OVERVIEW
- Estimated trophy difficulty: 1/10 with guide, 2/10 without. (personal estimate) (Platinum Difficulty Rating)
- Offline trophies: 40 (26, 9, 4, 1)
- Online trophies: 0
- Approximate amount of time to Platinum: 1h with guide, 4-6h without. (personal estimate) (Estimated Time to Platinum)
- Minimum number of playthroughs: 1- Must complete all levels.
- Number of missable trophies: None.
- Glitched trophies: n/a
- Does difficulty affect trophies?: Levels come with preset difficulty, ranging from Beginner to Hard.
- Do trophies stack?: 6 — Both PS4 and Vita have separate NA, EU, AS lists.
- Do cheat codes disable trophies?: No cheats.
- Additional peripherals required?: None.
EXTRAS:
For a complete solutions guide, see my Just a Phrase by POWGI ~ Supplemental Solutions Guide.
Alternatively, if you prefer text to screenshots, you can see a full text list of all 120 answers, where each difficulty (page) has its own tab, in this google spreadsheet: LINK
After multiple titles ported from Vita to PS4, Just a Phrase is POWGI's first brand new, PS4-native game. As usual, they take a classic game but add their own special twist. This one is a Hangman-style game where each answer is a well-known phrase, but in this case with some words spelled differently, resulting in a pun-filled parody of the original saying. Each level begins with a certain number of blanks but, unlike normal hangman, you are only allowed to choose from 4 letter options each time, rather than any letter you like. However, there will always be at least one of those four that is correct, and often more than just the one.
All in all, this one carries the same trend, style, and utility of all the previous titles — it's a great choice for a quick platinum or a game to relax with. And, as always, it's got puns! ALL the puns!
The game is simple enough and, though there are no hints, there are also no penalties for incorrect guesses. The only time it matters is for one trophy ( Just So) to complete a single level with no incorrect answers, which you can easily do with the guide below.
STEP ONE— Play the game.
As you play the game, you'll likely achieve most trophies naturally. You will need to solve all 120 levels available for the Platinum (30 in each difficulty), but in addition to that, most of the trophies are focused not just on completion but rather how you complete it. Basically, there is a trophy for each letter of the alphabet which must be the very last letter you use to solve a level. Most letters are very common in the solutions so they'll come in the course of the game; you won't really need to focus on that as you play, but there are a few rare ones (mainly Q, X, and Z). There are specific levels where you can find these.
By the end of this step, you should have:
Give me an "A"
Give me a "B"
Give me a "C"
Give me a "D"
Give me an "E"
Give me an "F"
Give me a "G"
Give me an "H"
Give me an "I"
Give me a "J"
Give me a "K"
Give me an "L"
Give me an "M"
Give me an "N"
Give me an "O"
Give me a "P"
Give me a "Q"
Give me an "R"
Give me an "S"
Give me a "T"
Give me a "U"
Give me a "V"
Give me a "W"
Give me an "X"
Give me a "Y"
Give me a "Z"
Page Won
That Page Two
Fare Three Well
Go Fourth
STEP TWO — Clean up any remaining trophies.
Once you've completed all 120 levels, if you have any remaining letter-related trophies, now is the time to go back and collect them. Since incorrect guesses don't matter, the best way to do these would be to spam all the other letters involved, leaving that specific letter to the end, even if it is the only correct one among the four options.
Otherwise, you may have some miscellaneous trophies to clean up, such as re-solving a level, doing one in under 60 seconds, completing a puzzle using all incorrect letters first, and so on. All of these can be done in any puzzle of your choosing, and, in fact, many are easy to do on the very first one.
By the end of this step, you will have earned:
Just So
Just In Time
Just a Minute
Just a Guess
Just My Luck
Just Shoot Me
Just Because You Can Doesn't Mean You Should
Just Like That
Just Like Starting Over
Just Amazed
[PST Would Like To Thank ixii for this Roadmap]