(CD-ROM² 60fps) Ys Book I & II - the first NPC scams me ~ Duo-R-ventures #18
1Starting out on a new adventure in Ys Book I & II on Turbo Duo CD-ROM². Now, maybe I'm just the suspicious sort, but my hackles were immediately raised when, no sooner do I step off the boat into a new town, someone who's obviously been lurking nearby to waylay n00bs (6:50) comes up and invites me to her place with a vague business proposition; of course, my character agrees to go with her, because he's a newbie sucker.
Of course, once you get there she pulls a switcheroo; after some sob story (7:41) about something horrible going to happen--predicted by her decidedly ordinary looking "magic" glass ball, she implies--and me being the only one who can stop it, she then says oh but first you gotta go buy a sword, shield, and armor from the weapons shop.
So obviously this is a hustle they have going on to sell overpriced goods to green adventurers. But they also have a monopoly going on in the town, so there isn't much else I can do. Of course, I don't have enough cash to afford all three (8:23), so that means I gotta go grind for cash by bashing cheap crooks outside of town, because there aren't any other opportunities for a goofus like me in this town of chiselers.
You fight your intended victims by just running into them (11:38)--as you're bellying them, "combat" happens automatically, and one or both of you will take damage from "hits" until one or the other of you croaks; it's efficient, I'll give it that, but it's also pretty much the lamest combat I've ever seen in an RPG.
So I belly bounce muggers until my money number gets high enough to afford all the gear the woman told me to buy. I go buy the last of the gear (18:48). I go talk to the woman (19:12). She still tells me to buy the three pieces of gear.
So, thanks, lady. Nice racket. Fun game. : P
At this point the only other idea I have is to follow the path to the next town, where rumor has it some adventure is in need of a dumb adventurer--probably another scam waiting for me. The problem there is that, following the path, as soon as I cross the bridge into the next territory, I'm set upon by a dog (12:57), and our belly-to-snout bumping results in my death.
So I grind against the cheap muggers long enough to raise my level some more. I'm powered up to the point where the muggers go down like cheap tissue paper. Can I just get past the dog now? (22:03) No.
Cool.
Recording: RGB-modded PC Engine Duo-R, OSSC, Framemeister, Elgato HD60