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The votes are all in and tallied up and I am finally ready to announce the winners. Just so everyone understands my process if there were any ties they were resolved with the flip of a coin (I think there was like 2 ties though) and any categories that received no nominations or votes were cut out completely.

 

Thanks to everyone who nominated and voted for games/trophies and who helped support this.

 

Enjoy reading what I have written and if you have any suggestions for next year feel free to let me know. :)

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Better than Bronze

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Brain Hunter - Earth Defense Force 2025

 

Every game on this list came out in 2014, 6 years after trophies were made a thing and developers still feel the need to make difficult/time consuming trophies only worth a bronze trophy. Brain Hunter from EDF 2025 is a great example of this, for this trophy you must destroy 6 Brains, sounds easy right? Wrong. Killing a Brain is a long process and will generally take at a minimum 30 minutes per Brain, oh and there's only one Brain in the game so you have to replay one mission 6 times. While you are trying to destroy this beast you will also have to fight pretty much every enemy type that was in the game. Not a good time.

 

Easiest Individual Trophy

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This is Dark Souls - Dark Souls 2

 

The Dark Souls games are notorious for being very difficult so naturally the easiest trophy from 2014 is for simply dying for the first time in Dark Souls 2. This trophy is unmissable unless you are some sort of gaming god which I know most of us are not since over 100,000 people have this trophy.

 

Easiest Action/Adventure Platinum

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The Wolf Among Us

 

Another year another few easy TellTale games with easy trophies. The Wolf Among Us was the easiest of the Action/Adventure platinums because all you have to do is simply play the game, no collectibles, no missable trophies just an enjoyable story with an easy plat.

 

Easiest Fighting Platinum

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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle

 

Most fighting games feature very time consuming and difficult platinum trophies, not Jojo's fighting game though. This game only takes around 7 hours to platinum and doesn't require hundreds of online victories or playing as 50 different characters. My kind of fighting game.

 

Easiest Racing Platinum

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MotoGP 14

 

Like fighting games racing games can have their fair share of long and difficult plats, luckily MotoGP 14 is neither of those. Featuring only 5 online trophies and a roughly 30ish hour platinum even casual racers can earn this platinum.

 

Easiest RPG Platinum

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Magus

 

Magus is every trophy hunters wet dream, clocking it at around 4 hours you can plat this game in an afternoon. While not a good game in the least it has 37 very easy trophies that are so quick and easy a toddler could get them. If you want a quick and very easy platinum look no further.

 

Easiest Shooter Platinum

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Far Cry 4

 

Just like Far Cry 3 before it Far Cry 4 is another fairly easy and definitely enjoyable shooter platinum. If you love exploring big open worlds and killing lots of people and animals then this plat will come almost naturally.

 

Easiest Sports Platinum

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MLB 14: The Show

 

Featuring just 24 trophies and roughly 12 hours to plat this is by far one of the easiest sports games out there. No crazy time consuming online trophies or closed servers (yet) this one is a good choice for sports fans and trophy hunters alike.

 

Easiest PS3 100%

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The Walking Dead Season 2

 

Just like The Wolf Among Us (though without a plat) all you must do to 100% this great game is simply play through it until the end. Not a missable trophy in sight here.

 

Easiest PS4 100%

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The Walking Dead Season 2

 

Just like The Wolf Among Us (though without a plat) all you must do to 100% this great game is simply play through it until the end. Not a missable trophy in sight here.

 

Easiest Vita 100%

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The Walking Dead Season 2

 

Just like The Wolf Among Us (though without a plat) all you must do to 100% this great game is simply play through it until the end. Not a missable trophy in sight here.

 

Easiest PS3 Platinum

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Magus

 

Not just the easiest RPG platinum of 2014 Magus is also the easiest PS3 platinum as well. The only reason this beats out The Wolf Among Us is the time difference since Magus can be done much faster.

 

Easiest PS4 Platinum

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The Wolf Among Us

 

Since Magus was not put out on the PS4 The Wolf Among Us had basically no competition for the easiest PS4 platinum of 2014, hopefully TellTale can keep up with the easy plats for years to come.

 

Easiest Vita Platinum

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The Wolf Among Us

 

Since Magus was not put out on the Vita The Wolf Among Us had basically no competition for the easiest Vita platinum of 2014, hopefully TellTale can keep up with the easy plats for years to come.

 

Easiest Overall Platinum

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Magus

 

For reasons stated above Magus is the obvious choice for easiest overall platinum for 2014, its short and unbelievably easy this game should be on every true trophy hunters trophy list.

 

Most Time Consuming Trophy

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An Adventurer's Life - Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn

 

There are time consuming trophies and then there is "An Adventurer's Life from Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn. This trophy requires you to complete 1000 levequests which takes at least 6 months to do. Only hardcore trophy hunters or completionists should even attempt this bad boy.

 

Hardest Individual Trophy

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"INCREDIBLE!" - Raiden IV: OverKill

 

According to the trophy guide this trophy takes tons of dedication to unlock. This trophy requires you to play the entire game on the hardest difficulty setting with no deaths. There is an exploit to help with this trophy but you still need to know where every enemy attack is coming from ahead of time to prepare accordingly. This trophy is not for the faint of heart.

 

Hardest Action/Adventure Platinum

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The Evil Within

 

While this game requires a minimum of three playthroughs to complete the hardest part of earning this platinum comes from the games "Akumu" difficulty mode in which if you take even one hit you are dead. This is the difficulty that will determine if you will be able to earn the platinum or not. Good luck.

 

Hardest RPG Platinum

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Final Fantasy XIV Online: A Realm Reborn

 

Final Fantasy XIV Online: A Realm Reborn earns 2014's hardest RPG platinum award in no small part from the "Adventurer's Life" trophy which takes a minimum of 6 months of daily playing to complete as well as other long/grindy trophies such as killing 10,000 enemies or completing all 185 main quests. Expect to put some time into this one if you feel like going after this platinum.

 

Hardest Shooter Platinum

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Raiden IV: OverKill

 

Requiring 12 playthroughs Raiden IV: Overkill easily earns being the hardest shooter platinum of 2014. With its trophy for clearing the game with just one continue on the hardest difficulty as well as other very difficulty trophies this shmup that only 5 people have that platinum on will test even some of the best gamers out there.

 

Hardest Sports Platinum

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NBA 2K15

 

Another year another long and hard sports platinum that is sure to be unachievable in a few years when the servers are inevitably taken down. This 100+ hour plat requires such tasks as collecting every single NBA player, earning 99 stars in domination mode and winning the executive of the year award. I'm sure the 16 people who have this platinum are probably tired of basketball by now.

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Hardest PS3 100%

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Race the Sun

 

While a fairly short game to get the 100% on it still requires more than a little skill to finish. Earning 5 million points in one run of this game will be the deciding factor on whether or not you will be able to finish and get that 100%

 

Hardest PS4 100%

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Spelunky

 

Yet another highly skill dependent 100% game this one can take anywhere from 5 to 30 hours easily. Forcing you to find every world, secret level, item, trap and monster in the game, and you're going to need to visit, collect, kill or be killed by all of them in order to complete the journal for one trophy. As well as a trophy for beating the entire game in just 8 minutes this game is not my idea of a good game.

 

Hardest PS3 Platinum

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Raiden IV: OverKill

 

Requiring 12 playthroughs Raiden IV: Overkill easily earns being the hardest PS3 platinum of 2014. With its trophy for clearing the game with just one continue on the hardest difficulty as well as other very difficulty trophies this shmup that only 5 people have that platinum on will test even some of the best gamers out there.

 

Hardest PS4 Platinum

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Surgeon Simulator

 

This game has you performing surgeries on digital people for who knows what reason, it also has the hardest PS4 platinum of 2014. The most difficult trophy that will separate the surgeons from the nurses is the "Best Surgeon in the World" which has you earn an A++ rating for every surgery. For the trophy you must complete every surgery very quickly with as little blood loss as possible. There is also a trophy for removing a patients heart and replacing it with an alarm clock which is neat.

 

Hardest Overall Platinum

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Raiden IV: OverKill

 

Requiring 12 playthroughs Raiden IV: Overkill easily earns being the hardest platinum of 2014. With its trophy for clearing the game with just one continue on the hardest difficulty as well as other very difficulty trophies this shmup that only 5 people have that platinum on will test even some of the best gamers out there.

 

Most Glitched Trophies

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LittleBigPlanet 3

 

Glitched trophies are the bane of every trophy hunters existence but they are still unfortunately a common occurrence. LittleBigPlanet 3 is plagued by many game breaking glitches which may force you to restart the entire game from scratch which is never fun.

 

Worst Trophy list

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Earth Defense Force 2025

 

Having played this game in recent past I could rant for hours about just how terrible the trophy list is for this game but I'll try and keep this short. Requiring a minimum of 16 playthroughs with no stacking trophies as well as earning all 720 random drop weapons this game will take 300+ hours and will drive you insane. Not to mention the ridiculous amounts of each enemy type you must kill along the way. Just awful.

 

Most Original Trophy

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Heisenberg - South Park: The Stick of Truth

 

This is my all time favorite trophy because it references my all time favorite TV show. This trophy requires you to make your character look like Walter White A.K.A Heisenberg and kill some meth tweakers. Unfortunately you can't run them over with an Aztek or melt them into dude smoothies but a cool trophy none the less.

 

Best DLC for Trophies

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Far Cry 4: Valley of the Yetis

 

I'll be honest, there was not an abundance of DLC with easy trophies in 2014, luckily Far Cry 4: Valley of the Yetis fixed that with its fairly quick and definitely easy 7 trophies. Getting 100% will take at most 5 hours with no even remotely hard trophies in sight.

 

Best Trophy Image

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Heisenberg - South Park: The Stick of Truth

 

Trophy looks like Walter frickin White nuff' said. Well that and there weren't any boob trophies this year to take this award.

 

Best Platinum Image

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Full Moon - The Wolf Among Us

 

Not much to say about this one but it fits the game perfectly and 2014's platinums didn't have the best looking platinums I guess.

 

Best Trophy Title

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I Immediately Regret This Decision - Surgeon Simulator

 

This trophy requires you to electrocute and drug yourself which is something I hope real surgeons never do before performing surgery, well unless it helps them but still.

 

Best Platinum Trophy Title

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World's Finest - LEGO Batman 3

 

The World's Greatest Detective got the World's Greatest platinum trophy tile this year with World's Finest from LEGO Batman 3.

 

Best Trophy List

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South Park: The Stick of Truth

 

South Park: The Stick of Truth is a great game with an even better trophy list. From trophies requiring you to fart on aborted Nazi babies to throwing your own turd at enemies there is no shortage of fun to be had here even if you have to watch your parents having sex for a minute.

 

Upcoming Game with Most Potential for Trophies

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Fallout 4

 

If the Fallout games of the past are any indication then we are in for a treat with Fallout 4's trophy list. From the awesome trophy tiles featuring Fallout Boy doing all sorts of things as well as miscellaneous trophies such as putting a live grenade in someones pocket then I have a feeling Fallout 4 will have a great trophy list for us.

 

So that's all the winners for the 2014 Trophy Awards, I want to give a huge thanks to everyone that nominated and voted for games/trophies and I hope to see you all again next year!

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The trophy awards are back and it's nice to see what's new this year. Unfortunately, 2014 wasn't a good year for games in general, but 2015 and 2016 will be even better. Great job on keeping this event alive. Looking forward to next year.

 

It's nice to see TT holding strong and taking a bunch of titles. Definitely hoping for continued success from those guys and gals.

 

Nice results ! Great work on this Eric ! :applause:

 

Absolutely fantastic work doing this Eric, was a great read and I admire how you took this task on yourself :bow:

 

This is a job well done Eric. Nice job on the descriptions. Wouldn't change a thing. We appreciate you taking the time to post this on the site.

 

Great job and Excellent read Eric. Appreciate you keeping this alive. It's always a nice walk down memory lane of the previous year's offerings...and an eye opener on games that you may want to try...or avoid.

 

Thanks again.

 

Thanks everyone! :hug:

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I'm glad that you took this on Eric; I'm disappointed that the staff didn't want to do it this year. Hopefully they will do it again soon.

 

Great work and a great read!:applause:

 

Well done Eric. A good read :applause:

 

Cheers for going to the trouble of hosting the awards this year Eric, much appreciated :)

 

Thanks everyone, was glad to do it. :)

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Raiden 4: Overkill is without a doubt the hardest PS3 (P)! I have seen a few videos and my gosh.

 

Anyways, great job Eric! Looking forward to the next batch for 2016-2017!

 

Nice job Eric :thumbsup:! Glad to see South Park win so many categories. That trophy list definitely deserves the recognition it got.

 

Thanks guys! :)

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