Off to Market I Go…
Whether gold, credits, or rupees, some form of currency is necessary to have in order to shop for items in a different games. It’s not limited to a specific genre anymore either. In the Sci-Fi thriller/adventure(?) game, Dead Space, I was so used to running out of everything. Needing to find credits somewhere, even selling some weapons and buying them back later, to do it was frustrating.
After playing through the game, repeat visits to the ‘Store’ to purchase health items, ammo etc. became second nature. Maybe that aspect of the game just contributed to the reason why buying similar items in other games such as the one I’m currently playing, Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia, is frustrating the heck out of me. I’m just tired of always needing to buy things.
Gold in Castlevania comes from destroying inanimate objects like torches or candles and killing enemies.
Who knew Torches would be so useful…
Now, I’ve already played through a few stages and I rarely find gold. Hearts seem to be more common. So when I was at the boss stage, running extremely low on health, I cursed the price of a slab of meat and that of a potion. If only I had enough gold to stock up on both items…Arggh…
I decided to rack up some gold the best way I knew how, going back and forth to one torch and collecting the coins that way. I did this more than a hundred times and ended up with more than enough gold to buy meatx9 and potionx8. It was perfect. If only more areas offered gold coins. I don’t want to always have to resort to this technique(?) to be able to afford items at the item shop.
I guess I could use some kind of cheat? But where’s the fun in that? I always feel guilty using codes unless I’m reeally reeeeaaally stuck.
Another Update
My Xbox was sent back to me last week, which means I am now through with borrowing a console and using others’ 360s with my HD. I was impressed with how quickly it got sent back to me too. That was a minimal disturbance to my gaming, and not nightmarish at all compared to many of the stories I’ve heard. I also received a 1 month gold membership but that was probably to replace the 1 month I had lost while it was being repaired. Now back to more gaming…
