Making Money Ain’t Easy [8 comments]
Brittney
As I sit here wishing I were in San Diego for Comic-Con, I decided that Tara, Kristina and I need to start raising money or SOMETHING to get our arses there next year. Of course, this will require us to work. Not that we don’t have day jobs already, but I’m trying to think of other ways to make mullah besides bake sales, car washes and the like.
…And yes, I know what half of you are probably thinking right now. And making money that way is just not a viable option.
Anyway…
I then got to thinking. If ONLY making money in real life were like making money in videogames. Things would be so much easier.
Or would it?
Making Gil in Final Fantasy titles is relatively easy. All I would need to do is wander the world in search of ginormous, menacing beasts and swing something to the extent of a sword at them. Slay the beast, get gil. And if luck were on my side, I may stumble upon a treasure chest.
Grand Theft Auto also crossed my mind, but was dismissed rather quickly as I don’t want to go to prison for murder, assault, robbery, burglary and of course, GTA convictions
Then it hit me. I may be deadly with a weapon in the virtual world, but in real life I’d be lucky if I could haul something like the Buster Sword around. So I thought of less violent ways.
What about Link? How does he fill his wallet with rupees? Be it bushwhacking, treasure hunting in the ocean, collecting insects, or storming the villagers’ homes and smashing their pots against the wall, there is always a way for that guy to make bank. Sure, he battles drooling Deku Baba’s and fire-breathing Dodongos to get cash from time to time, but I could bypass that.
Oh! What about Harvest Moon? I could slave away at the ranch for hours and grow crops and raise livestock. But that would be extremely, uh, BORING.
There are so many other ways to make Gil, Rupees, Gold, etc…but if I had to choose from these four examples, I would have to go Link’s route. Slashing brush and breaking people’s decorative house wear is not my cup of tea, but it’s definitely better than going to prison, getting a farmer’s tan or stabbed by 1000 needles from a Cactuar.
Meh…
It looks like I might be washing cars or baking cookies in the near future.
What’s your favorite way to make money in the gaming universe?
Tags: Final Fantasy, Harvest Moon, Moniez, PAYDAY!, Zelda
Link certainly has it easy. Money under grass, money in jars, money from defeating enemies, money from digging and so on. Although Nintendo’s plumber seems to have it easy too with the amount of coins he collects. Also with all the jobs he has had in the past with been a carpenter, demolition worker, boxing ref ect. Then he must have saved up a fortune.
Another game I had no trouble earning on was Mass Effect. I saved that much up that at the end of the game I had bought all the weapons and upgrades and still had enough to do it all again.
I’d say to go Rock Band style and hit the road with your band. You can take your beat up ole’ van until you compete to win a streamliner. Then you’ll get a manager to notice you after your third gig and eventually the sponsors will come. I think that’s the funnest way to make money.
Nope, the easiest is Chris Redfield of Resident Evil 5. All he has to do is walk into a sparsely-populated village and break a bunch of barrels. Usually he picks up 100 or 200 gold, but occasionally he’ll find a supply of bullets or grenades that he doesn’t need and proceed to sell them. If that wasn’t good enough, he also finds a crapload of valuable rare jewels and treasures that accumulate very quickly. Best of all, he can leave the village, go back in a few minutes, and everything is replaced and ripe for the taking again!
Sure, he might have to kill a few infected villagers, but it’s minimal work for a HUGE gain of wealth.
I like the Assassin’s Creed 2 method, find yourself a long lost uncle who has a run down town do some assassin jobs then use the money to build up the town again and then get even more money from income of the buildings you’ve upkeeped.
This made the game VERY easy in getting money, you can leave 15 mins at a time and come back for the full whack of income. Usually you’ll have far and beyond more than enough money at the end of the game
I’ve got to say that Fable 2 has one of the easiest methods of scoring loot. All you need to do is walk around with your dog and he will point out mass amounts of gold and treasures to sell. Don’t forget all of the never-ending jobs that you can do which give you more gold as you do them.
@CritAnime: You know Peach is just hanging around Mario because of his massive coin collection. Let’s face it, the Mushroom Kingdom’s economy is terrible and she needs the support.
@Jorge: Oooh, good one. That would be fun. I don’t think anyone wants to hear me play the guitar or sing, though!
@Boots: Mrrr…Las Plagas scared the crap out of me, but good point.
@Harry: What a cool uncle. (I need to play that)
@Stephen: Oh yes, the dog. Or, if you had a good amount of moniez to start with, you can buy out the town and jack the rent up. That always worked.
Don’t you have any really cool relitives that would be able to send you to comic con? I know your family has to be at least that cool. Except maybe for that one cousin who lives in SoCal and took you to Universal Studios.
That guy is an asshole.
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