The servers have now closed, thus that Platinum is now unobtainable if you didn't get the online trophies before that happened.
Overview:
- Estimated trophy difficulty: 7-8/10 (personal estimate)
- Offline: 35 (30
, 4
, 1
)
- Online: 16 (12
, 2
, 1
, 1
) - Unobtainable
- Approximate amount of time to
: 50+ hours
- Minimum number of playthroughs needed: 1-2+
- Number of missable trophies: None, all chapters can be replayed through chapter select
- Glitched trophies: none known at this time
- Does difficulty affect trophies? Yes, you will need to complete campaign on hard mode of unlock All Hail You!. Difficulty related trophies stack.
- Do cheat codes disable trophies? No cheats known at this time.
- Special Notes: There is no online pass for this game, and no additional controllers/peripherals are required.
Introduction:
This is High Moon Studio's follow up to the 2010 critically successful Transformers War For Cybertron. Although this is a sequel, playing WFC is not strictly essential in order to enjoy this. That said, Transformers fans who have not played the original have missed out on what is considered the best Transformers game to date. Fall of Cybertron builds on, and exceeds, War for Cybertron in virtually every aspect. Transformers fans should enjoy the epic campaign which features a very solid story with excellent voice acting by many of the original cartoon voice actors.
The platinum for this title is not a short and quick affair. The main campaign can be completed in less that 10 hours, but it is quite likely that you will need to go back to clean up missing chapter specific trophies, collectables, and to get enough Energon Credits to buy and fully upgrade all weapons and items from the Teletraan 1 store. There are 2 multiplayer modes that will also require a significant amount of time. Escalation mode returns, but now has 4 maps, each requiring your team to reach Level 15. Standard muliplayer modes include Team Deathmatch, Capture the Flag, Conquest and Headhunter, and this will be the bulk of your Platinum time. At present the XP award rate is at 4x the base rate, and depending upon the modes you choose and any further bonus XP events, fully leveling all classes may take upwards of 30 hours.
Walkthrough:
There is no specific order required to tackle the 3 main aspects of this game. For simplicity I have chosen the campaign first, but certainly the multiplayer or escalation modes can be done prior to, or simultaneously with, the campaign.
Step 1: Campaign
I would suggest starting out on hard difficulty for the first playthrough. Hard is not really that challenging, and unlike the first game there are no major boss battles to contend with. Focus on upgrading your shield and health first, and try to collect all the blueprints as they will unlock weapons for purchase and upgrading. Your vehicle weapons deal a lot of damage, and you are slightly more resistant to injury in vehicle form. The Nucleon Charge Rifle (sniper rifle) is very powerful, and usually a 1-2 hit kill even on hard. Paired with the X18 Scrapmaker, you have a formidable short and long range tandem. There will be a few places that you get stuck, but nothing that should take more than half a dozen attempts. At the end of this step you will have all trophies for chapter completion, one of the two secret ending trophies, and probably some miscellaneous chapter, collection and Teletraan 1 Store trophies.
Trophies earned in this step
The Exodus
Defend the Ark
Metroplex Heeds the Call
Eye of the Storm
Cut and Run
Death from Above
Belly of the Beast
Combaticons Combine!
Megatron Returns
The Final Countdown
Starscream's Betrayal
Grimlock Smash
The Battle is Far From Over!
More Than Meets the Eye
All Hail You!
Till All Are One (either the Optimus or Megatron ending, depending on which character you choose)
Step 2: Campaign on Hard Mode (Optional)
If you prefer to start more casually, and chose easy for your first playthrough, then you will need to do a second playthrough on hard. If your first playthrough was hard, then this step is already complete.
Note that there is no New Game +, so you can simply select each Chapter from the Campaign menu, and change the difficulty to hard. These can be done in any order, and any upgrades from the first playthrough will carry forward.
It has also been confirmed that you can play any Chapter on easy, and exit the Chapter once you have reached the final checkpoint. Change difficulty to hard at the main menu (under Campaign Chapter select), then return to the main menu and hit Continue to complete the Chapter, resuming from the final checkpoint. Successfully doing this for each Chapter should unlock All Hail You! (thanks Crazy-TrainZ28 for the tip).
There are some reports of this trophy 'glitching' - it appears that the game automatically drops you to a easier difficulty if you are struggling in a particular section. I personally never had this happen, and the trophy unlocked after the final battle in Chapter 13. If the trophy does not pop after Chapter 13, go to the main menu and under Campaign check each Chapter by pressing to change difficulty. There will be a small glowing icon under each difficulty that you have successfully completed for that Chapter.
Step 3: Campaign related clean up
You will likely need to finish getting some of the collectables, and any chapter specific tasks. Each chapter has a trophy for completion, and one for a specific action. Some you may get naturally, but most require you to go a bit out of your way. See the trophy guide for further descriptions. You will also need to replay the final chapter to choose the other character to unlock the second secret trophy.
At this point I would suggest switching to easy difficulty, as some of the trophies are much easier to accomplish. You will also need to grind out Energon credits to fully purchase, upgrade, and rate all items in the Teletraan 1 Store. Replaying Chapter 10 should net you over 20,000 Energon per playthrough.
Once this step is complete, you should have all of the offline trophies completed
Trophies earned in this step
The Last Stand
Carnage in C-Major
Invisibility Spray
Target Master 2.0
Car Wash of Doom
Club Con!
Fusilateral Quintrocombiner
I, Robot Master
The Harder They Die
Internal Affairs!
Slap the Grimlock
Monacus Spender
Reconstructor
Master Builder
Teletraan 1 Regular - Unobtainable
Chop Shop
Beachcomber
Cassetticon Audiophile
Octopunch Scavenger
Till All Are One (either the Optimus or Megatron ending, whichever you didn't get in Step 1)
Step 4: Multiplayer - Unobtainable
The main goals here are to play each multiplayer mode, and collect the 4 trophies for each. There is also an MVP trophy, earned for placing first overall in any public match. It does not matter if you are on the winning or losing team but you must have the most points of any player. This can be earned in any mode. Finally, you will have to get all 4 character classes to rank 25. Once all characters are at maximum rank, you can activate Prime Mode. This resets your rank to 0, but unlocks more powerful upgrades, and will net you the final multiplayer trophy.
None of these trophies can be boosted in private lobbies.
Trophies earned in this step
Reconfiguration Matrix
Headmaster!
King of the Scrap Heap
What Prime Directives?
Full Throttle Scramble Power!
Ultimate Menasor
Moonbase One
Ballistic Energon Goodie
Heavy Metal War
Step 5: Escalation - Unobtainable
For this mode, you will need to team up with 3 other players to face wave after wave of AI enemies. There are 4 maps, and there is a trophy for clearing the final wave (15) on each. This can be done with random players, but as always, forming a good team that communicates well will improve your probability of success. You can use the boosting thread here to find partners.
Trophies earned in this step
Robotopossum
Maccadams Old Oil House
Space Pirates!
Rust Marks
Ultra Power Master
[PST Would Like to Thank diskdocx for this Road Map]