Post by kungfubunny9876 on Oct 3, 2019 7:44:29 GMT
SPIDER MAN -- PLATINUM EARNED
FINALLY achieved the Platinum for this! And, as with Assassin's Creed Odyssey, I never imagined I could get it. Yet, I did, and I feel pretty damn proud for completing yet another challenging endeavor.
The last time I finished Spider Man was sometime back in November of last year. I considered gunning for the Platinum back then, but I got too frustrated with the requirements of one of the trophies (A Suit for All Seasons) I needed to buy two more suits, and I was short on Challenge Tokens, and the only way to get them is to do those Taskmaster challenges. Those were a monumental pain in the ass, and that's the nicest thing I can say about them. They wouldn't have been as hard if they weren't timed, and I had to beat specific tiers to get the amount of Challenge Tokens I needed to earn enough for the Ghost Spidey and Foundation Spidey suits. FORTUNATELY, I didn't have to earn the Gold for all of them, just a few of my choosing. Rather than waste my time with the Drone and Bomb challenges, I tackled the ones I knew I could do with the least amount of frustration. For as long as I've been swinging around in NYC, I still can't get proper handling on web-swinging dynamics, and during the Drone and Bomb challenges, that handicap worked against me as time was my biggest enemy. So, upon realizing I didn't even have to do them for the amount of Tokens I needed anyway (plus the fact that I wasn't going to bother hundred-percenting the suit upgrades) I took part in the Stealth and Combat challenges. Frustrating, yes, at first, but a hell of a lot better than the Drone and Bomb ones I wasted my time on. Stealth and combat were my bread and butter throughout the entire experience. After an hour or so, I earned the tokens to buy the remainder of the suits, and reacted with glee when the "Suit for All Seasons" Gold Trophy popped.
After that, it was time to clean up with three more Trophies, and they were relatively easy. "Hug it Out" -- I merely revisited a Fisk Hideout and used my Trip Mines on enemies that were close together Had to do that 10 times before the Trophy clicked. "Sticky and Tricky" -- I just leapt off the highest building I could find, held down the Triangle and Circle button and did four airborne tricks before hitting the ground. "Spider-Man About Town"? Spammed the Square button on NYC citizens walking around. And finally, I saved this one for last "With Great Power"---paying my respects to Uncle Ben at his gravesite.
{Spoiler}It was even more poignant when Aunt May is buried right next to him.
My time with Spidey is over, for now, but man, what a time I had with this. On to the next Platinum.....
>>A Plague Tale: Innocence
>>Trine 3
>>Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
>>Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
>>Sly Cooper (PS3)
>>Sly Cooper 2 (PS3)
>>Sly Cooper 3 (PS3)
>>A Plague Tale: Innocence
>>Assassin's Creed Odyssey
>>Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
>>Spider Man