Explore the emotional journey of trophy hunting with challenging, impossible, and glitched platinum trophies that test gaming passion and perseverance.

As I sit here staring at my PSN profile with over 100 platinum trophies glimmering back at me, I can't help but feel a twinge of pain for those incomplete journeys that haunt my collection. You know what's worse than a challenging platinum? An impossible one. There's nothing quite like the soul-crushing realization that no matter how skilled you become or how many hours you invest, certain games will forever remain at that frustrating 70-90% completion.

Let me take you through my personal hall of pain - ten games that have left permanent scars on my trophy hunting soul in 2025. Consider this your warning label before you embark on these heartbreaking journeys.

Red Ronin: The Trophy That Refuses to Exist

Imagine slicing through enemies in a brilliant hybrid of Hotline Miami and turn-based combat. That's Red Ronin, a game I absolutely adored... until it betrayed me. After completing every challenge, including finishing the game without dying and under one hour (which nearly cost me my sanity), I discovered the cruelest joke of all - the "Red Ronin" trophy itself is glitched!

This simple story completion trophy refuses to pop no matter how many times I've beaten the game. I'm not alone in this purgatory either - forums are filled with fellow hunters who've met the same fate. It's like finishing a marathon only to find out the finish line was an illusion.

Overwatch: The Ghost of Gaming Past

Remember the original Overwatch? That masterpiece that was unceremoniously replaced by its sequel? Well, if you didn't grab all its trophies before the merger, you're doomed to an eternal reminder of your failure. My profile stands at a mocking 77% complete, forever judging my procrastination.

People Also Ask: Can I still get trophies from the original Overwatch?

Nope! When Overwatch 2 fully replaced the original game, those trophies became as extinct as the dodo. Now we're left with nothing but memories and incomplete trophy lists.

Battleborn: The Fallen Contender

Pour one out for Battleborn, 2K's ambitious hero shooter/MOBA hybrid that dared to challenge Overwatch. I actually enjoyed its unique character roster and gameplay mix, but the gaming gods were not smiling upon it. When the servers shut down in January 2021, they took all platinum dreams with them.

If you're one of the rare souls who managed to platinum this game before its demise, your trophy list now contains a digital artifact rarer than most NFTs. I'm not jealous at all. Nope. Not one bit. 😭

Concord: The Two-Week Wonder

Oh, Concord. Sony's hopeful Overwatch competitor that lasted about as long as my New Year's resolutions. I had to play this for work, and never imagined I'd be writing its obituary just two weeks after launch. When the servers shut down on September 6, 2024, my sad 7% completion was permanently cemented in my profile.

Apparently, some trophy hunting ninjas managed to grab the platinum before Concord's untimely demise, making it an ultra-rare 0.2% achievement. To those speed-runners, I tip my hat while quietly muttering curses under my breath.

Friday the 13th: My 200-Hour Heartbreak

This one hurts the most. I poured over 200 hours into Friday the 13th: The Game, slashing campers and fleeing from Jason. The trophy list was deliciously themed with requirements like murdering 1313 people as Jason or completing 666 matches. I was well on my way to glory when the developers announced the servers would shut down on December 31, 2024.

People Also Ask: Are there any offline trophies still available in Friday the 13th?

Yes, but without the online components, the platinum remains forever out of reach. It's like having all the ingredients for a cake except the flour - technically you have stuff, but you're not making a cake.

Conarium: Lovecraftian Trophy Horror

As a cosmic horror enthusiast, Conarium seemed like the perfect game to add to my platinum collection. The atmosphere was perfect, the story compelling... until I finished it and realized some of the ending trophies were glitched beyond repair.

Players have reached out to developers for a fix, but it seems we're more likely to witness the actual rising of Cthulhu than get a patch. Perhaps that's the real cosmic horror - the friends we didn't make and the trophies we couldn't earn along the way.

Mirror's Edge Catalyst: Faith Lost

Dear game developers, I'm begging you - PLEASE stop putting online trophies in single-player games! Mirror's Edge Catalyst is a prime example of this trophy hunting sin. This beautiful parkour adventure had its servers shut down on December 8, 2023, making two online trophies ("User Generated Finisher" and "You can't keep me down") completely unobtainable.

Every time I see this game in my library, I'm reminded of how close I came to platinum glory. It's like running a perfect parkour route only to miss the final jump by millimeters.

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves - Nate's Betrayal

Uncharted 2 remains one of my favorite games of all time, with some of the most enjoyable trophies I've ever hunted. The crushing difficulty run, weapon mastery, and collectible hunting were all delightful challenges.

But since Naughty Dog shut down the servers on September 3, 2019, the platinum has been locked behind just TWO easy online trophies. TWO! All you needed was to complete a single match in each mode! The cruelty is almost artistic.

Yes, you can still get the platinum in The Nathan Drake Collection, but for purists who own the original PS3 version, that list will forever remain incomplete. Et tu, Nate?

LittleBigPlanet 3: The Indefinite Timeout

In early 2024, LittleBigPlanet 3's servers went offline due to "technical issues." We all thought it would be temporary. Here we are in 2025, and Sackboy is still sitting in the digital waiting room.

People Also Ask: Will LittleBigPlanet 3 servers ever come back online?

At this point, I'd sooner expect Half-Life 3 to be announced. The "indefinite" server outage has effectively made the online trophies impossible to obtain, and with them, the platinum.

Mad Max: The Desert of Broken Dreams

Mad Max is criminally underrated - a fantastic open-world survival action game that deserved more love. What it didn't deserve was having its platinum trophy locked behind a single online requirement.

When the servers shut down on October 31, 2020, the "Up to the Task" trophy became unobtainable, and with it, any hopes of platinum glory. One trophy. ONE! It's like building an entire car only to discover you can't get a single bolt, rendering the whole vehicle useless.

The Trophy Hunter's Dilemma

As we move further into 2025, I can't help but wonder about the ephemeral nature of gaming achievements. When we invest countless hours into hunting trophies, are we setting ourselves up for inevitable disappointment as servers shut down and games become abandoned?

Perhaps there's something poetically fitting about these impossible platinums. In a hobby where completion is the ultimate goal, these unattainable trophies remind us that some journeys are meant to remain unfinished, some quests eternally ongoing.

Or maybe that's just what I tell myself to sleep at night while my OCD screams about those incomplete trophy lists. 🙃

What do you think - should developers be required to patch games to make all trophies obtainable offline before abandoning them? Or is the fleeting nature of these digital accomplishments part of what makes trophy hunting so special in the first place?