my highest step score so far) and yet that won't stop me to keep trying :p

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Already have 39/50 trophies and they were not hard at all. I played the story twice (on Normal for both times), first time I did what I wanted to do and my meter was Blue by the end of the final day. I saved before the last stage and that was smart as getting a chunk of the 'view all ending' trophies will be easily obtained doing this. My second playthrough was my cleanup playthrough, I already knew what to do and didn't even use a guide for any of the levels on Normal. I knew what I did wrong did right, and my meter was Red this time. Again I saved before the very last stage and cleaned up the 'view all endings' trophy. Now I am going for my third playthrough on hard but I've got to say:

 

Learning techniques is helpful, following trails of money at least on Normal are a good way to figure out where you need to go, if you lose your steps undo until you gain them back, and grabbing onto ledges would be a smart choice.

 

A lot of the time solving the puzzles don't require a great deal of thinking, I've found that the solution is much easier. As for Rapunzel once you finish the 1st playthrough, the 2nd playthrough gives you UNLIMITED free play so it makes it A LOT easier to retry if you fail. Which is why I would say its a 7-8 difficulty rating on average but it depends on the person as well. xD

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Well I have reached my jurisdiction about this game's difficulty. Played it for quite a while and realized that some of the trophies are very possible, even golding hard trophies BUT...just one trophy has swayed my decision in its favor. "A God is Born" would have to be a nearly impossible trophy to obtain. Although Babel is randomized, certain familiar block segments appear making a distinct pattern within. Axis Mundi on the other hand requires a intense concentration and a blessed cognitive approach all while beating the falling block timer. The first few step instantly made me drop my controller and walk away while never turning back. I'm still trying to overcome Obelisk but no luck yet. My rating for this is a most definite 10/10

 

BTW unless your the top 200 worldwide that actually beat the puzzle via leaderboards, I would reconsider rating this (P) below 9.

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Just got the Platinum for this about two days ago. All in all, Rapunzel and Babel are going to pose huge problems for most players that want a challenge. But there's always answers out there on Youtube for Rapunzel's 128 levels.

 

Babel, I felt like was taken down another notch for me..Only because playing Co-Op seems to make it incredibly easier. Took me and friend 2 tries to clear Axis Mundi where it took me about 10 tries just to make it past 40 steps.

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9/10

 

Mehnhir is fun once u know the techniques

 

Obelisk is annoying and frustrating...

 

Axismundi is borderline impossible. Best record is 40 steps. How the hell can u get past the checkered blocks?

 

Looking at youtube playthrough for axismundi and either the japanese game has way different block drops on that stage or these ppl hit retry until they get a good beggining layout.

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You know, I understand that it's a good thing for the trophy whore in all of us, but I'm a little angry that the Bable trophies unlock in co-op where it's super easy.

 

I don't know why that bothers me. I guess it's just because I want to have a legit uber difficult platinum.

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You know, I understand that it's a good thing for the trophy whore in all of us, but I'm a little angry that the Bable trophies unlock in co-op where it's super easy.

 

I don't know why that bothers me. I guess it's just because I want to have a legit uber difficult platinum.

 

you can still have uber difficulty. Just do it single player rather than co-op.

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You know, I understand that it's a good thing for the trophy whore in all of us, but I'm a little angry that the Bable trophies unlock in co-op where it's super easy.

 

I don't know why that bothers me. I guess it's just because I want to have a legit uber difficult platinum.

 

You know, beating the Babel stages on pair mode is still pretty damn hard :p

Just a lot easier than by yourself, but if you don't know how to play the game well you WON'T make it.

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After achieving the plat myself, I'd have to say that this game warrants a 10/10.

 

Mostly due to the fact that if you don't have a second controller for Babel, no access to a video guide, and the fact final 2 stages can randomly screw you over time after time, I'd say this game deserves a 10 on a worst case scenario.

 

Although I did have access to the above items, the final 2 stages (hell the last 6 stages in general and the boss levels) still can screw you over, I spent the past 2 1/2 hours trying to beat them with a video guide. This game can seriously test your patience. Having access makes this game roughly an 8.5 but still very difficult.

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If Babel trophies could only be earned through single player, I would rate it a 10/10.

 

But honestly, Pair mode makes Babel laughably easy. I did pair mode by myself. I just kept switching back and forth between the 2 controllers, and still had enough time to climb the tower. I still have to complete Axis Mundi (I haven't unlocked it), but if it's anything like the previous 3, it will be just as easy.

 

Every other trophy can be earned using a video guide. Getting golds on levels is just a matter of trial and error, but with enough persistence (as with any game), the trophy is guarenteed. Yes, the last 2 levels are a pain in the ass, but they suffer more from repetition than they do actual challenge.

 

It greatly disappoints me to say, that even the most casual gamer could platinum this game. I was really looking forward to earning a hard platinum this time, but Atlus ruined the Plat difficulty by allowing co-op Babel to unlock the trophies.

 

So my final rating is 6/10. Only because Babel can still be tricky, but nothing that can't be beat in a few retries.

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