My Hardest PS5 Platinum Trophy? RNG and Glitched Trophies. | Returnal - PlayStation 5

[@MysticRyan]

Hi everyone, sorry this took forever to get uploaded. Please use timestamps if you want to avoid anything story related, this playthrough will show all the relevant story beats including the true ending.

[@RealOberonn13]

Great Upload as usual

[@slenderman1375]

I have to go to work i was hoping I'd be able to watch before but I work 40 mins from when this came out

[@JIng1es]

How many hours you got in the plat total? I'm at 90 hours and I still lack 4 more - 1 in 4 different biomes.

[@gamenfix2586]

I bought a dualsense for my ps3

[@kaguscon]

Yo, how are the PS5 Headphones? Essentially anything with the word gaming in it is trash-cheeks.

[@necondaa]

The only channel I follow for PlayStation stuff

[@iNFaunTae]

thanks for sharing that

[@shotbyaddict]

Nah frl

[@RAL0981]

Xbot 👀

[@nathan_drake1237]

Facts

[@necondaa]

@Daniel Rodriguez Your mom called, she said to stop calling me a liar

[@xvmxdanglezz3729]

I can’t be the only one who absolutely loves the long platinum videos

[@shubashubashubas]

We all know that Ryan is a masochist when it comes to platinum trophies

[@hollowulf6326]

I just wanna say these types of videos are my favorite and I hope you do more of these in the future:)

[@professorsageofthesixpaths7885]

I didn't expect an hour long video today

[@sargento877]

Nobody expects to win the lottery but we sure has hell win it today!

[@Platchums]

Hi, man! Thanks again for taking the time to watch and comment on our review of your trophy collection last week. Great to see you get the platinum for Returnal - you're on a hot streak with platinums on the PS5!

[@journeysilvers9838]

I know it's probably a pain in the ass to make these, but I love the long platinum playthroughs you do. The way it's more of a recap of your experience rather than a several part playthrough is unique and fun.

[@thehunter7422]

Haven't seen a a playthrough in a while on your channel hopefully we'll be seeing more 😁🤟

[@Loukoumakias]

Bring me *more 1 hour Mystic content!*

[@luuketaylor]

Ohhhh, Ryan. There were *far* too many perfect moments in this video, from the Nemesis victory to the tentacles shooting out of the astronaut to your "everybody gangster" joke, but the "malignant island" line had me pausing and cracking up. It's crazy to see that after 60 hours in Returnal you still got malfunctions I have never experienced, as well as the room in Derelict Citadel with multiple Severed. This game is wild. I must go back in.

[@scallywag0088]

My PS5 is being delivered tomorrow with Spider-Man MM, I can’t wait! Been trying for months to get one in the UK. I finally got lucky at last. My advice to anyone trying to get hold of a ps5 is keep trying. I was about to give up myself. I guess the RNG gods finally smiled upon me. BTW Ryan you’re the best no fanboy nonsense PlayStation centric content creator on KZbin in my humble opinion. Keep up the great work my friend. 👍

[@SuperWHOOPA]

Watching Ryan slowly lose the will whilst slumping in the chair is hilarious, then the manic smile when the survey trophy popped...you could sense the relief from this man

[@shawn9032]

I felt your pain seeing you run through the locations over & over looking for glyphs. Crimson wastes was my personal hell.

[@d33p77]

This game is absolutely gorgeous

[@sunaybhatt1878]

YES! YES! YES! I LOVE VIDEOS LIKE THIS CLOSE TO AN HOUR OF PURE WHOLESOME GOODNESS!!!!

[@ramonterrell1897]

I admire your dedication, man. I was simply happy to beat the game. lol. My hat's off to you!

[@OscarFinn]

Never thought this game was for me, but happy to see this run through and it looks like fun if you like that style of game

[@reecerox2]

KZbin is back online and this is the first video I clicked on!

[@michael4383]

platin yesterday after 60-70h. after you learn the game mechanics you are untouchable, its almost easy. the first 10h i wanted to throw it out of the window.

[@Daniel93D]

Let’s go bby! Loved the Cuphead one, excited to see your trials and tribulations through Returnal!

[@Ronbotnik]

as a fellow trophy hunter myself hearing that even new trophy lists are still glitching out is so disappointing and scary lmao. i went through the Avengers platinum TWICE (still recovering from that one) because multiplayer bugged my trophies from completing the first time :-(

[@SaltiestGaming]

I'm still debating going for the plat on this game. I already beat it, but all the glitched trophies scare me.

[@zaltmanbleroze]

I guess it's different for everyone. Only one boss trophy glitched for me. Just had to beat that boss again for it to pop. Now I need 2 more survey trophies then I'll have the plat.

[@cirescythe]

i had no issues. i did not put the game in rest mode and i did not use activity cards though. maybe that makes a difference

[@jaydenlopez8165]

These aliens remind me of the aliens from Live Die Repeat with Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt

[@MyManJFKTV]

It’s funny how the title of that film changed from Edge of Tomorrow to Live, Die, Repeat in most regions

[@jaydenlopez8165]

@@MyManJFKTV Honestly I couldn’t even remember the original title. I think the Japanese novel that it’s based on has the phrase Live Die Repeat

[@checuevas93]

Tom cruise alien movie? War of the world’s

[@jays259]

Bro you are a beast this is one of the harder games Sony has released in a long time you duh man Ryan

[@wa7dany15]

When you track a trophy, an update for the game you play may mess up that tracking and end you up with a glitched trophy.. This happens a lot in many games.

[@chijiokeuche4363]

The musical scores are relaxing/techno intense. Pretty relaxing for anything PS5 gaming lol 😆. But....... Ryan, for real...of all the games, you pick this for a trophy hunt!

[@YogeshKalia]

I'm glad you got the plat in the end. Well done!

[@XBrutalCoreBoyX]

love these long video. it's a journey!

[@alejandroaraiza2226]

I have over 70 hours in this game. Is addicting as hell.

[@ap396z]

Dude same 😭 just got platinum now I’m going for all data cubes and research progress

[@ActNasty5]

@@ap396z idk if i could ever play a game after platinum lol

[@ap396z]

@@ActNasty5 depends on how much I enjoy the game lol, this game still has me hooked. I’ll go play something else and after a while I miss playing

[@TyroneChikknBone]

@@ActNasty5 I only play a game after platinum for dlc trophies. Once I plat or 100% I delete

[@RedDeadRoss]

4:18 “Everybody knows”

[@Fab-777]

watching gameplay videos from mystic are so relaxed i love it.

[@DylanKowalski123]

You had almost 30 ethers why weren't you cleaning the malignant items that is the whole purpose of ether and why to save up ether. That way you can make your health bar huge save up 30 then when on good run cleanse the malignant health

[@bgzkinsella]

I loved "The many faces of a man at the end of a platinum grind" montage.

[@camila_costa12]

That was cool 😆

[@camila_costa12]

It looked liked flashbacks of his past in a movie

[@victor_734]

Love these types of videos where we follow you on some journey!

[@taylormartin6638]

Takes me back to the days of the play throughs. Miss those things! I know you said they didn’t do too well, but your banter with yourself is just great!

[@ethandraycott3049]

Watching this now! I hope your not turned off by some of the negative stuff with the game. I plat’d it this week and it’s amazing. The story is next level. Keep going! EDIT: ok watched the full video well done for getting the plat trophy!!

[@uzzikage]

That happiness at 55:02 really made my day. 🥳

[@aznpanda510x]

This game gave me such a rush and introduced me into future of gaming. It seem like only first party is able to maximize the 3D/controller/gameplay

[@emptyskies144]

This man beat the first boss on his first attempt with a crippling malfunction. What the hell

[@jamesh2363]

FairPlay. I struggle so much with this game haha. You made it look easy

[@dimitrisb709]

My guy Mystic almost got through all of the game with zero deaths. The number of times you died are really crazy. It's like you had easy mode when you put your runs next to mine hahaha. You have some skills dude.

[@ICantFindaNameSoYeah]

Great video again, just got my plat a couple of days ago, only one that bugged out for me was the secret ending one. Survey for B2 took me the longest

[@johnnygaming9119]

i'm so glad I had this game in the backlog after it came out. I just got the platinum about a week ago so all the glitches were ironed out. Took me about 84 hours.

[@lucksker]

Trying to plat Trove right now . Oh man, Grind at its finest ( probrably around 200hrs )

[@jackturner1788]

This game looks amazing, definitely picking this up. 👍

[@danielcockriel443]

Just got this platinum a few days ago - I cannot imagine doing this with bugged trophies. The survey grind was brutal but I loved the game.

[@Nore613]

Congrats 🎉 that’s one hell of an accomplishment on this game good shit Fellow trophy brother ! 🏆

[@danielcockriel443]

@@Nore613 thank you, very kind! Wanted to finish the plat before Elden releases so now I am just anxiously awaiting that like a kid on Christmas.

[@NIXNE]

I was so impressed with this game, I had very little expectations but it blew me away.

[@Zubz365]

I'm subbed to you too haha, nice seeing you on Mystics Channel! Both of you keep up with what you're doing. The content is great!

[@DOS_1990]

I'm going for the platinum myself but having some trouble with the collectibles, I literally have one or two left in 5 of the biomes, I'll keep persevering!

[@YandereGogeta]

Let's goooooo! Love trophy videos like this.

[@ThePokestopPapi]

Excellent video quality! Been enjyoing the game immensely myself. Just made it to the 4th biome, so far so good 😎

[@dmxdxl]

Currently finishing my platinum on Returnal, I'm at the whim of the rng system and its making me MANIC!!!...

[@Ziolek.2000]

Last month I done Mein Leben (Permadeath ) earned my 95 Platinum in Wolfenstein 2 which is a 10/10 difficulty rating. That & Cod Cold War were my hardest ones.

[@johncra8982]

Ever since they announced the trophy tracking cards I knew I wasn't going to use any of them for any platinum runs.

[@kswooper]

When I popped the platinum for this the feeling I got from it being over and just staring at my TV I felt just like her doing the same thing over and over for 40-50 hours was a feeling ill never forget

[@C.Lagos28]

After getting all my trophies. I can finally watch this

[@MrSrh3186]

I don't know if this game is for me, but damn, it sure looks beautiful.

[@harl4227]

“It’s... it’s what you cut the scene!” Lol

[@stevenb2215]

It took me over three days to draw the room I needed for the ONE last desert cipher. But so glad none of my trophies glitched. Wouldve been so pissed!

[@zolli21]

yea the xenoglyph cyphers for the trophy are ass. Took me repeated runs for me to finally get one in abyssal scar for the platinum.

[@stevenb2215]

@@zolli21 His face by the end of the repeated running was exactly it. And I also felt like one more fight or new biome for Act 3 wouldve made the whole thing perfection

[@zolli21]

@@stevenb2215 Well it's rumored that DLC is in the works so I am assuming that it will be apart of that.

[@stevenb2215]

@@zolli21 Well i already resold my copy so hopefully not! Haha

[@kennethroberts3953]

Great video Ryan and well done on the platinum for a good game 👍

[@gamemissy]

Having a hard time with collectibles in Biome 3 but will not quit on the platinum. Love this game so much❤

[@camila_costa12]

I had trouble with biome 3 as well and biome 6 scout log 63

[@topooly]

You had the same experience with Phrike as I did. I beat it on my first try but I thought I had died only for the astronaut to save me, and I barely saw it through. Same thing on the second boss. Third and fourth bosses were easier, I didn't even need the astronaut for them. I haven't actually fully died on any bosses yet, will see how the fifth one goes.

[@SlyBeast]

I got all trophies except the survey trophies. Between crashes, corrupt saves, and trophy progress not tracking properly, I threw in the towel. It blows my mind that there isn't any in-game tracking for survey items. Maybe I'll attempt it again in a year or so when Housemarque gets their shit together. It's a real shame because I really, REALLY enjoyed the game otherwise.

[@rsolsjo]

Awesome idea to combine a "bullet hell" style shoot 'em up with a third person action game.

[@VZapphire]

I got my 38hr save wiped with the faulty 1.3.3 patch so I had to fresh start and got my Platinum after another 38 hours. The game is good though, I'm glad my trophies didn't bug out after everything. The rng trophies is by far the most ridiculous thing about trophy hunting in Returnal (outside of bugged trophies)

[@CraigUchiha]

YES I'm looking forward to this gives me something to do !!! Working right now, but ill watch it soon 😁😁😁

[@markymark637]

Yeah, I really hope Sony has some plans to revamp/fix the card system, amongst some of the trophy list UI and being able to see my friends activities. Really enjoyed seeing which trophies my friends were earning and what they were playing. Great video!

[@The-Vitruvian-Man]

I have a few remaining ciphers to find in a few biomes, and it gets to be too much of a grind after have to play the biomes over and over and over again in hopes that I get them. Fantastic game though. Still can't get to the door on the cliff by the ship. Hopefully that's a DLC door for later down the road.

[@tnee99]

I just need scout log 9 for the platinum and it simply won't drop after hours of grinding binome 1

[@cirescythe]

same XD but oh well. the game is so much fun that i almost dont mind

[@Jomy13]

I Got the Plat with 58 Deaths, got a lot of frustration because of how the game works, for example this one time i had to close the game during a very nice run with a really op gun and my Dad had to turn off the power to fix the Attic light system, so i had no other choice of losing all my progress, i got to 4th boss and had a decent amount of ether , also had the astronaut doll and full bar heal, with a very large bar of health, tbh i was like screw this game im not going to plat this, but you know what? The game is amazing, and the mental reward you get for beating it, its nothing i have ever felt before, cause this isnt a Dark Souls or a Sekiro because there is no Checkpoints like in those games, yes you have the checkpoints in the game and the permanent one in the middle but its like you die you start again its a like Reset in your hard earned process, this would work better if it had a Save progress until you actually die, for example you have a very nice run you save it you turn off the console go to sleep next day you start from where you were, but as soon as you die you start again, that would make more sense imo.

[@ickytips]

wut

[@neals6348]

I gave up on plat for Returnal sadly. My boss trophys took multiple attempts but eventually popped, however the 30 weapon proficiency and the survey trophies just won't pop excluding 1 (fracturing wastes). I refuse to reset and start the entire game over from scratch for the damn surveys

[@CraigSteelyard]

Ryan, there's now a photo mode for Destruction All-Stars.

[@andrewstephens4492]

Well done Ryan !!

[@Helloim_anthony]

They made the trophies easier to get thanks to the update so no need to rely on rng for scout logs and ciphers.

[@LeonardoRobles]

I cant believe you beat that first boss on our first try!

[@jacksonreddick4131]

Awesome video was completing the game as I was watching your playthrough and it was a great experience. I never really branch out on my gaming genres but now I think I will have to start checking out different games.

[@QuercusQuest]

Returnal is great indeed.

[@jacksonreddick4131]

@mad sports games or simple FPS

[@guille4350]

El pinche mystic , jalandosela all day gathering platinum 🏆 !!! 👌🏼

[@Electro-nics]

I have had issues with trophies too. I turn off my ps5 every day before going to bed. And once I turn it on and launch the game I’ll get trophies. It has happen with other games as wel.

[@AndresPlays93]

Hahaha oooh man I freaked out so bad in the part of the astronaut as well

[@MyManJFKTV]

This is definitely a tedious platinum, and so far, two of my trophies glitched...defeatin’ the second boss and doin’ a daily challenge. I did them both over again for the trophies to pop. The only trophies I need are the cleanup Survey trophies for Biome 2, 3, 4, and 5, and the RNG aspect of it is luck based as hell. I have like six Xenoglyph ciphers in Biome 2 until completion [can’t find them anywhere], I think two more to find in 3 [my activity card stopped trackin’ it], I can’t remember what I have to get for the fourth a fifth, but it pains me that I might not have the patience.

[@MyManJFKTV]

Holy shit...so if it stops tracking on the activity card, it stops trackin’ for the trophy?! Welp. Won’t get this platinum. E D I T Spoke too soon.

[@Noid]

I had a glitched trophy on Just Cause 3, where if you get all the collectibles before beating the game, you can’t get the trophy of liberating all of the final province, since collectibles are connected with taking out the outposts. really sucked

[@aftertheshowmoviepodcast]

I have played every day for 3 weeks now and I am not past the first boss LOL

[@rashonburnett6473]

Keep at it. The first boss took me a while too. I’m sure you’ll beat it eventually if you stick with it. You might want to go into the fight with the astronaut figurine for resurrection, increase your life bar as much as you can and bring a large silphium vial with you. Definitely take your time getting to the boss if you’re having trouble and check all the side rooms and level up your proficiency as much as you can. Sorry for such a long paragraph. Hopefully it helps.

[@jaysway4k890]

If you think the first boss is hard wait till the dang second boss 😩😩😩

[@residentsteve]

Would never play this game looks to hard to me I prefer auto aim and easy difficulty 😂.

[@bedochicco1717]

@@residentsteve specially if you die and repeat the whole game lol

[@BioShockGX]

Can't believe I finished this game. Shit was hard.

[@cinema.inspired]

I got biome 2 left for the survey ones. Then I gotta replay the game again because the house sequences bugged for me

[@cirescythe]

you mean like erase your save file to start over? if so: dont. housemarque said that another patch is incoming. that might fix it.

[@cinema.inspired]

@@cirescythe oh wow. Already started. It’s pretty easy once you’ve played almost 100 hours lol. In about 2 hours last night I made it to 3rd boss in one sitting only dying the one time

[@sniping-godz2343]

Mafia 3 platinum has probably got the most glitchy trophies from all games I played, with some having you to play the whole game altogether in one sitting since it will fail to recognise you completed a mission

[@nd-vm9cz]

I was going to get this game but probably not cause I feel like this game would piss me off too much. I don’t have anger problems but I can tell this game is probably a living hell to grind and stuff

[@thefatc0w]

I love these Platinum trophy playthrough videos! I know they're a lot of hard work but they always turn out to be great videos 😁 Do you plan on doing more? I'd love to see one for Rift apart!

[@deeps.]

I got so lucky that my trophies popped correctly. I got the platinum last week on 49 hours of playtime

[@Lonthor]

Got the plat in just under 50 hours. My RNG was blessed.

[@gianmarcogiuli5959]

You made my day 🥺

[@xDeadEye1]

I was gonna go for platinum in this game, then I found out collectibles are also RNG & I just don’t got the time or patience for that shit.

[@arturvoveris695]

I finished the game in about 20~ hours and just got the platinum at 39 hours. It’s really not the big deal people are making it out to be. Just play for an hour or two everyday and you’ll get it eventually. + I hate watching guides for collectibles in games when going for trophies so this was something refreshing

[@xDeadEye1]

@@arturvoveris695 yeah I ended up going for platinum & got it in 40

[@NyneIX9]

I just got this game and PS5 a couple days ago. It's scary that these trophies could be glitched, even though I don't dare attempt to plat this game lol

[@kronoxz]

I love the thoughtful position of your cam! Anyway, how long was that first playthrough? You went really far on a single playthrough

[@SaltNPepper619]

Those cards have never worked for me since I started playing returnal, or am I missing something 🤔

[@amirtiny6442]

awesome video and fantastic game...i just finished the game but dontknow should i get platinum trophy or not ...so much effort needed

[@justpeachee8964]

Other than the tracking for achievements not working, I still haven’t been able to avenge anyone sadly. Hope they patch all this soon but I’ll still enjoy the game thoroughly

[@johnmarston8290]

My boy Ryan cracked at Returnal

[@pepelaugh6404]

1 whole hour? Hell yea!

[@jamerson_315]

Pretty awesome. I will maybe try out this game in a couple of years. Doubt I will platinum the game though

[@Dope_Bomb92]

Yoo how’d you get your health so long in the second biome??