Howdy all!
It's been a crazy Summer and then some, but thought I'd drop by and say Howdy.
So after finally having some time to experience this whole "Trophy" thing, I have to say, I am impressed. Not only is it a great way to find out what games your PSN Friends are playing, and to ask and receive tips on a getting a trophy that one may be having trouble with, but I must admit, it definitely adds a great deal of gameplay and replay value to the games that have it. I had forgotten how great a game
Uncharted was/is, until playing it again recently in order to try and get some or all of the trophies. Having recently played
Bioshock again, I have to say, overall, I found
Uncharted to be a much more entertaining game... although I really like them both very much!
As for recent Trophy chatter...
Looking online I found this guy:
Uhhh, that's just a placeholder right? There is no way anyone is Level 8 yet. It's literally impossible.
It is very much possible, and speaking personally, I played Buzz with some guy who was nearly half the way through level 8, and that was over a week ago. As FoolKiller pointed out, there were already over 400 trophies, and of course now there are nearly
800 trophies, including
14 possible Platinum trophies... that said, being at level 8 or higher doesn't really mean much, other than that they play a lot of games. I still whooped him in Buzz despite having a significantly smaller game level.
Speaking of Buzz...
I don't think many have Platinum trophies for Buzz either, I think that requires something like, 200+ games of trivia. Well, I know it's possible, but wow.
I got my Platinum for
Buzz two weeks ago, it really wasn't a big deal, and took very little time... and much of it was time spent with the family playing it together. 👍
In fact, getting the Platinum for
Uncharted was much more laborious.
That's because that is all he has been playing since it came out. From the PS Eye pictures he has sent me on the PSN it looks like the whole family gets in on the fun.
I got one too, in fact I don't think he should get the credit for that one, I suspect his kids did all the hard work.
If by hard work you mean making funny faces at the camera...is there a trophy for that?
There should be!
The kids love
Buzz though, especially the
"Pie Fight" section... and they like the different buzzer sounds, and making their characters do wacky things by pressing different buttons in between questions.
One of my favorite things about
Buzz though, is it allows us to make our own quizzes, thus we are able to make educational quizzes geared towards what the kids are currently learning in school... although we also make some "Adult" private versions just for us. It brings a new meaning to "Game Night" at the Nitrate home.
In fact, I just picked up an additional four buzzers (8 total), in order to try out the 8-person games. Should be fun!
Oh, and is there a table that shows the value of each trophy and the algorithm for leveling up?
I would really like to know that as well. I suspect each type of trophy (platinum, gold, silver, and bronze), have a fixed point value, but each game level appears to require more points in order to get to the next level. This is just speculation on my part, so it would be great if Sony or someone in the know would reveal the precise formula.