Summary
If Platinum trophies were easy to obtain, it would defeat the point of grinding for them. That being said, some Platinums are much more manageable than others, especially for the survival-horror sub-genre, which relies more heavily on collectibles and specific gameplay objectives over any rigorous grinding mechanics.
Many Platinums require hours' worth of striving to achieve,but for players looking to add a simple Platinum to their collection, some are surprisingly straightforward and require little more than a few hours of toil. There’s still going to be a lot of trial and error involved and certainly a lot of reloading checkpoints, but they won’t turn out to be quite as grueling.
What makesUntil Dawnsuch an easy Platinum is the fact that players can unlock a “chapter select” feature after the first playthrough that allows them to replay specific segments and retrieve collectibles they may have missed.Until Dawnis less about speed-running and a specific approach to choosing the correct outcomesand even making the more unconventional decisions to earn rarer trophies.
Rather than relying on skill, as many Platinums do,Until Dawnmerely requires players to grow familiar with the story’s mechanics and trigger the correct responses. It only takes a couple of playthroughs—probably three, tops—to have all characters live and die in separate runs, which leaves additional replays (if needed) to go back for missed collectibles or scenarios.Until Dawn’s Platinum isn’t difficult, but it does require some strategic planning from the get-go to ensure that all trophies are hit in as few playthroughs as possible, since the game itself can take anywhere from a couple of hours to eight or more.
Resident Evil Villageis another simple Platinum thanks to the game’s Extra Content Shop, which allows players to purchase infinite ammo weapons. It will take multiple playthroughs to achieve, but that endless ammo will certainly make things go a lot faster as Ethan plows through enemies with no issues. One of the biggest drawbacks to shooting forResident Evil Village’s Platinum is The Mercenaries,an extra game mode purchasable from the in-game storethat plays similarly toResident Evil: Revelations 2’s Raid Mode.
Players might also find it challenging to take on Heisenberg’s boss fight on the game’s hardest difficulty—Village of Shadows—but a little persistence goes a long way. Playthroughs can take anywhere from two to four hours each with infinite-ammo weapons equipped, but replayingResident Evil Villageisn’t too tedious thanks to the immersive boss fights and engaging combat segments.
Technically,The Quarryonly requires a minimum of three playthroughs to Platinum, but it could take longer depending on a player’s experience with Supermassive Games. Anyone who has PlatinumedUntil Dawnwill know the basics of how to navigate a branching storyline and reload checkpoints to their advantage.The Quarry’s Movie Mode is connected to the Creature Feature trophy, which is one of the more time-consuming of the bunch. In Movie Mode,players can decide if all characters live, all characters die, or they can make executive decisions regarding each character’s personality that affect the outcome of the story.
Either way, the Creature Feature trophy will be awarded upon completion of Movie Mode at least once. The only problem is that it needs to play out to its end, like a real movie, which can take a few hours—and a whole other playthrough—in itself. Every other trophy speaks for itself;find all the tarot cards, watch all the premonitions, make certain choices, etc. Undoubtedly,The Quarry’s Platinum is more time-consuming than necessarily challenging.
Despite being a canon continuation ofThe Blair Witch Project, which is lauded as one of the greatest found-footage horror movies of all time, Bloober Team’sBlair Witchis one of the lesser-known survival horrors, particularly in comparison to stand-out titles likeOutlast,The Evil Within, andAmnesia. When following a guide,Blair Witch’s Platinum trophy becomes ridiculously easy. Without it,players can expect to miss a lot of collectiblesand interactions that are pivotal to achieving total completion. In general, the game’s many enemies aren’t too overwhelming, particularly with checkpoints saving players from the terrible inconvenience of permadeath mechanics.
Not many players will be able to uncoverBlair Witch’s collectibles by themselves, so it’s recommended to use a guide to save time and effort, even if it does take away from the game’s unpredictability. Fighting or avoiding enemies isn’t too demanding of a task, but sniffing out the collectibles makes the Platinum runs a lot more taxing. It’s very common to find oneself wandering around and not knowing where to go, so guides cut out all the wasted hours of meandering about aimlessly for a quick and painless handful of playthroughs.
It might sound obvious, but one of the easiest ways to grind towardDead by Daylight’s Platinum trophy is by simply playing the game. A lot of the trophies are obtainable by playing endless trials, thereby tallying up the number of stuns, generator repairs, vaults, and other actions that all come part and parcel with the matches. Some trophies are relatively straightforward, whereas others require a little more strategy, and some skill does come into play.Dead by Daylightcan only be Platinumed if players are familiar with both roles—Survivor and Killer—as specific trophies are only obtainable from one perspective or the other.
Even without making a conscious effort to horde trophies, players can grind through at least thirty or forty percent of the total achievements by simply joining matches and playing to their heart’s desire. Some of the harder trophies include the Killer-centric ones, such as needing to kill all four Survivors withonly that specific Killer’s perks. A lot of the base trophies require actions to be completed tens and thousands of times, so the more matches played, the easier it is to tick off repetitive challenges.
