Trophy whoring update

Recently I've managed to get two shiny new platinums, taking my total to 11!

After watching the kids playing Skylanders on their Wii and a recent price-drop for the starter pack I finally bought the PS3 version for myself and boshed out the platinum a couple of days later.  Although this is probably the cheapest platinum in my collection it still isn't as embarrassing as some I've seen, the game itself is well designed, enjoyable to play and isn't intrinsically broken like many of the games being shoved out for the kids market these days.  Despite the obvious pester-power marketing by Activision, creating a range of 29 other figures for kids to nag their folks into getting on top of the starter pack's initial three, you can get all the trophies without forking out for any others. A couple of the trophies even proved a bit tricky and required a couple of restarts but sympathetic way-point design prevented even these becoming a drag.  Well worth getting, especially if you've got a few sprogs to share in the fun.

The other one, which I got last night, is for Assassin's Creed: Revelations.  This is obviously a much more involved affair than the aforementioned Skylanders and has taken me quite a few weeks to wrap up.  The online side put me off initially as it has for the previous in the series, Brotherhood; however Ubisoft seem to have realised their mistakes since first introducing multiplayer and have lowered the requirements for the online trophies.  The multiplayer has been significantly improved and once you get into the flow it's actually no bother getting to Level 20 and is quite enjoyable in it's own right... I might be forced to buy the DLC so I can carry on playing (whilst getting trophies of course).  There have been many complaints about the direction the single player game has taken, specifically regarding the proliferation of side-quests and mini-games, however it has become obvious that those complaining are not the brightest sparks in the gaming world, with a little bit of forethought many of the more onerous aspects (such as Den Defences) can be avoided almost entirely.  Similarly for the 100% synch trophy, keeping an eye on the secondary/optional objectives during your first playthrough can vastly reduce the time subsequently spent reacquainting and replaying "memories" (read: missions), and you only need to 100% the main sequences for the trophy.

I think my next platinum will be Uncharted 3: Drakes Deception, although I am considering bunging Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood in and whoring that platinum for the hatrick...

How many beans make one?

After a year or so trying to settle down it looks like I'll be my own man again fairly soon.  As well as trying to get on in life I'll have a little more time to start blogging about my endeavours again, so expect to see a flurry of posts in the near future as I get back into the swing of single life.

"He is his own best friend, and takes delight in privacy whereas the man of no virtue or ability is his own worst enemy and is afraid of solitude." - Aristotle