Platinum Difficulty Rating

[KneeKnee]

Originally Posted by Misantropus

Can I use these DLC characters right from the beginning?

I only have Gordon/Jennifer/Thursday pack and the Dragon/Mid-Boss/Action Prinny pack.

You can make a dragon right off the bat, but the rest you cant use until you defeat them. They will be under "recruiting" in the dimension gate.

You have to beat them all before using. (i think Gordon joins w/o a fight.) They ae level 100 and have some great equipment, which, of course, isnt included when you gain them.

[Niktaw]

Action Prinny's best attribute is his evility that grants him +50% evade, but makes him take 10X damage. basically this is the cheap way to the 10 billion trophy because Baal in the land of carnage with braveheart cast on him will do over 10 bill to him. the one where he doesn't die but returns to the base panel with 1 hp is useful, but everytime he dies it counts as one guy out of your 10, so you could do the same thing by making a bunch of crappy character and marching them out there to their deaths, if you were just using him to wait for pirates.

by the way i gave this an 8, extremely time consuming and half of the trophies are chance based (pirates), plus several others take FOREVER to set up (reverse trophies, counters, block combos, etc.).

[Cauchy]

Even though this game takes little to no dexterity, it does require a lot of skill. Getting to the point where you actually can start getting trophies is really hard and extremely time consuming. If you have an old save file that has leveled up characters, this makes the process (much) easier. Once you've managed to get your characters leveled up, you then have to cross your fingers and hope you get really lucky and encounter (and beat) a ton of pirates. Finally, there's the reverse pirating trophies, which are the most thought provoking trophies I've encountered to date. All of these reasons are why I gave this game a 9.

[Misantropus]

Originally Posted by Cauchy

Even though this game takes little to no dexterity, it does require a lot of skill. Getting to the point where you actually can start getting trophies is really hard and extremely time consuming. If you have an old save file that has leveled up characters, this makes the process (much) easier. Once you've managed to get your characters leveled up, you then have to cross your fingers and hope you get really lucky and encounter (and beat) a ton of pirates. Finally, there's the reverse pirating trophies, which are the most thought provoking trophies I've encountered to date. All of these reasons are why I gave this game a 9.

Think I'll give up on this Plat then, only thing I hate more than multiplayer trophies is luck-based trophies.

[Hitchcocker]

Geez I thought the platinum would have been a straight forward affair but looking at Cauchy's description, it looks anything but it.

[Ehou]

Originally Posted by Hitchcocker

Geez I thought the platinum would have been a straight forward affair but looking at Cauchy's description, it looks anything but it.

Yeah, the trophies are "not for the weak of heart" or whatever the trophy guide guy commented in the separate thread. I'm presently at over 125hrs played, have all 9999 level characters and am farming for a rank 40 weapon. Despite all of this, I have only accumulated a pathetic 37% of the trophies. Hard times.

Disgaea 3 is fantastic, but unless you're particularly hardcore - stay away from trophy hunting this thing. It's as bad if not WORSE then described.

[starcrunch061]

I rate it a 7. There is nothing particular hard, but the simple process of building up a character to take on the Baal and Prinny pirates is a tough ordeal, taking many, many hours.

[Ehou]

Originally Posted by olsen77

Rate the trophy difficulty.

Voting Guidelines
1. DO NOT rate a game unless you have actually played it. Don't place a vote based on how the trophies look. Remember, everyone thought "Mirror's Edge" would be easy based on how the trophies looked.
2. Don't rate a game unless you've put some time into it.
3. Remember, time consuming does not always equal difficult. "Warhawk" is time consuming and difficult. "Resistance 2" is time consuming, but not difficult at all.
4. Vote honestly.

Average rating: 7.7/10

In response to the guidelines above, specifically item #3 (in red text) ...

I strongly disagree /w this lines application to Disgaea 3. I have only one trophy remaining ( Reverse Viking trophy) and have clocked over 170hrs+ onto the game time. As a counter-example, Bionic Commando (retail) was certainly a much more difficult game, but it only took a cumulative ~30hrs or less to plat.

Part of Disgaea 3's difficulty comes from:

1. A massive amount of content and complexity that requires ~150hrs+ to master.
2. The sheer randomness of some encounters (Baal/Prinny/10Gents) that are beyond your control as a player.

I would rate this game as a 9.0 in terms of Platinum difficulty. This is reflected in the extremely low % of people that actually have it. There are much more difficult games that will require a fraction of the time expenditure; but an extremely few games hold a candle to the dedication Disgaea 3 requires for Plat.

There's a reason why so few people have Plat'd this thing. It's relentless, massive and downright serious business.

[KneeKnee]

Originally Posted by Ehou

In response to the guidelines above, specifically item #3 (in red text) ...

I strongly disagree /w this lines application to Disgaea 3. I have only one trophy remaining ( Reverse Viking trophy) and have clocked over 170hrs+ onto the game time. As a counter-example, Bionic Commando (retail) was certainly a much more difficult game, but it only took a cumulative ~30hrs or less to plat.

Part of Disgaea 3's difficulty comes from:

1. A massive amount of content and complexity that requires ~150hrs+ to master.
2. The sheer randomness of some encounters (Baal/Prinny/10Gents) that are beyond your control as a player.

I would rate this game as a 9.0 in terms of Platinum difficulty. This is reflected in the extremely low % of people that actually have it. There are much more difficult games that will require a fraction of the time expenditure; but an extremely few games hold a candle to the dedication Disgaea 3 requires for Plat.

There's a reason why so few people have Plat'd this thing. It's relentless, massive and downright serious business.

I agree 100%. I voted 10/10. Without a doubt, the hardest Platinum I have ran across.

It took me 2 months, and about 200 hours to 100%. In that time I probably could have gotten quite a few other plats.

Absolutely stoked I am done with this. I am proud to be one of few to have earned this. Now, back to trophy spamming.

[BinaryDelt]

I've been looking for a good RPG on the PS3, and this one sounds challenging to boot. I might pick this up.