[quote name='io']I might add Assassin's Creed II to my "favorite" spot but I have a feeling the last trophy is going to be a pain. I have everything done except the "collectathon" one (the 100 feathers). I spent about 3 hours last night running all over Florence and Venice with the vision thingy activated looking for the sparkle of feathers on rooftops. I picked up about 24, putting me just over 80 total, and I have a lot more of Venice to comb over. But without any indication of where the rest might be I have a feeling the last few will take forever to find. I could use a guide/FAQ but that would mean revisiting every single location to make sure I have it or not, which is another kind of tedium. I thought maube running around the rooftops would be enough since they are usually pretty easy to see up there but then one time by accident I fell and happened to look under a tunnel and there was one in there. If there are any more like that it might take me a long time to find them all!
But in any case, there's an example of a game where the trophies are a bit unbalanced. I picked up nearly all of them in the normal course of the game just by taking a moderate amount of time on sidequests/exploring. It was very balanced at that point. I got the villa up to 80% of its value which was pretty easy (now that trophy should have been for 100% since that didn't take too much more effort). I had everything but the feathers and a couple of fighting trophies at the end. I got the fighting ones pretty easily last night and then was just left with the feathers to collect. That one just ruins what otherwise had been a nice balance of main story progression and "extras" trophies. I wouldn't mind it so much if it would tell me which cities still had feathers left. If I could narrow it down like that then I might enjoy the exploring - but running around a city for an hour when it doesn't even have one left will be pretty frustrating.[/QUOTE]
Yep, share your pain... To plat your favorite games and knowing that the one trophy stopping you is "collect ALL xxx" is annoying as hell.
In most games there are mini maps where you can locate the missing treasures (like R&C:ACiT and Where the Wild Things Are). While the mini maps need to be unlocked, but still, they make your treasure hunting more fun (not a chore at least).
The PoP 2008 game, collect all 1001 light seeds doesn't suffer the "tedium" problem because they can be spotted if you go to higher ground (there's also an area indicator to how many left).
InFamous, the shards are a tedium too... You have to continuously pressing the radar button to hunt them all, sucks. I haven't plat that game yet...
Uncharted games are very balanced in the treasure hunt. Each treasure has its own name, so you can check the "master" list and look up the ones you don't have... Unfortunately, not so in Tomb Raider UW

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In general, "collect ALL xxx" trophies shouldn't be too taxing, but i guess not all the game trophies are created equal. Platinum Hannah Montana or ACII is pretty much the same in terms of PSN experience points, but obviously, ACII is more prestigious than HM :lol: