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How much do you REALLY want that Platinum?
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00:00So, gamers have got pretty mixed feelings about trophies, achievements, and feats, and other such systems since they first started to be implemented, and you can kind of see why.
00:09Because while it is very nice to hear that sweet chime when you pop a trophy for doing something cool, that is kind of undone by the arduous amounts of hours that you will have to put in to unlock some achievements.
00:20And we're talking about the latter today.
00:22As I'm Jules, this is WhatCulture.com, and these are 10 video game trophies that really test your patience.
00:2710. Shovel Knight King of Cards – Card Completionist
00:32Yacht Club Games created three DLC campaigns for their beloved retro-tinged platformer Shovel Knight.
00:39Each of them cast the player as one of the knights of the nefarious order of no quarter, providing a bit more insight into their histories and motivations along the way.
00:47Shovel Knight King of Cards is perhaps the most expansive of all, offering not just a wealth of new levels, but a robust card-based minigame called Joustus.
00:55The game is similar to the famed Triple Triad from Final Fantasy VIII, but instead revolves around claiming gems on the board by pushing your own cards onto them, and obviously the opponent's cards off them.
01:06The minigame is optional, but it is still a big focus of the narrative and some of the levels.
01:10There are tons of opponents to play against and many cards to collect, though claiming the card completionist trophy will be quite the feat.
01:17Not only are some of the cards played only by optional bosses who must be defeated in order to challenge them at Joustus,
01:23but others will need to be purchased from Chester, who offers mystery cards of different, increasingly expensive tiers.
01:29Many doubles and a lot of gold grinding will be needed here.
01:32Finally, a very difficult optional boss, Gigacardia, must be defeated if you want the card crystal, which displays the location of all unowned cards.
01:41As a FromSoftware title and a spiritual successor to the Dark Souls series, there was never any doubt that Bloodborne was going to be a tricky title to tame.
01:56And those battling to secure a platinum trophy faced a steep challenge indeed, with the Yharnam Thumerian Queen gold trophy being a notable roadblock.
02:03As with many of the game's trophies, the requirement is simply to defeat the boss of the same name.
02:09She's an elusive, sneaky and difficult foe, boasting projectile blood attacks, but the real issue lies in the journey to reach her.
02:16The Queen is essentially the final boss of the Chalice dungeons, located deep in the third layer.
02:21To reach her, you would need to spend hours in the deceptive, puzzle-laden dungeons, which are both entirely optional and are referred to as the Old Labyrinth for pretty apt reasons,
02:30because it is very easy to get lost down here.
02:33In addition, several bosses must be fought on the journey to the Queen, some of which are much more difficult than she is herself.
02:39All in all, this is going to take you a ton of perseverance, and a lot of patience.
02:448. Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater – King of the Jungle
02:48The Metal Gear Solid series has long provided players with a final ranking of their performance when all is said and done.
02:54And different criteria must be met throughout a playthrough in order to obtain some of the ranks, and only the very best get the most elite codenames.
03:01Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater offers the Markor rank, which is the requirement for the King of the Jungle trophy.
03:08As the name suggests, this requires an in-depth knowledge of the game's vast jungle setting.
03:12Every type of plant and animal must be found and located.
03:15Naturally, this includes those pesky medicinal plants and the elusive Tsuchinoko,
03:20which both makes the trophy missable and your progress rather difficult to keep track of.
03:24As one final little trick, it's also necessary to score at least one kill and raise one alert.
03:30Such is the tricky nature of these ranks and their unlock conditions.
03:337. Super Street Fighter IV – Trial Athlete
03:37Now, those who are truly dedicated to fighting games will have surely spent countless hours in the lab with their fighter of choice,
03:43practicing combos, spacing, cancels, and all manner of other technical aspects.
03:47Now, to help with this, the game offers options a little more robust than a simple training mode against an idle CPU character.
03:54And these come in the form of trials, challenges that push you to perform an increasingly difficult maneuver and slash or combo.
04:00They're character-specific, meaning that each cast member has 24 trials, and some are fiendishly difficult.
04:06And of course, Street Fighter IV insists that you complete them all for its Trial Athlete Trophy.
04:11The sheer number of these trials is beyond daunting, seeing as there are 35 fighters to master in this way,
04:16meaning that you're going to have to put in the grind if you're going to want to pop that trophy.
04:206. Far Cry 6 – Oh No You Don't
04:23Those seeking to nab all of Far Cry 6's trophies will have to contend with a rather pesky gaming mechanic – time-gating.
04:31The Oh No You Don't Trophy may not sound all that tricky, as some challenges go,
04:35but it's important to consider what this will actually entail.
04:38For starters, these missions are no cakewalk, only being accessible after completing the campaign.
04:43Insurgencies see a given leader take over a section of the map for one week,
04:47and the objectives associated with that insurgency must be completed before they can change again.
04:52Real-time deadlines are a rarity that even the most nefarious trophies don't tend to deal in,
04:57and this time-consuming mechanic only makes it worse.
05:00Essentially, however adept a Far Cry 6 player you are, it will take three weeks of play to unlock this trophy,
05:05as the third leader won't even be accessible until then.
05:095. Resistance 2 – Killing Machine
05:12There's a vital caveat to this entry.
05:15For you see, Resistance 2's servers have been shut down, making this trophy now permanently inaccessible.
05:20Those who tried to acquire it during the game's online heyday, however, will remember just how daunting it could be.
05:25Online FPS titles are some of the longest living around.
05:28Titles like Overwatch are still going strong.
05:30Not as strong, of course, but still very strong after many years,
05:34with players racking up incredible stats in terms of hours spent, kills scored and so on.
05:38Resistance 2 seemed to be counting on this with its Killing Machine trophy,
05:42that demanded a total of 10,000 kills in online play.
05:46Not just any online play, but competitive ranked matches.
05:49Now, the ranked modes of such titles are often not a fun place to be at all,
05:52and depending on your skill level, this could be a long, endlessly frustrating slog simply for one gold trophy.
05:594. Grand Theft Auto V – Career Criminal
06:02It's remarkable to think just how popular Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online still are.
06:08This is primarily due to the robust support that Rockstar has given the game since its September 2013 release.
06:14Now, at the time of its launch, it was an open-world experience on an almost unprecedented scale,
06:17and crossing its map, by means of whichever ill-gotten vehicle you happened to be in at the time, was a feat in itself.
06:23Such a large world, however, meant that a lot of content had to be provided to fill it,
06:27which is where the rather tricky Career Criminal comes in.
06:30Completing 100% of the game is a very daunting prospect, but this is how the trophy is unlocked.
06:36The requirements included completing every story mission, all the street races and sea races,
06:40all strangers and freaks missions, and a ton more, but not quite everything.
06:44Possible bugs blight this trophy as well, and the fact that it's a little unclear as to what is needed
06:49makes it all the more frustrating.
06:513. Pac-Man 256's Multiplied Mayhem Trophy
06:55Pac-Man is one of the most iconic video games ever,
06:58a concept that has been taken and adapted by countless other titles over the years.
07:02But the original series itself continues to riff on and modify its own formula.
07:07Some constraints remain, though.
07:08Those pesky ghosts will always be the bane of Pac-Man's existence,
07:11and their spawns will always be trickily timed.
07:13And obviously, the power pill will always run out at the most inopportune moment.
07:17And Pac-Man 256 hit PlayStation 4s in 2016, featuring a devious trophy that plays on all of these issues.
07:24Multiplied Mayhem requires players to reach a x-16 multiplier from ghosts with a single power pellet,
07:30while also playing in single player.
07:31And as you can imagine, seeing as the ghosts are trying to get away from you when you're in this state,
07:36means that you're going to have to have a lot of luck on your side.
07:38There's a significant saving grace in that the power pellet can be reset by collecting another
07:42while the current one is still in progress, but depending on the state of play, this can really take some doing.
07:472. Call of Duty Modern Warfare's Mile High Club Trophy
07:51Call of Duty fans will surely be adept at the series' gripping high-octane action.
07:56Timing, positioning, and a steady aim are key to success in this iconic series.
08:00And one particular challenge pushes these qualities more than any other,
08:04the Mile High Club Trophy that can be attained in Call of Duty Modern Warfare.
08:09This trophy requires you to skydive to safety on Veteran difficulty,
08:13which demands a perfect run through a very difficult section on an aeroplane to rescue one hostage.
08:18You have just 60 seconds to complete this mission,
08:21and are beset by enemies with even the slightest mistake, meaning that you're going to have to try again.
08:25Attempts are very short, but this only heightens the frustration as you try again,
08:29and again in quick succession.
08:31It's the sort of thing that requires the pattern memorization and practice of a classic Mega Man boss.
08:361. Dragon Age Origins Blight Queller
08:39Across the RPG genre, it's common to want to avoid battles at some times.
08:44But Dragon Age Origins players won't have that luxury if they're shooting for the game's Blight Queller trophy.
08:49To achieve this, 1,000 darkspawn must be killed.
08:51And this troublesome trophy is quite time-consuming at best,
08:54and a bug-ridden exercise in futile frustration at worst.
08:57According to PSN Profiles, only darkspawn killed directly by the player as the protagonist count.
09:03There aren't an awful lot more than 1,000 darkspawn in the game during any given playthrough, though,
09:08meaning that exploiting and reloading saves is one of the only reliable manners of hitting this goal.
09:13But even this is tentative, though, as it seems that the count carries over to future saves.
09:17But the trophy is bugged, and its requirements are rather steep,
09:20meaning that this can be very hit-and-miss, even though you need to hit quite a lot.
09:24And there we go, my friends. Those were 10 video game trophies that really test your patience.
09:28I hope that you enjoyed that, and please let me know what you thought about it down in the comments section below.
09:32As always, I've been Jules. You can go follow me over on Twitter at RetroJ with a zero,
09:36or you can swing by Live and Let's Dice, where I do all of my streaming outside of work,
09:39and it'd be great to see you over there.
09:41But before I go, I just want to say one thing.
09:43Hope you're treating yourself well with love and respect, my friend,
09:45because you deserve all the best things in life,
09:47and do not let anything or anyone else tell you otherwise, alright?
09:50You're a massive ledge. Now go out there and absolutely smash it.
09:53As always, I've been Jules. You have been awesome.
09:56Never forget that, and I'll speak to you soon. Bye.
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