The 10 Hardest Platinum Trophies To Get On PS4 | Game Rant
Every gamer has their own feelings about trophies and achievements. Some just can’t resist them and will ravenously hunt down even the most difficult ones in every game they play. Others have particular favorite games or franchises and will only take an interest where those are concerned. You might even buy games simply because they offer an easy-to-acquire platinum trophy, whether it’s something you actually wanted to play or not.
Still, whether you’re a casual trophy dabbler, you’re not interested at all, or you’re a dedicated trophy hunter, you’ll have noticed that some games are much less willing to give up their trophies than others. Buckle up for some of the most difficult platinum trophies on PS4. Some games are exclusive to the system, some aren’t, but they’re all going to be super challenging!
10 Devil May Cry 5
This PS4, Xbox One and PC title was almost guaranteed a spot on this list. After all, in a franchise all about super-powerful characters unleashing absurdly powerful, unnecessarily flashy moves at waves of hideous enemies, it’s no surprise that things get a little tense at times.
The roster of trophies in Devil May Cry 5 is a mixed bag, featuring a good amount that are simply tied to progression. The kicker, however, is that various difficulty modes have to be conquered too. In Hell And Hell mode, for instance, the player can’t survive a single hit, and enemies are extraordinarily tough. Clearing all missions with an S rank on all difficulties (for the Worthy of Legend trophy) is the tallest of tall orders too.
9 Bloodborne
Well, of course this one was going to crop up too. The exclusive face that launched a thousand PS4 purchases, the dark, grim and gothic Bloodborne was one of the most convincing arguments to buy the system at the time of the game’s release. FromSoftware’s latest promised to be every bit as difficult as the Dark Souls series, and it certainly delivered on that front.
As difficult as simply reaching the end credits can be, fans who want the platinum trophy will really have to go the extra mile. Some quite obscure sidequests and a good deal of Chalice Dungeon delving is needed to collect all the weapons (Hunter’s Essence), all three different ending will need to be seen (Yharnam Sunrise, Childhood’s Beginning, Honoring Wishes), some monstrous bosses will need to be slain, and much more. Not to mention the fact that the platinum means nothing without also acquiring the trophies from the DLC, The Old Hunters (where some truly devastating bosses dwell).
8 Monster Hunter World/Iceborne
As franchise fans will know, Monster Hunter World is a game that never really ends. Yes, the story can be wrapped up and the credits will roll, but this is a franchise about grinding. About taking hundreds of hours finally getting rare drops, completing armor sets and learning new weapons. You have to be fully committed, so it stands to reason that the game’s platinum trophy will be a bit of a beast to get.
As always, there are a fair amount of simple progression-based trophies, but others require a whole lot of grind, plus RNG and luck in some cases. Lots of arena quests to do, 500 large monsters to hunt, Hunter Rank 100 to reach… the worst would probably be the trophies that require a huge collection of gold crowns (tiny and giant monsters), as that’s purely a matter of luck. Then there are the new Iceborne trophies!
7 Super Meat Boy
Speaking of games that are notoriously, viciously difficult, our next case study is none other than Super Meat Boy. For many, this old-school platformer is one of the most brutal titles to hit the genre in recent gaming memory, and its roster of trophies certainly attests to this.
Beat all Warpzones? Beat every separate hunk of the Dark World without dying (individually)? Attain 100% completion? Any gamer with the perseverance and skill to nab this platinum really is a platformer master.
6 The Evil Within
If we’re honest, this is a bit of a pick your poison situation. For some players, The Evil Within 2 represents more of an overall challenge than the original. It’s certainly worthy of a slot on this list, but for our money, The Evil Within’s Akumu mode is just that bit more traumatizing to remember.
Between the regular game and its three DLC packs (The Assignment, The Consequence and The Executioner), there are 72 trophies available in this mind-bending survival horror title. They range from just plain time consuming (upgrading all weapons, for instance) to incredibly difficult. Completing the game on Akumu mode (the hardest difficulty with additional restrictions such as any damage at all one-shotting the player) will push you to your limits.
5 Alien: Isolation
From one survival horror experience to another, Alien: Isolation is our next pick. If you’ve played through this one yourself, you’ll have surely noticed two things: firstly, it’s a super tense and finely crafted experience that actually does the franchise justice. Secondly, it’s darn tough in place and you probably became a finely-sliced entrée for the xenomorph several times before you reached the end of the game (if you ever did).
You can see the problem, then, when it comes to the One Shot trophy, which requires the player to make it all the way through without dying. You’ll need a lot of practice and probably a reduction in difficulty to manage that feat. Not to mention all the other collectibles and busywork the platinum requires.
4 Gran Turismo Sport
As sad as it is, some platinum trophies become literally impossible to obtain over time. This was the case with the PS3’s Gran Turismo 5, which lost access to two online-based trophies (Course Designer and Proud Owner) when the servers were shut down. While PS4’s Gran Turismo Sport still has a possible platinum, it may as well be inaccessible too.
There are some very difficult racing challenges here, a lot of time consuming ones (Record Number of Races), a demand for a gold rating in every Driving School challenge (and in every other type of challenge individually), a grind for 1,000,000 drift points, a grind for levels… in terms of the time sink, this is definitely a rough one.
3 Grand Theft Auto V
Why is Grand Theft Auto V still so darn popular? Well, partly because Rockstar continue to pump out the updates for Grand Theft Auto Online, and partly because it’s still one of the biggest open-world titles on the market. Originally releasing on Xbox 360 and PS3 in 2013, the current-gen ports continue to sell like wildfire, and it’s really no surprise. There’s an almost outrageous amount to do here.
You know what that means, friends: whenever a game offers an absurd range of content, dedicated players are compelled to do it all. Grand Theft Auto V’s trophies demand a bit of everything, from excellent mission performances to grind your Online level all the way up to 100. Reaching 100% completion in this one is quite an achievement.
2 Furi
Next up, we have a very different title. Furi doesn’t offer a huge, urban playground to cause mayhem in. Here, it’s just you, a futuristic arena and a ravenous, gigantic, ill-tempered boss that wants to slice you into salami with all the malice it can muster.
Furi is a relentless arcade boss rush that mixes hack and slash and old school shooter elements. As you can probably guess, it’s tough as steely, steely nails, and its trophy roster reflects that. S ranks on the hardest difficulties will test anyone.
1 The Last Of Us Remastered
Now, we’re all familiar with The Last Of Us. Naughty Dog’s dystopian masterpiece is one of PlayStation’s finest exclusives for some time, and the sequel is eagerly anticipated. Kudos to you if you’ve secured the platinum in Joel and Ellie’s harrowing adventure, because it doesn’t come easy.
Between survivor and grounded difficulties, a whole lot of collectibles, the heavy grind of the Firefly/Hunter trophies and certain missable ones (That’s All I Got, Let’s Gear Up, I Want To Talk About It and Master Of Unlocking), this can be a heck of a long road.
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