Yep, got my first platinum today, in, what else, New Vegas. Which means I’m now finally ready to begin Deus Ex: Human Revolutions, which I’ve had since the release.

Some spoilers (of New Vegas) may follow.

Played it a total of three times. It has four different major endings, and I did two of them in my latest play-through, doing as much of both as I could and when they began to conflict I saved and finished them one at the time (taking a bunch of hours actually, so it’s not like the split is close to the end).

Aside from the four major endings there are a lot of lesser variations depending on what you did during the game. The ending is shown in the form of a movie that’s really well done I have to say, you basically get to know what happens to the places you’ve been and the people you’ve met during the game, and it all depends a lot on your actions (but it’s not always obvious exactly how while you’re playing.)

This platinum is not that difficult a trophy to get, but it is time-consuming. The Fallout wikia says 80+ hours, but even then you almost have to target the trophies from the start. I’ve played for about 100-150 hours I’d say, but I’m a slow player (also doing a lot more than taking the trophies), and my by far most comprehensive play-through was the one in hardcore mode. It would have been faster to make that a shorter play-through just to get the hardcore trophy, and leave the exploration and such to normal mode. I didn’t, but it was probably more fun this way. Really, efficiency in gaming can be detrimental to the joy of it (not always).

There are moments in New Vegas when everything comes together perfectly and creates really memorable experiences. It’s almost crazy a video game can do that. Crazy but awesome.

Anyways, now I’m ready to take on Deus Ex, maybe starting tomorrow.