MvM's World, Entry #23 - July Game Progress

Ok, so here we are just a week into July and I feel I am off to a terrific start on my goals for the second half of the year. Lets be honest, my gaming habits and trophy goals are extremely nerdy but they make me happy as hell, keep me occupied and busy, and make me feel like I am accomplishing something. That's all that matters right? :)

Ok, so I had a bit of a slammed gaming/troho holiday weekend last weekend. Over the course of just 3 days, I beat and or completed 4 games, and racked up 46 trophies. Considering I only need 102 trophies a month to hit my goal at the end of the year, that's a huge jump start! Here's the 411......


July 1st, 2011

(Truth or Lies, PS3, 13 Trophies) Man this was such an easy one to start with! I was able to 100% this game in under 35 minutes. Oddly it is a retail game yet it has no Platinum trophy. And only a mere 13 trophies altogether. I can't really complain though, and here is why...... I nabbed this game at Target. On clearance. For..... ready for this?....... $2.48. I kid you not! Not a bad price at all for 13 trophies and a game I will never play again. Wonder if I can sell it to GameStop for more than what I payed for it? lol

(After Burner: Climax, PSN, 12 Trophies) I had been wanting to get to this one for awhile, and this past weekend I finally did. I have always been bad at flying games, but I fondly remember playing this one in the arcades when I was a kid. So I sat down to check out the new HD remake, and before I knew it, I had 100% of the trophies for the game. Pretty easy to do when you have this new EX mode thing in the game. When you accomplish certain things in the game, you will unlock EX Enhancements...... a fancy term for in game cheats. Pretty much making it super easy for anyone to get all of the trophies in this game. After a few playthroughs, I unlocked enough things to blast my way to the secret 'A' ending and unlock the final trophy. Done. I will have to play again though, was a lot of fun. :)



July 2nd / 3rd, 2011

(Stacking, PSN, 17 Trophies) Words can't describe this fun and quirky little puzzle/adventure game. Assuming the role of a tiny Russian nesting doll, and being able to jump into larger nesting dolls to complete tasks and puzzles is a really interesting idea. Each doll has it's own abilities, personalities, and humor. The game is decent in length and I finished over the weekend. Got it for free via my PS+ membership months ago, and never got around to playing it. Was so much fun, I would love to see another game in the series. Maybe a sequel?

(Stacking: The Lost Hobo King, PSN, 4 Trophies) While this is technically an Add-On for Stacking, "The Lost Hobo King" is actually an adventure of it's own. A new world, and a new story, it is MUCH shorter than the main game itself, but just as much fun. The puzzles were a tad trickier, and a little longer but nothing too bad at all. With new nesting dolls to unlock and interact with, it was overall a great 'little' adventure. Finished this one up fairly quickly after finishing the main game. :)


Having 46 out of the 102 trophies I need for the month is a great start, and there are still 3 weeks to go! And with all of the games I have sitting to go through, man.......... I just may get my goal sooner. Or surpass it. Or both. :)

Game On!

- Gamer42

MvM's World, Entry #20 - Mid-Year Trophy Update! :)

Well guys and gals, we are now at the half way point of 2011. I had set myself a monsterous goal of hitting the 2,000 overall trophy mark, and 20 Platinum trophies mark by the end of this year. December 31st is still 6 months away, but I feel I am heading in the right direction.

June saw me falling way short of where I wanted to be at this point, but a very quick (and large) catch up is on the way as we head in to July.

I started 2011 with only a mere 744 Trophies. Now I am sitting on a total of 1,388 Trophies. So far this year I have amassed another 644 Trophies. So let's take a quick minute to break this down (I don't keep a detailed Excel Spreadsheet for nothing folks.....lol).......

Total Trophies Earned (By Month)

 

January - 77

February - 65

March - 242

April - 89

May - 48

June - 123

Obviously March was the best month. I don't know or remember what was going on then or what I was doing. Oh wait, yes I do...... I was playing a SHIT TON of video games! lmao!

I also brought the plat total up from 7 to 15. So here is a breakdown of the 8 Platinum Trophies I earned (what and when)......

Total Platinum Trophies Earned (By Month)

January - 0

February - 1
('Spare Parts')

March - 3
('Shrek Forever After', 'Sly Cooper and the Thievius Racoonus', 'Rango')

April - 3
('CSI: Fatal Conspiracy', 'Cars: Race-O-Rama', 'Where The Wild Things Are')

May - 0

June -1

('Disney Pixar's Up!')

Yeah ok, so not any real hard plats, but I will say for kids games, Up! was a huge bitch! Just like Ice Age 3 (which I also got the plat), they end the game with one final, very hard, not easy for kids flying level. Not easy for me either. Not good at flying and inverted controls. Of course I am about to try out After Burner soon so I guess I haven't learned my lesson yet.

With all of the games I have in my backlog, I know for a fact I will hit my 2011 goal of 20 Plats WAY before end of year. I am only 5 away so I am not worried at all at this point.

Not all games have Platinum trophies though. Most PSN games do not have them. So for those I just got '100%' on them. Here is the absolute total breakdown of the total of ALL games completed/beaten by me (Plat AND Non-Plat)..........

Total Games Beaten/Completed (By Month)

 

January - 5

February - 4

March - 10

April - 3

May - 0

June - 4

Wow! I have beaten and/or completed 26 games so far this year! That's a ton! More than I have ever done in any year before......ever! And we are only have way there. Being a certified troho sure does make you play alot more games than you normally would. Kinda neat!

Well ok, the more I write, the less time I have to get some trophies. A certain someone in my PS3 friends list did a trophy update last night and jumped ahead of me again in the totals. I have some catching up (and friendly competition) to do. 

Game On!

- Gamer42 (MvM)

MvM's World, Entry #8 - 48 In 5

I set what still may seem like an impossible task and goal for my self as a gamer, but dammit I am having fun, and that's all that matters. With that said I have now racked up 48 trophies in the first 5 days of this month (Today doesn't count yet, as I am at work and haven't played any games yet.....lol). Will I hit my goal for the month?

210 trophies does seem like alot, but broken down that's only 7 a day. So after today is over, based on that factor, I need to be at 42 (nice!) trophies. Seeing that I already have 48 and haven't even played yet today, I feel good about my goal so far.

This will also when done, bring my platinum total up to 19. That is one less than my yearly goal of 20 I set for myself. Looks like Gamer42 is still in action my friends! :)

Here is the 48 I have racked up so far this month:

04 Trophies - SingStar (Goal Sheet Complete)
02 Trophies - Press Your Luck (5 Left On Goal Sheet)
12 Trophies - Sonic & Sega All Stars Racing (5 Left On Goal Sheet)
11 Trophies - BTTF - Episode 3: Citizen Brown (Game Complete!)
19 Trophies - Disney Pixar’s Up (3 Left On Goal Sheet, and will be Complete / Plat #15!)

The rest of the month is still a huge amount of time and will see me not only nabbing those last few left for the above games, but also completing the following games to 100%:

14 Trophies - SBCGFAP Episode 5
28 Trophies - Dante’s Inferno [Plat #16]
36 Trophies - God of War [Plat #17]
35 Trophies - God of War II [Plat #18]
41 Trophies - Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands [Plat #19]

Wish me luck guys, and I will keep you posted! :)

- Gamer42 (MvM)