Like the setting sun, 2024 has faded away. And like the rising sun, 2025 has come around far too early, far too bright and far too God-damn cheerful for its own good. The good news is that aside from squinting, complaining about it being too bright and wondering if it’s possible to get another 5 minutes, 2025 is shaping up to be a good year in videogames. Well, aside from all the industry turmoil which will hopefully settle its backside down this year.
2024 was a fairly crazy year for the industry as well. Obviously job losses continued to be a shadow looming over everything, but it was also the year where Xbox games came to PlayStation, the year where a PlayStation published game came to the Switch and where everyone openly discussed working on handheld consoles.
Anyway, getting on track, I was thinking about doing a New Year Resolution. Normally, I don’t care about that sort of thing, but this time I had a fun idea for myself: Platinum trophies. I’ve had an itch for the past 6 months or so to grab a few shiny trophies and that itch only got itchier when I wrote the guide to the most popular Platinum trophies. Looking at my own collection I have just 7 measly Platinums, a few of which came mostly by accident. Thus I hatched a plan: 12 Platinum trophies by 2026, increasing my horde by nearly 3 times should I actually manage it.
The big question, of course, is exactly what games I want to Platinum. There are so many good choices out there. I do have a few basic rules: I want to keep it to experiences that won’t take more than about 30-hours, purely so I can do an hour a day throughout the month. I’d love to put in more time, but I want to keep most of my gaming reserved for whatever title I’m reviewing. This will also help ensure none of the Platinum’s I hopefully acquire will be a lengthy grind, because I hate the idea if spending 100+ hours hunting down collectibles.
It goes without saying that I might end up trying to Platinum whatever game I’m reviewing, too. I am in no way limiting myself to 12 Platinums – if more happen to fall into place, I won’t be complaining.
And it also goes without saying that I will be avoiding the cheap Trophy tat that adorns the PlayStation storefront. I don’t want anything that gives me the Platinum just for hitting the start button and playing for five minutes.
I think I’m going to chase Trophies in games I haven’t played, too. It’s tempting to go back and finish up any games I’ve come close to getting the Platinum in already, and I may do a few, but I think I’d much rather play games I haven’t experienced before, or at the very least games I haven’t played in a very long time or played on another platform entirely.
Here’s a few I’m planning on doing or considering:
Sly 2
Sly 3
Ratchet & Clank (2016)
Ratchet and Clank: Size Matters
Toy Story 2
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 1 & 2
Horizon Zero Dawn Remaster
Evil West
Mass Effect Legendary Edition
Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor
Mafia: Definitive Edition
Doki-Doki Literature Club
Ghostbusters: The Video Game
Tunic
Maneater
Immortals of Aveum
Pacific Drive
Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered
Uncharted series
Concrete Genie
Alan Wake 2
Destrou All Humans
Destroy All Humans 2
Ape Escape
God of War 3 Remastered
As you can see, it’s a lengthy list mostly compiled by flicking through my backlog of games. And I’m sure there’s a billion more I’d love to try, because there are games coming out all of the time. Like, far too many.
If you have any suggestions for reasonably short, fun Platinum’s to chase I would appreciate hearing about them! Drop a comment below letting me know the coolest or more enjoyable Platinums you’ve chased.
And finally, should I keep you all updated on this little quest? Or should I just keep it to social media and a post here next year?
Speaking of social media, I’m on Bluesky now! Come find me at https://bsky.app/profile/badenronie.bsky.social
P.S. I have genuinely though about 3D printing each trophy as I get it, to create a little physical collectio.
