The Five 100%s I Gave Up On

[@Throrface]

I have to say, even though I really like your niche of being a reviewer who goes for 100% runs, I would still love to know your opinion on titles that you couldn't or didn't finish for whatever reason. It is very common that achievements can be stupidly grindy, and I honestly can't imagine ever holding it against you for not doing that before releasing a review.

[@ralphwarom2514]

Pretty much. I honestly don't find that much value in 100%. As long as you completed the main campaign I think that is enough to make a valid review.

[@pURanoslav]

@@ralphwarom2514 this comment. Dont commit all your time to the 100% of it - just finish the game and tell us if you liked it.

[@pete4791]

Ditto. Some of the achievements are just plain unreasonable. I love Mortismal's reviews b/c I know he's not just trying to crank out a review on the newest release, and I really respect that he does his due diligence as a reviewer. Definitely make allowances for games w/o 100% achievement.

[@barry-allenthe-flash8396]

Well he does also do "Impressions" videos, though those seem to come up _on the way_ to his 100% runs rather than used to cover games he _won't_ 100%. I would like seeing him expand the use of those Impressions videos to cover games he doesn't feel like 100%'ing and using those as de facto reviews for those titles... as long as he mentions why he couldn't finish them or was not going to 100% them. You're right, there's value in knowing those reasons.

[@-Kailinn-]

@@ralphwarom2514 The value is the fact that he has fully experienced the game, no half way, no skipped content. So he's gonna be a pretty reliable source as opposed to the reviewers who play a game for a few hours and say it's the best game ever. Personally I appreciate his thoroughness and value his opinion more because of it.

[@XoRandomGuyoX]

Games with multiplayer achievements tend to be an automatic 'nope' from me. I'll play the other content but won't go out of my way for the achievement. E.g. Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel had a Ghostbusters styled level with an achievement for having 4 players present. I never bothered with that, but you'd see messages online for years of people asking if anyone else was willing to jump into that side mission.

[@jackoblllllllll]

Yeah, this and speedrun and hard mode trophies.

[@TheGary108]

This is why I feel it should be mandatory to patch in Bots if online services ends up going under. If not that, then they should patch the online trophies to unlock on start up. It’s one thing to buy a game built around online multiplayer, it’s another to have one annoying online trophy in a game that is solely singleplayer.

[@KayCif3R]

I remember this quest. It's literally the only trophy I need to platinum the game.

[@nwahally]

Honestly? If an achievement is unobtainable, it's not part of 100%ing the game, period. Maybe if you got it while it was possible, you 105%ed a game, but if you achieved everything that's achievable, bested every challenge existing, that's 100% to me.

[@MortismalGaming]

I agree, I usually just label them as regular reviews in those cases though, if only to avoid the deluge of 'but this thing isn't obtainable anymore' comments.

[@nwahally]

@@MortismalGaming Well... Engagement is engagement. 😁 I don't think anyone sensible would have an issue with that, and if some people wanna be strange about it, so be it.

[@BeefMeisterSupreme]

@@nwahally sensible and internet rarely meet.

[@muffetmissulena6540]

The fact that the tracker doesn’t say 100% is enough to bother me.

[@draken1991]

@@MortismalGaming I'm a bit late to this party, by I only consider "100%" of content. Achievements aren't content (at least I've never seen an achievement having any effect on gameplay), so I just ignore them. I'll even ignore some of the more shallow stuff, like unlockable skins or modifiers. At most, I'll try to get all achievements for games I truly love, but even then, occasionally devs put some sadistic or absurdly time-consuming achievements, so I'll just metaphorically flip them the bird and play something else.

[@InvntdXNEWROMAN]

Shadow of War on release was the worse time to play it because of how they incorporated those lootboxes into the endgame. It didn't take long for them to remove that aspect from the game either since so many people were complaining and not playing.

[@kaidorade1317]

Dude I feel you on the Shadow of War final act. All that work for a cutscene. I love the games even as a Legendarium fan how they twist the lore drives me crazy. But the grind in act four is too much work for too little pay off

[@mrmoviemanic1]

It was a really good cutscene tbf and a lot of the fun was always just hanging with the orca would’ve loved if they gave more missions centred around taking each fort back.

[@demon__4399]

@@leonard9624 yeah, they patched the grindy part

[@btubx63]

As others have mentioned, they patched it up real good if you want to go back and give the game a try again. Just got the trophy after 2 hours. It was amazing lol. Now you just have to do 2 stages (total 5 seiges)

[@kaidorade1317]

@@btubx63 that’s waaay better

[@dalentces2492]

These games really butcher the LotR lore. The gameplay loop is fun for as long as you haven't maxed out your skills, after that farming gear and captains gets very repetitive.

[@O-D-X]

I actually have very few 100% games even ones I have 1000 plus hours in. I don't play that way, but I like that you do, as your reviews give me great insights that I might not otherwise be aware of.

[@Marcos-tk1sf]

Oh, that pleasant feeling of dealing with a buggy hitbox, there's nothing more pleasurable than that.

[@Hrafnskald]

Definitely valid. I actually progressed fairly far on the 2 Orcs Must Die games, but only because they make for phenomenal two player co-op games, and I had a good friend at the time who also loved to grind them. We had some awesome times abusing the heck out of death traps and cute ways of doubling the distance orcs had to walk :).

[@duanepitts3120]

I love this, the rawness of you admitting to defeat is so beautiful in gaming.

[@scullyy]

I have 9 perfect games out of 600 on Steam and they're all smaller indie titles. While I do like achievement hunting, I don't get paid to hunt them, so I always skip the boring ones :)

[@CartoonistDave]

I never 100% games. If i beat them then thats a testimony of how much i liked it. Lol

[@KrsJin]

Your honesty and transparency super leands well to your credibility. Really glad I found your channel.

[@JohnnyTightIips]

Monster Hunter World: Iceborne is the one I really wanted to 100%, but I couldn't bring myself to go farming for all the biggest and smallest versions of every monster, even if I already had 800 hours in game

[@miroslavvales2069]

There is a "mod" (you don't even install it just run it with a game) that shows you if there are any crown monsters on a map. But it's still a grind to arrive and return when the crown monster isn't there. If i remember correctly there sould be a mission with a small chance of specific crown monster for almost all of them except large Deviljho which you can get only through the random investigations.

[@babytiny5807]

I love MHW so much but that is a 1k hour+ 100% and I just can't do it

[@nightmarishcompositions4536]

The ones that got me were capturing all the rare endemic life, especially the moles in the Guiding Lands.

[@DarkUbiquity]

At 1000 hours with just my first character, and... RNGesus has not been kind to me in this endeavor.

[@Eassle]

I played about 650 hours before getting the 100% on both games, the crown farming was definitely the biggest hurdle. Guiding lands tempered monsters were a good way and the 5 reward tempered quests if u ever go back.

[@Reoh0z]

Many years ago I did some games journalism for a community website. I had a similar philosophy. If I found that if I didn't like a game I just didn't waste time and energy producing articles for it. I'd rather invest that time and energy towards something I enjoyed and hoped the community would likewise appreciate.

[@tacbravo6374]

Great video! I never 100%'ed a game before, Today my situation is different so I am more able to do so. I loved Shadow of Mordor and have 285 hours /17 achievements. I did not like Shadow of War nearly as much, and quickly became bored with Final Fantasy XV after 11 hours. Thank you for shining the light on games to try and games to avoid, plus your reasoning; such as super grindy achievements; bugs ruining the highest difficulties; and save game file deletion on permadeath. There are loads of fantastic games with awesome single player achievements. Thank you for keeping us straight with an endless stream of new games totally worth a 100%. Following your 100% cadence has led me into the best gaming experiences ever. I cannot thank you enough.

[@JohnClarkW]

I am with you on both of the "Shadow of" games. They both were too grindy. I remember feeling the same about each of the first two Orcs Must Die games. Single player GTA5 was on my list of half played. I have a pile of strategy games that I never finish, because I like them, but don't love them enough to finish.

[@ashjoben]

When I stop playing single player game it's really hard to continue the more time passes. Even great games like AC Odyssey, SoW, HZD etc.. even after finishing 60-80% of it, just because of some simple, someone would say trivial, things. Keep doing the good work ftw!

[@f0ul0u]

BioShock Infinite's Clash in the Clouds DLC achievements are one of the most annoying thing that I did. It requires luck and multiple replay. I almost play a whole base game completing it.

[@SniP3rHavOk]

I have done 100% on all the bioshock games and agree with you here haha, CitC is a pain in the ass

[@HeroSpiderman]

Really enjoying these "5 games i [...]" series

[@rythem17]

That final act Shadow of war made me just move on to another game, feel you there. FFXV started out ok for me but burnt out quick and never finished.

[@jekw23]

I didn’t even both with chasing achievements for FFXV, I never really got invested even though it had some cool individual parts to it. I finished it a few years ago and have never felt the need to go back to it. All other main FF games I’ve replayed.

[@FunkyPunk1995]

Man we’re probably around the same age if not the same and have extremely similar taste (crpgs, for instance i even have a tattoo of the red prince lol) but dude i almost never finish video games at all, much less 100% a game. In fact, i dont think ive EVER 100%d a game before. I really respect your dedication dude.

[@dominiccenteno1233]

I enjoyed Final Fantasy 15 for the most part, I don't really 100% games but I agree the DLCs can be a pain in the ass sometimes.

[@vincenthammons6705]

I get platinum on the main games dlc can kiss my ass

[@angel__king]

Most of the dlc aren’t bad the biggest issue is the multiplayer one since the multiplayer is pretty bad

[@hazelcrisp]

@@angel__king God I hate multiplayer trophies for games that aren't mainly multiplayer.

[@andersonrayregalia8378]

​@@angel__king m8, the dlc is ez asf to beat solo.

[@cornprices1718]

@@angel__king the dlc wasnt bad but good christ the achievements were

[@bastabey2652]

I have never 100% completed a single game, but I appreciate your dedication and enjoy your reviews

[@fragilemetal1982]

Shadow of War had one of the most on the nose microtransactions in place. It was designed to break the consumers patience with the grind and succumb to making 1 or 2 purchases to gain the necessary gear. One of the most egregious of their horrible decisions was to include DLC to honor the deceased developer Michael Forgey with proceeds to go towards his family... only to reveal it was only partial proceeds. WB have since crammed titles like MK11 with grind and to be honest I do not see them changing course for Suicide Squad and Gotham Knights.

[@kiltedwarriorgaming]

My thoughts exactly, I wanted to play Shadow of war but was so put off by the choice of grind or micro transactions. Even with the patches that removed it I don’t care to go back now.

[@Sevren_]

@@kiltedwarriorgaming it’s still a very fun game

[@stickyman05]

@@kiltedwarriorgaming I hear ya. I have 2 kids, which means I don't have time to grind, and (aside from not wanting to p2w to begin with) no money to throw at games. If those are my choices I don't even bother with the game.

[@Szadek23]

It's pretty much the reason I skipped the game altogether. Full price and as obnouixous about microtransactions as many mobile games? No thanks, I'm good.

[@kiltedwarriorgaming]

@@stickyman05 Absolutely, too many companies know people have other commitments and want us to spend money on “time savers”, goodness those annoy me every time I see them. You shouldn’t have to pay a premium to relax in your limited downtime.

[@andreeam.1888]

I was very surprised to see Orcs Must Die 2 here. I was very addicted to it in college, it was pretty obscure even back then. But I agree it's very, very grindy

[@justskip4595]

Noita is real challenge to 100%, one game I have kept on 100%ing through all updates has been Vampire Survivors and I think that game might be something you could be interested in reviewing.

[@shoutingstone]

You've alluded a few times that you didn't have the most affluent formative years, so I'm glad you've carved out your own little corner of KZbin to make a bit of a name for yourself now.

[@vlad4o813]

They did thankfully fix Shadow of War in later patches and made it far less grindy compared to the initial release. That was the version I played. And while Act 4 can still be quite tiring, I ended up having far better time than most people.

[@Diarmuhnd]

Built in b.s. , pay us money to skip it , pfft

[@MidEastBeast99]

Mortis hitting me with a video to get me through a boring work meeting this morning. Thank you daddy Mortis.

[@NeilHiggins2187]

Dude I love your content, this is hands down my favorite gaming channel

[@michiganjack1337]

After about 20 hours I flushed FF15 and I’ve recently tried to go back to it and it didn’t stick.

[@MarkWilson-ij9jd]

I got 100% on Dark Souls and Bloodborne, two games I absolutely love. I will probably never 100% another game in my life. Having said that, I really respect the dedication it takes for others to do.

[@ghost2inkling229]

​@Ryan Moose bait

[@ghost2inkling229]

@Ryan Moose just mad at nothing, bait

[@snuggie1849]

​@Ryan Moose you probably lost to cleric beast then quit

[@john_Reilly2027]

I actually really liked FF15, and on day one it was a really easy 100%. It could have been a much harder list if they had of included achievements for all the end game content. But then the cash grab came. I done the 3 DLC and was really annoyed but I still 100% them all. I hate multiplayer achievements with a passion so give up about 3/4 of the way through. Then they added a new Royal Edition with even more achievements and then another DLC that was not even part of the season pass. THIS GAME WAS THE BIGGEST SLAP IN THE FACE TO FF FANS EVER. Just trying to milk us over and over for every last bit of cash they could squeeze out of us

[@templarkid.]

Orcs must die 2? Wow, man. I would understand the third game, but the second is a gem to me.

[@Hrafnskald]

Speaking of 4X difficult games, I once beat the original Civilization: Call to Power 1, back when you literally could not load a saved game due to fun bugs in the release version (loading a saved game crashed the game to the desktop). I played for something like 8 hours straight on a single enforced-Ironman play through and actually beat it. A few months later, the unofficial patch fixed the bug, making it possible to load saved game files :D

[@shawngillogly6873]

I played that game too. Somehow I missed that bug. It was a buggy mess. But it had a lot of interesting ideas for unconventional war. The sequel dumped most of them, sadly. I used to like sending my lawyers around casting injunctions at everyone. :P

[@Hrafnskald]

@@shawngillogly6873 Oh yes, it had the best unconvential options around. Slavers, televangelists, lawyers, ad bureaus, ecoterrorists, and even good old fashion mind control AI :)

[@mistahslugg]

Lol man I was very much expecting Hades to be on here or other similar rogue likes since they take so long. 5 give ups is tiny compared to how many you do 100%. Your commitment and dedication to completeting games asap aways amazes me. I have a bad habit of starting too many games at once then not returning to them lol

[@BaxBoogey22]

The fact that you 100 percent every game you review is absolutely astonishing to me. I respect the hell out of you for that. Some trophies are so ridiculous that unless you just love to 100 percent games for personal reasons and that makes you a mad man but if you skipped a few ridiculous trophies here and there I don't think anybody would hold it against you. I would end up hating every game and end up giving them bad scores because I would be so frustrated trying to 100 percent it would affect my enjoyment of the game. But I have to say that you are a very talented gamer and when you 100 percent a game you definitely learn things about the game that a reviewer that just beat it once in normal difficulty wouldn't so you do separate yourself apart like you say in your reviews and I definitely take your word over most other reviewers.

[@paulpurington8637]

Wow, I had no idea what rigorous criteria you apply to 100% a game. I always thought it meant you finished the game on normal difficulty. Not all of the achievements AND finishing it on highest difficulty too! Impressive!!

[@sliphstream4927]

Dysmantle. There is an achievement for collecting an absurd amount of every resource in the game. For all this hellish griding, you get an achievement and a weapon that is practically useless because you're at end-game at this point and will barely have need to use it.

[@ZakEmber]

I think this list is more than fair, and you're a better man than me. I can't think of any game I've tried to 100%, with the exception of Final Fantasy VII when it first released, and no one was tracking 'achievements' back then. There are games I just completely gave up on out of boredom or because another newer game came out. I actually have a list of games I need to finish, and I'm not sure I ever really will. So the fact that you had only 5 games that you didn't get 100% on?! That's crazy amazing in my opinion!

[@iisanulquiorrahara8]

It's crazy looking back on the Middle Earth games, and Shadow of War in particular since that was the one I played at launch, back when all the live service stuff was still in place. What's funny is that I loved the Siege stuff so much, I was actually concerned that it would be very sparse in the actual mainline section. Then we got to the epilogue, and I was practically in heaven: I had a joy with each session I took with each siege mission, never spent a cent on the live stuff, and saw it through to the very end. I'm definitely one of a very small percentage that enjoyed the epilogue at length without indulging in the monetization, but that's just me.

[@CyberSkelly817]

FFXV on PS4 was brutal for me. The downtime between driving and loading screens.

[@greypolar2720]

I was able to fit in a lot of push-ups and crunches in between destinations lol

[@mosesdouglas4325]

@@greypolar2720 lmao

[@GreenPawelito]

THAT was the reason why it totally sucked.

[@Iceisnice1]

For me it's Dishonored. Some of the Dunwall City Trials achievements require such an incredible mastery of the game, I just gave up.

[@Magmakojote]

In case someone doesn't know this: Shadow of War is now lootbox-free and even the last act is not really difficult anymore. I read so many bad experiences about that, but I personally finished that part rather quickly (although it wasn't the most exciting part of the game)

[@High_Bread]

I got the game on sale like a year ago and got bored like less then an hour in. Gave up

[@Ocean5ix]

To me Shadow of War is one of the most underrated games of the last generation. It is easily in my top 10. The combat is excellent, the build variety isn't huge but it's kinda deep with a lot of different playstyles, the execution animations in this game are absolutely second to none and while Mount and Blade takes the cake for the best and most immersive "war simulator" I'd say Shadow of War is the closest mainstream gaming got, the sieges are awesome. And of course... the nemesis system and pit fights that almost create a sub-layer of pokemon gameplay if you want to give it a go. I spent a lot of time farming for the orcs with the skills I wanted. All that said I played it after they removed the microtransactions so to me it was a normal game. Ironically enough I wanted the last act to be longer than it became after the rebalancing of the late game. And now because of you I'm thinking of reinstalling it and playing it again lmao.

[@ironwolf56]

The Shadow of X games have some very deep flaws, but the Nemesis system is amazing, I don't think I've seen anything just invent plot lines no one else had for me in a game. I still remember one Orc lieutenant I'd keep defeating but he'd somehow survive, more scarred and angry each time, by the end he looked like a half Terminator Orc. His sole mission in life was a burning intense hatred of me and he sought me out constantly. Finally one time he ambushed me during a Ring-Wraith fight and after an intense battle I finally took his head off and that was the end of him.

[@Ultr4l0f]

I actually kinda enjoyed that DLC in Shadow of War. By then I had become quite good at the Base game ofc. So haveing a "iron man" setting was pretty sweet. Combined with them removing the map markers for upgrade and instead had hints made it fun. And it just lasted a few hours

[@wanded]

why is it called iron man

[@Ultr4l0f]

@@wanded Late answer I think its from Xcom. When you die, its a permanent game over. You cant reload. The man in the DLC, unlike the base game, had no supernatural abilities. Dead = dead

[@wanded]

@@Ultr4l0f oh i see

[@zekun4741]

One time I tried to get 100% of the achievements in Assassins Creed: Black Flag and I did some pretty grindy things like loot all underwater hideous, which were a nightmare, discover every location, capture every fort, complete all naval contracts, hack 15 computers, complete puzzles to get a hidden outfit. I did all that, then I realised there was online achievements including stuff like reaching level 55, share everything with a friend, play every game mode and use every weapon. Also, I played offline, couldn't log into Xbox live because my email was no longer active, so I would've had to log in with a new account and if I did that it would mean I would have to get all the achievements again to get the 100%. Safe to say I gave up at that point and was really pissed off about wasting time.

[@lukecamacho4617]

Sub to this guys first video I watched, just because he 100 percent the game before reviewing it. I love the passion and dedication.

[@Hainbane]

I loved Shadow of War. Except the stupidity with siege act and insane amount of grinding.

[@hrncir9]

Shadow of Mordor was nice to 100% but Shadow of War was horrible. At the end I was even forcing myself to 100%. Witcher 2 interesting to finish 100%, you need to plan everything perfectly and make sure to turn of QTE... But really good game and it was really fun to 100%. And ouuu boy.... FF15 was nice but you are right. DLC achievements were annoying, like waiting for special cheff to spawn in base and make you a meal. I think I spend like 20 hours just on that. I am not sure if you tried Sins Of Solar Empire but there was one achievement that was insane. Find a planet with space unicorns. That was like another 20 hours just exploring galaxy. And Stellaris and the special artifact is another one. Thank you for the video. I cannot wait for another one.

[@PleasantSkulman]

Oh man, Kongregate. Forgot that existed until you mentioned it. What a blast from the past.

[@パンダの死体]

Nobody should hesitate to drop stuff. Life's too short. For me it was Red Dead Redemption 2 and the Yakuza Games where when I saw what is required for 100% I was immediately out, bc I saw how many games I could finish in this time. 100%/Platin doesn't worth it at all imo.

[@HarbingerOfTruth1]

As someone that is a madman and finished 100% Witcher 2 I would recommend going back to get it. I've also 100% SoM and SoW which were both easy enough and fortunately I played SoW after pay to win mechanics were removed from the game which most likely helped a lot.

[@Nergalsama01]

I gave up on 100%ing Dishonored, simply because of, you guessed it, DLC achievements. Specifically, some achievements from the Dunwall Trials are veeeery difficult to obtain, and there's at least one that is kinda luck-based. So I decided not to bother any longer and let it be. Dishonored 2 and Death of the Outsider are way easier to 100%.

[@Anarchosyn]

I have always appreciated your 100% achievement approach as a way to differentiate yourself from the pack, but honestly I appreciate your perspective for your perspective alone. I never have cared much that you 100%'d these titles, and wouldn't mind if you retired that approach. I personally never even look at achievements in games.

[@mrgauth]

Admire your completionist aspirations. I never seek achievements, ever. I would say 70% of the games I buy, I never finish. Many i quit after couple hours. I have zero tolerance for boredom, tediousness, or overly complicated systems. I wish I had all that money back. Might could afford a full cart of groceries with it.

[@Kuhtlass]

I noticed Alaloth was releasing in early access today on Steam and was wondering if you'll be checking it out to give a first impression on it in its current state.

[@peterclay]

Only games I've ever 100% completed have been purely on accident. Like I played probably 1000 hours of diablo 3... and got a platinum trophy on ps4... had no idea I was even in the running for it till one day it popped up. Love your channel btw

[@jinuouslopez9069]

What are we classifying 100% percent as. Gane that we platinum (get all trophies) or do literally everything and get everything in the game?

[@cattysplat]

Very few games respect a quality 100% experience. Most usually throw in extreme grinds, bland collectables, forced multiple playthroughs and unbalanced very hard difficulty modes. Did them when I used to care about achievements but now I only play until finishing the story then do anything I consider fun before moving on.

[@xWhackoJacko]

Games that make you replay them like 4-5 times to plat drive me insane. Yes, I could do all the backup save blah blah that most people do - but I don't know, that really takes the fun out of getting the 100%. Not a fan of achievements you can miss because you progressed too far in a story, too. Those feel really, really bad. But I don't 100% most games, just the ones I really, really like. So recently, Persona 5 Royal, God of War: Rag, Hogwarts Legacy, Darkest Dungeon (if you don't count PVP DLC which I don't), Monster Hunter: World and Rise, and FF9 and X (I finally buckled down and conquered the jump rope and lightning dodging! suck it!). Any 'impressive' achievements are WoW or MtG related, and no one gives a care about that :). Love the channel. Thx man

[@ericstashak4474]

you rule. keep it up. your dedication has earned my sub.

[@Devilvoy]

This made me realise that what people call 100% differs from person to person. Like, I technically did plat/100% XV but I barely got any of the multiplayer or DLC trophies coz PSN tracks those separately.

[@robertberahovich6747]

That giant tentacle boss in Witcher 2 was too hard. Amazed you beat it on the harder difficulty levels.

[@vaaarhoven]

it's literally dodge the slam, trap the arm, chop it off, repeat, use yrden to trap and quen to protect from a single hit, the hard part are the humanoid enemies with armor, which is a shame tbh, but it is how it is (shrugs)

[@whatthefuck9703]

That is a gimmick boss, it was super easy

[@testypresidentgaming]

love your content my guy ive given up on too many 100% done maybe 50 games so far 100%

[@gunarliepins]

As you mentioned in the end, I'd love for you to take a look at EU4 just to get an estimate of what you think how long it'd need to 100% that :D

[@gunarliepins]

@@demonic_myst4503 I'm quite aware, I have around 1500 hours played in EU4 and I barely have a third of all achievements, and several of them are probably just way beyond my skill level :D

[@bradford433]

I played Demon's Souls off and on for roughly 7 years. It went from being a game I never thought I'd even beat to one I not only did, but completed 100%. I don't do that for a lot of games, and the fact I did for that is still one of my proudest achievements. It's become my favorite game in the series and probably on the PS3, as well.

[@High_Bread]

I beat demon souls on ps3 but getting it on ps5 this year i can not get passed the storm world 2 or 3, i either gotta grind hard or run passed those rolling skeleton clowns while avoiding the sky fish

[@bradford433]

@@High_Bread Any kind of ranged helps with the sky mantas. I inched my way along the cliffs sniping the little bastards before engaging the skeletons. Magic's great for it, but if you're strictly melee you might want to grind just so you can use a bow.

[@High_Bread]

@@bradford433 on ps3 i was like sniper elite with them, this one wont let me shoot, i got maybe one but its like 1 or 2 shots then dodge and hope there not tracing me

[@bradford433]

@@High_Bread If I recall, there was one behind the cliffs that I couldn't target, so I just ran my ass off so it couldn't get a trace on me lol

[@ringemur]

Great video yet again! Love theese new oppinion and discussion videos. Would love to know your favorite classes in fantasy rpgs. If you ever have the time or desire!

[@zerourtaga1129]

Not to mention the ending for shadow of war is behind 95 hours of Castle defense

[@butifarras]

I'm not a big achievment guy but witcher 2 was one of my favorites, i have all achievments but the 1 that requires you to get a ''poker'' in the dice game! tried for a few hours but gave up, this was back on the xbox 360

[@samaelangelus321]

Drakengard. I got like 97-99%. There's multiple endings starting around 70% if I remember right. Almost every one is morbid and depressing. My friend told me to look up the final ending because I would be so mad for wasting my time for it. He was right. I've played a few games that have disappointing endings, but I don't think anyone's gonna top MULTIPLE disappointments in a single game.

[@MalevolentMinun]

I don't blame you for giving up on XV. The Royal Edition dlc felt like pure padding in terms of trophies and the Ignis and Arden DLC had a trophy each that felt pretty brutal since they were score related. The fight specifically between Noctis and Ignis felt like having to relearn how combat works just to even make it through. Proud to say I soldiered through however, currently sat as my highest earning game on TrueTrophies though I can't say it's one I'll be revisiting anytime soon. Gutted they cancelled the Noctis, Lunafreya and Aranea DLCs, could've done so much in terms of expanding the game's story. Absolute BS that they made Comrades a standalone however, meaning that if you hadn't already finished it, the base game is technically incompletable with the multiplayer trophies unless you're able to perform some ridiculous proxy workaround to play it offline.

[@nomercy8989]

Orcs must die 1 was amazing. I don't think I got past the first 5 levels of the second game.

[@budgreen4040]

Then you missed out. OMD 2 is the best. Love that game.

[@mr.darklight9739]

I didn't 100% this game, but I did beat it. That game is Cathedral. It's a really challenging metroidvania sidescroller that took me to my absolute limit of skill to beat. The game was a lot of fun but stupid hard after a certain point. And it was fair.

[@Heroina_sekiracije]

FFXV is my first Platnium trophy :) If you buy Royal version you get all DLCs needed for completion.

[@SweebyMignonne]

You might wanna take a look at whispers of the eyeless strategy rpg that takes inspiration from the aesthetics and tone of darkest dungeon

[@josetomascamposrobledano4618]

While I don’t plan to 100% all my games, o do get 100% on most. And in general, the games that put me off 100% are usually because they have silly/dumb multiplayer trophies. Be it TLOU 1 original. Factions mode isn’t worth it. Or Bioshock 2 and the dead online mode. Or even Killzone in general but most importantly shadowfall, which lost its online service and is now imposible to 100%.

[@LeperFriend1837]

The original Demon's Souls (my favorite game) has one achievement I was barely able to get. It's the 'collect all unique weapons' trophy. One of these weapons drop from a very tough enemy in the valley of defilement, a poison swamp. This enemy's weapon is fast cannot be blocked, so you have to roll through their attacks. However you cannot roll (nor sprint) while standing in the poison part of the swamp. She's on a little patch of land you can roll on, but you have to be careful to not roll into the poison because rolling in poison puts you in a long stagger animation. Getting to this enemy from either starting point takes around 2 minutes. This enemy can run and roll freely in the poison too. One other thing going against me was that all 4 of my characters were in high ng+ levels, the lowest being ng+6 iirc (you only get 4 character slots). So she was killing me in 1 or 2 hits with this fast sword. After many hours of trial and error across each of my characters, I got lucky enough to whittle her down by knocking her down continuously with a large sword (dos2 style). It took a while because I kept messing up the timing between swings and needing to eventually heal because of the passive poison damage I was taking. Bittersweet victory, but it worked. An honorable mention is killing old king Doran legitimately for his ring. He's got super smart a.i. Edit: for some reason, I couldn't quite remember the enemy's name and weapon. It's Black Phantom Selen Vinland wielding the sword 'Blind'.

[@heavenly2k]

Shadow of War is one of the best games I ever played - I played it after they took the microtransactions out though.

[@EerieV23]

I got throught about 3/4 of Witcher 2 and then got bogged down by the difficulty and stopped playing. I went back when Witcher 3 was about to be released and replayed the first and finished the Witcher 2 with the Blue Shirts. I am really glad I did. I love these titles. I was so disappointed in Cyberpunk 2077. It has a great story, but the game play just gets boring after a while.

[@NextBeack]

Please do take a look at the Sunless Sea/Skies I would love to see you 100% that :D

[@Don_Corben]

For sure it's control. I cant even get myself to just finish it, every time i delete it after like 2-4 hours

[@BlueberryJamPie]

For me, I do not try at all on the Tales Of series. I just play the story and I am happy. They all have the get skills to 5* achiev, and to do that you gotta use the skill around 8k-12k times, each character has about 30 skills or so. I did a playthrough from start to finish of the whole story I had 2 skills at 5* that I got from the start and used in my combos. Some achievements are absurdly too grindy and don't even feel like an achievement and more of a huge chore.

[@christopherr.561]

I have zero interest in pushing to 100% on any game, even the ones I love, like others, I just play till I want to play something else, then sometimes comeback and sometimes not. But I get it’s your thing and for a reviewer it is nice to know/trust they gave the game a fair shot and truly played it

[@rubbercable]

Kenshi - an openworld-game so old, it doesn't have achievements or even an ending. Hope Kenshi 2 has one.

[@kamilkachnic7360]

When I finished one of the Tomb Raider games, the game crashed many times at the last boss, I will never know the ending.

[@icarusgaming6269]

I 100%ed Red Faction: Guerilla in like a week and loved it, one of my favorite shooters to this day. But I could only make it about three missions into the DLC where you play as Marauders before I had to delete it. It was awful

[@Shikao87]

Kongregate! I also enjoy TDs as well, now mostly play them on mobile from time to time. I usually don't give up on games... just leave them for indefinite later XP As for games I manged to 100% in the end, I would like to mentioned two games: Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes - it has multiplayer achievements, but even back then it had really small player base, so I couldn't just randomly go get them. I found people to get them with on Steam discussions. I ended up being in contact with one guy for years and we often traded sale cards... which reminds me I haven't spoken with for few sales, gotta change it! Torment: Tides of Numenera - it's a rare case when I did leave the game for some time and come back to 100% in the end. I made my first playthrough in first half of 2017 and got most of the achievements. Then I got all missing but one in 2018. And finally in 2021! I got the last one! And it's my most beloved/despised achievement: despised cause the things I had to very so in opposite of my usual playstyle and beloved, because I did get it and 100% in the end after 4 years since starting the game, also it's one of my rarest achievements

[@Zdiot]

I don’t know if you will read this or not this is on my feed. I have never watched any of you videos but this video is trending am new to you content and I will sub. I appreciate how honest you which is rare nowadays cause most people shit on things for the sake of it.

[@armaanfarid1117]

I really hope you consider giving out reviews that are not 100% completed. Your reviews are extremely good and I'm sure most of us would love to hear more of them even if it means having a title that specifies non 100% review.

[@MikeyTheRotten]

I grinded through Black Mesa, that game has 3 carry items, one from chapter 3 to the very end game, and one from chapter 10 I believe to end game. Then from chapter 14/15 onwards there was a third carry item, which albeit the third was only for a chapter or two added complexities when carrying two items. It's simply a try it and see for yourself. It was painful as the items are a hat a pizza box and a canister. If you like half life I'd recommend it.

[@Rachenviel]

I was going to 100% the OG Skyrim, but when one achievement bugged out and didn't unlock I downloaded a mod do activate it manually. Unfortunately I did something wrong and ALSO unlocked like 10 other achievements which I had not done. That ruined my motivation to do the rest of them because I knew that I had (unintenionally) cheated. Thinking about buying the SE version when it's on sale just to do it properly.

[@mightytaco123]

Gamefudge and armorgames were my go to for flash games as a kid lol.

[@Sctn187]

Believe it or not deadlight almost broke me the nightmare mode trophy is a full game in a sitting without dying and the controls are extremely unresponsive and the game calls for perfect play in many screens in which completely account for luck even when you're extremely skillful on that screen but after days of running the same rooms I finally got lucky enough to get to the ending

[@Fst105]

Love your content. Curious about your opinion on the ‘nemesis system’ Congratulations on your channel success. Extremely well deserved

[@MortismalGaming]

It's awesome and I'd love to see it in more places which sadly wont happen

[@Lin_Eileen]

@@MortismalGaming Yeah sadly it's trademarked now so it can't be in any other games exactly this way. Ubisoft did a diet-nemesis system in some of their recent AC titles but I think it's a thing they honestly could and should copy.... it would fit Assassin's Creed really well having targets who can remember you and learn from all ur actions ur mistakes and ur victories

[@Roovka_]

I feel you on the FF15 DLC slog. I did do all the singleplayer content, most of the DLC achievements (barring 2-3), etc but I kept putting off Comrades and by the end, I didn't feel like playing anymore.

[@dive_bomb3r]

Ha, interesting. Except Final Fantasy (never been a fan) I actually 100% all of those. I even held #1 on the leaderboard in Orcs Must Die! 2 on some maps for a while, notably the very first one, even e-mailed their customer service to clean leaderboards of cheaters for me. And they did, on one DLC map I went from #3 to #1. Game is super, super fun to grind for points with a friend, it's like an entirely different game. With 1 dead orc , if you knew what you were doing, you could get more points than people playing normally get through the entire map and you send literally dozens orcs at the same time through a killbox. You get to see a blob of 20+ orcs all flying through the air and when they land in the grinders entire screen fills with points in hundreds of thousands or millions a pop. Crazy fun.

[@gunlancer1920]

Final Fantasy XV was a grind, I also beat the whole game and extra bosses/hunts at level 1. Finishing Final Fantasy XV at level 1 is one of the best experiences I've had in gaming so far.

[@mrmogensen]

But did you do Dark Chronicle ?

[@ryancrozier7941]

I love seeing the ribbon on steam for 100% but I have completed very few games.