This list is distinctly split into 2 main focus areas, with a typically large offering of Single Player trophies, along with some fairly gruelling trophies tied to the Multi-Player zombies game mode.
The campaign trophies are extremely run of the mill for a Call of Duty title, with a huge selection of progression based trophies for performing certain important actions throughout the main story, along with a handful of silver trophies awarded for beating chunks of the game on Veteran difficulty.
The "BLACK OP MASTER" trophy, awarded for beating the game on hardened or veteran difficulty, provides an often frustrating challenge you'd normally expect from a Call of Duty game, and although the trophy does offer the player to beat the game a lower difficulty than Veteran, it makes no sense to play the game through on any other difficulty level, given the fact there are still a handful of trophies granted for beating every level on Veteran difficulty anyway.
Beating the game on it's hardest difficulty setting is tough in spots, but compared to previous titles in the series, it's not overly hard, and all trophies related to the single player campaign, including the chapter specific ones, can easily be picked up within 10-15 hours, depending on how much you need to clean up at the end, but thankfully, you can afford to miss any of the chapter specific trophies, since chapter select allows you to reload any relevant points in the campaign and collect any that you might have missed.
The "Closer Analysis" trophy, awarded for finding all hidden intel, provides the collectibles angle for the game, but thankfully, you don't need to collect everything in a single playthrough, and any intel you may have missed along the way can be gathered up through the chapter select option, and it will still count towards trophy progress.
The Multi-Player trophies come in 2 forms, with 3 trophies allocated to the online Multi-Player game, and a further 4 attached to the games zombies mode.
The online trophies are easy, though the "In the Money" trophy, awarded for finishing 5 wager matches in the money, requires you to finish within the top 3 on 5 different occassions, which will require at least a moderate level of skill at the game if you want to be able to finish in the top 3 places 5 times.
Most of the difficulty with this Platinum comes from the trophies related to zombies mode, with a small clutch of trophies that are incredibly difficulty to achieve.
The "Sacrifical Lamb" trophy is the stand-out trophy in this list, awarded for shooting an ally with a Pack-A-Punched crossbow and killing 6 zombies with the explosion, and will require good co-operation, strong advancement during the games rounds and a bit of luck.
First of all, you'll need to need to get the Crossbow out of the mystery box, which is totally dependant on luck, and then it'll cost you 5000 points in order to upgrade it at the Pack-A-Punch machine, both of which are hard enough to do without actually achieving the trophy itself.
Thankfully, the trophy allows you to either be the shooter, or the recipient of the arrow, but by the time you've managed to get a crossbow, and fully upgrade it, you'll be deep into the game and it can get incredibly easy to be swamped by a horde of zombies quickly, so it's important to react fast and make sure you have a solid plan. It isn't difficult to actually kill 6 zombies, since the special power of the upgraded crossbow attracts zombies to the arrow, but the process and build-up leading to the final stage will most likely take numerous attempts, so you need to be committed to this trophy in order to achieve.
The "See Me, Stab Me, Heal Me" trophy, awarded for reviving a downed ally with a Pack-A-Punched Ballistic Knife from a distance, also deserves a mention.
Again, as is the same with the crossbow, the ballistic knife can only be achieved through the mystery box, and also requires 5000 points to upgrade at the Pack-A-Punch machine. Thankfully, once you've completed both of those steps, you can leave 1 zombie alive at the end of the round, and allow him to down your team-mate, at which point you can revive him without having to worry about a swarm of zombies being after you at the same time.
It does also specify, albeit loosely, that the knife has to be fired "from a distance", which is completely open in regards to how far away that has to be in order to meet the requirements that will unlock the trophy, and you will need some solid aim to hit your partner from a considerable distance away, so it's better to start shorter and go longer until you find you've gone far enough for the trophy to unlock.
You'll need to patient, and willing to try multiple times in order to unlock the zombie related trophies, and it can become an arduous and frustrating venture, depending on how many attempts you need to fulfil the requirements of both of these trophies.
Overall, this is a tough Platinum to achieve when you take everything into account. The Single Player portion of the game is tough in parts, especially on Veteran difficulty, but generally a relaxed journey, and being able to use chapter select to clean up trophies and collect any remaining intelligence makes it much easier. You will need to beat every level on veteran difficulty, which bumps the rating up slightly, but you can still unlock every Single Player trophy within 15 hours or so.
However, it's the zombies trophies that provide the toughest challenge in this list, with the 2 aforementioned carrying the bulk of the difficulty rating. You need good co-operation and a solid plan in order to achieve them both, and you should definitely prepare yourself for commitment towards numerous attempts in order to knock off the zombies mode altogether.
It's difficult to put an overall timescale on completion, simply for the reason that it will depend on how many attempts you need at the zombies mode trophies, but if you have the right tactics and an equally dedicated partner, you shouldn't really need too many attempts, and the overall Platinum completion time should fall somewhere into the 20-30 hour mark.
I guess World at War is now officially the co-owner of the hardest Call of Duty Platinum crown. Never saw that one coming.
Notable Trophies -
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| BLACK OP MASTER - Complete the campaign on Hardened or Veteran difficulty Sacrificial Lamb - Shoot or be shot at by an all with a Pack-A-Punch crossbow and kill 6 zombies with the explosion See Me, Stab Me, Heal Me - Fire a Pack-A-Punched Ballistic Knife at a downed ally to revive them from a distance |
Sacrificial Lamb
Shoot at, or be shot at by an ally with a Pack-A-Punch crossbow, and kill 6 zombies with the explosion.
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