Urgh, my post I typed just vanished so I re-write a short version.

I think plat ratings are inconsistant due to the base of the ratings being inconsistant.  At PS3T it used to be people voted only based on difficulty, since the site has grown many users now say things like "I would have gave it a 5 for difficulty but it takes ages so its a 9!" which throws things well out of whack compared to older games.  Even really easy games nobody uses the 1-3 score much meaning too many easy games get a 2 star and other 2 star games are alot harder, making things inconsistant.

For example SvR 2010 is a 2 star, I platted that, can do it in less than a day and you can set the computer skills/difficulty so that it may as well have no AI at all, like a second player who doesn't touch the controller.  Easiest thing in the world to plat.  Also a 2 star plat is Resident Evil 5, most its trophies are simple to get but the Pro mode one even with infinite ammo turned on is tough to do and you'll die a lot.  Its just messed up they both are 2 stars.  Are others like this too.

Urgh, my post I typed just vanished so I re-write a short version.

I think plat ratings are inconsistant due to the base of the ratings being inconsistant.  At PS3T it used to be people voted only based on difficulty, since the site has grown many users now say things like "I would have gave it a 5 for difficulty but it takes ages so its a 9!" which throws things well out of whack compared to older games.  Even really easy games nobody uses the 1-3 score much meaning too many easy games get a 2 star and other 2 star games are alot harder, making things inconsistant.

For example SvR 2010 is a 2 star, I platted that, can do it in less than a day and you can set the computer skills/difficulty so that it may as well have no AI at all, like a second player who doesn't touch the controller.  Easiest thing in the world to plat.  Also a 2 star plat is Resident Evil 5, most its trophies are simple to get but the Pro mode one even with infinite ammo turned on is tough to do and you'll die a lot.  Its just messed up they both are 2 stars.  Are others like this too.

@Kyliedog

So a game like Call of duty that took me 20 hours to plat is a 3 star but a game like Mag that took roughly 180 hours deserves the same? If you actually tried for the platnum you would know that theres more than just time needed to get this platnum considering you need to blow up 20 escort vehicles and there could be 10 other people trying to destroy the escort vehicle aswel or kill 15 people with a pistol in one match or even kill 15 people with a knife in one round.

Its well and good judging a game off the beta when no trophies are available but if you actually try getting some of the trophies you would know they sound easier to get than they actually are and also less than 1% of Mag players earned the platnum trophey for this game so what does that tell you.

Like Killzone 2 is a 4 star game and I had the platnum of that after 1 week. Do you think that deserves a 4 star because getting the platnum for that game was way easier than getting the one for MAG.

@Kyliedog

So a game like Call of duty that took me 20 hours to plat is a 3 star but a game like Mag that took roughly 180 hours deserves the same? If you actually tried for the platnum you would know that theres more than just time needed to get this platnum considering you need to blow up 20 escort vehicles and there could be 10 other people trying to destroy the escort vehicle aswel or kill 15 people with a pistol in one match or even kill 15 people with a knife in one round.

Its well and good judging a game off the beta when no trophies are available but if you actually try getting some of the trophies you would know they sound easier to get than they actually are and also less than 1% of Mag players earned the platnum trophey for this game so what does that tell you.

Like Killzone 2 is a 4 star game and I had the platnum of that after 1 week. Do you think that deserves a 4 star because getting the platnum for that game was way easier than getting the one for MAG.

Well I'm with you on KZ2 as the only difficult part in KZ2s Elite is the end boss battle with Radec and even that only takes 4 or 5 retries to kill him. Like 1 headshot on elite kills most enemies.

Honestly mate every single game is easily platnumed but some are more difficult because you need to put in more time. You could play a difficult game over and over again until you get past the level and the thing that got you past it was the fact that you put time into the game to get past the level.

Thats why time should be factored in. Its not like someone can hand you mag and a week later you've the platnum. These games are games that only a handful of the players will get. Take WKC. I played that game for 100 hours and gave up on the game. Even though the gameplay is easy the platnum is difficult to get because you need to put a lifetime into it to getting that plat and only a few will have it.