Platinum Difficulty Rating

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Collected Trophy Difficulty Rating: 3.93

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Voting Guidelines

1. Do not vote unless you have played the game.
2. Do not vote until you have dedicated a substantial amount of time towards the game.
3. Do not vote based solely on the descriptions from the trophy list.
4. A time consuming game does not necessarily mean a difficult game so vote accordingly.
   
   Examples;
   • Warhawk is time consuming and difficult.
   • Resistance 2 is time consuming, but not difficult.
5. Vote with honesty and integrity.

[Qu1ck57r1k3]

For me this was about a 5, the challenges near the end were kinda hard ;_; still, I'm a proud owner of the platinum trophy for all 3 games

[hyousai]

I give it a 3, given that some of the challenges are pretty...challenging. Nothing hair-pulling though, even if it is the toughest Platinum of the collection.

[8BitArtist]

i gave sly 1 a 2, sly 2 a 1 and sly 3 a 3.

the challenges is what bumps this up a little bit. nothing too terrible though.

[GODCHILD1020]

Same as 8bit, the Challenges is what gives this platinum a 3

[Arumat]

I haven't voted yet I'm 1 challenge away from Plat but I give it a 5 for me only because some of the challenges where hard as shit for me. I'm still currently stuck on 1 challenge and It's beat the Gauntlet with no check points and before time runs out if anyone wants to do this for me contact me through PSN lol shit is pissin me off

[YokA_sun]

It's harder than I thought. Definitely a 4 for first time player.

[BigBacon87]

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I haven't voted yet I'm 1 challenge away from Plat but I give it a 5 for me only because some of the challenges where hard as shit for me. I'm still currently stuck on 1 challenge and It's beat the Gauntlet with no check points and before time runs out if anyone wants to do this for me contact me through PSN lol shit is pissin me off
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That's cheating. Boosting is one thing, asking other people to platinum games for you.. is pathetic. Why not stick with it and actually know you accomplished something for yourself. Why would you even want a platinum knowing you didn't really get it? I helped my roomie out with the challenge rooms on Batman: Arkham Asylum and have teased him ever since.
As for the actual game I won't vote until I get the platty to go with the others, but glad to hear this one is a little trickier than the first 2 at least. While I will be glad to add another to the collection real quick I'm not a huge fan of hand me out platinums. In my opinion it's just too bad that this happens to be the most time consuming platinum as the first 2 games are more enjoyable. Hopefully Sly 4 will stick with Sly and the Gang and not bother with new bunk characters like Guru. Guru sucks.

[YokA_sun]

I like Guru a lot. I hate the new rabbit girl forgot her name. The control is awful. They should polish all turrent control for sly 4.

BTW. I don't think people should rate the plat based on their memory of playing it on PS2. It's not accurate.

The challenges are okay, not hard at all after you complete the game. The first time playthrough was little frustrating at times simply because I was new to the gameplay and its not obvious many time what to expect. Once you get a hang of it, everything is simple.

Still a 4

[kiwidust]

Personally I'm just a few challenges away from the Plat. and I may not continue. Most of the challenges are decent, but just a few are downright nasty - mean-spirited even.

Something like the gauntlet run isn't impossible - but it is frustrating as hell. With the most difficult parts last you end up spending significant time just reaching the point you're having trouble with - often only to die due to camera or control issues. Others like the "destroy 16 drones" challenge are just plain maddening: poor controls, overly aggressive difficulty (why can the drones shoot forward as well - that's just salt in the wound of missing them?) and no chances for redemption (no health, no way to redeem mistakes).

Again, not impossible - but simply no fun. That's key: this isn't fun and I'm too old and work too hard to spend this much time with something that just feels like more work.

(Update: in a fit of pique I just ran through the last eight or nine challenges and got the Plat in about an hour. I still felt much more frustrated than entertained, but at least I don't have to know that it was just hanging out there at 91%.)