Rayman Origins was pretty easy… up until the end. The Livid Dead level was absolutely obnoxious is some areas. And I completely agree with your last paragraph. :)

@ ScreamAimFire999

I agree 100%

First of all, let’s not make a big deal out of this. We’re just talking about games. Now, if you really think you could get those two, then why not do it? I don’t think most people could. The Tony Hawk remake is different than the original, in a way that makes it harder. The controls are somehow more frustrating. I played the hell out of the originals as well. I had both back on PSone. Going after some of the golds in that game were irritating as hell.

And beating The Run on extreme difficulty will drive you nuts. Most people won’t get through it. I promise. I almost didn’t make it myself. The normal races are do-able, but it’s the checkpoint races… especially on levels 2 and 6 are damn near impossible. I just barely crossed the line in both of those with a few hundredths of a second to spare, and that was after racing a flawless race. You have to be absolutely perfect. It’s HARD.

Don’t forget, those ratings are submitted by players. After getting a plat, most gamers will say it was easier than it really was, in order to… you know… look “cool”. I remember the last time I looked at that, The Run was rated a 7. Now it’s gone down to 6?

I’d say my most challenging ones were Modnation Racers, Plants VS Zombies, Rayman Origins, and MJ: The Experience. But then again others might find those quite easy. So it really is subjective.

However I do think it’s dumb to play JUST for trophies. You should only get platinums on games you actually love and enjoy, not just hunt for the platinum from the get go.

I forgot about Trine 2… another infamously easy platinum (and lots of golds) as reported by trophy hunters themselves…

I’ve also heard that Borderlands is a fairly easy one.

Well then, I challenge you to get just a couple of them. Try getting the MotorStorm RC, Need For Speed The Run, SSX, or Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD platinums. I guarantee the average gamer won’t get those. The others weren’t too difficult to obtain, but they all had their challenging moments. But none of my platinums are the widely recognized “easy plats” as many of the ones I mentioned earlier definitely are.

“Their point is that if you have that many trophies without one platinum then you’re not much of a gamer”

Actually, if all you care about is trophies, then you’re not a real gamer. How about that? I didn’t even get my first platinum until April of this year (MotorStorm RC) when a friend of mine challenged me to go after it. Before that, I didn’t even care about getting them, because gaming isn’t about that to me. Now I have 8, but only because I enjoy the extra layer of challenges they present and the replay value they lend to games I may have otherwise stopped playing.

They think they’re fooling people by having all those platinums but when you look at which games they got the plats for… it’s laughable. I always see lots of Sly games, the Ratchet & Clanks, Sonic’s Genesis Collection, and numerous Disney/Kids’ games. The Assassin’s Creed games especially AC2 are infamously easy, speaking of inFAMOUS, those are aparently easy platinums as well. Let’s not forget Terminator Salvation. Many trophy hunting FOOLS rent that game just for the easy platinum.

Easy platinums don’t count in my book. If you have 20 platinums and 15 of them are from one of those notoriously simple games, then you really only have 5 platinums.