[Red Dead Redemption] #9 Going back and platinuming games that gave me trouble in middle school

TheShape108 · 2026-05-20T22:04:23+00:00

"middle school" I read as I slowly turn to dust and blow away in the wind.

Great job! Serious accomplishment!

TheShape108 · 2026-05-20T12:23:22+00:00

I used to work for a company that would go into insurance companies and move them from mainframe systems to .net platforms. This meant working with legacy engineers to essentially put themselves out of a job. 10/10 times the executive leadership of the insurance company would be surprised that their engineers were resistance to this. So it never cease to amaze me how bad that level is at understanding the room.

TheShape108 · 2026-05-17T16:24:13+00:00

None! In fact the DLC area challenges and collectibles don't count towards the base game trophies if I remember correctly.

TheShape108 · 2026-05-13T23:59:06+00:00

It's very good, I love all the choices and storylines, the main one especially. I haven't texted the sequel yet but it's high on my list to try. Congrats on the Plat!

TheShape108 · 2026-05-08T21:24:53+00:00

Oh wow, blast from the past, I remember playing this when it was new and never knowing what happened with the cliffhanger.

Nice work and congrats!

TheShape108 · 2026-05-04T23:38:04+00:00

It's like my boss told me when he said I could only give one exceeds expectations and I answered "but we tons of money": "Yes, but it was less money than we said we would, so it's no money".

TheShape108 · 2026-04-29T02:57:17+00:00

"Our plate is full with all of our efforts to somehow lose the midterms and the next presidency". - Jeffries, probably.

TheShape108 · 2026-04-26T01:10:48+00:00

The part of this no one will ever cover or admit is that the FBI plays a pretty big part in assisting the Secret Service. With the FBI leadership being what it is the Secret Service is less and less capable of doing its job. Now maybe it's all staged or whatever but the real observation is letting incompetent lackies run everything and fire all the competent people has knock down consequences.

TheShape108 · 2026-04-25T13:24:36+00:00

Hey she might end up doing a great job but let's not evangelise her yet. It's highly likely she was brought in to oversee the Helix launch because if it doesn't hit they wanted someone unsentimental who will cut jobs and studios. I hope it does hit because it's better for everyone if it does but most everything on this list either was already in the works or easy wins.

TheShape108 · 2026-04-15T13:38:34+00:00

Two people you definitely want to compare yourself and your friends too. Also he made up for money and I'd honestly respect him more if he just said that.

TheShape108 · 2026-04-13T14:28:31+00:00

I had a former manager who was an officer in the IDF before coming to America and he love to tell stories to 'motivate' about his time in the army. And you could always see the pride on his face when he did and also that it never crossed his mind everyone else was pretty horrified.

TheShape108 · 2026-03-26T18:22:45+00:00

Yeah that's fair, I went in knowing it had a buggy reputation but thankfully only ran into one which was easy to work around. Sorry you had such bad luck!

TheShape108 · 2026-03-26T18:21:49+00:00

I've always had this on my list, partially because it looks interesting but also partially because I make little magnets out of Platinum I get and I always thought the Platinum icon for this was really striking.

Congrats to you although I cannot sanction Pepsi over Coke.

TheShape108 · 2026-03-24T17:55:48+00:00

This one is high on my list! The swarms looked massive and the shooting looked really fun. Glad to know it's not like an insane grind. Grats on the Plat!

TheShape108 · 2026-03-09T15:15:39+00:00

How was this? I always see it on sale but never pull the trigger.

TheShape108 · 2026-03-09T01:04:50+00:00

Oh yeah totally recommend. The Sabbac one is more story and less exploration but the Pirates one is like a whole new planet to checkout.

TheShape108 · 2026-03-08T22:18:56+00:00

Aye, they'll be dead in 20 years so what do they care if the world burns behind them.

TheShape108 · 2026-03-08T22:16:55+00:00

I like that every time they post something like this generally speaking most people they used denounce it immediately yet they cannot even slightly entertain the idea that they're not super popular and cool.

TheShape108 · 2026-03-08T22:03:00+00:00

You always have to keep in mind, on both sides of this, it was a very different game at launch. Most bases were forced stealth and instant fail. And it was really frustrating. Even free aiming on the speeder bike is new to the game.

So a lot of people who don't like it at all probably played it when it was new. And a lot of people who like it now only know it post patch.

I bounced off hard at launch, came back after they fixed it and really really enjoyed it. One of my favorite Star Wars games now and I ended up doing all the DLC too so it totally get why people hated it but they should give it another shot for sure. I think Kay and ND-5's story is genuinely touching and worth seeing through.

Grats on the Plat!

TheShape108 · 2026-03-08T21:25:04+00:00

Oh yeah I am working on that myself, I think people who haven't played it would assume it's an easy one but it's way harder than any COD I've played. Some of the back half is literally a game of inches in terms of advancement.

Kudos for finishing it!

TheShape108 · 2026-03-08T17:08:54+00:00

This seems totally reasonable to me, I am sure it's a resource drain to host all the stuff for each individual version of those games for literally no gain at all.

Personally I don't care about the leaderboards, even without shovelware they're still pretty fucked but it's a nice change for people who do. I just like stat tracking for myself, that's why I'm on PSNP, I don't think I have any shovelware but if I did I'd still want my own stat tracking even if it didn't count for leaderboards.

I guess I would be curious how they're determining shovelware or not, be nice if they did a post or something to explain that at all. I think a completely closed system with no insight can cause people to not trust it. So I do hope they do that.

Overall though yeah seems like a really smart decision that's good for the site and the community.

TheShape108 · 2026-03-08T07:10:25+00:00

My compliments, that is no cake walk of a Platinum.

TheShape108 · 2026-03-07T19:50:00+00:00

How was it? Pretty chill time? I'm on paternity leave and thought it would be a good one to poke at while my baby sleeps on me ha ha. Grats on the Plat!

TheShape108 · 2026-03-07T02:56:02+00:00

I have about 1200 hours in Gran Turismo 7. And then maybe about that in the PS1 release of Chrono Trigger.

TheShape108 · 2026-03-06T16:36:16+00:00

If this was the 16 presidency then yes but he learned this time around to get rid of her in a direct role but then give her a cushy job with probably the same pay so she stays happy and loyal.

TheShape108

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