After about 14 playthroughs, it is done

[NateDog]

A diabolical achievement by all accounts. Requiring minimum 8 playthroughs and even then only if you are dedicating each one of those to a specific task; one playthrough needing to be 35+ hours; not allowing you to import previous save data from before the introduction of Playstation Trophies (so you can enjoy getting the Big Boss emblem a second time); enduring tailing that idiot in Act 3 again and again and again with no real way to speed him up.

On the plus side, if anyone needs any speedrunning tips I'm right here. I will assume that Konami will make the platinum on the Vol. 2 Collection much easier to obtain, although I'm going to completely ignore any trophies for that regardless.

[Sunless_Heaven]

i'm so ready to do this all over again

[Dirty Duck]

[MGWSpike]

I will assume that Konami will make the platinum on the Vol. 2 Collection much easier to obtain, although I'm going to completely ignore any trophies for that regardless.

I read that Konami kept the MGS4 trophies as is for Master Collection Vol. 2.

What do you think was worse? Getting the Chicken rank or the Big Boss rank? Did you use the DLC camo textures with special properties?

[NateDog]

I will assume that Konami will make the platinum on the Vol. 2 Collection much easier to obtain, although I'm going to completely ignore any trophies for that regardless.

I read that Konami kept the MGS4 trophies as is for Master Collection Vol. 2.

What do you think was worse? Getting the Chicken rank or the Big Boss rank? Did you use the DLC camo textures with special properties?

They're both a pain in different ways. The chicken rank involved me having to leave the console on overnight and doing a bunch of mundane tasks that took a fair amount of time and I despise that in video-games. 

On the other hand, BB rank requires you to be very tight with time and efficient. Act 3 is a particular pain because I found the resistance member almost tried to get in the way of PMC soldiers, and in the third act on extreme there's the addition of a patrolling car going around which is another layer of difficulty. Then the last section before the boss can be awkward as you're trying to aim at enemies with a one-shot pistol while moving constantly. The FROGS in Act 1 are a nightmare on extreme because they have a regular habit of killing members of Rat Patrol so there's little you can do to fix it, you need a fair bit of luck with it. Act 2 is fine IIRC except for the final section as it can be easy to kill enemies, and the part immediately before the final B&B Unit battle in Act 5 can be challenging too. So I suppose I'd have to say BB just because it's challenging, Chicken is just monotonous. The benefit for me with BB was that I had already done it once by the time trophies were introduced to MGS4, so I had to do it again but at least I knew what I needed to do in most areas.