KylieDog said:
I already pointed out the flaws of following PS3trophies.org ratings. They used to enforce the "Don't count time" rule but now they don't, making differing games get similar average rankings. Once a vote is made it is made forever too, does not factor in any patches, DLC or just new methods worked out by players since the time when most fo the ratings are made (early after a games release) and these can change platinum difficulty a lot.
Take Mirror's Edge for example, since the majority of votes there have been lots of youtube vids showing newly discovered shortcuts, this removes a lot of the challenge from speed runs and the time trials. DLC has since been released also and you can just grab a bunch of stars from the DLC and they will add towards the time trial star rating trophy needed for the platinum, so instead of needing 3 star (max per time trial) every time trial you can just 1 or 2 star them and then 1 or 2 star a bunch from the DLC to make up the extras, makes the platinum incredibly easier. None of this is factored though. |
With Mirror's Edge, it still actually took some skill to pull off some of those tricks and shortcuts. For example, in the last chapter, the server room is still one of the hardest points in the game in the speedruns, simply because you need to have a perfect run in that room in order to have a chance to get that speedrun finished (there were so many things that could go wrong in that room, too). There were plenty of spots in that game that were quite difficult, so even with the DLC, it still takes skill to get the platinum in that game.
