A video game I am playing, reprise

Samurai Warriors 5, on the PlayStation 5 (this time)

Yes, I am playing an almost 3-year-old game, again! If you have read my stuff before or at least known me for a minute, you would (or should) know that I am a sucker for the musou formula popularized by developer Omega Force. Starting with Dynasty Warriors 3, to Samurai Warriors, the Fire Emblem Warriors, Hyrule Warriors, etc. Hacking and slashing your way through thousands of enemies, there's something very satisfactory about it. There was a running joke at the GameStop store I used to work at, since every iteration of these games, was pretty much the same thing but a slightly different different coat of paint.

In fact, this game, I played it almost three years ago on the Nintendo Switch. And today, in the year of our lord, 2024, I am playing it again and on a different system. To be honest I don't remember when or why I purchased this game again, this is not something new however, I tend to own the same game on different systems at times. And most likely it got purchased at a discounted deal.

Yet, here we are. This time around though, the intention is to unlock as many trophies as I possibly can, even as far as even try to "Platinum" it. I have never been as obsessed with Trophies on the PS as I used to be with achievements on the Xbox. In my gaming career (😅) I have Platinum 2 games, Ghost of Tsushima, and my most recent one, Spider-Man 2. So now I am on sort of a mission to get as many of these on games that I already own and I am familiar with, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge for example. I have even been playing with my oldest in coop, and yes I own this game, digitally, on the PS and Switch, and also a physical copy from Japan.

Anyway, I am having as much fun as I did the first time, and have been rewarded, in some way, for it.

Why the obsession with trophies now? I do not know. Will it fizzle away? Abso-fkn-lutely