PS3 Games That Never Got Trophy Support

Now that Sony has officially declared that it is pulling the plug on the PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, and PlayStation Vita’s digital stores, many PlayStation fans are looking to preserve some of the legacy platforms’ obscure hits. Trophy hunters are also looking to add some unique finds to their collections, though not every game on the systems supported Trophies. Many games were released before the Trophy feature was implemented in July 2008, while others were released before it became mandatory in January 2009.

However, a selection of games from this period were later patched to include Trophies. It bears mentioning that most games released without Trophies do feature Xbox Achievements for their Xbox 360 counterparts, as that feature was a requirement from the console's launch. Still, a lot of interesting PS3 games were released in this period that never received Trophies, and some may be interested to see what history has left behind.

Folklore is a 2007 action-RPG developed by Game Republic and published by Sony. The game is set in Ireland and the Celtic Otherworld of Irish mythology, focusing on a young woman named Ellen and a journalist named Keats. Both playable characters work together to unravel the mystery hidden by the quaint village of Doolin. Said mystery can only be solved by seeking the memories of the dead in the dangerous, spirit-filled Netherworld. Folklore is an interesting and often forgotten piece of action-RPG history, and is remembered mostly for the use of the Sixaxis motion controls to absorb spirits for new abilities.

Folklore is remembered with some fondness, but the first-person shooter Haze is not. The game was developed by Free Radical Design and published by Ubisoft in May 2008. Releases for Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows were cancelled, probably because of Haze’s poor sales and reviews. The game takes place in a dystopian future where players control a soldier that’s part of a militia making heavy use of the drug Nectar. Shortly into the game, the player character realizes the horrors of the drug and joins a rebellion to fight it. The story was trying to be current and subversive, but it fell utterly flat, and the extremely plain FPS gameplay didn’t help.

Heavenly Sword is a 2007 action-adventure hack-and-slash game developed by Ninja Theory and published by Sony on the PlayStation 3. While the game is Ninja Theory’s second title, many consider it the first, as it started the trend in its games to focus on both superior graphics and better combat than many of its Western peers. The game is especially well-known for its motion capture technology, which famously got actor Andy Serkis interested enough to play the main villain and co-write the script.

Less famous is the critically panned Lair, an action-adventure title developed by Factor 5 and published by Sony. It was released for the PlayStation 3 in August 2007. While the game was praised for its visuals, Lair’s gameplay left much to be desired. Players get to control a dragon-riding knight, and take their dragon through various war sequences. Most battles took place in the air, though the dragon occasionally landed to engage in combat.