Board 8 > Platinum #68 and Trophy #5000 - Lara Croft GO

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https://psnprofiles.com/trophies/5636-lara-croft-go/Articuno2001
https://www.truetrophies.com/game/Lara-Croft-GO/trophies?gamerid=5963&showall=1

Overall, after playing Hitman GO earlier this year, I wasn't as impressed as I could have been. No extra missions, just get to the end of the level taking as many moves as you need. The extra missions became a hidden object game in the form of collectable vases, some which can only be seen from the right spot in the level - some being hidden very well and pretty rewarding when found. While the extra missions were removed, I think the regular mission difficulty was upgraded slightly, especially in the extra levels added after the ending, which was welcome to see. Even after the ending the game will still throw new tricks and puzzles at you, keeping the game's puzzles from getting too repetitive. I didn't like the controls much though. Without being able to use the control pad was a baffling idea and it led me to a lot of avoidable deaths. The touch controls for the vases and menus are good, which makes sense for a mobile port. I would definitely recommend Hitman GO over this game, but this game is still solid and worth a buy.

I wasn't expecting to get 5,000 trophies this fast, and it kind of snuck up on me with not many choices for a platinum (PSNProfiles says I got 149 trophies last month, second most in a month for me). I had started this for the Alphabet Challenge on TrueTrophies, and being a short game it was easy to finish up for this. I hit 4,000 (with the South Park platinum) in August 2016, so 6,000 in June 2018 I guess? Hopefully I'll be more alert this time to platinum a game I like a lot more that time.
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