This Week in Trophies 10-11-2015 – 10-17-2015

After not really being sure if I would find much time to game this week, it turned out that I had a little more time then I expected, due to some things that were just out of my control, and I ended up having a decent week. With an ending total of 39 trophies for the week, here’s what I was able to get.

Fallout 3 – 30%

I ended my first full playthrough of Fallout 3 this week with the death of my character that I spent the past couple of months playing. Although I didn’t mind that my character died in the end, I just thought that after a game like that the ending was a little underwhelming. I was just expecting a little more and was a little disappointed by the lack of a satisfying ending. While I’ll be putting this game back on the shelf for a little while, that doesn’t mean that I’m done with it. I can definitely see myself going back to play again at a later date.

Frozen Free Fall: Snowball Fight – 47%

I ended up spending way too much time on this game this week, but once I beat that one level that I was stuck on the levels just seemed to progress naturally. It’s not like I mind because I got a decent amount of trophies out of the game this week and I enjoy the Bejeweled type vibe the game as a whole has. I am once again stuck on a level, damn you level 85, but I’ll continue to play when I don’t have a lot of time to game and just want to play something quick.

Chariot – 11%

This game was pretty much unexpected this week since I really had no intention of playing it any time soon. With a delay of sorts in my schedule, I was stuck staring at my PS3 and this game just happened to be at the top of my game folder so I said what the hell and decided to start it. I was pleasantly surprised that I actually liked this game, a lot. I’ve already spent a bunch of time playing and expect to spend a bunch more playing. I’m really enjoying the Spelunky type feel to the game along with the small story that goes with it.

Broken Age – 65%

I spent one of my days off playing this game this week and was able to pick up a hell of a lot of trophies. I progressed through the story, completing act 2 and am currently working on finishing up the game. I did not see that twist in the story coming and am really impressed with the story as a whole. There are twists and turns everywhere and I’m eager to see how it ends.

That’s it for this week. After thinking I would barely get a couple of trophies, I ended up getting 39. Not bad as it brings me closer to my year end goal of 6,000. Now for the upcoming week, I plan on replacing Fallout 3 as my Sunday game with Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune so that I can power through the rest of my Hard playthrough before starting my Crushing playthrough. I kind of put that game to the side in the past couple of weeks, but I’m really eager to finish it up and put it on the shelf for good. I also plan on finishing up Tales from the Borderlands this week with the release of Episode 5 on Tuesday. I’m super eager to see how this ends and am really looking forward to getting my platinum for the game as well. Other than that I’ll probably play a little bit of Chariot here and there as well as finish up Broken Age. If I can, I plan to start a new game this week. I’m probably going to start Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture since I picked it up this week while it was on sale. I’ll let you know how everything went next week.

This Week in Trophies 10-04-2015 – 10-10-2015

While I thought this was going to be a pretty awesome trophy week, by the end of the week I seen that I was sadly mistaken and even though I did finish a whole game it just wasn’t really what I was expecting. Here’s how my week played out.

Fallout 3 – 29%

I finished up all of the side quests that I could still do this week. Unfortunately with this playthrough I missed out on The Nuka-Cola Challenge and Strictly Business side quests. I’m also pretty sure that I’ll be missing out on reaching level 20 with good karma since I’m only at level 18 and it’s going to take a while to get to twenty especially with mostly all of the side quests done. I was even more disappointed to realize that I also wouldn’t be able to collect all of the bobble heads this time around and I even some how missed a main quest.

Kung Fu Rabbit – 100%

I picked this game up this week for free thanks to PS+. I spent about a little over a day playing and was able to get the 100% completion pretty easily. I’ll have my full review of the game up by Wednesday.

Broken Age – 14%

I started this game mid week and completed one half of the first act. I’m actually really enjoying the game as well as the story that goes along with it so I’m eager to finish up and see where it goes.

That was it for this week. Not really all that many trophies, but at least I was able to start two games and completely finish one. Now for next week…I’m not even planning anything. My week is so packed I’m not even sure how much gaming time I’m going to get in. Believe me I will be trying my hardest, but the next couple of weeks are actually looking really bleak trophy wise.

Weekly Trophy Tip – Fallout 3 – The Bigger They Are…

This is one of those trophies that I like to think of as filler. Does the game need to have the trophy? No. It really doesn’t play an integral part of the story in any way and if you don’t know where to go you’ll be searching for hours since the full aspects of the trophy aren’t linked to any mission. Anyway, it’s not a hard trophy to get and should be one of the ones that you get in your first playthrough so let’s get you this trophy.

Fallout 3 – The Bigger They Are…
Kill all the Super Mutant Behemoths – Gold
TIP: There are a total of five Behemoths in the whole game and you’ll come across the first one through a main mission. You’ll kill your first Behemoth during the Following in His Footsteps mission, so that’s one less Behemoth to worry about, but before going out and looking for these other four I’m going to suggest that you at least complete all of the missions up to Take it Back. Do not complete Take it Back unless you have the Broken Steel DLC because once you do it’s game over without the DLC. Once you get up to the Take it Back mission, you should have the Brotherhood of Steel power armor along with a nice arsenal of weapons and be leveled up enough to go and hunt down these Behemoths. I’m going to also suggest that you let Fawkes tag along with you since he carries a mini gun and is pretty badass as well as extremely helpful in taking down the Behemoths quickly and efficiently. You’ll find the remaining four Behemoths at the following locations:

Capital Building

This one you might actually run into while completing another story mission or side quest. There’s kind of a war going on in this area between the Talon Company and Super Mutants both inside and outside of the building so caution is needed. Inside of the Capital Building there is a Rotunda on the east side where the Behemoth is being kept. The Talon Company and Super Mutants are both swarming this area so let them kill each other off as much as possible. If worst comes to worst, you can always take shots at the Behemoth from outside of the Rotunda since he’s too big to get through any of the doors. How the hell did he get in there then?

Evergreen Mills

When you get to Evergreen Mills the area will be swarming with Raiders. Kill all of them off before going to take on the Behemoth who is trapped inside of a cage. Either open the cage to kill him or shoot him through the cage, the choice is yours.

Takoma Industrial

While in this area you’ll come across an auto shop and to the left of the auto shop you’ll find a truck. Past this truck is where you’ll find your next Behemoth. This area is also filled with Raiders so make sure to take them out before going after the Behemoth. This is one of the Behemoths that are out in the open and will fully attack you if you get to close. Using a missile launcher, mini nuke, mini gun, or frag grenades is suggested for taking this one down.

Jury Street Metro

This one is close to Evergreen Mills and if you make your way through the train yard near by you’ll come across a train car that has been over turned. Inside of the over turned train car is a teddy bear in a cage. Open the cage and grab the teddy bear. At this point you have to know that the teddy bear belongs to a now very angry Behemoth who will come charging down the hill to kill you for taking his bear. Make sure you kill him first! As with the previous Behemoth I would suggest using a missile launcher, mini nuke, mini gun, or frag grenades to take him down quickly.
Mini Tip: Save your game before taking the teddy bear out of the cage since this Behemoth is glitchy and sometimes will not appear when it should. I didn’t have a problem with it but there have been reports of the Behemoth not showing up and making the whole trophy glitch. If the Behemoth doesn’t show up after one minute of having the Teddy Bear in your possession, restart your game and reload from your latest save.

Once you take down all five Behemoths, you’ll have a shiny new Gold trophy that has a pretty badass image to go with it.

Have anything additional to add to my tip? Let me know in the comments section below and I’ll add it in and give you credit. Need help with a specific trophy? I’m always looking for my next weeks tip so throw out some suggestions in the comments section. If I have the trophy I’ll post a tip on how to get it.

This Week in Trophies 09-27-2015 – 10-03-2015

A pretty exciting trophy week for me as I not only got another platinum trophy, but I was able to get it in my quickest time ever. It took me a little over 7 hours to get my Teslagrad platinum making it beat out my old record of 1 day 6 hours for Sound Shapes. Teslagrad wasn’t the only game that I played this week, so here’s how my whole week played out.

Frozen Free Fall: Snowball Fight – 33%

I’m not really playing this game all that much since you only get 5 lives at a time and I refuse to pay for anything, but I’ll take what I can get trophy wise. Currently I’ve been stuck on level 53 for the past three days so we’ll see how long it’s going to take for me to get bored with this game and toss it to the side.

Fallout 3 – 26%

A six percent jump this week as I completed a couple of more side quests and took down the Behemoths scattered around the Wastelands. I’m really trying to get a few more trophies before going on with the final mission and finishing up the game. I’m not really in a rush, but I do want to be done with this game in time for Fallout 4.

Teslagrad – 100%

I started this game on one of my days off this week and basically spent the whole day playing. I’ll have my full review of this game up on Wednesday, and at least I was able to get another platinum and another 100% so I didn’t feel like I wasted my day off.

That was it for this week. I feel like I would have gotten more trophies if I didn’t spend my free time playing Mass Effect 3 multiplayer. I was feeling a little nostalgic this week and decided to get back into the only game that I find the multiplayer enjoyable. Now for this upcoming week I’m going to continue working on Fallout 3 and Frozen Free Fall. I’ll hopefully finish up my Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune Hard playthrough before starting Crushing and I might start a new PS4 game. It all depends on how much free time I have and if I can give up playing Mass Effect 3.

This Week in Trophies 09-20-2015 – 09-26-2015

This week was a little more busy for me then usual which meant I spent a lot less time gaming. Even though I wasn’t as active as I would have liked to be, I still was able to get a platinum trophy this week as well as some other trophies. Here’s how my week went.

Fallout 3 – 20%

I was able to get one trophy this week as I’m kind of running out of things to do within the game. I’m trying to find as many locations as possible and I’m really close to the 100 mark, I also plan on going around and trying to find all the bobble heads while trying to clear up some extra side missions and reach the highest level of karma. I expect this to happen very slowly and that’s ok.

Frozen Free Fall: Snowball Fight – 28%

So I’m a sucker for free games since I know for a fact that I won’t spend any additional money on them. This game has a Bejeweled feel to it but it adds in some extra challenges. At the moment I’m happy playing when I get a free twenty minutes or so between doing other stuff. Other then that I can take it or leave it but it’s nice to have the extra trophies.

Grim Fandango Remastered – 100%

I finally got the platinum for this game this week and was able to say goodbye to it. Overall I enjoyed the story of the game, but it’s not really something I would revisit any time soon. I’ll have my full review of the game up on Wednesday.

And that’s it for this week. I’m expecting more of the same for next week since my schedule is already packed with other stuff. As always I’ll be trying to fit in as much gaming time as possible, but since it’s the end of the month I’ll probably hold off playing something new. I plan on continuing to play some Fallout 3 at my leisurely pace, finish up my hard playthrough of Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune, play some Frozen during some of my break time, and maybe play a game that’s sitting on my PS4 that needs to be finished.

This Week in Trophies 09-13-2015 – 09-19-2015

Not a whole lot of exciting things trophy wise this week. I got the new game itch about mid week and started a new game while I continued to work on Fallout 3. I also got a chance to start my Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune hard playthrough. Even though I didn’t get any trophies for Uncharted, I feel like I made some progress. In one sitting I made it all the way to chapter 6 and on hard I died a lot less then I did on normal which is just weird. Now onto the exciting stuff, the trophies.

Fallout 3 – 19%

I wasn’t really expecting that much out of the game this week. I was able to complete two side missions and then I just couldn’t pass up on the Psychotic Prankster trophy while I was playing. Thinking about it later on, I should have waited to do the Psychotic Prankster in order to make it a milestone trophy. I just really like the name and the image that goes along with it.

Grim Fandango Remastered – 48%

This is the game that I started this week. It’s been sitting on my system for a couple of weeks now since I picked it up on it’s recent sale. I was staring at it mid week and decided what the hell, I might as well give it a try. So far, I’m not really sure what to think of it. I like the story, the voice acting is definitely one of the highlights, but the controls are frustrating the hell out of me especially since the game requires you to play on tank mode for a trophy.

And that was it for this week. A decent showing with 31 trophies which gets me closer to my year end total of 6,000. Now for next week I plan on finishing up Grim Fandango Remastered and hopefully getting the platinum that goes along with it, I also plan on spending a day working on some Fallout 3 stuff, and finally I’ll hopefully finish my hard playthrough of Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune so that I can start my crushing playthrough.

Weekly Trophy Tip – Fallout 3 – The Wasteland Survival Guide

This is one of those trophies that is extremely easy to get, but it might take you the course of the game to get it, has many parts, and requires that one character stay alive throughout the course of the game. The Wasteland Survival Guide trophy for Fallout 3 has nine different parts to it making it one of the longest quests in the game especially if you go for the bonus parts of the quest, so let’s make it a little easier for you to get this trophy.

Fallout 3 – The Wasteland Survival Guide
Completed “The Wasteland Survival Guide” – Bronze
TIP: This is probably going to be one of the first side quests that you get in the game especially since the first place you go after leaving the Vault is Megaton. Once you’re in Megaton go up to the Craterside Supply shop and talk to the shop’s owner Moira Brown. She’ll tell you that she’s writing a book but needs you as a research assistant to help her out. Agree to help her and complete the following tasks in order to finish the quest and unlock the trophy.

There are three different chapters for the book and each chapter will require you to complete three different tasks. While some of the tasks can be competed right away, others will require you to wait until you’re a higher level or have advanced a little more in the game. You’ll be given the opportunity each chapter to select which task you want to complete first and this is completely up to you since it doesn’t matter which order you do them in.

Chapter 1
• Radiation Sickness – For this task Moira wants you to contract Radiation Sickness. Don’t worry though because lucky for you she’ll heal you after you almost kill yourself. To do this, head downstairs to where the atomic bomb is sitting in a pool of filthy water. This is the perfect place to get sick with Radiation. Stand in the water, splash around a little, and make sure to drink some of that gross water in order to fill up your Radiation meter. Once it’s at the proper level, head back upstairs to Moira and complete the task.

• Walk through a Minefield – After getting this task you’ll be provided a minefield location on your map. Head over there but save before actually making your way through the field. Once there walk around a little and try not to get blown up. Some crazy old man will start shooting at you and once the task is complete head back to Moira.

• Get Food – For this task you’ll have to head to the Super-Duper Mart marked on your map. Make sure you are packing a hell of a lot of ammo and weapons because surprise surprise the Super-Duper Mart is filled with raiders. Grab some food and make your way back to Moira to complete the task.

Chapter 2
• Test Mole Rat Repellent – Once you’re given the location of some Mole Rats, head over to there and equip the stick that Moira gave you. Start beating the crap out of some Mole Rats until your objective is complete before heading back to Moira. While you only have to kill 3, you might as well kill all 10 because not only is it fun but you get a bonus.

• Install a Listening Device in a Mirelurk Nest – Probably the hardest out of all three tasks for chapter 2, you’ll need a lock pick skill of at least 50 or more to easily complete this task. Once you arrive to the area on your map, you’ll see a stairway leading down to a doorway. This is where the lock picking skill comes in. Going this route will save you from traversing a crazy map and you’ll only have to walk down a few flights of stairs. Kill the Mirelurks if you must, but if you don’t you get a bonus. Either way install the device and get the hell out of there to return to Moira

• Lose 50% of your health – It doesn’t matter how you do it just make sure you lose 50% of your health before heading back to Moira. Bonus points if you can go back to her with a couple of crippled limbs.

Chapter 3
• RobCo Production Mainframe – For this task, head to RobCo Productions and install a widget in the mainframe. Easy right? No. Once you install the widget you’ll be attacked by the now hostile robots. Make sure you bring a lot of ammo with you in order to get back out of the factory. If your Science skill is high enough you can reprogram the robots, so the choice is yours. Once you’re done, head back to Moira.

• Rivet City’s History – Doing this towards the end of the game is probably your best choice. You should already have Rivet City unlocked, so just fast travel there and head to the Market during business hours. Talk to the residents to learn about the history of Rivet City. Believe what the people tell you, especially Bannon if you want to get this task done quickly, and head back to Moira to finish this task.

• Arlington Public Library – Once you accept this task, head to the marker now on your map for the Library. Once you’re there go inside and you’ll be approached by The Brotherhood of Steel. Be nice to them and they’ll let you look around. Get what you need by getting the card catalogue and if you want stay and get the whole archive. The choice is yours, so either way when you’re done head back to Moira to turn in your final task.

Extra Tip! If you don’t have the Broken Steel DLC installed, make sure you complete this quest before completing the final quest in the game. Without the DLC the game will end upon completing the final quest. Also, the easiest way to keep Moira alive is to not mess with the atomic bomb in the middle of town. Once you complete her quest, and make sure you get the other quests from Megaton out of the way too, go ahead and do whatever you want to the bomb.

Have anything additional to add to my tip? Let me know in the comments section below and I’ll add it in and give you credit. Need help with a specific trophy? I’m always looking for my next weeks tip so throw out some suggestions in the comments section. If I have the trophy I’ll post a tip on how to get it.

This Week in Trophies 09-06-2015 – 09-12-2015

While there weren’t nearly as many trophies as I was able to get last week, I think I still did a decent job of trophy collecting this week. Taking the blame for my lack of trophies though surprisingly isn’t the whole being an adult thing this time. No, this time Dragon Age: Inquisition is to blame with the release of a new DLC that has me playing the game all over again. Anyway, here’s how I did this week.

Fallout 3 – 17%

There was only one Fallout 3 trophy this week as I made my way across the Wasteland trying to discover 100 different locations along with trying to pick up side quests that I know I missed. This upcoming week will probably be the same though as I avoid the game ending last quest since I’m pretty sure that I’m not going to be purchasing any DLC for the game.

I Am Bread – 47%

I was able to get one solitary trophy for this game this week and I’m thinking that’s probably going to be it for a while. Although I’ll play every now and again, trying to get those A++ runs have been a total pain in the ass. I’m having an especially hard time with the Bagel Races because it seems that no matter how I beat my so-called “best score” my rating never goes up.

Dragon Age: Inquisition – 90%

That Trespasser DLC just completely blew me away. It was probably the best piece of DLC that I’ve played since the Tiny Tina DLC for Borderlands 2. I mean seriously, especially that ending! Oh that ending! Because of the DLC I started a new playthough, mostly to see the whole game through again, but also because I wanted to start tackling some of the trials.

Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune – 82%

I accomplished what I wanted to with this game this week, I was able to go back and collect the remaining trophies for the treasures, weapons, and other special requirements. The only two trophies I have left are for playing the game on Hard and then Crushing difficulty. While I’m not looking forward to these two trophies, I’ll be starting my Hard playthrough sometime this week hoping that I’ll be able to get through it.

Grow Home – 28%

Oh how this game is extremely frustrating. I think I finished the game? I’m not sure, I teleported a Star Seed home but nothing really happened; I guess I have to do all of them. I’m not really sure and at this point and I really don’t care. This game has been more frustrating with its wonky controls then I Am Bread. It seemed somewhere in the middle of the game my right arm completely died and just hung at my side not letting me use it for climbing so I’ve been climbing solely with my left arm which causes a lot of falling and a lot of dying. At this point I’m wishing I voted for a different game.

That’s it for this week. In this upcoming week I’m going to start my Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune hard playthrough hoping that I can actually beat it on hard, continue playing Dragon Age: Inquisition, use some spare time to try to clean up some Grow Home and I Am Bread trophies, continue on my quest in Fallout 3, and maybe start a new game. Starting a new game probably isn’t wise at the moment, but sometimes it can’t be helped as I get that itch of wanting to experience a new game. I’ll let you know how things go next week.

This Week in Trophies 08-30-2015 – 09-05-2015

Wow, so what a week. Surprisingly I was super busy this week being an adult and all, but I still managed to get 53 trophies. This was a pretty amazing week trophy wise since I can’t even remember the last time I was able to get this many trophies. If I continue on this way I might be able to top my greatest month of trophies which was a couple of years back when I got over 200 in a month. I’m trying not to get ahead of myself though, so here’s how my week went.

Fallout 3 – 16%

If I thought last week was a big jump trophy wise, this week definitely tops it. Unlike what I thought, the chain of main story missions didn’t stop and I almost completed the final mission but stopped myself. Going back, I completed a lot of side quests that I had hanging there and this week I’ll probably do the same thing. I don’t really want to finish the game since I don’t feel like it’s done yet. I know I still have a bunch of side quests that I just have to go and find and that’s what I’m going to do.

I Am Bread – 45%

I got a couple of things out of this game this week, a couple of new videos on my YouTube channel, frustrating times, controller breaking times, and a whole bunch of different trophies. While I continue to clean up some trophies that I missed here and there and try to get some impossible ones, I did finish the game and I have to say that I loved the epilogue. If you’re a fan of Surgeon Simulator the epilogue will make a ton of sense to you.

Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune – 54%

I finally got a chance to start this game for the third time on the PS3. I played this game when it first came out and then again a couple of years back before there were trophies for it. Going back and playing again was super fun and I was able to complete my Normal playthrough this week. Before I start my hard playthrough I’ll be going back to get the 16 treasures that I missed and clean up some of the weapon trophies. I’m hoping for the platinum in this game by the end of the month.

Grow Home – 14%

Yes I voted for this game, knowing that it was made by Ubisoft, so I figured I might as well play it. I’m not really enjoying it as much as I should though. I don’t know if it’s me or the game, but I’m going to keep playing and see how things go.

That was it for this week. A huge week of trophies that I’m not sure will be replicated this upcoming week. I’m going to say that this will be mostly because of the new Dragon Age: Inquisition DLC. I am excitedly looking forward to Tuesday for the final DLC for this game because I have so many questions that will hopefully be answered and depending on how the DLC goes I might even start a new playthrough. While I decide if I’m going to start a new playthrough on Dragon Age: Inquisition, I’ll also being playing a little I Am Bread here and there, a little Grow Home, a little Uncharted as I try to clean up the trophies that have nothing to do with the difficulty trophies, and as always I’ll be wandering around the Wasteland in Fallout 3.

This Week in Trophies 08-23-2015 – 08-29-2015

As I said last week, I had to be an adult this week so I wasn’t really expecting all that much trophy wise. I was pleasantly surprised especially since I was able to get a platinum trophy this week as well as advance in Fallout 3 and start a new game. Sometimes being an adult isn’t all that bad. This is how my week went.

Fallout 3 – 10%

This was probably the biggest jump I had in Fallout 3’s percent in a long time. I got to this point where after I finished one side quest I went onto a main quest and they just chained together. I’m still at a point where the main quests are chaining together like that, but I think that after a few more I can go back to some side quests which probably means the trophy’s will slow down, but at this point I’m all about worrying about the trophies for this game later.

The Sims 3 – 100%

I did it! This week I did it! This platinum trophy was extremely hard earned since the last few trophies took a hell of a lot of grinding, but at least I can say that it’s done and I have an extra platinum to add to my list. The fact that the platinum is also ultra rare doesn’t hurt all that much either. I’ll be writing my full review of the game soon and should have it up within the next couple of weeks.

I Am Bread – 16%

I was so excited when this was announced for the PS4 especially since I was a huge fan of Surgeon Simulator. Although frustrating at times, I’m having a fun time playing even if it’s one of those games that you really can’t play all that long. It’s nice to take a break from things and play a few levels before going back to doing something else.

That was it for this week. It wasn’t great, but at least it was something. This week being an adult comes first again so I’m going to try and find as much time to game as possible while still getting some sleep here and there. My plan for this week is to continue with Fallout 3 and I Am Bread. I was going to start a new PS4 game but I think I’ll hold off now since the newest and maybe last (I’m not sure if it’s been confirmed that it’s the last DLC) Dragon Age: Inquisition DLC has been announced. I know I didn’t really care for the last one, but I’m super pumped about this one. When it comes out I want to be able to devote all my time to it without a new game hanging over my head. I will most likely start a new PS3 game though since I’ve been wanting to play Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune again, and hopefully I can get some PS Vita time in as well.