Originally posted by ThatEpicSomeone
Lets say I've plat a game, completely, but I replay all of the things that'll supposed to happen like a certain amount of kills. Does that not unlock the trophy but saves it unlock instantly when a new user registers the profile? I'm trying to understand how these work a little bit better because they seem pretty random.
It depends how the trophies are coded to check and pop. For checking the code is simple (once requirements are met for a trophy the system checks your trophy list and if you haven't earned the trophy it pops) However, when the game performs checks varies for example, some games all trophies pop at main menu with a platinum save, there's others where you need to do 1 more thing of whatever the trophy is for, and there's others where the platinum save won't pop anything because the trophies are coded to never perform a "check" after the requirements are already reached.
Therefore, platinum saves can instant pop all trophies or you have to play with the save to unlock trophies or it doesn't pop anything....it all depends on the coding of the game.
For example, a trophy for getting 100 wins. Sometimes it autopops, sometimes you have to get more 1 win, sometimes it won't pop at all and you would need a save with 99 wins.
Hope this is clear enough for you.
Its also best to create a save right before getting each trophy just be safe and if you want it to look legit for others. Then once you get all your saves test the platinum save and if that pops trophies then that's all that is needed if someone doesn't care about timestamps.