Summary
- PS Plus Premium now offers Trophy support for classic games like Herc's Adventures, rewarding players for in-game achievements.
- Players can earn Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Platinum trophies, with the Platinum being the highest achievement for completing all requirements.
- Herc's Adventures, set in a comedic Ancient Greece, allows players to choose from three characters with unique abilities and explore a world full of humor and mythological creatures.
The classic 1997 PS1 game Herc's Adventures has just received Trophy support on PlayStation 4. This retro action-adventure title, developed by Big Ape Productions and published by LucasArts, now rewards PS Plus Premium players with virtual trophies for their in-game achievements.
The PS Plus Premium Trophy support in classic games allows players to earn a variety of trophies as they progress through a game. Trophies are divided into four categories (Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Platinum), each representing the difficulty or importance of the in-game tasks. The Platinum trophy is the highest achievement for players who complete all other trophy requirements. In 2020, the Trophy system was updated to expand the level range from 1 to 999, making every trophy earned a valuable addition to a player’s overall ranking.
PS Plus Premium Classic Games for May 2023 Come With Trophy Support
It appears that the new classic games coming to PlayStation Plus Premium in May 2023 will feature support for trophies at launch.
Available exclusively through the PS Plus Premium service, Trophy support for Herc's Adventures will only be accessible on the PS4. For those who aren't familiar, Herc's Adventures is a comedic action-adventure game from the PS1 era, set in a whimsical version of Ancient Greece. Players can choose from three characters; Hercules, Atlanta, or Jason, each with their own unique abilities that shape the gameplay. Players need to navigate a world full of mythological creatures, puzzles, and a good dose of humor in order to rescue Persephone from Hades.
Herc's Adventures Receives Trophy Support on PS4
Players can also explore different areas in any order, fight enemies, and use a range of weapons and abilities. The game’s top-down view, colorful cartoonish graphics, and open-ended gameplay, along with the humorous health system where characters lose weight as they get hurt, have made it well-regarded among fans of classic PS1 video games.
The new Trophy support for Herc's Adventures follows the trend seen with other classic games. Recently, both Thrillville, the theme park sim, and Resistance: Retribution for the PSP received their own Trophy updates. In Thrillville, players can earn trophies by completing various in-game challenges, including running missions in the park, and Resistance: Retributio n now has 28 trophies in total, with 1 Platinum, 7 Gold, 8 Silver, and 12 Bronze.
Herc's Adventures now joins the ranks of classic games that have been modernized for today’s players, offering fans the chance to enjoy its unique blend of action, humor, and mythological adventure with the added incentive of Trophy hunting. As part of the PS Plus Premium lineup, this update ensures that Herc's Adventures remains an enjoyable experience.
WHERE TO PLAY
It's time to get mythical and kick some Greek monster butt. Try on the super-strength of Hercules, or the lightning speed of Atlanta, or the street smarts of Jason. It's open season on the one-eyed Cyclops, the multi-headed Hydra, Medusa with the snake hairdo, sword-swinging skeletons, deranged gods, nasty Martians, crazy clowns or other not-so-mythological monstrosities. With your arsenal of arrows, slingshots, swords, houses, sheep, inflatable cows and ray guns it's up to you to save ancient civilization from massive myth-fortune.
Over 40 unique worlds of action and adventure
Single or two-player cooperative mode
Choose to be Hercules, Atlanta or Jason and become faster and stronger as you player
A multitude of creatures and weapons of mythic proportions
- Platform(s)
- PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, Sega Saturn
- Developer
- Big Ape Productions, Lucasfilm Games LLC, Disney Interactive Studios
- Publisher
- lucasfilm Games LLC, MORE
- Genre(s)
- Action-Adventure, Fighting, Shooter
- How Long To Beat
- 15 hours
