Platinum 1: A Short Hike

 Platinum Trophy #1: A Short Hike

This game is like having sex for the first time - it's short and sweet. Okay, I apologize. That came from a book I read a long time ago which ended up with a lurid sex scene, so let's clean it up a bit.

This game is probably the shortest game I have played that wasn't shovelware or a visual novel. (I've played those on my old accounts.) The game's premise is simple - just climb to the top of the island and then fly down and go back into your home cabin. Those are the only two story-related trophies. Everything else is optional stuff.

Now, there are frustrating things. For example, you have to hit a ball over a net 15 times to get 30 points for a free hat. If you have ever played volleyball, you know how frustrating that can be. Then you have to do a boat race in under 45 seconds. And you have to do three parkour races, one up to the summit of the mountain. But all in all, this game doesn't laugh in your face if you fail, it lets you try again.

You have to get at least 7 golden feathers to the reach the top of the mountain as your feathers are your stamina meter and they freeze up and become useless in the mountainous area where it's icy cold. But you can find hot springs and campfires to thaw yourself and you can water flowers to sprout that act as trampolines.

This game is cozy and lets you do things at your own pace. I did eventually go to a video guide but I did enjoy going in blind. A quaint title.

Time Played: About 3-4 hours

The Beginning of a New Platinum Trophy Blog

 

Welcome to my glorified mess! My username is Kitty_Fairy, and this is my Playstation trophy achievement blog. I hope you enjoy your stay. ^_^

I created this account after a ton of other accounts went the way of the dinosaurs after mistake after mistake was made. My plans for this blog are to record the many accomplishments as I try to get my trophy percentage high. This account is meant to be as pure as possible by avoiding shovelware, really easy games and visual novels - which I feel got a bad rap due to their options letting you skip the story, which is really anti-climatic for a genre that is about reading the story. If I just fast-forwarded an anime episode, I would not enjoy it at all. But that's neither here nor there.

The Guidelines:

• None of the games on the list have a rarity higher than 75%, with notable exceptions. The games here are earned with a decent effort and investment of time and skill. Failure is a learning experience!
• On the other hand, frustration and heart disease is not. None of the games here have trophy lists that would drive me to drink. You won't find any Souls-like games here, which is also because my taste in aesthetics is more akin to something my nieces(who are both under the age of six at the time of this post) would appreciate. Not too grindy or hard, not too easy, just right! ;)
• My goal is to try to complete the platinum for every game I add, and I mean platinum. You will never find a game that doesn't have a platinum though I think some of those titles are nice.
• My other jams are Final Fantasy XIV(which I play on an old account - I do not intend to go for any more attempts at the platinums for this MMO ever again but I do love the story, setting and community, shout outs to my Free Company Narshe!) and randomizers, which are retro game mods that shuffle the key items around so you basically go on a scavenger hunt to reach the end of the game. I've started experimenting with Archipelago, a multi-world server that lets you play multiple randomizers and shuffle their items into each other games. One day I will complete a seed!
• I am a 50+ young virgin who has never had his first kiss. Whether any women reading this blog think that's endearing or are grossed out(trust me, my selfies are nightmarish lolz), judge silently. This blog is not a desperate plea for female companionship, but a nice blog of my gaming accomplishments.
• Finally, if you do comment or post here, do not use profanities or spread hateful comments or I will have you blocked. You do you, I do me, let's leave it at that. Thanks in advance.

Again, I hope you enjoy the visit. I will try to keep updated as I platinum games.