They certainly aren't quick and easy, though I don't know the how hard hard is

Hard is only difficult in the last few missions. It's a pain though, because on hard mode you get less XP per kill etc etc. I completed the game on hard, did every mission in the game, took over all territory and collected 99% of the shards. I was still left with 10000 XP to get so I could upgrade all my powers, and there was few enemies to kill to achieve this.

BTW twesterm I never knew what exactly was your role in GB game is you don't mind me asking that is

Uncharted's platinum isn't that hard if you have a treasure guide.

Level designer^^

Man, I tried to get the platinum on that but I've about given up.  The hardest difficulty is just insane.  One of my biggest complaints in Uncharted is how they introduce encounters and that's even worse in crushing.

Their basic way of starting an encounter is to have enemies suddenly pop up and shoot you before you have a chance to react.  It's not a huge deal in the first three difficulties but it's just bullshit in crushing. 

Most encounters I start with everything already in black white.  There are a few I can sneak up and kill people easily but it's still pretty rough.

And don't get me wrong, I love Uncharted to death, just crushing is super difficult and that's the only trophy I have left (about 1/3 of the way through).

You want difficult, try COD5 and in particular 'Heart of the Reich' on Veteran. Honestly, Uncharted on crushing is so so easy compared to it.

Crushing is pretty easy on the whole IMO, but there is some very tricky parts like the battles in the huge church and some of the Jetski parts.

I guess I should also say I'm generally not good at a lot of games so me playing on the hardest difficulty is a bug deal. 

I made it through CoD4 on whatever the normal difficulty was  but just barely.

I used to be a trophy whore but its not worth it anymore. Ever since I stopped collecting trophies life has become easier.

At least you tried and had fun, that's what counts :)

Everyone is good and bad at certain games...

lol are you serious ?

I was fully upgraded as hard when i won. I played as good btw.

I did all the side missions along the way though..

I still need to get the shard trophy, the stunt trophy and 1 or 2 other trophies...

Stunt one and shard are going to be a pain in the ass though lol.