Hello there dear listeners!

Welcome back to another episode of Trophy Talk, and our first episode in October, aka Spooky Season! This is a favorite time of year for many of us in the community as it marks a time when we get to engage with horror media to a greater degree than normal. The nights are getting longer and the weather colder (except in California apparently), meaning it's time to cozy up with a good scary game and earn some trophies. As such, we felt it appropriate to review the trophy list for Bloober Team's Silent Hill 2 Remake, coming out on October 9th. While initially many were skeptical of the game due to its first trailers and gameplay reveals, recent days have seen glowing review scores start to pour in for Silent Hill 2. After seeing these reviews and looking at this trophy list, it is admittedly hard not to get excited. The trophy hunt appears to be faithful to the original list from the HD version of Silent Hill 2 on PS3, while also getting rid of some elements of the original list that made it incredibly frustrating. Don't get us wrong, this list will likely be relatively tough, but that balance appears to be right and there's a speedrun trophy wahoo! With Surviving the Horror this month covering Silent Hill 2, this won't be the last you hear of the game in the coming weeks.

That's not all we have in store for this episode though. Community member and long time listener ZacLre has created a fantastic spreadsheet of statistics from our Discord members and we're excited to share some of those findings with you all. Have you ever wondered just what the most platinumed game is among the community or who has the most platinum trophies in Call of Duty and Final Fantasy? Well we're here to tell you the answers to those questions, as well as many more fun facts about our communities cumulative trophies. ZacLre's spreadsheet is a fantastic resource for our community and we're very appreciative of his efforts in making it.

Surrounding both of the aforementioned larger discussions, are plat shout outs, our favorite trophy earned in the last week, and a slew of Patreon questions for us to dig into. So sit down, grab a soda (and for Cthulhu's sake some ice), and enjoy the show.