Overview:
- Estimated trophy difficulty: 4/10 (Personal estimative. See Trophy Difficulty Rating Thread)
- Offline trophies: 14 (12, 1, 1)
- Online trophies: 0
- Approximate amount of time to 100%: 8-15 hours (Heavily skill dependant/luck based. See Estimated Time to 100% Thread)
- Minimum number of playthroughs: 1 + multiple runs on various stages (not all stages need to be completed for 100%)
- Number of missable trophies: - 0 I'm Still Alive was thought to be missable, but there's a workaround for it. See the trophy description for more information.
- Glitched trophies: None after Patch 1.03. Before the patch 1.01, the kills/stars/medals trophies are glitched. See "Note on the patch 1.01" below. Also, patch 1.03, released a couple days ago, fixes some unspecified progression glitches. [Thanks Terminator for the information]
- Does difficulty affect trophies?: Yes. There are 4 difficulty settings (normal, hard, insane and nightmare - the last one available after completing Chapter 8). To earn enough medals to get the respective trophy, you'll need to play on at least normal and hard, getting all medals on all 9 stages (though stage 9 isn't mandatory), and try to get as many medals on insane and nightmare as possible.
- Do trophies stack?: One list for the three platforms
- Do cheat codes disable trophies?: None known at this time.
Sky Force Anniversary is, as per name, the anniversary edition of the original game, released back in 2004, released for PS4/3/Vita. It's a re-release from another remake, Sky Force 2014, released for mobile phones. It's a great shoot'em up, with emphasis on upgrades and with gameplay reminiscent from Capcom's 19XX and Taito's Raiden series, although this one is not as frenetic as those (and surely WAY easier).
It features a minimalist storyline, improved upgrade system (compared to mobile versions), and great graphics and soundtrack.
Trophy-wise, this isn't a difficult game. In fact, most of the trophies you will get without even trying.
IMPORTANT NOTE ON PATCH 1.01: Patch 1.01 brings some fixes to nasty glitches and bugs this game has. But in particular, it fixes problems preventing people from getting the 10000 kills, 100k stars and 100 medals trophies on PS4/Vita, should they close out of the game. Before that, in order to get them, the player would have to meet the requirements in one session (without closing and launching the game).
Since it seems to affect only PS4/Vita players, PS3 players should not worry about it. If you have downloaded the game, but not updated it, I strongly recommend you to do so.
1 - Clear all stages through Stage 8, on normal difficulty, while collecting stars and buying upgrades.
In this step you will want to clear all stages through stage 8 without worrying too much with other trophies. Of course, if you manage to get some (if not all) medals during this step, great. If not, let this step for later.
Just a note worth mentioning: this game has a total of 9 stages. But you only need to complete 8 for all trophies (Stage 9 acts as a sort of bonus stage). It's entirely optional, but completing it on normal and hard for medals will greatly diminish the hard work necessary on other stages, when you need to complete them on insane/nightmare.
Keep in mind that some later stages require you to get medals from previous ones, in order to advance. If you feel you're not getting medals from stages on normal difficulty, try playing some on Hard difficulty, and focus on getting survivors and killing as much enemies as possible. This way, you can get at least the 70% kills and all humans saved medals. But remember also that, to access a new difficulty setting, you MUST get all medals from the previous ones. Please, refer to Handsomely Rewarded trophy for more information.
During this step you should get:
- You'll Need More Than That, Mantis!
- A Token Of Gratitude
- Medal Of Honor
2 - Get enough stars to buy the Laser, Shield and Megabomb upgrades, clear Stage 8 and clear a stage with less than 5% energy remaining
In this step, you should focus on getting enough stars to buy the above upgrades for your ship. After that, just go through a wave of enemies with your shield equipped / destroy 10 enemies with a single use of Laser cannon / blast 15 enemies with one Megabomb. Please, refer to their specific trophies for more information.
To get the 5% trophy, buy some upgrades for health, and try to get to the end of Stage 5. Then at the last laser enemy tower, manage to get enough damage so you don't die, but stay between 2-5%. If you manage to find the regen card before getting this trophy, just start a 2-player game, and then let the first one dies, finishing the stage with the second one. At the end of the stage you should receive the trophy.
After getting each of the specific trophies, try to clear Stage 8 to unlock Nightmare difficulty setting.
At the end of this step you should have:
- Unstoppable Grog
- Lord Of Destruction
- Heat Ray
- I'm Still Alive
3 - Destroy the lighthouse on Stage 1 with a plane, clear Stage 5 while destroying all enemy towers, Stage 8 without power-ups.
This step is related to stage-specific trophies. Head to Stage 1 and, after the second lighthouse, a big green plane will appear from your left. Destroy it as soon as it gets close to the third lighthouse and it will crash into it, thus giving you the respective trophy. If you prefer, you can do this after collecting the regeneration card. It do wonders here.
Now, head to Stage 5 and dodge the EMP shot while destroying all enemy towers.
And finally, go to Stage 8 and complete it without using any shield/megabomb/laser power-ups.
If you feel your ship is too weak for these (somewhat) demanding tasks, get more stars completing Stage 5 on later difficulties.
In this stage you'll get:
- It Wasn't Me
- Against The Odds
- Cheater! Just Kidding, You're Cool!
4 - Farm medals/stars/kills/cards
In this final step, you should aim to get any of the farming trophies, if you didn't get them before. To get medals, you should aim to complete stages on easier difficulties while aiming to kill all enemies, rescue all survivors and not getting hit. You manage to get all 4 medals for that said difficulty, and unlock a new one for that specific stage. Do it until getting 100 medals.
Now, go to Stage 8 and farm for kills. It has plenty of enemies and the shouldn't pose much of a threat to you.
Then, head to Stage 6 and farm for cards any cards you don't already have. I believe this is the best stage to do so (though some people state that stage 8 is better). And lastly, go to Stage 5 to farm stars. The reason this is best left for last is because there is a certain card that doubles the amount of stars collected during stages, thus making this job easier.
At the end of this step you should get:
- Fidelity Medallion
- A Really Nice Pat On Your Back
- House Of Cards
- Handsomely Rewarded
[PST Would Like To Thank Phodda for this Roadmap]