For many players, game achievements or trophies are the goal they pursue when playing games. Players also apparently hate achievements or trophies that can't be earned, which makes it impossible to get platinum or full achievements for the game.
thegamer counted ten PlayStation games that could not be awarded platinum, and all of them were unable to achieve platinum due to server shutdowns, glitches, or other strange reasons.
The list is as follows:
1. "Hero Sam: Siberian Rhapsody"
Nine months after the PC version was released, Hero Sam: Siberian Rhapsody was ported to PS and Xbox, but a number of features were axed as a result, one of which was the number of enemies option. The "Carnage Party" trophy, on the other hand, requires players to complete the co-op campaign in Serious mode with twice the number of enemies. This bug is still not fixed.
2. "Haunted House"
Haunted House is a roguelite game published by Atari, but due to some glitches, the game has three trophies that cannot be earned. One is to collect all the Atari cartridges, another is to get all the kitchen utensils, and the last one is to rescue each cat. Even if the player completes these missions, the trophy will not be unlocked.
3. "Rampage 4 Madness"
Rampage 4 Mania was platinum when it was first released, but then an official patch update caused the game to be buggy. As a result, users can't get "Jay Will Be Proud!" Trophies, which require you to buy all the cars in the game.
4. "Max Payne 3"
Many of the game's Platinum Trophies became unobtainable due to server shutdowns. This happens a lot if you follow the trophy hunter site, but it's especially painful for games that already have single-player trophies that are difficult to complete.
The hardest part of Max Payne 3 was "The Shadows Rushed Me", which required the player to complete the New York Minute Hardcore mode, where the player could not die once and needed to act quickly to complete it within the time limit.
5. "Mortal Kombat 9"
The first Mortal Kombat of the NetherRealm era was Mortal Kombat 9, and the game's PS3 servers were completely shut down, which was bad because MK9 had one of the most cumbersome trophies ever. "My Kung Fu Is Stronger" requires each character's playtime to reach the goal. This trophy could take years to complete, and now the servers are down.
6. "Boxing Night 5: Champions"
EA's Boxing Night 5: Champions servers were actually still running, the problem appeared in the gamebook, and the "The Rival Gyms" feature in the game stopped working and didn't get fixed for a decade. Considering that the time has been so long, there may not be a way to usher in a repair in the future.
7. "Big Bucks Hunter Arcade Edition"
In fact, if the player lives in North America, then this platinum game is easy. However, if you live in Europe or Australia, the situation is different. Big Buck Hunter Arcade received a patch to fix the trophy issue, but for some reason, the patch wasn't distributed to all regions.
8. "Cobra Kai 2: Dojo Rises"
The game was published by GameMill, the publisher behind Skull Island: King Kong Rise and The Walking Dead: Destiny. And the PS5 version of the game has as many as six problematic trophies. Given that the publisher is GameMill, don't expect a patch anytime soon.
9. "Professional Deer Hunter 2"
The trophies in this game are fairly easy to obtain, but it has a problematic trophy that in order to get it, you have to shoot the deer when it jumps, but no matter what you do, the trophy doesn't pop up.
10.《PONG Quest》
It's also an Atari game, with three trophies that you can't get for some reason, Rising Infection, Ballistic, and Killer Pillars. The first two require a considerable time commitment, but the last one is relatively straightforward. Since the game was released in early 2020, it doesn't seem like a patch will appear at this time.