Trophies
Trophies are a feature of the PlayStation Network (PSN).
There are four different trophy types.
- A trophy of the lowest difficulty. These trophies are easier to obtain.
- A trophy of medium difficulty. These trophies are a bit trickier to obtain.
- A trophy of high difficulty. These trophies might be too difficult to get for some gamers.
- A trophy only obtained by collecting all other trophies in a game. These trophies are only found in regular retail games. Trophies of Downloadable Content (DLC) do not have to be obtained to get a platinum trophy.
The Xbox 360 equivalent is called Achievements.
Tomb Raider Legend
- Main article: Tomb Raider Legend Trophies
Tomb Raider Legend for PS3 was not released until March 22nd when it came out as part of the Tomb Raider Trilogy. The game came with a brand new set of Trophies differing from the Xbox 360 Achievements for Tomb Raider Legend.
Tomb Raider Underworld
- Main article: Tomb Raider Underworld Trophies
At first there were no trophies for Tomb Raider Underworld, the first Tomb Raider Game to be released on PlayStation 3, however these were later added through a patch, coming out May 28th 2009.
Gamers who want to collect all trophies are advised to remove their savegame data completely and then starting a brand new game with the trophy patch installed. Otherwise they will have trouble obtaining the trophies for collecting all secrets.
The trophy patch will render downloaded savegames from other users useless to prevent trophy cheating. To use a savegame by another user anyway, the gamer needs to remove the trophy patch by deleting the game, reinstall the game and remain offline while loading the savegame. Then saving the game again (to gain ownership) and reinstall the trophy patch. A trophy can not be gained or made easier this way.
