Anybody else is tired of "find all of that" trophies in video games ?

You know in pretty much all the games nowadays there are a certain amount of flags, treasures, trophies, symbols, tokens and so on to find. And when youfindthem all, you get a nicelittle trophy. I gotta admit I thought they were pretty fun in the beginning but now I find them to be a royal pain in the ass, and they are in every freaking video games now.

They are awaste of time really and you end up looking on youtube for videos showing every location to be rid of this crap assoon as possible. I know you're gonna say "well then don't find them". Yeah I guess you're right, but when the only trophy missing to have your platinum is this stupid treasure hunt, you do it because you hate to think you're just that close and yet so far from a sweet platinum trophy.

Anyone else are tired of thatbull**** ?

Nope. I love the hunt. I get massive replay value out of games that way. What bothers me is being unable to Plat a game because I need to get online. I don't play online, so they are out of reach. At least with a treasure hunt there is a chance for the trophy.

I only go for platinums on games that I enjoy, so I don't tire myself out.

For me, it's only annoying if you're not allowed to backtrack and collect it.

Saints Row: The Third has a collectable finder to make finding the "all of that" easier :)

Although the "complete all challenges" trophy will keep me from getting the platinum. 70+ of them, and some have to be completed before you take over the city FML

I hate the online trophies the most. IMO those should all be optional to complete.

it is annoying. i dont know how it adds replay value. for example, i play uncharted once on hard mode and maybe once more on crushing but thats it. am not gonna waste my time to platinum it with the ridiculous treasures and ridiculous trophies in general in that game..

u cant be a trophy hunter and complain about trophies regardless if its a pointless trophy or not. most trophies u get is by just playing the game the way u want.....for ex. almost every game i own, i play the game the way i want to at least twice, and i get at least 60 % to 70% of the trophies without even hunting for them. so the 3rd play through i usually go hunting for them and its ok if u look em up on video cuz u already played the game thats if ur not hunting for them on ur first play through. THE ONLY thing i hate about trophies, is the forced ONLINE trophies. some games that have trophies for online MP go dead and it makes it hard or impossible to get them. sometimes certain ppl might not be THAT good to play online to get those trophies. so thats ONE thing i hate about trophies even though for most part i havent had issue with it.

Tired o' the entire Trophy thing in general.

What bothers me is being unable to Plat a game because I need to get online. I don't play online, so they are out of reach. At least with a treasure hunt there is a chance for the trophy.

Namgis

I agree.

I sort of enjoy collecting them. It would be better if the maps showed the locations of the collectibles though (Infamous 1 blast shards, GTA 4 pigeons, stunts). But yea, I'd rather have collecting then the online trophies.

I only go for platinums on games that I enjoy, so I don't tire myself out.

mikeyMKII

Find all diamonds in Far Cry 2= Eviiil!!!!!!!

For me, it's only annoying if you're not allowed to backtrack and collect it.

Gxgear

For me, it's only annoying if you're not allowed to backtrack and collect it.

Gxgear

For me, it's only annoying if you're not allowed to backtrack and collect it.

Still trying for the car achieve in LA Noire...please, just a few more.

I'm not tired of it. I would always try to find everything before trophies so now its like I get a bonus thing called a trophy for my efforts. Like I just platinumed Jak II on 1 playthrough but even on PS2 you could say I platinumed Jak II 8 times over.

I'm actually tired of how trophies are given way more worth than they deserve. If anything I'd look at a trophy list to see what my friends have been playing recently. Friend of mine once sent a broadcast message about how he platinum'd Uncharted 3. With a blank look on my face I sighed and removed him. How nerdy can you get?

Yep, I hate them.

It wasn't so bad in Tomb Raider Legend which I just got Play. But it's very VERY bad in Enslaved. I gave up on that Plat for the moment. You need to get 100% of the red orbs in each level, and there are a lot in each level.

The worse part is that sometimes the orbs glitch, which means you need to play the whole level again to find them, sometimes you don't know which one it is. I'm currently stuck on Ch. 2 because one orb is glitched and I've played the level 3 times and couldn't find it.... I got all the other trophies besides the masks, which I was doing along with the orbs.

Also like Shadow of the Collosus. You need to get all the lizards and apples or something... I haven't even tried yet, but I heard it's annoying.

Then I kind of want to get the Jak collection, and it seems there are collect them quest trophies in each of those also.

I kind of hate that I'm so obsessed with getting Plat on all my games. It's entertaining, and self rewarding at the end, but I could definitely do without trophies like these. At least make them fun to get, not annoying. They were pretty fun to get in Tomb Raider without a guide and fun in Uncharted 2.

Edit: I agree with online trophies. THe only game I have ever given up on getting Plat is GTA4. The online trophies are so freakin stupid, I tried a couple times, but I'm done.

I'm actually tired of how trophies are given way more worth than they deserve. If anything I'd look at a trophy list to see what my friends have been playing recently. Friend of mine once sent a broadcast message about how he platinum'd Uncharted 3. With a blank look on my face I sighed and removed him. How nerdy can you get?

Aero5555

You guys both play games. Just for him he actually likes to get everything out of his game. That's how I see it at least. When I get Platinum I feel like I achieved everything the game had to offer.

But stupid trophies like collect all the red orbs, it doesn't go towards the story at all. Like in Tomb raider, you unlock stuff for finding the rewards. In Enslaved, there is no point, because you can already get the orbs from fighting enemies so you can upgrade your stuff that way. Although no one knows really how annoying it is unless they've played the game.

You removed a friend because he announced he got a Platinum on a game... Then call him nerdy.

gotdangit

It's tolerable enough to see how nerdy people get over trophy collecting. But bragging/spamming my inbox over a platinum as if he won the superbowl? Yeah, I'd rather not have people with the maturity of a 12-year-old flooding my inbox.

Aside from multiple endings, if platinum'ing a game does not add a prologue of sorts to the solo campaign nor anything extra to the story then I frankly don't care. E.g. Sold FFXIII-2 after beating it once.

You seem trophy-serious, so I'm not surprised at the remark. Whatever floats your boat dude. Just do as I do and kindly don't shove your interest with trophies on me. And that's why I removed him. Simple.

I have a love-hate relationship towards trophies. I do enjoy obtaining trophies, but to games I enjoy foremost. Getting the FF XIII-2 platinum is probabaly my fav. to date. Loved every second of it.

[QUOTE="gotdangit"]

You removed a friend because he announced he got a Platinum on a game... Then call him nerdy.

Aero5555

It's tolerable enough to see how nerdy people get over trophy collecting. But bragging/spamming my inbox over a platinum as if he won the superbowl? Yeah, I'd rather not have people with the maturity of a 12-year-old flooding my inbox.

Aside from multiple endings, if platinum'ing a game does not add a prologue of sorts to the solo campaign nor anything extra to the story then I frankly don't care. E.g. Sold FFXIII-2 after beating it once.

You seem trophy-serious, so I'm not surprised at the remark. Whatever floats your boat dude. Just do as I do and kindly don't shove your interest with trophies on me. And that's why I removed him. Simple.

Ahmen to THAT. I had a friend whom I know in street life as well as PSN, and when he felt the need to message me about plat'ing "Dead Island", I went to his house and slapped him. If he has a child who graduates (single dad), that's something of pride to shout about. If he does well in business, that's something to cluck over. New totally cool hot girlfriend? Sure.

But a plat in a game plus a cup of coffee... Well, that gets you a cup of coffee, in my book.

And @gotdangit: Make up your mind, do you like getting a plat, or are you sick of the (sometimes/ most times) idiotic nature of the trophy system in order to GET that plat? I'm confused by the duplicitous nature of your post. Either you're into the system or you're not, but disliking all of the frivolous collecting, etc., is anathema to your expressed desire to "get every bit" out of a game, as you state the facts ... Trophies have taken the place of New-Game-Plus, they're a lazy way to create replay value when held up against the history of video game evolution. Look at "Zelda". If you finished that game, you got a nearly all-new game to play through again. Even in the current gen, "Resistance: Fall of Man" at least gave you new improved weapons and harder difficulty settings if you finished it.

Now it's pretty much a little bell ring, and that's it. Pavlov's Dog, m'friend. Look it up.

(An excerpt for those too lazy to google, from the wiki)

"Pavlov's research on conditional reflexes greatly influenced not only science, but also popular culture. The phrase "Pavlov's dog" is often used to describe someone who merely reacts to a situation rather than using critical thinking. Pavlovian conditioning was a major theme in Aldous Huxley's dystopian novel, Brave New World, and also to a large degree in Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow."

And now it's used by devs and PSN to keep you playing a title, or buying more stuff for it.

Essentially, Pavlov proved that conditioned response could be used for inducing all sorts of behaviour without actually paying off anything for the subject who has been trained, and he did this by ringing a bell before feeding his dog for months, then when he rings the bell the dog would salivate in anticipation of receiving a reward, without there being any actual food around. Does this sound familiar at all? A little bell rings, you're told you've won something, but in the end, do those trophies actually have any worth outside your own mind? Is there food coming? Nope. There isn't. But in order to hear that bell ring, you're prepared to buy DLC, play online, or in the case of your complaint, hunt down "meaningless" orbs, etc. which don't actually add anything to the game experience...

I don't mind if anyone wants to get a plat, but it's an individual thing. So keep it to yourself (as it relates to MY friends, telling me with pride, that they've "accomplished" something - NOT YOU PERSONALLY for posting in this thread - I'm always interested in hearing another gamer's viewpoint and I don't condemn you for what you want out of this wonderful hobby we share).

Plats don't impress me. If you want to impress me, go work in a soup kitchen once a month. Protest human rights violations in China or North Korea. But "achieving" a plat in a video game is ultimately pretty meaningless in my opinion.

;)

Respect to you.

It depends on the game, but to be honest they are often my favourite kind of trophies. They give you an incentive to thoroughly explore, and you are rewarded for your effort.

Just take away multiplayer and co-op trophies from all games and I'll be happy.

Nah, I don't mind.

I like those better than multiplayer trophies/achievements.

Tired o' the entire Trophy thing in general.

MonkeySpot

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I hate the online trophies the most. IMO those should all be optional to complete.

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IMO those should all be optional to complete.

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IMO those should all be optional to complete.

garrett_duffman

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I could care less of finding all the trophies..

Yes and no. Collecting all of this and that can be irritating (working on my collectible playthrough in Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater HD right now... ugh) but I still prefer these trophies to, "kill 75 enemies with this weapon, (e.g. Uncharted) or flat-out, unnecessary grindfests like "kill 10,000 people online" (e.g. Resistance 2).

I'm actually tired of how trophies are given way more worth than they deserve. If anything I'd look at a trophy list to see what my friends have been playing recently. Friend of mine once sent a broadcast message about how he platinum'd Uncharted 3. With a blank look on my face I sighed and removed him. How nerdy can you get?

Aero5555

So, instead of messaging him or her back saying, "Look, that's nice I guess but I don't care. Please don't spam my inbox like this," you simply removed that person from your friends list? :?

[QUOTE="gotdangit"]

You removed a friend because he announced he got a Platinum on a game... Then call him nerdy.

Aero5555

It's tolerable enough to see how nerdy people get over trophy collecting. But bragging/spamming my inbox over a platinum as if he won the superbowl? Yeah, I'd rather not have people with the maturity of a 12-year-old flooding my inbox.

Aside from multiple endings, if platinum'ing a game does not add a prologue of sorts to the solo campaign nor anything extra to the story then I frankly don't care. E.g. Sold FFXIII-2 after beating it once.

You seem trophy-serious, so I'm not surprised at the remark. Whatever floats your boat dude. Just do as I do and kindly don't shove your interest with trophies on me. And that's why I removed him. Simple.

I thought you meant he just was saying he had gotten plat on U3 on his own thing and deleted him for it.

[QUOTE="Aero5555"]

I'm actually tired of how trophies are given way more worth than they deserve. If anything I'd look at a trophy list to see what my friends have been playing recently. Friend of mine once sent a broadcast message about how he platinum'd Uncharted 3. With a blank look on my face I sighed and removed him. How nerdy can you get?

So, instead of messaging him or her back saying, "Look, that's nice I guess but I don't care. Please don't spam my inbox like this," you simply removed that person from your friends list? :?

So, instead of messaging him or her back saying, "Look, that's nice I guess but I don't care. Please don't spam my inbox like this," you simply removed that person from your friends list? :?

DrRockso87

I know him IRL and didn't wanna come off as a d*ck. Aside from his nerdiness with trophies he's cool.

Let me clarify. I'm NOT much of an online gamer. I despise FPS games especially.

When I game online, it's a sports game and my opponent is picked randomly.