The PS3’s Easiest Platinum Trophies
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Trophies, whilst a relatively new aspect of the PlayStation 3, are now ubiquitous. We’ve talked at length about their appeal in the past and our Trophy List is maintained daily, but if you’re just looking to boost your score quickly it’s all about the Platinums. But which games have the easiest Platinums? We take a look at five PlayStation 3 games and give you a hassle-free pack of Trophies to select from.
1. Trivial Pursuit [Trophy list]
The Trophies come quick and fast in Trivial Pursuit, almost like a stream of silverware, and whilst stringing together 10 correct answers for a Silver might seem tricky at first glance, the questions aren’t ever really hard enough to task you, especially if you’re handy with Google. Of course, when a game awards you a Silver for getting 10 questions wrong in a row, you know you’re on Easy Street. It’s also not a bad version of the popular board game, so you won’t feel too bad by buying it just for the Platinum.
2. Disney’s Up [Trophy list]
When you can bag a Bronze for selecting the multiplayer menu (seriously) you know you’re onto a winner. Up, which is based on the Pixar film of the same name, is a reasonably enjoyable 3 hour romp right through to that Platinum. Yes, it’s a bit of a collectathon, but nothing’s really terribly well hidden and most of the Trophies will come like a steady stream as you play through the single player. You’ll need to have a friend for the multiplayer, but it’s really a half decent game anyway, so enjoy it.
3. WWE: Legends of Wrestlemania [Trophy list]
WWE has a strange balance of Trophies: there are only two Bronzes but lots of Silvers and Golds so even if you give up before the Platinum you’ll have given your Trophy Level a massive boost. Grabbing all the Golds in WWE: Legends of Wrestlemania might take some time but it’s certainly not a difficult road to victory – create your monster and shove him through the career path and you’ll have more high-ranking Trophies than you ever thought possible in such a short time.
4. Terminator: Salvation [Trophy list]
Yes, the game is terrible, but the game can be destroyed in about 4 hours, once on Medium then again on Hard, which will have gotten you a massive collection of Golds (that’s all there is) for completing each level and then one Gold each for beating the entire game on the two aforementioned difficulty levels – once you’ve done that the Platinum Trophy message will ping up and you can take the damned game back to whichever stinking outlet forced you to buy it in the first place, never to play it through again.
5. Ultimate Megadrive Collection [Trophy list]
If you’re not familiar with the games in the Megadrive Collection then the Trophy list might seem a little daunting, but as you typically only ever really need to get to the third level on most of the games to bag your Trophy this should be easy. In most games you can use the in-game menu to drop the difficulty level down to the minimum, up the number of lives and then just spam your way through the splendid retro titles – even the Mean Bean Machine Trophy, often thought to be the hardest, can be obtained by skipping to the last level with a cheat that even worked on the old Megadrive.
Bubblers
If those weren’t enough, why not try inFamous (might take a good 10 hours or so, and needs two playthroughs), Dead Space (utterly brilliant, and whilst getting the Platinum isn’t that easy comparatively at least you’ll have fun), Buzz: Quiz TV (you just need to be smart) and Prince of Persia (another enjoyable adventure with a smooth difficulty curve).
Any others we missed?
Comments
Please note that all comments are the opinion of the individual author and not TheSixthAxis.
C_S15 | 22/06/2009 09:05
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Fallout 3 is lengthy but tonnes of fun!
Erroneus | 22/06/2009 09:12
Wanted "Trophy Hunter" but was too late.
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Agree, i almost spend 100 hours on that game, but i reckon you could do the platinum trophy in about 30 hours. That is, if you make some extra save games before leveling up, so you have time to change your karma.
kevatron400 | 22/06/2009 17:31
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30 hours probably isn’t what I’d call an easy platinum!
BadBoyBoogie | 22/06/2009 09:07
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Tomb Raider Underworld is easy and can be platinumed in one playthrough!
double-o-dave | 22/06/2009 11:02
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I bought it from Asda the other day for £15. Was going to get the platinum but played it for 15mins and ejected the disc, don’t think I’m gonna bother with it again. That was 15mins of my life wasted, I could have been having a pint 15mins earlier in my local whilst trying to convince my favourite barmaid to leave her boyfriend for me.
toutski | 22/06/2009 11:05
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lololol
Erroneus | 22/06/2009 09:08
Wanted "Trophy Hunter" but was too late.
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Burnout Paradise has a shit load of trophies and it’s a great game, plus they are not that hard and if you use guides on the net, it’s pretty easy to get the tasks done. Though some of the trophies are bound to DLC, the Platinium are off course not.
Zuler | 22/06/2009 09:26
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Agreed. Burnout in my opinion is the easiest platinum imo.
coolgr33k | 22/06/2009 10:55
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yeh same, well its the only plat i have, but i could get it very quickly if i focused on them. only hard one is meeting up in the baseball stadium which happened my first ever time playing online which was very lucky. also finding the events could be hard, but becuase i always freeroam, i found them all easily.
hannes_truce | 22/06/2009 09:13
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Wanted… easy as pie and a pretty fun game if a little short.
and I’m glad I only have one of the above (SMDUC) but am tempted to pick up TP if i can get it cheap
AddictedAndy | 22/06/2009 09:14
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I’ve rented Terminator: Salvation and am currently playing it on hard. It’s hardly a walk in the park.
moakesice | 22/06/2009 09:21
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I did it first time on hard and got all the trophies, no need for another go through the game(thank god) it gives you the medium trophy if you complete it on hard!
C_S15 | 22/06/2009 09:23
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Same here, took me about 3 hours, I think.
Erroneus | 22/06/2009 11:28
Wanted "Trophy Hunter" but was too late.
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Hah, nice tip man!
I got Terminator cheap via Gamestop, guess I have to give it a spin this weekend.
deepmenace | 22/06/2009 09:26
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the terminator trophies?!?
wtf?
so there is no sony policing of trophies then?
i’d love an easy platinum but if more games start being so lax with trophies then the whole system will become a sham of a mockery of a sham will it not?
Kevling | 22/06/2009 12:25
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I think the only policing is that developers get a certain number of trophy “points” to spend (something like 1 for bronze, 3 for silver, 6 for gold and 18 for platinum). As long as the total is right, the developers can do hat they want. Hence, lazy trophies like this existing.
Roynaldo | 22/06/2009 12:41
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thats a good shout, your probably right.
cc_star | 22/06/2009 09:33
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Hannah Montana?
Platinum within 4 hours if you like kids DS type games and you can stand her music for that whole length of time.
BoyDay | 22/06/2009 14:36
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I thought you said it was your daughter’s? Busted!
Ross | 22/06/2009 09:44
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Burnout, Call of Duty World at War, Uncharted, all easy platinums.
Manorhowze | 22/06/2009 09:50
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I dont agree with uncharted. I have been trying to finish it on crushing but I am really struggling. Apart from crushing its quite easy.
Rob92 | 22/06/2009 11:40
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It took me ages to get the Uncharted platinum. Proud of it though
ha
AddictedAndy | 22/06/2009 10:41
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World at War, easy? Please, that game is brutal on veteran. I have Uncharted Platinum but it took quite a bit of time. Again not easy on crushing.
Tom Lord | 22/06/2009 13:18
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Yup, W@W is easy to get most of the trophies, but the veteran difficulty is stupidly hard!
killocity | 22/06/2009 09:48
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I have to say, Uncharted was quite easy. I managed to get the platinum, my first, in just over a week.
Playing through on Crushing and finding those treasures can be very tricky, but you just need to learn the kinds of places they hide them, and look out for the glints.
name | 22/06/2009 13:49
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crushing was so bloody hard.
i spent like 3 hours stright trying to get through the lvl where you drop into like a sewer type lvl, where you first find the enemies with grenade launchers.
than the expert dinomight trophy took me ages.
crushing is bloody DAM hard only 1 game ive played has a harder difficulty setting and thats killzone 2.
ninja gaiden and devil may cry dont count because you have to be a god to finish those games on the hardest difficulty setting.
out of all the games ive played uncharted would have to be the 3rd hardest to plat.
killocity | 22/06/2009 17:17
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Ah the sewer was easy for me, with the help of a pretty lucky glitch. Went back outside to get some ammo, and when I came back, everyone had spawned. I just had to pop out from the high ground a few times. Crushing only took me a couple days, with about an hour or two each day.
But I have to agree, Killzone 2 is probably the only game I’ve played that’s harder. And because I played KZ2 first, that may have made it easier for me. :p
kevatron400 | 22/06/2009 17:34
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Yeah uncharted was my first platinum, thought crushing was alright really. Used a guide for the treasure though, so maybe that’s cheating.
Firewarrior706 | 22/06/2009 09:55
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You left out Godfather 2. It’s terrible, but there’s only, what, 3 trophies that make you deviate from the main story
Zuler | 22/06/2009 11:26
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I loved that game
I found it prety fun, but quite short.
hannes_truce | 22/06/2009 09:57
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Warhawk’s an easy platinum…. If you don’t mind taking 10 years out of your life to play through it
cc_star | 22/06/2009 11:02
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Agreed, nothing is difficult about any of the Trophies other than the playing time it would take to get them.
I wonder if anyone has platinumed it yet
Zuler | 22/06/2009 11:25
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I know smeone who has, but he has 35 platinums, so…..
Ross | 22/06/2009 10:11
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SOCOM, easiest platinum ever
BoyDay | 22/06/2009 14:38
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I got it 3 days before release in the UK and at the time it seemed impossible, but only because there was no bugger online to play with! Not played it since it got released so I need to go back to it.
andyridge289 | 22/06/2009 10:26
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Bionic commando isn’t too bad, as long as you make sure you do the challenges as soon as you can. Doing it on commando was a bit of a pain, but probably easier than doing the hardest difficulties on either COD:WAW or Uncharted.
I agree with the godfather 2, it hardly took any time at all to get platinum on that
Flightx | 22/06/2009 10:30
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i’ve never got any platinums. as most of the games i get have all the online trophies to get and with a family its hard to find the time to play the epic hour long deathmatches
DarthSharkey | 22/06/2009 10:38
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I agree with SMD:UC, such an easy platinum, Resident Evil 5 was easy to.